UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number |
811-22784 |
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BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. |
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) |
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c/o BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10286 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) |
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Deirdre Cunnane, Esq.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10286 |
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(Name and address of agent for service) |
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: |
(212) 922-6400 |
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Date of fiscal year end:
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2/28 |
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Date of reporting period: |
2/28/2025
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FORM N-CSR
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
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Protecting Your Privacy
Our Pledge to You
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THE FUND IS COMMITTED TO YOUR PRIVACY. On this page, you
will find the fund’s policies and practices for collecting, disclosing, and
safeguarding “nonpublic personal information,” which may include
financial or other customer information. These policies apply to
individuals who purchase fund shares for personal, family, or household
purposes, or have done so in the past. This notification replaces all previous
statements of the fund’s consumer privacy policy, and may be amended at
any time. We’ll keep you informed of changes as required by law.
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YOUR ACCOUNT IS PROVIDED IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT.
The fund maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that
comply with federal regulations to guard nonpublic personal information.
The fund’s agents and service providers have limited access to customer
information based on their role in servicing your account.
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THE FUND COLLECTS INFORMATION IN ORDER TO SERVICE
AND ADMINISTER YOUR ACCOUNT. The fund collects a variety of
nonpublic personal information, which may include:
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●Information we receive from you, such as your name, address, and
social security number.
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●Information about your transactions with us, such as the purchase or
sale of fund shares.
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●Information we receive from agents and service providers, such as proxy
voting information.
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THE FUND DOES NOT SHARE NONPUBLIC PERSONAL
INFORMATION WITH ANYONE, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY
LAW.
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Thank you for this opportunity to serve you.
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The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period covered and do not necessarily represent the views of BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. or any other person in the BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf
of any fund in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds.
Not FDIC-Insured • Not Bank-Guaranteed • May Lose Value
Contents
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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
INFORMATION (Unaudited)
How did the Fund perform last year?
For the 12-month period ended February 28, 2025, BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (the “fund”) produced a total return of 3.92% on a net-asset-value basis and 8.65% on a market basis.1 Over the same period, the fund provided aggregate income dividends of $.36 per share, which reflects a distribution rate of 3.32%.2 In comparison, the Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”), the fund’s benchmark, posted a total return of 2.96% for the same period.3
What affected the Fund’s performance?
●Markets experienced volatility as investors focused on inflation expectations and
monetary policy.
●While markets benefited from interest rate cuts late in 2024, in December investors
were surprised by the Fed’s indications that further rate cuts would be on hold for the foreseeable future.
●Sector allocation and security selections in certain segments added most to the fund’s performance. Selections among the education, healthcare and airports segments were
positive overall.
●Performance was hampered by the fund’s long duration as rates increased; however, longer bond curve positioning partially offset the duration impact.
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Total return includes reinvestment of dividends and any capital gains paid, based
upon net asset value per share or market price per share, as applicable. Past performance is no guarantee of
future results. Market price per share, net asset value per share and investment return fluctuate.
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Distribution rate per share is based upon dividends per share paid from net investment
income during the period, divided by the market price per share at the end of the period, adjusted for
any capital gain distributions.
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Source: Lipper, Inc. — The Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond Index covers the U.S. dollar-denominated long-term tax-exempt bond market. Unlike a fund, the Index is not subject to fees
and other expenses. Investors cannot invest directly in any Index.
Cumulative Performance from February 28, 2015 through February 28, 2025
Initial Investment of $10,000
Past performance is not predictive of future performance.
The above graph compares a hypothetical investment of $10,000 made in BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. on 2/28/2015 to a hypothetical investment of $10,000 made in the Index on that date. All figures for the fund are based on market price. All dividends and capital
gain distributions are reinvested.
The fund invests primarily in municipal securities and its performance shown in the
line graph takes into account fees and expenses.
The Index covers the U.S. dollar-denominated long-term tax-exempt bond market. Unlike
a fund, the Index is not subject to charges, fees and other expenses. Investors cannot invest directly
in any index. Further information relating to fund performance, including expense reimbursements, if applicable, is
contained in the Financial Highlights within this report and elsewhere in this report.
DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE AND DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Average Annual Total Returns as of 2/28/2025
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BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.-
Market Price
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BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.-
Net Asset Value
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Bloomberg U.S. Municipal Bond Index
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The performance data quoted represents past performance, which is no guarantee of
future results. Share price and investment return fluctuate and an investor’s shares may be worth more or less than original cost upon sale of the shares. Current performance may be lower or higher
than the performance quoted. Go to www.bny.com/investments for the fund’s most recent month-end returns.
The fund’s performance shown in the graph and table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the sale of fund shares.
DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION
The following information regarding the fund’s distributions is current as of February 28, 2025, the fund’s fiscal year end. The fund’s returns during the period were sufficient to meet fund distributions.
The fund’s distribution policy is intended to provide shareholders with stable, but not guaranteed, cash flow, independent of the amount or timing of income earned or capital
gains realized by the fund. The fund intends to distribute all or substantially all of its
net investment income through its regular monthly distribution and to distribute realized capital
gains at least annually. In addition, in any monthly period, in order to try to maintain a level
distribution amount, the fund may pay out more or less than its net investment income during the
period. As a result, distributions sources may include net investment income, realized gains
and return of capital. You should not draw any conclusions about the fund’s investment performance from the amount of the distribution or from the terms of the level distribution program.
A return of capital is a non-taxable distribution of a portion of the fund’s capital. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect a fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income.”
The amounts and sources of distributions reported below are for financial reporting
purposes and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and character
of the distributions for tax reporting purposes will be reported to shareholders on Form
1099-DIV, which will be sent to shareholders shortly after calendar year-end. Because distribution
source estimates are updated throughout the current fiscal year based on the fund’s performance, those estimates may differ from both the tax information reported to you in your fund’s 1099 statement, as well as the ultimate economic sources of distributions over the
life of your investment. The figures in the table below provide the sources of distributions and
may include amounts attributed to realized gains and/or returns of capital.
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Current Month
Percentage of Distributions
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Fiscal Year Ended
Per Share Amounts
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BNY Mellon
Municipal
Bond
Infrastructure
Fund, Inc.
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SELECTED INFORMATION
February 28, 2025 (Unaudited)
Market Price per share February 28, 2025
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Shares Outstanding February 28, 2025
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New York Stock Exchange Ticker Symbol
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MARKET PRICE ($) (NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE)
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Fiscal Year Ended February 28, 2025
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Quarter Ended
May 31, 2024
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Quarter Ended
August 31, 2024
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Quarter Ended
November 30, 2024
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Quarter Ended
February 28,
2025
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PERCENTAGE GAIN (LOSS) based on change in Market Price†
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April 26, 2013 (commencement of operations) through February 28,
2025
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March 1, 2015 through February 28, 2025
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March 1, 2020 through February 28, 2025
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March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025
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June 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025
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September 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025
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December 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025
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NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE
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April 26, 2013 (commencement of operations)
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PERCENTAGE GAIN (LOSS) based on change in Net Asset Value†
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April 26, 2013 (commencement of operations) through February 28,
2025
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March 1, 2015 through February 28, 2025
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March 1, 2020 through February 28, 2025
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March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025
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June 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025
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September 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025
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December 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025
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With dividends reinvested.
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Statement of Investments
February 28, 2025
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Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1%
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Alabama Special Care Facilities
Financing Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Methodist
Home for the Aging
Obligated Group)
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Jefferson County, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding
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Jefferson County, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding
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Mobile County Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Calvert LLC
Project) Ser. B
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Selma Industrial Development
Board, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (International
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Arizona Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Legacy
Cares Project) Ser. A(b),(c)
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Arizona Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Sustainable
Bond) (Equitable School
Revolving Fund Obligated
Group) Ser. A
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Maricopa County Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Benjamin
Franklin Charter School
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Maricopa County Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Legacy Traditional Schools
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Phoenix Civic Improvement
Corp., Revenue Bonds
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Statement of Investments (continued)
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Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
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Arizona — 7.5% (continued)
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Salt Verde Financial Corp.,
Revenue Bonds
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Sierra Vista Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (American
Leadership Academy
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The Phoenix Arizona Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(BASIS Schools Projects) Ser.
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Arkansas Development
Finance Authority, Revenue
Bonds (Sustainable Bond)
(U.S. Steel Corp.)
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California Community Choice
Financing Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Sustainable
Bond) (Clean Energy
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California County Tobacco
Securitization Agency,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Los Angeles County
Securitization Corp.) Ser. A
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California Municipal Finance
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (HumanGood
California Obligated Group)
Ser. A
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California Statewide
Communities Development
Authority, Revenue Bonds
(California Baptist
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Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
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California — 10.7% (continued)
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California Statewide
Communities Development
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (California
Baptist University) Ser. A(b)
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Golden State Tobacco
Securitization Corp.,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Tobacco Settlement Asset)
Ser. B
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Long Beach Bond Finance
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Ser. A
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Orange County Community
Facilities District, Special
Tax Bonds, Ser. A
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San Diego County Regional
Airport Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Ser. B
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Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2022-
XF3024), (San Francisco City
& County, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding, Ser. A) Recourse,
Underlying Coupon Rate
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Colorado Health Facilities
Authority, Revenue Bonds
(CommonSpirit Health
Obligated Group)
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Colorado Health Facilities
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Covenant Living
Communities & Services
Obligated Group) Ser. A
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Colorado Health Facilities
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Intermountain
Healthcare Obligated Group)
Ser. A
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Statement of Investments (continued)
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Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
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Colorado — 5.8% (continued)
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Denver City & County Airport
System, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding, Ser. A
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Dominion Water & Sanitation
District, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding
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Hess Ranch Metropolitan
District No. 6, GO, Ser. A1
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Rampart Range Metropolitan
District No. 5, Revenue
Bonds
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Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2020-
XM0829), (Colorado Health
Facilities Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding
(CommonSpirit Health
Obligated Group) Ser. A1)
Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 4.00%(b),(d),(e)
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Connecticut Health &
Educational Facilities
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Fairfield
University) Ser. T
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University of Connecticut,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. A
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Delaware Economic
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (ACTS
Retirement-Life
Communities Obligated
Group) Ser. B
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Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
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Collier County Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (NCH
Healthcare System Project)
(Insured; Assured Guaranty
Municipal Corp.) Ser. A
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Florida Housing Finance Corp.,
Revenue Bonds (Insured;
GNMA, FNMA, FHLMC) Ser. 1
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Greater Orlando Aviation
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Ser. A
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Hillsborough County Port
District, Revenue Bonds
(Tampa Port Authority
Project) Ser. B
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Lee County Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Ser. 1
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Miami-Dade County Water &
Sewer System, Revenue
Bonds (Insured; Build
America Mutual)
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Palm Beach County Health
Facilities Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Lifespace
Communities Obligated
Group) Ser. C
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Pinellas County Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Foundation
for Global Understanding)
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Seminole County Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Legacy Pointe at UCF
Project)
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Village Community
Development District No. 15,
Special Assessment Bonds(b)
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Statement of Investments (continued)
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Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
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Georgia Municipal Electric
Authority, Revenue Bonds
(Plant Vogtle Units
3&4 Project) Ser. A
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Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2020-
XM0825), (Brookhaven
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Children’s
Healthcare of Atlanta) Ser.
A) Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 4.00%(b),(d),(e)
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Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2023-
XF3183), (Municipal Electric
Authority of Georgia,
Revenue Bonds (Plant Vogtle
Units 3&4 Project) Ser. A)
Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 5.00%(b),(d),(e)
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Hawaii Airports System,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. A
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Chicago, GO, Refunding, Ser. A
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Chicago Board of Education,
GO, Refunding, Ser. A
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Chicago Transit Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Ser. A
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Illinois Finance Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Plymouth
Place Obligated Group) Ser.
A
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Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
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Illinois — 10.6% (continued)
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Illinois Toll Highway Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Ser. A
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Metropolitan Pier & Exposition
Authority, Revenue Bonds
(McCormick Place Project)
(Insured; National Public
Finance Guarantee Corp.)
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Metropolitan Pier & Exposition
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (McCormick Place
Expansion Project)
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Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2023-
XF1623), (Regional
Transportation Authority
Illinois, Revenue Bonds, Ser.
B) Non-Recourse,
Underlying Coupon Rate
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Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2024-
XF3244), (Chicago O’Hare
International Airport,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Senior Lien) Recourse,
Underlying Coupon Rate
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Indiana Finance Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Sustainable
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Indianapolis Local Public
Improvement Bond Bank,
Revenue Bonds (City Moral
Obligation) (Insured; Build
America Mutual) Ser. F1
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Valparaiso, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Pratt Paper
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Statement of Investments (continued)
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Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
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Iowa Finance Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Iowa Fertilizer Co.
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Christian County, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Jennie
Stuart Medical Center
Obligated Group)
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Henderson, Revenue Bonds
(Pratt Paper Project) Ser.
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Kentucky Public Energy
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
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Kentucky Public Energy
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
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Louisiana Public Facilities
Authority, Revenue Bonds
(I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge
Public-Private Partnership
Project)
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Louisiana Public Facilities
Authority, Revenue Bonds
(Impala Warehousing
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Louisiana Public Facilities
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Tulane
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Maryland Economic
Development Corp., Revenue
Bonds (College Park
Leonardtown Project)
(Insured; Assured Guaranty
Municipal Corp.)
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Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
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Maryland — 3.7% (continued)
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Maryland Economic
Development Corp., Revenue
Bonds (Sustainable Bond)
(Purple Line Transit
Partners) Ser. B
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Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2024-
XF1758), (Maryland Stadium
Authority, Revenue Bonds)
Non-Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 5.00%(b),(d),(e)
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Massachusetts Development
Finance Agency, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding
(NewBridge
Charles Obligated Group)(b)
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Massachusetts Educational
Financing Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. B
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Massachusetts Housing
Finance Agency, Revenue
Bonds, Ser. B
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Detroit, GO (Sustainable Bond)
Ser. A
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Michigan Building Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
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Michigan Finance Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Sustainable
Bond) (Henry Ford)
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Michigan Finance Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Ser. A
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Michigan Housing
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. A
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Statement of Investments (continued)
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Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
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Michigan — 4.9% (continued)
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Michigan Tobacco Settlement
Finance Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding, Ser. C(f)
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Wayne County Airport
Authority, Revenue Bonds
(Detroit Metropolitan
Wayne County Airport)
(Insured; Build America
Mutual) Ser. B
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Duluth Economic Development
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Essentia Health
Obligated Group) Ser. A
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Minneapolis-St. Paul
Metropolitan Airports
Commission, Revenue
Bonds, Ser. A
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|
|
Missouri Housing Development
Commission, Revenue Bonds
(Insured; GNMA, FNMA,
FHLMC) Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
St. Louis County Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Friendship
Village St. Louis Obligated
Group) Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
Missouri — 2.6% (continued)
|
St. Louis County Industrial
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Friendship Village Sunset
Hills)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2023-
XM1116), (Jackson County
Missouri Special Obligation,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. A) Non-
Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 4.25%(b),(d),(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Omaha Public Power District,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clark County School District,
GO (Insured; Assured
Guaranty Municipal Corp.)
Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reno, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Insured; Assured
Guaranty Municipal Corp.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Hampshire Business
Finance Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding
(Springpoint Senior Living
Obligated Group)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Jersey Economic
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (The
Goethals)
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Jersey Economic
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. WW(g)
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Jersey Economic
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. WW(g)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statement of Investments (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
New Jersey — 4.7% (continued)
|
New Jersey Economic
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Ser. XX
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Jersey Health Care
Facilities Financing
Authority, Revenue Bonds
(RWJ Barnabas Health
Obligated Group)
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Jersey Transportation
Trust Fund Authority,
Revenue Bonds
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Jersey Transportation
Trust Fund Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. BB
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Jersey Transportation
Trust Fund Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. CC(g)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New Mexico Mortgage Finance
Authority, Revenue Bonds
(Insured; GNMA, FNMA,
FHLMC) Ser. E
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New York Liberty
Development Corp., Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Class
1-3 World Trade Center
|
|
|
|
|
|
New York Transportation
Development Corp., Revenue
Bonds (JFK International
Airport Terminal)
|
|
|
|
|
|
New York Transportation
Development Corp., Revenue
Bonds (JFK International
Airport Terminal)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
New York — 10.1% (continued)
|
New York Transportation
Development Corp., Revenue
Bonds (LaGuardia Airport
Terminal B Redevelopment
Project)
|
|
|
|
|
|
New York Transportation
Development Corp., Revenue
Bonds (Sustainable Bond)
(JFK International Airport
Terminal One Project)
(Insured; Assured Guaranty
Municipal Corp.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Niagara Area Development
Corp., Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Covanta Project)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2022-
XM1004), (Metropolitan
Transportation Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Sustainable Bond) (Insured;
Assured Guaranty Municipal
Corp.) Ser. C) Non-Recourse,
Underlying Coupon Rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2024-
XM1174), (New York State
Transportation
Development Corp., Revenue
Bonds (Sustainable Bond)
(JFK International Airport
Terminal One Project)
(Insured; Assured Guaranty
Municipal Corp.)) Recourse,
Underlying Coupon Rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statement of Investments (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
New York — 10.1% (continued)
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2024-
XM1181), (Triborough New
York Bridge & Tunnel
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Ser. A1) Non-Recourse,
Underlying Coupon Rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2024-
XM1194), (New York
Transportation
Development Corp., Revenue
Bonds, Refunding
(Sustainable Bond) (JFK
International Airport
Terminal Six Redevelopment
Project) (Insured; Assured
Guaranty Municipal Corp.))
Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 5.25%(b),(d),(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Westchester County Local
Development Corp., Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Senior
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
North Carolina Medical Care
Commission, Revenue Bonds
(Carolina Meadows
Obligated Group)
|
|
|
|
|
|
North Carolina Medical Care
Commission, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Lutheran
Services for the Aging
Obligated Group)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement
Financing Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Ser. B2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
|
Cuyahoga County, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (The
MetroHealth System)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cuyahoga County, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (The
MetroHealth System)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Muskingum County, Revenue
Bonds (Genesis Heathcare
System Project)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Port of Greater Cincinnati
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Duke Energy Co.) (Insured;
Assured Guaranty Municipal
Corp.) Ser. B
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2024-
XF1711), (University of
Cincinnati Ohio Receipt,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. A) Non-
Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 5.00%(b),(d),(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2024-
XM1163), (Oklahoma City
Water Utilities Trust,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding)
Non-Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 5.25%(b),(d),(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tulsa County Industrial
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Montereau
Project)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allentown Neighborhood
Improvement Zone
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (City Center
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statement of Investments (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
Pennsylvania — 8.7% (continued)
|
Allentown School District, GO,
Refunding (Insured; Build
America Mutual) Ser. B
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clairton Municipal Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Ser. B
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pennsylvania Economic
Development Financing
Authority, Revenue Bonds
(The Penndot Major
Bridges)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pennsylvania Higher
Educational Facilities
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Thomas
Jefferson University
Obligated Group) Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission, Revenue
Bonds, Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2023-
XF1525), (Pennsylvania
Economic Development
Financing Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. A2)
Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 4.00%(b),(d),(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
Pennsylvania — 8.7% (continued)
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2023-
XM1133), (Philadelphia
Water & Wastewater,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Insured; Assured Guaranty
Municipal Corp.) Ser. B)
Non-Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 5.50%(b),(d),(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2024-
XF1750), (Philadelphia Gas
Works Co., Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (1998 General
Ordinance) (Insured; ACE
Guaranty Corp.) Ser. 17)
Non-Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 5.25%(b),(d),(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2023-
XM1117), (Rhode Island
Infrastructure Bank State
Revolving Fund, Revenue
Bonds, Ser. A) Non-
Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 4.13%(b),(d),(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Carolina Jobs-Economic
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Bon Secours Mercy Health)
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Carolina Jobs-Economic
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Lutheran Homes of South
Caroline Obligated Group)
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Carolina Public Service
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Santee Cooper)
Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statement of Investments (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2022-
XF1409), (South Dakota
Health & Educational
Facilities Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Avera
Health Obligated Group))
Non-Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 5.00%(b),(d),(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metropolitan Government
Nashville & Davidson County
Health & Educational
Facilities Board, Revenue
Bonds (Belmont University)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aldine Independent School
District, GO
(Insured: Permanent School
Fund Guarantee Program)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arlington Higher Education
Finance Corp., Revenue
Bonds (BASIS Texas Charter
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clifton Higher Education
Finance Corp., Revenue
Bonds (International
Leadership of Texas) Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clifton Higher Education
Finance Corp., Revenue
Bonds (International
Leadership of Texas) Ser. D
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clifton Higher Education
Finance Corp., Revenue
Bonds (International
Leadership of Texas) Ser. D
|
|
|
|
|
|
Clifton Higher Education
Finance Corp., Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (IDEA
Public Schools) (Insured;
Permanent School Fund
Guarantee Program)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
Texas — 16.6% (continued)
|
Clifton Higher Education
Finance Corp., Revenue
Bonds, Refunding
(International Leadership of
Texas) (Insured: Permanent
School Fund Guarantee
Program) Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dallas Fort Worth
International Airport,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Ser. B
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dallas Independent School
District, GO, Refunding
(Insured; Permanent School
Fund Guarantee Program)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fort Bend County, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Insured;
Assured Guaranty Municipal
Corp.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grand Parkway Transportation
Corp., Revenue Bonds,
Refunding
|
|
|
|
|
|
Houston Airport System,
Revenue Bonds (United
Airlines) Ser. B
|
|
|
|
|
|
Houston Airport System,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Insured; Assured Guaranty
Municipal Corp.) Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Houston Airport System,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lamar Consolidated
Independent School District,
GO
|
|
|
|
|
|
Medina Valley Independent
School District, GO
(Insured: Permanent School
Fund Guarantee Program)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mission Economic
Development Corp., Revenue
Bonds, Refunding
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statement of Investments (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
Texas — 16.6% (continued)
|
Tarrant County Cultural
Education Facilities Finance
Corp., Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Trinity Terrace
Project)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2024-
XM1164), (Texas University
System, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding) Non-Recourse,
Underlying Coupon Rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
Waxahachie Independent
School District, GO (Insured;
Permanent School Fund
Guarantee Program)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Puerto Rico, GO, Ser. A(f)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salt Lake City Airport, Revenue
Bonds, Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salt Lake City Airport, Revenue
Bonds, Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2024-
XM1176), (Virginia State
Housing Development
Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Ser. A) Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 4.80%(b),(d),(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Virginia Small Business
Financing Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Transform
66 P3 Project)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Williamsburg Economic
Development Authority,
Revenue Bonds (William &
Mary Project) (Insured;
Assured Guaranty Municipal
Corp.) Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tender Option Bond Trust
Receipts (Series 2024-
XF1730), (Port of Seattle
Washington, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Intermediate
Lien) Ser. 2024A) Non-
Recourse, Underlying
Coupon Rate 5.25%(b),(d),(e)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Washington Convention Center
Public Facilities District,
Revenue Bonds (Sustainable
Bond) Ser. B
|
|
|
|
|
|
Washington Health Care
Facilities Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding
(Providence Health &
Services) Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Washington Housing Finance
Commission, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Seattle
Academy of Arts &
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statement of Investments (continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Municipal Investments — 151.1% (continued)
|
|
Public Finance Authority,
|
|
|
|
|
|
Public Finance Authority,
Revenue Bonds (Cone
Health) Ser. A
|
|
|
|
|
|
Public Finance Authority,
Revenue Bonds (EMU
Campus Living) (Insured;
Build America Mutual) Ser.
A1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Public Finance Authority,
Revenue Bonds (EMU
Campus Living) (Insured;
Build America Mutual) Ser.
A1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Public Finance Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Ser. 1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Public Finance Authority,
Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Ser. B
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wisconsin Health &
Educational Facilities
Authority, Revenue Bonds
(Bellin Memorial Hospital
Obligated Group)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments (cost $335,184,304)
|
|
|
|
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables
|
|
|
|
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders
|
|
|
FHLMC—Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
|
FNMA—Federal National Mortgage Association
|
GNMA—Government National Mortgage Association
|
|
|
These securities have a put feature; the date shown represents the put date and the
bond holder can take a
specific action to retain the bond after the put date.
|
|
Security exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of
1933. These securities
may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional
buyers. At
February 28, 2025, these securities amounted to $91,419,079 or 41.0% of net assets
applicable to
Common Stockholders.
|
|
Non-income producing—security in default.
|
|
The Variable Rate is determined by the Remarketing Agent in its sole discretion based
on prevailing market
conditions and may, but need not, be established by reference to one or more financial
indices.
|
|
Collateral for floating rate borrowings. The coupon rate given represents the current
interest rate for the
inverse floating rate security.
|
|
Security issued with a zero coupon. Income is recognized through the accretion of
discount.
|
|
These securities are prerefunded; the date shown represents the prerefunded date.
Bonds which are
prerefunded are collateralized by U.S. Government securities which are held in escrow
and are used to pay
principal and interest on the municipal issue and to retire the bonds in full at the
earliest refunding date.
|
See notes to financial statements.
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
February 28, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in securities—See Statement of Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Due to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and
affiliates—Note 2(b)
|
|
|
RVMTP Shares at liquidation value—Note 1
|
|
|
Payable for inverse floater notes issued—Note 3
|
|
|
Dividends payable to Common Stockholders
|
|
|
Interest and expense payable related to inverse floater notes
issued—Note 3
|
|
|
Directors’ fees and expenses payable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders ($)
|
|
|
Composition of Net Assets ($):
|
|
|
Common Stock, par value, $.001 per share
(18,405,973 shares issued and outstanding)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total distributable earnings (loss)
|
|
|
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(250 million shares authorized)
|
|
|
Net Asset Value Per Share of Common Stock ($)
|
|
|
See notes to financial statements.
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Year Ended February 28, 2025
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RVMTP Shares interest expense—Note 1(g)
|
|
Interest and expense related to inverse floater
notes issued—Note 3
|
|
|
|
Directors’ fees and expenses—Note 2(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chief Compliance Officer fees—Note 2(b)
|
|
Shareholder servicing costs
|
|
Tender and Paying Agent fees—Note 2(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less—reduction in fees due to earnings credits—Note 2(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments—Note 3 ($):
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
|
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
|
|
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments
|
|
Net Increase in Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders Resulting
from Operations
|
|
See notes to financial statements.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Year Ended February 28, 2025
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Operating Activities ($):
|
|
|
Purchases of long term portfolio securities
|
|
|
Proceeds from sales of long term portfolio securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest and expense related to inverse floater notes
issued
|
|
|
RVMTP Shares interest expense
|
|
|
Expenses paid to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and
affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Cash Provided (or Used) in Operating Activities
|
|
|
Cash Flows From Financing Activities ($):
|
|
|
Dividends paid to Common Stockholders
|
|
|
Increase in payable for inverse floater notes issued
|
|
|
Net Cash Provided (or Used) in Financing Activities
|
|
|
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash
|
|
|
Cash at beginning of period
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
Applicable to Common Stockholders Resulting from
Operations to Net Cash Provided by (or Used) in
Operating Activities ($):
|
|
|
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting From Operations
|
|
|
Adjustments to Reconcile Net Increase (Decrease) in
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders
Resulting from Operations to Net Cash Provided (or
Used) in Operating Activities ($):
|
|
|
Increase in investments in securities at cost
|
|
|
Increase in interest receivable
|
|
|
Increase in prepaid expenses
|
|
|
Increase in Due to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.
and affiliates
|
|
|
Decrease in payable for investment securities purchased
|
|
|
Increase in interest and expense payable related to inverse
floater notes issued
|
|
|
Decrease in Directors’ fees and expenses payable
|
|
|
Increase in other accrued expenses
|
|
|
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on
investments
|
|
|
Net Cash Provided (or Used) in Operating Activities
|
|
|
See notes to financial statements.
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
|
Year Ended February 28/29,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
|
|
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on
investments
|
|
|
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to
Common Stockholders Resulting from Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions to stockholders
|
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Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to
Common Stockholders
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The following table describes the performance for the fiscal periods indicated. Market
price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price
at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market
price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. These figures
have been derived from the fund’s financial statements, and with respect to common stock, market price data for the fund’s common shares.
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investments
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assets
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assets
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Ratio of interest and expense related to
inverse floater notes issued, RVMTP
Shares and VMTP Shares interest
expense to average net assets
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Ratio of net investment income to average
net assets
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Asset Coverage of RVMTP Shares
and VMTP Shares, end of period
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Net Assets, applicable to Common
Stockholders, end of period ($ x
1,000)
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RVMTP Shares and VMTP Shares
Outstanding, end of period ($ x
1,000)
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of period ($ x 1,000)
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Amount inclusive of reductions in fees due to earnings credits.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies:
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (the “fund”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide as high a level of current income exempt from regular federal income tax
as is consistent with the preservation of capital. BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (the
“Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY”), serves as the fund’s investment adviser. Insight North America, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BNY and an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as the fund’s sub-adviser. The fund’s common stock (“Common Stock”) trades on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the ticker symbol DMB.
The fund has outstanding 750 shares of Remarketable Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares (“RVMTP Shares”). The fund is subject to certain restrictions relating to the RVMTP Shares. Failure to comply with these restrictions could preclude the fund
from declaring any distributions to shareholders of Common Stock (“Common Stockholders”) or repurchasing shares of Common Stock and/or could trigger the mandatory redemption of RVMTP Shares at their liquidation value (i.e., $100,000 per
share). Thus, redemptions of RVMTP Shares may be deemed to be outside of the control
of the fund.
