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AND FORUM
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to keep it accurate. Other than personally identifiable information,
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for any reason whatsoever. Except as may be provided in the Privacy
Policy, any information or materials submitted to Mellon Capital
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we receive from you. Mellon Capital will not have to pay you or
anyone else for using any ideas or other materials that you may
transmit to or post on the Web site.
PASSWORD-PROTECTED AREAS
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user IDs and passwords only for yourself and for those persons authorized
by you to access this Web site. You also represent to Mellon Capital
that you, and any person designated by you as authorized to access
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about yourself and any of your authorized persons in the application
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on any such information. You also agree not to distribute your user
ID and password to any other person. If you are using an area of
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off when you are done viewing information or anytime you leave your
computer. You agree to notify Mellon Capital if a user ID or password
needs to be terminated; for example, due to a user's departure from
the company or change in job role. Finally, you must keep any correspondence
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confidential and in a safe place.
LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES
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or control those other sites, and Mellon Capital is not responsible
for the contents or the proper operation of any of those linked
Web sites, including without limitation any link contained in such
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The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Mellon Capital
or any association with its operations. Mellon Capital cannot control
the activities of any such provider once a user leaves this Web
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for the content of those other Web sites, the accuracy of the information
contained therein, and the products and services described therein.
We encourage you to read the terms of use and privacy statements
of those linked Web sites, as their policies may differ from ours.
PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION
Mellon Capital utilizes reasonable security technologies to protect
confidential information. However, the security of this information
depends in part on the security of the computer you use to communicate
with Mellon Capital, the security you use to protect user IDs and
passwords, and the security provided by your Internet access services
provider. Mellon Capital is not responsible for the security of
your Internet access services provider; you should review the security
and privacy policies of your Internet access services provider carefully.
Moreover, information that you pull up via this Web site may be
cached or stored during your session for your convenience; therefore,
if others have access to your computer or your user ID and password,
they may be able to access this information. Mellon Capital is not
responsible for the security or privacy of information communicated
to or from such a computer.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Portfolio composition and statistical information regarding the
various investment products displayed on this Web site (Top Ten
Holdings, Sector Weightings, Regional Weightings, Investment Characteristics,
Maturity Allocation, Asset Allocation) is based in most cases on
a representative account included in the composite. In other cases
this information is based on a bank collective investment fund managed
by The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon,
as trustee, using the same portfolio management personnel and the
same investment style and strategies as are employed by Mellon Capital
for its managed accounts. In managing these mutual funds or bank
collective investment funds, such portfolio managers are acting in their
capacities as officers of The Dreyfus Corporation or The Bank of New York Mellon, as the case may be. See "Assets Under Management and Additional
Affiliations" below. Individual portfolios may differ in both
composition and holdings from the information displayed. Portfolio
composition and statistical information displayed in the "Benchmark"
column is based on the product's benchmark as shown on the previous
page under "Key Product Attributes."
The listing of a product's "Top Ten Holdings"
should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any particular
security. A product's "Top Ten Holdings" do not represent
its entire portfolio and, in the aggregate, may represent only a
small percentage of its portfolio. There is no assurance that any
security listed will remain in a product's portfolio. It should
not be assumed that any security listed in the "Top Ten Holdings"
has been, or will be, profitable.
ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT AND ADDITIONAL AFFILIATIONS
For purposes of GIPS®, the firm is defined as Mellon Capital with
respect to total assets under management and firmwide compliance.
Total assets under management include assets managed by Mellon Capital
officers as dual officers of The Bank of New York Mellon and The Dreyfus Corporation.
In compliance with GIPS®, Mellon Capital makes a complete list of
composites available to clients and prospective clients upon request.
As dual officers, certain portfolio managers may have portfolio
management responsibility for one or more fiduciary accounts managed
by The Bank of New York Mellon, such as bank collective investment funds and/or one
or more mutual funds managed by The Dreyfus Corporation.
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