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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000818972-21-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		10
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210504
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210504

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BNY MELLON STRATEGIC MUNICIPALS, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000818972
		IRS NUMBER:				133426554
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05245
		FILM NUMBER:		21887677

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
		STREET 2:		240 GREENWICH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10286
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2129226400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
		STREET 2:		240 GREENWICH STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10286

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DREYFUS STRATEGIC MUNICIPALS, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20181030

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DREYFUS STRATEGIC MUNICIPALS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">DEFA14A</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14 (a)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Filed by the Registrant&#9;[X]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Filed by a Party other than the&#9;[_]</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Registrant</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Check the appropriate box:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[_]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Preliminary Proxy Statement</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[_]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Confidential, for Use
of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[_ ]&#9;Definitive Proxy Statement</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[X]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitive Additional
Materials</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[_]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting Materials
under Rule 14a-12</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in"><U>BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc.<BR>
<BR>
</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if
other than the Registrant)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Payment of Filing Fee (check the appropriate box):</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[X]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No fee required.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">[ ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fee
computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;title of each class
of securities to which transaction applies:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Aggregate number of
securities to which transaction applies:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Per unit price or other
underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proposed maximum aggregate
value of transaction:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Fee Paid:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">[_] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">[_]</TD><TD>Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0- 11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the
offsetting fee was paid previously.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Identify the previous filing by registration
statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amount Previously Paid:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form, Schedule or Registration
Statement No.:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filing Party:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date Filed:</P>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt/105% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.5pt 26.7pt 0pt 25.8pt; text-align: left; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>BNY MELLON STRATEGIC MUNCIPAL BOND FUND,
INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>BNY MELLON STRATEGIC MUNICIPALS, INC.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Correction to Proxy Statement</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Important Notice</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">The last sentence of the third paragraph on page 2 of the enclosed
proxy statement is hereby corrected to read:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>This proxy statement and copies of each Fund's most recent Annual
Report to Stockholders and, if applicable, Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders, are available at </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>https://im.bnymellon.com/us/en/intermediary/products/closed-end-funds.jsp</B></P>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt/105% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.5pt 26.7pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt/105% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.5pt 26.7pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">BNY
MELLON STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL</FONT> BOND FUND, INC. <BR>
BNY MELLON STRATEGIC MUNICIPALS, INC.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 1.3pt 26.65pt 3.2pt 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">Notice
of Annual Meeting of Stockholders</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/1.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 80.25pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.85pt 0 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">To the Stockholders:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 3.75pt 15.7pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">The
Annual Meeting</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">of Stockholders of each of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal</FONT> Bond
Fund, Inc. (&#8220;BNYMSMB&#8221;) and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. (&#8220;BNYMSM&#8221;) (each, a &#8220;Fund&#8221;)
will be held in a virtual meeting format only on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, for the following purposes:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 27pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt">1.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To elect the following Directors:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 11pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 0; color: #231F20"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 15.85pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">for BNYMSMB, three Class I Directors to serve
for three-year terms and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 11pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin-top: 1.9pt; margin-bottom: 0; color: #231F20"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 15.85pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">for BNYMSM, three Class III Directors to
serve for three-year terms and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 27pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt">2.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 46.25pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">To transact such other business as may properly
come before the meeting, or any adjournments or postponements thereof.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/118% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 2.9pt 15.9pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Due
to the public health and safety concerns of COVID-19, and to support the health and well-being of our stockholders and officers,
and other attendees, the meeting will be held in a virtual meeting format only. You will not be able to attend the meeting in person.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.45pt 15.75pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Stockholders
of record at the close of business on April 14, 2021 will be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the meeting. To participate
in the meeting, you must go to the meeting website at www.meetingcenter.io/247528964, and enter the password BNYM2021 and the control
number found on your proxy card. You may vote during the meeting by following the instructions available on the website during
the meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.7pt 15.75pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">If
you hold your shares through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker, you <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">must register
in advance</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">to attend the meeting. To register you must submit proof of</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">your
proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund holdings along</FONT> with your name <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">and email
address</FONT> to Computershare Fund Services, the Fund&#8217;s tabulator. You may forward an email from your intermediary or attach
an image of your legal proxy to shareholdermeetings@computershare.com. Requests for registration should be received no later than
5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on Thursday, June 10, 2021. You will receive a confirmation email from Computershare of your registration
and a control number that will allow you to vote at the meeting. For requests received after 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on Thursday,
June 10, 2021, Computershare will attempt to register you, but may be unable to do so prior to the meeting.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.8pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Questions
from stockholders to be considered at the meeting must be submitted to BNY Mellon Investment Management at 1-800-334-6899 or instsales@
bnymellon.com no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Only questions that are pertinent, as determined
by the chairperson of the meeting, will be answered during the meeting, subject to time constraints.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Whether
or not you plan to attend the meeting, we urge you to vote and submit <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">your proxy in advance
of the meeting by one of the methods</FONT> described in the proxy materials for the meeting.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.6pt 0pt 4.4pt 153pt; color: #231F20">By Order of the Board</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.75pt 0pt 15pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James
Bitetto</FONT> <BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Secretary</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.75pt 0 15pt; color: #231F20">New York, New York <BR>
May 3, 2021</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.75pt 0 15pt; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="color: #221E1F; font: 10.5pt/12.05pt Franklin Gothic Heavy,sans-serif; margin: 10pt 0 6pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt">WE
NEED YOUR PROXY VOTE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/107% Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; color: #221E1F"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">A
STOCKHOLDER MAY THINK HIS OR HER VOTE IS NOT IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS </FONT><U>VITAL</U><FONT STYLE="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">.
BY LAW, THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF A FUND WILL HAVE TO BE ADJOURNED WITHOUT CONDUCTING ANY BUSINESS IF LESS THAN A QUORUM
IS REPRESENTED. IN THAT EVENT, THE AFFECTED FUND, AT STOCKHOLDERS&rsquo; EXPENSE, WOULD CONTINUE TO SOLICIT VOTES IN AN ATTEMPT
TO ACHIEVE A QUORUM. CLEARLY, YOUR VOTE COULD BE CRITICAL TO ENABLE THE FUND TO HOLD THE MEETING AS SCHEDULED, SO PLEASE RETURN
YOUR PROXY CARD OR OTHERWISE VOTE PROMPTLY. YOU AND ALL OTHER STOCKHOLDERS WILL BENEFIT FROM YOUR COOPERATION.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt/105% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.5pt 26.7pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">BNY
MELLON STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL</FONT> BOND FUND, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt/105% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.5pt 26.7pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">BNY MELLON STRATEGIC MUNICIPALS, INC.</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.4pt 0pt 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.9pt 26.65pt 3.4pt 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">COMBINED
PROXY STATEMENT</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 9.25pt 26.65pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B><I>Annual
Meeting of Stockholders</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.55pt 26.65pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">to be held
on June 16, 2021</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.75pt 15.6pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">This
proxy statement is furnished in connection with a solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of
each of BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (&#8220;BNYMSMB&#8221;) and BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. (&#8220;BNYMSM&#8221;)
(each, a &#8220;Fund&#8221; and, together, the &#8220;Funds&#8221;) to be used at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of each Fund
to be held in a virtual meeting format only on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., Eastern time, and at any and all adjournments
or postponements thereof, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Stockholders
of record at the close of business on April 14, 2021 are entitled to be present and to vote at the meeting. Stockholders will not
be able to attend the meeting in person.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.5pt 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Stockholders
are entitled to one vote for each Fund share held and fractional votes for each fractional Fund share held. Stockholders can vote
only on matters affecting the Fund(s) in which they hold shares. If a proposal is approved by stockholders of one Fund and not
approved by stockholders of the other Fund, the proposal will be implemented only for the Fund that approved the proposal. Therefore,
it is essential that stockholders who own shares in both Funds complete, date, sign and return <U>each</U> proxy card they receive,
or otherwise vote by telephone <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">or through the Internet.</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Shares
represented by executed and unrevoked proxies will</FONT> be voted in accordance with the specifications made thereon. If any enclosed
form of proxy is executed and returned, or if you have voted by telephone or through the Internet, your vote nevertheless may be
revoked after it is received by giving another proxy by mail, by calling the toll-free telephone number on the proxy card or through
the Internet (including during the meeting). To be effective, such revocation must be received before your prior proxy is exercised
at the meeting.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/10.55pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 27pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">A quorum is constituted
by the presence in person or by proxy of the holders</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">of one-third
of the outstanding shares of a Fund entitled to vote at the meeting. Virtual attendance at the meeting constitutes in person attendance
for purposes of calculating a quorum. If a quorum is not present at the meeting, the stockholders present in person or by proxy,
by majority vote and without notice other than by announcement at the meeting, may adjourn the meeting. If a proposal is to be
voted upon by only one class of a Fund&#8217;s shares, a quorum of that class of shares (the holders of one-third of the outstanding
shares of the class) must be present in</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.8pt 1.25pt 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">person
or by proxy at the meeting in order for the proposal to be considered. Each Fund has two classes of capital stock: Common Stock,
par value $0.001 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), and Auction Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, liquidation
preference $25,000 per share (the &#8220;APS&#8221;). The APS is further divided into Series A, Series B and Series C for BNYMSMB
and Series M, Series T, Series <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">W, Series TH and Series F for BNYMSM. Currently,</FONT> no
proposal is expected to be presented at the meeting that would require separate voting for each Series of APS. As of April 14,
2021, the Funds had outstanding the following number of shares:</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%">
        <P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.4pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 19.95pt 0 1.35pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B><U>Name of Fund</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 41%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 18.85pt 0 19.6pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>Common Stock</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 18.85pt 0 19.6pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B><U>Outstanding</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 28%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0.6pt 0 18.65pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>APS</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0.6pt 0 18.65pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B><U>Outstanding</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 1.95pt; padding-right: 19.95pt; padding-left: 1.35pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSMB</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 1.95pt; padding-right: 18.85pt; padding-left: 19.6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">49,421,511</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 1.95pt; padding-right: 16.95pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">1,972</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt/11.15pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-right: 19.95pt; padding-left: 1.35pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSM</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt/11.15pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-right: 18.85pt; padding-left: 19.6pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">62,209,762</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; font: 11pt/11.15pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-right: 16.95pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">3,156</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 6.85pt 15.6pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">It
is estimated that proxy materials will be mailed to stockholders of record on or about May 3, 2021. To reduce expenses, only one
copy of this proxy statement will be mailed to certain addresses shared by two or more accounts. If you wish to revoke this arrangement
and receive individual copies, you may do so at any time by writing to the address or calling the phone number set forth below.