The RVMTP Shares have a mandatory redemption date of October 16, 2049, and are subject to mandatory tender upon each 42 month anniversary of October 16, 2020, the
effective date of their refinancing, or upon the end of a Special Terms Period (as
defined in the fund’s articles supplementary) (each an Early Term Redemption Date (as defined in the fund’s articles supplementary)), subject to the option of the holders to retain the RVMTP Shares. On October 16, 2023, the RVMTP Shares were successfully remarketed during
their first Early Term Redemption Date, and the RVMTP Shares were extended through
the 42 month anniversary of October 16, 2023. RVMTP Shares that are neither retained
by the holders nor successfully remarketed by the Early Term Redemption Date will
be redeemed by the fund. The fund is subject to a Tender and Paying Agent Agreement with
the Bank of New York Mellon, with respect to the RVMTP Shares.
The shareholders of RVMTP Shares, voting as a separate class, have the right to elect
at least two directors. The shareholders of RVMTP Shares will vote as a separate class
on certain other matters, as required by law. The fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has designated Nathan Leventhal and Benaree Pratt Wiley as directors to be elected by
the shareholders of RVMTP Shares.
Dividends on RVMTP Shares are normally declared daily and paid monthly. The Dividend Rate on the RVMTP Shares is, except as otherwise provided, equal to the rate
per annum that results from the sum of (1) the Index Rate plus (2) the Applicable
Spread as determined for the RVMTP Shares on the Rate Determination Date immediately
preceding such Subsequent Rate Period plus (3) the Failed Remarketing Spread (all
defined terms as defined in the fund’s articles supplementary).
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) is the exclusive reference of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants.
The fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of
the FASB ASC Topic 946 Financial Services-Investment Companies. The fund’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which may require the use of management estimates and assumptions. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. The fund does not anticipate
recognizing any loss related to these arrangements.
(a) Portfolio valuation: The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date (i.e., the exit price). GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs of valuation techniques
used to measure fair value. This hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted
prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the
lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).
Additionally, GAAP provides guidance on determining whether the volume and activity
in a market has decreased significantly and whether such a decrease in activity results
in transactions that are not orderly. GAAP requires enhanced disclosures around valuation
inputs and techniques used during annual and interim periods.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s investments relating to fair value measurements. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.
Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication
of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level
within the disclosure hierarchy. Valuation techniques used to value the fund’s investments are as follows:
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
The Board has designated the Adviser as the fund’s valuation designee to make all fair value determinations with respect to the fund’s portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight and pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Act.
Investments in municipal securities are valued each business day by an independent
pricing service (the “Service”) approved by the Board. Investments for which quoted bid prices are readily available and are representative of the bid side of the market
in the judgment of the Service are valued at the mean between the quoted bid prices (as obtained
by the Service from dealers in such securities) and asked prices (as calculated by
the Service based upon its evaluation of the market for such securities). Municipal investments
(which constitute a majority of the portfolio securities) are carried at fair value as determined
by the Service, based on methods which include consideration of the following: yields
or prices of municipal securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions. The Service
is engaged under the general oversight of the Board. All of the preceding securities
are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are
determined not to reflect accurately fair value, such as when the value of a security
has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which
the security is principally traded, but before the fund calculates its net asset value,
the fund may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures
approved by the Board. Certain factors may be considered when fair valuing investments
such as: fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities
are purchased and sold, and public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable
issuers. These securities are either categorized within Level 2 or 3 of the fair value
hierarchy depending on the relevant inputs used.
For securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity
and risk are used and such securities are generally categorized within Level 3 of the
fair value hierarchy.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 28, 2025 in valuing the
fund’s investments:
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Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
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Level 2- Other
Significant
Observable Inputs
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Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
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Other Financial
Instruments:
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Certain of the fund’s liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for financial
reporting purposes.
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(b) Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are
recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income, adjusted for accretion of discount and
amortization of premium on investments, is earned from settlement date and is recognized
on the accrual basis. Securities purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery
basis may be settled a month or more after the trade date.
(c) Market Risk: The value of the securities in which the fund invests may be affected by political, regulatory, economic and social developments, and developments that impact
specific economic sectors, industries or segments of the market. The value of a security
may also decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related
to a particular company or industry, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions,
changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency
rates, changes to inflation, adverse changes to credit markets or adverse investor sentiment
generally.
The Additional Information section within this annual report provides more details
about the fund’s principal risk factors.
(d) Dividends and distributions to Common Stockholders: Dividends and
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from net investment
income are normally declared and paid monthly. Dividends from net realized capital gains,
if any, are normally declared and paid annually, but the fund may make distributions on a
more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). To the extent that net realized capital gains can be offset by capital loss carryovers, it is the policy of the fund not to distribute such gains.
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations,
which may differ from GAAP.
Common Stockholders will have their distributions reinvested in additional shares
of the fund, unless such Common Stockholders elect to receive cash, at the lower of the market
price or net asset value per share (but not less than 95% of the market price). If
market price is equal to or exceeds net asset value, shares will be issued at net asset value.
If net asset value exceeds market price, Computershare Inc., the transfer agent for the fund’s Common Stock, will buy fund shares in the open market and reinvest those shares accordingly.
On February 4, 2025, the Board declared a cash dividend of $.03 per share from net
investment income, payable on March 3, 2025 to Common Stockholders of record as of
the close of business on February 19, 2025. The ex-dividend date was February 19,
2025.
(e) Dividends to holders of RVMTP Shares: Dividends on RVMTP Shares are normally declared daily and paid monthly. The Dividend Rate on the RVMTP Shares is,
except as otherwise provided, equal to the rate per annum that results from the sum
of (1) the Index Rate plus (2) the Applicable Spread as determined for the RVMTP Shares
on the Rate Determination Date immediately preceding such Subsequent Rate Period plus
(3) the Failed Remarketing Spread. The Applicable Rate of the RVMTP Shares was equal
to the sum of 1.30% per annum plus the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Swap Index rate of 1.86% on February 28, 2025. The dividend
rate as of February 28, 2025 for the RVMTP Shares was 3.16% (all defined terms as
defined in the fund’s articles supplementary).
(f) Federal income taxes: It is the policy of the fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company, which can distribute tax-exempt dividends, by complying with the
applicable provisions of the Code, and to make distributions of taxable income and
net realized capital gain sufficient to relieve it from substantially all federal income
and excise taxes.
As of and during the period ended February 28, 2025, the fund did not have any liabilities
for any uncertain tax positions. The fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any,
related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During
the period ended February 28, 2025, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
Each tax year in the four-year period ended February 28, 2025 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.
At February 28, 2025, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as
follows: undistributed tax-exempt income $2,314,292, accumulated capital losses $43,489,301 and unrealized appreciation $2,155,132.
The fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses for an unlimited period. Furthermore, capital loss carryovers retain their character as either short-term or
long-term capital losses.
The accumulated capital loss carryover is available for federal income tax purposes
to be applied against future net realized capital gains, if any, realized subsequent to
February 28, 2025. The fund has $34,049,322 of short-term capital losses and $9,439,979 of long-term
capital losses which can be carried forward for an unlimited period.
The tax character of distributions paid to Common Stockholders during the fiscal years
ended February 28, 2025 and February 29, 2024 were as follows: tax-exempt income $6,626,150 and $8,098,628, respectively.
(g) RVMTP Shares: The fund’s RVMTP Shares aggregate liquidation preference is shown as a liability, since they have a stated mandatory redemption date of October
16, 2049. Dividends paid on RVMTP Shares are treated as interest expense and recorded
on the accrual basis. Costs directly related to the issuance of the RVMTP Shares are
considered debt issuance costs which has been fully amortized into expense over the
life of the RVMTP Shares.
During the period ended February 28, 2025, total fees pursuant to RVMTP Shares amounted to $3,404,610. These fees are included in RVMTP Shares interest expense in
the Statement of Operations.
The average amount of borrowings outstanding for the RVMTP Shares during the period
ended February 28, 2025 was approximately $75,000,000, with a related weighted average
annualized interest rate of 4.54%.
(h) Operating segment reporting: In this reporting period, the fund adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) - Improvements
to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”). Adoption of the new standard impacted financial statement disclosures only and did not affect the fund’s financial position or the results of its operations. The ASU 2023-07 is effective for public
entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and requires retrospective application
for all prior periods presented within the financial statements.
Since its commencement, the fund operates and is managed as a single reportable segment
deriving returns in the form of dividends, interest and/or gains from the investments
made in pursuit of its single stated investment objective as outlined in the fund’s prospectus. The accounting policies of the fund are consistent with those described in these Notes
to Financial Statements. The chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) is represented by BNY Investments, the management of the Adviser, comprising Senior Management and
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
Directors. The CODM considers net increase in net assets resulting from operations
in deciding whether to purchase additional investments or to make distributions to fund shareholders. Detailed financial information for the fund is disclosed within
these financial statements with total assets and liabilities disclosed on the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities, investments held on the Statement of Investments, results of operations
and significant segment expenses on the Statement of Operations and other information
about the fund’s performance, including total return, portfolio turnover and ratios within the Financial Highlights.
NOTE 2—Management Fee, Sub-Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates:
(a) Pursuant to a management agreement with the Adviser, the management fee is computed at the annual rate of .65% of the value of the fund’s daily total assets, including any assets attributable to effective leverage, minus certain defined accrued liabilities
(the “Managed Assets”) and is payable monthly.
Pursuant to a sub-investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, the Adviser pays the Sub-Adviser a monthly fee at an annual rate of .27% of the value of the fund’s average daily Managed Assets.
(b) The fund has an arrangement with The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”), subsidiary of BNY and an affiliate of the Adviser, whereby the fund may receive earnings
credits when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset Custodian
fees. For financial reporting purposes, the fund includes custody net earning credits
as an expense offset in the Statement of Operations.
The fund compensates the Custodian, under a custody agreement, for providing custodial
services for the fund. These fees are determined based on net assets, geographic region
and transaction activity. During the period ended February 28, 2025, the fund was charged
$6,786 pursuant to the custody agreement. These fees were offset by earnings credits
of $6,786.
The fund compensates The Bank of New York Mellon under a Tender and Paying Agent Agreement for providing certain transfer agency and payment services with respect
to the RVMTP Shares. During the period ended February 28, 2025, the fund was charged $8,125 for the services provided by the Tender and Paying Agent.
During the period ended February 28, 2025, the fund was charged $16,563 for services
performed by the fund’s Chief Compliance Officer and his staff. These fees are included in Chief Compliance Officer fees in the Statement of Operations.
The components of “Due to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and affiliates” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities consist of: Management fee of $169,370, Custodian
fees of $1,500, Tender and Paying Agent fees of $4,813 and Chief Compliance Officer
fees of $3,348.
During the year ended February 28, 2025, the fund received $5,182 related to short-swing
profits pursuant to Section 16(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”). This amount is included in interest income in the Statement of Operations.
(c) Each board member of the fund also serves as a board member of other funds in the
BNY Mellon Family of Funds complex. Annual retainer fees and attendance fees are allocated to each fund based on net assets.
NOTE 3—Securities Transactions:
The aggregate amount of purchases and sales (including paydowns) of investment securities, excluding short-term securities and secured borrowings of inverse floater
securities, during the period ended February 28, 2025, amounted to $74,310,604 and
$71,666,116, respectively.
Inverse Floater Securities: The fund participates in secondary inverse floater structures in which fixed-rate, tax-exempt municipal bonds are transferred to a trust (the “Inverse Floater Trust”). The Inverse Floater Trust typically issues two variable rate securities that are collateralized by the cash flows of the fixed-rate, tax-exempt
municipal bonds. One of these variable rate securities pays interest based on a short-term floating
rate set by a remarketing agent at predetermined intervals (“Trust Certificates”). A residual interest tax-exempt security is also created by the Inverse Floater Trust, which is
transferred to the fund, and is paid interest based on the remaining cash flows of the Inverse
Floater Trust, after payment of interest on the other securities and various expenses of the
Inverse Floater Trust. An Inverse Floater Trust may be collapsed without the consent
of the fund due to certain termination events such as bankruptcy, default or other credit
event.
The fund accounts for the transfer of bonds to the Inverse Floater Trust as secured
borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the fund’s investments, and the Trust Certificates reflected as fund liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The fund may invest in inverse floater securities on either a non-recourse or recourse
basis. These securities are typically supported by a liquidity facility provided by a bank
or other financial institution (the “Liquidity Provider”) that allows the holders of the Trust Certificates to tender their certificates in exchange for payment from the Liquidity
Provider of par plus accrued interest on any business day prior to a termination event.
When the fund invests in inverse floater securities on a non-recourse basis, the Liquidity
Provider is required to make a payment under the liquidity facility due to a termination
event to the holders of the Trust Certificates. When this occurs, the Liquidity Provider
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
typically liquidates all or a portion of the municipal securities held in the Inverse
Floater Trust. A liquidation shortfall occurs if the Trust Certificates exceed the proceeds
of the sale of the bonds in the Inverse Floater Trust (“Liquidation Shortfall”). When a fund invests in inverse floater securities on a recourse basis, the fund typically enters into a reimbursement
agreement with the Liquidity Provider where the fund is required to repay the Liquidity
Provider the amount of any Liquidation Shortfall. As a result, a fund investing in
a recourse inverse floater security bears the risk of loss with respect to any Liquidation
Shortfall.
The average amount of borrowings outstanding under the inverse floater structure during
the period ended February 28, 2025, was approximately $35,165,589, with a related
weighted average annualized interest rate of 3.86%.
At February 28, 2025, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was
$291,294,865; accordingly, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments
was $2,155,132, consisting of $11,162,805 gross unrealized appreciation and $9,007,673 gross unrealized depreciation.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure
Fund, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of BNY Mellon
Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), including the statement of investments, as of February 28, 2025, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the
year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then
ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related
notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund at February
28, 2025, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the changes
in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each
of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the
U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund
is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal
control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness
of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement
of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that
respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation
of securities owned as of February 28, 2025, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and others;
when replies were not received from brokers and others, we performed other auditing procedures.
Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the BNY Mellon
Family of Funds since at least 1957, but we are unable to determine the specific year.
