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STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS
August 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| | | | | | | | | |
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Description | Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% | | | |
Alabama - 3.0% | | | | | |
Alabama
Special Care Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds (Methodist Home for the Aging Obligated
Group) | | 6.00 | | 6/1/2050 | | 3,820,000 | | 3,683,906 | |
Jefferson County, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding | | 5.25 | | 10/1/2049 | | 1,500,000 | | 1,621,019 | |
Jefferson County, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding | | 5.50 | | 10/1/2053 | | 1,250,000 | | 1,366,266 | |
| 6,671,191 | |
Arizona
- 7.1% | | | | | |
Arizona Industrial Development Authority, Revenue Bonds (Legacy
Cares Project) Ser. A | | 7.75 | | 7/1/2050 | | 3,200,000 | a,b | 128,000 | |
Arizona Industrial Development Authority, Revenue Bonds (Sustainable
Bond) (Equitable School Revolving Fund Obligated Group) Ser. A | | 4.00 | | 11/1/2050 | | 3,425,000 | | 3,278,222 | |
Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority, Revenue
Bonds (Benjamin Franklin Charter School Obligated Group) | | 6.00 | | 7/1/2052 | | 2,000,000 | a | 2,063,813 | |
Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Legacy Traditional Schools Project) | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2049 | | 1,025,000 | a | 1,033,554 | |
Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp., Revenue Bonds | | 4.00 | | 7/1/2044 | | 1,905,000 | | 1,859,938 | |
Salt Verde Financial
Corp., Revenue Bonds | | 5.00 | | 12/1/2037 | | 5,000,000 | | 5,545,380 | |
The Phoenix Arizona
Industrial Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding (BASIS Schools Projects) Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2046 | | 2,000,000 | a | 2,000,237 | |
| 15,909,144 | |
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Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Arkansas
- 1.7% | | | | | |
Arkansas Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds (Sustainable
Bond) (U.S. Steel Corp.) | | 5.70 | | 5/1/2053 | | 3,500,000 | | 3,734,680 | |
California
- 9.9% | | | | | |
California County Tobacco Securitization Agency, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding, Ser. A | | 4.00 | | 6/1/2049 | | 1,000,000 | | 934,277 | |
California Municipal
Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding (HumanGood California Obligated Group) Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 10/1/2044 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,014,209 | |
California Statewide
Communities Development Authority, Revenue Bonds (California Baptist University) Ser. A | | 6.38 | | 11/1/2043 | | 2,035,000 | a | 2,037,854 | |
California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (California Baptist University) Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 11/1/2041 | | 1,875,000 | a | 1,890,679 | |
Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp., Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Tobacco Settlement Asset) Ser. B | | 5.00 | | 6/1/2051 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,038,682 | |
Long Beach Bond Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 5.50 | | 11/15/2037 | | 5,000,000 | | 5,863,278 | |
Orange County Community
Facilities District, Special Tax Bonds, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 8/15/2052 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,038,915 | |
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STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
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Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
California
- 9.9% (continued) | | | | | |
San Diego County Regional
Airport Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ser. B | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2051 | | 3,500,000 | | 3,630,175 | |
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts (Series 2022-XF3024), (San
Francisco City & County, Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser. A) Recourse, Underlying Coupon Rate 5.00% | | 6.99 | | 5/1/2044 | | 4,500,000 | a,c,d | 4,643,548 | |
| 22,091,617 | |
Colorado - 5.9% | | | | | |
Colorado
Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (CommonSpirit Health Obligated Group) | | 5.25 | | 11/1/2052 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,084,277 | |
Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Covenant Living Communities & Services Obligated Group) Ser. A | | 4.00 | | 12/1/2050 | | 3,000,000 | | 2,700,350 | |
Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Intermountain Healthcare Obligated Group) Ser. A | | 4.00 | | 5/15/2052 | | 1,255,000 | | 1,198,651 | |
Denver City & County Airport System, Revenue Bonds, Refunding,
Ser. A | | 5.50 | | 11/15/2053 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,086,898 | |
Dominion Water &
Sanitation District, Revenue Bonds, Refunding | | 5.88 | | 12/1/2052 | | 2,000,000 | | 2,045,452 | |
Hess Ranch Metropolitan District No. 6, GO, Ser. A1 | | 5.00 | | 12/1/2049 | | 1,500,000 | | 1,402,449 | |
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Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Colorado
- 5.9% (continued) | | | | | |
Rampart Range Metropolitan
District No. 5, Revenue Bonds | | 4.00 | | 12/1/2051 | | 1,000,000 | | 823,826 | |
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% | | 6.09 | | 8/1/2044 | | 2,455,000 | a,c,d | 2,809,538 | |
| 13,151,441 | |
Connecticut
- 1.1% | | | | | |
Connecticut, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 5/1/2041 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,110,914 | |
Connecticut Health & Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Fairfield University) Ser. T | | 4.00 | | 7/1/2055 | | 1,500,000 | | 1,410,524 | |
| 2,521,438 | |
Delaware
- .5% | | | | | |
Delaware Economic Development Authority, Revenue Bonds (ACTS
Retirement-Life Communities Obligated Group) Ser. B | | 5.25 | | 11/15/2053 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,037,924 | |
Florida - 6.7% | | | | | |
Collier
County Industrial Development Authority, Revenue Bonds (NCH Healthcare System Project) (Insured; Assured
Guaranty Municipal Corp.) Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 10/1/2049 | | 3,425,000 | | 3,728,286 | |
Florida Housing Finance Corp., Revenue Bonds (Insured; GNMA,
FNMA, FHLMC) Ser. 1 | | 4.40 | | 7/1/2044 | | 1,450,000 | | 1,446,828 | |
Greater Orlando Aviation
Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 4.00 | | 10/1/2049 | | 2,480,000 | | 2,329,193 | |
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STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Florida
- 6.7% (continued) | | | | | |
Hillsborough County
Port District, Revenue Bonds (Tampa Port Authority Project) Ser. B | | 5.00 | | 6/1/2046 | | 1,250,000 | | 1,280,732 | |
Lee Memorial Health System, Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser.
A1 | | 4.00 | | 4/1/2049 | | 1,750,000 | | 1,663,239 | |
Miami-Dade County Water
& Sewer System, Revenue Bonds (Insured; Build America Mutual) | | 4.00 | | 10/1/2051 | | 1,000,000 | | 965,455 | |
Palm Beach County Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Lifespace Communities Obligated Group) Ser. C | | 7.63 | | 5/15/2058 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,135,247 | |
Pinellas County Industrial Development Authority, Revenue
Bonds (Foundation for Global Understanding) | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2039 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,014,997 | |
Seminole County Industrial Development Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Legacy Pointe at UCF Project) | | 5.75 | | 11/15/2054 | | 500,000 | | 501,509 | |
Village Community Development District No. 15, Special Assessment
Bonds | | 5.25 | | 5/1/2054 | | 1,000,000 | a | 1,035,660 | |
| 15,101,146 | |
Georgia - 4.9% | | | | | |
Fulton
County Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 4/1/2042 | | 1,250,000 | | 1,278,103 | |
Georgia Municipal Electric Authority, Revenue Bonds (Plant
Vogtle Units 3&4 Project) Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2052 | | 2,500,000 | | 2,629,738 | |
Main Street Natural Gas, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 9/1/2031 | | 1,000,000 | e | 1,080,961 | |
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Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Georgia
- 4.9% (continued) | | | | | |
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% | | 4.71 | | 7/1/2044 | | 3,600,000 | a,c,d | 3,863,106 | |
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% | | 6.71 | | 1/1/2059 | | 2,060,000 | a,c,d | 2,091,715 | |
| 10,943,623 | |
Hawaii - .6% | | | | | |
Hawaii
Airports System, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2047 | | 1,250,000 | | 1,310,274 | |
Illinois - 11.8% | | | | | |
Chicago
Board of Education, GO, Refunding, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 12/1/2035 | | 1,500,000 | | 1,545,296 | |
Chicago II, GO, Refunding, Ser. A | | 6.00 | | 1/1/2038 | | 2,500,000 | | 2,596,399 | |
Chicago II, GO, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 1/1/2044 | | 2,000,000 | | 2,058,723 | |
Chicago Transit Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser.
