File Nos. 33-12660
811-5074
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 27 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Amendment No. 27 [X]
(Check appropriate box or boxes.)
DREYFUS BASIC GNMA FUND
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
c/o The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 922-6000
Mark N. Jacobs, Esq.
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
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X on May 1, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (b)
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---- 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
---- on (DATE) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
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---- on (DATE) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
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If appropriate, check the following box:
this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date
for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
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Dreyfus
BASIC GNMA
Fund
Investing in mortgage-related securities for current income and capital
preservation
PROSPECTUS May 1, 2000
As with all mutual funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not
approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this
prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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Contents
THE FUND
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2 Goal/Approach
3 Main Risks
4 Past Performance
5 Expenses
6 Management
7 Financial Highlights
YOUR INVESTMENT
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8 Account Policies
11 Distributions and Taxes
12 Services for Fund Investors
14 Instructions for Regular Accounts
16 Instructions for IRAs
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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Back Cover
What every investor should know about the fund
Information for managing your fund account
Where to learn more about this and other Dreyfus funds
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The Fund
Dreyfus BASIC GNMA Fund
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Ticker Symbol: DIGFX
GOAL/APPROACH
The fund seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with the
preservation of capital. To pursue this goal, the fund normally invests at least
65% of its net assets in GNMA certificates (popularly called "Ginnie Maes"),
which are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by the
Government National Mortgage Association.
The fund also may invest in privately issued commercial and residential
pass-through securities, and other mortgage-related securities, including those
issued by government-related organizations such as the Federal National Mortgage
Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, collateralized
mortgage obligations (CMOs) and stripped mortgage-backed securities. In
addition, the fund may purchase other securities issued or guaranteed by the
U.S. government or its agencies and its instrumentalities, and repurchase
agreements.
INFORMATION ON THE FUND'S RECENT STRATEGIES AND HOLDINGS CAN BE FOUND IN THE
CURRENT ANNUAL/SEMIANNUAL REPORT (SEE BACK COVER).
Concepts to understand
GINNIE MAES: securities backed by a pool of residential mortgages, which pass
through to investors the interest and principal payments of homeowners. The
Government National Mortgage Association guarantees that investors will receive
timely principal and interest payments even if homeowners do not make mortgage
payments on time.
CMOS: multi-class bonds backed by pools of mortgage pass-through securities or
mortgage loans.
STRIPPED MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES: the separate income or principal component
of a mortgage pass-through security or CMO. CMOs may be partially stripped so
that each investor receives some interest and some principal, or fully stripped
into interest-only and principal-only components.
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MAIN RISKS
A security guaranteed by the U.S. government is guaranteed only as to principal
and interest. Neither the market value of such security nor the fund's share
price is guaranteed. Prices of certain Ginnie Maes and other mortgage-related
securities tend to move inversely with changes in interest rates. While a rise
in rates may allow the fund to invest for higher yields, the most immediate
effect is usually a drop in the security's price, and therefore in the fund's
share price as well. As a result, the value of your investment in the fund could
go up or down, which means that you could lose money.
Although the price of a Ginnie Mae or other mortgage-related security may
decline when interest rates rise, the converse is not necessarily true. In
periods of declining interest rates, the mortgages underlying a mortgage-related
security are more likely to be prepaid, which could hurt the fund's share price
or yield. During periods of rapidly rising interest rates, such mortgages may be
prepaid at slower-than-expected rates, which effectively may lengthen a
mortgage-related security's expected maturity and cause the value of the
security to fluctuate more widely in response to changes in interest rates.
Other mortgage-related securities also are subject to credit risks associated
with the underlying mortgage properties. These securities may be more volatile
and less liquid than more traditional debt securities.
Other potential risks
Most mortgage-related securities are a form of derivative. The fund also may
invest some of its assets in other derivative securities, such as options and
futures. These practices are used primarily to hedge the fund's portfolio, but
may be used to increase returns; however, such practices may lower returns or
increase volatility. Derivatives can be illiquid, and a small investment in
certain derivatives could have a potentially large impact on the fund's
performance.
The fund will engage in short-term trading, which could produce higher brokerage
costs and taxable distributions and lower the fund's after-tax performance
accordingly.
The fund can buy securities with borrowed money (a form of leverage), which
could have the effect of magnifying the fund's gains or losses.
The Fund
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PAST PERFORMANCE
The bar chart and table below show some of the risks of investing in the fund.
The bar chart shows the changes in the fund's performance from year to year. The
table compares the fund's average annual total return to that of the Lehman
Brothers GNMA Index, an unmanaged Ginnie Mae performance benchmark. Of course,
past performance is no guarantee of future results.
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Year-by-year total return AS OF 12/31 EACH YEAR (%)
[Exhibit A]
BEST QUARTER: Q4 '91 +6.03%
WORST QUARTER: Q1 '92 -2.16%
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Average annual total return AS OF 12/31/99
1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
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FUND 2.82% 7.59% 7.41%
LEHMAN BROTHERS
GNMA INDEX 1.93% 8.08% 7.87%
What this fund is -- and isn't
This fund is a mutual fund: a pooled investment that is professionally managed
and gives you the opportunity to participate in financial markets. It strives to
reach its stated goal, although as with all mutual funds, it cannot offer
guaranteed results.
An investment in this fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or
guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. It is not a complete
investment program. You could lose money in this fund, but you also have the
potential to make money.
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EXPENSES
As an investor, you pay certain fees and expenses in connection with the fund,
which are described in the table below. Shareholder transaction fees are paid
from your account. Annual fund operating expenses are paid out of fund assets,
so their effect is included in the share price. The fund has no sales charge
(load) or Rule 12b-1 distribution fees.
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Fee table
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION FEES
CHARGED IF YOUR ACCOUNT BALANCE IS
LESS THAN $50,000
Exchange fee $5.00
Account closeout fee $5.00
Wire and TeleTransfer redemption fee $5.00
Checkwriting charge $2.00
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ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
% OF AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS
Management fees 0.60%
Shareholder services fee 0.13%
Other expenses 1.16%
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TOTAL 1.89%
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Expense example
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
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$192 $594 $1,021 $2,212
This example shows what you could pay in expenses over
time. It uses the same hypothetical conditions other
funds use in their prospectuses: $10,000 initial
investment, 5% total return each year and no changes in
expenses. The figures shown would be the same whether
you sold your shares at the end of a period or kept
them. Because actual return and expenses will be
different, the example is for comparison only.
Concepts to understand
MANAGEMENT FEE: the fee paid to Dreyfus for managing the fund's portfolio and
assisting in all aspects of the fund's operations.
During 1999, Dreyfus waived a portion of its fee so that the effective
management fee paid by the fund was 0.26%, reducing total expenses to 1.55%.
This waiver reflects an undertaking by Dreyfus to limit fund expenses, exclusive
of taxes, brokerage, interest on borrowings and extraordinary expenses, to
0.65%. This undertaking may be terminated upon 90 days' notice to shareholders.
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES FEE: a fee of up to 0.25% paid to the fund's distributor
for shareholder account service and maintenance.
OTHER EXPENSES: fees paid by the fund for miscellaneous items such as interest
expense, transfer agency, custody, professional and registration fees.
The Fund
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MANAGEMENT
The investment adviser for the fund is The Dreyfus Corporation, 200 Park Avenue,
New York, New York 10166. Founded in 1947, Dreyfus manages more than $127
billion in over 160 mutual fund portfolios. For the past fiscal year, the fund
paid Dreyfus a monthly management fee at the annual rate of 0.26% of the fund's
average daily net assets. Dreyfus is the primary mutual fund business of Mellon
Financial Corporation, a global financial services company with approximately
$2.5 trillion of assets under management, administration or custody, including
approximately $485 billion under management. Mellon provides wealth management,
global investment services and a comprehensive array of banking services for
individuals, businesses and institutions. Mellon is headquartered in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
The fund, Dreyfus and Dreyfus Service Corporation (the fund's distributor) each
have adopted a code of ethics that permits its personnel, subject to such code,
to invest in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by
the fund. The Dreyfus code of ethics restricts the personal securities
transaction of its employees, and requires portfolio managers and other
investment personnel to comply with the code's preclearance and disclosure
procedures. Its primary purpose is to ensure that personal trading by Dreyfus
employees does not disadvantage any Dreyfus-managed fund.
Portfolio manager
Michael Hoeh, CFA, has managed the fund since March 1997 and has been employed
by Dreyfus since October 1996. Previously, he was vice president of portfolio
management at ARM Capital Investors, Inc. Prior to that, he was vice president,
risk management, at Blackrock Financial Management.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
This table describes the fund's performance for the fiscal periods indicated.
"Total return" shows how much your investment in the fund would have increased
(or decreased) during each period, assuming you had reinvested all dividends and
distributions. These figures have been independently audited by Ernst & Young
LLP, whose report, along with the fund's financial statements, is included in
the annual report.
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YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
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PER-SHARE DATA ($)
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Net asset value, beginning of period 15.01 15.32 15.14 15.42 14.16
Investment operations:
Investment income -- net .96 .97 .99 .98 1.03
Net realized and unrealized
gain (loss) on investments (.54) (.26) .41 (.27) 1.25
Total from investment operations .42 .71 1.40 .71 2.28
Distributions:
Dividends from investment
income -- net (.96) (.97) (.99) (.99) (1.02)
Dividends from net realized
gain on investments (.06) (.05) (.23) -- --
Dividends in excess of
net realized gain on investments (.02) -- -- -- --
Total distributions (1.04) (1.02) (1.22) (.99) (1.02)
Net asset value, end of period 14.39 15.01 15.32 15.14 15.42
Total return (%) 2.82 4.71 9.55 4.81 16.62
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RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Ratio of operating expenses
to average net assets (%) .65 .65 .65 .65 .50
Ratio of interest expense and loan
commitment fees to average net assets (%) .90 .17 -- -- --
Ratio of net investment income
to average net assets (%) 6.54 6.34 6.46 6.50 6.86
Decrease reflected in above expense
ratios due to actions by Dreyfus (%) .34 .39 .42 .52 .78
Portfolio turnover rate (%) 366.43 388.97 534.25 332.96 254.36
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Net assets, end of period ($ x 1,000) 112,252 96,846 75,930 57,665 55,615
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The Fund
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Your Investment
ACCOUNT POLICIES
Buying shares
YOU PAY NO SALES CHARGES to invest in this fund. Your price for fund shares is
the fund's net asset value per share (NAV), which is generally calculated as of
the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern
time) every day the exchange is open. Your order will be priced at the next NAV
calculated after your order is accepted by the fund's transfer agent or other
authorized entity. The fund's investments are generally valued based on market
value or, where market quotations are not readily available, based on fair value
as determined in good faith by the fund's board.
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Minimum investments
Initial Additional
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REGULAR ACCOUNTS $10,000 $1,000
$1,000 FOR TELETRANSFER
INVESTMENTS
TRADITIONAL IRAS $5,000 $1,000
SPOUSAL IRAS $5,000 $1,000
ROTH IRAS $5,000 $1,000
EDUCATION IRAS $500 NO MINIMUM
AFTER THE FIRST YEAR
All investments must be in U.S. dollars. Third-party
checks cannot be accepted. You may be charged a fee for
any check that does not clear. Maximum TeleTransfer
purchase is $150,000 per day.
Concepts to understand
NET ASSET VALUE (NAV): a mutual fund's share price on a given day. A fund's NAV
is calculated by dividing the value of its net assets by the number of existing
shares.
When calculating its NAV, the fund's investments are valued by an independent
pricing service approved and supervised by the fund's board.
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Selling shares
YOU MAY SELL (REDEEM) SHARES AT ANY TIME. Your shares will be sold at the next
NAV calculated after your order is accepted by the fund's transfer agent or
other authorized entity. Any certificates representing fund shares being sold
must be returned with your redemption request. Your order will be processed
promptly and you will generally receive the proceeds within a week.
BEFORE SELLING OR WRITING A CHECK FOR RECENTLY PURCHASED SHARES, please note
that if the fund has not yet collected payment for the shares you are selling,
it may delay sending the proceeds for up to eight business days or until it has
collected payment.
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Limitations on selling shares by phone
Proceeds sent by Minimum Maximum
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CHECK NO MINIMUM $250,000 PER DAY
WIRE $5,000 $500,000 FOR JOINT
ACCOUNTS
EVERY 30 DAYS
TELETRANSFER $1,000 $500,000 FOR JOINT
ACCOUNTS
EVERY 30 DAYS
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SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTION FEES
CHARGED IF YOUR ACCOUNT BALANCE IS
LESS THAN $50,000
Exchange fee $5.00
Account closeout fee $5.00
Wire and TeleTransfer redemption fee $5.00
Checkwriting charge $2.00
Written sell orders
Some circumstances require written sell orders along with signature guarantees.
These include:
* amounts of $10,000 or more on accounts whose address has been changed
within the last 30 days
* requests to send the proceeds to a different payee or address
Written sell orders of $100,000 or more must also be signature guaranteed.
A SIGNATURE GUARANTEE helps protect against fraud. You can obtain one from most
banks or securities dealers, but not from a notary public. For joint accounts,
each signature must be guaranteed. Please call us to ensure that your signature
guarantee will be processed correctly.
Your Investment
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ACCOUNT POLICIES (CONTINUED)
General policies
UNLESS YOU DECLINE TELEPHONE PRIVILEGES on your application, you may be
responsible for any fraudulent telephone order as long as Dreyfus takes
reasonable measures to verify the order.
THE FUND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO:
* refuse any purchase or exchange request that could adversely affect the
fund or its operations, including those from any individual or group
who, in the fund's view, is likely to engage in excessive trading
(usually defined as more than four exchanges out of the fund within a
calendar year)
* refuse any purchase or exchange request in excess of 1% of the fund's
total assets
* change or discontinue its exchange privilege, or temporarily suspend
this privilege during unusual market conditions
* change its minimum investment amounts
* delay sending out redemption proceeds for up to seven days (generally
applies only in cases of very large redemptions, excessive trading or
during unusual market conditions)
The fund also reserves the right to make a "redemption in kind" -- payment in
portfolio securities rather than cash -- if the amount you are redeeming is
large enough to affect fund operations (for example, if it represents more than
1% of the fund's assets).
* BELOW $500 IF YOU WERE A FUND SHAREHOLDER SINCE OCTOBER 31, 1995.
Small account policies
To offset the relatively higher costs of servicing smaller accounts, the fund
charges regular accounts with balances below $2,000 an annual fee of $12. The
fee will be imposed during the fourth quarter of each calendar year.
The fee will be waived for: any investor whose aggregate Dreyfus mutual fund
investments total at least $25,000; IRA accounts; accounts participating in
automatic investment programs; and accounts opened through a financial
institution.
If your account falls below $5,000*, the fund may ask you to increase your
balance. If it is still below $5,000* after 30 days, the fund may close your
account and send you the proceeds.
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DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
THE FUND USUALLY PAYS ITS SHAREHOLDERS DIVIDENDS from its net investment income
once a month, and distributes any net capital gains it has realized once a year.
Your dividends and distributions will be reinvested in the fund unless you
instruct the fund otherwise. There are no fees or sales charges on
reinvestments.
FUND DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS ARE TAXABLE to most investors (unless your
investment is in an IRA or other tax-deferred account). The tax status of any
distribution is the same regardless of how long you have been in the fund and
whether you reinvest your distributions or take them in cash. In general,
distributions are federally taxable as follows:
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Taxability of distributions
Type of Tax rate for Tax rate for
distribution 15% bracket 28% bracket or above
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INCOME ORDINARY ORDINARY
DIVIDENDS INCOME RATE INCOME RATE
SHORT-TERM ORDINARY ORDINARY
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME RATE INCOME RATE
LONG-TERM
CAPITAL GAINS 10% 20%
The tax status of your dividends and distributions will be detailed in your
annual tax statement from the fund.
Because everyone's tax situation is unique, always consult your tax professional
about federal, state and local tax consequences.
Taxes on transactions
Except in tax-deferred accounts, any sale or exchange of fund shares, including
through the checkwriting privilege, may generate a tax liability. Of course,
withdrawals or distributions from tax-deferred accounts are taxable when
received.
The table at right also can provide a guide for your potential tax liability
when selling or exchanging fund shares. "Short-term capital gains" applies to
fund shares sold or exchanged up to 12 months after buying them. "Long-term
capital gains" applies to shares sold or exchanged after 12 months.
Your Investment
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SERVICES FOR FUND INVESTORS
Dreyfus Dividend Sweep
FOR AUTOMATICALLY REINVESTING the dividends and distributions from one Dreyfus
fund into another, use Dreyfus Dividend Sweep (not available for IRAs). You can
set up this service with your application or by calling 1-800-645-6561.
Retirement plans
DREYFUS OFFERS A VARIETY OF RETIREMENT PLANS, including traditional, Roth and
Education IRAs. Here's where you call for information:
* for traditional, rollover, Roth and Education IRAs, call 1-800-645-6561
* for SEP-IRAs, Keogh accounts, 401(k) and 403(b) accounts, call
1-800-358-0910
Checkwriting privilege
YOU MAY WRITE REDEMPTION CHECKS against your account in amounts of $1,000 or
more. There is a $2.00 charge for each check written. An additional fee will be
charged if you request a stop payment or if the transfer agent cannot honor a
redemption check due to insufficient funds or another valid reason. Please do
not postdate your checks or use them to close your account.
Exchange privilege
YOU CAN EXCHANGE SHARES WORTH $1,000 OR MORE from one Dreyfus fund into another.
You can request your exchange in writing or by phone. Be sure to read the
current prospectus for any fund into which you are exchanging before investing.
Any new account established through an exchange will have the same privileges as
your original account (as long as they are available). There is a $5.00 exchange
fee, and you may be charged a sales load when exchanging into any fund that has
one.
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Dreyfus TeleTransfer privilege
TO MOVE MONEY BETWEEN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT and your Dreyfus fund account with a
phone call, use the Dreyfus TeleTransfer privilege. You can set up TeleTransfer
on your account by providing bank account information and following the
instructions on your application. For accounts with a balance below $50,000,
there is a $5.00 fee for TeleTransfer redemptions.
24-hour automated account access
YOU CAN EASILY MANAGE YOUR DREYFUS ACCOUNTS, check your account balances,
transfer money between your Dreyfus funds, get price and yield information and
much more -- when it's convenient for you -- by calling 1-800-645-6561.
Account statements
EVERY DREYFUS INVESTOR automatically receives regular account statements. You'll
also be sent a yearly statement detailing the tax characteristics of any
dividends and distributions you have received.
Dreyfus Financial Centers
THROUGH A NATIONWIDE NETWORK of Dreyfus Financial Centers, Dreyfus offers a full
array of investment services and products. This includes information on mutual
funds, brokerage services, tax-advantaged products and retirement planning.
EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS can help you make informed choices and provide
you with personalized attention in handling account transactions. The Financial
Centers also offer informative seminars and events. To find the Financial Center
nearest you, call 1-800-499-3327.
Third-party investments
If you invest through a third party (rather than directly with Dreyfus), the
policies and fees may be different than those described here. Banks, brokers,
401(k) plans, financial advisers and financial supermarkets may charge
transaction fees and may set different minimum investments or limitations on
buying or selling shares. Consult a representative of your plan or financial
institution if in doubt.
Your Investment
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGULAR ACCOUNTS
TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT
In Writing
Complete the application.
Mail your application and a check to:
The Dreyfus Family of Funds
P.O. Box 9387, Providence, RI 02940-9387
TO ADD TO AN ACCOUNT
Fill out an investment slip, and write your account number on your check.
Mail the slip and the check to: The Dreyfus Family of Funds P.O. Box 105,
Newark, NJ 07101-0105
By Telephone
WIRE Have your bank send your
investment to The Bank of New York, with these instructions:
* ABA# 021000018
* DDA# 8900119535
* the fund name
* your Social Security or tax ID number
* name(s) of investor(s)
Call us to obtain an account number. Return your application.
WIRE Have your bank send your investment to The Bank of New York, with these
instructions:
* ABA# 021000018
* DDA# 8900119535
* the fund name
* your account number
* name(s) of investor(s)
ELECTRONIC CHECK Same as wire, but insert "1111" before your account number.
TELETRANSFER Request TeleTransfer on your application. Call us to request your
transaction.
Via the Internet
COMPUTER Visit the Dreyfus Web site http://www.dreyfus.com and follow the
instructions to download an account application.
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TO SELL SHARES
Write a redemption check OR write a letter of instruction that includes:
* your name(s) and signature(s)
* your account number
* the fund name
* the dollar amount you want to sell
* how and where to send the proceeds
Obtain a signature guarantee or other documentation, if required (see "Account
Policies -- Selling Shares").
Mail your request to: The Dreyfus Family of Funds P.O. Box 9671, Providence, RI
02940-9671
WIRE Be sure the fund has your bank account information on file. Call us to
request your transaction. Proceeds will be wired to your bank.
TELETRANSFER Be sure the fund has your bank account information on file. Call us
to request your transaction. Proceeds will be sent to your bank by electronic
check.
CHECK Call us to request your transaction. A check will be sent to the address
of record.
To reach Dreyfus, call toll free in the U.S.
1-800-645-6561
Outside the U.S. 516-794-5452
Make checks payable to:
THE DREYFUS FAMILY OF FUNDS
You also can deliver requests to any Dreyfus Financial Center. Because
processing time may vary, please ask the representative when your account will
be credited or debited.
Concepts to understand
WIRE TRANSFER: for transferring money from one financial institution to another.
Wiring is the fastest way to move money, although your bank may charge a fee to
send or receive wire transfers. Wire redemptions from the fund are subject to a
$5,000 minimum.
ELECTRONIC CHECK: for transferring money out of a bank account. Your transaction
is entered electronically, but may take up to eight business days to clear.
Electronic checks usually are available without a fee at all Automated Clearing
House (ACH) banks.
Your Investment
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR IRAS
TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT
In Writing
Complete an IRA application, making sure to specify the fund name and to
indicate the year the contribution is for.
Mail your application and a check to:
The Dreyfus Trust Company, Custodian P.O. Box 6427, Providence, RI 02940-6427
TO ADD TO AN ACCOUNT
Fill out an investment slip, and write your account number on your check.
Indicate the year the contribution is for.
Mail in the slip and the check (see "To Open an Account" at left).
By Telephone
WIRE Have your bank send your investment to The Bank of New York, with these
instructions:
* ABA# 021000018
* DDA# 8900119535
* the fund name
* your account number
* name of investor
* the contribution year
ELECTRONIC CHECK Same as wire, but insert "1111" before your account number.
TELEPHONE CONTRIBUTION Call to request us to move money from a regular Dreyfus
account to an IRA (both accounts must be held in the same shareholder name).
Via the Internet
COMPUTER Visit the Dreyfus Web site http://www.dreyfus.com and follow the
instructions to download an account application.
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TO SELL SHARES
Write a redemption check* OR write a letter of instruction that includes:
* your name and signature
* your account number
* the fund name
* the dollar amount you want to sell
* how and where to send the proceeds
* whether the distribution is qualified or premature
* whether the 10% TEFRA should be withheld
Obtain a signature guarantee or other documentation, if required.
Mail in your request (see "To Open an Account" at left).
* A redemption check written for a qualified distribution is not subject to
TEFRA.
To reach Dreyfus, call toll free in the U.S.
1-800-645-6561
Outside the U.S. 516-794-5452
Make checks payable to:
THE DREYFUS TRUST COMPANY, CUSTODIAN
You also can deliver requests to any Dreyfus Financial Center. Because
processing time may vary, please ask the representative when your account will
be credited or debited.
Concepts to understand
WIRE TRANSFER: for transferring money from one financial institution to another.
Wiring is the fastest way to move money, although your bank may charge a fee to
send or receive wire transfers. Wire redemptions from the fund are subject to a
$5,000 minimum.
ELECTRONIC CHECK: for transferring money out of a bank account. Your transaction
is entered electronically, but may take up to eight business days to clear.
Electronic checks usually are available without a fee at all Automated Clearing
House (ACH) banks.
Your Investment
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For More Information
Dreyfus BASIC GNMA Fund
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SEC file number: 811-5074
More information on this fund is available free upon
request, including the following:
Annual/Semiannual Report
Describes the fund's performance, lists portfolio
holdings and contains a letter from the fund's manager
discussing recent market conditions, economic trends and
fund strategies that significantly affected the fund's
performance during the last fiscal year.
Statement of Additional Information (SAI)
Provides more details about the fund and its policies. A
current SAI is on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) and is incorporated by reference (is
legally considered part of this prospectus).
To obtain information:
BY TELEPHONE Call 1-800-645-6561
BY MAIL Write to: The Dreyfus Family of Funds 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard
Uniondale, NY 11556-0144
BY E-MAIL Send your request to [email protected]
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DREYFUS BASIC GNMA FUND
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
MAY 1, 2000
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This Statement of Additional Information, which is not a prospectus,
supplements and should be read in conjunction with the current Prospectus of
Dreyfus BASIC GNMA Fund (the "Fund"), dated May 1, 2000, as it may be revised
from time to time. To obtain a copy of the Fund's Prospectus, please write to
the Fund at 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556-0144, or call
one of the following numbers:
Call Toll Free 1-800-645-6561
In New York City - Call 1-718-895-1206
Outside the U.S. - Call 516-794-5452
The Fund's most recent Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report to
Shareholders are separate documents supplied with this Statement of Additional
Information, and the financial statements, accompanying notes and report of
independent auditors appearing in the Annual Report are incorporated by
reference into this Statement of Additional Information.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Description of the Fund.................................................B-2
Management of the Fund..................................................B-13
Management Arrangements.................................................B-17
How to Buy Shares.......................................................B-20
Shareholder Services Plan...............................................B-22
How to Redeem Shares....................................................B-22
Shareholder Services....................................................B-25
Determination of Net Asset Value........................................B-27
Dividends, Distributions and Taxes......................................B-27
Portfolio Transactions..................................................B-29
Performance Information.................................................B-30
Information About the Fund..............................................B-31
Counsel and Independent Auditors........................................B-33
Year 2000 Issues........................................................B-33
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DESCRIPTION OF THE FUND
The Fund is a Massachusetts business trust that commenced operations
on January 1, 1994. The Fund is an open-end management investment company, known
as a mutual fund. The Fund is a diversified fund, which means that, with respect
to 75% of its total assets, the Fund will not invest more than 5% of its assets
in the securities of any single issuer.
The Dreyfus Corporation (the "Manager") serves as the Fund's
investment adviser.
Dreyfus Service Corporation (the "Distributor") is the distributor of
the Fund's shares.
CERTAIN PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
The following information supplements and should be read in
conjunction with the Fund's Prospectus.
GINNIE MAES. It is fundamental policy of the Fund that it will invest
at least 65% of the value of its net assets (except when maintaining a temporary
defensive position) in GNMA Certificates. GNMA Certificates also may include
other securities that in the future are guaranteed by the Government National
Mortgage Association ("GNMA").
Ginnie Maes are created by an "issuer," which is a Federal Housing
Administration ("FHA") approved mortgagee that also meets criteria imposed by
the GNMA. The issuer assembles a pool of FHA, Farmers' Home Administration or
Veterans' Administration ("VA") insured or guaranteed mortgages which are
homogeneous as to interest rate, maturity and type of dwelling. Upon application
by the issuer, and after approval by the GNMA of the pool, the GNMA provides its
commitment to guarantee timely payment of principal and interest on the Ginnie
Maes backed by the mortgages included in the pool. The Ginnie Maes, endorsed by
the GNMA, then are sold by the issuer through securities dealers. The Fund will
invest in Ginnie Maes only of the "fully modified pass-through" type which are
guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by the GNMA, a U.S.
Government corporation.
The GNMA is authorized under the National Housing Act to guarantee
timely payment of principal and interest on Ginnie Maes. This guarantee is
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. The GNMA may borrow
U.S. Treasury funds to the extent needed to make payments under its guarantee.
When mortgages in the pool underlying a Ginnie Mae are prepaid by
mortgagors or by result of foreclosure, such principal payments are passed
through to the certificate holders. Accordingly, the life of the Ginnie Mae is
likely to be substantially shorter than the stated maturity of the mortgages in
the underlying pool. Because of such variation in prepayment rates, it is not
possible to predict the life of a particular Ginnie Mae.
Ginnie Maes bear a stated "coupon rate" which represents the effective
FHA-VA mortgage rate at the time of issuance, less 0.5%, which constitutes the
GNMA's and issuer's fees. For providing its guarantee, the GNMA receives an
annual fee of 0.06% of the outstanding principal on certificates backed by
single family dwelling mortgages, and the issuer receives an annual fee of 0.44%
for assembling the pool and for passing through monthly payments of interest and
principal.
Payments to holders of Ginnie Maes consist of the monthly
distributions of interest and principal less the GNMA's and issuer's fees. The
actual yield to be earned by a holder of a Ginnie Mae is calculated by dividing
interest payments by the purchase price paid for the Ginnie Mae (which may be at
a premium or a discount from the face value of the certificate). Monthly
distributions of interest, as contrasted to semi-annual distributions which are
common for other fixed interest investments, have the effect of compounding and
thereby raising the effective annual yield earned on Ginnie Maes. Because of the
variation in the life of the pools of mortgages which back various Ginnie Maes,
and because it is impossible to anticipate the rate of interest at which future
principal payments may be reinvested, the actual yield earned from a portfolio
of Ginnie Maes will differ significantly from the yield estimated by using an
assumption of a 12-year life for each Ginnie Mae included in such a portfolio as
described above.
