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BNY Mellon Cash Investment Strategies (CIS), a division of The Dreyfus Corporation, is one of the industry's premier sources of institutional cash management investment products. CIS' consolidated credit research, investment management, and client service functions combine Dreyfus' historic strengths and pioneering work in money market mutual funds with separately managed short-duration, stable value, bond index and cash collateral reinvestment strategies. This breadth of capabilities has positioned us to deliver customized and comprehensive investment solutions to the institutional marketplace.

Strength in Numbers

With $1 trillion in assets under management and a presence in 36 countries, our parent company, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, is a global financial services giant providing asset management and other services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals.

Strong investment-grade credit ratings¹
A top 3 institutional cash manager (iMoneyNet as of 6/30/10)
A top 4 "cash & equivalents" asset manager (Institutional Investor, 2010)²
A top 6 tax-exempt, institutional U.S. asset manager (Pensions & Investments, 2010)²
A top 8 U.S. asset manager (Institutional Investor, 2010)²
A top 11 global asset manager (Pensions & Investments, 2009)³
The Dreyfus Corporation, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, is one of the first firms to make widespread use of investment risk software in a separate risk management group.

* as of 6-30-10

¹ Credit ratings are listed for Moody's, S&P, Fitch and DBRS. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. The rating may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization. Each rating should be evaluated independently of the other ratings. Current ratings for The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation and its principal subsidiaries are posted at www.bnymellon.com/investorrelations/creditratings.com
² Rankings based on 2009 year-end data and include assets managed by BNY Mellon Asset Management and BNY Mellon Wealth Management. Each ranking may not include the same mix of firms.
³ Rankings based on 2008 year-end data and include assets managed by BNY Mellon Asset Managment and BNY Mellon Wealth Management. Each ranking may not include the same mix of firms.

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Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of any mutual fund carefully before investing. Contact a BNY Mellon Cash Investment Services representative to obtain a prospectus that contains this and other information on a fund, and read it carefully before investing.

An investment in a money market fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although a money market fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in a money market fund. Fund yields fluctuate. Short-term corporate, asset-backed, and municipal securities holdings, while rated in the highest rating category by one or more NRSRO (or if an unrated municipal, deemed of comparable quality by Dreyfus), involve credit and liquidity risks and risk of principal loss.

An investment in a stable value fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although a stable value fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at a constant unit value, it is possible to lose money by investing in a stable value fund.

BNY Mellon Cash Investment Strategies short-duration portfolios are unregistered separate account products and differ from money market funds in terms of fees and portfolio structure, among other aspects. Also short duration portfolios involve higher risk of principal loss and are not designed to maintain a fixed share price. In addition, short-duration investments are subject generally to interest rate, credit, liquidity and market risks to higher degrees. Generally, all other factors being equal, bond prices move in the opposite direction of interest-rate changes and rate increases can produce price declines.

BNY Mellon Cash Investment Strategies is a division of The Dreyfus Corporation. All Dreyfus-managed money market mutual funds are structured within the confines of Rule 2a-7.

Securities are offered in the U.S. through MBSC Securities Corporation, a registered broker-dealer, distributor of the Dreyfus family of funds, and wholly owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. Separate accounts are offered by BNY Mellon Cash Investment Strategies, a division of The Dreyfus Corporation, a registered investment advisor. Bank collective funds are unregistered products offered by The Bank of New York Mellon to qualified investors. BNY Mellon Asset Management is the umbrella organization for The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation's affiliated investment management firms and global distribution companies. BNY Mellon Cash Investment Services is a division of MBSC Securities Corporation.

* Rankings based on 2007 year-end data. The rankings include assets managed by BNY Mellon Asset Management and BNY Wealth Management groups. Each ranking may not include the same mix of firms.

* Includes prior tenures at Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC and Mellon Bond Associates LLP, affiliates of Dreyfus, prior to joining BNY Mellon Cash Investment Strategies.