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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001057861-22-000004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		7
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220816
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220705
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220705

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BNY MELLON HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001057861
		IRS NUMBER:				134001109
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0331

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08703
		FILM NUMBER:		221063344

	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 HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980316
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">DEF 14A</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">[_]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.5in"><U>BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund<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: normal bold 12pt Serif; text-decoration: none; text-align: center; color: #000000">BNY MELLON HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND</p><div style="border-bottom:0.5pt; border-bottom-style:solid;
border-bottom-color:#000000; border-top:0.5pt; border-top-style:solid; border-top-color:#000000; padding:1pt
0pt 1pt 0pt;"><div style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders</font></div></div><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">To the Shareholders of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund:</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (the "Fund")
will be held in a virtual meeting format only on Tuesday, August 16,&#160;2022 at 10:30&#160;a.m., Eastern time,
for the following purposes:</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; text-indent:-40.5pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:54.0pt; text-decoration:none;"><font>1.</font><font
style="word-spacing:21.25pt;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">To elect one Class I Trustee to serve for a
two-year term and two Class II Trustees to serve for three-year terms and until their respective successors
are duly elected and qualified. </font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; text-indent:-40.5pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:54.0pt; text-decoration:none;"><font>2.</font><font
style="word-spacing:21.25pt;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">To transact such other business as may properly
come before the Meeting, or any adjournments or postponements thereof. </font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Due
to the public health and safety concerns of COVID-19, and to support the health and well-being of our
shareholders 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-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Shareholders
of record at the close of business on June 15,&#160;2022 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.meetnow.global/M5V4PCY,
and enter the control number found on your proxy card.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">If you
hold your shares through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker, you must register in advance to attend
the Meeting.  To register you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund
holdings along with your name and email address to Computershare Fund Services, the Fund'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 Tuesday, August&#160;9,&#160;2022.
 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 Tuesday,
August&#160;9,&#160;2022, Computershare will attempt to register you, but may be unable to do so prior to the
Meeting.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Questions from shareholders 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 Tuesday, August&#160;9,&#160;2022.  Only questions that are pertinent,
as determined by the chairperson of the Meeting, will be answered during the Meeting, subject to time
constraints.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Whether or not you plan to attend the Meeting virtually, we
urge you to vote and submit your proxy in advance of the Meeting by one of the methods described in the
proxy materials for the Meeting.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">By
Order of the Board</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; text-indent:36.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:108.0pt; text-decoration:none;"><font
style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><img src="img_fabb70b27bc14.jpg"></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; margin-left:180.0pt;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">James Bitetto</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Secretary</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">New York,
New York</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">July 5,&#160;2022</font></p><div style="border-bottom:0.5pt; border-bottom-style:solid;
border-bottom-color:#000000; border-top:0.5pt; border-top-style:solid; border-top-color:#000000; border-left:0.5pt;
border-left-style:solid; border-left-color:#000000; border-right:0.5pt; border-right-style:solid; border-right-color:#000000;
padding:1pt 4pt 1pt 4pt;"><div style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">WE NEED YOUR PROXY VOTE</font></div><div style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;"></div><div
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">A
SHAREHOLDER MAY THINK ITS VOTE IS NOT IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">VITAL</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">.  BY LAW,
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FUND WILL HAVE TO BE ADJOURNED WITHOUT CONDUCTING ANY BUSINESS
IF LESS THAN A QUORUM IS REPRESENTED.  IN THAT EVENT, THE FUND, AT SHAREHOLDERS' 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 SHAREHOLDERS WILL BENEFIT FROM YOUR COOPERATION.</font></div></div>
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<p style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">BNY MELLON HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND</p><div style="border-bottom:0.5pt; border-bottom-style:solid;
border-bottom-color:#000000; border-top:0.5pt; border-top-style:solid; border-top-color:#000000; padding:1pt
0pt 1pt 0pt;"><div style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"> PROXY STATEMENT</font></div></div><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Annual
Meeting of Shareholders</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">to be held on August 16,&#160;2022</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">This
proxy statement is furnished in connection with a solicitation of proxies by the Board of Trustees (the
"Board") of BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (the "Fund") to be used at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
of the Fund (the "Meeting") to be held in a virtual meeting format only on Tuesday, August 16,&#160;2022
at 10:30&#160;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 Shareholders.  Shareholders of record at the
close of business on June 15,&#160;2022 are entitled to be present and to vote at the Meeting.  Shareholders
will not be able to attend the Meeting in person.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Shareholders are entitled
to one vote for each Fund share held and fractional votes for each fractional Fund share held.  Shares
represented by executed and unrevoked proxies will be voted in accordance with the specifications made
thereon.  If the 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-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">A quorum is constituted by the presence in
person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund entitled to vote
at the Meeting.  Virtual attendance at the Meeting shall constitute in person attendance for purposes
of calculating a quorum.  If a quorum is not present at the Meeting, the shareholders present in person
or by proxy, by majority vote and without notice other than by announcement at the Meeting, may adjourn
the Meeting.  </p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">As of June 15,&#160;2022, the Fund had 72,736,534.00
shares of beneficial interest outstanding.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">It is estimated that proxy
materials will be mailed to shareholders of record on or about July 5,&#160;2022.  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 the Fund is located
at 240&#160;Greenwich Street, 18</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>th</sup></font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#160;Floor,
New York, New York&#160;10286.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">Copies of the Fund's most recent Annual Report to Shareholders are available upon
request, without charge, by writing to the Fund at 144&#160;Glenn&#160;Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York
11556-0144, or by calling toll free 1-800-334-6899.</p><p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Important
Notice Regarding Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to Be
Held on Tuesday, August 16,&#160;2022:  This proxy statement and a copy of the Fund's most recent Annual
Report to Shareholders are available at https://im.bnymellon.com/us/en/intermediary/products/closed-end-funds.jsp.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF TRUSTEES</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
Board is divided into three classes with the term of office of one class expiring each year.  It is proposed
that shareholders of the Fund consider the election of one Class I Trustee to serve for a two-year term
and two Class II Trustees to serve for three-year terms and until their respective successors are duly
elected and qualified.  The individual nominees (the "Nominees") proposed for election are Mr. Bradley
J. Skapyak as a Class I Trustee, and Mses. Roslyn M. Watson and Benaree Pratt Wiley as Class II Trustees.</p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Each Nominee currently serves as a Trustee of the Fund and is a board member of
certain other funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds.  Mses. Watson and Wiley have each served as a
Trustee since the Fund's inception and have previously been elected by the Fund's shareholders.  Mr.
Skapyak was appointed to the Board by the Fund's Trustees in September 2021.  Each Nominee was nominated
by the Fund's nominating committee, has consented to being named in this proxy statement and has agreed
to continue to serve as a Trustee if elected.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Biographical information
about each Nominee is set forth below.  Biographical information about the Fund's Trustees who are not
standing for election at the Meeting but who will continue to be Trustees of the Fund after the Meeting
(each, a "Continuing Trustee"), information on each Nominee's and Continuing Trustee's ownership of Fund
shares and other relevant information is set forth in Exhibit A to this proxy statement.  Except for
Mr. Skapyak, none of the Nominees or Continuing Trustees are deemed to be "interested persons" (as defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act")) of the Fund (an "Interested Trustee").
 Mr. Skapyak is deemed to be an Interested Trustee of the Fund as a result of his ownership of unvested
restricted stock units of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, the parent company of BNY Mellon Investment
Adviser, Inc., the Fund's investment adviser (the "Investment Adviser").</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
persons named as proxies on the accompanying proxy card intend to vote each proxy for the election of
the Nominees, unless shareholders 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 Trustee 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 or nominees.  </p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline;">Board's
Oversight Role in Management.</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">  The Board's role in management of the Fund
is oversight.  As is the case with virtually all investment companies (as distinguished from operating
companies), service providers to the Fund, primarily the Investment Adviser 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, the Board, acting at its scheduled meetings, or
the Chairman, acting between Board </font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">meetings, regularly interacts with and receives reports from
senior personnel of service providers, including senior personnel of the Investment Adviser and its affiliates,
the Fund's and the Investment Adviser's Chief Compliance Officer and portfolio management personnel.