OTHER MORTGAGE-RELATED SECURITIES. The Fund also may invest in other
mortgage-related securities, including those issued by government-related
organizations such as the Federal National Mortgage Association ("FNMA") and the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC"), private mortgage pass-through
securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, including real estate
mortgage investment conduits or REMICs. The mortgage-related securities in which
the Fund may invest include those with fixed, floating and variable interest
rates, those with interest rates that change based on multiples of changes in
interest rates and those with interest rates that change inversely to changes in
interest rates, as well as stripped mortgage-backed securities.
GOVERNMENT-RELATED SECURITIES--Mortgage-related securities issued by the FNMA
include FNMA Guaranteed Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (also known as
"Fannie Maes") which are solely the obligations of the FNMA and are not backed
by or entitled to the full faith and credit of the United States. The FNMA is a
government-sponsored organization owned entirely by private stockholders. Fannie
Maes are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by the FNMA.
Mortgage-related securities issued by the FHLMC include FHLMC Mortgage
Participation Certificates (also known as "Freddie Macs" or "PCs"). The FHLMC is
a corporate instrumentality of the United States, created pursuant to an Act of
Congress, which is owned entirely by Federal Home Loan Banks. Freddie Macs are
not guaranteed by the United States or by any Federal Home Loan Bank and do not
constitute a debt or obligation of the United States or of any Federal Home Loan
Bank. Freddie Macs entitle the holder to timely payment of interest, which is
guaranteed by the FHLMC. The FHLMC guarantees either ultimate collection or
timely payment of all principal payments on the underlying mortgage loans. While
the FHLMC does not guarantee timely payment of principal, the FHLMC may remit
the amount due on account of its guarantee of ultimate payment of principal at
any time after default on an underlying mortgage, but in no event later than one
year after it becomes payable.
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS--Collateralized mortgage obligations or
"CMOs," which include those issued through REMICs, are debt securities that are
structured to pay principal and interest based on payments received on a pool of
mortgage-related securities pledged to secure the obligations. The issuers of
CMOs typically do not have assets other than those pledged to secure separately
the obligations. Holders of these obligations must rely principally on
distributions on the underlying mortgage-related securities and other collateral
securing the obligations for payments of principal and interest on the
obligations. Typically, CMOs are collateralized by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or
Freddie Mac Certificates, but also may be collateralized by whole loans or
Private Pass-Throughs, described below (such collateral collectively hereinafter
referred to as "Mortgage Assets"). Although Mortgage Assets may be subject to a
government guarantee or third-party support, the obligations are not so
guaranteed. Consequently, if the Mortgage Assets are insufficient to make
payments on the obligations, a holder could sustain a loss. Multiclass
pass-through securities may be equity interests in a trust composed of Mortgage
Assets. Unless the context indicates otherwise, all references herein to CMOs
include multiclass pass-through securities. Payments of principal of and
interest on the Mortgage Assets, and any reinvestment income thereon, provide
the funds to pay debt service on the CMOs or make scheduled distributions on the
multiclass pass-through securities. CMOs may be issued by agencies or
instrumentalities of the U.S. Government, or by private originators of, or
investors in, mortgage loans, including savings and loan associations, mortgage
banks, commercial banks, investment banks and special purpose subsidiaries of
the foregoing. The issuer of a series of CMOs may elect to be treated as a
REMIC.
PRIVATE MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH SECURITIES--Private mortgage pass-through
securities ("Private Pass-Throughs") are structured similarly to the Ginnie Mae,
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage pass-through securities and are issued by
originators of, or investors in, mortgage loans, including savings and loan
associations, mortgage banks, commercial banks, investment banks and special
purpose subsidiaries of the foregoing. Private Pass-Throughs usually are backed
by a pool of conventional fixed rate or adjustable rate mortgage loans. Since
Private Pass-Throughs typically are not guaranteed by an entity having the
credit status of Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, such securities
generally are structured with one or more types of credit enhancement.
STRIPPED MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES--Stripped mortgage-backed securities
("SMBS") are derivative multiclass mortgage securities. SMBS may be issued by
agencies or instrumentalities of the U.S. Government, or by private originators
of, or investors in, mortgage loans, including savings and loan associations,
mortgage banks, commercial banks, investment banks and special purpose
subsidiaries of the foregoing.
SMBS usually are structured with two classes that receive different
proportions of the interest and principal distributions on a pool of Mortgage
Assets. A common type of SMBS will have one class receiving some of the interest
and most of the principal from the Mortgage Assets, while the other class will
receive most of the interest and the remainder of the principal. In the most
extreme case, one class will receive all of the interest (the interest-only or
"IO" class), while the other class will receive all of the principal (the
principal-only or "PO" class). The yield to maturity on an IO class is extremely
sensitive to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the
related underlying Mortgage Assets, and a rapid rate of principal payments may
have a material adverse effect on the Fund's yield to maturity. If the
underlying Mortgage Assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of
principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these
securities even if the securities are rated in the highest rating category by
any nationally recognized statistical rating organization. In addition, no
assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the market for certain SMBS.
Determination as to the liquidity of such securities will be made in accordance
with guidelines established by the Fund's Board. In accordance with such
guidelines, the Manager will monitor the Fund's investments in such securities
with particular regard to trading activity, availability of reliable price
information and other relevant information. The Fund will not invest more than
15% of the value of its net assets in securities that are illiquid.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements.
In a repurchase agreement, the Fund buys, and the seller agrees to repurchase, a
security at a mutually agreed upon time and price (usually within seven days).
The repurchase agreement thereby determines the yield during the purchaser's
holding period, while the seller's obligation to repurchase is secured by the
value of the underlying security. The Fund's custodian or sub-custodian will
have custody of, and will hold in a segregated account, securities acquired by
the Fund under a repurchase agreement. Repurchase agreements are considered by
the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission to be loans by the Fund.
Repurchase agreements could involve risks in the event of a default or
insolvency of the other party to the agreement, including possible delays or
restrictions upon the Fund's ability to dispose of the underlying securities. In
an attempt to reduce the risk of incurring a loss on a repurchase agreement, the
Fund will enter into repurchase agreements only with domestic banks with total
assets in excess of $1 billion, or primary government securities dealers
reporting to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with respect to securities of
the type in which the Fund may invest, and will require that additional
securities be deposited with it if the value of the securities purchased should
decrease below resale price.
ILLIQUID SECURITIES. The Fund may invest up to 15% of the value of its
net assets in securities as to which a liquid trading market does not exist,
provided such investments are consistent with the Fund's investment objective.
These securities may include securities that are not readily marketable, such as
securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale,
repurchase agreements providing for settlement in more than seven days after
notice, certain mortgage-backed securities, and certain privately negotiated,
non-exchange traded options and securities used to cover such options. As to
these securities, the Fund is subject to a risk that should the Fund desire to
sell them when a ready buyer is not available at a price that the Fund deems
representative of their value, the value of the Fund's net assets could be
adversely affected.
INVESTMENT TECHNIQUES
The following information supplements and should be read in
conjunction with the Fund's Prospectus.
LEVERAGE. Leveraging (that is, buying securities using borrowed money)
exaggerates the effect on net asset value of any increase or decrease in the
market value of the Fund's portfolio. These borrowings will be subject to
interest costs which may or may not be recovered by appreciation of the
securities purchased; in certain cases, interest costs may exceed the return
received on the securities purchased. For borrowings for investment purposes,
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), requires the
Fund to maintain continuous asset coverage (total assets including borrowings,
less liabilities exclusive of borrowings) of 300% of the amount borrowed. If the
required coverage should decline as a result of market fluctuations or other
reasons, the Fund may be required to sell some of its portfolio holdings within
three days to reduce the amount of its borrowings and restore the 300% asset
coverage, even though it may be disadvantageous from an investment standpoint to
sell securities at that time. The Fund also may be required to maintain minimum
average balances in connection with such borrowing or pay a commitment or other
fee to maintain a line of credit; either of these requirements would increase
the cost of borrowing over the stated interest rate.
The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements with banks,
brokers or dealers. This form of borrowing involves the transfer by the Fund of
an underlying debt instrument in return for cash proceeds based on a percentage
of the value of the security. The Fund retains the right to receive interest and
principal payments on the security. At an agreed upon future date, the Fund
repurchases the security at principal plus accrued interest. Except for these
transactions, the Fund's borrowings generally will be unsecured.
SHORT-SELLING. In these transactions, the Fund sells a security it
does not own in anticipation of a decline in the market value of the security.
To complete the transaction, the Fund must borrow the security to make delivery
to the buyer. The Fund is obligated to replace the security borrowed by
purchasing it subsequently at the market price at the time of replacement. The
price at such time may be more or less than the price at which the security was
sold by the Fund, which would result in a loss or gain, respectively.
Securities will not be sold short if, after effect is given to any
such short sale, the total market value of all securities sold short would
exceed 25% of the value of the Fund's net assets. The Fund may not make a short
sale which results in the Fund having sold short in the aggregate more than 5%
of the outstanding securities of any class of an issuer.
The Fund also may make short sales "against the box," in which the
Fund enters into a short sale of a security it owns. At no time will more than
15% of the value of the Fund's net assets be in deposits on short sales against
the box.
Until the Fund closes its short position or replaces the borrowed
security, the Fund will: (a) segregate permissible liquid assets, in an amount
that, together with the amount deposited with the broker as collateral, always
equals the current value of the security sold short; or (b) otherwise cover its
short position.
DERIVATIVES. The Fund may invest in, or enter into, derivatives, such
as options and futures, for a variety of reasons, including to hedge certain
market risks, to manage the interest rate sensitivity (sometimes called
duration) of fixed-income securities, to provide a substitute for purchasing or
selling particular securities or to increase potential income gain. Derivatives
may provide a cheaper, quicker or more specifically focused way for the Fund to
invest than "traditional" securities would.
Derivatives can be volatile and involve various types and degrees of
risk, depending upon the characteristics of the particular derivative and the
portfolio as a whole. Derivatives permit the Fund to increase or decrease the
level of risk, or change the character of the risk, to which its portfolio is
exposed in much the same way as the Fund can increase or decrease the level of
risk, or change the character of the risk, of its portfolio by making
investments in specific securities. However, derivatives may entail investment
exposures that are greater than their cost would suggest, meaning that a small
investment in derivatives could have a large potential impact on the Fund's
performance.
If the Fund invests in derivatives at inopportune times or judges
market conditions incorrectly, such investments may lower the Fund's return or
result in a loss. The Fund also could experience losses if its derivatives were
poorly correlated with its other investments, or if the Fund were unable to
liquidate its position because of an illiquid secondary market. The market for
many derivatives is, or suddenly can become, illiquid. Changes in liquidity may
result in significant, rapid and unpredictable changes in the prices for
derivatives.
Although the Fund will not be a commodity pool, certain derivatives
subject the Fund to the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission which
limit the extent to which the Fund can invest in such derivatives. The Fund may
invest in futures contracts and options with respect thereto for hedging
purposes without limit. However, the Fund may not invest in such contracts and
options for other purposes if the sum of the amount of initial margin deposits
and premiums paid for unexpired options with respect to such contracts, other
than for bona fide hedging purposes, exceeds 5% of the liquidation value of the
Fund's assets, after taking into account unrealized profits and unrealized
losses on such contracts and options; provided, however, that in the case of an
option that is in-the-money at the time of purchase, the in-the-money amount may
be excluded in calculating the 5% limitation.
Derivatives may be purchased on established exchanges or through
privately negotiated transactions referred to as over-the-counter derivatives.
Exchange-traded derivatives generally are guaranteed by the clearing agency
which is the issuer or counterparty to such derivatives. This guarantee usually
is supported by a daily variation margin system operated by the clearing agency
in order to reduce overall credit risk. As a result, unless the clearing agency
defaults, there is relatively little counterparty credit risk associated with
derivatives purchased on an exchange. By contrast, no clearing agency guarantees
over-the-counter derivatives. Therefore, each party to an over-the-counter
derivative bears the risk that the counterparty will default. Accordingly, the
Manager will consider the creditworthiness of counterparties to over-the-counter
derivatives in the same manner as it would review the credit quality of a
security to be purchased by the Fund. Over-the-counter derivatives are less
liquid than exchange-traded derivatives since the other party to the transaction
may be the only investor with sufficient understanding of the derivative to be
interested in bidding for it.
FUTURES TRANSACTIONS--The Fund may enter into futures contracts in U.S. domestic
markets. Engaging in these transactions involves risk of loss to the Fund which
could adversely affect the value of the Fund's net assets. Although the Fund
intends to purchase or sell futures contracts only if there is an active market
for such contracts, no assurance can be given that a liquid market will exist
for any particular contract at any particular time. Many futures exchanges and
boards of trade limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract
prices during a single trading day. Once the daily limit has been reached in a
particular contract, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond that limit
or trading may be suspended for specified periods during the trading day.
Futures contract prices could move to the limit for several consecutive trading
days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures
positions and potentially subjecting the Fund to substantial losses.
Successful use of futures by the Fund also is subject to the Manager's
ability to predict correctly movements in the direction of the relevant market
and, to the extent the transaction is entered into for hedging purposes, to
ascertain the appropriate correlation between the transaction being hedged and
the price movements of the futures contract. For example, if the Fund uses
futures to hedge against the possibility of a decline in the market value of
securities held in its portfolio and the prices of such securities instead
increase, the Fund will lose part or all of the benefit of the increased value
of securities which it has hedged because it will have offsetting losses in its
futures positions. Furthermore, if in such circumstances the Fund has
insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities to meet daily variation margin
requirements. The Fund may have to sell such securities at a time when it may be
disadvantageous to do so.
Pursuant to regulations and/or published positions of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, the Fund may be required to segregate permissible
liquid assets to cover its obligations relating to its transactions in
derivatives. To maintain this required cover, the Fund may have to sell
portfolio securities at disadvantageous prices or times since it may not be
possible to liquidate a derivative position at a reasonable price. In addition,
the segregation of such assets will have the effect of limiting the Fund's
ability otherwise to invest those assets.
The Fund may purchase and sell interest rate futures contracts. An
interest rate future obligates the Fund to purchase or sell an amount of a
specific debt security at a future date at a specific price.
OPTIONS--The Fund may invest up to 5% of its assets, represented by the premium
paid, in the purchase of call and put options. The Fund may write (i.e., sell)
covered call and put option contracts to the extent of 20% of the value of its
net assets at the time such option contracts are written. A call option gives
the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and obligates the writer to sell,
the underlying security or securities at the exercise price at any time during
the option period, or at a specific date. Conversely, a put option gives the
purchaser of the option the right to sell, and obligates the writer to buy, the
underlying security or securities at the exercise price at any time during the
option period, or at a specific date.
A covered call option written by the Fund is a call option with
respect to which the Fund owns the underlying security or otherwise covers the
transaction by segregating permissible liquid assets. A put option written by
the Fund is covered when, among other things, the Fund segregates permissible
liquid assets having a value equal to or greater than the exercise price of the
option to fulfill the obligation undertaken. The principal reason for writing
covered call and put options is to realize, through the receipt of premiums, a
greater return than would be realized on the underlying securities alone. The
Fund receives a premium from writing covered call or put options which it
retains whether or not the option is exercised.
There is no assurance that sufficient trading interest to create a
liquid secondary market on a securities exchange will exist for any particular
option or any particular time, and for some options no such secondary market may
exist. A liquid secondary market in an option may cease to exist for a variety
of reasons. In the past, for example, higher than anticipated trading activity
or order flow, or other unforeseen events, at times have rendered certain of the
clearing facilities inadequate and resulted in the institution of special
procedures, such as trading rotations, restrictions on certain types of orders
or trading halts or suspensions in one or more options. There can be no
assurance that similar events, or events that may otherwise interfere with the
timely execution of customers' orders, will not recur. In such event, it might
not be possible to effect closing transactions in particular options. If, as a
covered call option writer, the Fund is unable to effect a closing purchase
transaction in a secondary market, it will not be able to sell the underlying
security until the option expires or it delivers the underlying security upon
exercise or it otherwise covers its position.
Successful use by the Fund of options will be subject to the Manager's
ability to predict correctly movements in interest rates and prices of
securities underlying options. To the extent the Manager's predictions are
correct, the Fund may incur losses.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. The Fund may take advantage of opportunities in
the area of options and futures contracts and options on futures contracts and
any other derivatives which are not presently contemplated for use by the Fund
or which are not currently available but which may be developed, to the extent
such opportunities are both consistent with the Fund's investment objective and
legally permissible for the Fund. Before entering into such transactions or
making any such investment, the Fund will provide appropriate disclosure in its
Prospectus or Statement of Additional Information.
FORWARD COMMITMENTS. The Fund may purchase or sell Ginnie Maes and
other mortgage-related securities on a forward commitment, when-issued or
delayed delivery basis, which means delivery and payment take place a number of
days after the date of the commitment to purchase or sell the securities at a
predetermined price and/or yield. Typically, no interest accrues to the
purchaser until the security is delivered. When purchasing a security on a
forward commitment basis, the Fund assumes the rights and risks of ownership of
the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations, and takes such
fluctuations into account when determining its net asset value. Because the Fund
is not required to pay for these securities until the delivery date, these risks
are in addition to the risks associated with the Fund's other investments. If
the Fund is fully or almost fully invested when forward commitment purchases are
outstanding, such purchases may result in a form of leverage. The Fund intends
to engage in forward commitments to increase its portfolio's financial exposure
to the types of securities in which it invests. Leveraging the portfolio in this
manner will increase the Fund's exposure to changes in interest rates and will
increase the volatility of its returns. The Fund will segregate permissible
liquid assets at least equal at all times to the amount of the Fund's purchase
commitments. At no time will the Fund have more than 33-l/3% of its assets
committed to purchase securities on a forward commitment basis.
Securities purchased on a forward commitment or when-issued basis are
subject to changes in value (generally changing in the same way, i.e.,
appreciating when interest rates decline and depreciating when interest rates
rise) based upon the public's perception of the creditworthiness of the issuer
and changes, real or anticipated, in the level of interest rates. Securities
purchased on a forward commitment or when-issued basis may expose the Fund to
risks because they may experience such fluctuations prior to their actual
delivery. Purchasing securities on a when-issued basis can involve the
additional risk that the yield available in the market when the delivery takes
place actually may be higher than that obtained in the transaction itself.
Purchasing securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis when the Fund
is fully or almost fully invested may result in greater potential fluctuation in
the value of the Fund's net assets and its net asset value per share.
FORWARD ROLL TRANSACTIONS. To enhance current income, the Fund may
enter into forward roll transactions with respect to mortgage-related
securities. In a forward roll transaction, the Fund sells a mortgage-related
security to a financial institution, such as a bank or broker-dealer, and
simultaneously agrees to repurchase a similar security from the institution at a
later date at an agreed upon price. The securities that are repurchased will
bear the same interest rate as those sold, but generally will be collateralized
by different pools of mortgages with different prepayment histories than those
sold. During the period between the sale and repurchase, the Fund will not be
entitled to receive interest and principal payments on the securities sold.
Proceeds of the sale will be invested in short-term instruments, particularly
repurchase agreements, and the income from these investments, together with any
additional fee income received on the sale, will generate income for the Fund
exceeding the yield on the securities sold. Forward roll transactions involve
the risk that the market value of the securities sold by the Fund may decline
below the purchase price of those securities. The Fund will segregate
permissible liquid assets at least equal to the amount of the repurchase price
(including accrued interest).
LENDING PORTFOLIO SECURITIES. The Fund may lend securities from its
portfolio to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions needing to borrow
securities to complete certain transactions. In connection with such loans, the
Fund continues to be entitled to payments in amounts equal to the dividends,
interest or other distributions payable on the loaned securities which affords
the Fund an opportunity to earn interest on the amount of the loan and at the
same time to earn income on the loaned securities' collateral. Loans of
portfolio securities may not exceed 33-l/3% of the value of the Fund's total
assets, and the Fund will receive collateral consisting of cash, U.S. Government
securities or irrevocable letters of credit which will be maintained at all
times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value of the
loaned securities. Such loans are terminable by the Fund at any time upon
specified notice. The Fund might experience risk of loss if the institution with
which it has engaged in a portfolio loan transaction breaches its agreement with
the Fund. In connection with its securities lending transactions, the Fund may
return to the borrower or a third party which is unaffiliated with the Fund, and
which is acting as a "placing broker," a part of the interest earned from the
investment of collateral received for securities loaned.
INVESTMENT CONSIDERATIONS AND RISKS
GENERAL. The Fund's net asset value per share should be expected to
fluctuate. You should consider the Fund as a supplement to an overall investment
program and should invest only if you are willing to undertake the risks
involved. The Fund is designed to benefit investors who do not engage in
frequent redemptions or exchanges of Fund shares. Because charges may apply to
redemptions and exchanges of Fund shares, the Fund may not be an appropriate
investment for an investor who intends to engage frequently in such
transactions.
SIMULTANEOUS INVESTMENTS. Investment decisions for the Fund are made
independently from those of other investment companies advised by the Manager.
If, however, such other investment companies desire to invest in, or dispose of,
the same securities as the Fund, available investments or opportunities for
sales will be allocated equitably to each investment company. In some cases,
this procedure may adversely effect the size of the position obtained for or
disposed of by the Fund or the price paid or received by the Fund.
INVESTMENT RESTRICTIONS
The Fund's investment objective is a fundamental policy, which cannot
be changed without approval by the holders of a majority (as defined in the 1940
Act) of the Fund's outstanding voting shares. In addition, the Fund has adopted
investment restrictions numbered 1 through 8 as fundamental policies. Investment
restrictions numbered 9 through 13 are not fundamental policies and may be
changed by a vote of a majority of the Fund's Board members at any time. The
Fund may not:
1. Invest more than 25% of the value of its total assets in the
securities of issuers in any single industry, provided that there shall be no
limitation on the purchase of Ginnie Maes or other securities issued or
guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities.
2. Invest in commodities, except that the Fund may purchase and sell
options, forward contracts, futures contracts, including those relating indices,
and options on futures contracts or indices.
3. Purchase, hold or deal in real estate, or oil, gas or other
mineral leases or exploration or development programs, provided that the Fund
may purchase Ginnie Maes without limitation and purchase and sell securities
that are secured by real estate or issued by companies that invest or deal in
real estate, real estate investment trust securities and mortgage-backed
securities.
4. Borrow money, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act
(which currently limits borrowing to no more than 33-1/3% of the value of the
Fund's total assets). For purposes of this Investment Restriction, the entry
into options, forward contracts, futures contracts, including those relating to
indices, and options on futures contracts or indices shall not constitute
borrowing.
5. Make loans to others, except through the purchase of debt
obligations or the entry into repurchase agreements. However, the Fund may lend
its portfolio securities in an amount not to exceed 33-1/3% of the value of its
total assets. Any loans of portfolio securities will be made according to
guidelines established by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Fund's
Trustees.
6. Act as an underwriter of securities of other issuers.
7. Issue any senior security (as such term is defined in Section 18
(f) of the 1940 Act), except to the extent the activities permitted in
Investment Restriction Nos. 2, 4 and 10 may be deemed to give rise to a senior
security.
8. Purchase securities on margin, but the Fund may make margin
deposits in connection with transactions in options, forward contracts, futures
contracts, including those relating to indices, and options on futures contracts
or indices.
9. Invest in the securities of a company for the purpose of
exercising management or control.
10. Pledge, hypothecate, mortgage or otherwise encumber its assets,
except to the extent necessary to secure permitted borrowings and to the extent
related to the deposit of assets in escrow in connection with writing covered
put and call options and the purchase of securities on a forward commitment
basis and collateral and initial or variation margin arrangements with respect
to options, forward contracts, futures contracts, including those relating to
indices, and options on futures contracts or indices.
11. Enter into repurchase agreements providing for settlement in more
than seven days after notice or purchase securities which are illiquid, if, in
the aggregate, more than 15% of the value of the Fund's net assets would be so
invested.
12. Invest in securities of other investment companies, except to the
extent permitted under the 1940 Act.
13. Purchase common stocks, preferred stocks, warrants or other equity
securities, or purchase corporate bonds or debentures, state bonds, municipal
bonds or industrial bonds.
If a percentage restriction is adhered to at the time of investment, a
later change in percentage resulting from a change in values or assets will not
constitute a violation of that restriction.
MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND
The Fund's Board is responsible for the management and supervision of
the Fund. The Board approves all significant agreements with those companies
that furnish services to the Fund. These companies are as follows:
The Dreyfus Corporation............... Investment Adviser
Dreyfus Service Corporation........... Distributor
Dreyfus Transfer, Inc................. Transfer Agent
Mellon Bank, N.A...................... Custodian
Board members and officers of the Fund, together with information as
to their principal business occupations during at least the last five years, are
shown below.
BOARD MEMBERS OF THE FUND
JOSEPH S. DiMARTINO, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. Since January 1995, Chairman of
the Board of various funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds. He also is
a director of The Muscular Dystrophy Association, HealthPlan Services
Corporation, a provider of marketing, administrative and risk
management services to health and other benefit programs, Carlyle
Industries, Inc. (formerly, Belding Heminway Company, Inc.), a button
packager and distributor, Century Business Services, Inc. (formerly,
International Alliance Services, Inc.), a provider of various
outsourcing functions for small to medium sized companies, and
QuikCAT.com, Inc., a private company engaged in the development of
high speed movement, routing, storage and encryption of data across
cable, wireless and all other modes of data transport. For more than
five years prior to January 1995, he was President, a director and,
until August 1994, Chief Operating Officer of the Manager and
Executive Vice President and a director of the Distributor. From
August 1994 to December 31, 1994, he was a director of Mellon
Financial Corporation. He is 56 years old and his address is 200 Park
Avenue, New York, New York 10166.
GORDON J. DAVIS, BOARD MEMBER. Since October 1994, senior partner with the
law firm of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae. From 1983 to September
1994, Mr. Davis was a senior partner with the law firm of Lord Day &
Lord, Barrett Smith. From 1978 to 1983, he was Commissioner of Parks
and Recreation for the City of New York. He also is a Director of
Consolidated Edison, a utility company, and Phoenix Home Life
Insurance Company and a member of various other corporate and
not-for-profit boards. He is 58 years old and his address is 241
Central Park West, New York, New York 10024.
DAVID P. FELDMAN, BOARD MEMBER. Director of several mutual funds in the 59
Wall Street Mutual Funds Group, and of the Jeffrey Company, a private
investment company. Mr. Feldman was employed by AT&T from July 1961 to
his retirement in April 1997, most recently serving as Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Investment Management Corporation. He
is 60 years old and his address is 466 Lexington Avenue, New York, New
York 10017.
LYNN MARTIN, BOARD MEMBER. Professor, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of
Management, Northwestern University. During the Spring Semester 1993,
she was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Politics, Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University. She also is an advisor to the
international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche, LLP and chair of
its Council for the Advancement of Women. From January 1991 through
January 1993, Ms. Martin served as Secretary of the United States
Department of Labor. From 1981 to 1991, she served in the United
States House of Representatives as a Congresswoman from the State of
Illinois. She also is a Director of Harcourt General, Inc., SBC
Communications, Inc., Ryder System, Inc., The Proctor & Gamble Co., a
consumer company, and TRW, Inc., an aerospace and automotive equipment
company. She is 60 years old and her address is c/o Deloitte & Touche,
LLP, Two Prudential Plaza, 180 N. Stetson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
60601.
DANIEL ROSE, BOARD MEMBER. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rose
Associates, Inc., a New York based real estate development and
management firm. In July 1994, Mr. Rose received a Presidential
appointment to serve as a Director of the Baltic-American Enterprise
Fund, which will make equity investments and loans, and provide
technical business assistance to new business concerns in the Baltic
states. He also is Chairman of the Housing Committee of the Real
Estate Board of New York, Inc. He is 70 years old and his address is
c/o Rose Associates, Inc., 200 Madison Avenue, New York, New York
10016.
PHILIP L. TOIA, BOARD MEMBER. Retired. Mr. Toia was employed by the Manager
from August 1986 through January 1997, most recently serving as Vice
Chairman, Administration and Operations. He is 67 years old and his
address is 715 Hideaway Circle West, Marco Island, Florida, 34145.
SANDER VANOCUR, BOARD MEMBER. Since January 1992, President of Old Owl
Communications, a full-service communications firm. From May 1995 to
June 1996, he was a Professional in Residence at the Freedom Forum in
Arlington, VA; from January 1994 to May 1995, he served as Visiting
Professional Scholar at the Freedom Forum Amendment Center at
Vanderbilt University; and from November 1989 to November 1995 he was
a director of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Cancer Research Fund.
From June 1977 to December 1991, he was a Senior Correspondent of ABC
News and, from October 1986 to December 1991, he was Anchor of the ABC
News program "Business World," a weekly business program on the ABC
television network. He is 72 years old and his address is 2626
Sycamore Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.
ANNE WEXLER, BOARD MEMBER. Chairman of the Wexler Group, consultants
specializing in government relations and public affairs. She also is a
director of Wilshire Mutual Funds, Comcast Corporation, The New
England Electric System, and a member of the Council of Foreign
Relations and the National Park Foundation. She is 70 years old and
her address is c/o The Wexler Group, 1317 F Street, Suite 600, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20004.
REX WILDER, BOARD MEMBER. Financial Consultant. He is 79 years old and his
address is 290 Riverside Drive, New York, New York 10025.
The Fund has a standing nominating committee comprised of its Board
members who are not"interested persons" of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act.
