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INTRODUCTION
The Fund uses a "multi-manager" approach by selecting one or more sub-advisers to manage the Fund's assets. Section 15(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), generally requires the shareholders of a mutual fund to approve an agreement pursuant to which a person serves as the investment adviser or sub-adviser for the mutual fund. The Company, on behalf of the Fund, and Dreyfus have obtained the Exemptive Order from the SEC, which permits the Fund and Dreyfus, subject to certain conditions and approval by the Board, to hire, terminate or replace sub-advisers that are either unaffiliated with Dreyfus or are wholly-owned subsidiaries (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Dreyfus' ultimate parent company, which is The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation ("BNY Mellon"), and to modify material terms and conditions of sub-investment advisory arrangements with such sub-advisers without shareholder approval. Dreyfus has ultimate responsibility (subject to oversight by the Board) to supervise the sub-advisers and recommend the hiring, termination, and replacement of the sub-advisers to the Board. The Exemptive Order also relieves the Fund from disclosing the sub-investment advisory fees paid by Dreyfus to unaffiliated sub-advisers in documents filed with the SEC and provided to shareholders. In addition, pursuant to the Exemptive Order, it is not necessary to disclose the sub-investment advisory fee payable by Dreyfus separately to a sub-adviser that is an affiliate in documents filed with the SEC and provided to shareholders; such fees would be aggregated with fees payable to Dreyfus.
The Fund and Dreyfus have agreed to comply with certain conditions when acting in reliance on the relief granted in the Exemptive Order. These conditions require, among other things, that Fund shareholders be notified of the retention of a sub-adviser within 90 days of the effective date of the sub-adviser's retention. This Information Statement provides such notice of the changes and presents details regarding the New Sub-Advisers and the New Sub-Advisory Agreements.
INVESTMENT ADVISER
The investment adviser for the Fund is Dreyfus, which is located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166. Founded in 1947, Dreyfus manages approximately $264 billion in 166 mutual fund portfolios. Dreyfus, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon, is the primary mutual fund business of BNY Mellon, a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 35 countries and serving more than 100 markets. BNY Mellon is a leading investment management and investment services company, uniquely focused to help clients manage and move their financial assets in the rapidly changing global marketplace. BNY Mellon has $27.4 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $1.5 trillion in assets under management. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. BNY Mellon Investment Management is one of the world's leading investment management organizations, and one of the top U.S. wealth managers, encompassing BNY Mellon's affiliated investment management firms, wealth management services and global distribution companies. Additional information is available at
www.bnymellon.com
.
Dreyfus provides management services to the Fund pursuant to the management agreement (the "Management Agreement") between the Company, on behalf of the Fund, and Dreyfus, dated August 24, 1994, as amended May 15, 2006. Pursuant to the Management Agreement, Dreyfus provides investment management of the Fund's portfolio in accordance with the Fund's investment objective and policies as stated in the Fund's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information as from time to time in effect. In connection therewith, Dreyfus obtains and provides investment research and supervises the Fund's continuous program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Fund's assets. Dreyfus furnishes to the Fund such statistical information, with respect to the investments which the Fund may hold or contemplate purchasing, as the Fund may reasonably request. The Management Agreement permits Dreyfus to enter into sub-investment advisory agreements with one or more sub-advisers. The Management Agreement is subject to annual approval by (i) the Board or (ii) vote of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act), provided that in either event the continuance also is approved by a majority of the Directors who are not "interested persons" (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or Dreyfus (the "Independent Directors"), by vote cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Management Agreement is terminable without penalty, on not more than 60 days' notice, by the Board or by vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities, or, on not less than 90 days' notice, by Dreyfus. The Management Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment (as defined in the 1940 Act). The Management Agreement provides that Dreyfus shall exercise its best judgment in rendering services to the Fund and that Dreyfus will not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund, except by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of Dreyfus' duties, or by reason of Dreyfus' reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, under the Management Agreement. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board approving the Management Agreement is available in the Fund's semi-annual report for the six-months ended November 30, 2013.