 The Board's Audit Committee (which consists of all of the Fund's Trustees who are not "interested persons"
(as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund ("Independent Trustees")) meets during its regularly scheduled
and special meetings, and between meetings the Audit Committee chair is available to the Fund's independent
registered public accounting firm and the Fund's Chief Financial Officer.  The 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, the Board also receives informational reports from counsel to the Fund and the
Board's independent legal counsel regarding regulatory compliance and governance matters.  The Board
has adopted policies and procedures designed to address certain risks to the Fund.  In addition, the
Investment Adviser and other service providers to the 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 risks applicable to the Fund, and the Board's risk management oversight is subject to inherent
limitations.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline;">Board Composition and Leadership Structure.</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
 The 1940 Act requires that at least 40% of the Fund's Trustees be Independent Trustees and as such are
not affiliated with the Investment Adviser.  To rely on certain exemptive rules under the 1940 Act, a
majority of the Fund's Trustees must be Independent Trustees, and for certain important matters, such
as the approval of the Fund's investment advisory agreement or transactions with affiliates, the 1940
Act or the rules thereunder require the approval of a majority of the Independent Trustees.  Currently,
with the exception of Mr. Skapyak, all of the Fund's Trustees, including the Chairman of the Board, are
Independent Trustees.  The 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 the 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 the Fund are conducted by Fund officers
and employees of the Investment Adviser and its affiliates; and (iii) the Board's oversight role in management
of the Fund.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline;">Information About Each Nominee's and Continuing
Trustee's Experience, Qualifications, Attributes or Skills.</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">  Nominees for Trustee of
the 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 Trustees of the Fund, information
on each </font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Nominee's and Continuing Trustee's ownership of Fund shares
and other relevant information is set forth in Exhibit A.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-style:italic;">Nominee
for Class I Trustee with Term Expiring in 2024</p><table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"
width="100%" cellpadding="2" style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:31.97%">&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:33.41%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:34.62%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;
font-size:1pt;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name (Age) of Nominee</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Position
with Fund </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">(Since)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:bold;
margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Principal Occupation</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">During
Past 5 Years</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:bold; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Other
Public Company</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Board Memberships</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">During Past 5 Years</font></p></td></tr></table><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;
font-style:italic;">Interested Trustee Nominee</p><table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"
width="100%" cellpadding="2" style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:34.51%">&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:34.74%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:30.75%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;
font-size:1pt;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">BRADLEY J. SKAPYAK</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"> (63)</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Class I
Trustee </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">(2021)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:8.65pt; text-decoration:none;">Chief Operating Officer and Director of The Dreyfus Corporation,
the predecessor company of the Investment Adviser (2009 &#8211; 2019)</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt;
text-decoration:none;">Chief Executive Officer and Director of MBSC Securities Corporation (2016 &#8211;
2019)</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000;
text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; text-decoration:none;">Chairman and Director
of Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. (2011 &#8211; 2019)</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-11.5pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:11.5pt; text-decoration:none;">Senior
Vice President of The Bank of New York Mellon (2007 &#8211; 2019)</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt;
font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; text-decoration:none;">N/A</p></td></tr></table>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;
font-style:italic;">Nominees for Class II Trustees with Terms Expiring in 2025</p><table cellspacing="0"
style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellpadding="2" style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td
style="width:31.97%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:33.41%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:34.62%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:bottom; font-size:1pt;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name (Age) of Nominee</font><br><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Position
with Fund </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">(Since)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:bold;
margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Principal Occupation</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">During
Past 5 Years</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:bold; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Other
Public Company</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Board Memberships</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">During Past 5 Years</font></p></td></tr></table><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;
font-style:italic;">Independent Trustee Nominees</p><table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"
width="100%" cellpadding="2" style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:33.26%">&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:33.71%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:33.03%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;
font-size:1pt;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">ROSLYN M. WATSON</font><font style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"> (72)</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Class II
Trustee </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">(1998)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Watson Ventures, Inc., a real estate investment company, </font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Principal</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
(1993 &#8211; Present)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">American
Express Bank, FSB, </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Director</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"> (1993 &#8211; 2018)</font></p></td></tr></table><table
cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellpadding="2" style="clear:both"><tr
style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:32.84%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:34.07%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:33.09%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top; font-size:1pt;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">BENAREE PRATT WILEY</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
(75)</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">Class II Trustee </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">(1998)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The Wiley Group, a firm specializing in strategy
and business development, </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Principal</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"> (2005
&#8211; Present)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">CBIZ,
Inc., a public company providing professional business services, products and solutions, </font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Director</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
(2008 &#8211; Present)</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Blue
Cross &#8211; Blue Shield of Massachusetts, </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Director</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"> (2004
&#8211; 2020)</font></p></td></tr></table><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Mses. Watson and Wiley
have been BNY Mellon Family of Funds board members for over 20 years.  Mr. Skapyak has over 30 years
of experience in the investment funds industry.  Additional information about each Nominee follows (supplementing
the information provided in the table above) that describes some of the specific experiences, qualifications,
attributes or skills that each Nominee possesses which the Board believes has prepared them to be effective
Trustees (this information for the Continuing Trustees is set forth in Exhibit A).  The Board believes
that the significance of each Trustee's experience, qualifications, attributes or skills is an individual
matter (meaning that experience that is important for one Trustee may not have the same value for another)
and that these factors are best evaluated at the Board level, with no single Trustee, or particular factor,
being indicative of Board effectiveness.  However, the Board believes that Trustees need to have the
ability 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; the Board believes that its members satisfy this </p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">standard.  Experience relevant to having this ability may
be achieved through a Trustee's educational background; business, professional training or practice (e.g.,
medicine, accounting or law), public service or academic positions; experience from service as a board
member (including the Board of the Fund) or as an executive of investment funds, public companies or
significant private or not-for-profit entities or other organizations; and/or other life experiences.
 The charter for the Board's nominating committee contains certain other factors considered by the committee
in identifying and evaluating potential Trustee nominees.  To assist them in evaluating matters under
federal and state law, the Trustees 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's counsel; counsel to the Fund and to the Board has significant experience
advising funds and fund board members.  The Board and its committees have the ability to engage other
experts as appropriate.  The Board evaluates its performance on an annual basis.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none; font-style:italic;">Class
I Interested Trustee Nominee</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Bradley J. Skapyak</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"> &#8211;
Mr. Skapyak has over 30 years of experience in the investment funds industry.  From January 2010 through
May 2019, Mr. Skapyak served as President of the funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds.  From June
2009 through May 2019, Mr. Skapyak served as Chief Operating Officer and Director of The Dreyfus Corporation,
the predecessor of the Investment Adviser, where he was primarily responsible for the relationship between
The Dreyfus Corporation and the BNY Mellon Family of Funds, served as management's representative at
BNY Mellon Family of Funds' Board meetings and managed the mutual fund administration operations of The
Dreyfus Corporation in connection with its role as administrator to the BNY Mellon Family of Funds.