A | | 5.00 | | 12/1/2057 | | 2,000,000 | | 2,088,369 | |
Illinois, GO, Ser.
D | | 5.00 | | 11/1/2028 | | 2,600,000 | | 2,763,413 | |
Illinois, GO, Ser.
D | | 5.00 | | 11/1/2027 | | 3,500,000 | | 3,720,507 | |
Illinois, Revenue
Bonds (Auxiliary Facilities System) Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 4/1/2044 | | 2,500,000 | | 2,500,697 | |
Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds (Plymouth Place
Obligated Group) Ser. A | | 6.63 | | 5/15/2052 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,074,218 | |
Illinois Toll Highway
Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 1/1/2039 | | 1,400,000 | | 1,597,641 | |
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STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Illinois
- 11.8% (continued) | | | | | |
Metropolitan Pier &
Exposition Authority, Revenue Bonds (McCormick Place Project) (Insured; National Public Finance Guarantee
Corp.) Ser. A | | 0.00 | | 12/15/2036 | | 1,400,000 | f | 856,711 | |
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (McCormick Place Expansion Project) | | 5.00 | | 6/15/2050 | | 1,750,000 | | 1,813,647 | |
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts (Series 2023-XF1623), (Regional
Transportation Authority Illinois, Revenue Bonds, Ser. B) Non-Recourse, Underlying Coupon Rate 4.00% | | 4.93 | | 6/1/2048 | | 1,625,000 | a,c,d | 1,557,460 | |
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts (Series 2024-XF3244), (Chicago
O' International Airport, Revenue Bonds, Refunding) Recourse, Underlying Coupon Rate 5.50% | | 5.50 | | 1/1/2059 | | 2,100,000 | a,c,d | 2,282,477 | |
| 26,455,558 | |
Indiana - 1.0% | | | | | |
Indiana
Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds (Sustainable Bond) | | 7.00 | | 3/1/2039 | | 1,925,000 | a | 353,295 | |
Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Revenue
Bonds (Insured; Build America Mutual) Ser. F1 | | 5.25 | | 3/1/2067 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,073,401 | |
Valparaiso, Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Pratt Paper (IN) LLC
Project) | | 5.00 | | 1/1/2054 | | 750,000 | a | 775,375 | |
| 2,202,071 | |
Iowa - .6% | | | | | |
Iowa
Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Iowa Fertilizer Co. Project) | | 5.00 | | 12/1/2032 | | 1,250,000 | g | 1,453,784 | |
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Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Kentucky
- 1.9% | | | | | |
Christian County, Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Jennie Stuart
Medical Center Obligated Group) | | 5.50 | | 2/1/2044 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,008,902 | |
Henderson, Revenue
Bonds (Pratt Paper Project) Ser. A | | 4.70 | | 1/1/2052 | | 1,000,000 | a | 984,803 | |
Kentucky Public Energy Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 5/1/2055 | | 1,000,000 | e | 1,062,062 | |
Kentucky Public Energy Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A1 | | 4.00 | | 8/1/2030 | | 1,310,000 | e | 1,317,239 | |
| 4,373,006 | |
Louisiana - 1.4% | | | | | |
Louisiana
Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (Calcasieu Bridge Partners) | | 5.75 | | 9/1/2064 | | 1,825,000 | | 1,999,303 | |
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (Impala
Warehousing Project) | | 6.50 | | 7/1/2036 | | 1,000,000 | a | 1,000,541 | |
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Tulane University) Ser. A | | 4.00 | | 4/1/2030 | | 115,000 | g | 121,632 | |
| 3,121,476 | |
Maryland - 2.3% | | | | | |
Maryland
Economic Development Corp., Revenue Bonds (College Park Leonardtown Project) (Insured; Assured Guaranty
Municipal Corp.) | | 5.25 | | 7/1/2064 | | 650,000 | | 690,499 | |
Maryland Economic Development
Corp., Revenue Bonds (Sustainable Bond) (Purple Line Transit Partners) Ser. B | | 5.25 | | 6/30/2055 | | 4,200,000 | | 4,373,768 | |
| 5,064,267 | |
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STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Massachusetts
- 2.2% | | | | | |
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (NewBridge Charles Inc.) | | 5.00 | | 10/1/2057 | | 1,000,000 | a | 1,006,758 | |
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Suffolk University Project) | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2034 | | 1,550,000 | | 1,618,802 | |
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2029 | | 325,000 | | 336,080 | |
Massachusetts Educational
Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ser. B | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2030 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,065,842 | |
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Ser.
B | | 4.50 | | 6/1/2056 | | 1,000,000 | | 992,737 | |
| 5,020,219 | |
Michigan
- 4.8% | | | | | |
Detroit, GO (Sustainable Bond) Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 4/1/2046 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,046,683 | |
Michigan Building Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding | | 4.00 | | 10/15/2049 | | 2,500,000 | | 2,428,801 | |
Michigan Finance Authority, Revenue
Bonds (Sustainable Bond) (Henry Ford) | | 5.50 | | 2/28/2049 | | 1,275,000 | | 1,437,733 | |
Michigan Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser.
