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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number

811-22784

 

 

 

Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

 

 

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

c/o The Dreyfus Corporation

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

John Pak, Esq.

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

 

 

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(212) 922-6000

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

 

02/28

 

Date of reporting period:

02/28/15

 

             

 

 


 

 

FORM N-CSR

Item 1.                         Reports to Stockholders.

 


 

Dreyfus

Municipal Bond

Infrastructure Fund, Inc.



 

Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

Protecting Your Privacy
Our Pledge to You

THE FUND IS COMMITTED TO YOUR PRIVACY. On this page, you will find the Fund’s policies and practices for collecting, disclosing, and safeguarding “nonpublic personal information,” which may include financial or other customer information.These policies apply to individuals who purchase Fund shares for personal, family, or household purposes, or have done so in the past. This notification replaces all previous statements of the Fund’s consumer privacy policy, and may be amended at any time. We’ll keep you informed of changes as required by law.

YOUR ACCOUNT IS PROVIDED IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT. The Fund maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to guard nonpublic personal information. The Fund’s agents and service providers have limited access to customer information based on their role in servicing your account.

THE FUND COLLECTS INFORMATION IN ORDER TO SERVICE AND ADMINISTER YOUR ACCOUNT.

The Fund collects a variety of nonpublic personal information, which may include:

THE FUND DOES NOT SHARE NONPUBLIC
PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH ANYONE, EXCEPT
AS PERMITTED BY LAW.

Thank you for this opportunity to serve you.

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager only through the end of the period covered and do not necessarily represent the views of Dreyfus or any other person in the Dreyfus organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Dreyfus disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Dreyfus fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Dreyfus fund.

Not FDIC-Insured • Not Bank-Guaranteed • May Lose Value 

 


 

 

Contents

 

THE FUND

2     

A Letter from the President

3     

Discussion of Fund Performance

6     

Selected Information

7     

Statement of Investments

17     

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

18     

Statement of Operations

19     

Statement of Cash Flows

20     

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

21     

Financial Highlights

22     

Notes to Financial Statements

32     

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

33     

Additional Information

39     

Important Tax Information

40     

Board Members Information

43     

Officers of the Fund

49     

Officers and Directors

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION

 

Back Cover


 

Dreyfus
Municipal Bond
Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

The Fund

A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to present this annual report for Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc., covering the 12-month period from March 1, 2014, through February 28, 2015. For information about how the fund performed during the reporting period, as well as general market perspectives, we provide a Discussion of Fund Performance on the pages that follow.

Municipal bonds fared well over the reporting period when supply-and-demand dynamics proved favorable and long-term interest rates declined unexpectedly in the midst of a sustained economic recovery. Municipal bond yields were driven downward and prices higher by robust demand for a relatively limited supply of securities, particularly from investors seeking relatively safe havens in the midst of disappointing global growth and intensifying geopolitical conflicts. Improving credit conditions for many municipal issuers also supported the market’s performance.

In light of recent employment gains and signs of stabilization in global energy markets, we remain optimistic about the prospects for municipal bonds over the remainder of 2015. The U.S. economy seems poised for further growth as the drags imposed by tight fiscal policies among federal, state and local governments continue to fade. Furthermore, we currently expect a somewhat faster pace of global growth over the months ahead. Of course, stronger economic growth could create risks for fixed-income markets, including the possibility of higher short-term interest rates from the Federal Reserve Board. That’s why we urge you to talk regularly with your financial advisor about the potential impact of our observations on your investments.

Thank you for your continued confidence and support.

Sincerely,


J. Charles Cardona
President
The Dreyfus Corporation
March 16, 2015

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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE

For the period of March 1, 2014, through February 28, 2015, as provided by Daniel Rabasco and Jeffrey Burger, Portfolio Managers

Fund and Market Performance Overview

For the 12-month period ended February 28, 2015, Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund achieved a total return of 18.66% on a net-asset-value basis.1 Over the same period, the fund provided aggregate income dividends of $0.7500 per share, which reflects a distribution rate of 5.86%.2

Municipal bonds generally rallied over the reporting period as long-term interest rates fell and supply-and-demand dynamics remained favorable. Lower rated securities particularly benefited from robust demand for income-oriented investments in a low interest-rate environment.The fund added value through a long average duration, an emphasis on higher yielding securities, and its leveraging strategy.

The Fund’s Investment Approach

The fund seeks to provide as high a level of current income exempt from regular federal income tax as is consistent with the preservation of capital.The fund’s portfolio is composed principally of investments that finance the development, support, or improvement of America’s infrastructure.

The fund pursues its investment objective normally by investing at least 80% of its Managed Assets3 in municipal bonds issued to finance infrastructure projects in the United States. Also, under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 50% of its Managed Assets in investment grade municipal bonds, meaning that up to 50% of Managed Assets can be invested in below investment grade municipal bonds. Projects in which the fund may invest include (but are not limited to) those in the transportation, energy and utilities, social infrastructure, and water and environmental sectors.We focus on identifying undervalued sectors and securities and minimize the use of interest rate forecasting. We select municipal bonds using fundamental credit analysis to estimate the relative value and attractiveness of various sectors and securities and to exploit pricing inefficiencies.

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DISCUSSION OF FUND PERFORMANCE (continued)

The fund employs leverage by issuing preferred stock and participating in tender option bond programs. The use of leverage can magnify gain and loss potential depending on market conditions.

Falling Long-Term Rates Supported Municipal Bond Prices

Long-term interest rates fell over much of the reporting period, defying expectations that stronger economic growth would drive bond yields higher. Global investors seeking more competitive yields from sovereign bonds than were available in Europe and Japan flocked to U.S. Treasury securities, and the resulting supply-and-demand imbalance put downward pressure on yields of U.S. fixed-income securities, including municipal bonds. February 2015 was a notable exception to this trend, as longer-term interest rates climbed when stronger-than-expected employment data sparked concerns that short-term interest rates might rise sooner than previously forecast.

