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Certain Dreyfus Closed-End Municipal Bond Funds Announce Another Round of Partial Redemptions of Auction Rate Preferred Securities

DMF, DSM, LEO

Each of Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc. (NYX:DMF), Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund, Inc. (NYSE:DSM) and Dreyfus Strategic Municipals, Inc. (NYSE:LEO) today called for the partial redemption, at par value on a pro-rata basis by series in the amounts and on the dates indicated below, of the Funds’ auction rate preferred securities (ARPS).* The Board of each Fund previously has authorized the redemption of up to 50%, in the aggregate, of its original outstanding ARPS.

DMF is redeeming $14.3 million of its originally issued and outstanding $100 million of ARPS. To date, DMF has redeemed or called for redemption an aggregate of $50 million of its ARPS.

 

Series

     

Cusip#

      Total Shares

To Be

Redeemed

      Total Amount

To Be

Redeemed

      Redemption

Date

A       26201R201       286       $7,150,000       January 2, 2014
B       26201R300       286       $7,150,000       January 3, 2014
 

DSM is redeeming $25.8 million of its originally issued and outstanding $186 million of ARPS. To date, DSM has redeemed or called for redemption an aggregate of $93 million of its ARPS.

 

Series

     

Cusip#

      Total Shares

To Be

Redeemed

      Total Amount

To Be

Redeemed

      Redemption

Date

A       26202F206       344       $8,600,000       December 31, 2013
B       26202F305       344       $8,600,000       January 2, 2014
C       26202F404       344       $8,600,000       December 30, 2013
 

LEO is redeeming $40.75 million of its originally issued and outstanding $285 million of ARPS. To date, LEO has redeemed or called for redemption an aggregate of $142.50 million of its ARPS.

 

Series

     

Cusip#

      Total Shares

To Be

Redeemed

      Total Amount

To Be

Redeemed

      Redemption

Date

M       261932206       326       $8,150,000       December 31, 2013
T       261932305       326       $8,150,000       January 2, 2014
W       261932404       326       $8,150,000       January 2, 2014
TH       261932503       326       $8,150,000       January 3, 2014
F       261932602       326       $8,150,000       January 6, 2014
 

Additional information relative to each Fund’s ARPS can be accessed at http://www.dreyfus.com/ars.

* Redemptions will be allocated among participating broker-dealers by The Depository Trust Company using a predetermined methodology, and each broker-dealer will allocate the ARPS to be redeemed to the underlying beneficial owners according to its own procedures.