The Fund will begin sending you individual copies promptly after receiving your request. The principal executive office of each
Fund is located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286. <B>Copies of each Fund&#8217;s most recent Annual Report to
Stockholders and, if applicable, Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders, are available upon request, without charge, by writing to
the Fund at 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556-0144, or by calling toll-free 1-800-334-6899.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.4pt 15.8pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><B>Important
Notice Regarding Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">the Annual Meeting of Stockholders</FONT>
to Be Held on June 16, 2021: This proxy <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">statement and copies of each Fund&#8217;s most recent
Annual Report to Stockholders</FONT> and, if applicable, Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders, are available at <U>https://im.bnymellon.com/us/en/intermediary/products/closed-end-funds.jsp</U>.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.3pt 26.6pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">PROPOSAL
1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.6pt 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Each
Board is divided into three classes with the term of office of one class expiring each year. It is proposed that stockholders of
each Fund consider the election of the individuals listed below (the &#8220;Nominees&#8221;) as Directors of the indicated class
of such Fund, to serve for the terms indicated below and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 15.9pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">With
respect to BNYMSMB, Messrs. Joseph S. DiMartino and Alan</FONT> H. Howard and Ms. Joni Evans are nominated to be elected as Class
I Directors to serve for three-year terms.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 15.9pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">2</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">With
respect to BNYMSM, Mr. Burton N. Wallack and Mses. Joan L. Gulley <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">and Benaree</FONT> Pratt
Wiley are nominated to be elected as Class III Directors to serve for three-year terms.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.7pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Each
Nominee currently</FONT> serves as a Director of each Fund and a board member of certain other funds in the BNY Mellon Family of
Funds, and has previously been elected by each Fund&#8217;s stockholders. Each Nominee was nominated by the respective Fund&#8217;s
nominating committee and has consented to being named in this proxy statement and has agreed to continue to serve as a Director
of the indicated Fund if elected. Biographical information about each Nominee is set forth below. Biographical information about
each Fund&#8217;s Directors who are not standing for election at the meeting but who will continue to be Directors of the Fund
(each, a &#8220;Continuing Director&#8221;), information on each Nominee&#8217;s and the Continuing Directors&#8217; ownership
of Fund shares and other relevant information is set forth on Exhibit A to this proxy statement. Unless otherwise indicated, information
set forth herein applies to both Funds. Except for Mr. Gordon J. Davis, a Continuing Director, none of the Nominees or Continuing
Directors are &#8220;interested persons,&#8221; as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#8220;1940 Act&#8221;),
of either Fund (an &#8220;Interested Director&#8221;). Mr. Davis is deemed to be an Interested Director of the Funds as a result
of his affiliation with Venable LLP, which provides legal services to the Funds.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/10.4pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 27pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">Under the 1940 Act
and the terms of each Fund&#8217;s Charter, holders of the APS</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.6pt 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">voting as
a single class are entitled, to the exclusion of holders of the Common Stock, to elect two Directors. Ms. Evans is a Nominee for
election by holders of BNYMSMB&#8217;s APS as a Class I Director, and Ms. Wiley is a Nominee for election by holders of BNYMSM&#8217;s
APS as a Class III Director.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.8pt 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Voting
with regard to the election of Directors will be as follows: for BNYMSMB, holders of Common Stock and APS will vote together as
a single class with respect to the election of Messrs. DiMartino and Howard as Class I Directors; for BNYMSM, holders of Common
Stock and APS will vote together as a single class with respect to the election of Mr. Wallack and Ms. Gulley as Class III Directors;
for BNYMSMB, APS holders of the Fund will vote separately, to the exclusion of holders of the Common Stock, with respect to the
election of Ms. Evans as a Class I Director; and for BNYMSM, APS holders of the Fund will vote separately, to the exclusion of
holders of the Common Stock, with respect to the election of Ms. Wiley as a Class III Director.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.5pt 15.8pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The
persons named as proxies on the accompanying proxy card(s) intend to vote each proxy for the election of the Nominees, unless stockholders
specifically indicate on their proxies the desire to withhold authority to vote for elections to office. It is not contemplated
that any Nominee will be unable to serve as a Director for any reason, but, if that should occur prior to the meeting, the proxyholders
reserve the right to substitute another person or persons of their choice as nominee</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 16.05pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">or nominees.
Pursuant to each Fund&#8217;s emeritus policy, Ms. Evans will become emeritus in April 2022.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><U>Board&#8217;s
Oversight Role in Management</U>. Each Board&#8217;s role in management</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">of the</FONT>
respective Fund is oversight. As is the case with virtually all investment companies (as distinguished from operating companies),
service providers to each Fund, primarily BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., the Funds&#8217; investment adviser (&#8220;BNYM
Investment Adviser&#8221; or the &#8220;Investment Adviser&#8221;), and its affiliates, have responsibility for the day-to-day
management of the Fund, which includes responsibility for risk management (including management of investment risk, valuation risk,
issuer and counterparty credit risk, compliance risk and operational risk). As part of its oversight, each 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 senior personnel of the Investment Adviser, the Fund&#8217;s and the Investment Adviser&#8217;s
Chief Compliance Officer and portfolio management personnel. Each Board&#8217;s audit committee (which consists of all the Directors
who are not &#8220;interested persons&#8221; (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund (&#8220;Independent Directors&#8221;)) meets
during its regularly scheduled and special meetings, and between meetings the audit committee chair is available to the Fund&#8217;s
independent registered public accounting firm and the Fund&#8217;s Chief Financial Officer. Each Board also receives periodic presentations
from senior personnel of the Investment Adviser or its affiliates regarding risk management generally, as well as periodic presentations
regarding specific operational, compliance or investment areas, such as cybersecurity, business continuity, personal trading, valuation,
credit and investment research. As warranted, each Board also receives informational reports from counsel to each Fund and each
Board&#8217;s independent <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">legal counsel regarding regulatory compliance and governance matters.
Each Board</FONT> has adopted policies and procedures designed to address certain risks to the Fund. In addition, the Investment
Adviser and other service providers to each Fund 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 <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">risks applicable to each Fund, and the
Boards&#8217; risk management oversight</FONT> is subject to inherent limitations.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/9.7pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 27pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20"><U>Board Composition
and Leadership Structure</U>. The 1940 Act requires that</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.65pt 15.6pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">at least 40%
of each Fund&#8217;s Directors be Independent Directors and as such are not affiliated with the Investment Adviser. To rely on
certain exemptive rules under the 1940 Act, a majority of each Fund&#8217;s Directors must be Independent Directors, and for certain
important matters, such as the approval of each Fund&#8217;s investment advisory agreement or transactions with affiliates, the
1940 Act or the rules thereunder require the approval of a majority of the Independent Directors. Currently, except for Mr. Davis,
all of each Fund&#8217;s Directors, including the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.65pt 15.6pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.7pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">Chairman of
the Board, are Independent Directors. Each Board has determined that its leadership structure, in which the Chairman of the Board
is not affiliated with the Investment Adviser, is appropriate in light of the specific characteristics and circumstances of each
Fund, including, but not limited to: (i) the services that the Investment Adviser and its affiliates provide to the Fund and potential
conflicts of interest that could arise from these relationships; (ii) the extent to which the day-to-day operations of each Fund
are conducted by Fund officers and employees of the Investment Adviser and its affiliates; and (iii) each Board&#8217;s oversight
role in</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1pt 0 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">management of each Fund.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 15.75pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><U>Information
About Each Nominee&#8217;s and Continuing Director&#8217;s Experience, Qualifications, Attributes or Skills</U>. Nominees for Director
of each Fund, together with information as to their positions with the Fund, principal occupations and other board memberships
for the past five years, are shown below. The address of each Nominee is 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286. Specific
information about the Continuing Directors of each Fund, information on each Nominee&#8217;s and Continuing Director&#8217;s ownership
of each Fund shares, and other relevant information is set forth on Exhibit A.</P>

<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt/140% Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 7pt 0 0 28.95pt; text-indent: -6.55pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSMB
&#8211; Nominees for Class I Directors with Terms Expiring in 2024</P>

<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt/140% Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 7pt 0 0 28.95pt; text-indent: -6.55pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSM &#8211; Continuing Class I Directors with Terms Expiring
in 2022</P>

<P STYLE="font: 5.5pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 0.55pt 0 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 35%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25pt 0 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 3.05pt 0 11.5pt; color: #231F20"><B>Name (Age) of Nominee<BR>
 <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><U>Position
        with Funds</U></FONT><U> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">(Since)</FONT></U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25pt 0 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 2.15pt 0 3.3pt; color: #231F20"><B>Principal Occupation <U><BR>
During Past
        5 Years&#9;</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 9.6pt; padding-left: 3.8pt; font: 11pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%"><B>Other Public Company Board Memberships <BR>
<U>During Past 5 Years&#9;</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 5.85pt; padding-left: 11.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20"><B><I>Independent Director Nominees</I></B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 6.65pt 0 0 11.5pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"><B>JOSEPH
        S.</B></FONT><B> DIMARTINO</B> (77)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.95pt 16.3pt 0 11.5pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><B>Chairman</B></FONT><B>
        <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">of the Board</FONT> and Class I Director of BNYMSM</B> (1995)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 31pt 0 11.5pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class I Director of BNYMSMB</B> (1995)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 6.55pt; padding-right: 3.25pt; padding-left: 10.5pt; text-indent: -0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; line-height: 106%">Director or Trustee of </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%">funds <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">in the BNY Mellon</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Family</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">of Funds and certain </FONT><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">other</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">entities (as listed herein)</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 6.55pt; padding-right: 9.55pt; padding-left: 11pt; text-indent: -0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; line-height: 106%">CBIZ, Inc.,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 106%">a public company providing </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 106%">professional</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.15pt; line-height: 106%">business services, products</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 106%">and solutions, </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; line-height: 106%"><I>Director</I></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%">(1997 &#8211; Present)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 6.3pt 0 0 11.5pt; color: #231F20"><B>JONI EVANS</B> (78)*</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.65pt 32.8pt 0 11.5pt; color: #231F20"><B>APS Designee for BNYMSMB only
        <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Class I Director </FONT><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">of</FONT> BNYMSM</B> (2007)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 31pt 0 11.5pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class I Director of BNYMSMB</B> (2006)</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 6.3pt 10.45pt 0 12pt; text-indent: -8.7pt; color: #231F20">Chief Executive
        Officer, www.wowOwow.com, an online community dedicated to women&#8217;s conversations and publications (2007 &#8211; Present)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 10.45pt 0 12pt; text-indent: -8.7pt; color: #231F20">Principal, Joni