New York, New York
April 22, 2025
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
The fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”) is commonly referred to as an “opt-out” plan. Each Common Stockholder who participates in the Plan will have all distributions
of dividends and capital gains automatically reinvested in additional Common Shares by
Computershare Inc. as agent (the “Plan Agent”). Common Stockholders who elect not to participate in the Plan will receive all distributions in cash, which will be paid
by check and mailed directly to the shareholder of record (or if the shares are held in street
or other nominee name, then to the nominee) by the Plan Agent, as dividend disbursing agent. Common
Stockholders whose shares are held in the name of a broker or nominee should contact
the broker or nominee to determine whether and how they may participate in the Plan. The
Plan Agent serves as agent for the Common Stockholders in administering the Plan. After
the fund declares a dividend or makes a capital gain distribution, the Plan Agent will, as
agent for the Stockholders, either (i) receive the cash payment and use it to buy Common Shares
in the open market, on the NYSE or elsewhere, for the participants’ accounts or (ii) distribute newly issued Common Shares of the fund on behalf of the participants. The Plan Agent will receive
cash from the fund with which to buy Common Shares in the open market if, on the distribution
payment date, the net asset value per share exceeds the market price per Common Share
plus estimated brokerage commissions on that date. The Plan Agent will receive the dividend
or distribution in newly issued Common Shares of the fund if, on the payment date, the
market price per share plus estimated brokerage commissions equals or exceeds the net asset
value per share of the fund on that date. The number of shares to be issued will be computed
at a per share rate equal to the greater of (i) the net asset value or (ii) 95% of the closing
market price per Common Share on the payment date.
Participants in the Plan may withdraw from the Plan at any time upon written notice
to the Plan Agent. Such withdrawal will be effective immediately if received not less than
ten days prior to a distribution record date; otherwise, it will be effective for all subsequent
distributions. When a participant withdraws from the Plan or the Plan is terminated,
such participant will receive whole Common Shares in his or her account under the Plan
and will receive a cash payment for any fraction of a Common Share credited to such account.
If any participant elects to have the Plan Agent sell all or part of his or her Common Shares
and remit the proceeds, the Plan Agent is authorized to deduct a $15.00 fee plus $0.10 per share
in brokerage commissions.
In the case of Stockholders, such as banks, brokers or nominees, which hold Common
Shares for others who are the beneficial owners, the Plan Agent will administer the Plan
on the basis of the number of Common Shares certified from time to time by the record Stockholders
as representing the total amount registered in the record shareholder’s name and held for the account of beneficial owners who are participants in the Plan.
The Plan Agent’s fees for the handling of reinvestment of dividends and other distributions will be paid by the fund. Each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions
incurred with respect to the Plan Agent’s open market purchases in connection with the reinvestment of distributions. There are no other charges to participants for reinvesting
dividends or capital gain distributions. Purchases and/or sales are usually made through
a broker affiliated with the Plan Agent.
Experience under the Plan may indicate that changes are desirable. Accordingly, the
fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan as applied to any distribution paid
subsequent to written notice of the change sent to all Stockholders of the fund at least 90 days
before the record date for the dividend or distribution. The Plan also may be amended or terminated
by the Plan Agent by at least 90 days’ written notice to all Stockholders of the fund. All correspondence concerning the Plan should be directed to the Plan Agent by calling
1-855-866-0953, or writing P.O. Box 534434, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15253-4442.
The automatic reinvestment of dividends and other distributions will not relieve participants
of any income tax that may be payable or required to be withheld on such dividends or
distributions. See “Tax Matters.”
Level Distribution Policy
The fund’s dividend policy is to distribute substantially all of its net investment income to its Stockholders on a monthly basis. In order to provide Stockholders with a more consistent
yield to the current trading price of shares of Common Stock of the fund, the fund may at
times pay out more or less than the entire amount of net investment income earned in any particular
month and may at times in any month pay out any accumulated but undistributed income
in addition to net investment income earned in that month. As a result, the dividends
paid by the fund for any particular month may be more or less than the amount of net investment
income earned by the fund during such month. The fund’s current accumulated but undistributed net investment income, if any, is disclosed within Note 1(f) of this report, which comprises
part of the Financial Information included in this report.
Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies
Investment Objective. The fund’s investment objective is to seek to provide as high a level of current income exempt from regular federal income tax as is consistent with the preservation
of capital. The fund’s investment objective is fundamental and may not be changed without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority (as defined in the Act) of the fund’s outstanding voting securities. There is no assurance the fund will achieve its investment objective.
Principal Investment Strategies. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in municipal bonds that the Sub-Adviser has identified as financing the development,
support or improvement of infrastructure in the United States, its territories and possessions
(such as Puerto Rico and Guam). Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80%
of its Managed Assets in municipal bonds issued to finance infrastructure sectors and projects
in the United States. Infrastructure sectors and projects include transportation (e.g., roads,
tunnels and bridges, airports, seaports, railways and mass transit systems), energy and utilities
(e.g., natural gas transmission and distribution, power plants, water treatment and distribution
centers, wastewater treatment facilities, oil and gas pipelines), social infrastructure
(e.g., schools, healthcare facilities, public facilities, convention centers), water and
environment (e.g., drinking water, wastewater, solid waste, flood control, coastal management), and other
similar
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public sectors and projects that support or facilitate the development or improvement
of economic, health, and cultural and social standards in the United States.
The fund may not change its investment policy to invest at least 80% of its Managed
Assets in municipal bonds without the approval of the holders of a “majority of the outstanding” Common Stock and preferred stock (if any) voting together as a single class, and of
the holders of a “majority of the outstanding” preferred stock (if any) voting as a separate class. Upon 60 days’ prior written notice to Common Stockholders (and holders of preferred stock, if any), however, the fund may change its investment policy to permit it to invest less than
80% of its Managed Assets in municipal bonds issued to finance infrastructure sectors and projects
in the United States. When used with respect to the fund as a whole or particular shares
of the fund, a “majority of the outstanding” shares means (i) 67% or more of the shares present at a meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the shares are present or represented by proxy
or (ii) more than 50% of the shares, whichever is less.
The fund will invest 25% or more of its Managed Assets in infrastructure sectors or
projects and, from time to time, the fund may have 25% or more of its Managed Assets invested
in any one of the infrastructure sectors or invested across similar projects described herein.
The Sub- Adviser retains broad discretion to allocate the fund’s investments across various infrastructure sectors and projects.
In addition, under normal circumstances, the fund:
●will invest at least 50% of its Managed Assets in municipal bonds that, at the time
of investment, are rated investment grade (i.e., BBB- or Baa3 or higher) by at least
one of the NRSROs (as defined below) that rate such securities, or, if unrated, determined
to be of comparable quality by the Sub-Adviser;
●may invest up to 50% of its Managed Assets in municipal bonds that are rated below
investment grade or are the unrated equivalent as determined by the Sub-Adviser at
the time of investment. Municipal bonds of below investment grade quality are regarded
as having predominately speculative characteristics with respect to an obligor’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal (commonly referred to as “high yield” or “junk” bonds);
●will not invest more than 10% of its Managed Assets in municipal bonds that are rated
below B-/B3 by an NRSRO or are the unrated equivalent as determined by the Sub-Adviser at the time of investment. The fund may invest in municipal bonds that, at the time of investment, are distressed, but will not invest in municipal bonds that, at
the time of investment, are in default or involved in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings;
●may invest up to 30% of its Managed Assets in municipal bonds the income from which
is subject to the federal alternative minimum tax applicable to individuals; and
●will invest no more than 25% of its Managed Assets in securities and other instruments
that, at the time of investment, are illiquid.
“NRSRO” means (a) each of Fitch Ratings, Inc., Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and S&P Global Ratings, so long as such entity is a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act and (b) any other nationally
recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62)
of the Exchange Act that is not an “affiliated person” (as defined in Section 2(a)(3) of the Act) of the fund.
The fund seeks to maintain a levered effective duration of up to 14 years, which takes
into account the effects of the fund’s use of effective leverage and optional call provisions of the municipal bonds in the fund’s portfolio. In the event that the fund does not engage in leverage to a material degree, the fund will seek to maintain an effective duration of up to
10 years, accounting for the effect of optional call provisions of the municipal bonds in the fund’s portfolio.
The fund also may invest in certain derivative instruments in pursuit of its investment
objective. Such instruments include financial futures contracts, swap contracts (including
interest rate and credit default swaps) and options, including options on financial
futures and options on swap contracts. The Sub-Adviser may use derivative instruments as a substitute
for investing directly in an underlying asset, to increase returns, to manage credit or
interest rate risk, or as part of a hedging strategy. These types of strategies may generate taxable
income.
The fund may employ leverage to enhance its potential for achieving its investment
objective. The fund may employ leverage by issuing preferred stock, such as the RVMTP shares,
or debt securities, or by borrowing funds from banks or other financial institutions, including
through the use of municipal tender option bond programs (i.e., “structural leverage”). The fund, subject to the restrictions imposed by the fund’s organizational documents and the terms of the RVMTP shares, also may employ leverage by using certain portfolio techniques that
have the economic effect of leverage, such as through the use of derivative instruments or
reverse repurchase agreements, or by engaging in when-issued, delayed delivery or forward
commitment transactions (i.e., “portfolio leverage”). The fund generally expects to employ effective leverage through a combination of preferred stock and residual interest
municipal tender option bonds.
“Effective leverage” is the combination of the amount of any structural leverage and any portfolio leverage used by the fund. The fund anticipates that its effective leverage,
including the allocation between structural and portfolio leverage, will vary from time to time,
based upon changes in market conditions and variations in the value of its portfolio holdings.
Under current market conditions, the fund intends to utilize effective leverage in an amount
up to 35% of its Managed Assets. However, the fund reserves the right to utilize effective
leverage in an amount up to 45% of its Managed Assets. The fund’s organizational documents and the terms of the RVMTP shares, however, may impose requirements on the fund with respect
to its asset coverage or portfolio composition that would be more stringent than those imposed
on the fund by the Act and might limit the ability of the fund to utilize effective leverage
in a manner and in the amounts permitted by its investment policies.
The fund also may borrow for temporary, emergency or other purposes as permitted by
the Act. The use of leverage involves increased risk, including increased variability of the fund’s net income, distributions and net asset value in relation to market changes. The fund’s leverage strategy may not work as planned or achieve its goal.
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Principal Risk Factors
An investment in the fund involves special risk considerations, which are described
below. The fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company designed primarily
as a long-term investment and not as a vehicle for short-term trading purposes. An investment
in the fund’s Common Stock may be speculative and it involves a high degree of risk. The fund should not constitute a complete investment program. Due to the uncertainty in all
investments, there can be no assurance that the fund will achieve its investment objective.
Different risks may be more significant at different times depending on market conditions.
Your Common Stock at any point in time may be worth less than your original investment.
Municipal Bonds Risk. Investing in municipal bonds involves certain risks. The amount of public information available about municipal bonds is generally less than that for
corporate equities or bonds. Special factors, such as legislative changes and state and local
economic and business developments, may adversely affect the yield and/or value of the fund’s investments in municipal bonds. The yields on and market prices of municipal bonds are dependent
on a variety of factors.
Changes in economic, business or political conditions relating to a particular municipality
or state in which the fund invests may have an effect on the fund’s net asset value. The secondary market for certain municipal bonds, particularly below investment grade municipal
bonds, tends to be less well-developed or liquid than many other securities markets, which
may adversely affect the fund’s ability to sell its portfolio securities at attractive prices. The ability of issuers of municipal bonds to make timely payments of interest and repayments of principal
may be diminished during general economic downturns and as governmental cost burdens
are reallocated among federal, state and local governments. In addition, laws enacted
in the future by Congress or state legislatures or referenda could extend the time for payment of
principal and/or interest, or impose other constraints on enforcement of such obligations, or
on the ability of municipal issuers to levy taxes. Issuers of municipal bonds might seek
protection under the bankruptcy laws. In the event of bankruptcy of such an issuer, the fund
could experience delays in collecting principal and interest and the fund may not be able
to collect all principal and interest to which it is entitled. To enforce its rights in the event
of a default in the payment of interest or repayment of principal, or both, the fund may take possession
of, and manage, the assets securing the issuer’s obligations on such securities, which may increase the fund’s operating expenses. Any income derived from the fund’s ownership or operation of such assets may not be tax-exempt. The fund may be more sensitive to adverse economic,
business or political developments if it invests a substantial portion of its assets in the securities
of similar infrastructure projects, industrial development bonds, or in particular types of municipal
bonds (such as revenue bonds, general obligation bonds or private activity bonds).
Such developments may adversely affect a specific industry or local political and economic
conditions, and thus may lead to declines in the securities’ creditworthiness and value.
The fund may invest in municipal leases and certificates of participation in such
leases that involve special risks because the issuers of those securities may not be obligated
to appropriate money annually to make payments. Leases and installment purchase or conditional sale
contracts have evolved as a means for governmental issuers to acquire property and
equipment without meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements for the issuance of
debt.
Below Investment Grade Municipal Bonds Risk. Because the fund may invest a significant portion of its portfolio in below investment grade municipal bonds, its portfolio
is subject to heightened credit risk. Below investment grade municipal bonds (commonly referred
to as “high yield” or “junk” bonds) involve substantial risk of loss and are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer’s or obligor’s ability to pay interest and repay principal and are susceptible to default or decline in market value due to adverse economic and
business developments. The market values for high yield municipal bonds tend to be very volatile,
and those bonds are less liquid than investment grade municipal bonds.
Because there is no established retail secondary market for many of these bonds, it
may be anticipated that such bonds could be sold only to a limited number of dealers or institutional
investors. To the extent a secondary trading market for these bonds does exist, it
generally is not as liquid as the secondary market for higher-rated municipal bonds. The lack of a
liquid secondary market may have an adverse impact on market price and yield and the fund’s ability to dispose of particular issues in response to a specific economic event such as a
deterioration in the creditworthiness of the issuer. The lack of a liquid secondary market for certain
bonds also may make it more difficult for the fund to obtain accurate market quotations for purposes
of valuing the fund’s portfolio and calculating its net asset value. In such cases, the Sub-Adviser’s judgment may play a greater role in valuation because less reliable, objective data
may be available.
For these reasons, an investment in the fund is subject to the following specific
risks: (i) increased price sensitivity to a deteriorating economic environment; (ii) greater
risk of loss due to default or declining credit quality; (iii) adverse issuer or obligor specific
events are more likely to render the issuer or obligor unable to make interest and/or principal payments;
and (iv) if a negative perception of the high yield market develops, the price and liquidity
of high yield bonds may be depressed, which may last for a significant period of time. Adverse
changes in economic conditions are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of a high yield
issuer to make principal and interest payments than of an investment grade issuer.