Mr. Skapyak also served, from August 2016 through May 2019, as Chief Executive Officer and Director of
MBSC Securities Corporation; from May 2011 through May 2019, as Chairman and Director of Dreyfus Transfer,
Inc.; and from April 2007 through May 2019, as Senior Vice President of The Bank of New York Mellon.</font></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;
font-style:italic;">Class II Independent Trustee Nominees</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Roslyn
M. Watson</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;"> &#8211; Ms.&#160;Watson has been a business entrepreneur in commercial and residential
real estate for over 15 years.  Ms.&#160;Watson currently serves as President and Founder of Watson Ventures,
Inc., a real estate development investment firm, and her board memberships include American Express Bank,
FSB (until 2018), The Hyams Foundation, Inc. (emeritus), Pathfinder International and Simmons College.
 Previously, she held various positions in the public and private sectors, including General Manager
for the Massachusetts Port Authority.  She has received numerous awards, including the Woman of Achievement
award from the Boston Big Sister Association and the Working Woman of the Year Award from Working Woman
Magazine.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Benaree Pratt Wiley </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#8211; Ms.&#160;Wiley is a corporate
director and trustee.  For fifteen years, Ms.&#160;Wiley was the President and Chief Executive Officer of
The&#160;Partnership,&#160;Inc., an organization that strengthened Greater Boston's capacity to attract, retain
and develop talented professionals of color.  Ms.&#160;Wiley currently serves on the Board of CBIZ (NYSE:
CBZ).  She has served as the Chair of PepsiCo's African American Advisory Board, and formerly served
on the Board of First Albany (NASDAQ: FACT) and Blue Cross &#8211; Blue Shield of Massachusetts.  Her civic
activities include serving on the Boards of Dress for Success Boston, Partners Continuing Care and Spaulding
Hospital, the Black Philanthropy Fund and Howard University where she served as Vice Chair until June
2021.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline;">Fund Board Committees.</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">  The
Fund has standing Audit, Nominating, Compensation and Litigation Committees, each comprised of its Independent
Trustees, except that Mr. DiMartino does not serve on the Compensation Committee.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
function of the Audit Committee is (1) to oversee the Fund's accounting and financial reporting processes
and the audits of the Fund's financial statements and (2) to assist in the Board's oversight of the integrity
of the Fund's financial statements, the Fund's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and
the qualifications, independence and performance of the Fund's independent registered public accounting
firm.  A copy of the Fund's Audit Committee Charter, which describes the Audit Committee's purposes,
duties and responsibilities, is available at www.im.bnymellon.com in the "BNY Mellon Audit Committee
Charter" section under "Investments &#8211; Closed End Funds".</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The Fund'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 shareholders.  In evaluating potential nominees,
including any nominees recommended by shareholders, the Committee takes into consideration the factors
listed in the Fund's Nominating Committee Charter and Procedures (the "Nominating Committee Charter"),
including character, integrity, and business and professional experience.  The Nominating Committee may
consider whether a potential nominee's professional experience, education, skills and other individual
qualities and attributes, including gender, race or national origin, would provide beneficial diversity
of skills, experience or perspective to the Board's membership and collective attributes.  Such considerations
will vary based on the Board's existing membership and other factors, such as the strength of a potential
nominee's overall qualifications relative to diversity considerations.  The Committee will consider recommendations
for nominees from shareholders submitted to the Secretary of the Fund, c/o BNY Mellon Legal Department,
240 Greenwich Street, 18</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>th</sup></font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#160;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 attached as Exhibit B to this proxy statement.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The function of the Compensation Committee is to establish
the appropriate compensation for serving on the Board.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
Litigation Committee seeks to address any potential conflicts of interest between the Fund and the Investment
Adviser in connection with any potential or existing litigation or other legal proceeding related to
securities held by the Fund and held or otherwise deemed to have a beneficial interest held by the Investment
Adviser or its affiliate.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The Fund also has a standing Pricing Committee
comprised of any one Independent Trustee.  The function of the Pricing Committee is to assist in valuing
the Fund's investments.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline;">Compensation.</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">  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 the Fund and those other funds on the basis
of net assets, with the Chairman of the Board, Mr. DiMartino, receiving an additional 25% of such compensation.
 The Fund reimburses Trustees for travel and out-of-pocket expenses in connection with attending Board
or committee meetings.  The Fund does not have a bonus, pension, profit-sharing or retirement plan.
</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The amount of compensation paid to each Nominee by the Fund
for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, and the aggregate amount of compensation paid to each 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 2021, was as follows*:</p>
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<table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="clear:both"><tr
style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:32.05%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:33.98%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:33.98%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Name of Nominee</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Compensation
from</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:underline;">the Fund</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Aggregate
Compensation from</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">the Fund and Fund Complex</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Paid
to Nominee(**)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none; font-style:italic;">Interested
Trustee Nominee</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top; font-size:1pt">&nbsp;</td><td style="vertical-align:top;
font-size:1pt">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Bradley
J. Skapyak</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>***</sup></font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">$3,001</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$81,891
(22)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none; font-style:italic;">Independent
Trustee Nominees</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top; font-size:1pt">&nbsp;</td><td style="vertical-align:top;
font-size:1pt">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Roslyn
M. Watson</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$5,163</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">$427,500 (52)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Benaree
Pratt Wiley</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$7,428</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">$668,261 (70)</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-size:2.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">_______________</font></p><p style="font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-4.3pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.6pt;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>*</sup></font><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">    Amounts shown do not
include expenses reimbursed to Nominees for attending Board meetings.</font></p><p style="font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-4.3pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.6pt;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>**</sup></font><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">  Represents the number
of separate portfolios comprising the investment companies in the fund complex, including the Fund, for
which the Nominees served as Board members in 2021.</font></p><p style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-4.3pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.6pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>***</sup></font><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
Mr. Skapyak became a Trustee of the Fund and other funds in the fund complex in September 2021.</font></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">For the Fund's most recent fiscal year, the number of Board and committee meetings
held and the amount of compensation paid by the Fund to the Continuing Trustees 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 2021 are set forth in Exhibit A.  Certain other information
concerning the Fund's Trustees and officers also is set forth in Exhibit A.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Required
Vote</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Provided a quorum is present, the election of each Nominee
requires the approval of a majority of shares of the Fund represented in person or by proxy and entitled
to vote at the Meeting.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Selection
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The 1940 Act requires that
the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm (the "independent auditors" or "auditors") be
selected by a majority of the Independent Trustees.  The Audit Committee has direct responsibility for
the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the Fund's independent </p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">auditors.  At a meeting held on April 25, 2022, the Fund's
Audit Committee approved and the Fund's Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, ratified
and approved the selection of KPMG LLP ("KPMG") as the independent auditors for the Fund's fiscal year
ending March 31, 2022.  The Audit Committee's report relating to the Fund's financial statements for
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 is attached as Exhibit C to this proxy statement.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Services</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
following chart reflects fees billed by KPMG in the Fund's last two fiscal years.  For Service Affiliates
(i.e., the Investment Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with
the Investment Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund), such fees represent only those fees
that required pre-approval of the Audit Committee, except the Aggregate Non-Audit Fees amounts, which
include all non-audit fees billed by KPMG to the Fund and Service Affiliates.  All services provided
by KPMG were pre-approved, as required.</p><table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"
cellpadding="2" style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:28.55%">&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:34.42%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:37.02%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;
font-size:1pt">&nbsp;</td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Fund</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;"><sup>1</sup></font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:center; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Service Affiliates</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;"><sup>1</sup></font></p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
font-weight:bold; margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">Audit Fees</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">$105,960/$105,960</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">$0/$0</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; font-weight:bold; margin-left:4.0pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Audit-Related Fees</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"><sup>2</sup></font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
font-weight:normal; margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">$5,450/$5,450</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">$0/$0</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; font-weight:bold; margin-left:4.0pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Tax Fees</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"><sup>3</sup></font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
font-weight:normal; margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">$0/$0</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">$0/$0</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; font-weight:bold; margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">All
Other Fees</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:center; font-weight:normal; margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">$0/$0</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">$0/$0</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; font-weight:bold; margin-left:4.0pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Aggregate Non-Audit Fees</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"><sup>4</sup></font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
font-weight:normal; margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">N/A</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:4.0pt; text-decoration:none;">$3,624,805/$3,851,043</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-size:2.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">_______________</font></p><p
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:22.3pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>1.</sup></font><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Fiscal
years ended March 31, 2021/March 31, 2022</font></p><p style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:22.3pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>2.</sup></font><font
style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">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 17f-2 under the 1940 Act, (iii) advisory services as to
the accounting or disclosure treatment of Fund transactions or events and (iv) advisory services as 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 Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Financial
Accounting Standards Boards or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies.</font></p><p style="font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:22.3pt;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>3.</sup></font><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">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-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:22.3pt;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>4.</sup></font><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Aggregate
