On November 18, 2011, at a meeting of the Boards of Directors of Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc. (NYSE: LEO) and Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (NYSE: DSM), the Boards approved the appointment of Daniel A. Barton as co-primary portfolio manager for the Funds. Mr. Barton will co-manage the Funds with James Welch, the Funds’ current portfolio manager. The Dreyfus Corporation (“Dreyfus”) continues to be the investment adviser for the Funds.

Mr. Barton has been employed by Dreyfus since December 2009. He is a Senior Analyst for Tax-Sensitive Strategies at Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC (“Standish”), an affiliate of Dreyfus, specializing in education, airports, tobacco securitization, utilities and corporate backed bonds. Mr. Barton joined Standish in 2005 from Columbia Management Group, where he was a municipal credit analyst for over four years. Previously, he was a chemical engineer with Stone & Webster in Boston, MA. Mr. Barton earned an M.B.A. from Bentley College and a B.S. in chemical engineering from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute. He is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society, the Boston Municipal Analysts Forum and the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and has ten years of investment experience.

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