Dreyfus has overall supervisory responsibility for the general management and investment of the Fund's portfolio, and, subject to review and approval by the Board: (i) sets the Fund's overall investment strategies; (ii) evaluates, selects, and recommends sub-advisers to manage all or a portion of the Fund's assets; (iii) when appropriate, allocates and reallocates the Fund's assets among sub-advisers; (iv) monitors and evaluates the performance of the Fund's sub-advisers, including the sub-advisers' compliance with the investment objective, policies, and restrictions of the Fund; and (v) implements procedures to ensure that the sub-advisers comply with the Fund's investment objective, policies, and restrictions.
Dreyfus has engaged its affiliate, EACM, as the Fund's portfolio allocation manager, to assist it in evaluating and recommending sub-advisers for the Fund. EACM seeks sub-advisers for the Fund that complement each other's specific style of investing, consistent with the Fund's investment goal. EACM recommends the portion of the Fund's assets to be managed by each sub-adviser, which may be adjusted by up to 20% of the Fund's assets without the approval of the Board. EACM monitors and evaluates the performance of the sub-advisers for the Fund and will advise and recommend to Dreyfus and the Board any changes to the Fund's sub-advisers. EACM, located at 200 Connecticut Avenue, Sixth Floor, Norwalk, Connecticut 06854-1940, specializes in multi-manager investment programs for institutional and high net worth clients representing approximately $5.3 billion in assets. EACM is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon.
The Fund has agreed to pay Dreyfus a management fee at an annual rate of 0.90% of the value of the Fund's average daily net assets. Dreyfus has contractually agreed, until October 1, 2014, to waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the expenses of the Fund so that the direct expenses of none of the Fund's share classes (excluding Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder services fees, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, commitment fees on borrowings and extraordinary expenses) exceed 1.05%. As a result of the fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement arrangement, Dreyfus waived $292,208 of its management fee of $396,776 for the period July 1, 2010 (commencement of operations of the Fund) to May 31, 2011 (the Fund's fiscal year end), and waived $22,768 of its management fee of $1,285,973 for the Fund's fiscal year ended May 31, 2012. For the Fund's fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, the Fund paid Dreyfus a management fee of $2,404,784.
The following persons are officers and/or directors of Dreyfus: J. Charles Cardona, President and a director; Diane P. Durnin, Vice Chair and a director; Bradley J. Skapyak, Chief Operating Officer and a director; Patrice M. Kozlowski, Senior Vice President–Corporate Communications; Gary E. Abbs, Vice President–Tax; Jill Gill, Vice President–Human Resources; Tracy A. Hopkins, Vice President–Cash Strategies; Joanne S. Huber, Vice President–Tax; Anthony Mayo, Vice President–Information Systems; Kathleen Geis, Vice President; John E. Lane, Vice President; Dean M. Steigauf, Vice President; Gary Pierce, Controller; Joseph W. Connolly, Chief Compliance Officer; John Pak, Chief Legal Officer; Christopher O'Connor, Chief Administrative Officer; James Bitetto, Secretary; and Robert G. Capone, Mitchell E. Harris, Andrew Provencher and Cynthia Fryer Steer, directors. Messrs. Skapyak, Connolly and Bitetto also serve as officers of the Company. Mr. Skapyak serves as President, Mr. Connolly serves as Chief Compliance Officer and Mr. Bitetto serves as Vice President and Assistant Secretary of the Company. No other officers or directors of Dreyfus serve as officers or Directors of the Company. The address of each officer and/or director of Dreyfus is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.
NEW SUB-ADVISERS
Consistent with the terms of the Exemptive Order, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, at an in-person Board meeting held November 4-5, 2013 (the "Meeting"), unanimously approved (i) the appointment of the New Sub-Advisers to serve as sub-advisers for the Fund and (ii) the New Sub-Advisory Agreements between Dreyfus and each of the New Sub-Advisers with respect to the Fund.
Granite
Granite, located at 2121 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 2360, El Segundo, California 90245, is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Granite is an employee-owned Delaware limited liability company founded in 2009. As of September 30, 2013, Granite had approximately $742 million in assets under management.