non-audit fees billed by KPMG to the Fund and Service Affiliates are shown under the Service Affiliates
column.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures.</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
 The Fund's Audit Committee has established policies and procedures (the "Policy") for pre-approval (within
specified fee limits) of KPMG'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 KPMG's independence.  Pre-approvals pursuant to the Policy are
considered annually.  In </font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">addition, proposed services requiring pre-approval but not
covered by the Policy are considered from time to time as necessary.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Auditor
Independence.</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">  The Fund'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 KPMG's independence.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">A representative of KPMG
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-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Service Providers</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">BNY
Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, serves as
the Fund's investment adviser.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The Bank of New York Mellon, an affiliate of
the Investment Adviser, located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, acts as Custodian
for the assets of the Fund.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Computershare Inc., located at 480 Washington
Boulevard, Jersey City, New Jersey 07310, acts as the Fund's Transfer Agent, Dividend-Paying Agent and
Registrar.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Voting Information</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">To vote,
you may use any of the following methods:</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font
style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">By Mail.</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">  Please
complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy card and mail it in the enclosed, postage-paid envelope.</font></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">By
Internet.</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">  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></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">By
Telephone.</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">  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></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">At
the Meeting</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">.  Any shareholder who attends the Meeting virtually may provide
voting instructions by Internet (see above) during the Meeting.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">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 "for" a proposal.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">If
a proxy is properly executed and returned accompanied by instructions to withhold authority to vote or
represents a broker "non-vote" (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 the
Fund on a particular matter with respect to which the broker or nominee does not have discretionary power),
the Fund's shares represented thereby will be considered to be present at the Meeting for purposes of
determining the existence of a quorum </p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">for the transaction of business, but will not constitute a
vote "for" a proposal and will have no effect on the result of the vote.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
Fund will bear the cost of soliciting proxies.  In addition to the use of the mail, proxies may be solicited
by telephone.  Authorizations to execute proxies may be obtained by electronic transmission or by telephonic
instructions in accordance with procedures designed to authenticate the shareholder's identity.  In all
cases where a telephonic proxy is solicited (as opposed to where the shareholder calls the toll-free
telephone number directly to vote), the shareholder will be asked to provide or confirm certain identifiable
information and to confirm that the shareholder has received the Fund's proxy statement and proxy card
in the mail.  Within 72 hours of receiving a shareholder's solicited telephonic voting instructions,
a confirmation will be sent to the shareholder to ensure that the vote has been taken in accordance with
the shareholder's instructions and to provide a telephone number to call immediately if the shareholder's
instructions are not correctly reflected in the confirmation.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">OTHER MATTERS</p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">The Fund's Board is not aware of any other matter which may come before the Meeting.
 However, should any such matter properly come before the Meeting, it is the intention of the persons
named in the accompanying form of proxy to vote the proxy in accordance with their judgment on such matter.</p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Any
proposals of shareholders that are intended to be presented at the Fund's 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
must be received by the Secretary of the Fund at the Fund's principal executive offices no later than
March 7,&#160;2023, and must comply with all other legal requirements in order to be included in the Fund's
proxy statement and form of proxy for that meeting.  For other shareholder proposals to be presented
at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (but not included in the Fund's proxy statement), a shareholder's
notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Fund at the Fund's principal executive offices no earlier
than February 5, 2023 and no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time on March 7, 2023.  If the 2023 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders is advanced or delayed by more than 30&#160;days from August&#160;16,&#160;2023, then timely
notice must be delivered not earlier than the 150</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>th</sup></font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
day prior to such annual meeting and not later than 5:00&#160;p.m., Eastern time, on the later of the 120</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>th</sup></font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the
date of such meeting is first made.  All shareholder proposals must include the information required
by the Fund's bylaws.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Shareholders who wish to communicate with Trustees
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><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>th</sup></font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
Floor, New York, New York 10286, and communications will be directed to the Trustee </font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">or Trustees indicated in the communication or, if no Trustee
or Trustees are indicated, to the Chairman of the Board.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">NOTICE
TO BANKS, BROKER/DEALERS AND</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">VOTING TRUSTEES AND THEIR NOMINEES</font></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Please
advise the Fund, in care of Computershare Inc., Proxy Department, 480&#160;Washington Blvd., 27</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>th</sup></font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#160;Floor,
Jersey City, New Jersey 07310, whether other persons are the beneficial owners of the shares for which
proxies are 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.  The 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.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT PROXIES BE RETURNED PROMPTLY.  THEREFORE, SHAREHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING ARE
URGED TO COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED STAMPED ENVELOPE OR
OTHERWISE VOTE PROMPTLY.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Dated:  July 5,&#160;2022</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">EXHIBIT A</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">PART I</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Part
I sets forth information regarding the Continuing Trustees, Board and committee meetings and share ownership.</p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline;">Information
About the Continuing Trustees' Experience, Qualifications, Attributes or Skills.</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">  The
Continuing Trustees of the 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 the
Continuing Trustees is 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Continuing
Class I Trustee with Term Expiring in 2024</font></p><table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"
width="100%" cellpadding="2" style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:32.77%">&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:33%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:34.23%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;
font-size:1pt;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name (Age) of Continuing Trustee</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Position
with Fund </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;"><br>
(Since)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:bold;
margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Principal Occupation</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">During
Past 5 Years</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:bold; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Other
Public Company</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Board Memberships</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">During Past 5 Years</font></p></td></tr></table><table
cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellpadding="2" style="clear:both"><tr
style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:34.48%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:31.33%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:34.18%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top; font-size:1pt;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">FRANCINE J. BOVICH</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
(70)</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">Class I Trustee </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">(2011)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The Bradley Trusts, private trust funds, </font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Trustee</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
(2011 &#8211; Present)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Annaly
Capital Management, Inc., a real estate investment trust, </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Director</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"> (2014
&#8211; Present)</font></p></td></tr></table><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Continuing Class III Trustees
with Terms Expiring in 2023</font></p><table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"
cellpadding="2" style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:33.74%">&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:1.67%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:30.85%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:.96%">&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:32.78%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom; font-size:1pt;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name (Age)
of Continuing Trustee</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Position with Fund </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;"><br>
(Since)</font></p></td><td
colspan="2" style=" vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left;
color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:bold; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><br><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Principal
Occupation</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">During Past 5 Years</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="
vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:bold; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Other Public
Company</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Board Memberships</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">During Past 5 Years</font></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2" style=" vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">JOSEPH S. DIMARTINO</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
(78)</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">Chairman of the Board</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Class III Trustee </font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">(1998)</font></p></td><td
colspan="2" style=" vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; text-decoration:none;">Director
or Trustee of the funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and certain other entities (as listed herein)</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">CBIZ,
Inc., a public company providing professional business services, products and solutions, </font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Director</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
(1997 &#8211; Present)</font></p></td></tr></table>
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<table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellpadding="2" style="clear:both"><tr
style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:31.35%;" >&nbsp;</td><td style="width:.57%;" >&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:31.71%;" >&nbsp;</td><td style="width:1.08%;" >&nbsp;</td><td style="width:35.3%;" >&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2" style=" vertical-align:top; font-size:1pt;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">ANDREW
J. DONOHUE</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">(71)</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Class III
Trustee </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">(2019)</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style=" vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:8.65pt; text-decoration:none;">Attorney, Solo Law Practice (2019 &#8211; Present)</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:8.65pt; text-decoration:none;">Shearman &amp; Sterling LLP, a law firm, Of Counsel (2017
&#8211; 2019)</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000;
text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; text-decoration:none;">Chief of Staff to
the Chair of the SEC (2015 &#8211;2017)</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">OppenheimerFunds (58 funds), </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Director</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
(2017 &#8211; 2019)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">KENNETH
A. HIMMEL</font><font style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;"> (75)</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Class III Trustee </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">(1998)</font></p></td><td
colspan="2" style=" vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left;
color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Gulf
Related, an international real estate development company, </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Managing Partner</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