Municipal bonds also benefited from favorable supply-and-demand dynamics amid robust demand from individual investors for competitive levels of tax-exempt income. Strong demand for income-oriented investments helped lower rated municipal bonds outperform their investment-grade counterparts over the reporting period. Meanwhile, despite greater-than-expected issuance volumes over the first two months of 2015, the supply of newly issued municipal securities generally remained stable for the reporting period overall.

The economic rebound resulted in better underlying credit conditions for most states and municipalities with the notable-but-isolated exceptions of Puerto Rico and Detroit.Tax revenues have climbed beyond pre-recession levels for most state and local governments, enabling them to achieve balanced budgets and replenish reserves.

Duration and Security Selection Strategies Boosted Returns

A relatively long average duration and a focus on longer maturities during the reporting period enabled the fund to capture more of the benefits of falling long-term interest rates and narrowing yield differences along the market’s maturity spectrum. Our security selection strategy also proved effective, particularly among securities rated below investment grade.The fund achieved especially strong results from high yield municipal bonds backed by revenues from industrial business dis-

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tricts, airlines, charter schools, and the states’ settlement of litigation with U.S. tobacco companies. The fund also benefited from its leveraging strategy, which magnified the gains posted by its holdings.

Although the fund had a net reduction in its position in Puerto Rico bonds during the reporting period, earlier exposure weighed on performance to a degree.

The fund employed tender option bonds and variable municipal term preferred shares, forms of derivative instruments, to help boost its yield and manage its duration strategy during the reporting period.

Maintaining a Constructive Investment Posture

We remain optimistic regarding the prospects for infrastructure-related municipal bonds.The U.S. economic recovery has proven persistent, and credit conditions generally have continued to strengthen.We have become more cautious regarding supply-and demand dynamics: investor demand has remained robust, but the supply of newly issued municipal bonds recently began to increase, and the need to borrow for infrastructure maintenance and development is expected to intensify.

As of the reporting period’s end, we have maintained the fund’s constructive investment posture, including a relatively long average duration and an emphasis on higher yielding market sectors. However, we are prepared to adjust our strategies as economic and market conditions evolve.

March 16, 2015

Bond funds are subject generally to interest rate, credit, liquidity, and market risks, to varying degrees, all of which are more fully described in the fund’s prospectus. Generally, all other factors being equal, bond prices are inversely related to interest-rate changes, and rate increases can cause price declines.

High yield bonds are subject to increased credit and liquidity risk and are considered speculative in terms of the issuer’s perceived ability to pay interest on a timely basis and to repay principal upon maturity.

The use of leverage may magnify the fund’s gains or losses. For derivatives with a leveraging component, adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset can result in a loss that is much greater than the original investment in the derivative.

1 Total return includes reinvestment of dividends and any capital gains paid, based upon net asset value per share. Past 
performance is no guarantee of future results. Income may be subject to state and local taxes, and some income may be 
subject to the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT) for certain investors. Capital gains, if any, are fully taxable. 
2 Distribution rate per share is based upon dividends per share paid from net investment income during the period, 
divided by the market price per share at the end of the period, adjusted for any capital gain distributions. 
3 “Managed Assets” of the fund means the fund’s total assets, including any assets attributable to effective leverage, 
minus certain defined accrued liabilities. 

 

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SELECTED INFORMATION 
February 28, 2015 (Unaudited) 

 

Market Price per share February 28, 2015  $ 12.80 
Shares Outstanding February 28, 2015    18,381,981 
New York Stock Exchange Ticker Symbol    DMB 

 

MARKET PRICE (NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE)

        Fiscal Year Ended February 28, 2015     
    Quarter    Quarter    Quarter    Quarter 
    Ended    Ended    Ended    Ended 
    May 31, 2014    August 31, 2014    November 30, 2014    February 28, 2015 
High  $ 12.07   $ 12.06  $ 12.34  $ 13.10 
Low    11.04    11.39    11.65    11.95 
Close    12.03    11.92    11.95    12.80 

 

PERCENTAGE GAIN (LOSS) based on change in Market Price  
April 26, 2013 (commencement of operations)       
through February 28, 2015    (4.82 )% 
March 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015    20.69  
June 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015    11.45  
September 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015    10.69  
December 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015    8.70  
 
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE       
April 26, 2013 (commencement of operations)   $ 14.295  
February 28, 2014    12.42  
May 31, 2014    13.32  
August 31, 2014    13.49  
November 30, 2014    13.62  
February 28, 2015    13.85  
 
PERCENTAGE GAIN (LOSS) based on change in Net Asset Value  
April 26, 2013 (commencement of operations)       
through February 28, 2015    8.03 % 
March 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015    18.66  
June 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015    8.87  
September 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015    5.79  
December 1, 2014 through February 28, 2015    3.16  
 
† With dividends reinvested.       

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS         
February 28, 2015           
 
 
 
