The board of each fund in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds generally has delegated the authority to vote proxies of companies held in a fund's portfolio to either BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. ("BNYIA) or the fund’s sub-investment adviser ("Sub-Adviser"), as described below. In addition, for each fund, the board has adopted proxy voting procedures pursuant to which proxies of companies held in a fund’s portfolio will be voted. The proxy voting procedures adopted for a fund are the procedures of: (i) the primary employer of the fund's portfolio managers ("Primary Employer"), (ii) the Sub-Adviser and/or (ii) the fund's asset allocator, BNY Wealth (collectively, "Firms"), as described below. Please consult a fund's Statement of Additional Information for details concerning the applicable Firm's proxy voting policies and procedures.
| Funds | Entity with Discretionary Proxy Voting Responsibility | Firm Proxy Voting Procedures Adopted |
|---|---|---|
| Directly-Advised Funds1 | BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. | Primary Employer |
| Sub-Advised Funds | Sub-Adviser | Sub-Adviser |
| Multi-Strategy Funds2 | BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. | BNY Wealth and/or Primary Employer3 |
Information regarding how BNY Investments voted proxies for the funds during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available on BNY's website, by the following August 31st, at BNY proxy search and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov on a fund's Form N-PX.
Proxy Voting Records
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