The function of the nominating committee is to select and nominate all
candidates who are not "interested persons" of the Fund for election to the
Fund's Board.
The Fund typically pays its Board members an annual retainer and a per
meeting fee and reimburses them for their expenses. The Chairman of the Board
receives an additional 25% of such compensation. Emeritus Board members are
entitled to receive an annual retainer and a per meeting fee of one-half the
amount paid to them as Board members. The aggregate amount of compensation paid
to each Board member by the Fund and by all funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds
for which such person was a Board member (the number of which is set forth in
parenthesis next to each Board member's total compensation)* during the year
ended December 31, 1999, is as follows:
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Total
Compensation from
Aggregate Fund and Fund
Name of Board Compensation from Complex Paid to
Member Fund** Board Member
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Joseph S. DiMartino $4,688 $642,177 (189)
Gordon J. Davis $3,750 $ 89,625 (30)
David P. Feldman $3,750 $118,875 (56)
Lynn Martin $3,750 $ 40,875 (15)
Eugene McCarthy+ $1,625 $ 18,813 (15)
Daniel Rose $3,750 $ 78,625 (31)
Philip L. Toia $3,750 $ 40,875 (15)
Sander Vanocur $3,750 $ 78,625 (31)
Anne Wexler $3,500 $ 59,125 (28)
Rex Wilder $3,500 $ 40,875 (15)
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* Represents the number of separate portfolios comprising the investment
companies in the Fund Complex, including the Fund, for which the Board
member serves.
** Amount does not include reimbursed expenses for attending Board meetings,
which amounted to $1,986 for all Board members as a group.
+ Board member Emeritus as of March 29, 1996.
</TABLE>
OFFICERS OF THE FUND
STEPHEN E. CANTER, PRESIDENT. President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief
Investment Officer and a director of the Manager, and an officer of
other investment companies advised and administered by the Manager.
Mr. Canter also is a Director or an Executive Committee Member of the
other investment management subsidiaries of Mellon Financial
Corporation, each of which is an affiliate of the Manager. He is 54
years old.
MARK N. JACOBS, VICE PRESIDENT. Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of the Manager, and an officer of other investment companies
advised and administered by the Manager. He is 54 years old.
JOSEPH CONNOLLY, VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER. Director - Mutual Fund
Accounting of the Manager, and an officer of other investment
companies advised and administered by the Manager. He is 42 years old.
MICHAEL A. ROSENBERG, SECRETARY. Associate General Counsel of the Manager, and
an officer of other investment companies advised and administered by
the Manager. He is 40 years old.
STEVEN F. NEWMAN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY. Associate General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary of the Manager, and an officer of other investment
companies advised and administered by the Manager. He is 50 years old.
WILLIAM McDOWELL, ASSISTANT TREASURER. Senior Accounting Manager - Taxable
Fixed Income of the Manager, and an officer of other investment
companies advised and administered by the Manager. He is 41 years old.
The address of each officer of the Fund is 200 Park Avenue, New York,
New York 10166.
The Fund's Board members and officers, as a group, owned less than 1%
of the Fund's voting securities outstanding on April 3, 2000.
MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS
INVESTMENT ADVISER. The Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mellon
Bank, N.A., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corporation
("Mellon"). Mellon is a publicly owned multibank holding company incorporated
under Pennsylvania law in 1971 and registered under the Federal Bank Holding
Company Act of 1956, as amended. Mellon provides a comprehensive range of
financial products and services in domestic and selected international markets.
Mellon is among the twenty-five largest bank holding companies in the United
States based on total assets.
The Manager provides management services pursuant to a Management
Agreement (the "Agreement") between the Fund and the Manager. The Agreement is
subject to annual approval by (i) the Fund's Board or (ii) vote of a majority
(as defined in the 1940 Act) of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund,
provided that in either event the continuance also is approved by a majority of
the Board members who are not "interested persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act)
of the Fund or the Manager, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the
purpose of voting such approval. The Agreement is terminable without penalty, on
60 days' notice, by the Fund's Board or by vote of the holders of a majority of
the Fund's outstanding securities, or, on 90 days' notice, by the Manager. The
Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as
defined in the 1940 Act).
The following persons are officers and/or directors of the Manager:
Christopher M. Condron, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer;
Stephen E. Canter, President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Investment Officer
and a director; Thomas I. Eggers, Vice Chairman--Institutional and a director;
Lawrence S. Kash, Vice Chairman; J. David Officer, Vice Chairman and a director;
Ronald P. O'Hanley III, Vice Chairman; William T. Sandalls, Jr., Executive Vice
President; Stephen R. Byers, Senior Vice President; Mark N. Jacobs, Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary; Diane P. Durnin, Vice
President--Product Development; Patrice M. Kozlowski, Vice President--Corporate
Communications; Mary Beth Leibig, Vice President--Human Resources; Ray Van Cott,
Vice President--Information Systems; Theodore A. Schachar, Vice President--Tax;
Wendy Strutt, Vice President; Richard Terres, Vice President; William H.
Maresca, Controller; James Bitetto, Assistant Secretary; Steven F. Newman,
Assistant Secretary; and Mandell L. Berman, Burton C. Borgelt, Steven G. Elliot,
Martin C. McGuinn, Richard W. Sabo and Richard Syron, directors.
The Manager manages the Fund's portfolio of investments in accordance
with the stated policies of the Fund, subject to the approval of the Fund's
Board. The Manager is responsible for investment decisions, and provides the
Fund with portfolio managers who are authorized by the Board to execute
purchases and sales of securities. The Fund's portfolio managers are Michael
Hoeh, Roger King and Gerald E. Thunelius. The Manager also maintains a research
department with a professional staff of portfolio managers and securities
analysts who provide research services for the Fund as well as for other funds
advised by the Manager.
The Manager's code of ethics (the "Code") subjects its employees'
personal securities transactions to various restrictions to ensure that such
trading does not disadvantage any Fund advised by the Manager. In that regard,
portfolio managers and other investment personnel of the Manager must preclear
and report their personal securities transactions and holdings, which are
reviewed for compliance with the Code, and are also subject to the oversight of
Mellon's Investment Ethics Committee. Portfolio managers and other investment
personnel of the Manager who comply with the Code's preclearance and disclosure
procedures and the requirements of the Committee, may be permitted to purchase,
sell or hold securities which also may be or are held in fund(s) they manage or
for which they otherwise provide investment advice.
The Manager maintains office facilities on behalf of the Fund and
furnishes statistical and research data, clerical help, accounting, data
processing, bookkeeping and internal auditing and certain other required
services to the Fund. The Manager may pay the Distributor for shareholder
services from the Manager's own assets, including past profits but not including
the management fees paid by the Fund. The Distributor may use part or all of
such payments to pay Service Agents (as defined below) in respect of these
services. The Manager also may make such advertising or promotional
expenditures, using its own resources, as it from time to time deems
appropriate.
All expenses incurred in the operation of the Fund are borne by the
Fund, except to the extent specifically assumed by the Manager. The expenses
borne by the Fund include: taxes, interest, loan commitment fees, interest and
distributions paid on securities sold short, brokerage fees and commissions, if
any, fees of Board members who are not officers, directors, employees or holders
of 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Manager, Securities
and Exchange Commission fees, state Blue Sky qualification fees, advisory fees,
charges of custodians, transfer and dividend disbursing agents' fees, certain
insurance premiums, industry association fees, outside auditing and legal
expenses, costs of maintaining the Fund's existence, costs of independent
pricing services, costs attributable to investor services (including, without
limitation, telephone and personnel expenses), costs of shareholders' reports
and meetings, costs of preparing and printing prospectuses and statements of
additional information for regulatory purposes and for distribution to existing
shareholders, and any extraordinary expenses.
As compensation for its services, the Fund has agreed to pay the
Manager a monthly management fee at the annual rate of 0.60% of the value of the
Fund's average daily net assets. All fees and expenses are accrued daily and
deducted before declaration of dividends to investors. The management fees
payable for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1997, 1998 and 1999 amounted to
$376,576, $525,492 and $644,927, respectively, which amounts were reduced by
$261,446, $340,642 and $364,195, respectively, pursuant to undertakings by the
Manager, resulting in a net fee of $115,130 for 1997, $184,850 for 1998 and
$280,732 for 1999.
The Manager has agreed that if in any fiscal year the aggregate
expenses of the Fund, exclusive of taxes, brokerage, interest on borrowings and
(with the prior written consent of the necessary state securities commissions)
extraordinary expenses, but including the management fee, exceed the expense
limitation of any state having jurisdiction over the Fund, the Fund may deduct
from the payment to be made to the Manager under the Agreement, or the Manager
will bear, such excess expense to the extent required by state law. Such
deduction or payment, if any, will be estimated daily, and reconciled and
effected or paid, as the case may be, on a monthly basis.
The aggregate of the fees payable to the Manager is not subject to
reduction as the value of the Fund's net assets increases.
DISTRIBUTOR. The Distributor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager
located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, serves as the Fund's
distributor on a best efforts basis pursuant to an agreement with the Fund which
is renewable annually.
The Distributor may pay dealers a fee based on the amount invested
through such dealers in Fund shares by employees participating in qualified or
non-qualified employee benefit plans or other programs where (i) the employers
or affiliated employers maintaining such plans or programs have a minimum of 250
employees eligible for participation in such plans or programs or (ii) such
plan's or program's aggregate investment in the Dreyfus Family of Funds or
certain other products made available by the Distributor to such plans or
programs exceeds $1,000,000 ("Eligible Benefit Plans"). Generally, the fee paid
to dealers will not exceed 1% of the amount invested through such dealers. The
Distributor, however, may pay dealers a higher fee and reserves the right to
cease paying these fees at any time. The Distributor will pay such fees from its
own funds, other than amounts received from a Fund, including past profits or
any other source available to it.
TRANSFER AND DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT AND CUSTODIAN. Dreyfus
Transfer, Inc. (the "Transfer Agent"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager,
P.O. Box 9671, Providence, Rhode Island 02940-9671, is the Fund's transfer and
dividend disbursing agent. Under a transfer agency agreement with the Fund, the
Transfer Agent arranges for the maintenance of shareholder account records for
the Fund, the handling of certain communications between shareholders and the
Fund and the payment of dividends and distributions payable by the Fund. For
these services, the Transfer Agent receives a monthly fee computed on the basis
of the number of shareholder accounts it maintains for the Fund during the
month, and is reimbursed for certain out-of-pocket expenses. The Transfer Agent
will receive the $5.00 exchange fee, the $5.00 account closeout fee, the $5.00
wire and Dreyfus TELETRANSFER redemption fee and the $2.00 checkwriting charge,
described below. A sufficient number of your shares will be redeemed
automatically to pay these amounts. These payments will reduce the transfer
agency fee otherwise payable by the Fund. By purchasing Fund shares, you are
deemed to have consented to this procedure.
Mellon Bank, N.A. (the "Custodian"), One Mellon Bank Center,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258, acts as custodian of the Fund's investments.
Under a custody agreement with the Fund, the Custodian holds the Fund's
securities and keeps all necessary accounts and records. For its custody
services, the Custodian receives a monthly fee based on the market value of the
Fund's assets held in custody and receives certain securities transaction
charges.
HOW TO BUY SHARES
GENERAL. Fund shares are sold without a sales charge. Certain
financial institutions (which may include banks), securities dealers and other
industry professionals (collectively, "Service Agents") effecting transactions
in Fund shares may charge their clients direct fees in connection with such
transactions.
Stock certificates are issued only upon your written request. No
certificates are issued for fractional shares. The Fund reserves the right to
reject any purchase order.
The minimum initial investment is $10,000. Subsequent investments must
be at least $1,000. However, the minimum initial investment for
Dreyfus-sponsored Keogh Plans, IRAs, IRAs set up under a Simplified Employee
Pension Plan ("SEP-IRAs") and 403(b)(7) Plans with only one participant is
$5,000. Subsequent investments through such retirement plan accounts must be at
least $1,000. The initial investment must be accompanied by the Account
Application.
Shares are sold on a continuous basis at the net asset value per share
next determined after an order in proper form is received by the Transfer Agent
or other entity authorized to receive orders on behalf of the Fund. Net asset
value per share is determined as of the close of trading on the floor of the New
York Stock Exchange (currently 4:00 p.m., New York time) on each day the New
York Stock Exchange is open for business. For purposes of computing net asset
value, options and futures contracts will be valued 15 minutes after the close
of trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Net asset value per
share is computed by dividing the value of the Fund's net assets (i.e., the
value of its assets less liabilities) by the total number of shares outstanding.
The Fund's investments are valued each business day using available market
quotations or at fair value as determined by one or more independent pricing
services approved by the Fund's Board. Each pricing service's procedures are
reviewed under the general supervision of the Board. For further information
regarding the methods employed in valuing the Fund's investments, see
"Determination of Net Asset Value."
For certain institutions that have entered into agreements with the
Distributor, payment for the purchase of shares may be transmitted, and must be
received by the Transfer Agent, within three business days after the order is
placed. If such payment is not received within three business days after the
order is placed, the order may be canceled and the institution could be held
liable for resulting fees and/or losses.
DREYFUS TELETRANSFER PRIVILEGE. You may purchase shares by telephone
if you have checked the appropriate box and supplied the necessary information
on the Account Application or have filed a Shareholder Services Form with the
Transfer Agent. The proceeds will be transferred between the bank account
designated in one of these documents and your Fund account. Only a bank account
maintained in a domestic financial institution which is an Automated Clearing
House ("ACH") member may be so designated.
Dreyfus TELETRANSFER purchase orders may be made at any time. Purchase
orders received by 4:00 p.m., New York time, on any day that the Transfer Agent
and the New York Stock Exchange are open for business will be credited to the
shareholder's Fund account on the next bank day following such purchase order.
Purchase orders made after 4:00 p.m., New York time, on any day the Transfer
Agent and the New York Stock Exchange are open for business, or orders made on
Saturday, Sunday or any Fund holiday (e.g., when the New York Stock Exchange is
not open for business), will be credited to the shareholder's Fund account on
the second bank business day following such purchase order. To qualify to use
the Dreyfus TELETRANSFER Privilege, the initial payment for purchase of Fund
shares must be drawn on, and redemption proceeds paid to, the same bank and
account as are designated on the Account Application or Shareholder Services
Form on file. If the proceeds of a particular redemption are to be wired to an
account at any other bank, the request must be in writing and
signature-guaranteed. See "How to Redeem Shares--Dreyfus TELETRANSFER
Privilege."
REOPENING AN ACCOUNT. You may reopen an account with a minimum
investment of $10,000 without filing a new Account Application during the
calendar year the account is closed or during the following calendar year,
provided the information on the old Account Application is still applicable.
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES PLAN
The Fund has adopted a Shareholder Services Plan pursuant to which the
Fund reimburses the Distributor an amount not to exceed an annual rate of 0.25%
of the value of the Fund's average daily net assets for certain allocated
expenses of providing personal services and/or maintaining shareholder accounts.
The services provided may include personal services relating to shareholder
accounts, such as answering shareholder inquiries regarding the Fund and
providing reports and other information, and services related to the maintenance
of shareholder accounts.
A quarterly report of the amounts expended under the Shareholder
Services Plan, and the purposes for which such expenditures were incurred, must
be made to the Board for its review. In addition, the Shareholder Services Plan
provides that material amendments of the Shareholder Services Plan must be
approved by the Fund's Board, and by the Board members who are not "interested
persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund and have no direct or indirect
financial interest in the operation of the Shareholder Services Plan by vote
cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of considering such
amendments. The Shareholder Services Plan is subject to annual approval by such
vote of the Board members cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of
voting on the Shareholder Services Plan. The Shareholder Services Plan is
terminable at any time by vote of a majority of the Board members who are not
"interested persons" and have no direct or indirect financial interest in the
operation of the Shareholder Services Plan.
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, the Fund paid $142,532
pursuant to the Shareholder Services Plan.
HOW TO REDEEM SHARES
TRANSACTION FEES. If your account balance is less than $50,000, you
will be charged $5.00 when you redeem all shares in your account or your account
is otherwise closed out. The fee will be deducted from your redemption proceeds
and paid to the Transfer Agent. The account closeout fee does not apply to
exchanges out of the Fund or to wire or Dreyfus TELETRANSFER redemptions, for
each of which a $5.00 fee applies if your account balance is less than $50,000.
CHECKWRITING PRIVILEGE. The Fund provides Redemption Checks ("Checks")
automatically upon opening an account unless you specifically refuse the
Checkwriting Privilege by checking the applicable "No" box on the Account
Application. The Checkwriting Privilege may be established for an existing
account by a separate signed Shareholder Services Form. Checks will be sent only
to the registered owner(s) of the account and only to the address of record. The
Account Application or Shareholder Services Form must be manually signed by the
registered owner(s). Checks are drawn on your Fund account and may be made
payable to the order of any person in an amount of $1,000 or more. When a Check
is presented to the Transfer Agent for payment, the Transfer Agent, as your
agent, will cause the Fund to redeem a sufficient number of shares in your
account to cover the amount of the Check and the $2.00 charge, if applicable.
Dividends are earned until the Check clears. After clearance, a copy of the
Check will be returned to you. You generally will be subject to the same rules
and regulations that apply to checking accounts, although election of this
Privilege creates only a shareholder-transfer agent relationship with the
Transfer Agent.
You should date your Checks with the current date when you write them.
Please do not postdate your Checks. If you do, the Transfer Agent will honor,
upon presentment, even if presented before the date of the Check, all postdated
Checks which are dated within six months of presentment for payment, if they are
otherwise in good order.
The Transfer Agent will impose a fee for stopping payment of a Check
upon your request or if the Transfer Agent cannot honor a Check due to
insufficient funds or other valid reason. If the amount of the Check, plus any
applicable charges, is greater than the value of the shares in your account, the
Check will be returned marked "insufficient funds." Checks should not be used to
close an account.
The Checkwriting Privilege will be terminated immediately, without
notice, with respect to any account which is, or becomes, subject to backup
withholding on redemptions. Any Check written on an account which has become
subject to backup withholding on redemptions will not be honored by the Transfer
Agent. If you hold shares in a Dreyfus-sponsored IRA account, you may be
permitted to make withdrawals from your IRA account using checks furnished to
you by The Dreyfus Trust Company.
WIRE REDEMPTION PRIVILEGE. By using this Privilege, you authorize the
Transfer Agent to act on wire, telephone or letter redemption instructions from
any person representing himself or herself to be you and reasonably believed by
the Transfer Agent to be genuine. You will be charged a $5.00 fee for each wire
redemption from the Fund, which will be deducted from your account and paid to
the Transfer Agent, if your account balance is less than $50,000. Ordinarily,
the Fund will initiate payment for shares redeemed pursuant to this Privilege on
the next business day after receipt by the Transfer Agent of a redemption
request in proper form. Redemption proceeds ($5,000 minimum) will be transferred
by Federal Reserve wire only to the commercial bank account specified by you on
the Account Application or Shareholder Services Form, or to a correspondent bank
if your bank is not a member of the Federal Reserve System. Fees ordinarily are
imposed by such bank and borne by the investor. Immediate notification by the
correspondent bank to your bank is necessary to avoid a delay in crediting the
funds to your bank account.
If you have access to telegraphic equipment, you may wire redemption
requests to the Transfer Agent by employing the following transmittal code which
may be used for domestic or overseas transmissions:
TRANSFER AGENT'S
TRANSMITTAL CODE ANSWER BACK SIGN
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144295 144295 TSSG PREP
If you do not have direct access to telegraphic equipment, you may
have the wire transmitted by contacting a TRT Cables operator at 1-800-654-7171,
toll free. You should advise the operator that the above transmittal code must
be used and should also inform the operator of the Transfer Agent's answer back
sign.
To change the commercial bank or account designated to receive
redemption proceeds, a written request must be sent to the Transfer Agent. This
request must be signed by each shareholder, with each signature guaranteed as
described below under "Share Certificates; Signatures."
DREYFUS TELETRANSFER PRIVILEGE. You may request by telephone that
redemption proceeds (minimum $1,000 per day) be transferred between your Fund
account and your bank account. Only a bank account maintained in a domestic
financial institution which is an ACH member may be designated. Holders of
jointly registered Fund or bank accounts may redeem through the Dreyfus
TELETRANSFER Privilege for transfer to their bank account not more than $500,000
within any 30-day period. You should be aware that if you have selected the
Dreyfus TELETRANSFER Privilege, any request for a wire redemption will be
effected as a Dreyfus TELETRANSFER transaction through the ACH system unless
more prompt transmittal specifically is requested. Redemption proceeds will be
on deposit in your account at an ACH member bank ordinarily two business days
after receipt of the redemption request. You will be charged a $5.00 fee for
each redemption made pursuant to this Privilege, which will be deducted from
your account and paid to the Transfer Agent, if your account balance is less
than $50,000. See "How to Buy Shares--Dreyfus TELETRANSFER Privilege."
SHARE CERTIFICATES; SIGNATURES. Any certificates rep-resenting Fund
shares to be redeemed must be submitted with the redemption request. Written
redemption requests must be signed by each investor, including each owner of a
joint account, and each signature must be guaranteed. Signatures on endorsed
certificates submitted for redemption also must be guaranteed. The Transfer
Agent has adopted standards and procedures pursuant to which
signature-guarantees in proper form generally will be accepted from domestic
banks, brokers, dealers, credit unions, national securities exchanges,
registered securities associations, clearing agencies and savings associations,
as well as from participants in the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature
Program, the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP"), and the
Stock Exchanges Medallion Program. Guarantees must be signed by an authorized
signatory of the guarantor and "Signature-Guaranteed" must appear with the
signature. The Transfer Agent may request additional documentation from
corporations, executors, administrators, trustees or guardians, and may accept
other suitable verification arrangements from foreign investors, such as
consular verification. For further information with respect to
signature-guarantees, investors may call one of the telephone numbers listed on
the cover.
REDEMPTION COMMITMENT. The Fund has committed itself to pay in cash
all redemption requests by any investor of record, limited in amount during any
90-day period to the lesser of $250,000 or 1% of the value of the Fund's net
assets at the beginning of such period. Such commitment is irrevocable without
the prior approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the case of
requests for redemption in excess of such amount, the Board reserves the right
to make payments in whole or part in securities or other assets of the Fund in
case of an emergency or any time a cash distribution would impair the liquidity
of the Fund to the detriment of the existing shareholders. In such event, the
securities would be valued in the same manner as the Fund's portfolio is valued.
If the recipient sells such securities, brokerage charges might be incurred.
SUSPENSION OF REDEMPTIONS. The right of redemption may be suspended or
the date of payment postponed (a) during any period when the New York Stock
Exchange is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings), (b) when
trading in the markets the Fund ordinarily utilizes is restricted, or when an
emergency exists as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission so that
disposal of the Fund's investments or determination of its net asset value is
not reasonably practicable, or (c) for such other periods as the Securities and
Exchange Commission by order may permit to protect the Fund's shareholders.
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
FUND EXCHANGES. You may purchase, in exchange for shares of the Fund,
shares of certain other funds managed or administered by the Manager, to the
extent such shares are offered for sale in your state of residence. Shares of
other funds purchased by exchange will be purchased on the basis of relative net
asset value per share as follows:
A. Exchanges for shares of funds offered without a sales load will
be made without a sales load.
B. Shares of funds purchased without a sales load may be exchanged
for shares of other funds sold with a sales load, and the
applicable sales load will be deducted.
C. Shares of funds purchased with a sales load may be exchanged
without a sales load for shares of other funds sold without a
sales load.
D. Shares of funds purchased with a sales load, shares of funds
acquired by a previous exchange from shares purchased with a
sales load, and additional shares acquired through reinvestment
of dividends or distributions of any such funds (collectively
referred to herein as "Purchased Shares") may be exchanged for
shares of other funds sold with a sales load (referred to herein
as "Offered Shares"), but if the sales load applicable to the
Offered Shares exceeds the maximum sales load that could have
been imposed in connection with the Purchased Shares (at the time
the Purchased Shares were acquired), without giving effect to any
reduced loads, the difference will be deducted.
To accomplish an exchange under item D above, you must notify the
Transfer Agent of your prior ownership of fund shares and your account number.
To request an exchange, you must give exchange instructions to the
Transfer Agent in writing or by telephone. The ability to issue exchange
instructions by telephone is given to all Fund shareholders automatically,
unless you check the applicable "No" box on the Account Application, indicating
that you specifically refuse this privilege. By using the Telephone Exchange
Privilege, you authorize the Transfer Agent to act on telephonic instructions
(including over The Dreyfus Touch(R) automated telephone system) from any person
representing himself or herself to be you and reasonably believed by the
Transfer Agent to be genuine. Telephone exchanges may be subject to limitations
as to the amount involved or the number of telephone exchanges permitted. Shares
issued in certificate form are not eligible for telephone exchange. You will be
charged a $5.00 fee for each exchange made out of the Fund, which will be
deducted from your account and paid to the Transfer Agent, if your account
balance is less than $50,000. Exchanges out of the Fund pursuant to the Fund
Exchanges service are limited to four per calendar year.
To establish a personal retirement plan by exchange, shares of the
fund being exchanged must have a value of at least the minimum initial
investment required for the fund into which the exchange is being made.
Shares may be exchanged only between accounts having identical names
and other identifying designations.
Shareholder Services Forms and prospectuses of the other funds may be
obtained by calling 1-800-645-6561. The Fund reserves the right to reject any
exchange request in whole or in part. The availability of the Fund Exchanges
service may be modified or terminated at any time upon notice to shareholders.
DREYFUS DIVIDEND SWEEP PRIVILEGE. Dreyfus Dividend Sweep Privilege
allows you to invest automatically your dividends or dividends and capital gain
distributions, if any, from the Fund, in shares of another fund in the Dreyfus
Family of Funds of which you are a shareholder. Shares of other funds purchased
pursuant to this privilege will be purchased on the basis of relative net asset
value per share as follows:
A. Dividends and distributions paid by a fund may be invested
without imposition of a sales load in shares of other funds
offered without a sales load.
B. Dividends and distributions paid by a fund which does not charge
a sales load may be invested in shares of other funds sold with a
sales load, and the applicable sales load will be deducted.
C. Dividends and distributions paid by a fund that charges a sales
load may be invested in shares of other funds sold with a sales
load (referred to herein as "Offered Shares"), but if the sales
load applicable to the Offered Shares exceeds the maximum sales
load charged by the fund from which dividends or distributions
are being swept (without giving effect to any reduced loads), the
difference will be deducted.
D. Dividends and distributions paid by a fund may be invested in
shares of other funds that impose a contingent deferred sales
charge ("CDSC") and the applicable CDSC, if any, will be imposed
upon redemption of such shares.
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
VALUATION OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES. The Fund's investments are valued
each business day using available market quotations or at fair value as
determined by one or more independent pricing services (collectively, the
"Service") approved by the Fund's Board. The Service may use available market
quotations, employ electronic data processing techniques and/or a matrix system
to determine valuations. The procedures of the Service are reviewed by the
officers of the Fund under the general supervision of the Fund's Board. Expenses
and fees, including the management fees (reduced by the expense limitation, if
any), are accrued daily and are taken into account for the purpose of
determining the net asset value of Fund shares.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSINGS. The holidays (as observed) on which
the New York Stock Exchange is closed currently are: New Year's Day, Martin
Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence
Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND TAXES
Management of the Fund believes that the Fund has qualified for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 as a "regulated investment company" under
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). The Fund intends to
continue to so qualify if such qualification is in the best interests of its
shareholders. As a regulated investment company, the Fund pays no Federal income
tax on net investment income and net realized capital gains to the extent that
such income and gains are distributed to shareholders. If the Fund did not
qualify as a regulated investment company, it would be treated for tax purposes
as an ordinary corporation subject to Federal income tax. The term "regulated
investment company" does not imply the supervision of management or investment
practices or policies by any government agency.
If you elect to receive dividends and distributions in cash, and your
dividend or distribution check is returned to the Fund as undeliverable or
remains uncashed for six months, the Fund reserves the right to reinvest such
dividend or distribution and all future dividends and distributions payable to
you in additional Fund shares at net asset value. No interest will accrue on
amounts represented by uncashed distribution or redemption checks.
Any dividend or distribution declared and paid shortly after your
purchase may have the effect of reducing the aggregate net asset value of your
shares below the cost of his investment. Such a distribution would be a return
on investment in an economic sense although taxable as stated in the Prospectus.
In addition, the Code provides that if a shareholder has not held his shares for
more than six months and has received a capital gains dividend with respect to
such shares, any loss incurred on the sale of such shares will be treated as
long-term capital loss to the extent of the capital gain received.
Ordinarily, gains and losses realized from portfolio transactions will
be treated as capital gain or loss. However, all or a portion of any gains
realized from the sale or other disposition of certain market discount bonds
will be treated as ordinary income. In addition, all or a portion of the gain
realized from engaging in "conversion transactions" (generally including certain
tranactions designed to convert ordinary income into capital gain) may be
treated as ordinary income.
Gain or loss, if any, realized by the Fund from certain futures and
options transactions ("Section 1256 contracts") will be treated as 60% long-term
capital gain or loss and 40% short-term capital gain or loss. Gain or loss will
arise upon exercise or lapse of Section 1256 contracts as well as from closing
transactions. In addition, any Section 1256 contracts remaining unexercised at
the end of the Fund's taxable year will be treated as sold for their then fair
market value, resulting in additional gain or loss to the Fund as described
above.