 
Long-Term Municipal  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Investments—142.4%  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Alabama—1.8%           
Alabama Public School and           
College Authority, Capital           
Improvement Revenue  5.00  1/1/26  2,500,000    3,055,175 
Jefferson County,           
Sewer Revenue Warrants  0/7.90  10/1/50  2,500,000  a  1,592,325 
Arizona—6.1%           
Pima County Industrial Development           
Authority, Education Revenue           
(American Charter Schools           
Foundation Project)  5.63  7/1/38  5,585,000    5,044,819 
Pima County Industrial Development           
Authority, Education Revenue           
(Arizona Charter Schools           
Refunding Project)  5.38  7/1/31  4,450,000    4,685,850 
Salt Verde Financial Corporation,           
Senior Gas Revenue  5.00  12/1/37  5,000,000    5,783,150 
California—10.9%           
California Statewide Communities           
Development Authority, Revenue           
(California Baptist University)  6.38  11/1/43  2,035,000    2,328,325 
Golden State Tobacco           
Securitization Corporation,           
Tobacco Settlement           
Asset-Backed Bonds  5.75  6/1/47  8,000,000    6,878,960 
Long Beach Bond Finance Authority,           
Natural Gas Purchase Revenue  5.50  11/15/37  5,000,000    6,180,650 
Riverside County Transportation           
Commission, Senior Lien           
Toll Revenue  5.75  6/1/44  3,250,000  b  3,767,952 
San Buenaventura,           
Revenue (Community Memorial           
Health System)  7.50  12/1/41  2,500,000    3,074,400 
University of California Regents,           
Medical Center Pooled Revenue  5.00  5/15/43  5,000,000    5,637,800 
Colorado—3.3%           
City and County of Denver,           
Airport System           
Subordinate Revenue  5.25  11/15/43  5,000,000  b  5,612,250 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Long-Term Municipal  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Investments (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Colorado (continued)           
Colorado Health Facilities           
Authority, Revenue (Sisters of           
Charity of Leavenworth           
Health System)  5.00  1/1/44  2,500,000    2,817,475 
District of Columbia—.8%           
District of Columbia,           
Revenue (Knowledge is Power           
Program, District of           
Columbia Issue)  6.00  7/1/43  1,700,000    1,992,400 
Florida—3.8%           
Broward County,           
Airport System Revenue  5.00  10/1/42  3,750,000  b  4,169,737 
Davie,           
Educational Facilities           
Revenue (Nova Southeastern           
University Project)  5.63  4/1/43  4,805,000    5,464,726 
Illinois—4.0%           
Chicago,           
Customer Facility Charge           
Senior Lien Revenue (Chicago           
O’Hare International Airport)  5.75  1/1/43  3,750,000  b  4,222,837 
Chicago,           
GO (Project and Refunding Series)  5.00  1/1/36  3,000,000    3,059,970 
University of Illinois Board of           
Trustees, Auxiliary Facilities           
System Revenue           
(University of Illinois)  5.00  4/1/44  2,500,000    2,802,275 
Indiana—6.9%           
Indiana Finance Authority,           
HR (The King’s Daughters’           
Hospital and Health Services)  5.50  8/15/40  7,425,000    8,190,963 
Indiana Finance Authority,           
Private Activity Bonds (Ohio           
River Bridges East End           
Crossing Project)  5.00  7/1/40  5,000,000  b  5,392,000 
Indiana Finance Authority,           
Revenue (Baptist Homes of           
Indiana Senior Living)  6.00  11/15/41  3,500,000    3,984,400 

 

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Long-Term Municipal  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Investments (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Iowa—4.2%           
Iowa Finance Authority,           
Midwestern Disaster Area           
Revenue (Alcoa Inc. Project)  4.75  8/1/42  3,000,000    3,139,350 
Iowa Finance Authority,           
Midwestern Disaster Area           
Revenue (Iowa Fertilizer           
Company Project)  5.25  12/1/25  7,000,000    7,668,010 
Kentucky—1.1%           
Louisville/Jefferson County Metro           
Government, Health System           
Revenue (Norton Healthcare, Inc.)  5.75  10/1/42  2,370,000    2,742,754 
Louisiana—3.1%           
Louisiana Public Facilities           
Authority, Dock and           
Wharf Revenue (Impala           
Warehousing LLC Project)  6.50  7/1/36  2,000,000  b,c  2,254,360 
New Orleans,           
Sewerage Service Revenue  5.00  6/1/44  2,000,000    2,228,760 
New Orleans,           
Water Revenue  5.00  12/1/34  1,000,000    1,123,070 
New Orleans,           
Water Revenue  5.00  12/1/44  2,000,000    2,232,120 
Massachusetts—4.1%           
Massachusetts Development Finance           
Agency, Revenue (North Hill           
Communities Issue)  6.50  11/15/43  2,000,000  c  2,151,140 
Massachusetts Port Authority,           
Special Facilities Revenue           
(Delta Air Lines, Inc.           
Project) (Insured; AMBAC)  5.00  1/1/27  8,210,000  b  8,211,642 
Michigan—9.8%           
Detroit,           
Water Supply System Senior           
Lien Revenue  5.25  7/1/41  2,250,000    2,400,908 
Kent Hospital Finance Authority,           
Revenue (Metropolitan           
Hospital Project)  6.25  7/1/40  5,750,000    5,803,130 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Long-Term Municipal  Coupon  Maturity  Principal    
Investments (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($) 
Michigan (continued)           
Michigan Finance Authority,           
HR (Trinity Health Credit Group)  5.00  12/1/39  5,000,000   5,617,400 
Michigan Finance Authority,           
Local Government Loan Program           
Revenue (Detroit Water and           
Sewerage Department, Sewage           
Disposal System Revenue Senior           
Lien Local Project Bonds)           
(Insured; Assured Guaranty           
Municipal Corp.)  5.00  7/1/30  1,500,000   1,689,405 
Michigan Finance Authority,           
Local Government           
Loan Program Revenue           
(Detroit Water and Sewerage           
Department, Water Supply           
System Revenue Senior           
Lien Local Project Bonds)           
(Insured; National Public           
Finance Guarantee Corp.)  5.00  7/1/36  2,250,000   2,466,158 
Michigan Tobacco Settlement           
Finance Authority,           
Tobacco Settlement           
Asset-Backed Bonds  6.00  6/1/34  5,000,000   4,433,950 
Wayne County Airport Authority,           
Airport Revenue (Detroit           
Metropolitan Wayne           
County Airport) (Insured;           
Build America Mutual           
Assurance Company)  5.00  12/1/39  2,250,000 b  2,566,868 
Missouri—2.3%           
Missouri Health and Educational           
Facilities Authority,           
Educational Facilities           
Revenue (Saint Louis           
College of Pharmacy)  5.50  5/1/43  2,000,000   2,216,200 
Saint Louis County Industrial           
Development Authority,           
Senior Living Facilities           
Revenue (Friendship           
Village Sunset Hills)  5.00  9/1/42  3,500,000   3,723,965 

 