        Evans Ltd. (publishing) (2006 &#8211; Present)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 6.3pt; padding-left: 3.8pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">*<FONT STYLE="font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Times, Serif">Pursuant
to each Fund's emeritus policy, Ms. Evans will become emeritus in April 2022.</FONT></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 7.5pt Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 2.85pt 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Name (Age) of Nominee <BR>
<FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><U>Position
        with Funds</U></FONT><U> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">(Since)</FONT></U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%">
        <P STYLE="font: 7.5pt Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 2.9pt 0 3.5pt; color: #231F20"><B>Principal Occupation <BR>
<U>During
        Past 5 Years&#9;</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.3pt 8.9pt 0 3.05pt; color: #231F20"><B>Other Public Company Board Memberships</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.05pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.05pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>During Past 5 Years&#9;</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.25pt 0 0 10.05pt; color: #231F20"><B>ALAN H. HOWARD</B> (61)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.7pt 30.8pt 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class I Director of BNYMSMB</B>
        (2018)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 32.6pt 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><B>Class
        I Director </B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">of</FONT> BNYMSM</B> (2018)</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.25pt 3.45pt 0 10.65pt; text-indent: -0.1in; color: #231F20">Managing
        Partner of Heathcote Advisors LLC, a financial advisory services firm (2008 &#8211; Present)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 1.75pt 0 10.65pt; text-indent: -0.1in; color: #231F20">President of
        Dynatech/MPX Holdings LLC (2012 &#8211; 2019), a global supplier and service provider</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 16.9pt 0 10.65pt; color: #231F20">of military aircraft parts, including
        Board</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 5.9pt 0 10.65pt; color: #231F20">member of two operating subsidiaries,
        Dynatech International LLC and Military Parts Exchange LLC (2012 &#8211; 2019);</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 3.75pt 0 10.65pt; color: #231F20">Chief Executive Officer of Dynatech
        International LLC (2013 &#8211;2019)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 12pt 0 12.15pt; text-indent: -8.7pt; color: #231F20">Senior Advisor,
        Rossoff &amp; Co., an independent</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.05pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 12.15pt; color: #231F20">investment banking firm</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/9.95pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 0 0 12.15pt; color: #231F20">(2013 &#8211; Present)</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.25pt 8.9pt 0 12.4pt; text-indent: -9.35pt">Diamond Offshore Drilling,
        Inc., a public company that provides contract drilling services, <I>Director</I> (2020 &#8211; Present)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 12.85pt 0 10.25pt; text-indent: -0.1in">Movado Group, Inc., a public
        company that designs, sources, markets and distributes watches, <I>Director</I> (1997 &#8211; Present)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: 11pt/140% Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-left: 13.35pt; text-indent: -0.3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 140%"><B><I>BNYMSM &#8211; Nominees for Class III Directors with Terms Expiring in 2024 <BR>
BNYMSMB &#8211; Continuing Class III Directors with Terms Expiring in 2023</I></B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%">
        <P STYLE="font: 15pt Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Times, Serif; margin: 0.45pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 2.85pt 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Name (Age) of Nominee <BR>
<FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><U>Position
        with Funds</U></FONT><U> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">(Since)</FONT></U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%">
        <P STYLE="font: 15pt Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Times, Serif; margin: 0.45pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0.7pt 0 3.5pt; color: #231F20"><B>Principal Occupation <U><BR>
During Past
        5 Years&#9;</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-top: 9.9pt; padding-right: 6.7pt; padding-left: 5.15pt; font: 11pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%"><B>Other Public Company Board Memberships <U><BR>
During Past 5 Years&#9;</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 9.3pt; padding-left: 11pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B><I>Independent Director Nominees</I></B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.1pt 0 0 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>JOAN L. GULLEY</B> (73)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.7pt 2.85pt 0 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class III Director of BNYMSMB</B>
        (2017)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.05pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class III Director of</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/9.95pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.65pt 0 0 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>BNYMSM</B> (2017)</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.1pt 4.1pt 0 12.55pt; text-indent: -8.1pt; color: #231F20">Director,
        Nantucket Library (2015 &#8211; Present)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 6.75pt 0 12.55pt; text-indent: -8.1pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Governor,
        Orchard </FONT>Island Club (2016 &#8211; Present)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 8.1pt; padding-left: 6.15pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 7.5pt Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 2.85pt 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Name (Age) of Nominee <BR>
<FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><U>Position
        with Funds</U></FONT><U> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">(Since)</FONT></U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%">
        <P STYLE="font: 7.5pt Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0.9pt 0 3.5pt; color: #231F20"><B>Principal Occupation <U><BR>
During
        Past 5 Years&#9;</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.3pt 9.35pt 0 5pt; color: #231F20"><B>Other Public Company Board Memberships</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.05pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 5pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>During Past 5 Years&#9;</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.9pt 0 0 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>BURTON N. WALLACK</B> (70)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.95pt 2.85pt 0 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class III Director of BNYMSMB</B>
        (2006)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 2.85pt 0 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class III Director of BNYMSM</B> (2006)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 1.75pt; padding-right: 4.55pt; padding-left: 11.65pt; text-indent: -0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%">President and Co-owner of Wallack Management Company, a real estate management company (1987 &#8211; Present)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 1.75pt; padding-right: 9.35pt; padding-left: 13.15pt; text-indent: -0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%">Mount Sinai Hospital Urology, <I>Board member</I> (2017 &#8211; Present)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 6.5pt Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Times, Serif; margin: 0.65pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 11pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt"><B>BENAREE
        PRATT</B></FONT><B> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">WILEY</FONT></B><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt"> (74)</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.95pt 23.1pt 0 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>APS Designee for BNYMSM only
        Class III Director of BNYMSMB</B> (2016)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 2.85pt 0 11pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class III Director of BNYMSM</B> (2016)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 9.3pt; padding-right: 7.85pt; padding-left: 11.65pt; text-indent: -0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%">Principal, The Wiley Group, a firm specializ- ing in strategy and busi- ness development (2005 &#8211; Present)</FONT></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.3pt 9.35pt 0 13.15pt; text-indent: -0.1in; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.25pt">CBIZ,</FONT>
        <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">Inc., a public company providing </FONT><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">professional</FONT>
        <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">business services, products</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">and solutions, </FONT><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><I>Director</I></FONT>
        <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">(2008 &#8211; Present)</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 17.55pt 0 13.15pt; text-indent: -0.1in; color: #231F20">Blue Cross Blue
        Shield of Massachusetts, <I>Director</I></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/9.85pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 13.15pt; color: #231F20">(2004 &#8211; Present)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 5.55pt 15.9pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Each
Nominee has been a BNY Mellon Family of Funds board member for over 20 years, except for Ms. Gulley, who was appointed to each
Board by the Directors at a meeting held on October 31, 2017, and Mr. Howard, who was appointed to each Board by the Directors
at a meeting held on May 1, 2018. Ms. Gulley was in the asset management business for more than 30 years prior to her retirement
in 2014. Mr. Howard has over 30 years of experience in investment banking, including experience advising asset managers. Additional
information about each <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Nominee follows (supplementing</FONT> the information provided in
the table above) that describes some of the specific experiences, qualifications, attributes or skills that <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">each
Nominee possesses</FONT> which the respective Board believes has prepared them to <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">be effective
Directors (this information</FONT> for the Continuing Directors is set forth on <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Exhibit A).
Each Board believes that the significance</FONT> of each Director&#8217;s experience, qualifications, attributes or skills is an
individual matter (meaning that experience that is important for one Director may not have the same value for another) and that
these factors are best evaluated at the Board level, with no single Director, or particular factor, being indicative of Board effectiveness.
However, each Board <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">believes that Directors need to have the ability</FONT> to critically
review, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, and to interact effectively with Fund management, service
providers and counsel, in order to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties; each Board believes
that its members satisfy this standard. Experience relevant to having this ability may be achieved through a Director&#8217;s educational
background; business or professional training or practice (<I>e.g.</I>, medicine, accounting or law); public service or academic
positions;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">experience
from service as a board member (including the Board of each Fund) or <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">as an executive of investment
funds,</FONT> public companies or significant private or not- for-profit entities or other organizations; and/or other life experiences.
The charter for each Board&#8217;s nominating committee contains certain other factors considered by the committee in identifying
and evaluating potential Director nominees. To assist them in evaluating matters under federal and state law, the Directors are
counseled by their independent legal counsel, who participates in Board meetings and interacts with the Investment Adviser and
also may benefit from information provided by the Investment Adviser&#8217;s counsel; counsel to the Funds and to the Boards has
significant experience advising funds and fund board members. Each Board and its committees have the ability to engage other experts
as appropriate. Each Board evaluates its performance on an annual basis.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 6.4pt 0 0 27pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>BNYMSMB &#8212; Nominees for Class I
Directors</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 8.15pt 0 0 27pt; color: #231F20">Independent Director Nominees</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 3.55pt 15.6pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><B>Joseph
S. DiMartino &#8212; </B>Mr. DiMartino has been the Chairman of the Board of the funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds for over
20 years. From 1971 through 1994, Mr. DiMartino served in various roles as an employee of BNYM Investment Adviser (prior to its
acquisition by a predecessor of 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 BNYM Investment Adviser 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. From 1986 to 2010, Mr. DiMartino
served as a Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><B>Joni
Evans &#8212; </B>Ms. Evans has more than 35 years of experience in the publishing industry, serving as Publisher of Random House,
Inc., President and Publisher of Simon &amp; Schuster, Inc. and, most recently, Senior Vice President of the William Morris Agency,
Inc.&#8217;s literary department until 2006. Ms. Evans is a member of the Young Presidents&#8217; Organization and the Women&#8217;s
Forum, and is a founding member of The Committee of 200 and Women&#8217;s Media Group.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.15pt 15.8pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><B>Alan
H. Howard &#8212; </B>Mr. Howard is the Managing Partner of Heathcote Advisors LLC, which he formed in 2008 and which provides
financial advisory services as well as makes principal investments. Mr. Howard is a member of the Board of Directors of Diamond
Offshore Drilling, Inc., a public company that provides contract drilling services, and serves as lead independent director, chairman
of the audit committee and a member of the board&#8217;s finance and executive committees. He is also a member of the Board of
Directors of Movado Group, Inc., a leading global designer, marketer and distributor of watches, and serves as lead independent
director, chairman of the compensation committee and a member of the board&#8217;s</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">audit committee.