Offsetting positions held by the Fund involving certain futures
contracts or options may constitute "straddles." "Straddles" are defined to
include "offsetting positions" in actively traded personal property. To the
extent the straddle rules apply to positions established by the Fund, losses
realized by the Fund may be deferred to the extent of unrealized gain in the
offsetting position. In addition, short-term capital loss on straddle positions
may be recharacterized as long-term capital loss, and long-term capital gains on
straddle positions may be treated as short-term capital gains or ordinary
income. Certain of the straddle positions held by the Fund may constitute "mixed
straddles." The Fund may make one or more elections with respect to the
treatment of "mixed straddles," resulting in different tax consequences. In
certain circumstances, the provisions governing the tax treatment of straddles
override or modify certain of the provisions discussed above.
If the Fund either (1) holds an appreciated financial position with
respect to stock, certain debt obligations, or partnership interests
("appreciated financial position") and then enters into a short sale, futures,
forward, or offsetting notional principal contract (collectively, a "Contract")
respecting the same or substantially identical property or (2) holds an
appreciated financial position that is a Contract and then acquires property
that is the same as, or substantially identical to, the underlying property, the
Fund generally will be taxed as if the appreciated financial position were sold
at its fair market value on the date the Fund enters into the financial position
or acquires the property, respectively.
Investment by the Fund in securities issued at a discount or providing
for deferred interest or for payment of interest in the form of additional
obligations could cause the Fund to recognize income prior to the receipt of
cash payments. For example, the Fund could be required to accrue as income each
year a portion of the discount (or deemed discount) at which such securities
were issued. A portion of such income would be allocable to an investor even
though no corresponding distribution were made to the investor, thus causing the
investor's income to exceed distributions to the investor.
PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS
Portfolio securities are purchased from and sold to parties acting as
either principal or agent. Newly-issued securities ordinarily are purchased
directly from the issuer or from an underwriter; other purchases and sales
usually are placed with those dealers from whom it appears that the best price
or execution will be obtained. Usually no brokerage commissions, as such, are
paid by the Fund for such purchases and sales, although the price paid usually
includes an undisclosed compensation to the dealer acting as agent. The prices
paid to underwriters of newly-issued securities usually include a concession
paid by the issuer to the underwriter, and purchases of after-market securities
from dealers ordinarily are executed at a price between the bid and asked price.
In connection with its portfolio securities transactions for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1999, the Fund paid total brokerage commissions of $27,264,
none of which was paid to the Distributor. No brokerage commissions were paid by
the Fund during fiscal 1997 and 1998 and there were no gross spreads and
concessions on principal transactions for the fiscal years ended December 31,
1997, 1998 and 1999.
Portfolio turnover may vary from year to year, as well as within a
year. High turnover rates are likely to result in comparatively greater
brokerage expenses. The overall reasonableness of brokerage commissions paid is
evaluated by the Manager based upon its knowledge of available information as to
the general level of commissions paid by other institutional investors for
comparable services.
Transactions are allocated to various dealers by the Fund's portfolio
managers in their best judgment. The primary consideration is prompt and
effective execution of orders at the most favorable price. Subject to that
primary consideration, dealers may be selected for research, statistical or
other services to enable the Manager to supplement its own research and analysis
with the views and information of other securities firms and may be selected
based upon their sales of shares of the Fund or other funds advised by the
Manager or its affiliates.
Research services furnished by brokers through which the Fund effects
securities transactions may be used by the Manager in advising other funds it
advises and, conversely, research services furnished to the Manager by brokers
in connection with other funds the Manager advises may be used by the Manager in
advising the Fund. Although it is not possible to place a dollar value on these
services, it is the opinion of the Manager that the receipt and study of such
services from brokers should not reduce the overall expenses of its research
department.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The Fund's current yield for the 30-day period ended December 31, 1999
was 6.68%, which reflects the waiver of a portion of the management fee by the
Manager. Had a portion of the management fee not been waived, the Fund's current
yield for the 30-day period ended December 31, 1999 would have been 6.42%.
Current yield is computed pursuant to a formula which operates as follows: the
amount of the Fund's expenses accrued for the 30-day period (net of
reimbursements) is subtracted from the amount of the dividends and interest
earned (computed in accordance with regulatory requirements) by the Fund during
the period. That result is then divided by the product of: (a) the average daily
number of shares outstanding during the period that were entitled to receive
dividends, and (b) the net asset value per share on the last day of the period
less any undistributed earned income per share reasonably expected to be
declared as a dividend shortly thereafter. The quotient is then added to 1, and
that sum is raised to the 6th power, after which 1 is subtracted. The current
yield is then arrived at by multiplying the result by 2.
The Fund's average annual total return for the 1, 5 and 10 year
periods ended December 31, 1999 was 2.82%, 7.59% and 7.41%, respectively. The
Fund's average annual total return for the 8.36 year period beginning with the
effectiveness of the Fund's current investment objective, fundamental investment
policies and investment restrictions on August 23, 1991 and ending December 31,
1999 was 7.26%. The Fund's average annual total return figures referenced above
reflect the absorption of certain expenses. Had these expenses not been
absorbed, average annual total return would have been lower. Average annual
total return is calculated by determining the ending redeemable value of an
investment purchased with a hypothetical $1,000 payment made at the beginning of
the period (assuming the reinvestment of dividends and distributions), dividing
by the amount of the initial investment, taking the "n"th root of the quotient
(where "n" is the number of years in the period) and subtracting 1 from the
result.
Total return is calculated by subtracting the amount of the Fund's net
asset value per share at the beginning of a stated period from the net asset
value per share at the end of the period (after giving effect to the
reinvestment of dividends and distributions during the period), and dividing the
result by the net asset value per share at the beginning of the period. The
Fund's total return for the period from August 5, 1987 to December 31, 1999, and
the period August 23, 1991 to December 31, 1999, was 154.10% and 79.69%,
respectively. The Fund's total return figures referenced above reflect the
absorption of certain expenses. Had these expenses not been absorbed, total
return would have been lower.
Comparative performance information may be used from time to time in
advertising or marketing the Fund's shares, including data from Lipper
Analytical Services, Inc., Bank Rate MonitorTM, N. Palm Beach, Fla. 33408,
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Master Index, Moody's Bond Survey Bond Index, Lehman
Brothers Bond Indices, Salomon Smith Barney Bond Indices, Morningstar, Inc. and
other industry publications. In addition, data may be used comparing the
difference in yields between Ginnie Maes and comparable term Treasury Notes
(which are direct obligations of the U.S. Government). From time to time,
advertising materials for the Fund may include this information and also may
include comparisons to FDIC-insured bank investments, such as certificates of
deposit. In addition, advertising material for the Fund may include biographical
information relating to its portfolio manager and may refer to, or include
commentary by, the portfolio manager relating to investment strategy, asset
growth, current or past business, political, economic or financial conditions
and other matters of general interest to investors. Because of the Fund's
organizational structure and its investment policies, as of the date hereof, the
Fund has the ability to seek higher yields than those generally available from
other GNMA funds. For purposes of advertising, calculations of average annual
total return and certain calculations of total return will take into account the
performance of Dreyfus Investors GNMA Fund, L.P. the assets and liabilities of
which were transferred to the Fund in exchange for shares of the Fund on
December 31, 1993.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND
Each Fund share has one vote and, when issued and paid for in
accordance with the terms of the offering, is fully paid and non-assessable.
Fund shares are of one class and have equal rights as to dividends and in
liquidation. Shares have no preemptive, subscription or conversion rights and
are freely transferable.
The Fund is organized as an unincorporated business trust under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Under Massachusetts law,
shareholders, under certain circumstances, could be held personally liable for
the obligations of the Fund. However, the Fund's Agreement and Declaration of
Trust ("Trust Agreement") disclaims shareholder liability for acts or
obligations of the Fund and requires that notice of such disclaimer be given in
each agreement, obligation or instrument entered into or executed by the Fund or
a Trustee. The Trust Agreement provides for indemnification from the Fund's
property for all losses and expenses of any shareholder held personally liable
for the obligations of the Fund. Thus, the risk of a shareholder's incurring
financial loss on account of shareholder liability is limited to circumstances
in which the Fund itself would be unable to meet its obligations, a possibility
which management believes is remote. Upon payment of any liability incurred by
the Fund, the shareholder paying such liability will be entitled to
reimbursement from the general assets of the Fund. The Fund intends to conduct
its operations in such a way so as to avoid, as far as possible, ultimate
liability of the shareholders for liabilities of the Fund.
Meetings of shareholders will not be held for the purpose of electing
Board members unless and until such time as less than a majority of the Board
members holding office have been elected by shareholders, at which time the
Board members then in office will call a shareholders' meeting for the election
of Board members. Under the 1940 Act, shareholders of record of not less than
two-thirds of the outstanding shares of the Fund may remove a Board member
through a declaration in writing or by vote cast in person or by proxy at a
meeting called for that purpose. The Board members are required to call a
meeting of shareholders for the purpose of voting upon the question of removal
of any such Board member when requested in writing to do so by the shareholders
of record of not less than 10% of the Fund's outstanding shares.
The Fund is intended to be a long-term investment vehicle and is not
designed to provide investors with a means of speculating on short-term market
movements. A pattern of frequent purchases and exchanges can be disruptive to
efficient portfolio management and, consequently, can be detrimental to the
Fund's performance and its shareholders. Accordingly, if the Fund's management
determines that an investor is following a market-timing strategy or is
otherwise engaging in excessive trading, the Fund, with or without prior notice,
may temporarily or permanently terminate the availability of Fund Exchanges, or
reject in whole or part any purchase or exchange request, with respect to such
investor's account. Such investors also may be barred from purchasing other
funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds. Generally, an investor who makes more than
four exchanges out of the Fund during any calendar year or who makes exchanges
that appear to coincide with a market-timing strategy may be deemed to be
engaged in excessive trading. Accounts under common ownership or control will be
considered as one account for purposes of determining a pattern of excessive
trading. In addition, the Fund may refuse or restrict purchase or exchange
requests by any person or group if, in the judgment of the Fund's management,
the Fund would be unable to invest the money effectively in accordance with its
investment objective and policies or could otherwise be adversely affected or if
the Fund receives or anticipates receiving simultaneous orders that may
significantly affect the Fund (e.g., amounts equal to 1% or more of the Fund's
total assets). If an exchange request is refused, the Fund will take no other
action with respect to the Fund shares until it receives further instructions
from the investor. The Fund may delay forwarding redemption proceeds for up to
seven days if the investor redeeming shares is engaged in excessive trading or
if the amount of the redemption request otherwise would be disruptive to
efficient portfolio management or would adversely affect the Fund. The Fund's
policy on excessive trading applies to investors who invest in the Fund directly
or through financial intermediaries, but does not apply to the Dreyfus
Auto-Exchange Privilege, to any automatic investment or withdrawal privilege
described herein, or to participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans.
During times of drastic economic or market conditions, the Fund may
suspend Fund Exchanges temporarily without notice and treat exchange requests
based on their separate components-- redemption orders with a simultaneous
request to purchase the other fund's shares. In such a case, the redemption
request would be processed at the Fund's next determined net asset value but the
purchase order would be effective only at the net asset value next determined
after the fund being purchased receives the proceeds of the redemption, which
may result in the purchase being delayed.
The Fund sends annual and semi-annual financial statements to all its
shareholders.
COUNSEL AND INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, New York
10038-4982, as counsel for the Fund, has rendered its opinion as to certain
legal matters regarding the due authorization and valid issuance of the shares
being sold pursuant to the Fund's Prospectus.
Ernst & Young LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019,
independent auditors, has been selected as independent auditors of the Fund.
YEAR 2000 ISSUES
The Fund could be adversely affected if the computer systems used by
the Manager and the Fund's other service providers do not properly process and
calculate date-related informaiton from and after January 1, 2000.
The Manager has taken steps designed to avoid year 2000-related
problems in its systems and to monitor the readiness of other service providers.
In addition, issuers of securities in which the Fund invests may be adversely
affected by year 2000-related problems. This could have an impact on the value
of the Fund's investments and its share price.
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DREYFUS BASIC GNMA FUND
PART C. OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 23. Exhibits
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(a) Registrant's Agreement and Declaration of Trust is
incorporated by reference to Exhibit (1) of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 14 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A,
filed on November 1, 1993. Articles of Amendment are
incorporated by reference to Exhibit (1)(b) of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 19 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A,
filed on August 24, 1995.
(b) Registrant's By-Laws, as amended.
(d) Management Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit
(5) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, filed on October 25, 1995.
(e) Revised Distribution Agreement.
(g) Custody Agreement is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 8
of Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, filed on April 11, 1996.
(h) Shareholder Services Plan is incorporated by reference to
Exhibit (9) of Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on October 25, 1995.
(i) Opinion and consent of Registrant's counsel is incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (10) of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 15 to
the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed on December 30,
1993.
(j) Consent of Independent Auditors.
(p) Code of Ethics adopted by the Registrant.
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Item 23. Exhibits. - List (continued)
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Other Exhibits
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(a) Powers of Attorney.
(b) Certificate of Secretary.
Item 24. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with Registrant.
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Not Applicable
Item 25. Indemnification
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The Statement as to the general effect of any contract,
arrangements or statute under which a Board member, officer,
underwriter or affiliated person of the Registrant is insured or
indemnified in any manner against any liability which may be
incurred in such capacity, other than insurance provided by any
Board member, officer, affiliated person or underwriter for
their own protection, is incorporated by reference to Item 27 of
Part C of Post-Effective Amendment No.24 to the Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, filed on April 23, 1998.
Reference is also made to the Distribution Agreement attached
as Exhibit 23(e).
Item 26. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser.
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The Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus") and subsidiary companies
comprise a financial service organization whose business
consists primarily of providing investment management services
as the investment adviser and manager for sponsored investment
companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940
and as an investment adviser to institutional and individual
accounts. Dreyfus also serves as sub-investment adviser to
and/or administrator of other investment companies. Dreyfus
Service Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus,
serves primarily as a registered broker-dealer and distributor
of other investment companies advised and administered by
Dreyfus. Dreyfus Investment Advisors, Inc., another wholly-owned
subsidiary, provides investment management services to various
pension plans, institutions and individuals.
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ITEM 26. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser (continued)
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Officers and Directors of Investment Adviser
Name and Position
With Dreyfus Other Businesses Position Held Dates
CHRISTOPHER M. CONDRON Franklin Portfolio Associates, Director 1/97 - Present
Chairman of the Board and LLC*
Chief Executive Officer
TBCAM Holdings, Inc.* Director 10/97 - Present
President 10/97 - 6/98
Chairman 10/97 - 6/98
The Boston Company Director 1/98 - Present
Asset Management, LLC* Chairman 1/98 - 6/98
President 1/98 - 6/98
The Boston Company President 9/95 - 1/98
Asset Management, Inc.* Chairman 4/95 - 1/98
Director 4/95 - 1/98
Franklin Portfolio Holdings, Inc.* Director 1/97 - Present
Certus Asset Advisors Corp.** Director 6/95 - Present
Mellon Capital Management Director 5/95 - Present
Corporation***
Mellon Bond Associates, LLP+ Executive Committee 1/98 - Present
Member
Mellon Bond Associates+ Trustee 5/95 - 1/98
Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+ Executive Committee 1/98 - Present
Member
Mellon Equity Associates+ Trustee 5/95 - 1/98
Boston Safe Advisors, Inc.* Director 5/95 - Present
President 5/95 - Present
Mellon Bank, N.A. + Director 1/99 - Present
Chief Operating Officer 3/98 - Present
President 3/98 - Present
Vice Chairman 11/94 - 3/98
Mellon Financial Corporation+ Chief Operating Officer 1/99 - Present
President 1/99 - Present
Director 1/98 - Present
Vice Chairman 11/94 - 1/99
Founders Asset Management, Chairman 12/97 - Present
LLC**** Director 12/97 - Present
The Boston Company, Inc.* Vice Chairman 1/94 - Present
Director 5/93 - Present
Laurel Capital Advisors, LLP+ Executive Committee 1/98 - 8/98
Member
Laurel Capital Advisors+ Trustee 10/93 - 1/98
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Director 5/93 - Present
Company*
The Boston Company Financial President 6/89 - 1/97
Strategies, Inc. * Director 6/89 - 1/97
MANDELL L. BERMAN Self-Employed Real Estate Consultant, 11/74 - Present
Director 29100 Northwestern Highway Residential Builder and
Suite 370 Private Investor
Southfield, MI 48034
BURTON C. BORGELT DeVlieg Bullard, Inc. Director 1/93 - Present
Director 1 Gorham Island
Westport, CT 06880
Mellon Financial Corporation+ Director 6/91 - Present
Mellon Bank, N.A. + Director 6/91 - Present
Dentsply International, Inc. Director 2/81 - Present
570 West College Avenue
York, PA
Quill Corporation Director 3/93 - Present
Lincolnshire, IL
STEPHEN R. BYERS Dreyfus Service Corporation++ Senior Vice President 3/00 - Present
Director of Investments
Gruntal & Co., LLC Executive Vice President 5/97 - 11/99
New York, NY Partner 5/97 - 11/99
Executive Committee 5/97 - 11/99
Member
Board of Directors 5/97 - 11/99
Member
Treasurer 5/97 - 11/99
Chief Financial Officer 5/97 - 6/99
STEPHEN E. CANTER Dreyfus Investment Chairman of the Board 1/97 - Present
President, Chief Operating Advisors, Inc.++ Director 5/95 - Present
Officer, Chief Investment President 5/95 - Present
Officer, and Director
Newton Management Limited Director 2/99 - Present
London, England
Mellon Bond Associates, LLP+ Executive Committee 1/99 - Present
Member
Mellon Equity Associates, LLP+ Executive Committee 1/99 - Present
Member
Franklin Portfolio Associates, Director 2/99 - Present
LLC*
Franklin Portfolio Holdings, Inc.* Director 2/99 - Present
The Boston Company Asset Director 2/99 - Present
Management, LLC*
TBCAM Holdings, Inc.* Director 2/99 - Present
Mellon Capital Management Director 1/99 - Present
Corporation***
Founders Asset Management, Member, Board of 12/97 - Present
LLC**** Managers
Acting Chief Executive 7/98 - 12/98
Officer
The Dreyfus Trust Company+++ Director 6/95 - Present
Chairman 1/99 - Present
President 1/99 - Present
Chief Executive Officer 1/99 - Present
THOMAS F. EGGERS Dreyfus Service Corporation++ Chief Executive Officer 3/00 - Present
Vice Chairman - Institutional and Chairman of the
And Director Board
Executive Vice President 4/96 - 3/00
Director 9/96 - Present
Founders Asset Management, Member, Board of 2/99 - Present
LLC**** Managers
Dreyfus Investment Advisors, Inc. Director 1/00 - Present
Dreyfus Service Organization, Director 3/99 - Present
Inc.++
Dreyfus Insurance Agency of Director 3/99 - Present
Massachusetts, Inc. +++
Dreyfus Brokerage Services, Inc. Director 11/97 - 6/98
401 North Maple Avenue
Beverly Hills, CA.
STEVEN G. ELLIOTT Mellon Financial Corporation+ Senior Vice Chairman 1/99 - Present
Director Chief Financial Officer 1/90 - Present
Vice Chairman 6/92 - 1/99
Treasurer 1/90 - 5/98
Mellon Bank, N.A.+ Senior Vice Chairman 3/98 - Present
Vice Chairman 6/92 - 3/98
Chief Financial Officer 1/90 - Present
Mellon EFT Services Corporation Director 10/98 - Present
Mellon Bank Center, 8th Floor
1735 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Mellon Financial Services Director 1/96 - Present
Corporation #1 Vice President 1/96 - Present
Mellon Bank Center, 8th Floor
1735 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Boston Group Holdings, Inc.* Vice President 5/93 - Present
APT Holdings Corporation Treasurer 12/87 - Present
Pike Creek Operations Center
4500 New Linden Hill Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
Allomon Corporation Director 12/87 - Present
Two Mellon Bank Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15259
Collection Services Corporation Controller 10/90 - 2/99
500 Grant Street Director 9/88 - 2/99
Pittsburgh, PA 15258 Vice President 9/88 - 2/99
Treasurer 9/88 - 2/99
Mellon Financial Company+ Principal Exec. Officer 1/88 - Present
Chief Executive Officer 8/87 - Present
Director 8/87 - Present
President 8/87 - Present
Mellon Overseas Investments Director 4/88 - Present
Corporation+
Mellon Financial Services Treasurer 12/87 - Present
Corporation # 5+
Mellon Financial Markets, Inc.+ Director 1/99 - Present
Mellon Financial Services Director 1/99 - Present
Corporation #17
Fort Lee, NJ
Mellon Mortgage Company Director 1/99 - Present
Houston, TX
Mellon Ventures, Inc. + Director 1/99 - Present
LAWRENCE S. KASH Dreyfus Investment Director 4/97 - 12/99
Vice Chairman Advisors, Inc.++
Dreyfus Brokerage Services, Inc. Chairman 11/97 - 2/99
401 North Maple Ave. Chief Executive Officer 11/97 - 2/98
Beverly Hills, CA
Dreyfus Service Corporation++ Director 1/95 - 2/99
President 9/96 - 3/99
Dreyfus Precious Metals, Inc.+++ Director 3/96 - 12/98
President 10/96 - 12/98
Dreyfus Service Director 12/94 - 3/99
Organization, Inc.++ President 1/97 - 3/99
Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc. ++ Director 1/97 - 4/99
Dreyfus Insurance Agency of Chairman 5/97 - 3/99
Massachusetts, Inc.++++ President 5/97 - 3/99
Director 5/97 - 3/99
The Dreyfus Trust Company+++ Chairman 1/97 - 1/99
President 2/97 - 1/99
Chief Executive Officer 2/97 - 1/99
Director 12/94 - Present
The Dreyfus Consumer Credit Chairman 5/97 - 6/99
Corporation++ President 5/97 - 6/99
Director 12/94 - 6/99
Founders Asset Management, Member, Board of 12/97 - 12/99
LLC**** Managers
The Boston Company Advisors, Chairman 12/95 - 1/99
Inc. Chief Executive Officer 12/95 - 1/99
Wilmington, DE President 12/95 - 1/99
The Boston Company, Inc.* Director 5/93 - 1/99
President 5/93 - 1/99
Mellon Bank, N.A.+ Executive Vice President 6/92 - Present
Laurel Capital Advisors, LLP+ Chairman 1/98 - 8/98
Executive Committee 1/98 - 8/98
Member
Chief Executive Officer 1/98 - 8/98
President 1/98 - 8/98
Laurel Capital Advisors, Inc. + Trustee 12/91 - 1/98
Chairman 9/93 - 1/98
President and CEO 12/91 - 1/98
Boston Group Holdings, Inc.* Director 5/93 - Present
President 5/93 - Present
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.+ Director 6/93 - 1/99
Executive Vice President 6/93 - 4/98
MARTIN G. MCGUINN Mellon Financial Corporation+ Chairman 1/99 - Present
Director Chief Executive Officer 1/99 - Present
Director 1/98 - Present
Vice Chairman 1/90 - 1/99
Mellon Bank, N. A. + Chairman 3/98 - Present
Chief Executive Officer 3/98 - Present
Director 1/98 - Present
Vice Chairman 1/90 - 3/98
Mellon Leasing Corporation+ Vice Chairman 12/96 - Present
Mellon Bank (DE) National Director 4/89 - 12/98
Association
Wilmington, DE
Mellon Bank (MD) National Director 1/96 - 4/98
Association
Rockville, Maryland
J. DAVID OFFICER Dreyfus Service Corporation++ President 3/00 - Present
Vice Chairman Executive Vice President 5/98 - 3/00
And Director Director 3/99 - Present
Dreyfus Service Organization, Director 3/99 - Present
Inc.++
Dreyfus Insurance Agency of Director 5/98 - Present
Massachusetts, Inc.++++
Dreyfus Brokerage Services, Inc. Chairman 3/99 - Present
401 North Maple Avenue
Beverly Hills, CA
Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc.++ Director 10/98 - Present
Mellon Residential Funding Corp. + Director 4/97 - Present
Mellon Trust of Florida, N.A. Director 8/97 - Present
2875 Northeast 191st Street
North Miami Beach, FL 33180
Mellon Bank, NA+ Executive Vice President 7/96 - Present
The Boston Company, Inc.* Vice Chairman 1/97 - Present
Director 7/96 - Present
Mellon Preferred Capital Director 11/96 - 1/99
Corporation*
RECO, Inc.* President 11/96 - Present
Director 11/96 - Present
The Boston Company Financial President 8/96 - 6/99
Services, Inc.* Director 8/96 - 6/99
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Director 7/96 - Present
Company* President 7/96 - 1/99
Mellon Trust of New York Director 6/96 - Present
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Mellon Trust of California Director 6/96 - Present
400 South Hope Street
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Mellon United National Bank Director 3/98 - Present
1399 SW 1st Ave., Suite 400
Miami, Florida
Boston Group Holdings, Inc.* Director 12/97 - Present
Dreyfus Financial Services Corp. + Director 9/96 - Present
Dreyfus Investment Services Director 4/96 - Present
Corporation+
RICHARD W. SABO Founders Asset Management President 12/98 - Present
Director LLC**** Chief Executive Officer 12/98 - Present
Prudential Securities Senior Vice President 07/91 - 11/98
New York, NY Regional Director 07/91 - 11/98
RICHARD F. SYRON Thermo Electron President 6/99 - Present
Director 81 Wyman Street Chief Executive Officer 6/99 - Present
Waltham, MA 02454-9046
American Stock Exchange Chairman 4/94 - 6/99
86 Trinity Place Chief Executive Officer 4/94 - 6/99
New York, NY 10006
RONALD P. O'HANLEY Franklin Portfolio Holdings, Inc.* Director 3/97 - Present
Vice Chairman
Franklin Portfolio Associates, Director 3/97 - Present
LLC*
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Executive Committee 1/99 - Present
Company* Member
Director 1/99 - Present
The Boston Company, Inc.* Executive Committee 1/99 - Present
Member 1/99 - Present
Director
Buck Consultants, Inc.++ Director 7/97 - Present
Newton Asset Management LTD Executive Committee 10/98 - Present
(UK) Member
London, England Director 10/98 - Present
Mellon Asset Management Non-Resident Director 11/98 - Present
(Japan) Co., LTD
Tokyo, Japan
TBCAM Holdings, Inc.* Director 10/97 - Present
The Boston Company Asset Director 1/98 - Present
Management, LLC*
Boston Safe Advisors, Inc.* Chairman 6/97 - Present
Director 2/97 - Present
Pareto Partners Partner Representative 5/97 - Present
271 Regent Street
London, England W1R 8PP
Mellon Capital Management Director 2/97 -Present
Corporation***
Certus Asset Advisors Corp.** Director 2/97 - Present
Mellon Bond Associates; LLP+ Trustee 1/98 - Present
Chairman 1/98 - Present
Mellon Equity Associates; LLP+ Trustee 1/98 - Present
Chairman 1/98 - Present
Mellon-France Corporation+ Director 3/97 - Present
Laurel Capital Advisors+ Trustee 3/97 - Present
MARK N. JACOBS Dreyfus Investment Director 4/97 - Present
General Counsel, Advisors, Inc.++ Secretary 10/77 - 7/98
Vice President, and
Secretary The Dreyfus Trust Company+++ Director 3/96 - Present
The TruePenny Corporation++ President 10/98 - Present
Director 3/96 - Present
Dreyfus Service Director 3/97 - 3/99
Organization, Inc.++
WILLIAM H. MARESCA The Dreyfus Trust Company+++ Chief Financial Officer 3/99 - Present
Controller Treasurer 9/98 - Present
Director 3/97 - Present
Dreyfus Service Corporation++ Chief Financial Officer 12/98 - Present
Dreyfus Consumer Credit Corp. ++ Treasurer 10/98 - Present
Dreyfus Investment Treasurer 10/98 - Present
Advisors, Inc. ++
Dreyfus-Lincoln, Inc. Vice President 10/98 - Present
4500 New Linden Hill Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
The TruePenny Corporation++ Vice President 10/98 - Present
Dreyfus Precious Metals, Inc. +++ Treasurer 10/98 - 12/98
The Trotwood Corporation++ Vice President 10/98 - Present
Trotwood Hunters Corporation++ Vice President 10/98 - Present
Trotwood Hunters Site A Corp. ++ Vice President 10/98 - Present
Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. Chief Financial Officer 5/98 - Present
One American Express Plaza,
Providence, RI 02903
Dreyfus Service Treasurer 3/99 - Present
Organization, Inc.++ Assistant Treasurer 3/93 - 3/99
Dreyfus Insurance Agency of Assistant Treasurer 5/98 - Present
Massachusetts, Inc.++++
WILLIAM T. SANDALLS, JR. Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. Chairman 2/97 - Present
Executive Vice President One American Express Plaza,
Providence, RI 02903
Dreyfus Service Corporation++ Director 1/96 - Present
Executive Vice President 2/97 - Present
Chief Financial Officer 2/97 - 12/98
Dreyfus Investment Director 1/96 - Present
Advisors, Inc.++ Treasurer 1/96 - 10/98
Dreyfus-Lincoln, Inc. Director 12/96 - Present
4500 New Linden Hill Road President 1/97 - Present
Wilmington, DE 19808
Seven Six Seven Agency, Inc.++ Director 1/96 - 10/98
Treasurer 10/96 - 10/98
The Dreyfus Consumer Director 1/96 - Present
Credit Corp.++ Vice President 1/96 - Present
Treasurer 1/97 - 10/98
The Dreyfus Trust Company +++ Director 1/96 - Present
Dreyfus Service Organization, Treasurer 10/96 - 3/99
Inc.++
Dreyfus Insurance Agency of Director 5/97 - 3/99
Massachusetts, Inc.++++ Treasurer 5/97 - 3/99
Executive Vice President 5/97 - 3/99
DIANE P. DURNIN Dreyfus Service Corporation++ Senior Vice President - 5/95 - 3/99
Vice President - Product Marketing and Advertising
Development Division
PATRICE M. KOZLOWSKI NONE
Vice President - Corporate
Communications
MARY BETH LEIBIG NONE
Vice President -
Human Resources
THEODORE A. SCHACHAR Dreyfus Service Corporation++ Vice President -Tax 10/96 - Present
Vice President - Tax
The Dreyfus Consumer Credit Chairman 6/99 - Present
Corporation ++ President 6/99 - Present
Dreyfus Investment Advisors, Vice President - Tax 10/96 - Present
Inc.++
Dreyfus Precious Metals, Inc. +++ Vice President - Tax 10/96 - 12/98
Dreyfus Service Organization, Vice President - Tax 10/96 - Present
Inc.++
WENDY STRUTT None
Vice President
RICHARD TERRES None
Vice President
RAYMOND J. VAN COTT Mellon Financial Corporation+ Vice President 7/98 - Present
Vice-President -
Information Systems
Computer Sciences Corporation Vice President 1/96 - 7/98
El Segundo, CA
JAMES BITETTO The TruePenny Corporation++ Secretary 9/98 - Present
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Dreyfus Service Corporation++ Assistant Secretary 8/98 - Present
Dreyfus Investment Assistant Secretary 7/98 - Present
Advisors, Inc.++
Dreyfus Service Assistant Secretary 7/98 - Present
Organization, Inc.++
STEVEN F. NEWMAN Dreyfus Transfer, Inc. Vice President 2/97 - Present
Assistant Secretary One American Express Plaza Director 2/97 - Present
Providence, RI 02903 Secretary 2/97 - Present
Dreyfus Service Secretary 7/98 - Present
Organization, Inc.++ Assistant Secretary 5/98 - 7/98
* The address of the business so indicated is One Boston Place, Boston, Massachusetts, 02108.