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Long-Term Municipal  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Investments (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
New Jersey—4.8%           
New Jersey Economic Development           
Authority, Private Activity           
Revenue (The Goethals Bridge           
Replacement Project)  5.38  1/1/43  2,500,000    2,785,350 
New Jersey Economic Development           
Authority, Special Facility Revenue           
(Continental Airlines, Inc. Project)  5.13  9/15/23  2,500,000  b  2,734,475 
New Jersey Economic Development           
Authority, Special Facility           
Revenue (Continental           
Airlines, Inc. Project)  5.25  9/15/29  4,500,000  b  4,930,695 
Tobacco Settlement Financing           
Corporation of New Jersey,           
Tobacco Settlement           
Asset-Backed Bonds  5.00  6/1/41  2,330,000    1,821,874 
New York—17.8%           
Deutsche Bank Spears/Lifers Trust           
(Series DBE-1177) Recourse           
(Metropolitan Transportation           
Authority, Transportation Revenue)  5.00  11/15/38  15,000,000  b,c,d  16,948,200 
New York City Industrial           
Development Agency, PILOT           
Revenue (Queens Baseball           
Stadium Project)           
(Insured; AMBAC)  5.00  1/1/36  8,000,000    8,257,040 
New York Liberty Development           
Corporation, Revenue (3 World           
Trade Center Project)  5.00  11/15/44  3,500,000  c  3,692,675 
New York State Dormitory           
Authority, Revenue (Saint           
John’s University)  5.00  7/1/44  2,000,000    2,250,820 
New York State Dormitory           
Authority, State Personal           
Income Tax Revenue           
(General Purpose)  5.00  3/15/32  5,000,000    5,811,000 
Niagara Area Development           
Corporation, Solid Waste           
Disposal Facility Revenue           
(Covanta Energy Project)  5.25  11/1/42  7,870,000  c  8,193,536 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Long-Term Municipal  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Investments (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Ohio—6.5%           
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement           
Financing Authority, Tobacco           
Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds  6.25  6/1/37  7,000,000    6,171,900 
Muskingum County,           
Hospital Facilities Revenue           
(Genesis HealthCare System           
Obligated Group Project)  5.00  2/15/44  7,000,000    7,255,780 
Southeastern Ohio Port Authority,           
Hospital Facilities Improvement           
Revenue (Memorial Health System           
Obligated Group Project)  6.00  12/1/42  3,000,000    3,208,650 
Pennsylvania—10.8%           
Clairton Municipal Authority,           
Sewer Revenue  5.00  12/1/37  4,000,000    4,325,360 
Clairton Municipal Authority,           
Sewer Revenue  5.00  12/1/42  1,500,000    1,617,825 
Deutsche Bank Spears/Lifers Trust           
(Series DBE-1179) Recourse           
(Pennsylvania Turnpike           
Commission, Motor License           
Fund-Enhanced Turnpike           
Subordinate Special Revenue)  5.00  12/1/42  13,000,000  b,c,d  14,567,800 
Montgomery County Industrial           
Development Authority, Revenue           
(Whitemarsh Continuing Care           
Retirement Community Project)  5.25  1/1/40  1,500,000    1,524,690 
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission,           
Motor License Fund-Enhanced           
Turnpike Subordinate Special           
Revenue (Insured; Assured           
Guaranty Municipal Corp.)  5.00  12/1/42  5,000,000  b  5,530,650 
South Carolina—2.9%           
South Carolina Jobs-Economic           
Development Authority, Health           
Facilities Revenue (The           
Lutheran Homes of           
South Carolina, Inc.)  5.13  5/1/48  1,750,000    1,806,612 

 

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Long-Term Municipal  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Investments (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
South Carolina (continued)           
South Carolina Public Service           
Authority, Revenue Obligations           
(Santee Cooper)  5.13  12/1/43  5,000,000    5,661,900 
Texas—16.2%           
Austin Convention Enterprises, Inc.,           
Convention Center Hotel           
First Tier Revenue           
(Insured; XLCA)  5.00  1/1/34  5,000,000    5,089,550 
Clifton Higher Education           
Finance Corporation,           
Education Revenue           
(IDEA Public Schools)  6.00  8/15/43  1,500,000    1,811,130 
Clifton Higher Education Finance           
Corporation, Revenue           
(Uplift Education)  4.25  12/1/34  2,000,000    1,999,880 
Deutsche Bank Spears/Lifers Trust           
(Series DBE-1182) Recourse           
(Dallas and Fort Worth, Joint           
Improvement Revenue           
(Dallas/Fort Worth           
International Airport))  5.00  11/1/45  15,000,000  b,c,d  16,328,850 
JPMorgan Chase Putters/Drivers           
Trust (Series 4314)           
Non-recourse (Tarrant County           
Cultural Education Facilities           
Finance Corporation,           
HR (Baylor Health Care           
System Project))  5.00  11/15/20  7,410,000  c,d  8,298,452 
North Texas Education Finance           
Corporation, Education Revenue           
(Uplift Education)  5.13  12/1/42  3,000,000    3,287,520 
Texas Transportation Commission,           
Central Texas Turnpike System           
First Tier Revenue  5.00  8/15/41  2,500,000  b  2,772,225 
Texas Transportation Commission,           
Central Texas Turnpike System           
Second Tier Revenue  5.00  8/15/42  1,500,000  b  1,652,010 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Long-Term Municipal  Coupon  Maturity  Principal     
Investments (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)    Value ($) 
Virginia—7.5%           
Lexington Industrial Development           
Authority, Residential Care           
Facilities Mortgage Revenue           
(Kendal at Lexington)  5.50  1/1/37  5,400,000    5,528,790 
Virginia Small Business Financing           
Authority, Senior Lien Revenue           
(95 Express Lanes LLC Project)  5.00  1/1/40  7,640,000  b  8,178,085 
Virginia Small Business Financing           
Authority, Senior Lien Revenue           
(Elizabeth River Crossing           
Opco, LLC Project)  5.50  1/1/42  5,000,000  b  5,496,300 
Washington—2.2%           
Washington Health Care Facilities           
Authority, Revenue (Providence           
Health and Services)  5.00  10/1/42  5,000,000    5,559,650 
Wisconsin—9.4%           
Public Finance Agency of           
Wisconsin, Senior Airport           
Facilities Revenue (Transportation           
Infrastructure Properties, LLC           
Obligated Group)  5.00  7/1/42  5,000,000  b  5,297,600 
Public Finance Authority of           
Wisconsin, Senior Living           
Revenue (Rose Villa Project)  4.50  11/15/20  1,500,000    1,517,610 
Wisconsin Health and Educational           
Facilities Authority, Revenue           
(Aurora Health Care, Inc.)  5.25  4/15/35  5,000,000    5,620,150 
Wisconsin Health and Educational           
Facilities Authority, Revenue           
(Beaver Dam Community           
Hospitals, Inc.)  5.25  8/15/34  5,700,000    6,175,437 
Wisconsin Health and Educational           
Facilities Authority, Revenue           
(Sauk-Prairie Memorial           
Hospital, Inc. Project)  5.38  2/1/48  5,000,000    5,224,400 