A | | 4.00 | | 12/1/2049 | | 1,000,000 | | 950,256 | |
Michigan Housing Development
Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 3.35 | | 12/1/2034 | | 2,500,000 | | 2,399,518 | |
Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding, Ser. C | | 0.00 | | 6/1/2058 | | 41,200,000 | f | 1,284,517 | |
Wayne County Airport Authority, Revenue Bonds (Detroit Metropolitan
Wayne County Airport) (Insured; Build America Mutual) Ser. B | | 5.00 | | 12/1/2039 | | 1,250,000 | | 1,252,579 | |
| 10,800,087 | |
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Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Minnesota
- 2.2% | | | | | |
Duluth Economic Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Essentia Health Obligated Group) Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 2/15/2058 | | 2,000,000 | | 2,032,660 | |
Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Revenue
Bonds, Ser. A | | 4.00 | | 1/1/2054 | | 3,000,000 | | 2,883,040 | |
| 4,915,700 | |
Missouri
- 2.6% | | | | | |
Missouri Housing Development Commission, Revenue Bonds (Insured;
GNMA, FNMA, FHLMC) Ser. A | | 4.70 | | 11/1/2054 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,005,382 | |
St. Louis County Industrial
Development Authority, Revenue Bonds (Friendship Village St. Louis Obligated Group) Ser. A | | 5.13 | | 9/1/2049 | | 1,000,000 | | 993,723 | |
St. Louis County Industrial
Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Friendship Village Sunset Hills) | | 5.00 | | 9/1/2042 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,000,035 | |
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts (Series 2023-XM1116), (Jackson
County Missouri Special Obligation, Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser. A) Non-Recourse, Underlying Coupon
Rate 4.25% | | 3.00 | | 12/1/2053 | | 3,000,000 | a,c,d | 2,930,205 | |
| 5,929,345 | |
Nebraska - .4% | | | | | |
Omaha
Public Power District, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 4.00 | | 2/1/2051 | | 1,000,000 | | 965,527 | |
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STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
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|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Nevada
- 1.4% | | | | | |
Clark County School District, GO (Insured; Assured Guaranty
Municipal Corp.) Ser. A | | 4.25 | | 6/15/2041 | | 2,155,000 | | 2,203,420 | |
Reno, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Insured; Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.) | | 4.00 | | 6/1/2058 | | 1,000,000 | | 942,866 | |
| 3,146,286 | |
New
Hampshire - 1.2% | | | | | |
New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding (Springpoint Senior Living Obligated Group) | | 4.00 | | 1/1/2041 | | 2,925,000 | | 2,696,386 | |
New Jersey - 4.7% | | | | | |
New
Jersey Economic Development Authority, Revenue Bonds (The Goethals) | | 5.38 | | 1/1/2043 | | 2,500,000 | | 2,501,975 | |
New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding, Ser. WW | | 5.25 | | 6/15/2025 | | 1,890,000 | g | 1,929,914 | |
New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding, Ser. XX | | 5.25 | | 6/15/2027 | | 655,000 | | 665,253 | |
New Jersey Economic
Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ser. WW | | 5.25 | | 6/15/2025 | | 110,000 | g | 112,323 | |
New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue
Bonds (RWJ Barnabas Health Obligated Group) | | 4.00 | | 7/1/2051 | | 1,250,000 | | 1,227,404 | |
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Revenue Bonds | | 5.00 | | 6/15/2044 | | 1,250,000 | | 1,352,323 | |
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Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
New Jersey
- 4.7% (continued) | | | | | |
New Jersey Transportation
Trust Fund Authority, Revenue Bonds | | 5.50 | | 6/15/2050 | | 1,600,000 | | 1,766,264 | |
New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Ser. BB | | 5.25 | | 6/15/2050 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,095,093 | |
| 10,650,549 | |
New Mexico
- .6% | | | | | |
New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds (Insured;
GNMA, FNMA, FHLMC) Ser. E | | 4.70 | | 9/1/2054 | | 1,400,000 | | 1,407,493 | |
New
York - 9.3% | | | | | |
New York Liberty Development Corp., Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Class 1-3 World Trade Center Project) | | 5.00 | | 11/15/2044 | | 3,500,000 | a | 3,502,930 | |
New York Transportation Development Corp., Revenue Bonds
(JFK International Airport Terminal) | | 5.00 | | 12/1/2040 | | 1,200,000 | | 1,267,572 | |
New York Transportation Development Corp., Revenue Bonds
(JFK International Airport Terminal) | | 5.00 | | 12/1/2036 | | 2,000,000 | | 2,151,235 | |
New York Transportation Development Corp., Revenue Bonds
(LaGuradia Airport Terminal) | | 5.63 | | 4/1/2040 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,077,876 | |
New York Transportation
Development Corp., Revenue Bonds (Sustainable Bond) (JFK International Airport Terminal One Project)
(Insured; Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.) | | 5.13 | | 6/30/2060 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,042,099 | |
Niagara Area Development Corp., Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Covanta Project) Ser. A | | 4.75 | | 11/1/2042 | | 2,000,000 | a | 1,917,609 | |
15
STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
New York
- 9.3% (continued) | | | | | |
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 4.00% | | 4.62 | | 11/15/2047 | | 3,300,000 | a,c,d | 3,228,964 | |
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 5.25% | | 7.66 | | 6/30/2060 | | 2,150,000 | a,c,d | 2,281,379 | |
Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Ser. A1 | | 4.13 | | 5/15/2064 | | 3,000,000 | | 2,932,137 | |
TSASC, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding, Ser. B | | 5.00 | | 6/1/2045 | | 585,000 | | 529,557 | |
Westchester County
Local Development Corp., Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Senior Learning Community) | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2041 | | 1,000,000 | a | 1,021,384 | |
| 20,952,742 | |
North
Carolina - 1.9% | | | | | |
North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Revenue Bonds (Carolina
Meadows Obligated Group) | | 5.25 | | 12/1/2049 | | 2,850,000 | | 3,074,697 | |
North Carolina Medical
Care Commission, Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Lutheran Services for the Aging Obligated Group) | | 4.00 | | 3/1/2051 | | 1,300,000 | | 1,106,868 | |
| 4,181,565 | |
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| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Ohio
- 9.6% | | | | | |
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding, Ser. B2 | | 5.00 | | 6/1/2055 | | 6,665,000 | | 6,135,844 | |
Cuyahoga County, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (The MetroHealth System) | | 5.00 | | 2/15/2052 | | 1,980,000 | | 2,002,039 | |
Cuyahoga County, Revenue Bonds, Refunding (The MetroHealth
System) | | 5.25 | | 2/15/2047 | | 2,500,000 | | 2,548,319 | |
Muskingum County, Revenue
Bonds (Genesis Healthcare System Project) | | 5.00 | | 2/15/2048 | | 6,495,000 | | 6,332,835 | |
Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Duke Energy Co.) (Insured; Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.) Ser. B | | 4.38 | | 12/1/2058 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,001,669 | |
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts (Series 2024-XF1711), (University
of Cincinnati Ohio Receipt, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A) Non-Recourse, Underlying Coupon Rate 5.00% | | 7.09 | | 6/1/2049 | | 3,200,000 | a,c,d | 3,452,035 | |
| 21,472,741 | |
Oklahoma - 2.2% | | | | | |
Tender
Option Bond Trust Receipts (Series 2024-XM1163), (Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, Revenue Bonds,
Refunding) Non-Recourse, Underlying Coupon Rate 5.25% | | 8.01 | | 7/1/2064 | | 3,200,000 | a,c,d | 3,523,254 | |
Tulsa County Industrial Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Montereau Project) | | 5.25 | | 11/15/2045 | | 1,500,000 | | 1,516,146 | |
| 5,039,400 | |
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STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Pennsylvania
- 7.8% | | | | | |
Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, Revenue
Bonds (City Center Project) | | 5.00 | | 5/1/2042 | | 1,000,000 | a | 1,003,342 | |
Allentown School District, GO, Refunding (Insured; Build
America Mutual) Ser. B | | 5.00 | | 2/1/2033 | | 1,455,000 | | 1,547,699 | |
Clairton Municipal
Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser. B | | 4.00 | | 12/1/2038 | | 3,750,000 | | 3,771,835 | |
Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Revenue
Bonds (The Penndot Major Bridges) | | 6.00 | | 6/30/2061 | | 2,000,000 | | 2,219,494 | |
Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Thomas Jefferson University Obligated Group) Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 9/1/2045 | | 3,000,000 | | 3,010,578 | |
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 4.00 | | 12/1/2050 | | 1,000,000 | | 942,009 | |
Tender Option Bond
Trust Receipts (Series 2022-XF1525), (Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority UPMC, Revenue
Bonds, Ser. A) Recourse, Underlying Coupon Rate 4.00% | | 4.54 | | 5/15/2053 | | 2,300,000 | a,c,d | 2,172,962 | |
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% | | 8.61 | | 9/1/2053 | | 2,400,000 | a,c,d | 2,731,122 | |
| 17,399,041 | |
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| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Rhode
Island - 1.8% | | | | | |
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% | | 4.62 | | 10/1/2048 | | 4,000,000 | a,c,d | 4,022,380 | |
South
Carolina - 2.0% | | | | | |
South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Bon Secours Mercy Health) | | 4.00 | | 12/1/2044 | | 1,500,000 | | 1,468,828 | |
South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Lutheran Homes of South Carolina Obligated Group) | | 5.13 | | 5/1/2048 | | 1,750,000 | | 1,512,149 | |
South Carolina Public Service Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding
(Santee Cooper) Ser. A | | 4.00 | | 12/1/2055 | | 1,500,000 | | 1,395,417 | |
| 4,376,394 | |
South
Dakota - 1.2% | | | | | |
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts (Series 2022-XF1409), (South
Dakota Heath & Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Avera Health Obligated
Group)) Non-Recourse, Underlying Coupon Rate 5.00% | | 7.10 | | 7/1/2046 | | 2,680,000 | a,c,d | 2,724,396 | |
Tennessee - .6% | | | | | |
Metropolitan
Government Nashville & Davidson County Health & Educational Facilities Board, Revenue Bonds
(Belmont University) | | 5.25 | | 5/1/2048 | | 1,250,000 | | 1,359,915 | |
19
STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Texas
- 15.7% | | | | | |
Aldine Independent School District, GO (Insured; Permanent
School Fund Guarantee Program) | | 4.00 | | 2/15/2054 | | 1,000,000 | | 958,531 | |
Arlington Higher Education
Finance Corp., Revenue Bonds (BASIS Texas Charter Schools) | | 5.00 | | 6/15/2064 | | 1,000,000 | a | 1,000,438 | |
Clifton Higher Education Finance Corp., Revenue Bonds (International
Leadership of Texas) Ser. A | | 5.75 | | 8/15/2045 | | 2,500,000 | | 2,529,372 | |
Clifton Higher Education
Finance Corp., Revenue Bonds (International Leadership of Texas) Ser. D | | 5.75 | | 8/15/2033 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,017,939 | |
Clifton Higher Education Finance Corp., Revenue Bonds (International
Leadership of Texas) Ser. D | | 6.13 | | 8/15/2048 | | 3,500,000 | | 3,550,745 | |
Clifton Higher Education
Finance Corp., Revenue Bonds, Refunding (IDEA Public Schools) (Insured; Permanent School Fund Guarantee
Program) | | 4.00 | | 8/15/2054 | | 1,000,000 | | 967,226 | |
Clifton Higher Education
Finance Corp., Revenue Bonds, Refunding (International Leadership of Texas) (Insured; Permanent School
Fund Guarantee Program) Ser. A | | 4.25 | | 8/15/2053 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,012,922 | |
Dallas Fort Worth International
Airport, Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser. B | | 5.00 | | 11/1/2040 | | 1,500,000 | | 1,660,208 | |
Dallas Independent School District, GO, Refunding (Insured;
Permanent School Fund Guarantee Program) | | 4.00 | | 2/15/2054 | | 2,000,000 | | 1,930,104 | |
20
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Texas
- 15.7% (continued) | | | | | |
Fort Bend County, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Insured; Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.) | | 4.25 | | 3/1/2049 | | 1,250,000 | | 1,252,643 | |
Grand Parkway Transportation Corp., Revenue Bonds, Refunding | | 4.00 | | 10/1/2049 | | 1,165,000 | | 1,112,900 | |
Houston Airport System, Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Insured; Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.) Ser. A | | 4.50 | | 7/1/2053 | | 1,400,000 | | 1,412,766 | |
Houston Airport System, Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser. A | | 4.00 | | 7/1/2039 | | 2,480,000 | | 2,429,488 | |
Lamar Consolidated
Independent School District, GO | | 4.00 | | 2/15/2053 | | 1,000,000 | | 956,745 | |
Medina Valley Independent School District, GO (Insured; Permanent
School Fund Guarantee Program) | | 4.00 | | 2/15/2053 | | 4,500,000 | | 4,337,968 | |
Mission Economic Development
Corp., Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Natgasoline Project) | | 4.63 | | 10/1/2031 | | 2,500,000 | a | 2,503,592 | |
Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp., Revenue
Bonds, Refunding (Trinity Terrace Project) | | 5.00 | | 10/1/2044 | | 1,375,000 | | 1,476,267 | |
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts (Series 2024-XM1164), (Texas
University System, Revenue Bonds, Refunding) Non-Recourse, Underlying Coupon Rate 5.25% | | 2.95 | | 3/15/2054 | | 3,200,000 | a,c,d | 3,512,556 | |
Waxahachie Independent School District, GO (Insured; Permanent
School Fund Guarantee Program) | | 4.25 | | 2/15/2053 | | 1,500,000 | | 1,497,899 | |
| 35,120,309 | |
21
STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
U.S.
Related - 1.7% | | | | | |
Puerto Rico, GO, Ser. A | | 0.00 | | 7/1/2033 | | 211,359 | f | 142,451 | |
Puerto Rico, GO, Ser. A1 | | 4.00 | | 7/1/2037 | | 126,704 | | 123,959 | |
Puerto Rico, GO, Ser. A1 | | 4.00 | | 7/1/2035 | | 147,628 | | 145,705 | |
Puerto Rico, GO, Ser. A1 | | 4.00 | | 7/1/2046 | | 179,157 | | 166,353 | |
Puerto Rico, GO, Ser. A1 | | 4.00 | | 7/1/2041 | | 172,269 | | 163,735 | |
Puerto Rico, GO, Ser. A1 | | 4.00 | | 7/1/2033 | | 164,238 | | 163,024 | |
Puerto Rico, GO, Ser. A1 | | 5.38 | | 7/1/2025 | | 91,331 | | 91,975 | |
Puerto Rico, GO, Ser. A1 | | 5.63 | | 7/1/2029 | | 2,178,318 | | 2,343,381 | |
Puerto Rico, GO, Ser. A1 | | 5.63 | | 7/1/2027 | | 181,259 | | 188,803 | |
Puerto Rico, GO, Ser. A1 | | 5.75 | | 7/1/2031 | | 173,199 | | 191,905 | |
| 3,721,291 | |
Utah
- .9% | | | | | |
Salt Lake City, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2048 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,023,518 | |
Salt Lake City, Revenue Bonds, Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2042 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,018,076 | |
| 2,041,594 | |
Virginia
- 2.9% | | | | | |
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts (Series 2024-XM1176), (Virginia
State Housing Development Authority, Revenue Bonds) Ser. A) Recourse, Underlying Coupon Rate 4.80% | | 6.40 | | 9/1/2059 | | 3,000,000 | a,c,d | 3,056,453 | |
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds
(Transform 66 P3 Project) | | 5.00 | | 12/31/2049 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,016,512 | |
Virginia Small Business
Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding | | 5.00 | | 12/31/2057 | | 1,500,000 | | 1,555,417 | |
Williamsburg Economic Development Authority, Revenue Bonds
(William & Mary Project) (Insured; Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.) Ser. A | | 4.13 | | 7/1/2058 | | 1,000,000 | | 985,928 | |
| 6,614,310 | |
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| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Washington
- 4.3% | | | | | |
Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts (Series 2024--XF1730), (Port
of Seattle Washington, Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser. B) Non-Recourse, Underlying Coupon Rate 5.25% | | 7.81 | | 7/1/2049 | | 2,500,000 | a,c,d | 2,690,198 | |
Washington Convention Center Public Facilities District, Revenue
Bonds, Ser. B | | 4.00 | | 7/1/2058 | | 1,000,000 | | 881,481 | |
Washington Health Care
Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Providence Health & Services) Ser. A | | 5.00 | | 10/1/2042 | | 5,000,000 | | 5,000,041 | |
Washington Housing
Finance Commission, Revenue Bonds, Refunding (Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences) | | 6.38 | | 7/1/2063 | | 1,000,000 | a | 1,106,078 | |
| 9,677,798 | |
Wisconsin
- 5.8% | | | | | |
Public Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds (Cone Health) Ser.
A | | 5.00 | | 10/1/2052 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,056,061 | |
Public Finance Authority, Revenue
Bonds (EMU Campus Living) (Insured; Build America Mutual) Ser. A1 | | 5.50 | | 7/1/2052 | | 1,200,000 | | 1,306,094 | |
Public Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds (EMU Campus Living)
(Insured; Build America Mutual) Ser. A1 | | 5.63 | | 7/1/2055 | | 1,315,000 | | 1,443,144 | |
Public Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding, Ser.