** The address of the business so indicated is One Bush Street, Suite 450, San Francisco, California 94104.
*** The address of the business so indicated is 595 Market Street, Suite 3000, San Francisco, California 94105.
**** The address of the business so indicated is 2930 East Third Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80206.
+ The address of the business so indicated is One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258.
++ The address of the business so indicated is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.
+++ The address of the business so indicated is 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556-0144.
++++ The address of the business so indicated is 53 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
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Item 27. Principal Underwriters
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(a) Other investment companies for which Registrant's principal
underwriter (exclusive distributor) acts as principal underwriter or exclusive
distributor:
1) Dreyfus A Bonds Plus, Inc.
2) Dreyfus Appreciation Fund, Inc.
3) Dreyfus Balanced Fund, Inc.
4) Dreyfus BASIC GNMA Fund
5) Dreyfus BASIC Money Market Fund, Inc.
6) Dreyfus BASIC Municipal Fund, Inc.
7) Dreyfus BASIC U.S. Government Money Market Fund
8) Dreyfus California Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
9) Dreyfus California Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.
10) Dreyfus California Tax Exempt Money Market Fund
11) Dreyfus Cash Management
12) Dreyfus Cash Management Plus, Inc.
13) Dreyfus Connecticut Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
14) Dreyfus Connecticut Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
15) Dreyfus Florida Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
16) Dreyfus Florida Municipal Money Market Fund
17) Dreyfus Founders Funds, Inc.
18) The Dreyfus Fund Incorporated
19) Dreyfus Global Bond Fund, Inc.
20) Dreyfus Global Growth Fund
21) Dreyfus GNMA Fund, Inc.
22) Dreyfus Government Cash Management Funds
23) Dreyfus Growth and Income Fund, Inc.
24) Dreyfus Growth and Value Funds, Inc.
25) Dreyfus Growth Opportunity Fund, Inc.
26) Dreyfus Debt and Equity Funds
27) Dreyfus Index Funds, Inc.
28) Dreyfus Institutional Money Market Fund
29) Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Fund
30) Dreyfus Institutional Short Term Treasury Fund
31) Dreyfus Insured Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
32) Dreyfus Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
33) Dreyfus International Funds, Inc.
34) Dreyfus Investment Grade Bond Funds, Inc.
35) Dreyfus Investment Portfolios
36) The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds, Inc.
37) The Dreyfus/Laurel Funds Trust
38) The Dreyfus/Laurel Tax-Free Municipal Funds
39) Dreyfus LifeTime Portfolios, Inc.
40) Dreyfus Liquid Assets, Inc.
41) Dreyfus Massachusetts Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
42) Dreyfus Massachusetts Municipal Money Market Fund
43) Dreyfus Massachusetts Tax Exempt Bond Fund
44) Dreyfus MidCap Index Fund
45) Dreyfus Money Market Instruments, Inc.
46) Dreyfus Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
47) Dreyfus Municipal Cash Management Plus
48) Dreyfus Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
49) Dreyfus New Jersey Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
50) Dreyfus New Jersey Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
51) Dreyfus New Jersey Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
52) Dreyfus New Leaders Fund, Inc.
53) Dreyfus New York Municipal Cash Management
54) Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Bond Fund, Inc.
55) Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Intermediate Bond Fund
56) Dreyfus New York Tax Exempt Money Market Fund
57) Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Intermediate Term Fund
58) Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Long Term Fund
59) Dreyfus 100% U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund
60) Dreyfus U.S. Treasury Short Term Fund
61) Dreyfus Pennsylvania Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
62) Dreyfus Pennsylvania Municipal Money Market Fund
63) Dreyfus Premier California Municipal Bond Fund
64) Dreyfus Premier Equity Funds, Inc.
65) Dreyfus Premier International Funds, Inc.
66) Dreyfus Premier GNMA Fund
67) Dreyfus Premier Worldwide Growth Fund, Inc.
68) Dreyfus Premier Municipal Bond Fund
69) Dreyfus Premier New York Municipal Bond Fund
70) Dreyfus Premier State Municipal Bond Fund
71) Dreyfus Premier Value Equity Funds
72) Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Government Fund
73) Dreyfus Short-Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund
74) The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.
75) Dreyfus Stock Index Fund
76) Dreyfus Tax Exempt Cash Management
77) The Dreyfus Premier Third Century Fund, Inc.
78) Dreyfus Treasury Cash Management
79) Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management
80) Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
81) Dreyfus Worldwide Dollar Money Market Fund, Inc.
82) General California Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
83) General California Municipal Money Market Fund
84) General Government Securities Money Market Funds, Inc.
85) General Money Market Fund, Inc.
86) General Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
87) General Municipal Money Market Funds, Inc.
88) General New York Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
89) General New York Municipal Money Market Fund
<TABLE>
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<S> <C> <C>
(b)
Positions and
Name and principal Offices with
Business address Positions and offices with the Distributor Registrant
- ---------------- ------------------------------------------ ----------
Thomas F. Eggers * Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board None
J. David Officer * President and Director None
Stephen Burke * Executive Vice President None
Charles Cardona * Executive Vice President None
Anthony DeVivio ** Executive Vice President None
David K. Mossman ** Executive Vice President None
Jeffrey N. Nachman *** Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer None
William T. Sandalls, Jr. * Executive Vice President and Director None
Wilson Santos ** Executive Vice President and Director of Client None
Services
William H. Maresca * Chief Financial Officer None
Ken Bradle ** Senior Vice President None
Stephen R. Byers * Senior Vice President None
Frank J. Coates * Senior Vice President None
Joseph Connolly * Senior Vice President Vice President
and Treasurer
William Glenn * Senior Vice President None
Michael Millard ** Senior Vice President None
Mary Jean Mulligan ** Senior Vice President None
Bradley Skapyak * Senior Vice President None
Jane Knight * Chief Legal Officer and Secretary None
Stephen Storen * Chief Compliance Officer None
Jeffrey Cannizzaro * Vice President - Compliance None
Maria Georgopoulos * Vice President - Facilities Management None
William Germenis Vice President - Compliance None
Walter T. Harris * Vice President None
Janice Hayles * Vice President None
Hal Marshall * Vice President - Compliance None
Paul Molloy * Vice President None
Theodore A. Schachar * Vice President - Tax None
James Windels * Vice President None
James Bitetto * Assistant Secretary None
* Principal business address is 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166.
** Principal business address is 144 Glenn Curtiss Blvd., Uniondale, NY 11556-0144.
*** Principal business address is 401 North Maple Avenue, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
</TABLE>
Item 28. Location of Accounts and Records
- ------- --------------------------------
1. Mellon Bank, N.A.
One Mellon Bank Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258
2. Dreyfus Transfer, Inc.
P.O. Box 9671
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-9671
3. The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Item 29. Management Services
- ------- -------------------
Not Applicable
Item 30. Undertakings
- ------- ------------
None
SIGNATURES
-------------
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of
this Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York on the 26th day of
April, 2000.
DREYFUS BASIC GNMA FUND
BY: /S/STEPHEN E. CANTER*
-------------------------------
STEPHEN E. CANTER, PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
Signatures Title Date
/S/STEPHEN E. CANTER* President (Principal Executive 4/26/00
- -------------------------- Officer)
Stephen E. Canter
/S/JOSEPH CONNOLLY* Treasurer (Principal Financial 4/26/00
- ------------------------- Officer)
Joseph Connolly
/S/JOSEPH S. DIMARTINO* Chairman of the Board 4/26/00
- -------------------------
Joseph S. DiMartino
/S/GORDON J. DAVIS* Trustee 4/26/00
- -------------------------
Gordon J. Davis
/S/DAVID P. FELDMAN* Trustee 4/26/00
- -------------------------
David P. Feldman
/S/LYNN MARTIN* Trustee 4/26/00
- -------------------------
Lynn Martin
/S/DANIEL ROSE* Trustee 4/26/00
- -------------------------
Daniel Rose
/S/PHILIP L. TOIA* Trustee 4/26/00
- -------------------------
Philip L. Toia
/S/SANDER VANOCUR* Trustee 4/26/00
- -------------------------
Sander Vanocur
/S/ANNE WEXLER* Trustee 4/26/00
- -------------------------
Anne Wexler
/S/ REX WILDER* Trustee 4/26/00
- -------------------------
Rex Wilder
*BY: /S/MICHAEL A. ROSENBERG
Michael A. Rosenberg
Attorney-in-Fact
<PAGE>
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
(b) Registrant's By-Laws, as amended.
(e) Revised Distribution Agreement.
(j) Consent of Independent Auditors.
(p) Code of Ethics adopted by the Registrant.
OTHER EXHIBITS
(a) Powers of Attorney.
(b) Certificate of Secretary.
Exhibit (b)
BY-LAWS
OF
DREYFUS BASIC GNMA FUND
ARTICLE 1
Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Principal Office
1.1. AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST. These By-Laws shall be
subject to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as from time to time in
effect (the "Declaration of Trust"), of the above-captioned Massachusetts
business trust established by the Declaration of Trust (the "Trust").
1.2. PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE TRUST. The principal office of the Trust
shall be located in New York, New York. Its resident agent in Massachusetts
shall be CT Corporation System, 2 Oliver Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, or
such other person as the Trustees from time to time may select.
ARTICLE 2
Meetings of Trustees
2.1. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Trustees may be held
without call or notice at such places and at such times as the Trustees from
time to time may determine, provided that notice of the first regular meeting
following any such determination shall be given to absent Trustees.
2.2. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Trustees may be held at
any time and at any place designated in the call of the meeting when called by
the President or the Treasurer or by two or more Trustees, sufficient notice
thereof being given to each Trustee by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
or by the officer or the Trustees calling the meeting.
2.3. NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS. It shall be sufficient notice to a
Trustee of a special meeting to send notice by mail at least forty-eight hours
or by telegram at least twenty-four hours before the meeting addressed to the
Trustee at his or her usual or last known business or residence address or to
give notice to him or her in person or by telephone at least twenty-four hours
before the meeting. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any Trustee if a
written waiver of notice, executed by him or her before or after the meeting, is
filed with the records of the meeting, or to any Trustee who attends the meeting
without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement the lack of notice to
him or her. Neither notice of a meeting nor a waiver of a notice need specify
the purposes of the meeting.
2.4. NOTICE OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BY CONSENT. If in accordance with the
provisions of the Declaration of Trust any action is taken by the Trustees by a
written consent of less than all of the Trustees, then prompt notice of any such
action shall be furnished to each Trustee who did not execute such written
consent, provided that the effectiveness of such action shall not be impaired by
any delay or failure to furnish such notice.
ARTICLE 3
Officers
3.1. ENUMERATION; QUALIFICATION. The officers of the Trust shall be a
President, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and such other officers, if any, as the
Trustees from time to time may in their discretion elect. The Trust also may
have such agents as the Trustees from time to time may in their discretion
appoint. An officer may be but need not be a Trustee or shareholder. Any two or
more offices may be held by the same person.
3.2. ELECTION. The President, the Treasurer and the Secretary shall be
elected by the Trustees upon the occurrence of any vacancy in any such office.
Other officers, if any, may be elected or appointed by the Trustees at any time.
Vacancies in any such other office may be filled at any time.
3.3. TENURE. The President, Treasurer and Secretary shall hold office
in each case until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed or becomes
disqualified. Each other officer shall hold office and each agent shall retain
authority at the pleasure of the Trustees.
3.4. POWERS. Subject to the other provisions of these By-Laws, each
officer shall have, in addition to the duties and powers herein and in the
Declaration of Trust set forth, such duties and powers as commonly are incident
to the office occupied by him or her as if the Trust were organized as a
Massachusetts business corporation or such other duties and powers as the
Trustees may from time to time designate.
3.5. PRESIDENT. Unless the Trustees otherwise provide, the President
shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Trustees. Unless
the Trustees otherwise provide, the President shall be the chief executive
officer.
3.6. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall be the chief financial and
accounting officer of the Trust, and, subject to the provisions of the
Declaration of Trust and to any arrangement made by the Trustees with a
custodian, investment adviser or manager, or transfer, shareholder servicing or
similar agent, shall be in charge of the valuable papers, books of account and
accounting records of the Trust, and shall have such other duties and powers as
may be designated from time to time by the Trustees or by the President.
3.7. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall record all proceedings of the
shareholders and the Trustees in books to be kept therefor, which books or a
copy thereof shall be kept at the principal office of the Trust. In the absence
of the Secretary from any meeting of the shareholders or Trustees, an Assistant
Secretary, or if there be none or if he or she is absent, a temporary Secretary
chosen at such meeting shall record the proceedings thereof in the aforesaid
books.
3.8. RESIGNATIONS AND REMOVALS. Any Trustee or officer may resign at
any time by written instrument signed by him or her and delivered to the
President or Secretary or to a meeting of the Trustees. Such resignation shall
be effective upon receipt unless specified to be effective at some other time.
The Trustees may remove any officer elected by them with or without cause.
Except to the extent expressly provided in a written agreement with the Trust,
no Trustee or officer resigning and no officer removed shall have any right to
any compensation for any period following his or her resignation or removal, or
any right to damages on account of such removal.
ARTICLE 4
Committees
4.1. APPOINTMENT. The Trustees may appoint from their number an
executive committee and other committees. Except as the Trustees otherwise may
determine, any such committee may make rules for conduct of its business.
4.2. QUORUM; VOTING. A majority of the members of any Committee of the
Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and any
action of such a Committee may be taken at a meeting by a vote of a majority of
the members present (a quorum being present).
ARTICLE 5
Reports
The Trustees and officers shall render reports at the time and in the
manner required by the Declaration of Trust or any applicable law. Officers and
Committees shall render such additional reports as they may deem desirable or as
may from time to time be required by the Trustees.
ARTICLE 6
Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Trust shall be fixed, and shall be subject to
change, by the Board of Trustees.
ARTICLE 7
Seal
The seal of the Trust shall consist of a flat-faced die with the word
"Massachusetts," together with the name of the Trust and the year of its
organization cut or engraved thereon but, unless otherwise required by the
Trustees, the seal shall not be necessary to be placed on, and in its absence
shall not impair the validity of, any document, instrument or other paper
executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Trust.
ARTICLE 8
Execution of Papers
Except as the Trustees generally or in particular cases may authorize
the execution thereof in some other manner, all deeds, leases, contracts, notes
and other obligations made by the Trustees shall be signed by the President, any
Vice President, or by the Treasurer and need not bear the seal of the Trust.
ARTICLE 9
Issuance of Share Certificates
9.1. SALE OF SHARES. Except as otherwise determined by the Trustees,
the Trust will issue and sell for cash or securities from time to time, full and
fractional shares of its shares of beneficial interest, such shares to be issued
and sold at a price of not less than net asset value per share, as from time to
time determined in accordance with the Declaration of Trust and these By-Laws
and, in the case of fractional shares, at a proportionate reduction in such
price. In the case of shares sold for securities, such securities shall be
valued in accordance with the provisions for determining value of assets of the
Trust as stated in the Declaration of Trust and these By-Laws. The officers of
the Trust are severally authorized to take all such actions as may be necessary
or desirable to carry out this Section 9.1.
9.2. SHARE CERTIFICATES. In lieu of issuing certificates for shares,
the Trustees or the transfer agent either may issue receipts therefor or may
keep accounts upon the books of the Trust for the record holders of such shares,
who shall in either case, for all purposes hereunder, be deemed to be the
holders of certificates for such shares as if they had accepted such
certificates and shall be held to have expressly assented and agreed to the
terms hereof.
The Trustees at any time may authorize the issuance of share
certificates. In that event, each shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate
stating the number of shares owned by him or her, in such form as shall be
prescribed from time to time by the Trustees. Such certificate shall be signed
by the President or Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer.
Such signatures may be facsimile if the certificate is signed by a transfer
agent, or by a registrar, other than a Trustee, officer or employee of the
Trust. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been
placed on such certificate shall cease to be such officer before such
certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Trust with the same effect as if
he or she were such officer at the time of its issue.
9.3. LOSS OF CERTIFICATES. The Trust, or if any transfer agent is
appointed for the Trust, the transfer agent with the approval of any two
officers of the Trust, is authorized to issue and countersign replacement
certificates for the shares of the Trust which have been lost, stolen or
destroyed subject to the deposit of a bond or other indemnity in such form and
with such security, if any, as the Trustees may require.
9.4. DISCONTINUANCE OF ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES. The Trustees at any
time may discontinue the issuance of share certificates and by written notice to
each shareholder, may require the surrender of share certificates to the Trust
for cancellation. Such surrender and cancellation shall not affect the ownership
of shares in the Trust.
ARTICLE 10
Indemnification
10.1. TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, ETC. The Trust shall indemnify each of its
Trustees and officers (including persons who serve at the Trust's request as
directors, officers or trustees of another organization in which the Trust has
any interest as a shareholder, creditor or otherwise) (hereinafter referred to
as a "Covered Person") against all liabilities and expenses, including but not
limited to amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines
and penalties, and counsel fees reasonably incurred by any Covered Person in
connection with the defense or disposition of any action, suit or other
proceeding, whether civil or criminal, before any court or administrative or
legislative body, in which such Covered Person may be or may have been involved
as a party or otherwise or with which such person may be or may have been
threatened, while in office or thereafter, by reason of being or having been
such a Trustee or officer, except with respect to any matter as to which such
Covered Person shall have been finally adjudicated in a decision on the merits
in any such action, suit or other proceeding not to have acted in good faith in
the reasonable belief that such Covered Person's action was in the best
interests of the Trust and except that no Covered Person shall be indemnified
against any liability to the Trust or its Shareholders to which such Covered
Person would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith,
gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of
such Covered Person's office. Expenses, including counsel fees so incurred by
any such Covered Person (but excluding amounts paid in satisfaction of
judgments, in compromise or as fines or penalties), may be paid from time to
time by the Trust in advance of the final disposition or any such action, suit
or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered
Person to repay amounts so paid to the Trust if it is ultimately determined that
indemnification of such expenses is not authorized under this Article, PROVIDED
THAT (a) such Covered Person shall provide security for his or her undertaking,
(b) the Trust shall be insured against losses arising by reason of such Covered
Person's failure to fulfill his or her undertaking, or (c) a majority of the
Trustees who are disinterested persons and who are not Interested Persons (as
that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) (provided that a
majority of such Trustees then in office act on the matter), or independent
legal counsel in a written opinion, shall determine, based on a review of
readily available facts (but not a full trial-type inquiry), that there is
reason to believe such Covered Person ultimately will be entitled to
indemnification.
10.2. COMPROMISE PAYMENT. As to any matter disposed of (whether by a
compromise payment, pursuant to a consent decree or otherwise) without an
adjudication in a decision on the merits by a court, or by any other body before
which the proceeding was brought, that such Covered Person either (a) did not
act in good faith in the reasonable belief that such Covered Person's action was
in the best interests of the Trust or (b) is liable to the Trust or its
Shareholders by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or
reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such Covered
Person's office, indemnification shall be provided if (a) approved as in the
best interest of the Trust, after notice that it involves such indemnification,
by at least a majority of the Trustees who are disinterested persons and are not
Interested Persons (provided that a majority of such Trustees then in office act
on the matter), upon a determination, based upon a review of readily available
facts (but not a full trial-type inquiry) that such Covered Person acted in good
faith in the reasonable belief that such Covered Person's action was in the best
interests of the Trust and is not liable to the Trust or its Shareholders by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard
of the duties involved in the conduct of such Covered Person's office, or (b)
there has been obtained an opinion in writing of independent legal counsel,
based upon a review of readily available facts (but not a full trial-type
inquiry) to the effect that such Covered Person appears to have acted in good
faith in the reasonable belief that such Covered Person's action was in the best
interests of the Trust and that such indemnification would not protect such
Covered Person against any liability to the Trust to which such Covered Person
would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross
negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his
office. Any approval pursuant to this Section shall not prevent the recovery
from any Covered Person of any amount paid to such Covered Person in accordance
with this Section as indemnification if such Covered Person is subsequently
adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction not to have acted in good faith
in the reasonable belief that such Covered Person's action was in the best
interests of the Trust or to have been liable to the Trust or its shareholders
by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless
disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of such Covered Person's office.
10.3. INDEMNIFICATION NOT EXCLUSIVE. The right of indemnification
hereby provided shall not be exclusive of or affect any other rights to which
any such Covered Person may be entitled. As used in this Article 10, the term
"Covered Person" shall include such person's heirs, executors and
administrators, and a "disinterested person" is a person against whom none of
the actions, suits or other proceedings in question or another action, suit, or
other proceeding on the same or similar grounds is then or has been pending.
Nothing contained in this Article shall affect any rights to indemnification to
which personnel of the Trust, other than Trustees and officers, and other
persons may be entitled by contract or otherwise under law, nor the power of the
Trust to purchase and maintain liability insurance on behalf of such person.
10.4. LIMITATION. Notwithstanding any provisions in the Declaration of
Trust and these By-Laws pertaining to indemnification, all such provisions are
limited by the following undertaking set forth in the rules promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission:
In the event that a claim for
indemnification is asserted by a Trustee, officer
or controlling person of the Trust in connection
with the registered securities of the Trust, the
Trust will not make such indemnification unless
(i) the Trust has submitted, before a court or
other body, the question of whether the person to
be indemnified was liable by reason of willful
misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or
reckless disregard of duties, and has obtained a
final decision on the merits that such person was
not liable by reason of such conduct or (ii) in
the absence of such decision, the Trust shall have
obtained a reasonable determination, based upon a
review of the facts, that such person was not
liable by virtue of such conduct, by (a) the vote
of a majority of Trustees who are neither
interested persons as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, nor parties to the
proceeding or (b) an independent legal counsel in
a written opinion.
The Trust will not advance attorneys'
fees or other expenses incurred by the person to
be indemnified unless (i) the Trust shall have
received an undertaking by or on behalf of such
person to repay the advance unless it is
ultimately determined that such person is entitled
to indemnification and (ii) one of the following
conditions shall have occurred: (x) such person
shall provide security for his undertaking, (y)
the Trust shall be insured against losses arising
by reason of any lawful advances or (z) a majority
of the disinterested, non-party Trustees of the
Trust, or an independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, shall have determined that based
on a review of readily available facts there is
reason to believe that such person ultimately will
be found entitled to indemnification.
ARTICLE 11
Shareholders
11.1. MEETINGS. A meeting of the shareholders shall be called by the
Secretary whenever ordered by the Trustees, or requested in writing by the
holder or holders of at least 10% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at
such meeting. If the meeting is a meeting of the shareholders of one or more
series or class of shares, but not a meeting of all shareholders of the Trust,
then only the shareholders of such one or more series or classes shall be
entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting. If the Secretary, when so
ordered or requested, refuses or neglects for more than five days to call such
meeting, the Trustees, or the shareholders so requesting may, in the name of the
Secretary, call the meeting by giving notice thereof in the manner required when
notice is given by the Secretary.
11.2. ACCESS TO SHAREHOLDER LIST. Shareholders of record may apply to
the Trustees for assistance in communicating with other shareholders for the
purpose of calling a meeting in order to vote upon the question of removal of a
Trustee. When ten or more shareholders of record who have been such for at least
six months preceding the date of application and who hold in the aggregate
shares having a net asset value of at least $25,000 or at least 1% of the
outstanding shares, whichever is less, so apply, the Trustees shall within five
business days either:
(i) afford to such applicants access to a list of names and
addresses of all shareholders as recorded on the books of the Trust; or
(ii) inform such applicants of the approximate number of
shareholders of record and the approximate cost of mailing material to them and,
within a reasonable time thereafter, mail materials submitted by the applicants
to all such shareholders of record. The Trustees shall not be obligated to mail
materials which they believe to be misleading or in violation of applicable law.
11.3. RECORD DATES. For the purpose of determining the shareholders of
any series or class who are entitled to vote or act at any meeting or any
adjournment thereof, or who are entitled to receive payment of any dividend or
of any other distribution, the Trustees from time to time may fix a time, which
shall be not more than 90 days before the date of any meeting of shareholders or
the date of payment of any dividend or of any other distribution, as the record
date for determining the shareholders of such series or class having the right
to notice of and to vote at such meeting and any adjournment thereof or the
right to receive such dividend or distribution, and in such case only
shareholders of record on such record date shall have such right notwithstanding
any transfer of shares on the books of the Trust after the record date; or
without fixing such record date the Trustees may for any such purposes close the
register or transfer books for all or part of such period.
11.4. PLACE OF MEETINGS. All meetings of the shareholders shall be
held at the principal office of the Trust or at such other place within the
United States as shall be designated by the Trustees or the President of the
Trust.
11.5. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. A written notice of each meeting of
shareholders, stating the place, date and hour and the purposes of the meeting,
shall be given at least ten days before the meeting to each shareholder entitled
to vote thereat by leaving such notice with him or at his residence or usual
place of business or by mailing it, postage prepaid, and addressed to such
shareholder at his address as it appears in the records of the Trust. Such
notice shall be given by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or by an
officer designated by the Trustees. No notice of any meeting of shareholders
need be given to a shareholder if a written waiver of notice, executed before or
after the meeting by such shareholder or his attorney thereunto duly authorized,
is filed with the records of the meeting.
11.6. BALLOTS. No ballot shall be required for any election unless
requested by a shareholder present or represented at the meeting and entitled to
vote in the election.
11.7. PROXIES. Shareholders entitled to vote may vote either in person
or by proxy in writing dated not more than six months before the meeting named
therein, which proxies shall be filed with the Secretary or other person
responsible to record the proceedings of the meeting before being voted. Unless
otherwise specifically limited by their terms, such proxies shall entitle the
holders thereof to vote at any adjournment of such meeting but shall not be
valid after the final adjournment of such meeting. The placing of a
shareholder's name on a proxy pursuant to telephonic or electronically
transmitted instructions obtained pursuant to procedures reasonably designed to
verify that such instructions have been authorized by such shareholder shall
constitute execution of such proxy by or on behalf of such shareholder.
ARTICLE 12
Amendments to the By-Laws
These By-Laws may be amended or repealed, in whole or in part, by a
majority of the Trustees then in office at any meeting of the Trustees, or by
one or more writings signed by such a majority.
Dated: May 14, 1993
Amended: December 31, 1999
Exhibit (e)
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
DREYFUS BASIC GNMA FUND
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
March 22, 2000
Dreyfus Service Corporation
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This is to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements
hereinafter contained, the above-named investment company (the "Fund") has
agreed that you shall be, for the period of this agreement, the distributor of
(a) shares of each Series of the Fund set forth on Exhibit A hereto, as such
Exhibit may be revised from time to time (each, a "Series") or (b) if no Series
are set forth on such Exhibit, shares of the Fund. For purposes of this
agreement the term "Shares" shall mean the authorized shares of the relevant
Series, if any, and otherwise shall mean the Fund's authorized shares.
1. Services as Distributor
1.1 You will act as agent for the distribution of Shares covered by,
and in accordance with, the registration statement and prospectus then in effect
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will transmit promptly any
orders received by you for purchase or redemption of Shares to the Transfer and
Dividend Disbursing Agent for the Fund of which the Fund has notified you in
writing.
1.2 You agree to use your best efforts to solicit orders for the sale
of Shares. It is contemplated that you will enter into sales or servicing
agreements with securities dealers, financial institutions and other industry
professionals, such as investment advisers, accountants and estate planning
firms, and in so doing you will act only on your own behalf as principal.