 

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Long-Term Municipal  Coupon  Maturity  Principal      
Investments (continued)  Rate (%)  Date  Amount ($)   Value ($)  
U.S. Related—2.1%             
Guam Waterworks Authority,             
Water and Wastewater             
System Revenue  5.50  7/1/43  3,000,000   3,477,840  
Puerto Rico Commonwealth,             
Public Improvement GO             
(Insured; Assured Guaranty             
Municipal Corp.)  5.00  7/1/35  1,750,000   1,763,475  
 
Total Investments (cost $334,265,421)      142.4 %  362,583,415  
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables      (13.0 %)  (32,998,090 ) 
VMTPS, at liquidation value      (29.4 %)  (75,000,000 ) 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders    100.0 %  254,585,325  

 

VMTPS—Variable Rate Municipal Term Preferred Shares

a Zero coupon until a specified date at which time the stated coupon rate becomes effective until maturity. 
b At February 28, 2015, the fund had $120,634,536 or 47.4% of net assets applicable to Common Shareholders 
invested in securities whose payment of principal and interest is dependent upon revenues generated from transportation. 
c Securities 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 February 28, 2015, 
these securities were valued at $72,435,013 or 28.5% of net assets applicable to Common Shareholders. 
d Collateral for floating rate borrowings. 

 

Portfolio Summary (Unaudited)     
 
  Value (%)    Value (%) 
Transportation Services  47.4  Utility-Electric  4.5 
Health Care  21.1  Special Tax  4.2 
Education  13.3  Industrial Development  3.2 
Hospital  10.6  Pollution Control  3.2 
Utility-Water and Sewer  9.1  Utility-Gas  2.4 
Industrial  8.8  City  1.2 
Tobacco  6.9  Asset-Backed  .7 
Retirement  5.8    142.4 

 

  Based on net assets applicable to Common Shareholders. 

 

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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

Summary of Abbreviations     
 
ABAG  Association of Bay Area  ACA  American Capital Access 
  Governments     
AGC  ACE Guaranty Corporation  AGIC  Asset Guaranty Insurance Company 
AMBAC  American Municipal Bond  ARRN  Adjustable Rate 
  Assurance Corporation    Receipt Notes 
BAN  Bond Anticipation Notes  BPA  Bond Purchase Agreement 
CIFG  CDC Ixis Financial Guaranty  COP  Certificate of Participation 
CP  Commercial Paper  DRIVERS  Derivative Inverse 
      Tax-Exempt Receipts 
EDR  Economic Development  EIR  Environmental Improvement 
  Revenue    Revenue 
FGIC  Financial Guaranty  FHA  Federal Housing 
  Insurance Company    Administration 
FHLB  Federal Home  FHLMC  Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
  Loan Bank    Corporation 
FNMA  Federal National  GAN  Grant Anticipation Notes 
  Mortgage Association     
GIC  Guaranteed Investment  GNMA  Government National Mortgage 
  Contract    Association 
GO  General Obligation  HR  Hospital Revenue 
IDB  Industrial Development Board  IDC  Industrial Development Corporation 
IDR  Industrial Development  LIFERS  Long Inverse Floating 
  Revenue    Exempt Receipts 
LOC  Letter of Credit  LOR  Limited Obligation Revenue 
LR  Lease Revenue  MERLOTS  Municipal Exempt Receipts 
      Liquidity Option Tender 
MFHR  Multi-Family Housing Revenue  MFMR  Multi-Family Mortgage Revenue 
PCR  Pollution Control Revenue  PILOT  Payment in Lieu of Taxes 
P-FLOATS  Puttable Floating Option  PUTTERS  Puttable Tax-Exempt Receipts 
  Tax-Exempt Receipts     
RAC  Revenue Anticipation Certificates  RAN  Revenue Anticipation Notes 
RAW  Revenue Anticipation Warrants  RIB  Residual Interest Bonds 
ROCS  Reset Options Certificates  RRR  Resources Recovery Revenue 
SAAN  State Aid Anticipation Notes  SBPA  Standby Bond Purchase Agreement 
SFHR  Single Family Housing Revenue  SFMR  Single Family Mortgage Revenue 
SONYMA  State of New York  SPEARS  Short Puttable Exempt 
  Mortgage Agency    Adjustable Receipts 
SWDR  Solid Waste Disposal Revenue  TAN  Tax Anticipation Notes 
TAW  Tax Anticipation Warrants  TRAN  Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes 
XLCA  XL Capital Assurance     
 
See notes to financial statements.     

