DREYFUS MUNICIPAL INCOME, INC.
Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
To the Stockholders:
The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc. (the Fund) will be held at the offices of The Dreyfus Corporation, 200 Park Avenue, 7th Floor East, New York, New York, on Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 10:00 a.m., for the following purposes:
1. To elect (a) two Class I Directors to serve for a three-year term and (b) one Class II Director to serve a one year term, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting, or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.
WE NEED YOUR PROXY VOTE |
A STOCKHOLDER MAY THINK HIS OR HER VOTE IS NOT IMPORTANT, BUT IT IS VITAL. BY LAW, THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF THE FUND WILL HAVE TO BE ADJOURNED WITHOUT CONDUCTING ANY BUSINESS IF LESS THAN A QUORUM IS REPRESENTED. IN THAT EVENT, THE FUND WOULD CONTINUE TO SOLICIT VOTES IN AN ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE A QUORUM. CLEARLY, YOUR VOTE COULD BE CRITICAL TO ENABLE THE FUND TO HOLD THE MEETING AS SCHEDULED, SO PLEASE RETURN YOUR PROXY CARD OR OTHERWISE VOTE PROMPTLY. YOU AND ALL OTHER STOCKHOLDERS WILL BENEFIT FROM YOUR COOPERATION.
DREYFUS MUNICIPAL INCOME, INC.
PROXY STATEMENT |
Annual Meeting of Stockholders |
to be held on Thursday, May 11, 2006 |
This proxy statement is furnished in connection with a solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc. (the Fund) to be used at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund to be held on Thursday, May 11, 2006 at 10:00 a.m., at the offices of The Dreyfus Corporation (Dreyfus), 200 Park Avenue, 7th Floor East, New York, New York, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Stockholders of record at the close of business on March 6, 2006 are entitled to be present and to vote at the meeting. Stockholders are entitled to one vote for each Fund share held and fractional votes for each fractional Fund share held. It is essential that stockholders complete, date, sign and return the proxy card they receive. Shares represented by executed and unrevoked proxies will be voted in accordance with the specifications made thereon. If the enclosed form of proxy is executed and returned, it nevertheless may be revoked by a proxy given later. To be effective, such revocation must be received prior to the meeting. In addition, any stockholder who attends the meeting in person may vote by ballot at the meeting, thereby cancelling any proxy previously given. As of March 6, 2006, the Fund had outstanding the following number of shares:
Common | Auction Preferred | |
Stock Outstanding | Stock Outstanding | |
20,589,320 | 4,000 |
It is estimated that proxy materials will be mailed to stockholders of record on or about March 29, 2006. The principal executive office of the Fund is located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166. Copies of the Funds most recent Annual and Semi-Annual Reports are available upon request, without charge, by writing to the Fund at 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, New York 11556-0144, or by calling toll free 1-800-334-6899.
A quorum is constituted by the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund entitled to vote at the meeting. If a proposal is to be voted upon by only one class of the Funds shares, a quorum of that class of shares (the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the class) must be present in person or by proxy at the meeting in order for the proposal to be considered. The Fund has two classes of capital stock: Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the Common Stock), and Auction Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, liquidation preference $25,000 per share (the APS). The APS is further divided into Series A and Series B. Currently, no proposal is expected to be presented at the meeting that would require separate voting for each Series of APS.
PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS |
The Funds Board of Directors is divided into three classes with the term of office of one class expiring each year. The term of office of Class I Directors expires this year. There currently are three Class I Directors, two Class III Directors and one Class II Director. The Funds Charter and applicable law require that the number of Directors be apportioned among the classes as nearly equal as possible, and that, if the number of Directors is decreased, the remaining Directors must be apportioned among the classes to maintain the number of Directors in each class as nearly equal as possible without shortening the term of any incumbent Director. The current imbalance in the number of Directors with respect to Class II was the result of a Class II Director resigning upon reaching the age of 80 and becoming a Director Emeritus of the Fund. To keep the three classes of Directors as balanced as possible, at its meeting on January 26, 2006, the Funds Board voted to reduce the number of Class I Directors from three to two, and redesignate Lucy Wilson Benson, a Class I Director, as a Class
II Director, subject to her election by Fund stockholders at this meeting. Accordingly, Ms. Benson is not a nominee for reelection as a Class I Director, but is a nominee for election as a Class II Director.