Distressed municipal bonds are speculative and involve substantial risks in addition
to the risks of investing in below investment grade municipal bonds. The fund will generally not
receive interest payments on the distressed municipal bonds it holds and may incur costs to
protect its investment. In addition, distressed municipal bonds involve the substantial risk that
principal will not be repaid. It may be more difficult to value such bonds and the spread between
the bid and asked prices of such securities may be greater than expected. Distressed municipal
bonds and any bonds or other securities received in an exchange for such distressed municipal
bonds may be subject to restrictions on resale.
Infrastructure Investments Risk. Infrastructure sectors and projects may be subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their development, including: (i) high amounts of
leverage and high interest costs in connection with capital construction and improvement programs;
(ii) difficulty in raising capital in adequate amounts on reasonable terms in periods
of high inflation and unsettled capital markets; (iii) inexperience with and potential losses
resulting
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from the deregulation of a particular industry or sector; (iv) costs associated with
compliance with and changes in environmental and other regulations; (v) regulation by various
government authorities, including government regulation of rates charged to customers;
(vi) the imposition of special tariffs and changes in tax laws, regulatory policies
and accounting standards; (vii) susceptibility to terrorist attacks; (viii) surplus capacity; (ix)
increased competition; (x) technological innovations that may render existing plants, equipment
or products obsolete; and (xi) general changes in market sentiment towards infrastructure
assets.
Credit Risk. Credit risk is the risk that one or more municipal bonds in the fund’s portfolio will decline in price, or the issuer or obligor thereof will fail to pay interest or repay
principal when due, because the issuer or obligor experiences a decline or there is a perception
of a decline in its financial status. Below investment grade municipal bonds involve greater credit risk
than investment grade municipal bonds.
The two principal classifications of municipal bonds are “general obligations” and “revenue obligations.” General obligations are secured by the issuer’s pledge of its credit and taxing power for the payment of principal and interest. Revenue obligations are payable from the
revenues derived from a particular facility or class of facilities or, in some cases, from
the proceeds of a special excise or other specific revenue source but not from the general taxing power.
Sizable investments in these obligations could involve an increased risk to the fund should
any of the related facilities experience financial difficulties.
Interest Rate Risk. Prices of municipal obligations and other fixed-income securities tend to move inversely with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely
affect fixed-income securities and, accordingly, will cause the value of the fund’s investments in these securities to decline. A wide variety of market factors can cause interest rates to
rise, including central bank monetary policy, rising inflation and changes in general economic conditions.
During periods of very low interest rates, which occur from time to time due to market
forces or actions of governments and/or their central banks, including the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System in the U.S., the fund may be subject to a greater risk of principal
decline from rising interest rates. When interest rates fall, the values of already-issued
fixed-income securities generally rise. However, when interest rates fall, the fund’s investments in new securities may be at lower yields and may reduce the fund’s income. The magnitude of these fluctuations in the market price of fixed-income securities is generally greater for
securities with longer effective maturities and durations because such instruments do not mature,
reset interest rates or become callable for longer periods of time. The change in the value of a
fixed-income security or portfolio can be approximated by multiplying its duration by a change
in interest rates. For example, the market price of a fixed-income security with a duration of
three years would be expected to decline 3% if interest rates rose 1%. Conversely, the market
price of the same security would be expected to increase 3% if interest rates fell 1%. Changing
interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, may have unpredictable effects on markets,
may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from fund performance.
Because the values of lower-rated and comparable unrated municipal bonds are affected
both by credit risk and interest rate risk, the price movements of such lower grade municipal
bonds
in response to changes in interest rates typically have not been highly correlated
to the fluctuations of the prices of investment grade municipal bonds in response to changes
in market interest rates.
The fund’s use of leverage may increase its interest rate risk. The fund may use certain strategies to seek to reduce the interest rate sensitivity of the fund’s portfolio and decrease its exposure to interest rate risk. However, there is no assurance that the fund will do so or that
such strategies will be successful.
Call Risk. Some municipal bonds give the issuer the option to “call,” or prepay, the securities before their maturity date. If interest rates fall, it is possible that issuers of
callable bonds with high interest coupons will call their bonds. If a call were exercised by the issuer
of a bond held by the fund during a period of declining interest rates, the fund is likely to replace
such called bond with a lower yielding bond. If that were to happen, it could decrease the fund’s distributions and possibly could affect the market price of the Common Stock. Similar
risks exist when the fund invests the proceeds from matured, traded or prepaid bonds at
market interest rates that are below the fund’s current earnings rate. A decline in income could affect the market price or overall return of the Common Stock. During periods of market illiquidity
or rising interest rates, prices of “callable” issues are subject to increased price fluctuation.
Liquidity Risk. The secondary market for certain municipal bonds tends to be less well developed or liquid than many other securities markets, which may adversely affect the fund’s ability to sell such municipal bonds at attractive prices. When there is little or
no active trading market for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the
securities at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the fund’s net asset value may fall dramatically, even during periods of declining interest rates. Trading
opportunities are more limited for municipal bonds that have not received any credit
ratings, have received ratings below investment grade or are not widely held. There are fewer
dealers in the market for high yield municipal bonds than investment grade municipal bonds. The
prices quoted by different dealers may vary significantly, and the spread between the bid
and ask price is generally much larger than for higher quality instruments. Under adverse market
or economic conditions, the secondary market for high yield municipal bonds could contract
further, independent of any specific adverse changes in the condition of a particular
issuer, and these instruments may become illiquid.
Floating Rate Securities Risk. The fund may invest in floating rate securities. The interest rate on a floating rate security is a variable rate which is tied to another interest rate,
such as a money-market index or U.S. Treasury bill rate. The interest rate on a floating rate security resets
periodically, typically every six months. Because of the interest rate reset feature,
floating rate securities provide the fund with a certain degree of protection against rises in interest
rates, although the fund will participate in any declines in interest rates as well.
The fund also may invest in inverse floating rate securities. The interest rate on
an inverse floating rate security resets in the opposite direction from the market rate of interest
to which the security is indexed or inversely to a multiple of the applicable index. An inverse
floating rate
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security may exhibit greater price volatility than a fixed rate obligation of similar
credit quality. Investing in these types of securities involves the use of effective leverage, which
may magnify the fund’s gains or losses.
Residual Interest Bonds Risk. An investment in a residual interest bond sold as part of a municipal tender option bond program typically will involve greater risk than an investment
in a fixed rate municipal bond. Distributions on residual interest bonds, similar to
other types of inverse floating rate securities, will bear an inverse relationship to short-term
municipal bond interest rates. Distributions on residual interest bonds paid to the fund will be
reduced or, in the extreme, eliminated as short-term municipal interest rates rise and will increase
when short-term municipal interest rates fall. The greater the amount of short-term floating rate
notes sold relative to the residual interest bond, the more volatile the distributions on the
residual interest bond will be. The value of a residual interest bond also is generally more volatile
than that of a fixed rate municipal bond. In addition, the market for these residual interest bonds
may not be liquid, which increases the volatility of these bonds and means that the fund may
not be able to sell them when it desires to do so. Investing in residual interest bonds involves
the use of economic leverage which may magnify the fund’s gains or losses. If the fund invests in highly leveraged residual interest bonds, the fund may lose money in excess of the amount
of its investment, up to an amount equal to the value of the municipal bonds underlying the
residual interest bonds owned by the fund.
Insurance Risk. The fund may purchase municipal bonds that are secured by insurance, bank credit agreements or escrow accounts. The credit quality of the companies that provide
such credit enhancements will affect the value of those bonds. Certain significant providers
of insurance for municipal bonds recently have incurred significant losses as a result
of exposure to sub-prime mortgages and other lower credit quality investments that have experienced
defaults or otherwise suffered extreme credit deterioration. As a result, such losses have
reduced the insurers’ capital and called into question their ability to perform their obligations under such insurance if they are called upon to do so in the future. While an insured municipal
bond will typically be deemed to have the rating of its insurer, if the insurer of a municipal
bond suffers a downgrade in its credit rating or the market discounts the value of the insurance
provided by the insurer, the rating of the underlying municipal bond will be more relevant and
the value of the municipal bond would more closely, if not entirely, reflect such rating. In such
a case, the value of insurance associated with a municipal bond would decline and may not add
any value. The insurance feature of a municipal bond does not guarantee the full payment of principal
and interest through the life of an insured obligation, the market value of the insured
obligation or the net asset value of the Common Stock represented by such insured obligation.
When-Issued, Delayed Delivery and Forward Commitment Transactions Risk. 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. 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. Securities purchased on a forward commitment, when-issued or delayed-delivery basis are subject to changes in value (generally 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, when-issued or delayed-delivery
basis may expose the fund to risks because they may experience such fluctuations prior
to their actual delivery.
Leverage Risk. The fund expects to employ primarily structural leverage through a combination of preferred stock (e.g., the RVMTP shares) and by investing in residual interest
bonds that will constitute borrowings for purposes of the Act. The fund is authorized to utilize structural
leverage through other forms of borrowings or the issuance of debt securities. The
fund also may employ portfolio leverage by using certain portfolio techniques that have the
economic effect of leverage, such as through the use of derivative instruments or reverse repurchase
agreements, or by engaging in when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment
transactions. There is no assurance that the fund’s leveraging strategies will be successful.
Derivatives Transactions Risk. 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 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 the
underlying instruments or the fund’s 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. Although the fund intends to purchase or sell futures contracts
or options only if there is an active market for such contracts or options, no assurance can
be given that a liquid market will exist for any particular contract or option at any particular time.
Changes in liquidity may result in significant, rapid and unpredictable changes in the prices
for derivatives. Additionally, some derivatives the fund may use may involve economic leverage, which
may increase the volatility of these instruments as they may increase or decrease in value
more quickly than the underlying security, index, futures contract, or other economic variable.
Derivatives may be purchased on established exchanges or through privately negotiated
transactions referred to as over-the-counter derivatives. Exchange-traded derivatives,
such as futures contracts and certain options, generally are guaranteed by the clearing agency
that 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. In contrast, no clearing agency
guarantees over-the-counter derivatives, including some options and most swap agreements
(e.g., credit default swaps), and, therefore, there is a risk the counterparty will
default. Accordingly, the Sub-Adviser 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. In addition, mandatory
margin requirements have been imposed on over-the-counter derivative instruments,
which will add to the costs of such transactions.
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Some derivatives may involve leverage (e.g., an instrument linked to the value of
a securities index may return income calculated as a multiple of the price movement of the underlying
index). This economic leverage will increase the volatility of these instruments as
they may increase or decrease in value more quickly than the underlying security, index, futures
contract, currency or other economic variable.
The SEC adopted Rule 18f-4 under the Act which regulates the use of derivatives for
certain funds registered under the Act. The fund is required to limit its derivatives exposure
so that the total notional value of derivatives does not exceed 10% of the fund’s net assets, and is subject to certain reporting requirements.
Market Risk. The value of the securities in which the fund invests may be affected by political,
regulatory, economic and social developments, and developments that impact specific
economic sectors, industries or segments of the market. In addition, turbulence in
financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed income markets may negatively
affect many issuers, which could adversely affect the fund. Global economies and financial
markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one
country, region or financial market may adversely impact issuers in a different country, region
or financial market. These risks may be magnified if certain events or developments adversely
interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances, such risks might
affect companies worldwide. Recent examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19 and
aggressive measures taken worldwide in response by governments, including closing
borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines
of large populations, and by businesses, including changes to operations and reducing
staff. The effects of COVID-19 have contributed to increased volatility in global markets and
will likely affect certain countries, companies, industries and market sectors more dramatically
than others. The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and any other outbreak of an infectious disease
or other serious public health concern could have, a significant negative impact on economic
and market conditions and could trigger a prolonged period of global economic slowdown.
To the extent the fund may overweight its investments in certain companies, industries or
market sectors, such positions will increase the fund’s exposure to risk of loss from adverse developments affecting those companies, industries or sectors.
Risk of Market Price Discount from Net Asset Value. Shares of closed-end funds, such as the fund, frequently trade at a discount from their net asset value. This characteristic is
a risk separate and distinct from the risk that net asset value could decrease as a result of investment
activities. The fund cannot predict whether its Common Stock will trade at, above or below net asset
value.
Management Risk. The fund is subject to management risk because the Sub- Adviser actively manages the fund. The Sub-Adviser will apply investment techniques and risk analyses
in making investment decisions for the fund, but there can be no guarantee that these
will produce the desired results.
Cybersecurity Risk. The fund and its service providers are susceptible to operational and information security risks due to cybersecurity incidents. In general, cybersecurity
incidents can result from deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cybersecurity attacks
include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or
malicious software coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information,
corrupting data or causing operational disruption. Cyber attacks also may be carried
out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service
attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make services unavailable to intended users).
Cybersecurity incidents affecting the Adviser or other service providers, as well as financial intermediaries,
have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially
resulting in financial losses, including by interference with the fund’s ability to calculate its net asset value; impediments to trading for the fund’s portfolio; the inability of Common Stockholders to transact business with the fund; violations of applicable privacy, data security or
other laws; regulatory fines and penalties; reputational damage; reimbursement or other compensation
or remediation costs; legal fees; or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences
could result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which
the fund invests, counterparties with which the fund engages in transactions, governmental
and other regulatory authorities, exchange and other financial market operators, banks, brokers,
dealers, insurance companies and other financial institutions and other parties. While information
risk management systems and business continuity plans have been developed which are designed
to reduce the risks associated with cybersecurity, there are inherent limitations in
any cybersecurity risk management systems or business continuity plans, including the
possibility that certain risks have not been identified. Given the risks described above, an investment
in Common Stock may not be appropriate for all investors. You should carefully consider
your ability to assume these risks before making an investment in the fund.
Recent Changes & Supplemental Information
During the period ended February 28, 2025, there were: (i) no material changes in the fund’s investment objectives or policies that have not been approved by Stockholders, (ii)
no changes in the fund’s charter or by-laws that would delay or prevent a change of control of the fund that have not been approved by Stockholders, (iii) no material changes to the principal
risk factors associated with investment in the fund, and (iv) no change in the persons primarily
responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund’s portfolio.
IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)
In accordance with federal tax law, the fund hereby reports all the dividends paid
from net investment income during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2025 as “exempt-interest dividends” (not subject to regular federal income tax). Where required by federal tax law rules, shareholders will receive notification of their portion of the fund’s taxable ordinary dividends (if any), capital gains distributions (if any) and tax-exempt dividends paid for the
2025 calendar year on Form 1099-DIV, which will be mailed in early 2026.