B | | 5.00 | | 7/1/2042 | | 5,000,000 | | 5,000,817 | |
23
STATEMENT
OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Description
| Coupon Rate
(%) | | Maturity Date | | Principal Amount
($) | | Value
($) | |
Long-Term
Municipal Investments - 148.2% (continued) | | | |
Wisconsin
- 5.8% (continued) | | | | | |
Public Finance Authority, Revenue
Bonds, Ser. 1 | | 5.75 | | 7/1/2062 | | 2,817,766 | | 3,022,845 | |
Wisconsin Health &
Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (Bellin Memorial Hospital Obligated Group) | | 5.50 | | 12/1/2052 | | 1,000,000 | | 1,111,155 | |
| 12,940,116 | |
Total Investments (cost $328,606,645) | | 148.2% | 332,318,224 | |
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables | | (48.2%) | (108,109,909) | |
Net Assets Applicable
to Common Stockholders | | 100.0% | 224,208,315 | |
a 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 August 31, 2024, these securities were valued at $79,939,690
or 35.65% of net assets.
b Non-income
producing—security in default.
c 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.
d Collateral for floating rate borrowings. The coupon rate given
represents the current interest rate for the inverse floating rate security.
e 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.
f Security
issued with a zero coupon. Income is recognized through the accretion of discount.
g 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.
24
| | | |
|
Summary
of Abbreviations (Unaudited) |
|
ABAG | Association
of Bay Area Governments | AGC | ACE Guaranty Corporation |
AGIC | Asset Guaranty Insurance Company | AMBAC | American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation |
BAN | Bond Anticipation Notes | BSBY | Bloomberg
Short-Term Bank Yield Index |
CIFG | CDC
Ixis Financial Guaranty | COP | Certificate of Participation |
CP | Commercial Paper | DRIVERS | Derivative
Inverse Tax-Exempt Receipts |
EFFR | Effective
Federal Funds Rate | FGIC | Financial Guaranty Insurance Company |
FHA | Federal Housing Administration | FHLB | Federal Home Loan Bank |
FHLMC | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | FNMA | Federal National Mortgage Association |
GAN | Grant Anticipation Notes | GIC | Guaranteed
Investment Contract |
GNMA | Government National Mortgage Association | GO | General Obligation |
IDC | Industrial
Development Corporation | LOC | Letter of Credit |
LR | Lease
Revenue | NAN | Note Anticipation Notes |
MFHR | Multi-Family Housing Revenue | MFMR | Multi-Family Mortgage Revenue |
MUNIPSA | Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association Municipal Swap Index Yield | OBFR | Overnight
Bank Funding Rate |
PILOT | Payment in Lieu of Taxes | PRIME | Prime
Lending Rate |
PUTTERS | Puttable Tax-Exempt Receipts | RAC | Revenue Anticipation Certificates |
RAN | Revenue Anticipation Notes | RIB | Residual Interest Bonds |
SFHR | Single Family Housing Revenue | SFMR | Single Family Mortgage Revenue |
SOFR | Secured Overnight Financing Rate | TAN | Tax Anticipation Notes |
TRAN | Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes | TSFR | Term Secured Overnight
Financing Rate |
USBMMY | U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield | U.S. T-BILL | U.S. Treasury Bill |
XLCA | XL Capital Assurance | RVMTPS | Remarketable
Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares |
VMTPS | Variable
Rate Muni Term Preferred Shares | | |
See notes to financial statements.
25
STATEMENT
OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
August 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | Cost | | Value | |
Assets ($): | | | | |
Investments in securities—See Statement of Investments | 328,606,645 | | 332,318,224 | |
Cash | | | | | 921,514 | |
Interest
receivable | | 3,775,380 | |
Receivable for investment securities sold | | 2,279,739 | |
Prepaid
expenses | | | | | 21,419 | |
| | | | |
339,316,276 | |
Liabilities ($): | | | | |
Due to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.
and affiliates—Note 2(b) | | 188,772 | |
RVMTP Shares at liquidation value—Note 1 | | 75,000,000 | |
Payable
for inverse floater notes issued—Note 3 | | 35,955,000
| |
Payable for investment securities
purchased | | 2,984,478 | |
Dividends payable to Common Stockholders | | 552,179 | |
Interest
and expense payable related to inverse floater notes issued—Note 3 | | 337,473 | |
Directors’
fees and expenses payable | | 19,446 | |
Other accrued expenses | | | | | 70,613 | |
| | | | |
115,107,961 | |
Net Assets Applicable
to Common Stockholders ($) | | | 224,208,315 | |
Composition
of Net Assets ($): | | | | |
Common Stock, par value, $.001 per share (18,405,973
shares issued and outstanding) | | | | | 18,406 | |
Paid-in
capital | | | | | 262,501,288 | |
Total distributable earnings
(loss) | | | | | (38,311,379) | |
Net
Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders ($) | | | 224,208,315 | |
| | | | |
Shares Outstanding | | |
(250 million shares authorized) | 18,405,973 | |
Net
Asset Value Per Share of Common Stock ($) | | 12.18 | |
| | | | |
See notes to financial statements. | | | | |
26
STATEMENT
OF OPERATIONS
Six
Months Ended August 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Investment Income ($): | | | | |
Interest Income | | | 7,565,661 | |
Expenses: | | | | |
Management
fee—Note 2(a) | | | 1,063,810 | |
RVMTP
Share interest expense and fees—Note 1(g) | | | 1,797,966 | |
Interest and expense related
to inverse floater notes issued—Note 3 | | | 593,285 | |
Professional
fees | | | 76,395 | |
Directors’
fees and expenses—Note 2(c) | | | 33,016 | |
Shareholders’
reports | | | 28,505 | |
Registration
fees | | | 13,856 | |
Chief
Compliance Officer fees—Note 2(b) | | | 8,498 | |
Shareholder servicing costs | | | 7,521 | |
Tender
and paying agent fees—Note 2(b) | | | 4,000 | |
Custodian fees—Note 2(b) | | | 3,294 | |
Miscellaneous | | | 11,234 | |
Total
Expenses | | |
3,641,380 | |
Less—reduction
in fees due to earnings credits—Note 2(b) | | | (3,294) | |
Net
Expenses | | | 3,638,086 | |
Net Investment Income | | | 3,927,575 | |
Realized
and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments—Note 3 ($): | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on
investments | (1,285,205) | |
Net
change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | 2,933,686 | |
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | 1,648,481 | |
Net Increase in Net Assets Applicable to Common
Stockholders Resulting from Operations |
5,576,056 | |
| | | | | | |
See notes to financial statements. | | | | | |
27
STATEMENT
OF CASH FLOWS
Six
Months Ended August 31, 2024 (Unaudited)
| | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | | |
Cash Flows from Operating Activities ($): | | | | | |
Purchases of portfolio securities | |
(67,543,018) | | | |
Proceeds
from sales of portfolio securities |
51,450,436 | | | |
Interest
income received | | 7,337,213 | | | |
Interest and expense related to inverse
floater notes issued | | (530,304) | | | |
RVMTP
Shares interest expense and fees paid | | (1,797,966) | | | |
Expenses
paid to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and affiliates | | (1,060,920) | | | |
Operating expenses paid | | (203,293) | | | |
Net Cash Provided (or Used) in Operating Activities | | (12,347,852) | |
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities ($): | | | | | |
Dividends paid to Common Stockholders | | (3,313,075) | | | |
Increase in payable for inverse floater notes
issued | | 11,060,000 | | | |
Net
Cash Provided (or Used) in Financing Activities | | 7,746,925 | |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash | | (4,600,927) | |
Cash
at beginning of period | | 5,522,441 | |
Cash
at End of Period | |
921,514 | |
Reconciliation
of Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders
Resulting from Operations to Net Cash Provided (or Used) in Operating Activities
($): | | | |
Net
Increase in Net Assets Resulting From Operations | | 5,576,056 | | | |
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 ($): | | | |
Increase in investments in securities at
cost | | (11,497,116) | | | |
Increase in interest receivable | | (228,448) | | | |
Increase in receivable for investment securities
sold | | (2,279,739) | | | |
Decrease in prepaid expenses | | 16,190 | | | |
Increase in Due to BNY Mellon Investment
Adviser, Inc. and affiliates | |
15,388 | | | |
Decrease in payable for investment securities purchased | | (1,030,522) | | | |
Increase in interest and expense payable
related to inverse floater notes issued | |
62,981 | | | |
Decrease in Directors' fees and expenses payable | |
(14,675) | | | |
Decrease in other accrued expenses | | (34,281) | | | |
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation
on investments | | (2,933,686) | | | |
Net
Cash Provided (or Used) in Operating Activities | | (12,347,852) | |
See notes to financial statements. | | | | | |
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STATEMENT
OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Six
Months Ended August 31, 2024 (Unaudited) | | Year Ended February 29, 2024 | |
Operations ($): | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | 3,927,575 | | | | 7,681,484 | |
Net
realized gain (loss) on investments | | (1,285,205) | | | | (6,731,442) | |
Net
change in unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on investments | | 2,933,686
| | | | 13,808,368 | |
Net Increase
(Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders
Resulting from Operations | 5,576,056 | | | | 14,758,410 | |
Distributions
($): | |
Distributions to stockholders | | | (3,313,075) | | | | (8,098,628) | |
Distributions
to Common Stockholders |
(3,313,075) | | | |
(8,098,628) | |
Total
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders | 2,262,981 | | | | 6,659,782 | |
Net Assets
Applicable to Common Stockholders ($): | |
Beginning
of Period | | | 221,945,334 | | | | 215,285,552 | |
End
of Period | | | 224,208,315 | | | | 221,945,334 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
See notes to financial statements. | | | | | | | | |
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FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
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.