It is therefore proposed that stockholders of the Fund consider the election of two Class I Directors to serve for three-year terms and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. It is also proposed that stockholder of the Fund consider the election of one Class II Director to serve for a one year term and until her respective successor is duly elected and qualified. The individual nominees (the Nominees) proposed for election are listed below. Each Nominee currently serves as a Director of the Fund. Each Nominee has consented to being named in this proxy statement and has agreed to continue to serve as a Director of the Fund if elected. Biographical information about each Nominee is set forth below. Biographical information about the Funds Continuing Directors, information on each Nominees and Continuing Directors ownership of Fund shares and other relevant information is set forth on Exhibit A.
Under the terms of the Funds Charter, holders of the APS voting as a single class are entitled, to the exclusion of holders of the Common Stock, to elect two directors of the Fund. As such Directors, the APS holders elected Whitney I. Gerard in May 2004 as a Class II Director whose term expires in 2007, and George L. Perry in May 2005 as a Class III Director whose term expires in 2008. Currently, there are no APS designees proposed for election at this meeting.
Holders of Common Stock and APS will vote together as a single class with respect to the election of Class I and Class II Directors of the Fund.
The persons named as proxies on the accompanying proxy card intend to vote each such proxy for the election of the Nominees, unless stockholders specifically indicate on their proxies the desire to withhold authority to vote for elections to office. It is not contemplated that any Nominee will be unable to serve as a Director for any reason, but if that should occur prior to the meeting, the proxyholders reserve the right to substitute another person or persons of their choice as nominee or nominees.
None of the Nominees or Continuing Directors are interested persons of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). As independent directors of investment companies, they play a critical role in overseeing fund operations and policing potential conflicts of interest between the fund and its investment adviser and other service providers. The following tables present information about the Nominees including their principal occupations and other board memberships and affiliations. The address of each Nominee is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.
Nominees for Class I Director with Term Expiring in 2009
Name (Age) of Nominee | Principal Occupation | Other Board Memberships | ||
Position with Fund (Since) | During Past 5 Years | and Affiliations | ||
CLIFFORD L. ALEXANDER, JR. (72) | President of Alexander & | Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, | ||
Class I Director (2003) | Associates, Inc., a management | Director | ||
consulting firm (January 1981- | ||||
present) | ||||
Chairman of the Board of | ||||
Moodys Corporation (October | ||||
2000-October 2003) | ||||
DAVID W. BURKE (69) | Corporate Director and Trustee | John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, | ||
Class I Director (1994) | Director | |||
U.S.S. Constitution Museum, Director |
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Nominee for Class II Director with Term Expiring in 2007
Name (Age) of Nominee | Principal Occupation | Other Board Memberships | ||
Position with Fund (Since) | During Past 5 Years | and Affiliations | ||
LUCY WILSON BENSON (78) | President of Benson and | The International Executive Services | ||
Class I Director (1988 - 2006) | Associates, consultants to | Corps., Director Emeritus | ||
Class II Director (2006) | business and government | Citizens Network for Foreign Affairs, | ||
Vice Chairperson | ||||
(1980-present) | Council on Foreign Relations, Member | |||
Lafayette College Board of Trustees, | ||||
Trustee Emeritus | ||||
Atlantic Council of the U.S., Director |
The Fund has standing audit, nominating and compensation committees, each comprised of its Directors who are not interested persons of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act. The function of the audit committee is (1) to oversee the Funds accounting and financial reporting processes and the audits of the Funds financial statements and (2) to assist in the Board of Directors oversight of the integrity of the Funds financial statements, the Funds compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the independent registered public accounting firms qualifications, independence and performance. A copy of the Funds Audit Committee Charter, which describes the audit committees purposes, duties and powers, was attached as an exhibit to the proxy statement dated April 20, 2004.