(2010 &#8211; Present)</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Related
Urban Development, a real estate development company, </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">President and Chief Executive
Officer</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;"> (1996 &#8211; Present)</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left;
color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">American
Food Management, a restaurant company, </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Chief Executive Officer</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"> (1983
&#8211; Present)</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Himmel
&amp; Company, a real estate development company, </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">President and Chief Executive
Officer</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;"> (1980 &#8211; Present)</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style=" vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt;
font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; text-decoration:none;">N/A</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Each
Continuing Trustee, except Ms. Bovich and Mr. Donohue, has been a BNY Mellon Family of Funds board member
for over 20 years.  Ms. Bovich has been in the asset management business for over 40 years.  Mr. Donohue
has been in the investment funds industry for over 40 years.  Additional information about the Continuing
Trustees follows (supplementing the information provided in the table above) that describes some of the
specific experiences, qualifications, attributes or skills that the Continuing Trustees possess which
the Board believes has prepared them to be effective Trustees.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;
font-style:italic;">Continuing Trustees</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Francine J. Bovich</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
&#8211; Ms.&#160;Bovich currently also serves as a Trustee for The Bradley Trusts, private trust funds, and as
a Director of Annaly Capital Management, Inc.&#160; She is an Emeritus Trustee of Connecticut College, and
served as a Trustee from 1986 to 1997.&#160; She currently serves as a member of the Investment Committee
(formerly, the Investment Sub Committee) for Connecticut College's endowment fund and served as Chair
of the Investment Sub&#160;Committee until June 2020.&#160; From April 1993 to September 2010, Ms. Bovich was
a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, holding various positions including Co-Head
of Global Tactical Asset Allocation Group, Operations Officer, and Head of the U.S. Institutional Equity
Group.&#160; Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Ms. Bovich was Principal, Executive Vice
President and Senior Portfolio Manager at Westwood Management Corporation, where she worked from 1986
until 1993.&#160; From 1980 to 1986, she worked at CitiCorp Investment Management, Inc. as Managing Director
and Senior Portfolio Manager.&#160; From 1973 to 1980, Ms. Bovich was an Assistant Vice President and Equity
Portfolio Manager at Bankers Trust Company.&#160; From 1991 to 2005, she served as U.S. Representative to
the United Nations Investments Committee, advising a global portfolio of approximately $30&#160;billion.</font></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Joseph
S. DiMartino </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#8211; Mr.&#160;DiMartino has been the Chairman of the Board of the
funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds for over 25 years.  From 1971 through 1994, Mr.&#160;DiMartino served
in various roles as an employee of The Dreyfus Corporation (prior to its acquisition by a predecessor
of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 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 The Dreyfus Corporation by the end of 1994.  From July 1995 to November 1997, Mr.&#160;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.&#160;DiMartino
served as a Director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Andrew
J. (Buddy) Donohue</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"> &#8211; Mr.&#160;Donohue, who has worked as a solo law practitioner
since 2019, has over 40 years of experience in the investment funds industry, in both senior government
and private sector roles.  Mr.&#160;Donohue served as Chief of Staff to the Chair of the SEC, from 2015 to
2017, and previously served as the Director of the SEC's Division of Investment Management, from 2006
to 2010, where he was effectively the most senior regulator for the U.S. investment funds industry.
Mr.&#160;Donohue was Global General Counsel of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, from 2003 to 2006, Executive
Vice President and General Counsel of OppenheimerFunds, Inc., from 1991 to 2001, and Investment Company
General Counsel of Goldman Sachs, from 2012 to 2015.  Most recently, Mr.&#160;Donohue was an independent
Director of the OppenheimerFunds, from 2017 to 2019, and Of&#160;Counsel at the law firm of Shearman &amp;
Sterling LLP, from </font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">September 2017 to July 2019.  Mr.&#160;Donohue has been an officer,
director and counsel for numerous investment advisers, broker-dealers, commodity trading advisers, transfer
agents and insurance companies, and has served on the boards of business development companies, registered
open-end funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds and off-shore investment funds.  He has also
served as chairman of the American Bar Association's Investment Companies and Investment Advisers Subcommittee,
editor of the ABA Fund Director's Guidebook and, since 2018, director of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum,
a leading funds industry organization.  Mr.&#160;Donohue also is an adjunct professor teaching investment
management law at Brooklyn Law School.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Kenneth A. Himmel</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
&#8211; Mr.&#160;Himmel has over 30 years' experience as a business entrepreneur, primarily focusing on real
estate development.  Mr.&#160;Himmel is President and Chief Executive Officer of Related Urban Development,
a leading developer of large-scale mixed-use properties and a division of Related Companies, L.P., and
a Managing Partner of Gulf Related, a real estate development joint venture between Related Companies,
L.P. and Gulf Capital.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline;">Nominees' and Continuing Trustees' Ownership
of Fund Shares.</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">  The table below indicates the dollar range of the Nominees'
and the Continuing Trustees' ownership of shares of the Fund's beneficial interest and shares of other
funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds, in each case as of December 31, 2021.</font></p><table cellspacing="0"
style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td
style="width:34.15%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:32.33%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:33.51%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name of Continuing<br>
 </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Trustee
or Nominee</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Fund</font><br><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Shares</font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:center; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Aggregate Holdings of </font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Funds in
the </font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">BNY Mellon Family of<br>
 </font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Funds</font></p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Francine J. Bovich</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">None</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$50,001
&#8211; $100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Joseph
S. DiMartino</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Over $100,000</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Over $100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Andrew J. Donohue</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">None</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Over $100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Kenneth A. Himmel</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">None</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Over $100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Bradley J. Skapyak*</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">None</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$50,001 &#8211; $100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Roslyn M. Watson*</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">None</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$10,001 &#8211; $50,000</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Benaree Pratt Wiley*</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">None</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$50,001 &#8211; $100,000</p></td></tr></table><p
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">_________________</font><br><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>*</sup></font><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
  Nominee.</font><br></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">As of December 31, 2021, with the exception
of Mr. Skapyak, none of the Nominees or the Continuing Trustees or their immediate family members owned
securities of the Investment Adviser or any person (other than a registered investment company) directly
or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under </p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">common control with the Investment Adviser.  Mr. Skapyak owns
unvested restricted stock units of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, the parent company of the
Investment Adviser.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">PERTAINING TO THE BOARD</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
Fund held five Board meetings, five Audit Committee meetings, two Nominating Committee meetings and one
Compensation Committee meeting during the last fiscal year.  The Litigation Committee and Pricing Committee
did not meet during the last fiscal year.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left;
color:#000000; text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font
style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The Fund does not have a formal policy regarding
Trustees' attendance at annual meetings of shareholders.  Trustees did not attend last year's annual
meeting of shareholders.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
text-indent:-18.0pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:36.0pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font
style="word-spacing:10.0pt;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">All Continuing Trustees and Nominees attended
at least 75% of the meetings of the Board and committees of which they were a member held in the last
fiscal year.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Compensation Table.</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">  The amount of compensation
paid by the Fund to each Continuing Trustee and emeritus Board member by the Fund for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2022, and the aggregate amount of compensation paid to each Continuing Trustee and emeritus
Board member 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
such person was a Board member or emeritus Board member during 2021, was as follows:*</font></p><table
cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellpadding="2" style="clear:both"><tr
style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:30.33%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:34.96%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:34.71%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:bottom; font-size:1pt;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><br><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Name of Trustee </font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:center; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Compensation </font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">from
the Fund</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Aggregate
Compensation</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">from the Fund and</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Fund Complex Paid</font><br><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">to
Trustee(**)</font></p></td></tr></table><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none; font-style:italic;">Continuing Trustees</p><table
cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="clear:both"><tr
style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:33.5%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:32.83%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:33.68%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Francine J. Bovich</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">$5,581</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$650,620
(66)</p></td></tr></table><table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellpadding="0"
style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:33.51%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:31.78%">&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:34.71%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Joseph
S. DiMartino</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$6,726</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">$1,185,000 (109)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Andrew
J. Donohue</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$5,400</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">$489,967(52)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Kenneth
A. Himmel</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$3,953</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">$208,000 (22)</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:italic;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Emeritus
Board Members</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>***</sup></font></p><table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"
width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:35.16%">&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:31.96%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:32.89%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">James Fitzgibbons</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$657</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$50,000 (20)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Stephen
J. Lockwood</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>****</sup></font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">$3,468</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">$194,565
(22)</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">____________________</p><p style="font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-4.3pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.6pt;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>* </sup></font><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Amounts shown do not include
the costs of office space and related parking, office supplies and secretarial services, which also are
paid by the Fund (allocated among the funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds based on net assets).