In addition, he is also currently a Senior Advisor at Rossoff &amp; Company LLC, an independent investment banking firm that provides
advice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and restructurings and assists on raising debt and equity capital in the
private and public markets. Mr. Howard served as the President of Dynatech/MPX Holdings LLC (&#8220;D/M Holdings&#8221;), a privately
held global supplier and service provider of military aircraft parts for multiple platforms and engines from 2012 through June
2019. Mr. Howard also was a member of the Board of Directors of D/M Holdings from 2012 to June 2019, and served as chief executive
officer of one of its two operating companies (Dynatech International LLC), while also serving on the boards of the two operating
companies (Dynatech International LLC and Military Parts Exchange LLC). From September 2008 through June 2010, Mr. Howard was Managing
Partner of S3 Strategic Advisors LLC, which provides strategic advice to hedge funds and asset managers. Prior to <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">July
2006, Mr. Howard was</FONT> a Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston LLC (&#8220;CSFB&#8221;), an international provider
of financial services. He had been with CSFB and its predecessor companies since 1985. As a Managing Director in the Global Industrial
and Services Investment Banking Group, he was an advisor to several of the firm&#8217;s most important clients on mergers and acquisitions,
corporate finance and capital raising assignments.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.05pt 0 0 27pt; color: #231F20"><U>BNYMSM &#8212; Nominees for Class
III Directors</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 7.15pt 0 0 27pt; color: #231F20">Independent Director Nominees</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.55pt 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><B>Joan
L. Gulley &#8212; </B>Ms. Gulley served in various senior roles at PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (&#8220;PNC&#8221;) from
1993 until her retirement in 2014, including <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Chief Executive Officer of PNC</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Advisors,
the wealth management and institutional</FONT> services business of PNC, from 2002 to 2005, Executive Vice President and Chief
Marketing Officer of PNC from 2002 to 2007, and Executive Vice President (&#8220;EVP&#8221;) and Chief Human Resources Officer
(&#8220;CHRO&#8221;) of PNC from 2008 until 2014. In her role as EVP and CHRO of PNC, Ms. Gulley was responsible for the oversight
of $8 billion in combined pension and 401(k) assets. Ms. Gulley also served as a member of PNC&#8217;s Executive Committee from
2008 to 2014, where she participated in all key strategic and operational decisions affecting PNC, and was responsible for all
staff support to the PNC Board&#8217;s Personnel and Compensation Committee with respect to executive compensation, succession
planning, talent management, human resource regulatory matters and diversity. Prior to joining PNC, Ms. Gulley held positions with
The Massachusetts Company, a chartered bank and subsidiary of The Travelers Insurance Company, which was acquired by PNC in 1993,
and with branches of the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston, Massachusetts and Washington D.C. Ms. Gulley currently serves as the Chair
of the Board of Trustees of the Nantucket Atheneum.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.7pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><B>Burton
N. Wallack &#8212; </B>Mr. Wallack is President and co-owner of Wallack Management Company, a real estate management company that
provides financial reporting and management services. He also serves as a board member for Mount Sinai Hospital Urology.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.8pt 15.75pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><B>Benaree
Pratt Wiley &#8212; </B>Ms. Wiley is a corporate director and trustee. For fifteen years, Ms. Wiley was the President and Chief
Executive Officer of The Partnership, Inc., an organization that strengthened Greater Boston&#8217;s capacity to attract, retain
and develop talented professionals of color. Ms. Wiley currently serves on the boards of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
and CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ). She has served as the Chair of PepsiCo&#8217;s African American Advisory Board, and formerly <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">served
on the board of First Albany (NASDAQ: FACT). Her civic activities include</FONT> serving on the boards of Dress for Success Boston,
Partners Continuing Care and Spaulding Hospital, the Black Philanthropy Fund and Howard University where she serves as Vice Chair.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.5pt 15.5pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><U>Fund
Board Committees</U>. Each Fund has standing audit, nominating, compensation and litigation committees, each comprised of its Independent
Directors, except that Joseph S. DiMartino does not serve on the compensation committee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 15.65pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The
function of the audit committee is (1) to oversee the Fund&#8217;s accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits
of the Fund&#8217;s financial statements and (2) to assist in the Board&#8217;s oversight of the integrity of the Fund&#8217;s
financial statements, the Fund&#8217;s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the qualifications, independence and
performance of the Fund&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm. A copy of each Fund&#8217;s Audit Committee Charter,
which describes the audit committee&#8217;s purposes, duties and responsibilities, is available at <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">www.im.bnymellon.com
in the</FONT> &#8220;Closed-End Funds&#8221; section under &#8220;Investments.&#8221; Each Fund&#8217;s nominating committee is
responsible for selecting and nominating persons as members of the Board for election or appointment by the Board and for election
by stockholders. In evaluating potential nominees, including any nominees recommended by stockholders, the committee takes into
consideration the factors listed in each Fund&#8217;s Nominating Committee Charter and Procedures (the &#8220;Nominating Committee
Charter&#8221;), including character and integrity, and business and professional experience. The nominating committee may consider
whether a potential nominee&#8217;s professional experience, education, skills and other individual qualities and attributes, including
gender, race or national origin, <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">would provide beneficial diversity of skills,</FONT> experience
or perspective to the Board&#8217;s membership and collective attributes. Such considerations will vary based on the Board&#8217;s
existing membership and other factors, such as the strength of a potential</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">nominee&#8217;s
overall qualifications relative to diversity considerations. The committee will consider recommendations for nominees from stockholders
submitted to the Secretary of the Fund, c/o BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. Legal Department, 240 Greenwich Street, 18th Floor,
New York, New York 10286, and including information regarding the recommended nominee as specified in the Nominating Committee
Charter. The Nominating Committee Charter is not available on the Funds&#8217; or BNYM Investment Adviser&#8217;s website, but
was attached as Exhibit B to <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">the Funds&#8217; proxy statement</FONT> for the 2020 annual
stockholder meeting (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on May 1, 2020).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.9pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The
function of the compensation committee is to establish the appropriate compensation for serving on the Board.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.8pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The
litigation committee seeks to address any potential conflicts of interest between the Funds and the Investment Adviser in connection
with any potential or existing litigation or other legal proceeding relating to securities held by a Fund and held or otherwise
deemed to have a beneficial interest held by the Investment Adviser or its affiliate.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 15.6pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Each
Fund also has a standing pricing committee comprised of any one Director. <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">The function of
the pricing committee</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">is to assist in valuing the Fund&#8217;s investments.</FONT>
<U></U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.6pt 0 15pt; text-align: right; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><U>Compensation</U>. Each Nominee also serves as a board member of certain other funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds. Annual
retainer fees and meeting attendance fees are allocated among each Fund and those other funds on the basis of net assets, with
the Chairman of each Board, Mr. DiMartino, receiving an additional 25% of such compensation. Each Fund reimburses Directors for
travel and out-of-pocket expenses in connection with attending Board or committee meetings. Neither Fund has a bonus, pension,
profit-sharing or retirement plan. Each emeritus Director is entitled to receive an annual retainer of one-half the amount paid
as a retainer at the time the Director became emeritus and a per</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/10.7pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">meeting attended fee
of one-half the amount paid to Directors.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.95pt 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The
amount of compensation paid to each Nominee by BNYMSMB for its fiscal year ended November 30, 2020, and by BNYMSM for its fiscal
year ended September 30, 2020, and the aggregate amount of compensation paid to each such Nominee by all funds in the fund complex
(which comprises registered investment companies for which the Investment Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser serves
as investment adviser) for which the Nominee was a board member during 2020 was as follows*:</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 43%">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.15pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 14.7pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Name of Nominee and Fund</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 22%">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt/110% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 6.45pt; text-indent: 2.15pt; color: #231F20"><B>Compensation <BR>
<FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt"><U>from
        each Fund</U></FONT></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/110% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 9.8pt 0 6.75pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt"><B>Aggregate
        Compensation</B></FONT><B> from each Fund and Fund Complex</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 9.8pt 0 6.7pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B><U>Paid to Nominee
        (**)</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><I>Independent Director Nominees</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.5pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Joseph S. DiMartino***</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.5pt; padding-right: 9.7pt; padding-left: 6.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$1,238,750 (118)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSMB</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$7,831</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSM</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$9,803</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.05pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Joni Evans</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.05pt; padding-right: 9.7pt; padding-left: 6.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$168,000 (20)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSMB</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$6,312</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSM</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$8,419</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.45pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Alan H. Howard</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.45pt; padding-right: 9.7pt; padding-left: 6.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$199,250 (20)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSB</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$6,355</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSM</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$8,419</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.45pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Joan L. Gulley</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.45pt; padding-right: 9.7pt; padding-left: 6.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$374,000 (49)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSMB</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$6,296</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSM</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$7,917</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.45pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Burton N. Wallack</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.45pt; padding-right: 9.7pt; padding-left: 6.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$168,000 (20)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSMB</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$<U>6,312</U></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSM</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$8,342</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.45pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Benaree Pratt Wiley</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 7.45pt; padding-right: 9.7pt; padding-left: 6.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$660,500 (75)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSMB</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$6,309</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 28pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSM</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 22.95pt; padding-left: 22.8pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$8,184</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.35pt 0 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">* The amounts also do
not include expenses reimbursed to Nominees for attending Board meetings.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 15.75pt 0 25pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -10pt; color: #231F20">**
Represents the number of separate portfolios comprising the investment companies in the fund complex, including the Funds, for
which the Nominees served as board members in 2020.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.85pt 0 24.45pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -9.5pt; color: #231F20">***Amounts
shown do not include the costs of office space and related parking, office supplies and <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">secretarial
services, which also are paid by the Funds (allocated among the funds</FONT> in The BNY Mellon <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Family
of Funds based on net assets). For their respective fiscal years</FONT> ended in 2020, the amount paid by BNYMSMB and BNYMSM was
$378 and $505, respectively.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.7pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">For
each Fund&#8217;s most recent fiscal year, the number of Board and committee meetings held and the amount of compensation paid
by each Fund to the Continuing Directors and the aggregate amount of compensation paid by all funds in the fund complex (which
comprises registered investment companies for which the Investment Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser serves as
investment adviser) for which each such person was a board member in 2020 are set forth on Exhibit A. Certain other information
concerning each Fund&#8217;s Directors and officers also is set forth on Exhibit A.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.6pt 0 0 15pt; color: #231F20">Required Vote</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.75pt 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The
election of a Nominee for each Fund requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of votes cast at the Fund&#8217;s meeting for
the election of Directors.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.5pt 0pt 0pt 98.9pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 6.6pt 0 0 15pt; color: #231F20">Selection of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.75pt 15.6pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">The
1940</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Act requires that each Fund&#8217;s independent registered public accounting</FONT>
firm (the &#8220;independent auditors&#8221; or &#8220;auditors&#8221;) be selected by a majority of the Independent Directors.