The Funds nominating committee is responsible for selecting and nominating persons as members of the Board of Directors for election or appointment by the Board and for election by stockholders. Each nominating committee member is independent as defined by the American Stock Exchange. A copy of the Funds Nominating Committee Charter and Procedures was attached as an exhibit to the proxy statement dated April 20, 2004 (the Nominating Committee Charter). In evaluating potential nominees, including any nominees recommended by stockholders, the committee takes into consideration the factors listed in the Nominating Committee Charter, including character and integrity, business and professional experience, and whether the committee believes the person has the ability to apply sound and independent business judgment and would act in the interest of the Fund and its stockholders. The committee will consider recommendations for nominees from stockholders submitted to the Secretary of the Fund, c/o The Dreyfus Corporation Legal Department, 200 Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10166, and including information regarding the recommended nominee as specified in the Nominating Committee Charter.
The function of the compensation committee is to establish the appropriate compensation for serving on the Board. The Fund also has a standing pricing committee comprised of any one Director. The function of the pricing committee is to assist in valuing the Funds investments.
The Funds audit committee met five times and its nominating committee met once. The Funds pricing and compensation committees did not meet during the Funds last fiscal year.
Each Fund Director also serves as a director of other funds in the Dreyfus fund complex. Annual retainer fees and attendance fees are allocated on the basis of net assets, with the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Joseph S. DiMartino, receiving an additional 25% of such compensation. The Fund reimburses Directors for their expenses. In addition, the Fund has one Emeritus Directors, who is entitled to receive an annual retainer and per meeting attended fee of one-half the amount paid to him as a Director. The Fund does not pay any other remuneration to their officers or Directors, and does not have a bonus, pension, profit-sharing or retirement plan.
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The aggregate amount of compensation paid to each Nominee by the Fund for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005 and by all funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for which such Nominee was a Board member (the number of portfolios of such funds is set forth in parenthesis next to each Nominees total compensation) for the year ended December 31, 2005, was as follows:
Aggregate | Total Compensation from | |||
Compensation from | the Fund and Fund Complex | |||
Name of Nominee | Fund* | Paid to Nominees (**) | ||
Clifford L. Alexander | $1,321 | $200,500 (63) | ||
Lucy Wilson Benson | $1,321 | $117,500 (40) | ||
David W. Burke | $922 | $287,500 (84) |
* Amount does not include the cost of office space, secretarial services and health benefits for the Chairman and expenses reimbursed Directors for attending Board meetings, which in the aggregate amounted to $2,830 for all Directors as a group.
** Represents the number of separate portfolios comprising the investment companies in the fund complex, including the Fund, for which the Nominee serves as a Board member.
For the Funds most recent fiscal year, the number of Board meetings held and the aggregate amount of compensation paid by the Fund to each Continuing Director and by all funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for which such person is a Board member are set forth in Exhibit A. Certain other information concerning the Funds Directors and officers also is set forth in Exhibit A.
Required Vote
The election of a Nominee for Director of the Fund requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of votes cast at the Funds meeting for the election of Directors.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The 1940 Act requires that the Funds independent registered public accounting firm (the independent auditors or auditors) be selected by a majority of those Directors who are not interested persons (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund. The audit committee has direct responsibility for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the Funds independent auditors. At a meeting held on November 21, 2005, the Funds audit committee approved and the Funds Board, including a majority of those Directors who are not interested persons of the Fund, ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP (E&Y) as the Funds independent auditors for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006. E&Y, a major international accounting firm, has acted as auditors of the Fund since the Funds organization. After reviewing the Funds audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005, the Funds audit committee recommended to the Funds Board that such statements be included in the Funds Annual Report to stockholders. A copy of the committees report is attached as Exhibit B to this proxy statement.
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Independent Auditor Fees and Services
The following chart reflects fees paid to E&Y in the Funds last two fiscal years. For Service Affiliates (i.e., Dreyfus and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with Dreyfus that provides ongoing services to the Fund), such fees represent only those fees that required pre-approval by the audit committee. All services provided by E&Y were pre-approved as required.