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 
February 28, 2015 

 

  Cost  Value  
Assets ($):       
Investments in securities—See Statement of Investments  334,265,421  362,583,415  
Cash    2,312,319  
Interest receivable    4,179,096  
Deferred VMTPS offering costs—Note 1(f)    431,289  
Prepaid expenses    4,956  
    369,511,075  
Liabilities ($):       
Due to The Dreyfus Corporation and affiliates—Note 2(b)    195,461  
Payable for floating rate notes issued—Note 3    36,805,000  
Payable for investment securities purchased    1,507,860  
Dividends payable to Common Shareholders    1,148,874  
Interest and expense payable related       
to floating rate notes issued—Note 3    99,341  
Interest expense payable on VMTPS—Note 1(f)    73,069  
Accrued expenses    96,145  
    39,925,750  
VMTPS, $.001 par value per share (750 shares issued and       
outstanding at $100,000 per share liquidation value)—Note 1    75,000,000  
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders ($)    254,585,325  
Composition of Net Assets ($):       
Common Stock, par value, $.001 per share       
(18,381,981 shares issued and outstanding)    18,382  
Paid-in capital    262,601,671  
Accumulated undistributed investment income—net    1,261,790  
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments    (37,614,512 ) 
Accumulated net unrealized appreciation       
(depreciation) on investments    28,317,994  
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders ($)    254,585,325  
Shares Outstanding (250 million shares authorized)    18,381,981  
Net Asset Value, per share of Common Stock ($)    13.85  
 
See notes to financial statements.       

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS 
Year Ended February 28, 2015 

 

Investment Income ($):     
Interest Income  17,457,770  
Expenses:     
Management fee—Note 2(a)  2,321,769  
VMTPS interest expense and fees—Note 1(f)  974,178  
Interest and expense related to floating rate notes issued—Note 3  349,730  
Amortization of VMTPS offering costs—Note 1(f)  117,117  
Professional fees  87,449  
Directors’ fees and expenses—Note 2(c)  72,831  
Registration fees  32,544  
Custodian fees—Note 2(b)  23,836  
Redemption and paying agent fees—Note 2(b)  11,875  
Shareholders’ report  10,969  
Shareholder servicing costs  9,665  
Miscellaneous  82,744  
Total Expenses  4,094,707  
Investment Income—Net  13,363,063  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments—Note 3 ($):     
Net realized gain (loss) on investments  (10,667,767 ) 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments  37,357,549  
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments  26,689,782  
Net Increase in Net Assets Applicable to Common     
Shareholders Resulting from Operations  40,052,845  
 
See notes to financial statements.     

 

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 
Year Ended February 28, 2015 

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities ($):         
Interest received  17,759,421      
Operating expenses paid  (2,602,634 )     
Purchases of long-term portfolio securities  (41,963,056 )     
Net sales of short-term portfolio securities  2,500,000      
Proceeds from sales of long-term portfolio securities  40,999,068      
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities      16,692,799  
Cash Flows from Financing Activities ($):         
Dividends paid to Common Shareholders  (13,786,485 )     
VMTPS interest expense paid  (975,000 )     
Interest and expense related         
to floating rate notes issued paid  (344,440 )     
Net Cash Used in Financing Activities      (15,105,925 ) 
Increase in cash      1,586,874  
Cash at beginning of period      725,445  
Cash at end of period      2,312,319  
Reconciliation of Net Increase in Net Assets Applicable to         
Common Shareholders Resulting from Operations to         
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities ($):         
Net Increase in Net Assets Applicable to Common         
Shareholders Resulting From Operations      40,052,845  
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets applicable         
to Common Shareholders resulting from operations to         
net cash provided by operating activities ($):         
Decrease in investments in securities, at cost      11,846,927  
Decrease in receivable for investment securities sold      883,992  
Decrease in payable for investment securities purchased      (527,140 ) 
Increase in interest receivable      (68,804 ) 
Decrease in accrued expenses      (13,188 ) 
Decrease in prepaid expenses      50,929  
Increase in Due to The Dreyfus Corporation and affiliates      13,307  
Interest and expense related to floating rate notes issued      349,730  
VMTPS interest expense and fees      974,178  
Amortization of VMTPS offering costs      117,117  
Net unrealized appreciation on investments      (37,357,549 ) 
Net amortization of premiums on investments      370,455  
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities      16,692,799  
See notes to financial statements.         

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

  Year Ended February 28,  
  2015   2014 a 
Operations ($):         
Investment income—net  13,363,063   10,861,789  
Net realized gain (loss) on investments  (10,667,767 )  (27,082,904 ) 
Net unrealized appreciation         
(depreciation) on investments  37,357,549   (9,039,555 ) 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets         
Applicable to Common Shareholders         
Resulting from Operations  40,052,845   (25,260,670 ) 
Dividends to Common Shareholders from ($)         
Investment income—net  (13,786,485 )  (9,190,990 ) 
Capital Stock Transactions ($):         
Net proceeds from shares of Common Stock sold    263,221,875  
Offering costs charged to paid-in capital    (551,250 ) 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets         
from Capital Stock Transactions    262,670,625  
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets         
Applicable to Common Shareholders  26,266,360   228,218,965  
Net Assets Applicable to         
Common Shareholders ($):         
Beginning of Period  228,318,965   100,000  
End of Period  254,585,325   228,318,965  
Undistributed investment income—net  1,261,790   1,655,413  
Capital Share Transactions (Common Shares):         
Increase in Common Shares Outstanding         
as a result of Common Shares sold    18,381,981  
 
a From April 26, 2013 (commencement of operations) to February 28, 2014.      
See notes to financial statements.         

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following table describes the performance for the fiscal periods indicated. Total return shows how much your investment in the fund would have increased (or decreased) during each period, assuming you had reinvested all dividends and distributions.These figures have been derived from the fund’s financial statements, and with respect to common stock, market price data for the fund’s common shares.