1.3 You shall act as distributor of Shares in compliance with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, including, without limitation, all rules
and regulations made or adopted pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any securities
association registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
1.4 Whenever in their judgment such action is warranted by market,
economic or political conditions, or by abnormal circumstances of any kind, the
Fund's officers may decline to accept any orders for, or make any sales of, any
Shares until such time as they deem it advisable to accept such orders and to
make such sales and the Fund shall advise you promptly of such determination.
1.5 The Fund agrees to pay all costs and expenses in connection with
the registration of Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
expenses in connection with maintaining facilities for the issue and transfer of
Shares and for supplying information, prices and other data to be furnished by
the Fund hereunder, and all expenses in connection with the preparation and
printing of the Fund's prospectuses and statements of additional information for
regulatory purposes and for distribution to shareholders; provided, however,
that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to require the Fund to pay any of
the costs of advertising the sale of Shares.
1.6 The Fund agrees to execute any and all documents and to furnish
any and all information and otherwise to take all actions which may be
reasonably necessary in the discretion of the Fund's officers in connection with
the qualification of Shares for sale in such states as you may designate to the
Fund and the Fund may approve, and the Fund agrees to pay all expenses which may
be incurred in connection with such qualification. You shall pay all expenses
connected with your own qualification as a dealer under state or Federal laws
and, except as otherwise specifically provided in this agreement, all other
expenses incurred by you in connection with the sale of Shares as contemplated
in this agreement.
1.7 The Fund shall furnish you from time to time, for use in
connection with the sale of Shares, such information with respect to the Fund or
any relevant Series and the Shares as you may reasonably request, all of which
shall be signed by one or more of the Fund's duly authorized officers; and the
Fund warrants that the statements contained in any such information, when so
signed by the Fund's officers, shall be true and correct. The Fund also shall
furnish you upon request with: (a) semi-annual reports and annual audited
reports of the Fund's books and accounts made by independent public accountants
regularly retained by the Fund, (b) quarterly earnings statements prepared by
the Fund, (c) a monthly itemized list of the securities in the Fund's or, if
applicable, each Series' portfolio, (d) monthly balance sheets as soon as
practicable after the end of each month, and (e) from time to time such
additional information regarding the Fund's financial condition as you may
reasonably request.
1.8 The Fund represents to you that all registration statements and
prospectuses filed by the Fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, with respect to the Shares have been carefully prepared in
conformity with the requirements of said Acts and rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. As used in this agreement the
terms "registration statement" and "prospectus" shall mean any registration
statement and prospectus, including the statement of additional information
incorporated by reference therein, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any amendments and supplements thereto which at any time shall
have been filed with said Commission. The Fund represents and warrants to you
that any registration statement and prospectus, when such registration statement
becomes effective, will contain all statements required to be stated therein in
conformity with said Acts and the rules and regulations of said Commission; that
all statements of fact contained in any such registration statement and
prospectus will be true and correct when such registration statement becomes
effective; and that neither any registration statement nor any prospectus when
such registration statement becomes effective will include an untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The Fund may
but shall not be obligated to propose from time to time such amendment or
amendments to any registration statement and such supplement or supplements to
any prospectus as, in the light of future developments, may, in the opinion of
the Fund's counsel, be necessary or advisable. If the Fund shall not propose
such amendment or amendments and/or supplement or supplements within fifteen
days after receipt by the Fund of a written request from you to do so, you may,
at your option, terminate this agreement or decline to make offers of the Fund's
securities until such amendments are made. The Fund shall not file any amendment
to any registration statement or supplement to any prospectus without giving you
reasonable notice thereof in advance; provided, however, that nothing contained
in this agreement shall in any way limit the Fund's right to file at any time
such amendments to any registration statement and/or supplements to any
prospectus, of whatever character, as the Fund may deem advisable, such right
being in all respects absolute and unconditional.
1.9 The Fund authorizes you to use any prospectus in the form
furnished to you from time to time, in connection with the sale of Shares. The
Fund agrees to indemnify, defend and hold you, your several officers and
directors, and any person who controls you within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, free and harmless from and against any
and all claims, demands, liabilities and expenses (including the cost of
investigating or defending such claims, demands or liabilities and any counsel
fees incurred in connection therewith) which you, your officers and directors,
or any such controlling person, may incur under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or under common law or otherwise, arising out of or based upon any
untrue statement, or alleged untrue statement, of a material fact contained in
any registration statement or any prospectus or arising out of or based upon any
omission, or alleged omission, to state a material fact required to be stated in
either any registration statement or any prospectus or necessary to make the
statements in either thereof not misleading; provided, however, that the Fund's
agreement to indemnify you, your officers or directors, and any such controlling
person shall not be deemed to cover any claims, demands, liabilities or expenses
arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in any registration statement or prospectus in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Fund by you
specifically for use in the preparation thereof. The Fund's agreement to
indemnify you, your officers and directors, and any such controlling person, as
aforesaid, is expressly conditioned upon the Fund's being notified of any action
brought against you, your officers or directors, or any such controlling person,
such notification to be given by letter or by telegram addressed to the Fund at
its address set forth above within ten days after the summons or other first
legal process shall have been served. The failure so to notify the Fund of any
such action shall not relieve the Fund from any liability which the Fund may
have to the person against whom such action is brought by reason of any such
untrue, or alleged untrue, statement or omission, or alleged omission, otherwise
than on account of the Fund's indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph
1.9. The Fund will be entitled to assume the defense of any suit brought to
enforce any such claim, demand or liability, but, in such case, such defense
shall be conducted by counsel of good standing chosen by the Fund and approved
by you. In the event the Fund elects to assume the defense of any such suit and
retain counsel of good standing approved by you, the defendant or defendants in
such suit shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by
any of them; but in case the Fund does not elect to assume the defense of any
such suit, or in case you do not approve of counsel chosen by the Fund, the Fund
will reimburse you, your officers and directors, or the controlling person or
persons named as defendant or defendants in such suit, for the fees and expenses
of any counsel retained by you or them. The Fund's indemnification agreement
contained in this paragraph 1.9 and the Fund's representations and warranties in
this agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of
any investigation made by or on behalf of you, your officers and directors, or
any controlling person, and shall survive the delivery of any Shares. This
agreement of indemnity will inure exclusively to your benefit, to the benefit of
your several officers and directors, and their respective estates, and to the
benefit of any controlling persons and their successors. The Fund agrees
promptly to notify you of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings
against the Fund or any of its officers or Board members in connection with the
issue and sale of Shares.
1.10 You agree to indemnify, defend and hold the Fund, its several
officers and Board members, and any person who controls the Fund within the
meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, free and
harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities and expenses
(including the cost of investigating or defending such claims, demands or
liabilities and any counsel fees incurred in connection therewith) which the
Fund, its officers or Board members, or any such controlling person, may incur
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under common law or otherwise,
but only to the extent that such liability or expense incurred by the Fund, its
officers or Board members, or such controlling person resulting from such claims
or demands, shall arise out of or be based upon any untrue, or alleged untrue,
statement of a material fact contained in information furnished in writing by
you to the Fund specifically for use in the Fund's registration statement and
used in the answers to any of the items of the registration statement or in the
corresponding statements made in the prospectus, or shall arise out of or be
based upon any omission, or alleged omission, to state a material fact in
connection with such information furnished in writing by you to the Fund and
required to be stated in such answers or necessary to make such information not
misleading. Your agreement to indemnify the Fund, its officers and Board
members, and any such controlling person, as aforesaid, is expressly conditioned
upon your being notified of any action brought against the Fund, its officers or
Board members, or any such controlling person, such notification to be given by
letter or telegram addressed to you at your address set forth above within ten
days after the summons or other first legal process shall have been served. You
shall have the right to control the defense of such action, with counsel of your
own choosing, satisfactory to the Fund, if such action is based solely upon such
alleged misstatement or omission on your part, and in any other event the Fund,
its officers or Board members, or such controlling person shall each have the
right to participate in the defense or preparation of the defense of any such
action. The failure so to notify you of any such action shall not relieve you
from any liability which you may have to the Fund, its officers or Board
members, or to such controlling person by reason of any such untrue, or alleged
untrue, statement or omission, or alleged omission, otherwise than on account of
your indemnity agreement contained in this paragraph 1.10. This agreement of
indemnity will inure exclusively to the Fund's benefit, to the benefit of the
Fund's officers and Board members, and their respective estates, and to the
benefit of any controlling persons and their successors.
You agree promptly to notify the Fund of the commencement of any
litigation or proceedings against you or any of your officers or directors in
connection with the issue and sale of Shares.
1.11 No Shares shall be offered by either you or the Fund under any of
the provisions of this agreement and no orders for the purchase or sale of such
Shares hereunder shall be accepted by the Fund if and so long as the
effectiveness of the registration statement then in effect or any necessary
amendments thereto shall be suspended under any of the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or if and so long as a current prospectus as
required by Section 10 of said Act, as amended, is not on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission; provided, however, that nothing contained in
this paragraph 1.11 shall in any way restrict or have an application to or
bearing upon the Fund's obligation to repurchase any Shares from any shareholder
in accordance with the provisions of the Fund's prospectus or charter documents.
1.12 The Fund agrees to advise you immediately in writing:
(a) of any request by the Securities and Exchange Commission
for amendments to the registration statement or prospectus then in
effect or for additional information;
(b) in the event of the issuance by the Securities and
Exchange Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the registration statement or prospectus then in effect or the
initiation of any proceeding for that purpose;
(c) of the happening of any event which makes untrue any
statement of a material fact made in the registration statement or
prospectus then in effect or which requires the making of a change in
such registration statement or prospectus in order to make the
statements therein not misleading; and
(d) of all actions of the Securities and Exchange Commission
with respect to any amendments to any registration statement or
prospectus which may from time to time be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
2. Offering Price
Shares of any class of the Fund offered for sale by you shall be
offered for sale at a price per share (the "offering price") approximately equal
to (a) their net asset value (determined in the manner set forth in the Fund's
charter documents) plus (b) a sales charge, if any and except to those persons
set forth in the then-current prospectus, which shall be the percentage of the
offering price of such Shares as set forth in the Fund's then-current
prospectus. The offering price, if not an exact multiple of one cent, shall be
adjusted to the nearest cent. In addition, Shares of any class of the Fund
offered for sale by you may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge as
set forth in the Fund's then-current prospectus. You shall be entitled to
receive any sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge in respect of the
Shares. Any payments to dealers shall be governed by a separate agreement
between you and such dealer and the Fund's then-current prospectus.
3. Term
This agreement shall continue until the date (the "Reapproval Date")
set forth on Exhibit A hereto (and, if the Fund has Series, a separate
Reapproval Date shall be specified on Exhibit A for each Series), and thereafter
shall continue automatically for successive annual periods ending on the day
(the "Reapproval Day") of each year set forth on Exhibit A hereto, provided such
continuance is specifically approved at least annually by (i) the Fund's Board
or (ii) vote of a majority (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of
the Shares of the Fund or the relevant Series, as the case may be, provided that
in either event its continuance also is approved by a majority of the Board
members who are not "interested persons" (as defined in said Act) of any party
to this agreement, by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of
voting on such approval. This agreement is terminable without penalty, on 60
days' notice, (a) by vote of holders of a majority of the Fund's or, as to any
relevant Series, such Series' outstanding voting securities, or (b) by the
Fund's Board as to the Fund or the relevant Series, as the case may be, or (c)
by you. This agreement also will terminate automatically, as to the Fund or
relevant Series, as the case may be, in the event of its assignment (as defined
in said Act).
4. Miscellaneous
4.1 The Fund recognizes that from time to time your directors,
officers, and employees may serve as trustees, directors, partners, officers,
and employees of other business trusts, corporations, partnerships, or other
entities (including other investment companies) and that such other entities may
include the name "Dreyfus" as part of their name, and that your corporation or
its affiliates may enter into distribution or other agreements with such other
entities. If you cease to act as the distributor of the Fund's shares or if The
Dreyfus Corporation ceases to act as the Fund's investment adviser, the Fund
agrees that, at the request of The Dreyfus Corporation, the Fund will take all
necessary action to change the name of the Fund to a name not including
"Dreyfus" in any form or combination of words.
4.2 This agreement has been executed on behalf of the Fund by the
undersigned officer of the Fund in his or her capacity as an officer of the
Fund. The obligations of this agreement shall only be binding upon the assets
and property of the Fund and shall not be binding upon any Board member, officer
or shareholder of the Fund individually.
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Please confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with your
understanding and indicate your acceptance hereof by signing below, whereupon it
shall become a binding agreement between us.
Very truly yours,
DREYFUS BASIC GNMA FUND
By:
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Accepted:
DREYFUS SERVICE CORPORATION
By:
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EXHIBIT A
REAPPROVAL DATE REAPPROVAL DAY
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November 9, 2000 November 9th
Exhibit (p)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Financial
Highlights" and "Counsel and Independent Auditors" and to the use of our
report dated February 14, 2000, which is incorporated by reference, in this
Registration Statement (Form N-1A No. 33-12660) of Dreyfus BASIC GNMA Fund.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
New York, New York
April 25, 2000
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND
SECURITIES TRADING POLICY
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INTRODUCTION ................................................... 1
PART I
APPLICABLE TO ALL ASSOCIATES
SECTION ONE
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION............................ 2
-Types of Confidential Information.................. 2
-Rules for Protecting Confidential Information...... 3
-Supplemental Procedures............................ 4
SECTION TWO
INSIDER TRADING AND TIPPING......................... 5
-Legal Prohibitions................................. 5
-Mellon's Policy.................................... 6
SECTION THREE
RESTRICTIONS ON THE FLOW OF INFORMATION
WITHIN MELLON (THE "CHINESE WALL").................. 7
-Rules for Maintaining the Chinese Wall............. 7
-Reporting Receipt of Material Nonpublic
Information........................................ 8
-Functions "Above the Wall"......................... 9
-Supplemental Procedures............................ 9
SECTION FOUR
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSACTIONS IN MELLON
SECURITIES..........................................10
-Beneficial Ownership...............................11
SECTION FIVE
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSACTIONS IN OTHER
SECURITIES..........................................12
SECTION SIX
CLASSIFICATION OF ASSOCIATES........................14
-Insider Risk Associate.............................14
-Investment Associate...............................15
-Other Associate....................................15
PART II
APPLICABLE TO INSIDER
RISK ASSOCIATES ONLY ...................................................16
-Prohibition on Investments in Securities of
Financial Services Organizations..................16
-Conflict of Interest..............................17
-Preclearance for Personal Securities
Transactions......................................17
-Personal Securities Transactions Reports..........19
-Confidential Treatment............................19
PART III
APPLICABLE TO INVESTMENT
ASSOCIATES ONLY ..................................................20
-Special Standards of Conduct for
Investment Associates............................20
-Preclearance for Personal Securities
Transactions.....................................21
-Personal Securities Transactions Reports.........23
-Confidential Treatment...........................24
PART IV
APPLICABLE TO OTHER
ASSOCIATES ONLY ..................................................25
-Preclearance for Personal Securities
Transactions.....................................25
-Personal Securities Transactions Reports.........25
-Restrictions on Transactions in Other
Securities.......................................25
-Confidential Treatment...........................26
PART V
APPLICABLE TO NONMANAGEMENT
BOARD MEMBERS ..................................................27
-Nonmanagement Board Member.......................27
-Standards of Conduct for Nonmanagement
Board Member.....................................27
-Preclearance for Personal Securities
Transactions.....................................28
-Personal Securities Transactions Reports.........29
-Confidential Treatment...........................29
GLOSSARY Definitions.......................................30
INDEX OF EXHIBITS .................................................33
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INTRODUCTION
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Mellon Bank Corporation ("Mellon") and its associates, and
the registered investment companies for which The Dreyfus
Corporation ("Dreyfus") and/or Mellon serves as investment
adviser, sub-investment adviser or administrator, are
subject to certain laws and regulations governing the use
of confidential information and personal securities
trading. Mellon has developed this Confidential Information
and Securities Trading Policy (the "Policy") to establish
specific standards to promote compliance with applicable
laws. Further, the Policy is intended to protect Mellon's
business secrets and proprietary information as well as
that of its customers and any entity for which it acts in a
fiduciary capacity.
The Policy set forth procedures and limitations which
govern the personal securities transactions of every Mellon
associate and certain other individuals associated with the
registered investment companies for which Dreyfus and/or
Mellon serves as investment adviser, sub-investment adviser
or administrator. The Policy is designed to reinforce
Mellon's reputation for integrity by avoiding even the
appearance of impropriety in the conduct of Mellon's
business.
Associates should be aware that they may be held personally
liable for any improper or illegal acts committed during
the course of their employment, and that "ignorance of the
law" is not a defense. Associates may be subject to civil
penalties such as fines, regulatory sanctions including
suspensions, as well as criminal penalties.
Associates outside the United States are also subject to
applicable laws of foreign jurisdictions, which may differ
substantially from U.S. law and which may subject such
associates to additional requirements. Such associates must
comply with applicable requirements of pertinent foreign
laws as well as with the provisions of the Policy. To the
extent any particular portion of the Policy is inconsistent
with foreign law, associates should consult the General
Counsel or the Manager of Corporate Compliance.
Any provision of this Policy may be waived or exempted at
the discretion of the Manager of Corporate Compliance. Any
such waiver or exemption will be evidenced in writing and
maintained in the Risk Management and Compliance
Department.
Associates must read the Policies and MUST COMPLY
with them. Failure to comply with the provisions
of the Policies may result in the imposition of
serious sanctions, including but not limited to
disgorgement of profits, dismissal, substantial
personal liability and referral to law enforcement
agencies or other regulatory agencies. Associates
should retain the Policies in their records for
future reference. Any questions regarding the
Policies should be referred to the Manager of
Corporate Compliance or his/her designee.
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PART I - APPLICABLE TO ALL ASSOCIATES
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SECTION ONE
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
As an associate you may receive information about Mellon,
its customers and other parties that, for various reasons,
should be treated as confidential. All associates are
expected to strictly comply with measures necessary to
preserve the confidentiality of information.
TYPES OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION - Although it is
impossible to provide an exhaustive list of information
that should remain confidential, the following are examples
of the general types of confidential information that
associates might receive in the ordinary course of carrying
out their job responsibilities.
o Information Obtained from Business Relations - An associate
might receive confidential information regarding customers
or other parties with whom Mellon has business
relationships. If released, such information could have a
significant effect on their operations, their business
reputations or the market price of their securities.
Disclosing such information could expose both the associate
and Mellon to liability for damages.
o Mellon Financial Information - An associate might receive
financial information regarding Mellon before such
information has been disclosed to the public. It is the
policy of Mellon to disclose all material corporate
information to the public in such a manner that all those
who are interested in Mellon and its securities have equal
access to the information. Disclosing such information to
unauthorized persons could subject both the associate and
Mellon to liability under the federal securities laws.
o Mellon Proprietary Information - Certain nonfinancial
information developed by Mellon - such as business plans,
customer lists, methods of doing business, computer
software, source codes, databases and related documentation
- constitutes valuable Mellon proprietary information.
Disclosure of such information to unauthorized persons
could harm, or reduce a benefit to, Mellon and could result
in liability for both the associate and Mellon.
o Mellon Examination Information - Banks and certain other
Mellon subsidiaries are periodically examined by regulatory
agencies. Certain reports made by those regulatory agencies
are the property of those agencies and are strictly
confidential. Giving information from these reports to
anyone not officially connected with Mellon is a criminal
offense.
o Portfolio Management Information - Portfolio management
information relating to investment accounts or funds
managed by Mellon or Dreyfus, including investment
decisions or strategies developed for the benefit of
investment companies advised by Dreyfus, is for the benefit
of such account or fund. Disclosure or exploitation of such
information by an associate in an unauthorized manner may
cause detriment to such accounts or funds and may subject
the associate to liability under the federal securities
laws.
RULES FOR PROTECTING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION - The
following are some basic rules to follow to protect
confidential information.
o Limited Communication to Outsiders - Confidential
information should not be communicated to anyone outside
Mellon, except to the extent they need to know the
information in order to provide necessary services to
Mellon.
o Limited Communication to Insiders - Confidential
information should not be communicated to other associates,
except to the extent they need to know the information to
fulfill their job responsibilities and their knowledge of
the information is not likely to result in misuse or a
conflict of interest. In this regard, Mellon has
established specific restrictions with respect to material
nonpublic information in order to separate and insulate
different functional areas and personnel within Mellon.
Please refer to Section Three, "Restrictions on The Flow of
Information Within Mellon" (The "Chinese Wall").
o Corporate Use Only - Confidential information should be
used only for Corporate purposes. Under no circumstances
may an associate use it, directly or indirectly, for
personal gain or for the benefit of any outside party who
is not entitled to such information.
o Other Customers - Where appropriate, customers should be
made aware that associates will not disclose to them other
customers' confidential information or use the confidential
information of one customer for the benefit of another.
o Notification of Confidentiality - When confidential
information is communicated to any person, either inside or
outside Mellon, they should be informed of the
information's confidential nature and the limitations on
its further communication.
o Prevention of Eavesdropping - Confidential matters should
not be discussed in public or in places, such as in
building lobbies, restaurants or elevators, where
unauthorized persons may overhear. Precautions, such as
locking materials in desk drawers overnight, stamping
material "Confidential" and delivering materials in sealed
envelopes, should be taken with written materials to ensure
they are not read by unauthorized persons.
o Data Protection - Data stored on personal computers and
diskettes should be properly secured to ensure they are not
accessed by unauthorized persons. Access to computer files
should be granted only on a need-to-know basis. At a
minimum, associates should comply with applicable Mellon
policies on electronic data security.
o Confidentiality Agreements - Confidentiality agreements to
which Mellon is a party must be complied with in addition
to, but not in lieu of, this Policy. Confidentiality
agreements that deviate from commonly used forms should be
reviewed in advance by the Legal Department.
o Contact with the Public - All contacts with institutional
shareholders or securities analysts about Mellon must be
made through the Investor Relations Division of the Finance
Department. All contacts with the media and all speeches or
other public statements made on behalf of Mellon or about
Mellon's businesses must be cleared in advance by Corporate
Affairs. In speeches and statements not made on behalf of
Mellon, care should be taken to avoid any implication that
Mellon endorses the views expressed.
SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEDURES - Mellon entities, departments,
divisions and groups should establish their own
supplemental procedures for protecting confidential
information, as appropriate. These procedures may include:
o establishing records retention and destruction policies;
o using code names;
o limiting the staffing of confidential matters (for example,
limiting the size of working groups and the use of
temporary employees, messengers and word processors); and
o requiring written confidentiality agreements from certain
associates.
Any supplemental procedures should be used only to protect
confidential information and not to circumvent appropriate
reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
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SECTION TWO
INSIDER TRADING AND TIPPING
LEGAL PROHIBITIONS - Federal securities laws generally
prohibit the trading of securities while in possession of
"material nonpublic" information regarding the issuer of
those securities (insider trading). Any person who passes
along the material nonpublic information upon which a trade
is based (tipping) may also be liable.
"Material" - Information is material if there is a
substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor would
consider it important in deciding whether to buy, sell or
hold securities. Obviously, information that would affect
the market price of a security would be material. Examples
of information that might be material include:
o a proposal or agreement for a merger, acquisition or
divestiture, or for the sale or purchase of substantial
assets;
o tender offers, which are often material for the party
making the tender offer as well as for the issuer of the
securities for which the tender offer is made;
o dividend declarations or changes;
o extraordinary borrowings or liquidity problems;
o defaults under agreements or actions by creditors,
customers or suppliers relating to a company's credit
standing;
o earnings and other financial information, such as large
or unusual write-offs, write-downs, profits or losses;
o pending discoveries or developments, such as new products,
sources of materials, patents, processes, inventions or
discoveries of mineral deposits;
o a proposal or agreement concerning a financial
restructuring;
o a proposal to issue or redeem securities, or a
development with respect to a pending issuance or
redemption of securities;
o a significant expansion or contraction of operations;
o information about major contracts or increases or
decreases in orders;
o the institution of, or a development in, litigation or a
regulatory proceeding;
o developments regarding a company's senior management;
o information about a company received from a director of
that company; and
o information regarding a company's possible noncompliance
with environmental protection laws.
This list is not exhaustive. All relevant circumstances
must be considered when determining whether an item of
information is material.
"Nonpublic" - Information about a company is nonpublic if
it is not generally available to the investing public.
Information received under circumstances indicating that it
is not yet in general circulation and which may be
attributable, directly or indirectly, to the company or its
insiders is likely to be deemed nonpublic information.
If an associate can refer to some public source to show
that the information is generally available (that is,
available not from inside sources only) and that enough
time has passed to allow wide dissemination of the
information, the information is likely to be deemed public.
While information appearing in widely accessible sources -
such as newspapers - becomes public very soon after
publication, information appearing in less accessible
sources - such as regulatory filings - may take up to
several days to be deemed public. Similarly, highly complex
information might take longer to become public than would
information that is easily understood by the average
investor.
MELLON'S POLICY - Associates who possess material nonpublic
information about a company - whether that company is
Mellon, another Mellon entity, a Mellon customer or
supplier, or other company - may not trade in that
company's securities, either for their own accounts or for
any account over which they exercise investment discretion.
In addition, associates may not recommend trading in those
securities and may not pass the information along to
others, except to associates who need to know the
information in order to perform their job responsibilities
with Mellon. These prohibitions remain in effect until the
information has become public.
Associates who have investment responsibilities should take
appropriate steps to avoid receiving material nonpublic
information. Receiving such information could create severe
limitations on their ability to carry out their
responsibilities to Mellon's fiduciary customers.
Associates managing the work of consultants and temporary
employees who have access to the types of confidential
information described in this Policy are responsible for
ensuring that consultants and temporary employees are aware
of Mellon's policy and the consequences of noncompliance.
Questions regarding Mellon's policy on material nonpublic
information, or specific information that might be subject
to it, should be referred to the General Counsel.
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SECTION THREE
RESTRICTIONS ON THE FLOW OF
INFORMATION WITHIN MELLON
(THE "CHINESE WALL")
As a diversified financial services organization, Mellon
faces unique challenges in complying with the prohibitions
on insider trading and tipping of material nonpublic
information and misuse of confidential information. This is
because one Mellon unit might have material nonpublic
information about a company while other Mellon units may
have a desire, or even a fiduciary duty, to buy or sell
that company's securities or recommend such purchases or
sales to customers. To engage in such broad-ranging
financial services activities without violating laws or
breaching Mellon's fiduciary duties, Mellon has established
a "Chinese Wall" policy applicable to all associates. The
"Chinese Wall" separates the Mellon units or individuals
that are likely to receive material nonpublic information
(Potential Insider Functions) from the Mellon units or
individuals that either trade in securities - for Mellon's
account or for the accounts of others - or provide
investment advice (Investment Functions).
Examples of Potential Insider Functions - Potential Insider
Functions include, among others, certain commercial
lending, corporate finance, and credit policy areas.
Insider Risk Associates (see Section Six, "Insider Risk
Associates") should consider themselves to be in Potential
Insider Functions unless their particular job
responsibilities clearly indicate otherwise.
Examples of Investment Functions - Investment Functions
include, among others, securities sales and trading,
investment management and advisory services, investment
research and various trust or fiduciary functions.
RULES FOR MAINTAINING THE "CHINESE WALL" - Without the
prior approval of the General Counsel, material nonpublic
information obtained by anyone in a Potential Insider
Function should not be communicated to anyone in an
Investment Function. To reduce the risk of material
nonpublic information being communicated, communications
between these associates in these functions must be limited
to the maximum extent consistent with valid business needs.
Particular rules -
o File Restrictions - Associates in Investment Functions must
not have access to commercial credit files, corporate
finance files, or any other Potential Insider Function
files that might contain material nonpublic information.
All such files that contain material nonpublic information
should be marked as "Confidential" and, if feasible,
segregated from nonconfidential files.
o Electronic Data - Associates in Investment Functions must
not have access to personal computer or word processing
files of associates in Potential Insider Functions.
o Meetings - Associates in Investment Functions must not
attend meetings between customers and associates in
Potential Insider Functions unless appropriate steps have
been taken to ensure that material nonpublic information
will not be disclosed or discussed.
o Committee Service - Without the prior approval of the
General Counsel, associates other than those "Above the
Wall" (see page 9) must not serve simultaneously on a
committee having responsibility for any Investment Function
and a committee having responsibility for any Potential
Insider Function.
o Information Requests - Requests for nonmaterial information
or public information across the "Chinese Wall" should be
made in writing to an appropriate associate in the
applicable area. Associates sending or receiving such a
request should resolve any questions regarding the
materiality or nonpublic nature of the requested
information by consulting their department head, who will
contact the General Counsel, as appropriate.
o Information Backflow - Associates should take care to avoid
inadvertent backflow of information that may be interpreted
as the prohibited communication of material nonpublic
information. For example, the mere fact that someone in a
Potential Insider Function, such as a mergers and
acquisitions specialist, requests information from an
associate in an Investment Function could give the latter
person a clue as to possible material developments
affecting a customer.
o Customers - Associates in Investment Functions must not
state or imply to customers that associates making
decisions or recommendations will have the benefit of
information from Mellon's Potential Insider Functions. When
appropriate, associates should inform customers of Mellon's
"Chinese Wall" policy.
o Conflicts of Interest - Associates should not receive or
pass on any information that would create an undue risk of
Mellon or any associate having a conflict of interest or
breaching a fiduciary obligation.