The audit committee has direct responsibility for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the Fund&#8217;s independent
auditors. At a meeting held on November 24, 2020 for BNYMSM and January 27, 2021 for BNYMSMB, each Fund&#8217;s audit committee
approved and each Fund&#8217;s Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, ratified and approved the selection of
Ernst &amp; Young LLP (&#8220;EY&#8221;) as the independent auditors for the respective Fund&#8217;s fiscal year ending in 2021.
EY, a major international accounting firm, has acted as independent auditors of each Fund since the Fund&#8217;s organization.
The audit committee&#8217;s reports for BNYMSM and BNYMSMB are attached as Exhibits B and C, respectively, to this proxy statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.4pt 0 0 15pt; color: #231F20">Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm Fees and Services</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.75pt 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The
following chart reflects fees billed by EY in each Fund&#8217;s last two fiscal years. For Service Affiliates of BNYM Investment
Adviser (<I>i.e.</I>, BNYM Investment Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with BNYM Investment
Adviser that provides ongoing services to the relevant Fund), such fees <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">represent only those
fees that</FONT> required pre-approval by the audit committee, except the Aggregate Non-Audit Fees amounts, which include all non-audit
fees billed by EY to the Fund and Service Affiliates. All services provided by EY were pre- approved as required.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.75pt 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 17%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; padding-right: 1.05pt; padding-left: 3.7pt; text-align: center; line-height: 8.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>BNYMSM</U></B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 4.5pt; color: rgb(35,31,32)">1</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; padding-right: 0.35pt; padding-left: 1.35pt; text-align: center; line-height: 8.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Service Affiliates</U></B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 4.5pt; color: rgb(35,31,32)">1</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; padding-right: 0.1pt; padding-left: 0.15pt; text-align: center; line-height: 8.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>BNYMSMB</U></B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 4.5pt; color: rgb(35,31,32)">2</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; padding-right: 9.55pt; padding-left: 0.35pt; text-align: center; line-height: 8.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Service Affiliates</U></B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 4.5pt; color: rgb(35,31,32)">2</FONT></B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20"><B>Audit Fees</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 1.05pt; padding-left: 3.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$38,144/$36,686</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 0.35pt; padding-left: 1.35pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$0/$0</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 0.1pt; padding-left: 0.15pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$38,144/$36,686</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 9.55pt; padding-left: 0.35pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$0/$0</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.8pt; padding-right: 10.4pt; line-height: 106%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%"><B>Audit-Related Fees</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="font-size: 4.5pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%">3</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 1.05pt 0 3.7pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">$33,238/$30,605</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0.35pt 0 1.35pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">$0/$0</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0.1pt 0 0.15pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">$33,088/$33,331</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 9.55pt 0 0.35pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">$0/$0</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.85pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20"><B>Tax Fees</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 4.5pt; color: rgb(35,31,32)">4</FONT></B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.85pt; padding-right: 1.05pt; padding-left: 3.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$3,765/$2,610</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.85pt; padding-right: 0.35pt; padding-left: 1.35pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$0/$0</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.85pt; padding-right: 0.1pt; padding-left: 0.15pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$3,653/$3,104</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.85pt; padding-right: 9.55pt; padding-left: 0.35pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$0/$0</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.85pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20"><B>All Other Fees</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.85pt; padding-right: 1.05pt; padding-left: 3.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$0/$0</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.85pt; padding-right: 0.35pt; padding-left: 1.35pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$0/$0</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.85pt; padding-right: 0.1pt; padding-left: 0.15pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$0/$0</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.85pt; padding-right: 9.55pt; padding-left: 0.35pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">$0/$0</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: #231F20 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.8pt 0 0; color: #231F20"><B>Aggregate</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 0 0; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt"><B>Non-Audit</B></FONT><B>
        <FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt">Fees</FONT></B><B><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 4.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.15pt">5</FONT></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: #231F20 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 1.05pt 0 3.7pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">$772,155/$726,833</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0.35pt 0 1.35pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">$0/$0</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0.1pt 0 0.15pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">$700,014/$1,174,149</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 9.55pt 0 0.35pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">$0/$0</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="5">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.7pt 0 0; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 4.5pt">1</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Fiscal
        years ended September 30, 2019/September 30, 2020.</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 0 0; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 4.5pt">2</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Fiscal
        years ended November 30, 2019/November 30, 2020.</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 18.9pt 0 2.35pt; text-indent: -2.4pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 4.5pt">3</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Services
        to the Fund consisted of one or more of the following: (i) agreed upon procedures related to compliance with Internal Revenue Code
        section 817(h), (ii) security counts required by Rule</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 9.3pt 0 2.35pt; color: #231F20">17f-2 under the 1940 Act, (iii) advisory
        services as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of Fund transactions or events, (iv) advisory services to the accounting
        or disclosure treatment of the actual or potential impact to the Fund of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations
        by the SEC, the Financial Accounting Standards Boards or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies and (v) agreed upon procedures
        in evaluating compliance by the Fund with the provisions of the Fund&#8217;s articles supplementary, creating the series of APS.</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 14.6pt 0 2.35pt; text-indent: -2.4pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 4.5pt">4</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Services
        to the Fund consisted of: (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state
        and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments; and (iii) tax advice
        regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held.</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt/8.9pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 4.5pt">5</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Aggregate
        non-audit fees billed by EY to the Fund and Service Affiliates are shown under the Service</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0 2.35pt; color: #231F20">Affiliates column.</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0"><IMG SRC="image_004.gif" ALT="" STYLE="height: 1px; width: 5px"><IMG SRC="image_005.gif" ALT="" STYLE="height: 1px; width: 5px"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.9pt 15.7pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; letter-spacing: -0.05pt"><B><I>Audit
Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures</I></B></FONT><I><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">.</FONT></I><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">
Each Fund&#8217;s audit</FONT> committee has established policies and procedures (the &#8220;Policy&#8221;) for pre-approval (within
specified fee limits) of EY&#8217;s engagement for audit and non-audit services to the Fund and non-audit services to Service Affiliates
without specific case-by-case consideration. The pre-approved services in the Policy can include pre-approved audit services, pre-approved
audit-related services, pre-approved tax services and pre-approved all other services. Pre-approval considerations include whether
the proposed services are compatible with maintaining EY&#8217;s independence. Pre- approvals pursuant to the Policy are considered
annually. In addition, proposed services requiring pre-approval but not covered by the Policy are considered from time to time
as necessary.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/113% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.9pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Book Antiqua, Times, Serif"><B><I>Auditor
Independence</I></B></FONT><I>. </I>Each Fund&#8217;s audit committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services
that were rendered to Service Affiliates that did not require pre-approval is compatible with maintaining EY&#8217;s independence.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.75pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">A
representative of EY will be available to join the meeting, will have the opportunity to make a statement and will be available
to respond to appropriate questions.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.75pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: bold 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 0pt 0pt 15pt; color: #231F20">Service Providers</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.75pt 15.9pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">BNYM
Investment Adviser, located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, serves as each Fund&#8217;s investment adviser.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.75pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The
Bank of New York Mellon (&#8220;BNY Mellon&#8221;), an affiliate of BNYM <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Investment Adviser,</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286,</FONT> acts as Custodian for the
assets of each Fund.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Computershare
Inc., located at 480 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, New Jersey 07310, acts as each Fund&#8217;s Transfer Agent, Dividend-Paying
Agent and Registrar.</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: bold 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.6pt 0pt 0pt 15pt; color: #231F20">Voting Information</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.75pt 0 0 27pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20"><B>To vote, you may
use any of the following methods:</B></P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 11pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin-top: 3.75pt; margin-bottom: 0; color: #231F20"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 26.95pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 8.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 15.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt"><I>By Mail.</I>
Please complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">card for each Fund you own and mail it in
the enclosed, postage-paid envelope.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 11pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin-top: 1.9pt; margin-bottom: 0; color: #231F20"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 26.95pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 8.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 15.85pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>By Internet. </I>Have your proxy card
available. Go to the website listed on the proxy card. Enter your control number from your proxy card. Follow the instructions
on the website.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 11pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin-top: 1.85pt; margin-bottom: 0; color: #231F20"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 26.95pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 8.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 15.85pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>By Telephone. </I>Have your proxy card
available. Call the toll-free number listed on the proxy card. Enter your control number from your proxy card. Follow the recorded
instructions.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 11pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin-top: 1.85pt; margin-bottom: 0; color: #231F20"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 26.95pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 8.9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 15.6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>At the Meeting.</I> Any stockholder who
attends the meeting virtually may provide voting instructions by Internet (see above) during the meeting.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.9pt 15.55pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Shares
represented by executed and unrevoked proxies will be voted in accordance with the specifications made thereon, and, if no voting
instructions are given, shares will be voted &#8220;for&#8221; a proposal. If a proxy is properly executed and returned accompanied
by instructions to withhold authority to vote or represents a broker &#8220;non-vote&#8221; (that is, a proxy from a broker or
nominee indicating that such person has not received instructions from the beneficial owner or other person entitled to vote shares
of a Fund on a particular matter with respect to which the broker or nominee does not have discretionary power), the Fund&#8217;s
shares represented thereby will be considered to be present at the meeting for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum
for the transaction of business, but will not constitute a vote &#8220;for&#8221; a proposal and will have no effect on the result
of the vote.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Each
Fund will bear its pro rata share of the cost of soliciting proxies based on the net assets of the Fund. In addition to the use
of the mails, proxies may be solicited by telephone. Authorizations to execute proxies may be obtained by <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">electronic
transmission</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">or by telephonic instructions in accordance with procedures</FONT> designed
to authenticate the stockholder&#8217;s identity. In all cases where a telephonic</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">proxy is solicited
(as opposed to where the stockholder calls the toll-free telephone number directly to vote), the stockholder will be asked to provide
or confirm certain identifiable information and to confirm that the stockholder has received <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">the
Fund&#8217;s proxy statement and proxy card in the</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">mail. Within 72 hours of receiving</FONT>
a stockholder&#8217;s solicited telephonic voting instructions, a confirmation will be sent to the stockholder to ensure that the
vote has been taken in accordance with the <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">stockholder&#8217;s instructions and to provide
a telephone number to call</FONT> immediately if the stockholder&#8217;s instructions are not correctly reflected in the confirmation.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.2pt 26.55pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">OTHER MATTERS</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.6pt 15.9pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Neither
Fund&#8217;s Board is aware of any other matter which may come before the meeting. However, should any such matter with respect
to one or both Funds properly come before the meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying forms of proxy
to vote the proxy in accordance with their judgment on such matter.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.6pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Any
proposals of stockholders that are intended to be presented at either Fund&#8217;s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in accordance
with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), must be received by the
Secretary of the respective Fund at the Fund&#8217;s principal executive offices no later than January 3, 2022, and must comply
with all other legal requirements in order to be included in either Fund&#8217;s proxy statement and forms of proxy for that meeting.