In managing the portion of the Fund's assets allocated to it, Granite utilizes a bottom-up approach to security selection, combining rigorous fundamental analysis with the discipline and objectivity of quantitative analytics. Granite believes that value can be added when identifying, at an early stage, positive changes affecting a company that the market has yet to discern. These catalysts are often fundamental changes occurring within a company which Granite believes are the greatest driver of the growth of revenue and earnings for a company. Examples of fundamental catalysts include a new product introduction, application of an emerging technology, a positive change in management, advances in operational efficiencies or a strategic acquisition. Granite believes that these catalysts, in conjunction with Granite's investment focus on companies exhibiting strong management teams and business models, combine to drive gains in discretionary free cash flow, revenue, earnings and returns on invested capital. Granite generally sells a stock if it reaches the strategy market cap maximum, it becomes overvalued relative to the research team's determined fair value compared to other like securities, there is a deterioration in company fundamentals, a questionable change in strategy, or failure to meet operating objectives, or a more compelling investment idea is identified.
Jeffrey J. Hoo, CFA is the lead portfolio manager and Joshua D. Shaskan, CFA and Peter O. Lopez
are additional portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the portion of the Fund's portfolio that is managed by Granite. Messrs. Hoo, Shaskan and Lopez are principals and portfolio managers at Granite, which they joined in 2011. Prior to joining Granite, Messrs. Hoo, Shaskan and Lopez were each a principal and portfolio manager at Transamerica Investment Management, LLC for more than five years.
Granite currently does not serve as investment adviser or sub-adviser to any registered investment companies that have similar investment objectives and policies as the Fund.
Granite was approved by the Board to serve as an additional sub-adviser for the Fund at the Meeting. Granite is not affiliated with Dreyfus, and Granite discharges its responsibilities subject to the oversight and supervision of Dreyfus. Under the Granite Sub-Advisory Agreement, Dreyfus, and not the Fund, compensates Granite out of the fee Dreyfus receives from the Fund. There will be no increase in the advisory fees paid by the Fund to Dreyfus as a consequence of the addition of Granite or the implementation of the Granite Sub-Advisory Agreement. The fees paid by Dreyfus to Granite depend upon the fee rates negotiated by Dreyfus and on the percentage of the Fund's assets allocated to Granite. In accordance with procedures adopted by the Board, Granite may effect Fund portfolio transactions through an affiliated broker-dealer and the affiliated broker-dealer may receive brokerage commissions in connection therewith as permitted by applicable law.
The following is a list of persons (to the extent known by the Fund) who are deemed to control Granite by virtue of ownership of stock or other interests of Granite: Geoffrey I. Edelstein (Edelstein Trust, Geoffrey I. Edelstein and Alison Edelstein, Trustees), Robert W. Foran, Edward S. Han, Jeffrey J. Hoo, Peter O. Lopez, Douglas J. Morse, Richard A. Passafiume, Erik U. Rollé, Gary U. Rollé (Rollé Financial), Joshua D. Shaskan (Joshua D. Shaskan and Lisa M. Shaskan Revocable Trust, Joshua D. Shaskan and Lisa M. Shaskan, Trustees), and Bradley G. Slocum (Bradley G. Slocum Trust, Bradley G. Slocum, Trustee).
RHJ
RHJ, located at 600 West Broadway, Suite 1000, San Diego, California 92101, is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. RHJ is an employee-owned Delaware limited liability company founded in 1974. As of September 30, 2013, RHJ had approximately $1.3 billion in assets under management.
In managing the portion of the Fund's assets allocated to it, RHJ employs a fundamental, bottom-up approach to find companies that have three primary characteristics: high earnings growth, high or improving returns on invested capital, and sustainable competitive advantages. RHJ's philosophy is rooted in its belief that high relative returns are achieved by owning companies that not only exhibit earnings growth, but also can sustainably generate high returns on invested capital for long periods of time. RHJ generally sells a stock if it determines that there has been an adverse change in the company's fundamentals or competitive advantage, or relative valuation.
Lou Holtz, CFA and Yossi Lipsker, CFA are the portfolio managers responsible for the day-to-day management of the portion of the Fund's portfolio that is managed by RHJ. Messrs. Holtz and Lipsker joined RHJ in October 2008 and are senior members of the RHJ investment team, responsible for research and portfolio management.