In 2021, the amount paid by the Fund was approximately $170. </font></p><p style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-4.3pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.6pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>**
</sup></font><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Represents the number of separate portfolios comprising the investment companies
in the fund complex, including the Fund, for which the Continuing Trustee or emeritus Board member served
as a Board member or emeritus Board member in 2021. </font></p><p style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-4.3pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.6pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>***
</sup></font><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Each emeritus Board member is entitled to receive an annual retainer of one-half
the amount paid as a retainer at the time the Trustee became emeritus and a per meeting attended fee
of one-half the amount paid to Trustees.  The Fund's emeritus program was discontinued for current Trustees
in November 2021.</font></p><p style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
text-indent:-4.3pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.6pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>****
</sup></font><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Mr. Lockwood became an emeritus Board member effective October 29, 2021.  Prior
to such date, Mr. Lockwood served as a Class I Trustee of the Fund.  The amounts in the table reflect
the fees Mr. Lockwood received from the Fund and funds in the fund complex as a Board member through
October 28, 2021 and, thereafter, as an emeritus Board member.</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">PART II</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Part II sets forth information regarding the
officers of the Fund.  Each officer of the Fund holds office for an indefinite term until the officer's
successor is elected and has qualified.</p><table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"
cellpadding="0" style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:42.85%">&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:15.17%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:41.98%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name
and Position</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">with Fund (Since)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Age</font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Principal Occupation and </font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Business
Experience For</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">&#160;</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Past Five Years</font></p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">DAVID DIPETRILLO</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">President
(2019)</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;"><sup>1</sup></font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">44</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Vice President and Director of the Investment
Adviser since February 2021; Head of North America Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management since January
2018; and Director of Product Strategy, BNY Mellon Investment Management from January 2016 to December
2017.  He is an officer of 56 investment companies (comprised of 109 portfolios) managed by the Investment
Adviser.</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">JAMES WINDELS</font><br><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Treasurer
(2012)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">64</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Vice President of the Investment Adviser since
September 2020; and Director &#8211; BNY Mellon Fund Administration.  He is an officer of 57 investment companies
(comprised of 130 portfolio) managed by the Investment Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.</p></td></tr></table>
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style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">7</font></p>

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style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:42.85%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:15.17%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:41.98%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name and Position</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">with
Fund (Since)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Age</font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Principal Occupation and </font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Business
Experience For</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">&#160;</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Past Five Years</font></p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">PETER M. SULLIVAN</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Chief
Legal Officer, Vice President and </font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Assistant Secretary (2019)</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>2</sup></font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">54</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Chief Legal Officer of the Investment Adviser and Associate General Counsel of
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation since July 2021; Senior Managing Counsel of The Bank of New York
Mellon Corporation from December 2020 to July 2021; and Managing Counsel of The Bank of New York Mellon
Corporation from March 2009 to December 2020.  He is an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised
of 130 portfolios) managed by the Investment Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.</p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">JAMES BITETTO</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Vice
President and Secretary (2012)</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>3</sup></font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">56</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Senior
Managing Counsel of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation since December 2019; Managing Counsel of
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation from April 2014 to December 2019; and Secretary of the Investment
Adviser.  He is an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Investment
Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.</p></td></tr></table>
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style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:42.85%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:15.17%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:41.98%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name and Position</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">with
Fund (Since)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Age</font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Principal Occupation and </font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Business
Experience For</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">&#160;</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Past Five Years</font></p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">DEIRDRE CUNNANE</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Vice
President and Assistant Secretary (2019)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">31</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Managing Counsel of The Bank of New York Mellon
Corporation since December 2021; Counsel of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation from August 2018
to December 2021; and Senior Regulatory Specialist at BNY Mellon Investment Management Services from
February 2016 to August 2018.  She is an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios)
managed by the Investment Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">SARAH
S. KELLEHER</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2014)</font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">47</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Vice President of BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC since February 2020;
Senior Managing Counsel of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation since September 2021; Managing Counsel
from December 2017 to September 2021; and Senior Counsel of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation from
March 2013 to December 2017.  She is an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolio)
managed by the Investment Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.</p></td></tr></table>
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style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">A-</font><font
style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">9</font></p>

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style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:42.85%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:15.17%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:41.98%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name and Position</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">with
Fund (Since)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Age</font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Principal Occupation and </font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Business
Experience For</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">&#160;</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Past Five Years</font></p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">JEFF S. PRUSNOFSKY</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Vice
President and Assistant Secretary (2012)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">57</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Senior Managing Counsel of The Bank of New
York Mellon Corporation.  He is an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed
by the Investment Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">AMANDA
QUINN</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2020)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">37</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Counsel
of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation since June 2019; Regulatory Administration Manager at BNY
Mellon Investment Management Services from September 2018 to May 2019; and Senior Regulatory Specialist
at BNY Mellon Investment Management Services from April 2015 to August 2018.  She is an officer of 57
investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment
Adviser.</p></td></tr></table>
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style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">10</font></p>

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style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:42.85%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:15.17%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:41.98%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name and Position</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">with
Fund (Since)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Age</font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Principal Occupation and </font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Business
Experience For</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">&#160;</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Past Five Years</font></p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">NATALYA ZELENSKY</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Vice
President and Assistant Secretary (2017)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">37</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Chief Compliance Officer since August 2021
and Vice President since February 2020 of BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC; Chief Compliance Officer
since August 2021 and Vice President and Assistant Secretary since February 2020 of BNY Mellon ETF Trust;
Managing Counsel of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation from December 2019 to August 2021; Counsel
of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation from May 2016 to December 2019; and Assistant Secretary of
the Investment Adviser from April 2018 to August 2021.  She is an officer of 57 investment companies
(comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Investment Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.</p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">DANIEL GOLDSTEIN</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Vice
President (2022)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">53</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Head of Product Development of North America
Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management since January 2018; Co-Head of Product Management, Development
&amp; Oversight of North America Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management from January 2010 to January
2018; and Senior Vice President, Development &amp; Oversight of North America Product, BNY Mellon Investment
Management since 2010.</p></td></tr></table>
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style="font-size:7.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">11</font></p>

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style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:42.85%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:15.17%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:41.98%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name and Position</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">with
Fund (Since)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Age</font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Principal Occupation and </font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Business
Experience For</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">&#160;</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Past Five Years</font></p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">JOSEPH MARTELLA</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Vice
President (2022)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">45</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Head of Product Management of North America
Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management since January 2018; Director of Product Research and Analytics
of North America Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management from January 2010 to January 2018; and Senior
Vice President of North America Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management since 2010.</p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">GAVIN C. REILLY</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Assistant
Treasurer (2012)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">54</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Tax Manager &#8211; BNY Mellon Fund Administration.