BOARD MEMBER INFORMATION (Unaudited)
Independent Board Members
Joseph S. DiMartino (81)
Chairman of the Board (2013)
Current term expires in 2026
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
●Director or Trustee of funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and certain other entities
(1995-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
●CBIZ, Inc., a public company providing professional business services, products and
solutions, Director (1997-May 2023)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 75
Francine J. Bovich (73)
Board Member (2015)
Current term expires in 2027
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
●The Bradley Trusts, private trust funds, Trustee (2011-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
●Annaly Capital Management, Inc., a real estate investment trust, Director (2014-Present)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 62
J. Charles Cardona (69)
Board Member (2014)
Current term expires in 2025
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
●BNY Mellon ETF Trust, Chairman and Trustee (2020-Present)
●BNY Mellon ETF Trust II, Chairman and Trustee (2024-Present)
●BNY Mellon Liquidity Funds, Director (2004-Present); and Chairman (2019-2021)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 33
BOARD MEMBER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Andrew J. Donohue (74)
Board Member (2019)
Current term expires in 2026
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
●Attorney, Solo Law Practice (2019-Present)
●Shearman & Sterling LLP, a law firm, Of Counsel (2017-2019)
●Chief of Staff to the Chair of the SEC (2015-2017)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 37
Isabel P. Dunst (78)
Board Member (2014)
Current term expires in 2026
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
●Hogan Lovells LLP, a law firm, Retired (1919-Present); Senior Counsel (2018-2019);
Of Counsel (2015-2018)
●Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Member of the Board of Governors (2015-Present)
●Bend the ARC, a civil rights organization, Board Member (2016-December 2021)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 20
Nathan Leventhal (82)
Board Member (2013)
Current term expires in 2025
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
●Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, President Emeritus (2001-Present)
●Palm Beach Opera, President (2016-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
●Movado Group, Inc., a public company that designs, sources, markets and distributes
watches, Director (2003-2020)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 46
Robin A. Melvin (61)
Board Member (2014)
Current term expires in 2025
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
●Westover School, a private girls’ boarding school in Middlebury, Connecticut, Trustee (2019-June 2023)
●Mentor Illinois, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the quantity and
quality of mentoring services in Illinois, Co-Chair (2014-March 2020); Board Member (2013-March 2020)
●JDRF, a non-profit juvenile diabetes research foundation, Board Member (June 2021-June 2022)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
●HPS Corporate Lending Fund, a closed-end management investment company regulated as
a business development company, Trustee (August 2021-Present)
●HPS Corporate Capital Solutions Fund, a closed-end management investment company regulated
as a business development company, Trustee (December 2023-Present)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 58
Roslyn M. Watson (75)
Board Member (2014)
Current term expires in 2027
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
●Watson Ventures, Inc., a real estate investment company, Principal (1993-Present)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 36
Benaree Pratt Wiley (78)
Board Member (2013)
Current term expires in 2026
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
●The Wiley Group, a firm specializing in strategy and business development, Principal (2005-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
●CBIZ, Inc., a public company providing professional business services, products and
solutions, Director (2008-Present)
●Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Director (2004-December 2020)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 49
BOARD MEMBER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Tamara Belinfanti (49)
Advisory Board Member (2021)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
●New York Law School, Lester Martin Professor of Law (2009-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
●BNY Mellon Municipal Income, Inc., Director (March 2024-June 2024)
No. of Portfolios for which Advisory Board Member Serves: 20
Gordon J. Davis (83)
Advisory Board Member (2021)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
●Venable LLP, a law firm, Partner (2012-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
●BNY Mellon Family of Funds (53 funds), Board Member (1995-August 2021)
No. of Portfolios for which Advisory Board Member Serves: 32
The address of the Board Members and Officers is c/o BNY Mellon Investment Adviser,
Inc., 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286.
OFFICERS OF THE FUND (Unaudited)
DAVID DIPETRILLO, President since January 2021.
Vice President and Director of the Adviser since February 2021; Head of North America Distribution, BNY Investments since February 2023; and Head of North America Product, BNY Investments from January 2018 to February 2023. He is an officer of 47 investment companies (comprised of 89 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 47 years old and has been an employee of BNY since 2005.
JAMES WINDELS, Treasurer since November 2001.
Director of the Adviser since February 2023; Vice President of the Adviser since September 2020; and Director–BNY Mellon Fund Administration. He is an officer of 48 investment companies (comprised of 106 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 66 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since April 1985.
PETER M. SULLIVAN, Chief Legal Officer since July 2021 and Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2019.
Chief Legal Officer of the Adviser and Associate General Counsel of BNY Mellon since July 2021; Senior Managing Counsel of BNY from December 2020 to July 2021; and Managing Counsel of BNY from March 2009 to December 2020. He is an officer of 48 investment companies (comprised of 106 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 56 years old and has been an employee of BNY since April 2004.
SARAH S. KELLEHER, Secretary since April 2024 and Vice President since April 2014.
Vice President of BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC since February 2020; Senior Managing Counsel of BNY since September 2021; and Managing Counsel of BNY from December 2017 to September 2021. She is an officer of 48 investment companies (comprised of 106 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 49 years old and has been an employee of BNY since March 2013.
DEIRDRE CUNNANE, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2019.
Managing Counsel of BNY since December 2021; and Counsel of BNY from August 2018 to December 2021. She is an officer of 48 investment companies (comprised of 106 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 34 years old and had been an employee of BNY since August 2013.
LISA M. KING, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2024.
Counsel of BNY since June 2023; and Regulatory Administration Group Manager at BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from February 2016 to June 2023. She is an officer of 48 investment companies (comprised of 106 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 56 years old and has been an employee of BNY since February 2016.
JEFF PRUSNOFSKY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.
Senior Managing Counsel of BNY. He is an officer of 48 investment companies (comprised of 106 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 59 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since October 1990.
OFFICERS OF THE FUND (Unaudited) (continued)
AMANDA QUINN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2020.
Managing Counsel of BNY since March 2024 and Counsel of BNY from June 2019 to February 2024; She is an officer of 48 investment companies (comprised of 106 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 39 years old and has been an employee of BNY since June 2012.
DANIEL GOLDSTEIN, Vice President since March 2022.
Head of Product Development of North America Distribution, BNY Investments since January 2018; Executive Vice President of North America Product, BNY Investments since April 2023; and Senior Vice President, Development & Oversight of North America Product, BNY Investments from 2010 to March 2023. He is an officer of 47 investment companies (comprised of 89 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 55 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon Securities Corporation since 1991.
JOSEPH MARTELLA, Vice President since March 2022.
Vice President of the Adviser since December 2022; Head of Product Management of North America Distribution, BNY Investments since January 2018; Executive Vice President of North America Product, BNY Investments since April 2023; and Senior Vice President of North America Product, BNY Investments from 2010 to March 2023. He is an officer of 47 investment companies (comprised of 89 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 48 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon Securities Corporation since 1999.
ROBERTO G. MAZZEO, Assistant Treasurer since June 2024.
Financial Reporting Manager–BNY Fund Administration. He is an officer of 48 investment companies (comprised of 106 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 44 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since October 2006.
GAVIN C. REILLY, Assistant Treasurer since December 2005.
Tax Manager–BNY Mellon Fund Administration. He is an officer of 48 investment companies (comprised of 106 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 56 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since April 1991.
ROBERT SALVIOLO, Assistant Treasurer since July 2007.
Senior Accounting Manager–BNY Mellon Fund Administration. He is an officer of 48 investment companies (comprised of 106 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 57 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since June 1989.
ROBERT SVAGNA, Assistant Treasurer since December 2002.
Senior Accounting Manager–BNY Mellon Fund Administration. He is an officer of 48 investment companies (comprised of 106 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 57 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since November 1990.
JOSEPH W. CONNOLLY, Chief Compliance Officer since October 2004.
Chief Compliance Officer of the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and BNY Mellon Funds Trust since 2004; and Chief Compliance Officer of the Adviser from 2004 until June 2021. He is the Chief Compliance Officer of 46 investment companies (comprised of 92 portfolios) managed by the Adviser. He is 67 years old.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Directors
Joseph S. DiMartino, Chairman
† Elected by holders of RVMTP Shares
†† Advisory Board Member
Vice President and Secretary
Vice Presidents and Assistant Secretaries
Officers (continued)
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.
Insight North America LLC
The Bank of New York Mellon
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
Transfer Agent, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Registrar
Computershare Inc. (Common Stock)
The Bank of New York Mellon (RVMTP Shares)
Initial SEC Effective Date
The fund’s net asset value per share appears in the following publications: Barron’s, Closed-End Bond Funds section under the heading “Municipal Bond Funds” every Monday; The Wall Street Journal, Mutual Funds section under the heading “Closed-End Bond Funds” every Monday.
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Act that the fund may
purchase shares of its beneficial interest in the open market when it can do so at prices below the then
current net asset value per share.
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Insight North America LLC
200 Park Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10166
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Transfer Agent & Registrar (Common Stock)
Computershare Inc.
480 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07310
Dividend Disbursing Agent (Common Stock)
Computershare Inc.
P.O. Box 30170
College Station, TX 77842
Ticker Symbol: DMB
For more information about the fund, visit https://bny.com/investments/closed-end funds. Here you will find the fund’s most recently available quarterly fact sheets and other information about the fund. The information posted on the fund’s website is subject to change without notice.
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first
and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
A description of the policies and procedures that the fund uses to determine how to
vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and information regarding how the fund voted
these proxies for the most recent 12-month period ended February 28 is available at www.bny.com/investments and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-373-9387.
The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics
that applies to the Registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller,
or persons performing similar functions. There have been no amendments to, or waivers in connection with, the Code of Ethics during the
period covered by this Report.
| Item 3. | Audit Committee Financial Expert. |
The Registrant's Board has determined that J.
Charles Cardona, a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, is an audit committee financial expert as defined by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). J. Charles Cardona is "independent" as defined by the SEC for purposes of audit committee
financial expert determinations.
| Item 4. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services. |
(a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed
for each of the last two fiscal years (the "Reporting Periods") for professional services rendered by the Registrant's principal
accountant (the "Auditor") for the audit of the Registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided
by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $38,931
in 2024 and $39,710
in 2025.
(b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees
billed in the Reporting Periods for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the
audit of the Registrant's financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item 4 were $9,820
in 2024 and $7,479 in
2025. These services consisted of one or more of the following: (i) agreed upon
procedures related to compliance with Internal Revenue Code section 817(h), (ii) security counts required by Rule 17f-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, (iii) advisory services as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of Registrant transactions or events
and (iv) advisory services to the accounting or disclosure treatment of the actual or potential impact to the Registrant of final or proposed
rules, standards or interpretations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Boards or other regulatory
or standard-setting bodies.
The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods
for non-audit assurance and related services by the Auditor to the Registrant's investment adviser (not including any sub-investment adviser
whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling,
controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant ("Service Affiliates"),
that were reasonably related to the performance of the annual audit of the Service Affiliate, which required pre-approval by the Audit
Committee were $0 in 2024
and $0 in 2025.
(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed
in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning ("Tax
Services") were $3,342 in 2024
and $3,342 in 2025.
These services consisted of: (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state
and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments; (iii) tax advice regarding
tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held, and (iv) determination
of Passive Foreign Investment Companies. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting
Periods for Tax Services by the Auditor to Service
Affiliates, which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee were $8,503 in
2024 and $8,860 in 2025.
(d) All Other Fees. The aggregate fees billed
in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through
(c) of this Item, were $0 in 2024
and $0 in 2025. These
services consisted of a review of the Registrant's anti-money laundering program.
The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods
for Non-Audit Services by the Auditor to Service Affiliates, other than the services reported in paragraphs (b) through (c) of this Item,
which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee, were $0 in 2024
and $0 in 2025.
(e)(1) Audit Committee
Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. The Registrant's Audit Committee has established policies and procedures (the "Policy")
for pre-approval (within specified fee limits) of the Auditor's engagements for non-audit services to the Registrant and Service Affiliates
without specific case-by-case consideration. The pre-approved services in the Policy can include pre-approved audit services, pre-approved
audit-related services, pre-approved tax services and pre-approved all other services. Pre-approval considerations include whether the
proposed services are compatible with maintaining the Auditor's independence. Pre-approvals pursuant to the Policy are considered annually.
(e)(2) Note. None of the services described
in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item 4 were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation
S-X.
(f) None
of the hours expended on the principal accountant's engagement to audit the registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal
year were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant's full-time, permanent employees.
Non-Audit Fees. The aggregate non-audit
fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to Service Affiliates, for the Reporting Periods were
$1,858,269 in 2024 and
$1,402,909 in 2025.
Auditor Independence. The Registrant's Audit
Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates, which were not pre-approved
(not requiring pre-approval), is compatible with maintaining the Auditor's independence.
| Item 5. | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants. |
During the reporting period, the Registrant had a separately-designated
standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, consisting of the
following members: Francine J. Bovich, Charles Cardona, Joseph S. DiMartino, Andrew J. Donahue, Isabel P. Dunst, Nathan Leventhal, Robin
A. Melvin , Roslyn L. Watson and Benaree Pratt Wiley.
Not applicable.
| Item 7. | Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable.
| Item 8. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable.
| Item 9. | Proxy Disclosures for Open-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable.
| Item 10. | Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others for Open-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable.
| Item 11. | Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract. |
Not applicable.
| Item 12. | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
SUMMARY OF THE PROXY VOTING POLICY AND PROCEDURES
The board of the Fund has adopted the following procedures
with respect to proxy voting by the Fund.
Delegation of Proxy
Voting Responsibility and Adoption of Proxy Voting Procedures
The board has delegated
the authority to vote proxies of companies held in the fund's portfolio to Insight North America, LLC ("INA" or the "Sub-Adviser"),
the fund's sub-adviser. In addition, the board has adopted proxy voting procedures pursuant to which proxies of companies held in the
fund's portfolio will be voted. The proxy voting policies and procedures adopted for the fund are those of the Sub-Adviser, as described
below.
Proxy Voting Operations
The Fund has engaged ISS as its proxy voting agent
to administer the ministerial, non-discretionary elements of proxy voting and reporting. The Fund in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds bears
an equal share of ISS's fees in connection with the proxy voting and related services that ISS provides in respect to the funds.
Voting Shares of Certain
Registered Investment Companies
Under certain circumstances, when the Fund owns shares
of another registered investment company (an "Acquired Fund"), the Fund may be required by the 1940 Act or the rules thereunder,
or exemptive relief from the 1940 Act and/or the rules thereunder, to vote such Acquired Fund shares in a certain manner, such as voting
the Acquired Fund shares in the same proportion as the vote of all other shareholders of such Acquired Fund.
Policies and Procedures;
Oversight
The Fund's Chief Compliance Officer is responsible
for confirming that the Sub-Adviser has adopted and implemented written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure
that the Fund's proxies are voted in the best interests of the Fund. In addition, the adequacy of such policies and procedures are reviewed
at least annually, and proxy voting for the Fund is monitored to ensure compliance with the Sub-Adviser's procedures, as applicable, such
as by sampling votes cast for the Fund, including routine proposals as well as
those that require more analysis, to determine whether
they complied with the Sub-Adviser's Proxy Voting Procedures.