RHJ currently serves as investment adviser to the following registered investment company, which has similar investment objectives and similar investment policies as the Fund:
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Name of Investment Company
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Net Assets
(as of 11/30/13)
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Advisory Fee Rate
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The Advisors' Inner Circle Fund
Rice Hall James Small Cap Portfolio
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$95 million
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0.80%
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RHJ was approved by the Board to serve as an additional sub-adviser for the Fund at the Meeting. RHJ is not affiliated with Dreyfus, and RHJ discharges its responsibilities subject to the oversight and supervision of Dreyfus. Under the RHJ Sub-Advisory Agreement, Dreyfus, and not the Fund, compensates RHJ out of the fee Dreyfus receives from the Fund. There will be no increase in the advisory fees paid by the Fund to Dreyfus as a consequence of the addition of RHJ or the implementation of the RHJ Sub-Advisory Agreement. The fees paid by Dreyfus to RHJ depend upon the fee rates negotiated by Dreyfus and on the percentage of the Fund's assets allocated to RHJ. In accordance with procedures adopted by the Board, RHJ may effect Fund portfolio transactions through an affiliated broker-dealer and the affiliated broker-dealer may receive brokerage commissions in connection therewith as permitted by applicable law.
The following is a list of persons (to the extent known by the Fund) who are deemed to control RHJ by virtue of ownership of stock or other interests of RHJ: Thomas W. McDowell, Thao N. Buuhoan, Timothy A. Todaro, Cara M. Thome, Gary S. Rice, James D. Dickinson, Reed Wirick, and Carl M. Obeck.
The New Sub-Advisory Agreements
The New Sub-Advisory Agreements were approved by the Board at the Meeting, which was called, among other reasons, for the purpose of approving the New Sub-Advisory Agreements. Both of the New Sub-Advisory Agreements will continue until November 30, 2014, and thereafter
are subject to annual approval by
the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors.
The terms of the New Sub-Advisory Agreements are substantially similar to those of the sub-investment advisory agreements between Dreyfus and each of Riverbridge Partners LLC, EAM Investors, LLC, Geneva Capital Management Ltd., Cupps Capital Management, LLC and Nicholas Investment Partners, L.P., the Fund's five other sub-investment advisers.
Each New Sub-Advisory Agreement provides that, subject to Dreyfus' supervision and approval, the New Sub-Advisers provide investment advisory assistance and day-to-day management with respect to the portion of the Fund's assets allocated to each of them. The New Sub-Advisers, among other duties, will obtain and provide investment research and conduct a continuous program of investment, evaluation and, if appropriate, sale and reinvestment of the Fund's assets allocated to each of them, including the placing of portfolio transactions for execution with brokers. The New Sub-Advisers also will perform certain other administrative and compliance-related functions in connection with the management of their respective allocated portions of the Fund's assets. The New Sub-Advisory Agreements provide that the New Sub-Advisers will not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Fund or Dreyfus, except by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of each New Sub-Adviser's duties, or by reason of each New Sub-Adviser's reckless disregard of its obligations and duties, under its respective New Sub-Advisory Agreement.
The New Sub-Advisory Agreements provide that the New Sub-Advisers be compensated based on the average daily net assets of the Fund allocated to each New Sub-Adviser. Each New Sub-Adviser is compensated from the management fee that Dreyfus receives from the Fund. Each New Sub-Adviser generally will bear the expenses it incurs in connection with its activities under its respective New Sub-Advisory Agreement. All other expenses to be incurred in the operation of the Fund (other than those borne by Dreyfus) will be borne by the Fund.
A New Sub-Advisory Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by: (i) Dreyfus on not more than 60 days' notice to the New Sub-Adviser; (ii) the Board or by vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities on not more than 60 days' notice to the New Sub-Adviser; or (iii) the New Sub-Adviser on not less than 90 days' notice to the Company and Dreyfus. Each New Sub-Advisory Agreement provides that it will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment. In addition, each New Sub-Advisory Agreement provides that it will terminate if the Management Agreement terminates for any reason.
Considerations of the Board
At the Meeting, Dreyfus and EACM recommended the appointment of each New Sub-Adviser to serve as a new sub-adviser for the Fund. The recommendation of the New Sub-Advisers was based on, among other information, EACM's review and due diligence report relating to the New Sub-Advisers and their investment advisory services. In the opinion of Dreyfus and EACM, the proposed allocation to each New Sub-Adviser of a portion of the Fund's assets would allow the New Sub-Advisers to effectively complement the Fund's five other sub-advisers, Riverbridge Partners, LLC, EAM Investors, LLC, Geneva Capital Management Ltd., Cupps Capital Management, LLC and Nicholas Investment Partners, L.P., and increase portfolio diversification, as well as help avoid any potential capacity constraints that may arise if the Fund continues its steady asset growth, and would be in the best interests of the Fund's shareholders. The target percentage of the Fund's assets to be allocated to each New Sub-Adviser will occur over time.