| | | | | | | | |
Six
Months Ended | | | |
August 31, 2024 | | Year
Ended February 29/28, | |
| (Unaudited) | | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
Per Share
Data ($): | | | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning
of period | 12.06 | | 11.70 | 13.86 | 14.41 | 15.06 | 13.75 | |
Investment Operations: | | | | | | | | |
Net investment incomea | .21 | | .42 | .53 | .63 | .66 | .64 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain
(loss) on investments | .09 | | .38 | (2.11) | (.54) | (.67) | 1.31 | |
Total
from Investment Operations | .30 | | .80 | (1.58) | .09 | (.01) | 1.95 | |
Distributions to Common
Stockholders: | | | | | | | | |
Dividends
from net investment income | (.18) | | (.44) | (.58) | (.64) | (.64) | (.64) | |
Net asset value, end of period | 12.18 | | 12.06 | 11.70 | 13.86 | 14.41 | 15.06 | |
Market value, end of period | 10.84 | | 10.33 | 10.97 | 13.17 | 13.95 | 14.18 | |
Market
Price Total Return (%) | 6.76 | b | (1.82) | (12.41) | (1.33) | 3.15 | 17.12 | |
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%): | | | | | | | | |
Ratio
of total expenses to average net assets | 3.26 | c | 3.53 | 2.60 | 1.68 | 1.87 | 2.12 | |
Ratio of net expenses to
average net assets | 3.26 | c | 3.52 | 2.60 | 1.68 | 1.87 | 2.12 | |
Ratio
of interest and expense related to inverse floater notes
issued, RVMTPS and VMTPS interest expense and fees to average net
assets | 2.14 | c | 2.36 | 1.45 | .55 | .69 | 1.05 | |
Ratio
of net investment income to average net assets | 3.51 | c | 3.58 | 4.29 | 4.32 | 4.72 | 4.43 | |
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| | | | | | | | |
Six
Months Ended | | | |
August 31, 2024 | | Year
Ended February 29/28, | |
| (Unaudited) | | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
Portfolio Turnover Rate | 16.66 | b | 34.36 | 24.75 | 11.33 | 17.56 | 22.94 | |
Asset coverage of RVMTPS and
VMTPS, end of period | 399 | | 396 | 387 | 440 | 453 | 469 | |
Net Assets, Applicable to
Common Stockholders, end of period ($ x 1,000) | 224,208 | | 221,945 | 215,286 | 255,086 | 264,941 | 276,836 | |
RVMTPS and VMTPS outstanding, end
of period ($ x 1,000) | 75,000 | | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 75,000 | |
Floating Rate Notes outstanding, end
of period ($ x 1,000) | 35,955 | | 24,895 | 38,130 | 48,640 | 59,890 | 59,845 | |
a Based
on average common shares outstanding.
b Not annualized.
c Annualized.
See
notes to financial statements.
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NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
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 (“RVMTPS”). The fund is subject to certain restrictions relating
to the RVMTPS. 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 RVMTPS at their liquidation value (i.e., $100,000 per share).
Thus, redemptions of RVMTPS may be deemed to be outside of the control of the fund.
The
RVMTPS 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 RVMTPS. On October 16, 2023, the RVMTPS were successfully remarketed during their first Early Term
Redemption Date, and the RVMTPS were extended through the 42 month anniversary of October 16, 2023. RVMTPS
that are neither retained by the holder 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 RVMTPS.
The holders of RVMTPS, voting as a separate
class, have the right to elect at least two directors. The holders of RVMTPS will vote as a separate
class on certain other matters, as required by law. The fund’s Board of Directors
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(the “Board”) has designated Nathan Leventhal and Benaree Pratt Wiley as directors
to be elected by the holders of RVMTPS.
Dividends on RVMTPS are normally declared daily and paid monthly.
The Dividend Rate on the RVMTPS 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 RVMTPS 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.
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NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
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:
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 accurately
reflect 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
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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 August 31, 2024 in valuing the fund’s investments:
| | | | | | |
| Level
1-Unadjusted Quoted Prices | Level 2- Other Significant Observable Inputs | | Level
3-Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | |
Assets ($) | | |
Investments
in Securities:† | | |
Municipal Securities | - | 332,318,224 | | - | 332,318,224 | |
Liabilities ($) | | |
Other Financial Instruments: | | |
Inverse
Floater Notes†† | - | (35,955,000) | | - | (35,955,000) | |
RVMTP Shares†† | - | (75,000,000) | | - | (75,000,000) | |
† See
Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations, if any.
†† Certain of the fund’s liabilities are held at carrying amount,
which approximates fair value for financial reporting purposes.
(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 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
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NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
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
the annual report dated February 29, 2024, provides more details about the fund’s principal risk factors.
(d)
Dividends and distributions to Common Stockholders: Dividends and 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
August 2, 2024, the Board declared a cash dividend of $.030 per share from net investment income, payable
on September 3, 2024, to Common Stockholders of record as of the close of business on August 19, 2024.
The ex-dividend date was August 19, 2024.
(e) Dividends to stockholders of RVMTPS: Dividends on RVMTPS
are normally declared daily and paid monthly. The Dividend Rate on the RVMTPS 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 RVMTPS on the Rate Determination Date immediately preceding such Subsequent
Rate Period plus (3) the Failed Remarketing Spread. The Applicable Rate of the RVMTPS was equal to the
sum of 1.30% per annum plus the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Swap
Index rate of 2.92% on August 29,
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2024. The dividend rate as of August 31, 2024 for the RVMTPS was 4.22% (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 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 August 31, 2024, 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 August 31,
2024, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
Each tax year in the
three-year period ended February 29, 2024 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service
and state taxing authorities.
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 fund has an unused capital loss carryover of $41,970,171
available for federal income tax purposes to be applied against future net realized capital gains, if
any, realized subsequent to February 29, 2024. The fund has $34,193,114 of short-term capital losses
and $7,777,057 of long-term capital losses which can be carried forward for an unlimited period.