Review of Proxy Voting
BNYIA Adviser reports annually to the Board on the
Funds' proxy voting, including information regarding: (1) proxy voting proposals that were voted; (2) proxy voting proposals that were
voted against the management company's recommended vote, but in accordance with the applicable proxy voting guidelines; and (3) proxy
voting proposals that were not voted, including the reasons the proxy voting proposals were not voted.
Availability of Fund Proxy Voting Records
Pursuant to Rule 30b1-4 under the 1940 Act, the Fund
is required to file its complete proxy voting record with the SEC on Form N-PX not later than August 31st of each year for
the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30th. In addition, this information is available, by August 31st
of each year, at www.bny.com/investments, on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov,
and without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-373-9387 (inside the U.S. only). The Fund has delegated the responsibility for gathering
this information, filing Form N-PX and posting voting information to the website to BNYIA, with the assistance of ISS.
SUMMARY
OF INSIGHT'S PROXY VOTING POLICY AND PROCEDURES
1. Introduction
Insight seeks to actively exercise its rights and responsibilities in regard
to proxy voting on behalf of Clients and is an essential part of maximizing shareholder value, ensuring good governance and delivering
investment performance aligned with our Clients' long-term economic interests.
The Insight Proxy Voting Policy ("Policy") sets out the arrangements
employed by Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited, Insight Investment Management (Europe) Limited, Insight North America LLC
and Insight Investment International Limited (collectively "Insight").
2. Policy Statement
Insight is committed to supporting good governance practices and also voting
all our proxies where it is deemed appropriate and responsible to do so for the relevant asset class. In such cases, Insight's objective
is to vote proxies in the best interests of its Clients.
3. Scope
This Policy
applies to financial
instruments with voting
rights where Insight has
discretionary voting authority.
Alternatively where a Client
retains control over
the voting decision,
Insight will only
lodge votes in instances
where the client
agreement hands responsibility
to Insight to cast
the votes on
their behalf.
4. Proxy Voting Process
Insight's proxy voting activity adheres to best-practice standards and
is a component of Insight's Stewardship and Responsible Investment Policies. In implementing its Proxy Voting Policy, Insight will take
into account a number of factors used to provide a framework for voting each proxy. These include:
Leadership: Every company should be led by an effective
board whose approach is consistent with creating sustainable long-term growth.
| · | Strategy: Company leadership should define a clear purpose and set long term objectives for delivering value to shareholders. |
| · | Culture: The board should promote a diverse and inclusive culture which strongly aligns to the values of the company. It should
seek to monitor culture and ensure that it is regularly engaging with its workforce. |
| · | Engagement with Shareholders: The board and senior management should be transparent and engaged with existing shareholders.
The board should have a clear understanding of the views of shareholders. The board should seek to minimize unnecessary dilution of equity
and preserve the rights of existing shareholders. |
| · | Sustainability: The board should aim to take account of environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities when setting
strategy and in their company monitoring role. |
Structure: The board should have clear division of responsibilities.
| · | The Chair: The Independent Chair, or Lead Independent Director, of the board should demonstrate objective judgment and promote
transparency and facilitate constructive debate to promote overall effectiveness. |
| · | The Board: There should be an appropriate balance of executive and non-executive directors. Non-executive directors should
be evaluated for independence. No one individual should have unfettered decision-making powers. There should be a clear division of responsibilities,
between the independent board members and the executive leadership of the company. |
| · | Resources: The board should ensure it has sufficient governance policies, influence and resources to function effectively.
Non-executive directors should have sufficient time to fulfil their obligations to the company as directors. |
Effectiveness: The board should
seek to build strong institutional knowledge to ensure long term efficient and sustainable operations.
| · | Appointment: There should be a formal appointment process, which ensures that the most qualified individuals are selected for
the board. This process should be irrespective of bias to ensure appropriate diversity of the board. |
| · | Knowledge: The board should be comprised of those with the knowledge, skills and experience to effectively discharge their
duties. The board should have sufficient independence to serve as an effective check on company management and ensure the best outcomes
for shareholders. |
| · | Evaluation: The board should be evaluated for effectiveness on a regular basis. Board member's contributions should be considered
individually. |
Independence: The board should present a fair and balanced
view of the company's position and prospects.
| · | Integrity: The board should ensure that all reports produced accurately reflect the financial position, prospects and risks
relevant to the company. The board should ensure the independence and effectiveness of internal and external audit functions. |
| · | Audit: The board should ensure that clear, uncontentious accounts are produced. These should conform to the relevant best accountancy
practices and accurately represent the financial position of the |
company. Deviations from standard accounting practices should be
clearly documented with a corresponding rationale.
| · | Risk: The board should ensure the company has sound risk management and internal control systems. There should be a regular
assessment and communication of the company's emerging and principal risks. |
Remuneration: Levels of remuneration should be sufficient
to attract, retain and motivate talent of the quality required to run the company successfully.
| · | Goal Based: The board should base remuneration on goal-based, qualitative, discretionary cash incentives. Remuneration should
consider underlying industry and macroeconomic conditions and not be structured in a tax oriented manner. |
| · | Transparent: Remuneration arrangements should be transparent and should avoid complexity. |
| · | Sustainable: Remuneration should not be excessively share based and should be accurately represented and controlled as an operational
cost. The remuneration of executives should promote long term focus and respect the interests of existing shareholders. |
The relevant factors are used by Insight to develop Voting Guidelines enabling
a consistent approach to proxy voting, which are reviewed annually by the Proxy Voting Group ("PVG") – (see section 6).
Voting activity is most usually performed by the Chair of the PVG, a senior
portfolio manager with no day to day investment discretion. This creates an independent governance structure for voting, helping to mitigate
actual and potential conflicts of interest (see section 5).
The Chair of the PVG can seek support from portfolio managers, who have
active discretion over the securities, to provide additional input into the voting decision such as company background. However the vote
will be cast by the Chair of the PVG or their delegate. Insight seeks to vote on all holdings with associated voting rights in one of
three ways: in support of, against, or in abstention. If the chair is unable to cast a vote, the decision will be cast by the deputy chair.
Insight uses a Voting Agent to assist in the analysis and administration of the vote (see section 4.1). The rationale for voting for,
against, or abstaining is retained on a case-by-case basis as appropriate and reviewed by the PVG on a regular basis.
4.1 Voting Agent
To assist Insight professionals with implementing its proxy voting strategy,
Insight retains the services of an independent proxy voting service, namely Minerva ("Voting Agent"). The Voting Agent's responsibilities
include, but are not limited to, monitoring company meeting agendas and items to be voted on, reviewing each vote against Insight's Voting
Guidelines and providing a voting analysis based upon the Voting Guidelines. The Voting Agent also identifies resolutions that require
specific shareholder judgement – often relating to corporate transactions or shareholder resolutions. This enables Insight to review
situations where the Voting Guidelines require additional consideration or assist in the identification of potential conflicts of interest
impacting the proxy vote decision. The Chair of the PVG will review for contentious resolutions, and in the event of one will determine
if an actual or potential conflict exists in which case the resolution will be escalated to the PVG voting committee (see section 5.1).
Voting decisions are communicated by Insight to the Voting Agent and submitted
to shareholder meetings through a specific proxy.
On a monthly basis the Voting Agent provides reports on voting activity
to Insight. Voting data is available to Clients upon request and is posted on its website (see section 7). Insight conducts an annual
due diligence to review the Voting Guidelines and the Voting Agent's related services.
5. Conflicts of Interest
Effective stewardship requires protecting our Clients against any potential
conflicts of interest and managing them with appropriate governance. To comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, Insight
believes managing perceived conflicts is as important as managing actual conflicts.
In the course of normal business, Insight and its personnel may encounter
situations where it faces a conflict of interest or a conflict of interest could be perceived. A conflict of interest occurs whenever
the interests of Insight or its personnel could diverge from those of a Client or when Insight or its personnel could have obligations
to more than one party whose interests are different to each other or those of Insight's Clients.
In identifying a potential conflict situation, as a minimum, consideration
will be made as to whether Insight, or a member of staff, is likely to:
| · | make a financial gain or avoid a financial loss at the expense of the Client |
| · | present material differences in the thoughts of two PM's who own the same security |
| · | benefit if it puts the interest of one Client over the interests of another Client |
| · | gain an interest from a service provided to, or transaction carried out on behalf of a Client which may not be in, or which may be
different from, the Client's interest |
| · | obtain a higher than usual benefit from a third party in relation to a service provided to the Client |
| · | receive an inducement in relation to a service provided to the Client, in the form of monies, goods or services other than standard
commission or fee for that service or have a personal interest that could be seen to conflict with their duties at Insight |
| · | create a conflict where Insight invests in firms which are Clients or potential Clients of Insight. Insight might give preferential
treatment in its research (including external communication of the same) and/or investment management to issuers of publicly traded debt
or equities which are also clients or closely related to clients (e.g., sponsors of pension schemes). This includes financial and ESG
considerations. |
| · | create a conflict between investment teams with fixed income holdings in publicly listed firms or material differences in the thoughts
of two PM's who own the same security |
5.1 Escalation of Contentious Voting Issue
When a contentious voting issue is identified, the PVG Chairman or delegate
will review, evaluate and determine whether an actual material conflict of interest exists, and if so, will escalate the matter to the
PVG voting committee. Depending upon the nature of the material conflict of interest, Insight may elect to take one or more of the following
measures:
| · | removing certain Insight personnel from the proxy voting process |
| · | walling off personnel with knowledge of the material conflict to ensure that such personnel do not influence the relevant proxy vote
and |
| · | voting in accordance with the applicable Voting Guidelines, if any, if the application of the Voting Guidelines would objectively
result in the casting of a proxy vote in a predetermined manner |
An unconflicted
contentious resolution will
be voted by
the Chair or their
delegate. Where a conflict
is deemed to
exist the vote,
widened to the PVG
voting committee, will
be determined by
majority vote.
The resolution of all contentious voting issues, will be documented in
order to demonstrate that Insight acted in the best interests of its Clients. Any voting decision not resolved by the PVG will be escalated
to the Insight Chief Investment Officer ("CIO") or their delegate for additional input.
6. Proxy Voting Group
The PVG is responsible for overseeing the implementation of voting decisions
where Insight has voting authority on behalf of Clients. The PVG meets at least quarterly, or more frequently as required. In ensuring
that votes casted are in the best interest of Clients, the PVG will oversee the following proxy voting activities:
| · | Casting votes on behalf of Clients |
| · | Voting Policy: Oversee and set the Proxy Voting Policy |
| · | Voting Guidelines: Oversee and set the Voting Guidelines which are reviewed and approved on an annual basis |
| · | Stewardship Code & Engagement Policy: Review for consistency with Proxy Voting Policy and Voting Guidelines |
| · | Conflicts of Interest: Manage conflicts when making voting instructions in line with Insight's Conflict of Interest Policy |
| · | Resolution Assessment: Review upcoming votes that cannot be made using Voting Guidelines and make voting decisions |
| · | Voting Agent: Appoint and monitor third-party proxy agencies, including the services they perform for Insight in implementing
its voting strategy and |
| · | Reporting: Ensure voting activity aligns with local regulations and standards |
The PVG is chaired by a Senior Portfolio Manager (who has no direct day
to day investment discretion) and attended by portfolio management personal, the Senior Stewardship Analyst (Deputy Chair), Corporate
Risk, Compliance, and Operations personal. The PVG is accountable to and provides quarterly updates to the Investment Management Group
("IMG").
7. Disclosure and Recording Keeping
In certain foreign jurisdictions, the voting of proxies can result in additional
restrictions that have an economic impact to the security, such as "share-blocking." If Insight votes on the proxy share- blocking
may prevent Insight from selling the shares of the security for a period of time. In determining whether to vote proxies subject to such
restrictions Insight, in consultation with the PVG, considers whether the vote, either in itself or together with the votes of other shareholders,
is expected to affect the value of the security that outweighs the cost of voting. If Insight votes on a proxy and during the "share-blocking
period" Insight would like to sell the affected security Insight, in consultation with the PVG, will attempt to recall the shares
(as allowable within the market time-frame and practices).
US Proxy Reporting: Form N-PX
Rule 14Ad-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange
Act”) requires institutional investment managers (i.e., those managers subject to reporting requirements under Section 13(f) of
the Exchange Act), such
as Insight North America LLC (INA), to report annually on Form N-PX each
“say-on-pay” and “say-on-frequency” vote over which they exercised voting power. Managers must file the form annually
by August 31 of each year, covering the previous 12-month period ending on June 30. INA will leverage BNY’s Global Holdings Reporting
Group to effectuate required filings under Rule 14Ad-1. The PVG will ensure data required to satisfy INA’s Rule 14Ad-1 reporting
requirements is collected and reviewed for completeness and accuracy, in alignment with the reporting deadlines noted above.
Insight publishes its voting activity in full on its website. This can
be found at www.insightinvestment.com/ri.
8. Proxy Voting Policy Review
Insight will review its Proxy Voting arrangements regularly through the
PVG. Insight reviews this Policy at least annually or whenever a material change occurs and will notify Clients of any material change
that affects our ability to vote in line with the best interests of its Clients.
A material change shall be a significant event that could impact Insight's
ability to vote proxies such as a change in voting agent.
| Item 13. | Portfolio Managers for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
(a)(1) The following information is as of February
28, 2025:
Jeffrey Burger, Thomas Casey and Daniel Rabasco of
INA and, an affiliate of BNYIA Adviser, are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the registrant’s portfolio.
Mr. Burger is a senior portfolio manager for tax-sensitive strategies at INA and
has served as a primary portfolio manager of the fund since April 2013. He has been employed by INA or a predecessor company of INA since
July 2009.
Mr. Casey is a senior portfolio manager for tax-sensitive strategies at INA and
has served as a primary portfolio manager of the fund since April 2013. He has been employed by INA or a predecessor company of INA since
1993.
Mr. Rabasco is the head of municipal bond strategies at INA and has served as
a primary portfolio manager of the fund since April 2013. He has been employed by INA or a predecessor company of INA since 1998.
(a)(2) Information about the other accounts managed
by the fund’s primary portfolio managers is provided below.
Primary
Portfolio Manager |
Registered Investment Companies |
Total Assets Managed |
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles |
Total Assets Managed |
Other Accounts |
Total Assets Managed |
Jeffrey Burger |
10 |
$3.3B |
None |
N/A |
461 |
$1.6B |
Thomas Casey |
13 |
$6.4B |
None |
N/A |
60 |
$2.4B |
Daniel Rabasco |
6 |
$4.2B |
None |
N/A |
561 |
$2.7B |
None of the funds or accounts are subject to a performance-based
advisory fee.