Fund1 | Service Affiliates1 | |||
Audit Fees | $31,710/$34,374 | None | ||
Audit-Related Fees2 | $20,500/$4,725 | $0/$0 | ||
Tax Fees3 | $2,610/$2,848 | $0/$0 | ||
Aggregate Non-Audit Fees4 | $0/$0 | $1,009,324/$761,002 |
1 Fiscal years ended September 30, 2004/September 30, 2005. |
2 Services to the Fund consisted of (i) agreed-upon procedures related to compliance with basic maintenance requirements |
for auction preferred stock; and (ii) security counts required by Rule 17f-2 under the 1940 Act. |
3 Services to the Fund consisted of (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. fed- |
eral, state and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments; and |
(iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be |
acquired or held. |
4 Rendered to the Fund and Service Affiliates. |
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. The Funds audit committee has established policies and procedures (the Policy) for pre-approval (within specified fee limits) of E&Ys engagements for non-audit services to the Fund and Service Affiliates without specific case-by-case consideration. Pre-approval considerations include whether the proposed services are compatible with maintaining E&Ys independence. The Policy and services covered therein are considered annually. In addition, proposed services requiring pre-approval but not covered by the Policy are considered from time to time as necessary.
Auditor Independence. The Funds audit committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates which did not require pre-approval are compatible with maintaining E&Ys independence.
A representative of E&Y is expected to be present at the meeting, will have the opportunity to make a statement, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.
Service Providers
Dreyfus, located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, serves as the Funds investment adviser. Mellon Bank, N.A., an affiliate of Dreyfus, located at One Mellon Bank Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15258, acts as Custodian for the assets of the Fund. Mellon Bank, N.A. c/o Mellon Investor Services, located at 480 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, New Jersey 07310, acts as the Funds Transfer Agent, Dividend-Paying Agent and Registrar.
Voting Information
To vote, please complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy card and mail it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. The Fund will bear the cost of soliciting proxies. In addition to the use of the mails, proxies may be solicited personally or by telephone, and the Fund may pay persons holding shares of the Fund in their names or those of their nominees for their expenses in sending soliciting materials to their principals. Authorizations to execute proxies may be obtained by fax or by telephonic
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instructions in accordance with procedures designed to authenticate the stockholders identity. In all cases where a telephonic proxy is solicited, the stockholder will be asked to provide his or her address and social security number (in the case of an individual) or taxpayer identification number (in the case of a non-individual) and to confirm that the stockholder has received the Funds proxy statement and proxy card in the mail. Within 72 hours of receiving a stockholders solicited telephonic voting instructions, a confirmation will be sent to the stockholder to ensure that the vote has been taken in accordance with the stockholders instructions and to provide a telephone number to call immediately if the stockholders instructions are not correctly reflected in the confirmation. Shares represented by executed and unrevoked proxies will be voted in accordance with the specifications made thereon, and if no voting instructions are given, shares will be voted FOR the proposals.
If a proxy is properly executed and returned accompanied by instructions to withhold authority to vote, represents a broker non-vote (that is, a proxy from a broker or nominee indicating that such person has not received instructions from the beneficial owner or other person entitled to vote shares of the Fund on a particular matter with respect to which the broker or nominee does not have discretionary power) or marked with an abstention (collectively, abstentions), the Funds shares represented thereby will be considered to be present at the meeting for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum for the transaction of business. Under Maryland law, abstentions do not constitute a vote for or against a matter and will be disregarded in determining votes cast on an issue.
OTHER MATTERS |
The Funds Board is not aware of any other matter which may come before the meeting. However, should any such matter properly come before the meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy to vote the proxy in accordance with their judgment on such matter.
Proposals that stockholders wish to include in the Funds proxy statement for the Funds next Annual Meeting of Stockholders must be sent to and received by the Fund no later than December 7, 2006 at the principal executive offices of the Fund at 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, Attention: General Counsel. The date after which notice of a stockholder proposal is considered untimely, except as otherwise permitted under applicable law, is February 20, 2007.