  Year Ended February 28,  
  2015   2014 a 
Per Share Data ($):         
Net asset value, beginning of period  12.42   14.33 b 
Investment Operations:         
Investment income—netc  .73   .60  
Net realized and unrealized         
gain (loss) on investments  1.45   (1.98 ) 
Total from Investment Operations  2.18   (1.38 ) 
Distributions to Common Shareholders:         
Dividends from investment income—net  (.75 )  (.50 ) 
Offering costs charged to paid-in capital    (.03 ) 
Net asset value, end of period  13.85   12.42  
Market value, end of period  12.80   11.29  
Total Return (%)d  20.69   (21.13 )e 
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%):         
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets  1.67   1.65 f 
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets  1.67   1.65 f 
Ratio of interest and expense related         
to floating rate notes issued and VMTPS         
interest expense and fees to average net assets  .54   .52 f 
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets  5.45   5.83 f 
Portfolio Turnover Rate  12.81   70.72 e 
Asset coverage of VMTPS, end of period  439   404  
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders,         
end of period ($ x 1,000)  254,585   228,319  
VMTPS outstanding, end of period ($ x 1,000)  75,000   75,000  
Floating Rate Notes outstanding ($ x 1,000)  36,805   36,805  

 

a From April 26, 2013 (commencement of operations) to February 28, 2014. 
b Reflects a deduction of $.675 per share sales load from the initial offering price of $15.00 per share. 
c Based on average common shares outstanding. 
d Calculated based on market value. 
e Not annualized. 
f Annualized. 

 

See notes to financial statements.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies:

Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (the “fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as a non-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. The Dreyfus Corporation (the “Manager” or “Dreyfus”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon”), serves as the fund’s investment adviser. Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC (“Standish”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, serves as the fund’s sub-investment adviser. The fund’s Common Stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the ticker symbol DMB.

The fund has outstanding 750 shares of VMTPS, with a liquidation preference of $100,000 per share (plus an amount equal to accumulated but unpaid dividends upon liquidation) and a stated mandatory redemption date of July 29, 2018, which are not registered under the Act. The fund is subject to a Redemption and Paying Agent Agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of Dreyfus, with respect to the VMTPS.

The fund is subject to certain restrictions relating to the VMTPS. Failure to comply with these restrictions could preclude the fund from declaring any distributions to shareholders of Common Stock (“Common Shareholders”) or repurchasing common shares and/or could trigger the mandatory redemption of VMTPS at liquidation value.Thus, redemptions of VMTPS may be deemed to be outside of the control of the fund. In addition, the VMTPS have a mandatory redemption date of July 29, 2018. The fund will have the right to request that the holders of 100% of the aggregate outstanding amount of the VMTPS, in their sole and absolute discretion, extend the term of the Term Redemption Date for an additional 364 day period.

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The holders of VMTPS, voting as a separate class, have the right to elect at least two directors. The holders of VMTPS will vote as a separate class on certain other matters, as required by law. The fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has designated Nathan Leventhal and Benaree Pratt Wiley as directors to be elected by the holders of VMTPS.

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’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 pri-oritizes 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 (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:

Investments in 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). Other 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. All of the preceding securities are generally categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy

The Service’s procedures are reviewed by Dreyfus under the general supervision of the Board.

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When market quotations or official closing prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect accurately 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 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 restricted securities where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and are generally categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 28, 2015 in valuing the fund’s investments:

    Level 2—Other   Level 3—     
  Level 1—  Significant   Significant     
  Unadjusted  Observable   Unobservable     
  Quoted Prices  Inputs   Inputs  Total  
Assets ($)             
Investments in Securities:           
Municipal Bonds    362,583,415     362,583,415  
Liabilities ($)             
Floating Rate Notes††    (36,805,000 )    (36,805,000 ) 
VMTPS    (75,000,000 )    (75,000,000 ) 

 

  See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. 
††  Certain of the fund’s liabilities are held at carrying amount, which approximates fair value for 
  financial reporting purposes. 

 

At February 28, 2015, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

(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) Dividends to Common Shareholders: Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Dividends from investment income-net 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.

For Common Shareholders who elect to receive their distributions in additional shares of the fund, unless such Common Shareholder elects to receive cash as provided below, such distributions will be reinvested 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 or if a cash dividend only is declared, Computershare Inc. (“Computershare”), the fund’s transfer agent, will buy fund shares in the open market and reinvest those shares accordingly.

On February 3, 2015, the Board declared a cash dividend of $.0625 per share from investment income-net, payable on March 2, 2015 to Common Shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 19, 2015.

(d) Dividends to shareholders of VMTPS: Dividends on VMTPS are normally declared daily and paid monthly. The Applicable Rate is equal to the rate per annum that results from the sum of the (a)

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Applicable Base Rate and (b) Ratings Spread as determined pursuant to the Applicable Rate Determination for the VMTPS on the Rate Determination Date immediately preceding such Subsequent Rate Period. The Applicable Rate of the VMTPS was equal to the sum of 1.25% per annum plus the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Municipal Swap Index rate of .02% on February 26, 2015. The dividend rate as of February 28, 2015 for the VMTPS was 1.27%.

(e) 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 February 28, 2015, 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 February 28, 2015, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.

Each of the tax years in the two-year period ended February 28, 2015 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.

At February 28, 2015, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows: undistributed tax-exempt income $2,414,386, accumulated capital losses $37,743,252 and unrealized appreciation $28,446,734.

Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses for an unlimited period. Furthermore, post-enactment capital loss carryovers retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.

The accumulated capital loss carryover is available for federal income tax purposes to be applied against future net realized capital gains, if any,

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

realized subsequent to February 28, 2015.The fund has $30,992,442 of short-term capital losses and $6,750,810 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 periods ended February 28, 2015 and February 28, 2014 were as follows: tax-exempt income $13,783,552 and $9,190,990, and ordinary income $2,933 and $0, respectively.

During the period ended February 28, 2015, as a result of permanent book to tax differences, primarily due to the tax treatment for amortization adjustments, dividend reclassification and nondeductible VMTPS offering costs, the fund increased accumulated undistributed investment income-net by $29,799, increased accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments by $83,595 and decreased paid-in capital by $113,394. Net assets and net asset value per share were not affected by this reclassification.