At the Meeting, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, considered and approved the New Sub-Advisory Agreements. In determining whether to approve the New Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board considered the due diligence materials prepared by EACM and other information, which included: (i) a copy of each New Sub-Advisory Agreement between Dreyfus and the New Sub-Adviser; (ii) information regarding the process by which EACM recommended and Dreyfus selected and recommended each New Sub-Adviser for Board approval; (iii) information regarding the nature, extent and quality of the services each New Sub-Adviser would provide to the Fund; (iv) information regarding each New Sub-Adviser's reputation, investment management business, personnel, and operations; (v) information regarding each New Sub-Adviser's brokerage and trading policies and practices; (vi) information regarding the level of the sub-investment advisory fee to be charged by each New Sub-Adviser; (vii) information regarding each New Sub-Adviser's compliance program; and (viii) information regarding each New Sub-Adviser's historical performance returns managing investment mandates similar to the Fund's investment mandate, with such performance compared to relevant indices. The Board also considered the substance of discussions with representatives of Dreyfus and EACM at the Meeting. Additionally, the Board reviewed materials supplied by counsel that were prepared for use by the Board in fulfilling its duties under the 1940 Act.
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services to be Provided by
the New Sub-Advisers.
In examining the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by the New Sub-Advisers to the Fund, the Board considered each New Sub-Adviser's: (i) organization, history, reputation, qualification and background, as well as the qualifications of its personnel; (ii) expertise in providing portfolio management services to other similar investment portfolios and the performance history of those portfolios; (iii) proposed investment strategy for the Fund; (iv) long- and short-term performance relative to unmanaged indices; and (v) compliance program. The Board specifically took into account each New Sub-Adviser's investment process and research resources and capabilities, evaluating how the New Sub-Adviser would complement the Fund's existing sub-advisers. The Board also discussed the acceptability of the terms of each New Sub-Advisory Agreement, noting the substantial similarity to the terms of the Fund's other sub-investment advisory agreements. The Board also considered the review process undertaken by EACM, subject to Dreyfus' supervision, and EACM's favorable assessment of the nature and quality of the sub-investment advisory services expected to be provided to the Fund by the New Sub-Advisers. The Board concluded that the Fund will benefit from the quality and experience of each New Sub-Adviser's investment professionals. Based on their consideration and review of the foregoing information, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the sub-investment advisory services to be provided by the New Sub-Advisers were adequate and appropriate in light of each New Sub-Adviser's experience in managing small cap growth equity assets, each New Sub-Adviser's portfolio management and research resources to be applied in managing a portion of the Fund's portfolio, and Dreyfus' and EACM's recommendation to engage the New Sub-Advisers, and supported a decision to approve each New Sub-Advisory Agreement.
Investment Performance of the New Sub-Advisers
. Because the New Sub-Advisers were newly-appointed sub-advisers for the Fund, the Board could not consider their investment performance in managing a portion of the Fund's portfolio as a factor in evaluating the New Sub-Advisory Agreements during the Meeting. However, the Board did review each New Sub-Adviser's historical performance record in managing other portfolios that were comparable to the Fund with respect to its investment mandate. The Board also discussed with representatives of Dreyfus and EACM the investment strategies to be employed by each New Sub-Adviser in the management of its portion of the Fund's assets. The Board noted each New Sub-Adviser's reputation and experience with respect to small cap growth equity investing, the portfolio managers' experience in selecting small cap growth stocks, and EACM's experience and reputation in selecting, evaluating, and overseeing investment managers. Based on these factors, the Board supported a decision to approve each New Sub-Advisory Agreement.
Costs of Services to be Provided
. The Board considered the proposed fee payable under each New Sub-Advisory Agreement, noting that the proposed fee would be paid by Dreyfus, and not the Fund, and, thus, would not impact the fees paid by the Fund. The Board concluded that the proposed fee payable to each New Sub-Adviser by Dreyfus with respect to the assets to be allocated to each New Sub-Adviser in their respective capacities as sub-advisers was reasonable and appropriate.