Stockholders who wish to communicate with Directors should send communications to the attention of the Secretary of the Fund, 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166, and communications will be directed to the Director or Directors indicated in the communication or, if no Director or Directors are indicated, to the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
NOTICE TO BANKS, BROKER/DEALERS AND |
VOTING TRUSTEES AND THEIR NOMINEES |
Please advise the Fund, in care of Mellon Investor Services, c/o Proxy Services Corporation, 200A Executive Drive, Edgewood, New Jersey 11717, whether other persons are the beneficial owners of the shares for which proxies are being solicited and, if so, the number of copies of the proxy statement and other soliciting material you wish to receive in order to supply copies to the beneficial owners of shares.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PROXIES BE RETURNED PROMPTLY. THEREFORE, STOCKHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON ARE URGED TO COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED STAMPED ENVELOPE.
Dated: March 15, 2006 |
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EXHIBIT A PART I |
Part I sets forth information regarding the Continuing Directors who are not Nominees for election at this meeting, Board and committee meetings and share ownership.
Continuing Class II and Class III Directors |
with Terms Expiring in 2007 for Class II and 2008 for Class III |
The following table presents information about the Continuing Directors of the Fund, including their principal occupations and other board memberships and affiliations. The address of each Continuing Director is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166. The Funds Continuing Directors will continue to serve as Directors of the Fund after the meeting.
Name (Age) of Nominee | Principal Occupation | Other Board Memberships | ||
Position with Fund (Since) | During Past 5 Years | and Affiliations | ||
JOSEPH S. DiMARTINO (62) | Corporate Director and Trustee | The Muscular Dystrophy Association, Director | ||
Chairman of the Board (1995) | Levcor International, Inc., an apparel fabric | |||
Class III Director (1995) | processor, Director | |||
Century Business Services, Inc., a provider | ||||
of outsourcing functions for small and | ||||
medium size companies, Director | ||||
The Newark Group, a provider of a national | ||||
market of paper recovery facilities, paper- | ||||
board mills and paperboard converting | ||||
plants, Director | ||||
Sunair Electronics, Inc., engages in the | ||||
design, manufacture and sale of high fre- | ||||
quency systems for long-range voice and | ||||
data communications, as well as provides | ||||
certain outdoor-related services to homes | ||||
and businesses, Director | ||||
WHITNEY I. GERARD (71) | Partner of Chadbourne & Parke | None | ||
Class II Director (1995) | LLP | |||
APS Designee (2000) | ||||
GEORGE L. PERRY (71) | Economist and Senior Fellow at | None | ||
Class III Director (1989) | Brookings Institution | |||
APS Designee (2002) |
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The table below indicates the dollar range of each Continuing Directors and Nominees ownership of shares of the Funds Common Stock and shares of other funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for which he or she is a Board member, in each case as of December 31, 2005.
Aggregate Holding of | ||||
Funds in the | ||||
Fund | Dreyfus Family of Funds | |||
Name of Continuing | Common | for which Responsible | ||
Director or Nominee | Stock | as a Board Member | ||
Joseph S. DiMartino | None | Over $100,000 | ||
George L. Perry | None | None | ||
Whitney I. Gerard | None | Over $100,000 | ||
Lucy Wilson Benson* | None | Over $100,000 | ||
David W. Burke* | None | Over $100,000 | ||
Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.* | None | Over $100,000 | ||
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**Nominee. |
As of December 31, 2005, none of the Nominees or Continuing Directors or their immediate family members owned securities of Dreyfus or any person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with Dreyfus.
PERTAINING TO THE BOARD |
The Fund held six Board meetings and held five audit committee meetings during the last fiscal year.
The Fund does not have a formal policy regarding Directors attendance at annual meetings of stockholders. None of the Directors attended last years annual meeting.
All Continuing Directors and Nominees attended at least 75% of all Board and committee meetings, as applicable, held in the last fiscal year.