 He is an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by the Investment
Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">ROBERT
SALVIOLO</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Assistant Treasurer (2012)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">55</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Senior
Accounting Manager &#8211; BNY Mellon Fund Administration.  He is an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised
of 130 portfolios) managed by the Investment Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.</p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">ROBERT SVAGNA</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Assistant
Treasurer (2012)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">55</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Senior Accounting Manager &#8211; BNY Mellon Fund
Administration.  He is an officer of 57 investment companies (comprised of 130 portfolios) managed by
the Investment Adviser or an affiliate of the Investment Adviser.</p></td></tr></table>
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style="font-size:1pt;"><td style="width:42.85%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:15.17%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:41.98%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Name and Position</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">with
Fund (Since)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Age</font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Principal Occupation and </font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Business
Experience For</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">&#160;</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline;">Past Five Years</font></p></td></tr><tr><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">JOSEPH W. CONNOLLY</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Chief
Compliance Officer (2012)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">65</p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Chief Compliance Officer of the BNY Mellon
Family of Funds and BNY Mellon Funds Trust since 2004; and Chief Compliance Officer of the Investment
Adviser from 2004 until June 2021.  He is an officer of 56 investment companies (comprised of 117 portfolios)
managed by the Investment Adviser.</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">____________________</font><br><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>1</sup></font><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
President since 2021; previously, Vice President.</font><br><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>2</sup></font><font
style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
Chief Legal Officer since July 2021.</font><br><font style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>3</sup></font><font style="font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"> Vice
President and Secretary since 2018; previously, Vice President and Assistant Secretary.</font></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">The address of each officer of the Fund is 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New
York 10286.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; text-indent:36.0pt;
font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">PART III</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Part III sets forth information
for the Fund regarding the beneficial ownership of its shares as of June 15,&#160;2022 by the Nominees, Continuing
Trustees and officers of the Fund owning shares on such date and by any shareholders owning 5% or more
of the Fund's outstanding shares.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">As of June 15,&#160;2022, the
Nominees, Continuing Trustees and officers of the Fund, as a group, beneficially owned less than 1% of
the Fund's outstanding shares.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">To the Fund's knowledge, based on filings made
pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, as of June 15,&#160;2022, the following information with respect
to beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the outstanding shares has been reported.</p><table cellspacing="0"
style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="clear:both"><tr style="font-size:1pt;"><td
style="width:23.4%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:33.56%">&nbsp;</td><td style="width:21.74%">&nbsp;</td><td
style="width:21.3%">&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><br><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline;">Title
of Class</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Name
and Address of</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline;">Beneficial Owner</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Number
of</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:underline;">Shares Owned</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Percent
of</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:underline;">Class</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Common
Shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">First Trust Portfolios L.P.</font><br><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">First
Trust Advisors L. P.</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The Charger Corporation</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">120 East
Liberty Drive, Suite 400</font><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Wheaton, Illinois 60187</font></p></td><td
style="vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">11,499,877</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">15.81%</p></td></tr></table><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">As of June 15,&#160;2022, Cede
&amp; Co., P.O. Box 20, Bowling Green Station, New York,&#160;New York 10274, held of record 99.56% of the
outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Fund.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Delinquent
Section 16(a) Reports</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and
Section 30(h) of the 1940 Act, and the rules thereunder, the Fund's officers and Trustees, persons owning
more than 10% of the Fund's shares of beneficial interest, and certain additional persons are required
to report their transactions in the Fund's shares of beneficial interest to the SEC and the Fund.  Based
solely on written representations of such persons and on copies of reports that have been filed with
the SEC, the Fund believes that, during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, all filing requirements
applicable to such persons were complied with except that Form 3s were not filed on a timely basis for
the Investment Adviser, and Bradley Skapyak, who became a Board Member of the Fund on September 16, 2021.
 With respect to the Investment Adviser, a Form 3 was filed October 12, 2021, and with respect to Mr.
Skapyak, a Form 3 was filed on September 27, 2021 each of which reflected that the Investment Adviser
and Mr. Skapyak, as applicable, did not own any of the Fund's shares of beneficial interest.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:center; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">EXHIBIT B</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">THE BNY MELLON FAMILY OF FUNDS</font><br><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">BNY
MELLON FUNDS TRUST</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:center; color:#000000;
font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"><br><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">Nominating Committee Charter and Procedures</font></p><p
style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">ORGANIZATION</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The Nominating Committee
(the "Committee") of each fund in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds (each, the "Fund") shall be composed
solely of Directors/Trustees ("Directors") who are not "interested persons" (as defined in Section 2(a)(19)
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act")) of the Fund ("Independent Directors").
 The Board of Directors of the Fund (the "Board") shall select the members of the Committee and shall
designate the Chairperson of the Committee.</p><p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">RESPONSIBILITIES</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
Committee shall select and nominate persons for election or appointment by the Board as Directors of
the Fund and as Advisory Board Members (as defined below) of the Fund.</p><p style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">EVALUATION
OF POTENTIAL NOMINEES</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The Board believes that Directors need to have
the ability 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.  In evaluating potential Director nominees (including
any nominees recommended by shareholders as provided below) in light of this standard, and to address
certain legal and other requirements and considerations associated with composition of the Board, the
Committee shall consider, among other factors it may deem relevant:</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font
style="word-spacing:5.325pt;">&#160;</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">the character and integrity of the person;</font></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font style="word-spacing:5.325pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">whether
or not the person is qualified under applicable laws and regulations to serve as a Director of the Fund;</font></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font style="word-spacing:5.325pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">whether
or not the person has any relationships that might impair his or her service on the Board;</font></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font style="word-spacing:5.325pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">whether
nomination of the person would be consistent with Fund policy and applicable laws and regulations regarding
the number and percentage of Independent Directors on the Board;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font style="word-spacing:5.325pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">whether
or not the person serves on boards of, or is otherwise affiliated with, competing financial service organizations
or their related fund complexes;</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal;
margin-left:8.65pt; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font style="word-spacing:5.325pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">whether
or not the person is willing to serve and is willing and able to commit the time necessary for the performance
of the duties and responsibilities of a Director of the Fund; and</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000; text-indent:-8.65pt; font-weight:normal; margin-left:8.65pt;
font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Symbol; font-style:normal; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">&#183;</font><font style="word-spacing:5.325pt;">&#160;</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">the
educational background; business, professional training or practice (</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">e.g</font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">.,
medicine, accounting or law), public service or academic positions; experience from service as a board
member (including the Board) or as an executive of investment funds, public companies or significant
private or not-for-profit entities or other organizations; and/or other life experiences.</font></p><p
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none;">In addition, the Committee may consider whether a potential nominee's professional
experience, education, skills and other individual qualities and attributes, including gender, race or
national origin, would provide beneficial diversity of skills, experience or perspective to the Board's
membership and collective attributes.  Such considerations will vary based on the Board's existing membership
and other factors, such as the strength of a potential nominee's overall qualifications relative to diversity
considerations.</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">While the Committee is solely responsible for
the selection and nomination of Directors and Advisory Board Members, the Committee may consider nominees
for Independent Director recommended by Fund shareholders.  The Committee will consider recommendations
for nominees from shareholders sent to the Secretary of the Fund, c/o BNY Mellon Investment Adviser,
Inc. Legal Department, 240 Greenwich Street, 18</font><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"><sup>th</sup></font><font
style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">
Floor, New York, New York  10286.  A nomination submission must include all information relating to the
recommended nominee that is required to be disclosed in solicitations or proxy statements for the election
of Directors, as well as information sufficient to evaluate the factors listed above.  Nomination submissions
must be accompanied by a written consent of the individual to stand for election if nominated by the
Board and to serve if elected by the shareholders, and such additional information must be provided regarding
the recommended nominee as reasonably requested by the Committee.</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
Committee shall have the authority to retain and terminate any search firm or other consultant to be
used to identify and/or conduct a background check with respect to Independent Director and/or Advisory
Board Member candidates, including the authority to approve its fees and other retention terms.  The
Committee is empowered to cause the Fund to pay the compensation of any search firm or other consultant
engaged by the Committee.</p><p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left;
color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">After
a determination by the Committee that a person should be selected and nominated as a Director of the
Fund, the Committee shall present its recommendation to the full Board for its consideration.</p>
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<p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:bold;
text-decoration:none;">ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The Committee may from
time to time propose nominations of one or more individuals to serve as members of an "advisory board,"
as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(1) of the 1940 Act ("Advisory Board Members").  An individual
shall be eligible to serve as an Advisory Board Member only if that individual meets the requirements
to be an Independent Director (subject to the Committee's evaluation of the factors set forth above for
consideration of potential Director nominees) and does not otherwise serve the Fund in any other capacity.