The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal year
ended February 29, 2024 was as follows: tax-exempt income of $8,098,628. The tax character of current
year distributions will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year.
(g) RVMTPS: The
fund’s RVMTPS aggregate liquidation preference is shown as a liability since they have a stated mandatory
redemption date of October 16, 2049. Dividends paid on RVMTPS are treated as interest expense and recorded
on the accrual basis. Costs directly related to the issuance of the RVMTPS are considered debt issuance
costs which has been fully amortized into the expense over the life of the RVMTPS.
During
the period ended August 31, 2024, total fees pursuant to RVMTPS amounted to $1,797,966. These fees are
included in RVMTPS interest expense and fees in the Statement of Operations.
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NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
The average amount of borrowings outstanding for the RVMTPS from March 1, 2024
through August 31, 2024 was approximately $75,000,000, with a related weighted average annualized interest
rate of 4.76%.
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 the 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”), a subsidiary of BNY and
an affiliate of the Adviser, whereby the fund will receive interest income or be charged overdraft fees
when cash balances are maintained. For financial reporting purposes, the fund includes this interest
income and overdraft fees, if any, as interest income 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 August
31, 2024, the fund was charged $3,294 pursuant to the custody
agreement. These fees were offset by the Custodian from an earnings credit of $3,294.
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 RVMTPS. During the period ended August 31, 2024,
the
fund was charged $4,000 for the services provided by the Tender and Paying Agent.
During
the period ended August 31, 2024, the fund was charged $8,498 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 $184,417,
Custodian fees of $1,960, Tender and Paying Agent fees of $688 and Chief Compliance Officer fees of $1,707.
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(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 meeting 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,
during the period ended August 31, 2024, amounted to $52,155,636 and $49,001,895, 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 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
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NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
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
August 31, 2024 was approximately $28,058,071, with a related weighted average annualized interest rate
of 4.19%.
At August 31, 2024, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was
$3,711,579, consisting of $12,766,240 gross unrealized appreciation and $9,054,661 gross unrealized depreciation.
At August 31, 2024, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was
substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).
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PROXY
RESULTS (Unaudited)
Common Stockholders and holders of RVMTPS
voted together as a single class (except as noted below) on the following proposal presented at the annual
shareholders’ meeting held on August 15, 2024.
| | | | |
| | Shares |
| | For | | Authority Withheld |
To
elect three Class I Directors:† | | | |
| Francine J. Bovich | 13,651,969 | | 1,538,992 |
| Andrew J. Donohue | 13,648,944 | | 1,542,017 |
| Roslyn M. Watson | 13,654,885 | | 1,536,076 |
† The
terms of these Directors expire in 2027.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE RENEWAL OF THE FUND'S MANAGEMENT AND
SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTS (Unaudited)
At a meeting of the fund’s Board of Directors held on August
14-15, 2024, the Board considered the renewal of the fund’s Management Agreement pursuant
to which the Adviser provides the fund with investment advisory and administrative services and the Sub-Investment
Advisory Agreement (together with the Management Agreement, the “Agreements”), pursuant to which
Insight North America LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) provides day-to-day management of the fund’s investments.
The Board members, none of whom are “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended) of the fund, were assisted in their review by independent legal counsel and met
with counsel in executive session separate from representatives of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser.
In considering the renewal of the Agreements, the Board considered several factors that it believed to
be relevant, including those discussed below. The Board did not identify any one factor as dispositive,
and each Board member may have attributed different weights to the factors considered.
Analysis of Nature,
Extent, and Quality of Services Provided to the Fund. The Board considered information provided
to it at the meeting and in previous presentations from representatives of the Adviser regarding the
nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to funds in the BNY Mellon fund complex, including
the fund. Representatives of the Adviser noted that the fund is a closed-end fund without daily inflows
and outflows of capital and provided the fund’s asset size.
The
Board also considered research support available to, and portfolio management capabilities of, the fund’s
portfolio management personnel and that the Adviser also provides oversight of day-to-day fund operations,
including fund accounting and administration and assistance in meeting legal and regulatory requirements.
The Board also considered the Adviser’s extensive administrative, accounting and compliance infrastructures,
as well as the Adviser’s supervisory activities over the Sub-Adviser.
Comparative Analysis
of the Fund’s Performance and Management Fee and Expense Ratio. The Board reviewed
reports prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider
of investment company data based on classifications provided by Thomson Reuters Lipper (“Lipper”),
which included information comparing (1) the performance of the fund’s Common shares with the performance
of a group of general and insured municipal debt leveraged closed-end funds selected by Broadridge as
comparable to the fund (the “Performance Group”) and with a broader group of funds consisting of
all general and insured municipal debt leveraged closed-end funds (the “Performance Universe”), all
for various periods ended June 30, 2024, and (2) the fund’s actual and contractual management fees
and total expenses with those of the same group of funds in the Performance Group (the “Expense Group”)
and with a broader group of funds consisting of all general and insured municipal debt leveraged closed-end
funds, excluding outliers (the “Expense Universe”), the information for which was derived in part
from fund financial statements available to Broadridge as of the date of its analysis. The Adviser previously
had furnished the Board with a description of the methodology Broadridge used to
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select the Performance Group and Performance Universe and the Expense Group and
Expense Universe.
Performance Comparisons. Representatives of the Adviser stated
that the usefulness of performance comparisons may be affected by a number of factors, including different
investment limitations and policies and the extent and manner in which leverage is employed that may
be applicable to the fund and comparison funds and the end date selected. The Board also considered
the fund’s performance in light of overall financial market conditions. The Board discussed with representatives
of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser the results of the comparisons and considered that the fund’s total
return performance, on a net asset value basis, was above the Performance
Group and Performance Universe medians for all periods, except for the two-year period when the fund’s
total return performance, on a net asset value basis, was below the Performance
Group and Performance Universe medians. The Board also considered that the fund’s total return performance,
on a market price basis, was below the Performance Group and Performance Universe medians for all periods,
except for the ten-year period when the fund’s total return performance, on a market price
basis, was above the Performance Group and Performance Universe medians. The Board also
considered that the fund’s yield performance, on a net asset value basis, was
below the Performance Group for seven of the ten one-year periods and was below the Performance Universe
medians for eight of the ten one-year periods ended June 30. The Board also considered that the fund’s
yield performance, on a market price basis, was below the Performance Group for seven of the ten one-year
periods and was below the Performance Universe medians for eight of the ten one-year periods ended June
30. The Board considered the relative proximity of the fund’s yield performance to the Performance
Group and/or Performance Universe medians in certain periods when performance was below median. The
Adviser also provided a comparison of the fund’s calendar year total returns (on a net asset value
basis) to the returns of the fund’s benchmark index, and it was noted that the fund’s returns were
above the returns of the index in four of the seven calendar years shown. The Board discussed with representatives
of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser the reasons for the fund’s underperformance versus the Performance
Group and Performance Universe during certain periods under review and noted that the portfolio managers
are very experienced with an impressive long-term track record and continued to apply a consistent investment
strategy. The Board also noted that the fund had a four star rating for each of the three- and ten-year
periods and a four star overall rating from Morningstar based on Morningstar’s risk-adjusted return
measures.
Management Fee and Expense Ratio Comparisons. The Board reviewed
and considered the contractual management fee rate payable by the fund to the Adviser in light of the
nature, extent and quality of the management services and the sub-advisory services provided by the Adviser
and the Sub-Adviser, respectively. In addition, the Board reviewed and considered the actual management
fee rate paid by the fund over the fund’s last fiscal year. The Board also reviewed the range of actual
and contractual management fees and total expenses as a percentage of average net assets of the Expense
Group and Expense Universe funds and discussed the results of the comparisons.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE RENEWAL OF THE FUND'S MANAGEMENT AND
SUB-INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTS (Unaudited) (continued)
The Board considered that the fund’s contractual management fee was higher than
the Expense Group median contractual management fee, the fund’s actual management fee based on common
assets and leveraged assets together, was higher than the Expense Group median and the Expense Universe
median actual management fees and, based on common assets alone, was higher than the Expense Group median
and the Expense Universe median actual management fees, and the fund’s total expenses, based on both
common assets alone and on common assets and leveraged assets together, were higher than the Expense
Group and the Expense Universe median total expenses.