Compensation Table. The aggregate amount of compensation paid to each Continuing Director by the Fund for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005 and by all funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds for which such Continuing Director was a Board member (the number of portfolios of such funds is set forth in parenthesis next to each Directors total compensation) for the year ended December 31, 2005, was as follows:
Aggregate | Total Compensation from | |||
Name of | Compensation from | the Fund and Fund Complex | ||
Continuing Director | Fund* | Paid to Continuing Director (**) | ||
Joseph S. DiMartino | $1,636 | $833,262 (190) | ||
Whitney I. Gerard | $1,321 | $99,500 (38) | ||
George L. Perry | $1,321 | $99,000 (38) |
*Amount does not include the cost of office space, secretarial services and health benefits for the Chairman and expenses reimbursed to Directors for attending Board meetings, which in the aggregate amounted to $2,830 for all Directors as a group.
**Represents the number of separate portfolios comprising the investment companies in the fund complex, including the Fund, for which the Board member serves.
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PART II | ||||||
Part II sets forth information regarding the officers of the Fund. | ||||||
Name and Position | Principal Occupation and Business | |||||
with Fund (Since) | Age | Experience For Past Five Years | ||||
STEPHEN E. CANTER | ||||||
President (2000) | 60 | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer | ||||
and Chief Operating Officer of Dreyfus, and an | ||||||
officer of 90 investment companies (comprised | ||||||
of 184 portfolios) managed by Dreyfus. Mr. | ||||||
Canter also is a Board Member and, where | ||||||
applicable, an Executive Committee Member of | ||||||
the other investment management subsidiaries | ||||||
of Mellon Financial Corporation, each of which | ||||||
is an affiliate of Dreyfus. He has been an | ||||||
employee of Dreyfus since May 1995. | ||||||
STEPHEN R. | BYERS | |||||
Executive Vice | President (2002) | 52 | Chief Investment Officer, Vice Chairman and | |||
a Director of Dreyfus, and an officer of 90 | ||||||
investment companies (comprised of 184 | ||||||
portfolios) managed by Dreyfus. Mr. Byers | ||||||
also is an Officer, Director or an Executive | ||||||
Committee Member of certain other invest- | ||||||
ment management subsidiaries of Mellon | ||||||
Financial Corporation, each of which is an | ||||||
affiliate of Dreyfus. He has been an employee | ||||||
of Dreyfus since January 2000. | ||||||
MARK N. JACOBS | ||||||
Vice President (2000) | 59 | Executive Vice President, General Counsel | ||||
and Secretary of Dreyfus, and an officer of 91 | ||||||
investment companies (comprised of 200 | ||||||
portfolios) managed by Dreyfus. He has been | ||||||
an employee of Dreyfus since June 1977. | ||||||
JAMES WINDELS | ||||||
Treasurer (2001) | 47 | Director - Mutual Fund Accounting of | ||||
Dreyfus, and an officer of 92 investment com- | ||||||
panies (comprised of 202 portfolios) managed | ||||||
by Dreyfus. He has been an employee of | ||||||
Dreyfus since April 1985. | ||||||
JOSEPH P. DARCY | ||||||
Executive Vice President (2000) | 49 | Senior Portfolio Manager - Dreyfus Municipal | ||||
Securities, and an officer of one investment | ||||||
company (comprised of one portfolio) man- | ||||||
aged by Dreyfus. He has been an employee of | ||||||
Dreyfus since May 1994. |
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Name and Position | Principal Occupation and Business | |||
with Funds (Since) | Age | Experience For Past Five Years | ||
MICHAEL A. ROSENBERG | ||||
Vice President and Secretary (2000) | 45 | Associate General Counsel of Dreyfus, and an | ||
officer of 91 investment companies (com- | ||||
prised of 200 portfolios) managed by Dreyfus. | ||||
He has been an employee of Dreyfus since | ||||
February 1991. | ||||
ROBERT R. MULLERY | ||||
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2000) | 54 | Associate General Counsel of Dreyfus, and an | ||
officer of 91 investment companies (comprised | ||||