 An Advisory Board Member shall not have voting rights with respect to matters pertaining to the Fund.
  Any Advisory Board Member shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and may be removed, at any time,
with or without cause, by the Board.  An Advisory Board Member subsequently may be appointed as an Independent
Director, or nominated and elected as an Independent Director, at which time he or she shall cease to
be an Advisory Board Member.  Any Advisory Board Member may resign at any time.</p><p style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">REVIEW
OF CHARTER AND PROCEDURES</p><p style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The Committee shall review the charter and
procedures from time to time, as it considers appropriate.</p>
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text-decoration:none;">EXHIBIT C</p><p style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:center;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;">REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE</font><br><font
style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">BNY
Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund</font></p><p style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
text-align:left; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">May 23, 2022</p><p style="font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
Audit Committee oversees the Fund's financial reporting process on behalf of the Board of Trustees.
Management has the primary responsibility for 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, including a discussion
of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant
judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statement.</p><p style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
Committee reviewed with the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm (the "independent auditors"
or "auditors"), 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's accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed
with the committee under the applicable standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States) ("PCAOB") and Securities and Exchange Commission.  In addition, the Committee discussed with
the independent auditors the auditors' independence from management and the Fund, including the auditors'
letter and the matters in the written disclosures required by the PCAOB, and considered the compatibility
of non-audit services with the auditors' independence.</p><p style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif;
font-style:normal; text-align:justify; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">The
Committee met with the independent auditors, with and without management present, to discuss the results
of their examinations, their evaluations of the Fund's internal controls, and the overall quality of
the Fund's financial reporting.</p><p style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; text-align:justify;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Based on the reviews and discussions referred
to above, the Committee recommended to the Board of Trustees (and the Board approved) that the audited
financial statements for the Fund be included in the Fund's Annual Report to Shareholders for the year
ended March 31, 2022.</p><p style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:left; color:#000000;
font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"><font style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Francine J. Bovich, Audit Committee Chair</font><br><font
style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Joseph
S. DiMartino, Audit Committee Member</font><br><font style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Andrew J. Donohue, Audit Committee Member</font><br><font
style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Kenneth
A. Himmel, Audit Committee Member</font><br><font style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal;
color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Roslyn M. Watson, Audit Committee Member</font><br><font
style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;">Benaree
Pratt Wiley, Audit Committee Member</font></p>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 14pt/15pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">EVERY SHAREHOLDER&#8217;S VOTE IS IMPORTANT</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 14pt/15pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 5in">EASY VOTING OPTIONS:</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>VOTE ON THE INTERNET</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Log on to:</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>www.proxy-direct.com</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>or scan the QR code</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Follow the on-screen instructions<BR>
    <I>available 24 hours</I></B></P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>VOTE BY PHONE</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Call 1-800-337-3503</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Follow the recorded instructions</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>available 24 hours</I></B></P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>VOTE BY MAIL</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Vote, sign and date this Proxy </B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Card and return in the </B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>postage-paid envelope</B></P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 8pt/8.5pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>VIRTUAL MEETING </B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt/8.5pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>at the following Website: <FONT STYLE="color: #2819EF"><U>www.meetnow.global/M5V4PCY</U></FONT></B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt/8.5pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>on August 16, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
    </B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt/8.5pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>To participate in the Virtual Meeting,</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt/8.5pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>enter the 14-digit control number from
    </B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 8pt/8.5pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>the shaded box on this card. </B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>THIS PROXY
IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.</B></FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">The undersigned shareholder of BNY Mellon High
Yield Strategies Fund (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) hereby appoints James Bitetto and Deirdre Cunnane, and each of them, the attorneys and
proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, to vote, as indicated herein, all shares of the Fund standing in the name
of the undersigned at the close of business on June 15, 2022, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be virtually held at
the following Website: <FONT STYLE="color: #2819EF"><B><U>www.meetnow.global/M5V4PCY</U></B></FONT> on August 16, 2022, at 10:30 a.m.,
Eastern time, and at any and all adjournments thereof (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;), with all of the powers the undersigned would possess
if then and there personally present and especially (but without limiting the general authorization and power hereby given) to vote as
indicated on the proposals, as more fully described in the Proxy Statement for the Meeting. To participate in the Meeting enter the 14-digit
control number from the shaded box on this card. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
of the Fund and of the accompanying Proxy Statement, the terms of each of which are incorporated by reference, and revokes any proxy heretofore
given with respect to such meeting.</FONT></P>

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WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF THIS PROXY IS PROPERLY EXECUTED BUT NO DIRECTION IS MADE,
THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED <U>FOR</U> THE NOMINEES PRINTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS CARD AND IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDERS ON
ANY OTHER MATTER PROPERLY BROUGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/15pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Annual Shareholder Meeting to be held
virtually on August 16, 2022.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt/15pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">The Proxy Statement and Proxy Card
for this meeting are available at:</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 12pt/15pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">https://im.bnymellon.com/us/en/intermediary/products/closed-end-funds.jsp</P>

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VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE: &#9746;</B></FONT></P>

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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Proposal&#9;&#9;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">The Board of Trustees recommends a vote &#8220;FOR&#8221;
the following nominees.</FONT></B></P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 9pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To elect one Class I Trustee
to serve for a two-year term and two Class II Trustees to serve for three-year terms and until their respective successors are duly elected
and qualified:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt/12pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in">&#9;01. Bradley J. Skapyak (Class
I)&#9;02. Roslyn M. Watson (Class II)&#9;03. Benaree Pratt Wiley (Class II)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt/10pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 0.25in; text-align: justify"><B><U>INSTRUCTIONS:</U></B> To
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and write the nominee&#8217;s number on the line provided below.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><B>2.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; padding-right: 2.5in">To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting, or any
adjournments or postponements thereof.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Authorized Signatures &#9472; This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. &#9472; Sign and
Date Below</FONT></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/8pt Arial Narrow, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Note</B>:
Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign.
When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative
capacity, please give the full title under the signature</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 7pt">.</FONT></P>

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