Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund : Fund Statistics Now Available for: Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund, Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc., Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc.
January 19, 2012 at 11:50 pm IST
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Portfolio Manager Change Announced for: Dreyfus Municipal Income,
Inc., Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc., Dreyfus Strategic
Municipals, Inc.
Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund (NYSE: DHF), Dreyfus Municipal
Income, Inc. (NYX: DMF), Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
(NYSE: DSM) and Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc. (NYSE: LEO) each
announced that certain fund statistics, as of December 31, 2011, are now
available. The information will be posted to www.dreyfus.com
and can be accessed at: http://www.dreyfus.com/closedendfund.htm.
To order a hard copy of this information, call 1-800-334-6899.
Each of Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc. (NYX: DMF), Dreyfus Strategic
Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (NYSE: DSM), and Dreyfus Strategic Municipals,
Inc. (NYSE: LEO) announced that Daniel A. Barton has become its sole
primary portfolio manager. Mr. Barton has been a primary portfolio
manager for Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc. since July 13, 2011, and a
primary portfolio manager for each of Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond
Fund, Inc. and Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc. since November 18,
2011. The Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus") continues to be the investment
adviser for each fund.
Mr. Barton has been employed by Dreyfus since December 2009. He is a
Senior Analyst for Tax-Sensitive Strategies at Standish Mellon Asset
Management Company LLC ("Standish"), an affiliate of Dreyfus,
specializing in education, airports, tobacco securitization, utilities
and corporate backed bonds. Mr. Barton joined Standish in 2005 from
Columbia Management Group, where he was a municipal credit analyst for
over four years. Previously, he was a chemical engineer with Stone &
Webster in Boston, MA. Mr. Barton earned an M.B.A. from Bentley College
and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Rensselear Polytechnic
Institute. He is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society, the
Boston Municipal Analysts Forum and the National Federation of Municipal
Analysts, holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has ten
years of investment experience.
For Press Inquiries: The Dreyfus Corporation Patrice M.
Kozlowski 212-922-6030 or For Other Inquiries: MBSC
Securities Corporation The National Marketing Desk 200 Park
Avenue New York, New York 10166 1-800-334-6899
BNY Mellon Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to seek to maximize current income exempt from federal income tax to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital. The Fund ordinarily invests all of its net assets in municipal obligations that provide income exempt from federal personal income tax, and has adopted a fundamental investment policy to invest, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in municipal obligations. The Fund may purchase floating and variable rate obligations, municipal derivatives, such as custodial receipt programs created by financial intermediaries, tender option bonds, and participations in municipal obligations. The Fund invests in various industries, including transportation, education, medical, airport, water, power, utilities and multifamily housing. The Fund's investment adviser is BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.
BNY MELLON STRATEGIC MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC. 
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