of 200 portfolios) managed by Dreyfus. He has | ||||
been an employee of Dreyfus since May 1986. | ||||
JAMES BITETTO | ||||
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2005) | 39 | Assistant General Counsel and Assistant | ||
Secretary of the Manager, and an officer of 91 | ||||
investment companies (comprised of 200 | ||||
portfolios) managed by Dreyfus. He has been | ||||
an employee of Dreyfus since October 1996. | ||||
JONI LACKS CHARATAN | ||||
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2005) | 50 | Associate General Counsel of the Manager, | ||
and an officer of 91 investment companies | ||||
(comprised of 200 portfolios) managed by | ||||
Dreyfus. She has been an employee of Dreyfus | ||||
since October 1988. | ||||
JOSEPH M. CHIOFFI | ||||
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2005) | 44 | Assistant General Counsel of the Manager, | ||
and an officer of 91 investment companies | ||||
(comprised of 200 portfolios) managed by | ||||
Dreyfus. He has been an employee of Dreyfus | ||||
since June 2000. | ||||
JANETTE E. FARRAGHER | ||||
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2005) | 42 | Associate General Counsel of the Manager, | ||
and an officer of 91 investment companies | ||||
(comprised of 200 portfolios) managed by | ||||
Dreyfus. She has been an employee of Dreyfus | ||||
since February 1984. | ||||
JOHN B. HAMMALIAN | ||||
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2005) | 42 | Associate General Counsel of the Manager, | ||
and an officer of 91 investment companies | ||||
(comprised of 200 portfolios) managed by | ||||
Dreyfus. He has been an employee of Dreyfus | ||||
since February 1991. | ||||
JEFF PRUSNOFSKY | ||||
Vice President and Assistant Secretary (2003) | 40 | Associate General Counsel of Dreyfus, and an | ||
officer of 91 investment companies (com- | ||||
prised of 200 portfolios) managed by Dreyfus. | ||||
He has been an employee of Dreyfus since | ||||
October 1990. |
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Name and Position | Principal Occupation and Business | |||
with Funds (Since) | Age | Experience For Past Five Years | ||
ERIK D. NAVILOFF | ||||
Assistant Treasurer (2002) | 37 | Senior Accounting Manager - Taxable Fixed | ||
Income Funds of Dreyfus, and an officer of 91 | ||||
investment companies (comprised of 200 port- | ||||
folios) managed by Dreyfus. He has been an | ||||
employee of Dreyfus since November 1992. | ||||
GAVIN C. REILLY | ||||
Assistant Treasurer (2005) | 37 | Tax Manager of the Investment Accounting and | ||
Support Department of Dreyfus, and an officer | ||||
of 91 investment companies (comprised of 200 | ||||
portfolios) managed by Dreyfus. He has been an | ||||
employee of Dreyfus since April 1991. | ||||
ROBERT S. ROBOL | ||||
Assistant Treasurer (2005) | 41 | Senior Accounting Manager Money Market | ||
Funds of Dreyfus, and an officer of 91 invest- | ||||
ment companies (comprised of 200 portfolios) | ||||
managed by Dreyfus. He has been an employee | ||||
of Dreyfus since October 1988. | ||||
ROBERT SVAGNA | ||||
Assistant Treasurer (2005) | 38 | Senior Accounting Manager Equity Funds | ||
of Dreyfus, and an officer of 91 investment | ||||
companies (comprised of 200 portfolios) man- | ||||
aged by Dreyfus. He has been an employee of | ||||
Dreyfus since November 1990. | ||||
JOSEPH W. CONNOLLY | ||||
Chief Compliance Officer (2004) | 48 | Chief Compliance Officer of Dreyfus and The | ||
Dreyfus Family of Funds (92 investment com- | ||||
panies, comprised of 202 portfolios). From | ||||
November 2001 through March 2004, Mr. | ||||
Connolly was first Vice-President, Mutual | ||||
Fund Servicing for Mellon Global Securities | ||||
Services. In that capacity, Mr. Connolly was | ||||
responsible for managing Mellons Custody, | ||||
Fund Accounting and Fund Administration | ||||
services to third-party mutual fund clients. He | ||||
has served in various capacities with Dreyfus | ||||
since 1980, including manager of the firms | ||||
Fund Accounting Department from 1997 | ||||
through October 2001. |
The address of each officer of the Fund is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.