REPORTING RECEIPT OF MATERIAL NONPUBLIC INFORMATION -
Associates in Investment Functions who receive any
suspected material nonpublic information must report such
receipt promptly to their department or entity head. A
department or entity head who receives information believed
to be material and nonpublic should report the matter
promptly to the General Counsel. If the General Counsel
determines that the information is material and nonpublic,
the affected department or entity will:
o immediately suspend all trading in the securities of the
issuer to which the information applies, as well as all
recommendations with respect to such securities. The
suspension will remain in effect as long as the information
remains both material and nonpublic.
O notify the General Counsel before resuming transactions or
recommendations in the affected securities. The General
Counsel will advise as to possible further steps, including
ascertaining the validity and nonpublic nature of the
information with the issuer of the securities; requesting
the issuer of the securities, or other appropriate parties,
to disseminate the information promptly to the public if
the information is valid and nonpublic; and publishing the
information.
In certain circumstances, the department or entity head may
be able to demonstrate conclusively that the receipt of the
material nonpublic information has been confined to an
individual or small group of individuals and that measures
other than those described above will comparably reduce the
likelihood of trading on the basis of the information.
These measures might include temporarily relieving
individuals of responsibility for any Investment Functions
and preventing any contact between those individuals and
associates in Investment Functions. In these circumstances,
the department head, with the approval of the General
Counsel, may take those measures rather than the measures
described above.
FUNCTIONS "ABOVE THE WALL" - Some functions at Mellon are
deemed to be "Above the Wall." For example, members of
senior management, Auditing, Risk Management and
Compliance, and the Legal Department will typically need to
have access to information on both sides of the "Chinese
Wall" to carry out their job responsibilities. These
individuals cannot rely on the procedural safeguards of the
"Chinese Wall" and, therefore, need to be particularly
careful to avoid any improper use or dissemination of
material nonpublic information.
SUPPLEMENTAL PROCEDURES - As appropriate, certain Mellon
departments or areas, such as Mellon Trust, should
establish their own procedures to reduce the possibility of
information being communicated to associates who should not
have access to that information.
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SECTION FOUR
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSACTIONS
IN MELLON SECURITIES
Associates who engage in transactions involving Mellon
securities should be aware of their unique responsibilities
with respect to such transactions arising from the
employment relationship and should be sensitive to even the
appearance of impropriety.
The following restrictions apply to all transactions in
Mellon's publicly traded securities occurring in the
associate's own account and in all other accounts over
which the associate could be expected to exercise influence
or control (see provisions under "Beneficial Ownership"
below for a more complete discussion of the accounts to
which these restrictions apply). These restrictions are to
be followed in addition to any restrictions that apply to
particular officers or directors (such as restrictions
under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
o Short Sales - Short sales of Mellon securities by
associates are prohibited.
o Sales Within 60 Days of Purchase - Sales of Mellon
securities within 60 days of acquisition are prohibited.
For purposes of the 60-day holding period, securities will
be deemed to be equivalent if one is convertible into the
other, if one entails a right to purchase or sell the
other, or if the value of one is expressly dependent on the
value of the other (e.g., derivative securities).
In cases of extreme hardship, associates (other than senior
management) may obtain permission to dispose of Mellon
securities acquired within 60 days of the proposed
transaction, provided the transaction is pre-cleared with
the Manager of Corporate Compliance and any profits earned
are disgorged in accordance with procedures established by
senior management. The Manager of Corporate Compliance
reserves the right to suspend the 60-day holding period
restriction in the event of severe market disruption.
o Margin Transactions - Purchases on margin of Mellon's
publicly traded securities by associates is prohibited.
Margining Mellon securities in connection with a cashless
exercise of an employee stock option through the Human
Resources Department is exempt from this restriction.
Further, Mellon securities may be used to collateralize
loans or the acquisition of securities other than those
issued by Mellon.
o Option Transactions - Option transactions involving
Mellon's publicly traded securities are prohibited.
Transactions under Mellon's Long-Term Incentive Plan or
other associate option plans are exempt from this
restriction.
o Major Mellon Events - Associates who have knowledge of
major Mellon events that have not yet been announced are
prohibited from buying and selling Mellon's publicly traded
securities before such public announcements, even if the
associate believes the event does not constitute material
nonpublic information.
o Mellon Blackout Period - Associates are prohibited from
buying or selling Mellon's publicly traded securities
during a blackout period, which begins the 16th day of the
last month of each calendar quarter and ends three business
days after Mellon publicly announces the financial results
for that quarter. In cases of extreme hardship, associates
(other than senior management) may request permission from
the Manager of Corporate Compliance to dispose of Mellon
securities during the blackout period.
BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP - The provisions discussed above apply
to transactions in the associate's own name and to all
other accounts over which the associate could be expected
to exercise influence or control, including:
o accounts of a spouse, minor children or relatives to whom
substantial support is contributed;
o accounts of any other member of the associate's household
(e.g., a relative living in the same home);
o trust accounts for which the associate acts as trustee or
otherwise exercises any type of guidance or influence;
o Corporate accounts controlled, directly or indirectly, by
the associate;
o arrangements similar to trust accounts that are established
for bona fide financial purposes and benefit the associate;
and
o any other account for which the associate is the beneficial
owner (see Glossary for a more complete legal definition of
"beneficial owner").
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SECTION FIVE
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSACTIONS
IN OTHER SECURITIES
Purchases or sales by an associate of the securities of
issuers with which Mellon does business, or other third
party issuers, could result in liability on the part of
such associate. Associates should be sensitive to even the
appearance of impropriety in connection with their personal
securities transactions. Associates should refer to the
provisions under "Beneficial Ownership" (Section Four,
"Restrictions on Transactions in Mellon Securities"), which
are equally applicable to the following provisions.
The Mellon Code of Conduct contains certain restrictions on
investments in parties that do business with Mellon.
Associates should refer to the Code of Conduct and comply
with such restrictions in addition to the restrictions and
reporting requirements set forth below.
The following restrictions apply to all securities
transactions by associates:
o Credit or Advisory Relationship - Associate may not buy or
sell securities of a company if they are considering
granting, renewing or denying any credit facility to that
company or acting as an adviser to that company with
respect to its securities. In addition, lending associates
who have assigned responsibilities in a specific industry
group are not permitted to trade securities in that
industry. This prohibition does not apply to transactions
in securities issued by open-end investment companies.
o Customer Transactions - Trading for customers and Mellon
accounts should always take precedence over associates'
transactions for their own or related accounts.
o Front Running - Associates may not engage in "front
running," that is, the purchase or sale of securities for
their own accounts on the basis of their knowledge of
Mellon's trading positions or plans.
o Initial Public Offerings - Mellon prohibits its associates
from acquiring any securities in an initial public offering
("IPO").
o Margin Transactions - Margin trading is a highly leveraged
and relatively risky method of investing that can create
particular problems for financial services employees. For
this reason, all associates are urged to avoid margin
trading.
Prior to establishing a margin account, the associate must
obtain the written permission of the Manager of Corporate
Compliance. Any associate having a margin account prior to
the effective date of this Policy must notify the Manager
of Corporate Compliance of the existence of such account.
All associates having margin accounts, other than described
below, must designate the Manager of Corporate Compliance
as an interested party on that account. Associates must
ensure that the Manager of Corporate Compliance promptly
receives copies of all trade confirmations and statements
relating to the account directly from the broker. If
requested by a brokerage firm, please contact the Manager
of Corporate Compliance to obtain a letter (sometimes
referred to as a "407 letter") granting permission to
maintain a margin account. Trade confirmations and
statements are not required on margin accounts established
at Dreyfus Investment Services Corporation for the sole
purpose of cashless exercises of employee stock options. In
addition, products may be offered by a broker/dealer that,
because of their characteristics, are considered margin
accounts but have been determined by the Manager of
Corporate Compliance to be outside the scope of this Policy
(e.g., a Cash Management Account which provides overdraft
protection for the customer). Any questions regarding the
establishment, use and reporting of margin accounts should
be directed to the Manager of Corporate Compliance.
Examples of an instruction letter to a broker are shown in
Exhibits B1 and B2.
o Material Nonpublic Information - Associates possessing
material nonpublic information regarding any issuer of
securities must refrain from purchasing or selling
securities of that issuer until the information becomes
public or is no longer considered material.
o Naked Options, Excessive Trading - Mellon discourages all
associates from engaging in short-term or speculative
trading, in trading naked options, in trading that could be
deemed excessive or in trading that could interfere with an
associate's job responsibilities.
o Private Placements - Associates are prohibited from
acquiring any security in a private placement unless they
obtain the prior written approval of the Preclearance
Compliance Officer (applicable only to Investment
Associates), the Manager of Corporate Compliance and the
associate's department head. Approval must be given by all
appropriate aforementioned persons for the acquisition to
be considered approved. After receipt of the necessary
approvals and the acquisition, associates are required to
disclose that investment when they participate in any
subsequent consideration of an investment in the issuer for
an advised account. Final decision to acquire such
securities for an advised account will be subject to
independent review.
o Scalping - Associates may not engage in "scalping," that
is, the purchase or sale of securities for their own or
Mellon's accounts on the basis of knowledge of customers'
trading positions or plans or Mellon's forthcoming
investment recommendations.
o Short-Term Trading - Associates are discouraged from
purchasing and selling, or from selling and purchasing, the
same (or equivalent) securities within 60 calendar days.
With respect to Investment Associates only, any profits
realized on such short-term trades must be disgorged in
accordance with procedures established by senior
management.
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SECTION SIX
CLASSIFICATION OF ASSOCIATES
Associates are engaged in a wide variety of activities for
Mellon. In light of the nature of their activities and the
impact of federal and state laws and the regulations
thereunder, the Policy imposes different requirements and
limitations on associates based on the nature of their
activities for Mellon. To assist the associates in
complying with the requirements and limitations imposed on
them in light of their activities, associates are
classified into one of three categories: Insider Risk
Associate, Investment Associate and Other Associate.
Appropriate requirements and limitations are specified in
the Policy based upon the associate's classification.
INSIDER RISK ASSOCIATE -
You are considered to be an Insider Risk Associate if you
are:
o employed in any of the following departments or functional
areas, however named, of a Mellon entity other than Dreyfus
(see Glossary for definition of "Dreyfus"):
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- Capital Markets - Leasing
- Corporate Affairs - Legal
- Credit Policy - Mellon Business Credit
- Credit Recovery - Middle Market
- Credit Review - Portfolio and Funds Management
- Domestic Corporate Banking - Risk Management and Compliance
- Finance - Strategic Planning
- Institutional Banking - Wholesale, Administration and
Operations
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o a member of the Mellon Senior Management Committee,
provided that those members of the Mellon Senior Management
Committee who have management responsibility for fiduciary
activities or who routinely have access to information
about customers' securities transactions are considered to
be Investment Associates and are subject to those
provisions of the Policy pertaining to Investment
Associates;
o employed by a broker/dealer subsidiary of a Mellon
entity other than Dreyfus;
o an associate in the Stock Transfer business unit and have
been specifically designated as an Insider Risk Associate
by the Manager of Corporate Compliance; or
o an associate specifically designated as an Insider Risk
Associate by the Manager of Corporate Compliance.
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INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE -
You are considered to be an Investment Associate if you
are:
o a member of Mellon's Senior Management Committee who, as
part of his/her usual duties, has management responsibility
for fiduciary activities or routinely has access to
information about customers' securities transactions;
o a Dreyfus associate;
o an associate of a Mellon entity registered under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
o employed in the trust area of Mellon and:
- have the title of Vice President, First Vice President
or Senior Vice President; or
- have access to material, confidential information
regarding securities transactions by or on behalf of
Mellon customers; or
o an associate specifically designated as an Investment
Associate by the Manager of Corporate Compliance.
OTHER ASSOCIATE -
You are considered to be an Other Associate if you are an
associate of Mellon Bank Corporation or any of its direct
or indirect subsidiaries who is not either an Insider Risk
Associate or an Investment Associate.
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PART II - APPLICABLE TO INSIDER
RISK ASSOCIATES ONLY
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PROHIBITION ON INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES OF FINANCIAL
SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS
You are prohibited from acquiring any security issued by a
financial services organization if you are:
o a member of the Mellon Senior Management Committee. For
purposes of this restriction only, this prohibition also
applies to those members of the Mellon Senior Management
Committee who are considered Investment Associates.
o employed in any of the following departments of a Mellon
entity other than Dreyfus (see Glossary for definition of
"Dreyfus"):
- Strategic Planning - Finance
- Institutional Banking - Legal
o an associate specifically designated by the Manager of
Corporate Compliance and informed that this prohibition is
applicable to you.
Financial Services Organizations - The term "security
issued by a financial services organization" includes any
security issued by:
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- Insurance Companies - Broker/Dealers
- Investment Advisory Companies - Transfer Agents
- Shareholder Servicing - Other Depository
Companies Institutions
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The term "securities issued by a financial services
organization" DOES NOT INCLUDE securities issued by mutual
funds, variable annuities or insurance policies. Further,
for purposes of determining whether a company is a
financial services organization, subsidiaries and parent
companies are treated as separate issuers.
Effective Date - The foregoing restrictions will be
effective upon adoption of this Policy. Securities of
financial services organizations properly acquired before
the later of the effective date of this Policy or the date
of hire may be maintained or disposed of at the owner's
discretion.
Additional securities of a financial services organization
acquired through the reinvestment of the dividends paid by
such financial services organization through a dividend
reinvestment program (DRIP) are not subject to this
prohibition, provided your election to participate in the
DRIP predates the later of the effective date of this
Policy or date of hire. Optional cash purchases through a
DRIP are subject to this prohibition.
Within 30 days of the later of the effective date of this
Policy or date of becoming subject to this prohibition, all
holdings of securities of financial services organizations
must be disclosed in writing to the Manager of Corporate
Compliance. Periodically, you will be asked to file an
updated disclosure of all your holdings of securities of
financial services organizations.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST - No Insider Risk Associate may engage
in or recommend any securities transaction that places, or
appears to place, his or her own interests above those of
any customer to whom investment services are rendered,
including mutual funds and managed accounts, or above the
interests of Mellon.
PRECLEARANCE FOR PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS - All
Insider Risk Associates must notify the Manager of
Corporate Compliance in writing and receive preclearance
before they engage in any purchase or sale of a security.
Insider Risk Associates should refer to the provisions
under "Beneficial Ownership" (Section Four, "Restrictions
on Transactions in Mellon Securities"), which are equally
applicable to these provisions.
Exemptions from Requirement to Preclear - Preclearance is
not required for the following transactions:
O purchases or sales of Exempt Securities (see Glossary);
o purchases or sales of municipal bonds;
o purchases or sales effected in any account over which an
associate has no direct or indirect control over the
investment decision-making process (e.g., nondiscretionary
trading accounts). Nondiscretionary trading accounts may
only be maintained, without being subject to preclearance
procedures, when the Manager of Corporate Compliance, after
a thorough review, is satisfied that the account is truly
nondiscretionary;
o transactions that are non-volitional on the part of an
associate (such as stock dividends);
o the sale of stock received upon the exercise of an
associate stock option if the sale is part of a "netting of
shares" or "cashless exercise" administered by the Human
Resources Department (for which the Human Resources
Department will forward information to the Manager of
Corporate Compliance);
o the automatic reinvestment of dividends under a DRIP
(preclearance is required for optional cash purchases under
a DRIP);
o purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an
issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of securities, to
the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer;
o sales of rights acquired from an issuer, as described
above; and/or
O those situations where the Manager of Corporate Compliance
determines, after taking into consideration the particular
facts and circumstances, that prior approval is not
necessary.
Requests for Preclearance - All requests for preclearance
for a securities transaction shall be submitted to the
Manager of Corporate Compliance by completing a
Preclearance Request Form (see Exhibit C1).
The Manager of Corporate Compliance will notify the Insider
Risk Associate whether the request is approved or denied,
without disclosing the reason for such approval or denial.
Notifications may be given in writing or verbally by the
Manager of Corporate Compliance to the Insider Risk
Associate. A record of such notification will be maintained
by the Manager of Corporate Compliance. However, it shall
be the responsibility of the Insider Risk Associate to
obtain a written record of the Manager of Corporate
Compliance's notification within 24 hours of such
notification. The Insider Risk Associate should retain a
copy of this written record.
As there could be many reasons for preclearance being
granted or denied, Insider Risk Associates should not infer
from the preclearance response anything regarding the
security for which preclearance was requested.
Although making a preclearance request does not obligate an
Insider Risk Associate to do the transaction, it should be
noted that:
o preclearance authorization will expire at the end of the
third business day after it is received (the day
authorization is granted is considered the first business
day);
O preclearance requests should not be made for a
transaction that the Insider Risk Associate does not
intend to make; and
o Insider Risk Associates should not discuss with anyone
else, inside or outside Mellon, the response they received
to a preclearance request.
Every Insider Risk Associate must follow these procedures
or risk serious sanctions, including dismissal. If you have
any questions about these procedures you should consult the
Manager of Corporate Compliance. Interpretive issues that
arise under these procedures shall be decided by, and are
subject to the discretion of, the Manager of Corporate
Compliance.
Restricted List - The Manager of Corporate Compliance will
maintain a list (the "Restricted List") of companies whose
securities are deemed appropriate for implementation of
trading restrictions for Insider Risk Associates.
Restricted List(s) will not be distributed outside of the
Risk Management and Compliance Department. From time to
time, such trading restrictions may be appropriate to
protect Mellon and its Insider Risk Associates from
potential violations, or the appearance of violations, of
securities laws. The inclusion of a company on the
Restricted List provides no indication of the advisability
of an investment in the company's securities or the
existence of material nonpublic information on the company.
Nevertheless, the contents of the Restricted List will be
treated as confidential information to avoid unwarranted
inferences.
To assist the Manager of Corporate Compliance in
identifying companies that may be appropriate for inclusion
on the Restricted List, the department heads of sections in
which Insider Risk Associates are employed will inform the
Manager of Corporate Compliance in writing of any companies
they believe should be included on the Restricted List,
based upon facts known or readily available to such
department heads. Although the reasons for inclusion on the
Restricted List may vary, they could typically include the
following:
o Mellon is involved as a lender, investor or adviser in a
merger, acquisition or financial restructuring involving
the company;
o Mellon is involved as a selling shareholder in a public
distribution of the company's securities;
o Mellon is involved as an agent in the distribution of the
company's securities;
o Mellon has received material nonpublic information on the
company;
o Mellon is considering the exercise of significant
creditors' rights against the company; or
o The company is a Mellon borrower in Credit Recovery.
Department heads of sections in which Insider Risk
Associates are employed are also responsible for notifying
the Manager of Corporate Compliance in writing of any
change in circumstances making it appropriate to remove a
company from the Restricted List.
PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS REPORTS
o Brokerage Accounts - All Insider Risk Associates are
required to instruct their brokers to submit directly to
the Manager of Corporate Compliance copies of all trade
confirmations and statements relating to their account. An
example of an instruction letter to a broker is contained
in Exhibit B1.
o Report of Transactions in Mellon Securities - Insider Risk
Associates must also report in writing to the Manager of
Corporate Compliance within ten calendar days whenever they
purchase or sell Mellon securities if the transaction was
not through a brokerage account as described above.
Purchases and sales of Mellon securities include the
following:
DRIP Optional Cash Purchases - Optional cash purchases
under Mellon's Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Mellon DRIP").
Stock Options - The sale of stock received upon the
exercise of an associate stock option unless the sale is
part of a "netting of shares" or "cashless exercise"
administered by the Human Resources Department (for which
the Human Resources Department will forward information to
the Manager of Corporate Compliance).
It should be noted that the reinvestment of dividends under
the DRIP, changes in elections under Mellon's Retirement
Savings Plan, the receipt of stock under Mellon's
Restricted Stock Award Plan and the receipt or exercise of
options under Mellon's Long-Term Profit Incentive Plan are
not considered purchases or sales for the purpose of this
reporting requirement.
An example of a written report to the Manager of Corporate
Compliance is contained in Exhibit A.
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
THE MANAGER OF CORPORATE COMPLIANCE WILL USE HIS OR HER
BEST EFFORTS TO ASSURE THAT ALL REQUESTS FOR PRECLEARANCE,
ALL PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ALL REPORTS
OF SECURITIES HOLDINGS ARE TREATED AS "PERSONAL AND
CONFIDENTIAL." HOWEVER, SUCH DOCUMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR INSPECTION BY APPROPRIATE REGULATORY AGENCIES AND BY
OTHER PARTIES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE MELLON AS ARE NECESSARY TO
EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH OR SANCTIONS UNDER THIS POLICY.
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PART III - APPLICABLE TO
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES ONLY
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Because of their particular responsibilities, Investment
Associates are subject to different preclearance and
personal securities reporting requirements as discussed
below.
SPECIAL STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES
Conflict of Interest - No Investment Associate may
recommend a securities transaction for a Mellon customer to
whom a fiduciary duty is owed, or for Mellon, without
disclosing any interest he or she has in such securities or
issuer (other than an interest in publicly traded
securities where the total investment is equal to or less
than $25,000), including:
o any direct or indirect beneficial ownership of any
securities of such issuer;
o any contemplated transaction by the Investment Associate in
such securities;
o any position with such issuer or its affiliates; and
o any present or proposed business relationship between such
issuer or its affiliates and the Investment Associate or
any party in which the Investment Associate has a
beneficial ownership interest (see "Beneficial Ownership"
in Section Four, "Restrictions On Transactions in Mellon
Securities").
Portfolio Information - No Investment Associate may divulge
the current portfolio positions, or current or anticipated
portfolio transactions, programs or studies, of Mellon or
any Mellon customer to anyone unless it is properly within
his or her job responsibilities to do so.
Material Nonpublic Information - No Investment Associate
may engage in or recommend a securities transaction, for
his or her own benefit or for the benefit of others,
including Mellon or its customers, while in possession of
material nonpublic information regarding such securities.
No Investment Associate may communicate material nonpublic
information to others unless it is properly within his or
her job responsibilities to do so.
Short-Term Trading - Any Investment Associate who purchases
and sells, or sells and purchases, the same (or equivalent)
securities within any 60-calendar-day period is required to
disgorge all profits realized on such transaction in
accordance with procedures established by senior
management. For this purpose, securities will be deemed to
be equivalent if one is convertible into the other, if one
entails a right to purchase or sell the other, or if the
value of one is expressly dependent on the value of the
other (e.g., derivative securities).
Additional Restrictions For Dreyfus Associates and
Associates of Mellon Entities Registered Under The
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ONLY ("40 Act
Associates")
o Outside Activities - No 40 Act associate may serve on the
board of directors/trustees or as a general partner of any
publicly traded company (other than Mellon) without the
prior approval of the Manager of Corporate Compliance.
o Gifts - All 40 Act associates are prohibited from accepting
gifts from outside companies, or their representatives,
with an exception for gifts of (1) a de minimis value and
(2) an occasional meal, a ticket to a sporting event or the
theater, or comparable entertainment for the 40 Act
associate and, if appropriate, a guest, which is neither so
frequent nor extensive as to raise any question of
impropriety. A gift shall be considered de minimis if it
does not exceed an annual amount per person fixed
periodically by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, which is currently $100 per person.
o Blackout Period - 40 Act associates will not be given
clearance to execute a transaction in any security that is
being considered for purchase or sale by an affiliated
investment company, managed account or trust, for which a
pending buy or sell order for such affiliated account is
pending, and for two business days after the transaction in
such security for such affiliated account has been
effected. This provision does not apply to transactions
effected or contemplated by index funds.
In addition, portfolio managers for the investment
companies are prohibited from buying or selling a security
within seven calendar days before and after such investment
company trades in that security. Any violation of the
foregoing will require the violator to disgorge all profit
realized with respect to such transaction.
PRECLEARANCE FOR PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS - All
Investment Associates must notify the Preclearance
Compliance Officer (see Glossary) in writing and receive
preclearance before they engage in any purchase or sale of
a security.
Exemptions from Requirement to Preclear - Preclearance is
not required for the following transactions:
o purchases or sales of "Exempt Securities" (see Glossary);
o purchases or sales effected in any account over which an
associate has no direct or indirect control over the
investment decision-making process (i.e., nondiscretionary
trading accounts). Nondiscretionary trading accounts may
only be maintained, without being subject to preclearance
procedures, when the Preclearance Compliance Officer, after
a thorough review, is satisfied that the account is truly
nondiscretionary;
O transactions which are non-volitional on the part of an
associate (such as stock dividends);
o the sale of stock received upon the exercise of an
associate stock option if the sale is part of a "netting of
shares" or "cashless exercise" administered by the Human
Resources Department (for which the Human Resources
Department will forward information to the manager of
Corporate Compliance);
o purchases which are part of an automatic reinvestment of
dividends under a DRIP (Preclearance is required for
optional cash purchases under a DRIP);
o purchases effected upon the exercise of rights issued by an
issuer pro rata to all holders of a class of securities, to
the extent such rights were acquired from such issuer;
o sales of rights acquired from an issuer, as described
above; and/or
o those situations where the Preclearance Compliance Officer
determines, after taking into consideration the particular
facts and circumstances, that prior approval is not
necessary.
Requests for Preclearance - All requests for preclearance
for a securities transaction shall be submitted to the
Preclearance Compliance Officer by completing a
Preclearance Request Form. (Investment Associates other
than Dreyfus associates are to use the Preclearance Request
Form shown as Exhibit C1. Dreyfus associates are to use the
Preclearance Request Form shown as Exhibit C2.)
The Preclearance Compliance Officer will notify the
Investment Associate whether the request is approved or
denied without disclosing the reason for such approval or
denial.
Notifications may be given in writing or verbally by the
Preclearance Compliance Officer to the Investment
Associate. A record of such notification will be maintained
by the Preclearance Compliance Officer. However, it shall
be the responsibility of the Investment Associate to obtain
a written record of the Preclearance Compliance Officer's
notification within 24 hours of such notification. The
Investment Associate should retain a copy of this written
record.
As there could be many reasons for preclearance being
granted or denied, Investment Associates should not infer
from the preclearance response anything regarding the
security for which preclearance was requested.
Although making a preclearance request does not obligate an
Investment Associate to do the transaction, it should be
noted that:
o preclearance authorization will expire at the end of the
day on which preclearance is given;
o preclearance requests should not be made for a transaction
that the Investment Associate does not intend to make; and
o Investment Associates should not discuss with anyone else,
inside or outside Mellon, the response the Investment
Associate received to a preclearance request.
Every Investment Associate must follow these procedures or
risk serious sanctions, including dismissal. If you have
any questions about these procedures, consult the
Preclearance Compliance Officer. Interpretive issues that
arise under these procedures shall be decided by, and are
subject to the discretion of, the Manager of Corporate
Compliance.
Restricted List - Each Preclearance Compliance Officer will
maintain a list (the "Restricted List") of companies whose
securities are deemed appropriate for implementation of
trading restrictions for Investment Associates in their
area. From time to time, such trading restrictions may be
appropriate to protect Mellon and its Investment Associates
from potential violations, or the appearance of violations,
of securities laws. The inclusion of a company on the
Restricted List provides no indication of the advisability
of an investment in the company's securities or the
existence of material nonpublic information on the company.
Nevertheless, the contents of the Restricted List will be
treated as confidential information in order to avoid
unwarranted inferences.
In order to assist the Preclearance Compliance Officer in
identifying companies that may be appropriate for inclusion
on the Restricted List, the head of the
entity/department/area in which Investment Associates are
employed will inform the appropriate Preclearance
Compliance Officer in writing of any companies that they
believe should be included on the Restricted List based
upon facts known or readily available to such department
heads.
PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS REPORTS
o Brokerage Accounts - All Investment Associates are required
to instruct their brokers to submit directly to the Manager
of Corporate Compliance copies of all trade confirmations
and statements relating to their account. Examples of
instruction letters to a broker are contained in Exhibits
B1 and B2.
o Report of Transactions in Mellon Securities - Investment
Associates must also report in writing to the Manager of
Corporate Compliance within ten calendar days whenever they
purchase or sell Mellon securities if the transaction was
not through a brokerage account as described above.
Purchases and sales of Mellon securities include the
following:
DRIP Optional Cash Purchases - Optional cash purchases
under Mellon's Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Mellon DRIP").
Stock Options - The sale of stock received upon the
exercise of an associate stock option unless the sale is
part of a "netting of shares" or "cashless exercise"
administered by the Human Resources Department (for which
the Human Resources Department will forward information to
the Manager of Corporate Compliance).
It should be noted that the reinvestment of dividends under
the DRIP, changes in elections under Mellon's Retirement
Savings Plan, the receipt of stock under Mellon's
Restricted Stock Award Plan, and the receipt or exercise of
options under Mellon's Long-Term Profit Incentive Plan are
not considered purchases or sales for the purpose of this
reporting requirement.