For other stockholder proposals to be presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (but not included in the Funds&#8217;
proxy statement), a stockholder&#8217;s notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the respective Fund at the Fund&#8217;s principal
executive offices no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on March 10, 2022.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.55pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Stockholders
who wish to communicate with Directors should send communications to the attention of the Secretary of the Fund, c/o BNY Mellon
Investment Adviser, Inc. Legal Department, 240 Greenwich Street, 18<FONT STYLE="font-size: 6pt; line-height: 115%">th</FONT> Floor,
New York, New York 10286, and communications will be directed to the Director or Directors indicated in the communication or, if
no Director or Directors are indicated, to the Chairman of the Board.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10.5pt/101% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.1pt 63pt 0 62.25pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">NOTICE
TO BANKS, BROKER/DEALERS AND VOTING TRUSTEES AND THEIR NOMINEES</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.35pt 15.7pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Please
advise, as appropriate, BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. or BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. in care of Computershare
Inc., Proxy Department, 480 Washington Blvd., 27th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey 07310, whether other persons are the beneficial
owners of the shares for which proxies are</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">being solicited
and, if so, the number of copies of the proxy statement and other soliciting material you wish to receive in order to supply copies
to the beneficial owners of shares. Each Fund may pay persons holding shares of the Fund in their names or those of their nominees
for their expenses in sending soliciting materials to their principals.</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 15.5pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT PROXIES BE RETURNED PROMPTLY. THEREFORE, STOCKHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING ARE URGED TO COMPLETE,
SIGN, DATE AND RETURN <U>EACH</U> ENCLOSED PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED STAMPED ENVELOPE OR OTHERWISE VOTE PROMPTLY.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">Dated: May 3, 2021</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.55pt 26.7pt 0 25.75pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">EXHIBIT
A</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 26.65pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>PART I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.65pt 15.75pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Part
I sets forth information regarding the Continuing Directors, Board and committee meetings and share ownership.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.55pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><U>Information
About the Continuing Directors&#8217; Experience, Qualifications, Attributes or Skills</U>. The Continuing Directors of each Fund
who are not standing for election at the meeting in any capacity&#8212;that is, Ms. Melvin and Mr. Davis, Class II Directors of
each of BNYMSMB and BNYMSM&#8212;together with information as to their positions with the Fund, principal occupations and other
board memberships for the past five years, are shown below. Certain information regarding Messrs. DiMartino and Howard and Ms.
Evans, who are Continuing <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Class I Directors</FONT> of BNYMSM, and Mr. Wallack and Mses. Wiley
and Gulley, who <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">are Continuing Class III Directors of BNYMSMB, is</FONT> provided in Proposal
1 of this <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">proxy statement. The address of the Continuing Directors</FONT> is 240 Greenwich
Street, New York, New York 10286.</P>

<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt/107% Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 7.7pt 63pt 0 62.1pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">Continuing
Class II Directors with Terms Expiring in 2022 for BNYMSMB and 2023 for BNYMSM</P>

<P STYLE="font: 13pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 0.5pt 0 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.3pt 10.65pt 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Name (Age) of <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Continuing</FONT>
        Director</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.05pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><B><U>Position
        with Funds</U></B></FONT><B><U> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">(Since)</FONT></U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 31%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25pt 0 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0.75pt 0 3.3pt; color: #231F20"><B>Principal Occupation <U><BR>
During Past
        5 Years&#9;</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 35%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25pt 0 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 9.65pt 0 5.2pt; color: #231F20"><B>Other Board Memberships <U><BR>
During
        Past 5 Years&#9;</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-top: 6.85pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20"><B><I>Independent Director</I></B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.6pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>ROBIN A. MELVIN</B> (57)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.65pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>APS Designee for <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">BNYMSMB
        and</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">BNYMSM</FONT></B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class II Director of BNYMSMB</B> (1995)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class II Director of BNYMSM</B> (1995)</P></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.6pt 7.85pt 0 10.5pt; text-indent: -0.1in; color: #231F20">Trustee, Westover
        School, a private girls&#8217; boarding school in Middlebury, Connecticut (2019 &#8211; Present)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 4.75pt 0 10.5pt; text-indent: -0.1in; color: #231F20">Co-Chair, Mentor
        Illinois, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the quality of mentoring services in Illinois (2014</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/9.95pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.5pt; color: #231F20">&#8211; 2020); Board member,</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 9.45pt 0 10.5pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Mentor
        Illinois (2013</FONT> &#8211; 2020)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 9.6pt; padding-left: 5.2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.3pt 23.1pt 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Name (Age) of <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Continuing</FONT>
        Director</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.05pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><B><U>Position
        with Funds</U></B></FONT><B><U> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">(Since)</FONT></U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25pt 0 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.5pt; color: #231F20"><B>Principal Occupation <U><BR>
During Past 5
        Years&#9;</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25pt 0 0"><B><I>&nbsp;</I></B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 9.65pt 0 8.3pt; color: #231F20"><B>Other Board Memberships <U><BR>
During
        Past 5 Years&#9;</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 6.85pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Book Antiqua, Times, Serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20"><B><I>Interested Director</I></B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.55pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>GORDON J. DAVIS</B> (79)*</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.65pt 2.85pt 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class II Director of BNYMSMB</B>
        (2006)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10.05pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Class II Director of</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/9.95pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.7pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>BNYMSM</B> (2007)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 7.55pt; padding-right: 8pt; padding-left: 10.65pt; text-indent: -0.1in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%">Partner in the law firm of Venable LLP (2012 &#8211; Present)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; padding-top: 7.55pt; padding-left: 8.3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0"><IMG SRC="image_006.gif" ALT="" STYLE="width: 101px; height: 1px"></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt/110% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 15.85pt 0 18.15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -3.2pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">*Mr.
Davis is deemed to be an Interested Director of the Funds as a result</FONT> of his affiliation with Venable LLP, which provides
legal services to the Funds. Pursuant to each Fund&#8217;s emeritus policy, Mr. Davis will become emeritus in August 2021, and
the number of Directors constituting each Fund&#8217;s entire Board will be reduced to seven Directors.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.1pt 15.8pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Each
Continuing Director has been a BNY Mellon Family of Funds board member for at least 20 years. Additional information about the
Continuing Directors follows (supplementing the information provided in the table above) that describes some of the specific experiences,
qualifications, attributes or skills that the Continuing Directors possess which the Board believes has prepared them to be effective
Directors.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.7pt 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><B>Robin
A. Melvin &#8212; </B>From 2014 to 2020, Ms. Melvin served as Co-Chair of Mentor Illinois, a non-profit organization dedicated
to increasing the quantity and quality of mentoring services in Illinois, and served as a board member from 2013 to 2020. Ms. Melvin
served as Director of the Boisi Family Foundation, a private family foundation that supports organizations serving the needs of
youth from <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">disadvantaged circumstances,</FONT> from 1995 to 2012. In that role she also managed
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 was an investment
banker with Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Since 2019, she has served as a Trustee of Westover School, a private girls boarding school
in Middlebury, Connecticut.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 27pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20"><B>Gordon J.