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PART III
Part III sets forth information for the Fund regarding the beneficial ownership of its shares as of March 6, 2006, by Nominees, Continuing Directors and officers of the Fund owning shares on such date and by any shareholders owning 5% or more of the Funds outstanding shares.
As of March 6, 2006, the Funds Directors and officers, as a group, owned less than 1% of the Funds outstanding shares. As of March 6, 2006, the following Directors and officers owned shares of common stock of the Fund as indicated below:
Directors | Number of Shares | |
None | 0 | |
Officers | ||
None | 0 | |
The following persons are known to own beneficially 5% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Fund | ||
or the outstanding shares of APS on March 6, 2006: | ||
Pershing LLC | 16.4286% | |
Pershing Div - Transfer Dept. | ||
P.O. Box 2052 | ||
7th Floor | ||
Jersey City, NJ 07303 | ||
National Financial Services | 6.5576% | |
82 Devonshire Street | ||
G10G | ||
Boston, MA 02109 | ||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | 6.4894% | |
333 West 34th Street - 3rd Floor | ||
New York, NY 10001-2402 | ||
MLPF & S For the Sole Benefit | 5.0008% | |
of its Customers | ||
Attn: Fund Administration | ||
A/C 97G65 | ||
4800 Deer Lake Dr E Fl 3 | ||
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484 |
Cede & Co. held of record approximately 90% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Fund and 100% of the outstanding shares of APS.
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Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliances
To the Funds knowledge, all of its officers, Directors and holders of more than 10% of its Common Stock or APS complied with all filing requirements under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005. In making this disclosure, the Fund has relied solely on written representations of such persons and on copies of reports that have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Fund believes that, during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005, all filing requirements applicable to such persons were complied with except that Thomas F. Eggers, who became the President and a Director of Dreyfus on April 1, 2005, did not report on a timely basis in a Form 3 filing that he had no beneficial interest in the Fund as of the date he was appointed President and Director of Dreyfus. However, the failure to file was subsequently reported on the appropriate form during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005.
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EXHIBIT B | ||||
Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc. | November 21, 2005 |
REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
The audit committee oversees the Funds financial reporting process on behalf of the board of directors. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process including the systems of internal controls. In fulfilling its oversight responsibilities, the committee reviewed the audited financial statements in the Annual Report with management including a discussion of the quality, not just the acceptability, of the accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant judgments, and the clarity of disclosures in the financial statements.
The committee reviewed with the independent registered public accounting firm (the independent auditors or auditors), who are responsible for expressing an opinion on the conformity of those audited financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles, their judgments as to the quality, not just the acceptability, of the Funds accounting principles and such other matters as are required to be discussed with the committee under the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). In addition, the committee has discussed with the independent auditors the auditors independence from management and the Fund including the auditors letter and the matters in the written disclosures required by the Independence Standards Board and considered the compatibility of non-audit services with the auditors independence.
The committee discussed with the Funds independent auditors the overall scope and plans for the audits. The committee met with the independent auditors, with and without management present, to discuss the results of their audits, their evaluations of the Funds internal controls, and the overall quality of the Funds financial reporting.
In reliance on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the committee recommended to the board of directors (and the board has approved) that the audited financial statements be included in the Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended September 30, 2005. The committee and the board also have approved the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Funds independent auditors.
Lucy Wilson Benson, Audit Committee Chair |
George L. Perry, Audit Committee Member |
Clifford L. Alexander, Audit Committee Member |
David W. Burke, Audit Committee Member |
Joseph S. DiMartino, Audit Committee Member |
Whitney I. Gerard, Audit Committee Member |
Arthur A. Hartman, Audit Committee Member |