An example of a written report to the Manager of Corporate
Compliance is contained in Exhibit A.
o Statement of Securities Holdings - Within ten days of
receiving this Policy and on an annual basis thereafter,
all Investment Associates must submit to the Manager of
Corporate Compliance a statement of all securities in which
they presently have any direct or indirect beneficial
ownership other than Exempt Securities, as defined in the
Glossary. Investment Associates should refer to "Beneficial
Ownership" in Section Four, "Restrictions on Transactions
in Mellon Securities," which is also applicable to
Investment Associates. Such statements should be in the
format shown in Exhibit D. The annual report must be
submitted by January 31 and must report all securities
holdings other than Exempt Securities. The annual statement
of securities holdings contains an acknowledgment that the
Investment Associate has read and complied with this
Policy.
o Special Requirement with Respect to Affiliated Investment
Companies - The portfolio managers, research analysts and
other Investment Associates specifically designated by the
Manager of Corporate Compliance are required within ten
calendar days of receiving this Policy (and by no later
than ten calendar days after the end of each calendar
quarter) to report every transaction in the securities
issued by an affiliated investment company occurring in an
account in which the Investment Associate has a beneficial
ownership interest. The quarterly reporting requirement may
be satisfied by notifying the Manager of Corporate
Compliance of the name of the investment company, account
name and account number for which such quarterly reports
must be submitted.
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
THE PRECLEARANCE COMPLIANCE OFFICER WILL USE HIS OR HER
BEST EFFORTS TO ASSURE THAT ALL REQUESTS FOR PRECLEARANCE,
ALL PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ALL REPORTS
OF SECURITIES HOLDINGS ARE TREATED AS "PERSONAL AND
CONFIDENTIAL." HOWEVER, SUCH DOCUMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR INSPECTION BY APPROPRIATE REGULATORY AGENCIES, AND BY
OTHER PARTIES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE MELLON AS ARE NECESSARY TO
EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH OR SANCTIONS UNDER THIS POLICY.
DOCUMENTS RECEIVED FROM DREYFUS ASSOCIATES ARE ALSO
AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF
DREYFUS AND BY THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS (OR TRUSTEES OR
MANAGING GENERAL PARTNERS, AS APPLICABLE) OF THE INVESTMENT
COMPANIES MANAGED OR ADMINISTERED BY DREYFUS.
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PART IV - APPLICABLE TO
OTHER ASSOCIATES ONLY
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PRECLEARANCE FOR PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS - Except
for private placements, Other Associates are permitted to
engage in personal securities transactions without
obtaining prior approval from the Manager of Corporate
Compliance (for preclearance of private placements, use the
Preclearance Request Form shown as Exhibit C1.)
PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS REPORTS - Other Associates
are not required to report their personal securities
transactions other than margin transactions and
transactions involving Mellon securities as discussed
below. Other Associates are required to instruct their
brokers to submit directly to the Manager of Corporate
Compliance copies of all confirmations and statements
pertaining to margin accounts. Examples of an instruction
letter to a broker are shown in Exhibit B1.
Report of Transactions in Mellon Securities - Other
Associates must report in writing to the Manager of
Corporate Compliance within ten calendar days whenever they
purchase or sell Mellon securities. Purchases and sales of
Mellon securities include the following:
o DRIP Optional Cash Purchases - Optional cash purchases
under Mellon's Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Mellon DRIP").
o Stock Options - The sale of stock received upon the
exercise of an associate stock option unless the sale is
part of a "netting of shares" or "cashless exercise"
administered by the Human Resources Department (for which
the Human Resources Department will forward information to
the Manager of Corporate Compliance).
It should be noted that the reinvestment of dividends under
the DRIP, changes in elections under Mellon's Retirement
Savings Plan, the receipt of stock under Mellon's
Restricted Stock Award Plan and the receipt or exercise of
options under Mellon's Long-Term Profit Incentive Plan are
not considered purchases or sales for the purpose of this
reporting requirement.
An example of a written report to the Manager of Corporate
Compliance is contained in Exhibit A.
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSACTIONS IN OTHER SECURITIES
Margin Transactions - Prior to establishing a margin
account, Other Associates must obtain the written
permission of the Manager of Corporate Compliance. Other
Associates having a margin account prior to the effective
date of this Policy must notify the Manager of Corporate
Compliance of the existence of such account.
All associates having margin accounts, other than described
below, must designate the Manager of Corporate Compliance
as an interested party on each account. Associates must
ensure that the Manager of Corporate Compliance promptly
receives copies of all trade confirmations and statements
relating to the accounts directly from the broker. If
requested by a brokerage firm, please contact the Manager
of Corporate Compliance to obtain a letter (sometimes
referred to as a "407 letter") granting permission to
maintain a margin account. Trade confirmations and
statements are not required on margin accounts established
at Dreyfus Investment Services Corporation for the sole
purpose of cashless exercises of Mellon employee stock
options. In addition, products may be offered by a
broker/dealer that, because of their characteristics, are
considered margin accounts but have been determined by the
Manager of Corporate Compliance to be outside the scope of
this Policy (e.g., a Cash Management account which provides
overdraft protection for the customer). Any questions
regarding the establishment, use and reporting of margin
accounts should be directed to the Manager of Corporate
Compliance. An example of an instruction letter to a broker
is shown in Exhibit B1.
Private Placements - Other Associates are prohibited from
acquiring any security in a private placement unless they
obtain the prior written approval of the Manager of
Corporate Compliance and the Associate's department head.
Approval must be given by both of the aforementioned
persons for the acquisition to be considered approved.
As there could be many reasons for preclearance being
granted or denied, Other Associates should not infer from
the preclearance response anything regarding the security
for which preclearance was requested.
Although making a preclearance request does not obligate an
Other Associate to do the transaction, it should be noted
that:
o preclearance authorization will expire at the end of the
third business day after it is received (the day
authorization is granted is considered the first business
day);
o preclearance requests should not be made for a transaction
that the Other Associate does not intend to make; and
o Other Associates should not discuss with anyone else,
inside or outside Mellon, the response they received to a
preclearance request.
Every Other Associate must follow these procedures or risk
serious sanctions, including dismissal. If you have any
questions about these procedures you should consult the
Manager of Corporate Compliance. Interpretive issues that
arise under these procedures shall be decided by, and are
subject to the discretion of, the Manager of Corporate
Compliance.
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
THE MANAGER OF CORPORATE COMPLIANCE WILL USE HIS OR HER
BEST EFFORTS TO ASSURE THAT ALL REQUESTS FOR PRECLEARANCE,
ALL PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTION REPORTS AND ALL REPORTS
OF SECURITIES HOLDINGS ARE TREATED AS "PERSONAL AND
CONFIDENTIAL." HOWEVER, SUCH DOCUMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR INSPECTION BY APPROPRIATE REGULATORY AGENCIES AND OTHER
PARTIES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE MELLON AS ARE NECESSARY TO
EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH OR SANCTIONS UNDER THIS POLICY.
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PART V - APPLICABLE TO
NONMANAGEMENT BOARD MEMBER
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NONMANAGEMENT BOARD MEMBER -
You are considered to be a Nonmanagement Board Member if
you are:
o a director of Dreyfus who is not also an officer or
employee of Dreyfus ("Dreyfus Board Member"); or
o a director, trustee or managing general partner of any
investment company who is not also an officer or employee
of Dreyfus ("Mutual Fund Board Member").
The term "Independent" Mutual Fund Board Member means those
Mutual Fund Board Members who are not deemed "interested
persons" of an investment company, as defined by the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR NONMANAGEMENT BOARD MEMBER
Outside Activities - Nonmanagement Board Members are
prohibited from:
o accepting nomination or serving as a director, trustee or
managing general partner of an investment company not
advised by Dreyfus, without the express prior approval of
the board of directors of Dreyfus and the board of
directors/trustees or managing general partners of the
pertinent Dreyfus-managed fund(s) for which a Nonmanagement
Board Member serves as a director, trustee or managing
general partner;
o accepting employment with or acting as a consultant to any
person acting as a registered investment adviser to an
investment company without the express prior approval of
the board of directors of Dreyfus;
o owning Mellon securities if the Nonmanagement Board Member
is an "Independent" Mutual Fund Board Member, (since that
would destroy his or her "independent" status); and/or
o buying or selling Mellon's publicly traded securities
during a blackout period, which begins the 16th day of the
last month of each calendar quarter and ends three business
days after Mellon publicly announces the financial results
for that quarter.
Insider Trading and Tipping - The provisions set forth in
Section Two, "Insider Trading and Tipping," are applicable
to Nonmanagement Board Members.
Conflict of Interest - No Nonmanagement Board Member may
recommend a securities transaction for Mellon, Dreyfus or
any Dreyfus-managed fund without disclosing any interest he
or she has in such securities or issuer thereof (other than
an interest in publicly traded securities where the total
investment is less than or equal to $25,000), including:
o any direct or indirect beneficial ownership of any
securities of such issuer;
o any contemplated transaction by the Nonmanagement Board
Member in such securities;
o any position with such issuer or its affiliates; and
o any present or proposed business relationship between such
issuer or its affiliates and the Nonmanagement Board Member
or any party in which the Nonmanagement Board Member has a
beneficial ownership interest (see "Beneficial Ownership",
Section Four, "Restrictions on Transaction in Mellon
Securities").
Portfolio Information - No Nonmanagement Board Member may
divulge the current portfolio positions, or current or
anticipated portfolio transactions, programs or studies, of
Mellon, Dreyfus or any Dreyfus-managed fund, to anyone
unless it is properly within his or her responsibilities as
a Nonmanagement Board Member to do so.
Material Nonpublic Information - No Nonmanagement Board
Member may engage in or recommend any securities
transaction, for his or her own benefit or for the benefit
of others, including Mellon, Dreyfus or any Dreyfus-managed
fund, while in possession of material nonpublic
information. No Nonmanagement Board Member may communicate
material nonpublic information to others unless it is
properly within his or her responsibilities as a
Nonmanagement Board Member to do so.
PRECLEARANCE FOR PERSONAL SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS -
Nonmanagement Board Members are permitted to engage in
personal securities transactions without obtaining prior
approval from the Preclearance Compliance Officer.
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PERSONAL SECURITY TRANSACTIONS REPORTS -
o "Independent" Mutual Fund Board Members - Any "Independent"
Mutual Fund Board Members, as defined above, who effects a
securities transaction where he or she knew, or in the
ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties
should have known, that during the 15-day period
immediately preceding or after the date of such
transaction, the same security was purchased or sold, or
was being considered for purchase or sale by Dreyfus
(including any investment company or other account managed
by Dreyfus), are required to report such personal
securities transaction. In the event a personal securities
transaction report is required, it must be submitted to the
Preclearance Compliance Officer not later than ten days
after the end of the calendar quarter in which the
transaction to which the report relates was effected. The
report must include the date of the transaction, the title
and number of shares or principal amount of the security,
the nature of the transaction (e.g., purchase, sale or any
other type of acquisition or disposition), the price at
which the transaction was effected and the name of the
broker or other entity with or through whom the transaction
was effected. This reporting requirement can be satisfied
by sending a copy of the confirmation statement regarding
such transactions to the Preclearance Compliance Officer
within the time period specified. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, personal securities transaction reports are not
required with respect to any securities transaction
described in "Exemption from the Requirement to Preclear"
in Part III.
o Dreyfus Board Members and "Interested" Mutual Fund Board
Members - Dreyfus Board Members and Mutual Fund Board
Members who are "interested persons" of an investment
company, as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940,
are required to report their personal securities
transactions. Personal securities transaction reports are
required with respect to any securities transaction other
than those described in "Exemptions from Requirement to
Preclear" on Page 21. Personal securities transaction
reports are required to be submitted to the Preclearance
Compliance Officer not later than ten days after the end of
the calendar quarter in which the transaction to which the
report relates was effected. The report must include the
date of the transaction, the title and number of shares or
principal amount of the security, the nature of the
transaction (e.g., purchase, sale or any other type of
acquisition or disposition), the price at which the
transaction was effected and the name of the broker or
other entity with or through whom the transaction was
effected. This reporting requirement can be satisfied by
sending a copy of the confirmation statement regarding such
transactions to the Preclearance Compliance Officer within
the time period specified.
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
THE PRECLEARANCE COMPLIANCE OFFICER WILL USE HIS OR HER
BEST EFFORTS TO ASSURE THAT ALL PERSONAL SECURITIES
TRANSACTION REPORTS ARE TREATED AS "PERSONAL AND
CONFIDENTIAL." HOWEVER, SUCH DOCUMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR INSPECTION BY APPROPRIATE REGULATORY AGENCIES AND OTHER
PARTIES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE MELLON AS ARE NECESSARY TO
EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH OR SANCTIONS UNDER THIS POLICY.
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GLOSSARY
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DEFINITIONS
o APPROVAL - written consent or written notice of
nonobjection.
o ASSOCIATE - any employee of Mellon Bank Corporation or its
direct or indirect subsidiaries; does not include outside
consultants or temporary help.
o BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP - securities owned of record or held
in the associate's name are generally considered to be
beneficially owned by the associate.
Securities held in the name of any other person are deemed
to be beneficially owned by the associate if by reason of
any contract, understanding, relationship, agreement or
other arrangement, the associate obtains therefrom benefits
substantially equivalent to those of ownership, including
the power to vote, or to direct the disposition of, such
securities. Beneficial ownership includes securities held
by others for the associate's benefit (regardless of record
ownership), e.g. securities held for the associate or
members of the associate's immediate family, defined below,
by agents, custodians, brokers, trustees, executors or
other administrators; securities owned by the associate,
but which have not been transferred into the associate's
name on the books of the company; securities which the
associate has pledged; or securities owned by a corporation
that should be regarded as the associate's personal holding
corporation. As a natural person, beneficial ownership is
deemed to include securities held in the name or for the
benefit of the associate's immediate family, which includes
the associate's spouse, the associate's minor children and
stepchildren and the associate's relatives or the relatives
of the associate's spouse who are sharing the associate's
home, unless because of countervailing circumstances, the
associate does not enjoy benefits substantially equivalent
to those of ownership. Benefits substantially equivalent to
ownership include, for example, application of the income
derived from such securities to maintain a common home,
meeting expenses that such person otherwise would meet from
other sources, and the ability to exercise a controlling
influence over the purchase, sale or voting of such
securities. An associate is also deemed the beneficial
owner of securities held in the name of some other person,
even though the associate does not obtain benefits of
ownership, if the associate can vest or revest title in
himself at once, or at some future time.
In addition, a person will be deemed the beneficial owner
of a security if he has the right to acquire beneficial
ownership of such security at any time (within 60 days)
including but not limited to any right to acquire: (1)
through the exercise of any option, warrant or right; (2)
through the conversion of a security; or (3) pursuant to
the power to revoke a trust, nondiscretionary account or
similar arrangement.
With respect to ownership of securities held in trust,
beneficial ownership includes ownership of securities as a
trustee in instances where either the associate as trustee
or a member of the associate's "immediate family" has a
vested interest in the income or corpus of the trust, the
ownership by the associate of a vested beneficial interest
in the trust and the ownership of securities as a settlor
of a trust in which the associate as the settlor has the
power to revoke the trust without obtaining the consent of
the beneficiaries. Certain exemptions to these trust
beneficial ownership rules exist, including an exemption
for instances where beneficial ownership is imposed solely
by reason of the associate being settlor or beneficiary of
the securities held in trust and the ownership, acquisition
and disposition of such securities by the trust is made
without the associate's prior approval as settlor or
beneficiary. "Immediate family" of an associate as trustee
means the associate's son or daughter (including any
legally adopted children) or any descendant of either, the
associate's stepson or stepdaughter, the associate's father
or mother or any ancestor of either, the associate's
stepfather or stepmother and his spouse.
To the extent that stockholders of a company use it as a
personal trading or investment medium and the company has
no other substantial business, stockholders are regarded as
beneficial owners, to the extent of their respective
interests, of the stock thus invested or traded in. A
general partner in a partnership is considered to have
indirect beneficial ownership in the securities held by the
partnership to the extent of his pro rata interest in the
partnership. Indirect beneficial ownership is not, however,
considered to exist solely by reason of an indirect
interest in portfolio securities held by any holding
company registered under the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, a pension or retirement plan holding
securities of an issuer whose employees generally are
beneficiaries of the plan and a business trust with over 25
beneficiaries.
Any person who, directly or indirectly, creates or uses a
trust, proxy, power of attorney, pooling arrangement or any
other contract, arrangement or device with the purpose or
effect of divesting such person of beneficial ownership as
part of a plan or scheme to evade the reporting
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall
be deemed the beneficial owner of such security.
The final determination of beneficial ownership is a
question to be determined in light of the facts of a
particular case. Thus, while the associate may include
security holdings of other members of his family, the
associate may nonetheless disclaim beneficial ownership of
such securities.
o "CHINESE WALL" POLICY - procedures designed to restrict the
flow of information within Mellon from units or individuals
who are likely to receive material nonpublic information to
units or individuals who trade in securities or provide
investment advice. (see pages 12-14).
o CORPORATION - Mellon Bank Corporation.
o DREYFUS - The Dreyfus Corporation and its subsidiaries.
o DREYFUS ASSOCIATE - any employee of Dreyfus; does not
include outside consultants or temporary help.
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o EXEMPT SECURITIES - Exempt Securities are defined as:
- securities issued or guaranteed by the United States
government or agencies or instrumentalities;
- bankers' acceptances;
- bank certificates of deposit and time deposits;
- commercial paper;
- repurchase agreements; and
- securities issued by open-end investment companies.
o GENERAL COUNSEL - General Counsel of Mellon Bank
Corporation or any person to whom relevant authority is
delegated by the General Counsel.
o INDEX FUND - an investment company which seeks to mirror
the performance of the general market by investing in the
same stocks (and in the same proportion) as a broad-based
market index.
o INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO) - the first offering of a
company's securities to the public.
o INVESTMENT COMPANY - a company that issues securities that
represent an undivided interest in the net assets held by
the company. Mutual funds are investment companies that
issue and sell redeemable securities representing an
undivided interest in the net assets of the company.
o MANAGER OF CORPORATE COMPLIANCE - - the associate within
the Risk Management and Compliance Department of Mellon
Bank Corporation who is responsible for administering the
Confidential Information and Securities Trading Policy, or
any person to whom relevant authority is delegated by the
Manager of Corporate Compliance.
o MELLON - Mellon Bank Corporation and all of its direct and
indirect subsidiaries.
o NAKED OPTION - an option sold by the investor which
obligates him or her to sell a security which he or she
does not own.
o NONDISCRETIONARY TRADING ACCOUNT - an account over which
the associated person has no direct or indirect control
over the investment decision-making process.
o OPTION - a security which gives the investor the right but
not the obligation to buy or sell a specific security at a
specified price within a specified time.
o PRECLEARANCE COMPLIANCE OFFICER - a person designated by
the Manager of Corporate Compliance, to administer, among
other things, associates' preclearance request for a
specific business unit.
o PRIVATE PLACEMENT - an offering of securities that is
exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933
because it does not constitute a public offering.
o SENIOR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE - the Senior Management
Committee of Mellon Bank Corporation.
o SHORT SALE - the sale of a security that is not owned by
the seller at the time of the trade.
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT A SAMPLE REPORT TO MANAGER OF CORPORATE COMPLIANCE
EXHIBIT B SAMPLE INSTRUCTION LETTER TO BROKER
EXHIBIT C PRECLEARANCE REQUEST FORM
EXHIBIT D PERSONAL SECURITIES HOLDINGS FORM
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EXHIBIT A
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SAMPLE REPORT TO MANAGER OF CORPORATE COMPLIANCE
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MELLON INTEROFFICE
MEMORANDUM
Date: From: Associate
To: Manager, Corporate Compliance Dept:
Aim #:
Aim #: 151-4342 Phone:
Fax:
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RE: REPORT OF SECURITIES TRADE
Type of Associate: ____________ Insider Risk
____________ Investment
____________ Other
Type of Security: ____________ Mellon Bank Corporation
____________ Mellon Bank Corporation - optional
cash purchases under Dividend
Reinvestment and Common Stock
Purchase Plan
____________ Mellon Bank Corporation - exercise
of an employee stock option
Attached is a copy of the confirmation slip for a securities trade I
engaged in on _____________________, 19xx.
or
On _____________________, 19xx, I (purchased/sold)__________________
shares of ___________________________ through (broker). I will
arrange to have a copy of the confirmation slip for this trade
delivered to you as soon as possible.
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EXHIBIT B1
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FOR NON-DREYFUS ASSOCIATES
Date
Broker ABC
Street Address
City, State ZIP
Re: John Smith & Mary Smith
Account No. xxxxxxxxxxxxx
In connection with my existing brokerage accounts at your firm
noted above, please be advised that the Risk Management and
Compliance Department of Mellon Bank should be noted as an
"Interested Party" with respect to my accounts. They should,
therefore, be sent copies of all trade confirmations and account
statements relating to my account.
Please send the requested documentation ensuring the account
holder's name appears on all correspondence to:
Manager, Corporate Compliance
Mellon Bank
P.O. Box 3130
Pittsburgh, PA 15230-3130
Thank you for your cooperation in this request.
Sincerely yours,
Associate
cc: Manager, Corporate Compliance (151-4342)
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EXHIBIT B2
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FOR DREYFUS ASSOCIATES
Date
Broker ABC
Street Address
City, State ZIP
Re: John Smith & Mary Smith
Account No. xxxxxxxxxxxxx
In connection with my existing brokerage accounts at your firm
noted above, please be advised that the Risk Management and
Compliance Department of Dreyfus Corporation should be noted as an
"Interested Party" with respect to my accounts. They should,
therefore, be sent copies of all trade confirmations and account
statements relating to my account.
Please send the requested documentation ensuring the account
holder's name appears on all correspondence to:
Compliance Officer at The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue
Legal Department
New York, NY 10166
Thank you for your cooperation in this request.
Sincerely yours,
Associate
cc: Dreyfus Compliance
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EXHIBIT C1
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PRECLEARANCE REQUEST FORM Non Dreyfus Associates
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To: Manager, Corporate Compliance 151-4342 (All Insider and Other Associates)
Designated Preclearance Compliance Officer (All Investment Associates excluding Dreyfus)
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Associate Name: Title: Date:
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Phone #: AIM #: Social Security #: Department:
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ACCOUNT INFORMATION
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Account Name: Account Number: Name of Broker/Bank:
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Relationship to registered owner(s) (if other than associate)
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I hereby request approval to execute the following trade in the above account:
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TRANSACTION DETAIL
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Buy: Sell: Security/Contract: No. of Shares:
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If sale, date acquired: Margin Transaction: Initial Public Offering: Private Placement:
/ / Yes / / Yes / / Yes
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DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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I hereby represent that, to the best of my knowledge, neither I nor the registered account holder is
(1) attempting to benefit personally from any existing business relationship between the issuer and
Mellon or any Mellon-related fund or affiliate; (2) engaging in any manipulative or deceptive
trading activity; (3) in possession of any material non-public information concerning the security
to which is request relates.
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Associate Signature: Date:
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COMPLIANCE OFFICER USE ONLY
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Approved: Disapproved: Authorized Signatory: Date:
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Comments:
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Note: This preclearance will lapse at the end of the day on __________________, 19__.
If you decide not to effect the trade, please notify me.
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Date: By:
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EXHIBIT C2
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PRECLEARANCE REQUEST FORM Dreyfus Associates Only
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To: Dreyfus Compliance Officer
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Associate Name: Title: Date:
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Phone #: AIM #: Social Security #: Department:
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ACCOUNT INFORMATION
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Account Name: Account Number: Name of Broker/Bank:
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Relationship to registered owner(s) (if other than associate)
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I hereby request approval to execute the following trade in the above account:
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TRANSACTION DETAIL
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Buy: Sell: Security/Contract: Symbol:
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Amount: Current Market Price: If sale, date acquired: Margin Transaction:
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Is this a New Issue? Is this a Private Placement?
/ / Yes / / No / / Yes / / No
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Reason for Transaction, identify source:
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DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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I hereby represent that, to the best of my knowledge, neither I nor the registered account holder is
(1) attempting to benefit personally from any existing business relationship between the issuer and
Mellon or any Mellon-related fund or affiliate; (2) engaging in any manipulative or deceptive
trading activity; (3) in possession of any material non-public information concerning the security
to which is request relates.
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Associate Signature: Date:
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COMPLIANCE OFFICER USE ONLY
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Approved: Disapproved: Authorized Signatory: Date:
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Comments:
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Note: This preclearance will lapse at the end of the day on __________________, 19__.
If you decide not to effect the trade, please notify me.
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Date: By:
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EXHIBIT D1
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Return to: Manager, Corporate Compliance
Mellon Bank
P.O. Box 3130
Pittsburgh, PA 15230-3130
STATEMENT OF SECURITY HOLDINGS
As of
1. List of all securities in which you, your immediate family, any other
member of your immediate household, or any trust or estate of which you
or your spouse is a trustee or fiduciary or beneficiary, or of which your
minor child is a beneficiary, or any person for whom you direct or effect
transactions under a power of attorney or otherwise, maintain a
beneficial ownership - (see Glossary in Policy). If none, write NONE.
Securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or
instrumentalities, bankers' acceptances, bank certificates of deposit and
time deposits, commercial paper, repurchase agreements and shares of
registered investment companies need not be listed. IF YOUR LIST IS
EXTENSIVE, PLEASE ATTACH A COPY OF THE MOST RECENT STATEMENT FROM YOUR
BROKER(S), RATHER THAN LIST THEM ON THIS FORM.
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NAME OF SECURITY TYPE OF SECURITY AMOUNT OF SHARES
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2. List the names and addresses of any broker/dealers holding accounts in
which you have a beneficial interest, including the name of your
registered representative (if applicable), the account registration and
the relevant account numbers. If none, write NONE.
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BROKER/ ADDRESS NAME OF ACCOUNT ACCOUNT
DEALER REGISTERED REGISTRATION NUMBER(S)
REPRESENTATIVE
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I certify that the statements made by me on this form are true, complete and
correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and are made in good faith. I
acknowledge I have read, understood and complied with the Confidential
Information and Securities Trading Policy.
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Date: Printed Name:
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Signature:
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EXHIBIT D2
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Return to: Compliance Officer at the Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue
Legal Department
New York, NY 10166
STATEMENT OF SECURITY HOLDINGS
As of
1. List of all securities in which you, your immediate family, any other
member of your immediate household, or any trust or estate of which you
or your spouse is a trustee or fiduciary or beneficiary, or of which your
minor child is a beneficiary, or any person for whom you direct or effect
transactions under a power of attorney or otherwise, maintain a
beneficial interest. If none, write NONE. Securities issued or guaranteed
by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, bankers'
acceptances, bank certificates of deposit and time deposits, commercial
paper, repurchase agreements and shares of registered investment
companies need not be listed. IF YOUR LIST IS EXTENSIVE, PLEASE ATTACH A
COPY OF THE MOST RECENT STATEMENT FROM YOUR BROKER(S), RATHER THAN LIST
THEM ON THIS FORM.
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NAME OF SECURITY TYPE OF SECURITY AMOUNT OF SHARES
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2. List the names and addresses of any broker/dealers holding accounts in
which you have a beneficial interest, including the name of your
registered representative (if applicable), the account registration and
the relevant account numbers. If none, write NONE.
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BROKER/ ADDRESS NAME OF ACCOUNT ACCOUNT
DEALER REGISTERED REGISTRATION NUMBER(S)
REPRESENTATIVE
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I certify that the statements made by me on this form are true, complete and
correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, and are made in good faith. I
acknowledge I have read, understood and complied with the Confidential
Information and Securities Trading Policy.
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Date: Printed Name:
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Signature:
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Exhibit (a)
Other Exhibit
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitute and appoint Mark N. Jacobs, Steven
F. Newman, Michael A. Rosenberg, John B. Hammalian, Jeff Prusnofsky, Robert R.
Mullery, Janette E. Farragher and Mark Kornfeld and each of them, with full
power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in
writing) to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement of Dreyfus
BASIC GNMA Fund (including post-effective amendments and amendments thereto),
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/S/ JOSEPH S. DIMARTINO March 16, 2000
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Joseph S. DiMartino
/S/GORDON J. DAVIS March 16, 2000
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Gordon J. Davis
/S/DAVID P. FELDMAN March 16, 2000
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David P. Feldman
/S/LYNN MARTIN March 16, 2000
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Lynn Martin
/S/DANIEL ROSE March 16, 2000
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Daniel Rose
/S/PHILIP L. TOIA March 16, 2000
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Philip L. Toia
/S/SANDER VANOCUR March 16, 2000
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Sander Vanocur
/S/ANNE WEXLER March 16, 2000
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Anne Wexler
/S/ REX WILDER March 16, 2000
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Rex Wilder
Exhibit (b)
DREYFUS BASIC GNMA FUND
Certificate of Secretary
The undersigned, Michael A. Rosenberg, Secretary of Dreyfus BASIC GNMA
Fund (the "Fund"), hereby certifies that set forth below is a copy of the
resolution adopted by the Fund's Board authorizing the signing by Mark N.
Jacobs, Steven F. Newman, Michael A. Rosenberg, John B. Hammalian, Jeff
Prusnofsky, Robert R. Mullery, Janette E. Farragher, and Mark Kornfeld on behalf
of the proper officers of the Fund pursuant to a power of attorney:
RESOLVED, that the Registration Statement and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, may be signed by any one
of Mark N. Jacobs, Steven F. Newman, Michael A. Rosenberg,
John B. Hammalian, Jeff Prusnofsky, Robert R. Mullery,
Janette E. Farragher, and Mark Kornfeld as the
attorney-in-fact for the proper officers of the Fund, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution; and that the
appointment of each of such persons as such
attorney-in-fact, hereby is authorized and approved; and
that such attorneys-in-fact; and each of them, shall have
full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
connection with such Registration Statement and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the officer, for whom he or she is acting as
attorney-in-fact, might or could do in person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and affixed the
seal of the Fund on April 26, 2000.
/s/ Michael A. Rosenberg
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Michael A. Rosenberg,
Secretary
(SEAL)