Davis &#8212;</B> Mr. Davis is a partner in the law firm of Venable LLP where his practice focuses on complex real estate,
land use development and related environmental matters; state and municipal authorities and financings; and cultural</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 15.8pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">and not-for-profit
organizations. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, Mr. Davis served as a partner in the law firm of Dewey &amp; LeBoeuf LLP from
1994 until <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">2012. Mr. Davis also</FONT> 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 BNYM Investment Adviser (prior to its acquisition
by a predecessor of BNY Mellon in August 1994 and related management changes). He also served as a Director of Consolidated Edison,
Inc., a utility company, and The Phoenix Companies, Inc., a life insurance company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.45pt 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt"><U>Nominees&#8217;
and the Continuing Directors&#8217; Ownership of Fund Shares.</U></FONT> The table below indicates the dollar range of the Nominees&#8217;
and the Continuing Directors&#8217; ownership of shares of each Fund&#8217;s Common Stock and shares of other funds in the BNY
Mellon Family of Funds, in each case as of December 31, 2020.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.55pt 0 0; color: #231F20"><B>Name of Continuing <U><BR>
Director or Nominee</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.4pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 4.2pt 0 16.05pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>BNYMSM</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.65pt 4.1pt 0 16.05pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>Common
        <U><BR>
Stock</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 19%">
        <P STYLE="font: 9.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.4pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 6.85pt 0 4.05pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>BNYMSMB</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt/106% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.65pt 6.8pt 0 4.05pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>Common <BR>
<U>Stock</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 29%; padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 9.4pt; padding-left: 8.7pt; text-align: center; line-height: 106%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.05pt; line-height: 106%"><B>Aggregate Holding</B></FONT><B> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%">of Funds in the BNY Mellon <BR>
<U>Family of Funds</U></FONT></B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.25pt; line-height: 106%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 106%"><I>Independent Directors and Director Nominees</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Joseph S. DiMartino*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.1pt; padding-right: 15.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.1pt; padding-left: 18.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.1pt; padding-right: 9.45pt; padding-left: 8.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Over $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Joni Evans*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 15.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-left: 18.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 9.45pt; padding-left: 8.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Over $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Joan L. Gulley*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 15.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-left: 18.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 9.45pt; padding-left: 8.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Over $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Alan H. Howard*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 15.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-left: 18.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 9.45pt; padding-left: 8.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Over $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Robin A. Melvin</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 15.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-left: 18.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 9.45pt; padding-left: 8.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">$50,001 &#8211; $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Burton N. Wallack*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 15.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-left: 18.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 9.45pt; padding-left: 8.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Benaree Pratt Wiley*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 15.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2pt; padding-left: 18.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 9.45pt; padding-left: 8.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">$50,001 &#8211; $100,000</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20"><I>Interested Director</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: #231F20 1pt solid; padding-top: 2.1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">Gordon J. Davis</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.1pt; padding-right: 15.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.1pt; padding-left: 18.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.1pt; padding-right: 9.45pt; padding-left: 8.7pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; color: #231F20">None</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.1pt; line-height: 8.75pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt; color: #231F20">* Nominee.</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.45pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">As
of December 31, 2020, none of the Nominees or the Continuing Directors or their immediate family members owned securities of BNYM
Investment Adviser or any person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by
or under common control with BNYM Investment Adviser.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.65pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 15.65pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">A-3</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 26.55pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>PERTAINING
TO THE BOARD OF EACH FUND</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 27pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 15.85pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Each Fund held five Board meetings, six audit
committee meetings, one compensation committee meeting and one nominating committee meeting during the Fund&#8217;s last fiscal
year. The litigation and pricing committees did not meet during the last fiscal year.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 11pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin-top: 1.8pt; margin-bottom: 0; color: #231F20"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 27pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 15.7pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Funds do not have a formal policy regarding
Directors&#8217; attendance at annual meetings of stockholders. Directors did not attend last year&#8217;s annual meeting of stockholders.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 11pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin-top: 1.85pt; margin-bottom: 0; color: #231F20"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 27pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#8226;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 15.85pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Continuing Directors and the Nominees
of each Fund (who were Directors at the time) attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Boards and committees of which they
were a member held in the last fiscal year.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 5.85pt 15.6pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><B>Compensation
Table</B>. The amount of compensation paid to each Continuing Director by BNYMSMB for its fiscal year ended November 30, 2020,
and by BNYMSM for its fiscal year ended September 30, 2020, and the aggregate amount of compensation paid to such Continuing Director
by all funds in the fund complex (which comprises registered investment companies for which the Investment Adviser or an affiliate
of the Investment Adviser serves as investment adviser) for which the Continuing Director was a board member during 2020, was as
follows*:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 3pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 36%">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/110% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 12.25pt 0 28.5pt; text-indent: -4.1pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt"><B>Name
        of Continuing</B></FONT><B> <U><BR>
Director and Fund</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; width: 26%; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/110% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 12.85pt; text-indent: 2.15pt; color: #231F20"><B>Compensation <BR>
<FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt"><U>from
        each Fund</U></FONT></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 38%; padding-top: 0.35pt; padding-right: 9.95pt; padding-left: 10.65pt; text-align: center; line-height: 110%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; line-height: 110%"><B>Aggregate Compensation</B></FONT><B> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 110%">from each Fund and Fund Complex Paid to <BR>
<U>Continuing Director (*)</U></FONT></B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5.45pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Robin Melvin</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 5.45pt; padding-right: 9.9pt; padding-left: 10.65pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$798,250 (96)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 36.45pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BNYMSMB</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 28.3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$6,266</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 36.45pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSM</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 28.3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$7,850</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Gordon Davis</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 3.25pt; padding-right: 9.9pt; padding-left: 10.65pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$419,500 (53)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 36.45pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BNYMSMB</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 28.3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$6,267</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-left: 34pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">BNYMSM</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 0.8pt; padding-right: 28.3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">$6,466</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt/1pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 14.85pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt/110% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.15pt 29.25pt 0 23.15pt; text-indent: -8.2pt; color: #231F20">* Represents
the number of separate portfolios comprising the investment companies in the fund complex, including the Funds, for which the Continuing
Directors served as board members in 2020.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt/110% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.15pt 29.25pt 0 23.15pt; text-indent: -8.2pt; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 8pt/110% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.15pt 29.25pt 0pt 23.15pt; text-indent: -8.2pt; color: #231F20">A-4</P>


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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.6pt 14.7pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">PART II</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 3.75pt 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Part
II sets forth information regarding the officers of the Funds. Each officer of the Funds holds office for an indefinite term until
his or her successor is elected and has qualified.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 13pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.1pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Name and Position with</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Funds (Since)</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; width: 9%; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.4pt 0 0">&nbsp;Age</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 51%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0 5.75pt; color: #231F20"><B>Principal Occupation and Business</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 5.75pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Experience For Past Five Years</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>DAVID DIPETRILLO</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">President</FONT><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(35,31,32)">1</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">(2019)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">43</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 9.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Head of North American Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management since January 2018; Director of Product Strategy, BNY Mellon Investment Management from January 2016 to December 2017. He is an officer of 61 investment companies (comprised of 115 portfolios) managed by BNYM Investment Adviser.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>JAMES WINDELS</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Treasurer (2001)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">62</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 9.8pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Director &#8211; Mutual Fund Accounting of BNYM Investment Adviser, and an officer of 62 investment companies (comprised of 138 portfolios) managed by BNYM Investment Adviser.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>BENNETT A. MACDOUGALL</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Chief Legal Officer (2015)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">49</FONT></TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 2.05pt 10pt 0 5.75pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Chief
        Legal Officer of BNYM Investment Adviser and Associate </FONT>General Counsel and Managing Director of BNY Mellon since June 2015.
        He is an officer of 62 investment companies (comprised of</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 5.75pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20">138 portfolios) managed
        by BNYM</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 5.75pt; text-align: justify; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Investment
        Adviser.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>JAMES BITETTO</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-right: 11.4pt; padding-left: 10pt; line-height: 115%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 115%">Vice President and Secretary</FONT><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 6pt; color: rgb(35,31,32); line-height: 115%">2</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 115%">(2005)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">54</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.2pt; padding-right: 10pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Senior Managing Counsel of BNY <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">Mellon since</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">December 2019: Managing</FONT> Counsel of BNY Mellon from April 2014 to December 2019; Secretary of <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">BNYM Investment Adviser</FONT> and an officer <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">of 62 investment companies (comprised</FONT> of 138 portfolios) managed by BNYM Investment Adviser.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 38%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Name and Position with</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Funds (Since)</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; width: 11%; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.4pt 0 0">&nbsp;<B><U>Age</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 51%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0 5.75pt; color: #231F20"><B>Principal Occupation and Business</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 5.75pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Experience For Past Five Years</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>DEIRDRE CUNNANE</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 17.85pt; padding-left: 10pt; line-height: 115%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 115%">Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2019)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">30</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 10.05pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Counsel of BNY Mellon since August 2018; Senior Regulatory Specialist at BNY Mellon Investment Management Services from February 2016 to August 2018. She is an officer of 62 investment companies (comprised of 138 portfolios) managed by BNYM Investment Adviser.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>SARAH S. KELLEHER</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 17.85pt; padding-left: 10pt; line-height: 115%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 115%">Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2014)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">45</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 10pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon since December 2017; Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon from March 2013 to December 2017; from August 2005 to <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">March 2013,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Associate General Counsel,</FONT> Third Avenue Management. She is an officer of 62 investment companies (comprised of 138 portfolios) managed by BNYM Investment Adviser.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>JEFF S. PRUSNOFSKY</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 17.85pt; padding-left: 10pt; line-height: 115%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 115%">Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2005)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">55</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 9.75pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: 0.5pt">Senior </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: 0.55pt">&nbsp;Managing Counsel </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: 3.65pt">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 62 investment companies (comprised of 138 portfolios) managed by BNYM Investment Adviser.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>AMANDA QUINN</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 17.85pt; padding-left: 10pt; line-height: 115%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 115%">Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2020)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.2pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">36</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.2pt; padding-right: 10.45pt; padding-left: 5.75pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.15pt">Counsel of BNY Mellon</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.1pt">since June 2019;</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Regulatory Administration Manager at BNY Mellon Investment Management Services from September 2018 to May 2019; Senior Regulatory Specialist at BNY Mellon Investment Management Services from April 2015 to August 2018. She is an officer of 62 investment companies (comprised of 138 portfolios) <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">managed by BNYM Investment</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">Adviser.</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 38%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Name and Position with</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Funds (Since)</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: middle; width: 11%; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.4pt 0 0">&nbsp;Age</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 51%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0 5.6pt; color: #231F20"><B>Principal Occupation and Business</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 5.6pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Experience For Past Five Years</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>PETER SULLIVAN</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 18.85pt; padding-left: 10pt; line-height: 115%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 115%">Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2019)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">53</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 9.95pt; padding-left: 5.6pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Senior Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon since December 2020, and an officer of 62 investment companies (comprised of 138 portfolios) managed by BNYM Investment Adviser.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>NATALYA ZELENSKY</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 18.85pt; padding-left: 10pt; line-height: 115%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; line-height: 115%">Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2017)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">35</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 10.2pt; padding-left: 5.6pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.15pt">Managing Counsel</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.1pt">of BNY Mellon since</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20; letter-spacing: -0.2pt">December 2019; Counsel of BNY Mellon</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">from May 2016 to December 2019; attorney at Wildermuth Endowment Strategy Fund/Wildermuth Advisory, LLC from November 2015 until May 2016. She is an officer of 62 investment <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">companies (comprised of 138 portfolios)</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.2pt">managed by BNYM Investment</FONT> <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.15pt">Adviser.</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>GAVIN C. REILLY</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Assistant Treasurer (2005)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">53</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 10.15pt; padding-left: 5.6pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Tax Manager &#8212; BNY Mellon Fund Administration, and an officer of 62 investment companies (comprised of 138 portfolios) managed by BNYM Investment Adviser.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>ROBERT S. ROBOL</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Assistant Treasurer (2005)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-right: 8.3pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">57</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.2pt; padding-right: 9.95pt; padding-left: 5.6pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Senior Accounting Manager &#8212; BNY Mellon Fund Administration, and an officer of 62 investment companies (comprised of 138 portfolios) managed by BNYM Investment Adviser.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>Name and Position with</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Funds (Since)</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%">