Portfolio managers may manage multiple accounts for a diverse client base,
including mutual funds, separate accounts (assets managed on behalf of private clients or institutions such as pension funds, insurance
companies and foundations), private funds, bank collective trust funds or common trust accounts and wrap fee programs
that invest in securities in which a fund may invest or that may pursue
a strategy similar to a fund's component strategies ("Other Accounts").
Potential conflicts of interest may arise because of an Adviser's or portfolio
manager's management of a fund and Other Accounts. For example, conflicts of interest may arise with both the aggregation and allocation
of securities transactions and allocation of limited investment opportunities, as an Adviser may be perceived as causing accounts it manages
to participate in an offering to increase the Adviser's overall allocation of securities
in that offering, or to increase the Adviser's ability to participate in future offerings by the same underwriter or issuer. Allocations
of bunched trades, particularly trade orders that were only partially filled due to limited availability, and allocation of investment
opportunities generally, could raise a potential conflict of interest, as an Adviser may have an incentive to allocate securities that
are expected to increase in value to preferred accounts. IPOs, in particular, are frequently of very limited availability. A potential
conflict of interest may be perceived to arise if transactions in one account closely follow related transactions in a different account,
such as when a fund purchase increases the value of securities previously purchased by the Other Account or when a sale in one account
lowers the sale price received in a sale by a second account. Conflicts of interest may also exist with respect to portfolio managers
who also manage performance-based fee accounts, which could give the portfolio managers an incentive to favor such Other Accounts over
the corresponding funds such as deciding which securities to allocate to a fund versus the performance-based fee account. Additionally,
portfolio managers may be perceived to have a conflict of interest if there are a large number of Other Accounts, in addition to a fund,
that they are managing on behalf of an Adviser. The Advisers periodically review each portfolio manager's overall responsibilities to
ensure that he or she is able to allocate the necessary time and resources to effectively manage the fund. In addition, an Adviser could
be viewed as having a conflict of interest to the extent that the Adviser or its affiliates and/or portfolio managers have a materially
larger investment in Other Accounts than their investment in the fund.
Other Accounts may have investment objectives, strategies and risks that
differ from those of the relevant fund. In addition, the funds, as registered investment companies, are subject to different regulations
than certain of the Other Accounts and, consequently, may not be permitted to engage in all the investment techniques or transactions,
or to engage in such techniques or transactions to the same degree, as the Other Accounts. For these or other reasons, the portfolio managers
may purchase different securities for the fund and the Other Accounts, and the performance of securities purchased for the fund may vary
from the performance of securities purchased for Other Accounts. The portfolio managers may place transactions on behalf of Other Accounts
that are directly or indirectly contrary to investment decisions made for the fund, which could have the potential to adversely impact
the fund, depending on market conditions. In addition, if a fund's investment in an issuer is at a different level of the issuer's capital
structure than an investment in the issuer by Other Accounts, in the event of credit deterioration of the issuer, there may be a conflict
of interest between the fund's and such Other Accounts' investments in the issuer. If an Adviser sells securities short, it may be seen
as harmful to the performance of any funds investing "long" in the same or similar securities whose market values fall as a
result of short-selling activities.
BNY and its affiliates, including BNYIA, Sub-Advisers affiliated with BNYIA
and others involved in the management, sales, investment activities, business operations or distribution of the funds, are engaged in
businesses and have interests other than that of managing the funds. These activities and interests include potential multiple advisory,
transactional, financial and other interests in securities, instruments and companies that may be directly or indirectly purchased or
sold by the funds or the funds' service providers, which may cause conflicts that could disadvantage the funds.
(a)(3) Portfolio Manager Compensation. The portfolio
managers' compensation is comprised primarily of a market-based salary and an incentive compensation plan (annual and long-term).
INA has a flexible and progressive remuneration policy which allows it
to attract and retain what it believes to be the best available talent in the industry. INA's approach to remuneration is designed to
ensure that top performance is recognized with top quartile industry pay. This includes matching each individual with a suitable peer
group that reflects competitors at every level and specialism within the industry. The components of
remuneration are base salary and variable pay which is made up of two elements:
discretionary annual cash amount and a deferral into the INA Long Term Incentive Plan. Cash and deferred pay play a significant role in
total compensation. The overall value of these payments is based on company performance while individual payments are made with the dual
aims of ensuring that key individuals are incentivized and rewarded for their contribution and that their total remuneration is competitive.
INA also has a competitive benefits package (including eligibility for company pension and private medical plans) broadly aligned with
the firm's parent company, BNY.
Discretionary pay is allocated following a detailed annual evaluation and
performance appraisal against individual objectives, based on key performance indicators such as mandate performance (including effective
management of risk and generation of relative returns where appropriate), contribution to team-based investment decisions, team management
and professional development. Account is also taken of non-investment related issues such as business wins, client feedback, product and
service development and internal relationship building, as well as experience, tenure and status within the team. For investment teams,
including portfolio managers, performance is typically assessed over a multi-year framework including fund performance over one-, three-
and five-years performance cycles. This is also supported by the INA Long Term Incentive Plan, which typically vests over three years.
The application of the above policy and principles are reviewed at least
twice each year by the INA Remuneration Committee, where compensation proposals in respect of the relevant performance year are considered
and approved.
(a)(4) The dollar range of Fund shares beneficially
owned by the primary portfolio manager is as follows as of the end of the Fund's fiscal year:
Primary Portfolio Manager |
Fund |
Dollar Range of Fund Shares Beneficially Owned |
Jeffrey Burger |
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. |
None |
Thomas Casey |
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. |
None |
Daniel Rabasco |
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. |
None |
(b) Not applicable.
| Item 14. | Purchases of Equity Securities By Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers.
|
Not applicable.
| Item 15. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
There have been no material changes to the procedures
applicable to Item 15.
| Item 16. | Controls and Procedures. |
| (a) | The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation
of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form
N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by
the Registrant in the reports that it files or |
submits on Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated
to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure.
| (b) | There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal
control over financial reporting. |
| Item 17. | Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable.
| Item 18. | Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation. |
Not applicable.
(a)(1) Code of ethics referred to in Item 2.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ David J. DiPetrillo
David J. DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: April 21, 2025
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: /s/ David J. DiPetrillo
David J. DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: April 21, 2025
By: /s/ James Windels
James Windels
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date: April 21, 2025
EXHIBIT INDEX
| (a)(1) | Code of ethics referred to in Item 2. |
| (a)(2) | Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT) |
| (b) | Certification of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under
the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.906CERT) |
THE BNY MELLON FAMILY OF
FUNDS
BNY MELLON FUNDS TRUST
Principal Executive Officer and Senior Financial
Officer
Code of Ethics
I.
Covered Officers/Purpose of the
Code
This code of ethics (the "Code"), adopted by
the funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and BNY Mellon Funds Trust (each, a
"Fund"), applies to each Fund's Principal Executive Officer,
Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer or Controller, or
other persons performing similar functions, each of whom is listed on Exhibit A (the "Covered Officers"),
for the purpose of promoting:
·
honest and ethical conduct,
including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest
between personal and professional relationships;
·
full, fair, accurate, timely and
understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Fund files with, or
submits to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and in
other public communications made by the Fund;
·
compliance with applicable laws
and governmental rules and regulations;
·
the prompt internal reporting of
violations of the Code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the
Code; and
·
accountability for adherence to
the Code.
Each Covered Officer should adhere to a high standard
of business ethics and should be sensitive to situations that may give rise to
actual as well as apparent conflicts of interest.
II.
Covered Officers Should Handle
Ethically Actual and Apparent Conflicts of Interest
Overview. A
"conflict of interest" occurs when a Covered Officer's private
interest interferes with the interests of, or his service to, the Fund. For
example, a conflict of interest would arise if a Covered Officer, or a member
of his family, receives improper personal benefits as a result of his position
with the Fund.
Certain conflicts of interest arise out of the
relationships between Covered Officers and the Fund and already are subject to
conflict of interest provisions in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the "Investment Company Act"), and the Investment Advisers Act
of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Advisers Act"). For example,
Covered Officers may not individually engage in certain transactions (such as
the purchase or sale of securities or other property) with the Fund because of
their status as "affiliated persons" of the Fund. The compliance
programs and procedures of the Fund and the Fund's investment adviser (the
"Adviser") are designed to prevent, or identify and correct,
violations of these provisions. The Code does not, and is not intended to,
repeat or replace these programs and procedures, and the circumstances they
cover fall outside of the parameters of the Code.
Although typically not presenting an opportunity for
improper personal benefit, conflicts arise from, or as a result of, the
contractual relationship between the Fund and the Adviser of which the Covered
Officers are also officers or employees. As a result, the Code recognizes that
the Covered Officers, in the ordinary course of their duties (whether formally
for the Fund or for the Adviser, or for both), will be involved in establishing policies and implementing decisions that will
have different effects on the Adviser and the Fund. The participation of the
Covered Officers in such activities is inherent in the contractual relationship
between the Fund and the Adviser and is consistent with the performance by the
Covered Officers of their duties as officers of the Fund and, if addressed in
conformity with the provisions of the Investment Company Act and the Investment
Advisers Act, will be deemed to have been handled ethically. In addition, it
is recognized by the Fund's Board that the Covered Officers also may be
officers or employees of one or more other investment companies covered by this
or other codes of ethics.
Other conflicts of interest are covered by the Code,
even if such conflicts of interest are not subject to provisions in the
Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act. Covered Officers
should keep in mind that the Code cannot enumerate every possible scenario.
The overarching principle of the Code is that the personal interest of a
Covered Officer should not be placed improperly before the interest of the
Fund.
Each Covered Officer must:
·
not use his personal influence or
personal relationships improperly to influence investment decisions or
financial reporting by the Fund whereby the Covered Officer would benefit
personally to the detriment of the Fund;
·
not cause the Fund to take action,
or fail to take action, for the individual personal benefit of the Covered
Officer rather than the benefit of the Fund; and
·
not retaliate against any employee
or Covered Officer for reports of potential violations that are made in good
faith.
III.
Disclosure and Compliance
·
Each Covered Officer should
familiarize himself with the disclosure requirements generally applicable to
the Fund within his area of responsibility;
·
each Covered Officer should not
knowingly misrepresent, or cause others to misrepresent, facts about the Fund
to others, whether within or outside the Fund, including to the Fund's Board
members and auditors, and to governmental regulators and self-regulatory
organizations;
·
each Covered Officer should, to
the extent appropriate within his area of responsibility, consult with other
officers and employees of the Fund and the Adviser with the goal of promoting
full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in the reports and
documents the Fund files with, or submits to, the SEC and in other public
communications made by the Fund; and
·
it is the responsibility of each
Covered Officer to promote compliance with the standards and restrictions
imposed by applicable laws, rules and regulations.
IV.
Reporting and Accountability
Each Covered Officer must:
·
upon adoption of the Code (or
thereafter, as applicable, upon becoming a Covered Officer), affirm in writing
to the Board that he has received, read, and understands the Code;
·
annually thereafter affirm to the Board
that he has complied with the requirements of the Code; and
·
notify the Adviser's General
Counsel (the "General Counsel") promptly if he knows of any violation
of the Code. Failure to do so is itself a violation of the Code.
The General Counsel is responsible for applying the
Code to specific situations in which questions are presented under it and has
the authority to interpret the Code in any particular situation. However,
waivers sought by any Covered Officer will be considered by the Fund's Board.
The Fund will follow these procedures in investigating
and enforcing the Code:
·
the General Counsel will take all
appropriate action to investigate any potential violations reported to him;
·
if, after such investigation, the
General Counsel believes that no violation has occurred, the General Counsel is
not required to take any further action;
·
any matter that the General
Counsel believes is a violation will be reported to the Board;
·
if the Board concurs that a
violation has occurred, it will consider appropriate action, which may include:
review of, and appropriate modifications to, applicable policies and
procedures; notification to appropriate personnel of the Adviser or its board;
or dismissal of the Covered Officer;
·
the Board will be responsible for
granting waivers, as appropriate; and
·
any waivers of or amendments to
the Code, to the extent required, will be disclosed as provided by SEC rules.
V.
Other Policies and Procedures
The Code shall be the sole code of ethics adopted by
the Fund for purposes of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the
rules and forms applicable to registered investment companies thereunder. The Fund's,
its principal underwriter's and the Adviser's codes of ethics under Rule 17j-1
under the Investment Company Act and the Adviser's additional policies and
procedures, including its Code of Conduct, are separate requirements applying
to the Covered Officers and others, and are not part of the Code.
VI.
Amendments
Except as to Exhibit A, the Code may not be amended
except in written form, which is specifically approved or ratified by a
majority vote of the Fund's Board, including a majority of independent Board
members.
VII.
Confidentiality
All reports and records prepared or maintained
pursuant to the Code will be considered confidential and shall be maintained
and protected accordingly. Except as otherwise required by law or the Code,
such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the appropriate Funds
and their counsel, the appropriate Boards (or Committees) and their counsel and
the Adviser.
VIII.
Internal Use
The Code is intended solely for the internal use by
the Fund and does not constitute an admission, by or on behalf of the Fund, as
to any fact, circumstance, or legal conclusion.
Dated as of: January 14, 2021
Exhibit A
Persons Covered by the
Code of Ethics
David J. DiPetrillo
|
President
|
(Principal Executive
Officer, BNY Mellon Family of Funds)
|
|
|
|
Patrick T. Crowe
|
President
|
(Principal Executive
Officer, BNY Mellon Funds Trust)
|
|
|
|
James M. Windels
|
Treasurer
|
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
|
[EX-99.CERT]—Exhibit (a)(2)
SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION
I, David J. DiPetrillo, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations,
changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant
as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s)
and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment
Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940)
for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over
financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change
in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s)
and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
By: /s/ David J.
DiPetrillo
David J. DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: April 21, 2025
SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION
I, James Windels, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of BNY Mellon Municipal Bond
Infrastructure Fund, Inc.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations,
changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant
as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s)
and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment
Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940)
for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over
financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change
in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s)
and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing
the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
By: /s/ James Windels
James Windels
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date: April 21, 2025
[EX-99.906CERT]
Exhibit (b)
SECTION 906 CERTIFICATIONS
In connection with this report on Form
N-CSR for the Registrant as furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned
hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) the
Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as applicable; and
(2) the
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Registrant.
By: /s/ David J.
DiPetrillo
David J. DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: April 21, 2025
By: /s/ James Windels
James Windels
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date: April 21, 2025
This certificate is furnished pursuant to the requirements of Form N-CSR and
shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability
of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
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