Profitability and Economies of Scale to be Realized.
The Board recognized that, because each New Sub-Adviser's fee would be paid by Dreyfus, and not the Fund, an analysis of economies of scale and profitability was more appropriate in the context of the Board's consideration of the Management Agreement. Accordingly, considerations of profitability and economies of scale with respect to the New Sub-Advisers were not relevant to the Board's determination to approve the New Sub-Advisory Agreements.
The Board also considered whether there were any ancillary benefits that may accrue to the New Sub-Advisers as a result of the New Sub-Advisers' relationships with the Fund. The Board concluded that the New Sub-Advisers may direct Fund brokerage transactions to certain brokers to obtain research and other services. However, the Board noted that the New Sub-Advisers were required to select brokers who met the Fund's requirements for seeking best execution, and that Dreyfus monitored and evaluated each New Sub-Adviser's trade execution with respect to Fund brokerage transactions on a quarterly basis and provided reports to the Board on these matters. The Board concluded that the benefits that were expected to accrue to each New Sub-Adviser by virtue of its relationship with the Fund were reasonable.
In considering the materials and information described above, the Independent Directors received assistance from, and met separately with, their independent legal counsel, and were provided with a written description of their statutory responsibilities and the legal standards that are applicable to the approval of investment advisory and sub-investment advisory agreements.
After full consideration of the factors discussed above, with no single factor identified as being of paramount importance, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Directors, with the assistance of independent legal counsel, concluded that the initial approval of each New Sub-Advisory Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund, and approved the New Sub-Advisory Agreements for the Fund.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Other Fund Service Providers
MBSC Securities Corporation ("MBSC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus, located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, serves as distributor (i.e., principal underwriter) of the Fund's shares pursuant to a distribution agreement between the Company and MBSC.
The Bank of New York Mellon, an affiliate of Dreyfus, located at One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286, serves as the Fund's custodian and provides the Fund with cash management services.
Dreyfus Transfer, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus, located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, serves as the Fund's transfer and dividend disbursing agent.
Payments to Affiliated Brokers
During the Fund's most recent fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, the Fund did not pay any commissions to affiliated brokers.
Certain Beneficial Ownership
As of December 31, 2013, the Fund had 17,888,579.87 total shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Set forth below is information as to those shareholders known by the Company to own of record or beneficially 5% or more of the indicated class of the Fund's outstanding voting shares as of December 31, 2013.
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Amount of
Outstanding Shares Held
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Percentage of Outstanding
Shares of Class Held
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Class A
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National Financial Services LLC
FBO Its Customers
Attn: Mutual Funds Department, 4
th
Floor
499 Washington Boulevard
Jersey City, NJ 07310
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|
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26,824.766
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|
|
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26.2287
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%
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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American Enterprise Investment SVC
2003 Ameriprise Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474-0020
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|
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19,750.930
|
|
|
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19.3120
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%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Pershing LLC
P.O. Box 2052
Jersey City, NJ 07303-2052
|
|
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9,362.013
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|
|
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9.1540
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%
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Sandra L. Kuzmick & Gerald S. Kuzmick
JT Tenants Tod
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922-1410
|
|
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5,257.492
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|
|
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5.1407
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%
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|
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Class C
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|
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American Enterprise Investment SVC
2003 Ameriprise Financial Center
Minneapolis, MN 55474-0020
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|
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7,753.997
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|
|
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71.7057
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%
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|
|
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RBC Capital Markets LLC
Mutual Fund Omnibus Processing
510 Marquette Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1110
|
|
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2,816.227
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|
|
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26.0433
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%
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|
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|
|
|
|
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Class I
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SEI Private Trust
Mutual Fund Administrator
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456-9989
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|
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16,656,888.635
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|
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93.7070
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%
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Under the 1940 Act, a shareholder that beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the Fund's outstanding voting securities may be deemed a "control person" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund.
As of December 31, 2013, Robin A. Melvin, a Director of the Company, beneficially owned 3,088.031 Class A shares of the Fund, representing 3.0194% of the outstanding Class A shares of the Fund. As of December 31, 2013, none of the other Directors or officers of the Company owned any of the Fund's outstanding shares.