Representatives of
the Adviser noted that there were no other funds advised by the Adviser that are in the same Lipper category
as the fund or separate accounts and/or other types of client portfolios advised by the Adviser or the
Sub-Adviser that are considered to have similar investment strategies and policies as the fund.
The Board considered the fee payable to the Sub-Adviser in relation to the fee
payable to the Adviser by the fund and the respective services provided by the Sub-Adviser and the Adviser.
The Board also took into consideration that the Sub-Adviser’s fee is paid by the Adviser, out of its
fee from the fund, and not the fund.
Analysis of Profitability and Economies of Scale.
Representatives of the Adviser reviewed the expenses allocated and profit received by the Adviser and
its affiliates and the resulting profitability percentage for managing the fund and the aggregate profitability
percentage to the Adviser and its affiliates for managing the funds in the BNY Mellon fund complex, and
the method used to determine the expenses and profit. The Board concluded that the profitability results
were not excessive, given the services rendered and service levels provided by the Adviser and its affiliates.
The Board also had been provided with information prepared by an independent consulting firm regarding
the Adviser’s approach to allocating costs to, and determining the profitability of, individual funds
and the entire BNY Mellon fund complex. The consulting firm also had analyzed where any economies of
scale might emerge in connection with the management of a fund.
The
Board considered, on the advice of its counsel, the profitability analysis (1) as part of its evaluation
of whether the fees under the Agreements, considered in relation to the mix of services provided by the
Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, including the nature, extent and quality of such services, supported the
renewal of the Agreements and (2) in light of the relevant circumstances for the fund and the extent
to which economies of scale would be realized if the fund grows and whether fee levels reflect these
economies of scale for the benefit of fund shareholders. Representatives of the Adviser stated that,
because the fund is a closed-end fund without daily inflows and outflows of capital, there were not significant
economies of scale at this time to be realized by the Adviser in managing the fund’s assets. Representatives
of the Adviser also stated that, as a result of shared and allocated costs among funds in the BNY Mellon
fund complex, the extent of economies of scale could depend substantially on the level of assets in the
complex as a whole, so that increases and decreases in complex-wide assets can affect potential economies
of scale in a manner that is disproportionate to, or even in the opposite direction from, changes in
the fund’s asset level. The Board also considered potential
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benefits to the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser from acting as investment adviser
and sub-investment adviser, respectively, and took into consideration that there were no soft dollar
arrangements in effect for trading the fund’s investments.
At the conclusion of
these discussions, the Board agreed that it had been furnished with sufficient information to make an
informed business decision with respect to the renewal of the Agreements. Based on the discussions and
considerations as described above, the Board concluded and determined as follows.
· The Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of
the services provided by the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser are adequate and appropriate.
· The Board was satisfied with the fund’s relative performance
on a net asset value basis.
· The
Board concluded that the fees paid to the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser continued to be appropriate under
the circumstances and in light of the factors and the totality of the services provided as discussed
above.
· The
Board determined that the economies of scale which may accrue to the Adviser and its affiliates in connection
with the management of the fund had been adequately considered by the Adviser in connection with the
fee rate charged to the fund pursuant to the Management Agreement and that, to the extent in the future
it were determined that material economies of scale had not been shared with the fund, the Board would
seek to have those economies of scale shared with the fund.
In evaluating the Agreements,
the Board considered these conclusions and determinations and also relied on its previous knowledge,
gained through meetings and other interactions with the Adviser and its affiliates and the Sub-Adviser,
of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser and the services provided to the fund by the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser.
The Board also relied on information received on a routine and regular basis throughout the year relating
to the operations of the fund and the investment management and other services provided under the Agreements,
including information on the investment performance of the fund in comparison to similar funds and benchmark
performance indices; general market outlook as applicable to the fund; and compliance reports. In addition,
the Board’s consideration of the contractual fee arrangements for the fund had the benefit of a number
of years of reviews of the Agreements for the fund, or substantially similar agreements for other BNY
Mellon funds that the Board oversees, during which lengthy discussions took place between the Board and
representatives of the Adviser. Certain aspects of the arrangements may receive greater scrutiny in
some years than in others, and the Board’s conclusions may be based, in part, on their consideration
of the fund’s arrangements, or substantially similar arrangements for other BNY Mellon funds that the
Board oversees, in prior years. The Board determined to renew the Agreements.
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OFFICERS
AND DIRECTORS
BNY Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New
York, NY 10286
| | | |
Directors | | Officers (continued) | |
Joseph S. DiMartino,
Chairman | | Assistant
Treasurers | |
Tamara
Belinfanti†† | | Roberto G. Mazzeo | |
Francine J. Bovich | | Gavin C. Reilly | |
J. Charles Cardona | | Robert Salviolo | |
Andrew J. Donohue | | Robert Svagna | |
Isabel P. Dunst | | Chief Compliance Officer | |
Nathan Leventhal† | | Joseph W. Connolly | |
Robin A. Melvin | | Portfolio Managers | |
Roslyn M. Watson | | Jeffrey Burger | |
Benaree Pratt Wiley† | | Thomas C. Casey | |
Gordon
J. Davis†† | | Daniel A. Rabasco | |
† Elected
by holders of RVMTPS | | | |
†† Advisory Board Member | | Adviser | |
Officers | | BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. | |
President | | Sub-Adviser | |
David DiPetrillo | | Insight North America LLC | |
Chief Legal Officer | | Custodian | |
Peter M. Sullivan | | The Bank of New York Mellon | |
Vice President and Secretary | | Counsel | |
Sarah S. Kelleher | | Proskauer Rose LLP | |
Vice Presidents and Assistant Secretaries | | Transfer Agent, | |
Deirdre Cunnane | | Dividend Disbursing Agent | |
Lisa M. King | | and Registrar | |
Jeff Prusnofsky | | Computershare Inc. | |
Amanda Quinn | | (Common Stock) | |
Joanee Skerrett | | The Bank of New York Mellon | |
Treasurer | | (RVMTP Shares) | |
James Windels | | Stock Exchange Listing | |
Vice Presidents | | NYSE Symbol: DMB | |
Daniel Goldstein | | Initial SEC Effective Date | |
Joseph Martella | | 4/26/13 | |
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 Funds” every Monday. |
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of
the Act that the fund may purchase shares of its common stock in the open market when it can do so at
prices below the then current net asset value per share. |
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BNY
Mellon Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New
York, NY 10286
Adviser
BNY
Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New
York, NY 10286
Sub-Adviser
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
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 June 30 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 fund posts regularly
certain information at https://bny.com/investments/closed-end-funds, including certain asset coverage
and leverage ratios (within 5 business days of the last day of each month) and a fact sheet containing
certain statistical information (within 15 business days of the last day of each month).
| |
0805SA0824
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Item 12. Disclosure of Proxy Voting
Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 13. Portfolio
Managers for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
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.
Item 19. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Not
applicable.
(a)(2) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial
officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(a)(3)
Not applicable.
(b)
Certification of principal
executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company
Act of 1940.
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: October 15, 2024
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: October 15, 2024
By: /s/
James Windels
James Windels
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date: October 15, 2024
EXHIBIT INDEX
(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)
[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: October 15, 2024
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: October 15, 2024
[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: October
15, 2024
By: /s/
James Windels
James
Windels
Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date: October 15, 2024
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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