        <P STYLE="font: 11.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.4pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 3.35pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Age</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 51%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.35pt 0 0 5.65pt; color: #231F20"><B>Principal Occupation and Business</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 5.65pt; color: #231F20"><B><U>Experience For Past Five Years</U></B></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>ROBERT SALVIOLO</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Assistant Treasurer (2007)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">54</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 9.85pt; padding-left: 5.65pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Senior Accounting Manager &#8212; BNY Mellon Fund Administration, and an officer of 62 investment companies (comprised of 138 portfolios) managed by BNYM Investment Adviser.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>ROBERT SVAGNA</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Assistant Treasurer (2005)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">54</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.3pt; padding-right: 9.85pt; padding-left: 5.65pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Senior Accounting Manager &#8212; BNY Mellon Fund Administration, and an officer of 62 investment companies (comprised of 138 portfolios) managed by BNYM Investment Adviser.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.7pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20"><B>JOSEPH W. CONNOLLY</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Chief Compliance Officer (2004)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2.05pt; padding-left: 6pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">63</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 0.2pt; padding-right: 9.95pt; padding-left: 5.65pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 13pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Chief Compliance Officer of BNYM Investment Adviser, The BNY Mellon Family of Funds and BNY Mellon Funds Trust (61 investment companies, comprised of 130 portfolios).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.55pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/9.9pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 15pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 5.5pt">1</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">President since 2021; previously, Vice President.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 2.85pt 0 0 15pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="vertical-align: super; font-size: 5.5pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt">2</FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt; letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Vice President and Secretary since 2018;</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">previously,
Vice President and Assistant Secretary.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 13pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.4pt 0 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 15pt; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The address of each officer
of the Funds is 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.55pt 26.55pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">PART III</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.6pt 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20"><FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">Part
III sets forth information</FONT> for each Fund regarding the beneficial ownership of its shares as of April 14, 2021 by Nominees,
the Continuing Directors and officers of the Fund owning shares on such date and by any stockholders owning 5% or more of a class
of the Fund&#8217;s outstanding shares.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.9pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">As
of April 14, 2021, none of the Nominees, the Continuing Directors or officers of a Fund owned any shares of Common Stock or APS.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.85pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">To
each Fund&#8217;s knowledge, based on Schedule 13G filings as of April 14, 2021, the following information with respect to beneficial
ownership of more than 5% <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">of the outstanding shares of Common</FONT> Stock and/or outstanding
shares of APS has been reported.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.1pt 26.55pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">BNYMSMB</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 24%">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20">Title of Class</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.55pt 11.75pt 0 21.85pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">Name and Address
        of</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 11.75pt 0 21.85pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">Beneficial Owner</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: middle; width: 21%; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.55pt 0 0 11.8pt; color: #231F20">Number of</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 5.5pt; color: #231F20">Shares Owned</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: middle; width: 18%; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.55pt 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20">Percent</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 9.45pt; color: #231F20">of Class</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.8pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">Common Stock</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 1.8pt; padding-left: 10.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">First Trust Portfolios L.P.*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.8pt; padding-right: 15.45pt; padding-left: 12.05pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">3,334,114</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 1.8pt; padding-left: 11.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">5.36%</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.8pt 6.25pt 0 10.55pt; color: #231F20">First Trust Advisors L.P.* <BR>
The
        Charger Corporation* <BR>
120 East Liberty Drive Suite 400</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/11.05pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.55pt; color: #231F20">Wheaton, IL 60187</P></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 8.3pt; padding-left: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">APS</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.3pt 11.2pt 0 10.55pt; color: #231F20">Bank of America Corp.** <BR>
Bank
        of America Corporate Center</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/11.1pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.55pt; color: #231F20">100 North Tryon Street<BR>
</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/11.15pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 10.55pt; color: #231F20">Charlotte, NC 28255</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 8.3pt; padding-right: 15.45pt; padding-left: 12.05pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">565</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 8.3pt; padding-left: 9.05pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">17.90%</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 15.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.4pt 0 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.7pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">As
of April 14, 2021, Cede &amp; Co., P.O. Box 20, Bowling Green Station, New York, New York 10274, held of record 98.81% of the outstanding
shares of <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.1pt">BNYMSMB&#8217;s Common Stock and 100% of the outstanding shares of BNYMSMB&#8217;s</FONT>
APS.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.7pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 15.7pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">A-9</P>


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<P STYLE="font: bold 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.55pt 26.55pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">BNYMSM</P>

<P STYLE="font: 4.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.25pt 0 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 24%">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.05pt 0 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10pt; color: #231F20">Title of Class</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: middle; width: 37%; text-align: center">
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: middle; width: 18%; text-align: center">
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 9.45pt; color: #231F20">of Class</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 1.8pt; padding-left: 10.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">First Trust Portfolios L.P.*</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 1.8pt; padding-right: 15.45pt; padding-left: 12.05pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">3,281,289</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 1.8pt; padding-left: 11.55pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">6.64%</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.8pt 6.25pt 0 10.55pt; color: #231F20">First Trust Advisors L.P.* <BR>
The
        Charger Corporation* <BR>
120 East Liberty Drive Suite 400</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/11.05pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.55pt; color: #231F20">Wheaton, IL 60187</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.3pt 11.2pt 0 10.55pt; color: #231F20">Bank of America Corp.** <BR>
Bank
        of America Corporate Center</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/11.1pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.55pt; color: #231F20">100 North Tryon Street<BR>
</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt/11.15pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.75pt 0 0 10.55pt; color: #231F20">Charlotte, NC 28255</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 8.3pt; padding-right: 15.45pt; padding-left: 12.05pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">283</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; padding-top: 8.3pt; padding-left: 9.05pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: #231F20">14.40%</FONT></TD></TR>
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of April 14, 2021, Cede &amp; Co., P.O. Box 20, Bowling Green Station, New York, New York 10274, held of record 97.37% of the outstanding
shares of BNYMSM&#8217;s Common Stock and 100% of the outstanding shares of BNYMSM&#8217;s APS.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt/110% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0.6pt 15.6pt 0 21.85pt; text-indent: -6.9pt; color: #231F20">* These entities
share voting and dispositive power with respect to the share amounts and percentages shown.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt/110% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 2.05pt 0 0 21.3pt; text-indent: -6.35pt; color: #231F20">**Bank of America
Corporation beneficially owns and has shared voting and dispositive power with respect to its shares through one of its wholly-owned
subsidiaries--Bank of America, N.A.</P>

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B</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.2pt 26.5pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>REPORT OF
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/126% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.15pt 93.45pt 0 92.55pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">BNY Mellon
Strategic Municipals, Inc. (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/123% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin-top: 6.45pt; margin-right: 15.8pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: right; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">November
24, 2020</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/123% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin-top: 6.45pt; margin-right: 15.8pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The audit committee oversees the Fund&#8217;s financial reporting process on behalf of <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">the
Board of Directors. Management has the primary responsibility for</FONT> the financial statements and the reporting process
including the systems of internal controls. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the committee reviewed and
discussed the audited financial statements in the Annual Report with management.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 1.9pt 15.75pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The
committee reviewed with the independent registered public accounting firm (the &#8220;independent auditors&#8221; or &#8220;auditors&#8221;),
who are responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with generally accepted accounting
principles, their judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Fund&#8217;s accounting principles and such other
matters as are required to be discussed with the committee under the applicable requirements of <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">the
Public Company Accounting Oversight</FONT> Board (United States) (&#8220;PCAOB&#8221;) and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In addition, the committee discussed with the independent auditors the auditors&#8217; independence from management and the Fund
including the auditors&#8217; letter and the matters in the written disclosures required by the PCAOB.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.95pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Based
on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the committee <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">recommended to the Board
of Directors (and the Board approved)</FONT> that the audited financial statements for the Fund be included in the Fund&#8217;s
Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended September 30, 2020.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.25pt 140.65pt 0 15pt; color: #231F20">Alan H. Howard, Audit Committee
Chair <BR>
Joseph S. DiMartino, Audit Committee Member <BR>
Joni Evans, Audit Committee Member</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 143.6pt 0 15pt; color: #231F20">Joan L. Gulley, Audit Committee Member
<BR>
Robin A. Melvin, Audit Committee Member <BR>
Burton Wallack, Audit Committee Member <BR>
Benaree Pratt Wiley, Audit Committee Member</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 4.55pt 26.7pt 0 25.75pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">EXHIBIT
C</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.2pt 26.5pt 0 25.8pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20"><B>REPORT OF
THE AUDIT COMMITTEE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10.5pt/110% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 9.15pt 70.45pt 0 69.55pt; text-align: center; color: #231F20">BNY Mellon
Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/123% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.45pt 15.8pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: right; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">January
27, 2021</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/123% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 8.45pt 15.8pt 0pt 15pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The audit committee oversees the Fund&#8217;s financial reporting process on behalf of <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">the
Board of Directors. Management has the primary responsibility for</FONT> the financial statements and the reporting process
including the systems of internal controls. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the committee reviewed and
discussed the audited financial statements in the Annual Report with management.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.75pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">The
committee reviewed with the independent registered public accounting firm (the &#8220;independent auditors&#8221; or &#8220;auditors&#8221;),
who are responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with generally accepted accounting
principles, their judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Fund&#8217;s accounting principles and such other
matters as are required to be discussed with the committee under the applicable requirements of <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">the
Public Company Accounting Oversight</FONT> Board (United States) (&#8220;PCAOB&#8221;) and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In addition, the committee discussed with the independent auditors the auditors&#8217; independence from management and the Fund
including the auditors&#8217; letter and the matters in the written disclosures required by the PCAOB.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 15.95pt 0 15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 12pt; color: #231F20">Based
on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the committee <FONT STYLE="letter-spacing: -0.05pt">recommended to the Board
of Directors (and the Board approved)</FONT> that the audited financial statements for the Fund be included in the Fund&#8217;s
Annual Report to Stockholders for the year ended November 30, 2020.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 7.15pt 140.65pt 0 15pt; color: #231F20">Alan H. Howard, Audit Committee
Chair <BR>
Joseph S. DiMartino, Audit Committee Member <BR>
Joni Evans, Audit Committee Member</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/115% Garamond, Times, Serif; margin: 0 143.6pt 0 15pt; color: #231F20">Joan L. Gulley, Audit Committee Member
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Robin A. Melvin, Audit Committee Member <BR>
Burton Wallack, Audit Committee Member <BR>
Benaree Pratt Wiley, Audit Committee Member</P>

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