(f) VMTPS: In the fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities,VMTPS aggregate liquidation preference is shown as a liability since they have a stated mandatory redemption date of July 29, 2018. Dividends paid to VMTPS are treated as interest expense and recorded as incurred. Costs directly related to the issuance of the VMTPS are considered debt issuance costs which have been deferred and are being amortized into expense over the life of the VMTPS.

NOTE 2—Management Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates:

(a) Pursuant to a management agreement (the “Agreement”) with Dreyfus, 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 Dreyfus and Standish, Dreyfus pays Standish a monthly fee at the annual rate of .27% of the value of the fund’s average daily Managed Assets.

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(b) The fund compensates The Bank of New York Mellon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dreyfus, under a custody agreement for providing custodial services for the fund.These fees are determined based on net assets and transaction activity. During the period ended February 28, 2015, the fund was charged $23,836 pursuant to the custody agreement.

The fund has an arrangement with the custodian whereby the fund may receive earnings credits when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custody fees. For financial reporting purposes, the fund includes net earnings credits as an expense offset in the Statement of Operations.

The fund compensates The Bank of New York Mellon under a Redemption and Paying Agent Agreement for providing certain transfer agency and payment services with respect to the VMTPS for the fund. During the period ended February 28, 2015, the fund was charged $11,875 for the services provided by the Redemption and Paying Agent.

During the period ended February 28, 2015, the fund was charged $6,518 for services performed by the Chief Compliance Officer and his staff.

The components of “Due to The Dreyfus Corporation and affiliates” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities consist of: management fees $183,639, custodian fees $6,300, Redemption and Paying Agent fees $4,375 and Chief Compliance Officer fees $1,147.

(c) Each Board member also serves as a board member of other funds within the Dreyfus complex. Annual retainer fees and attendance fees are allocated to each fund based on net assets.

NOTE 3—Securities Transactions:

The aggregate amount of purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term securities, during the period ended February 28, 2015, amounted to $41,435,916 and $40,115,076, respectively.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

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”Trust”).The 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 Trust, which is transferred to the fund, and is paid interest based on the remaining cash flows of the Trust, after payment of interest on the other securities and various expenses of the Trust. An inverse floater security may also 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 Trust as secured borrowings, with the securities transferred remaining in the fund’s investments, and the related floating rate certificate securities reflected as fund liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The fund may invest in inverse floater securities on either a nonrecourse 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 Trust.A

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liquidation shortfall occurs if the Trust Certificates exceed the proceeds of the sale of the bonds in the Trust (“Liquidation Shortfall”). When a 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, the 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 February 28, 2015, was approximately $36,805,000, with a related weighted average annualized interest rate of .95%.

VMTPS: The average amount of borrowings outstanding for the VMTPS during the period ended February 28, 2015, was $75,000,000, with a related weighted average annualized interest rate of 1.30%.

At February 28, 2015, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $297,331,681; accordingly, accumulated net unrealized appreciation on investments was $28,446,734, consisting of $29,672,924 gross unrealized appreciation and $1,226,190 gross unrealized depreciation.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Shareholders and Board of Directors

Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc., including the statement of investments, as of February 28, 2015, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended and the statement of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended and for the period from April 26, 2013 (commencement of operations) to February 28, 2014. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement.We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of February 28, 2015 by correspondence with the custodian and others.We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc. at February 28, 2015, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, and the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended and for the period from April 26, 2013 to February 28, 2014, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

New York, New York
April 28, 2015

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

The fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”) is commonly referred to as an “opt-out” plan. Each Common Shareholder who participates in the Plan will have all distributions of dividends and capital gains automatically reinvested in additional Common Shares by Computershare Inc. as agent (the “Plan Agent”). Common Shareholders who elect not to participate in the Plan will receive all distributions in cash, which will be paid by check and mailed directly to the shareholder of record (or if the shares are held in street or other nominee name, then to the nominee) by the Plan Agent, as dividend disbursing agent. Common Shareholders whose shares are held in the name of a broker or nominee should contact the broker or nominee to determine whether and how they may participate in the Plan. The Plan Agent serves as agent for the Common Shareholders in administering the Plan. After the Fund declares a dividend or makes a capital gain distribution, the Plan Agent will, as agent for the shareholders, either (i) receive the cash payment and use it to buy Common Shares in the open market, on the NYSE or elsewhere, for the participants’ accounts or (ii) distribute newly issued Common Shares of the Fund on behalf of the participants. The Plan Agent will receive cash from the Fund with which to buy Common Shares in the open market if, on the distribution payment date, the net asset value per share exceeds the market price per Common Share plus estimated brokerage commissions on that date. The Plan Agent will receive the dividend or distribution in newly issued Common Shares of the Fund if, on the payment date, the market price per share plus estimated brokerage commissions equals or exceeds the net asset value per share of the Fund on that date.The number of shares to be issued will be computed at a per share rate equal to the greater of (i) the net asset value or (ii) 95% of the closing market price per Common Share on the payment date.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)

Participants in the Plan may withdraw from the Plan at any time upon written notice to the Plan Agent. Such withdrawal will be effective immediately if received not less than ten days prior to a distribution record date; otherwise, it will be effective for all subsequent distributions. When a participant withdraws from the Plan or the Plan is terminated, such participant will receive whole Common Shares in his or her account under the Plan and will receive a cash payment for any fraction of a Common Share credited to such account. If any participant elects to have the Plan Agent sell all or part of his or her Common Shares and remit the proceeds, the Plan Agent is authorized to deduct a $15.00 fee plus $0.10 per share in brokerage commissions.

In the case of shareholders, such as banks, brokers or nominees, which hold Common Shares for others who are the beneficial owners, the Plan Agent will administer the Plan on the basis of the number of Common Shares certified from time to time by the record shareholders as representing the total amount registered in the record shareholder’s name and held for the account of beneficial owners who are participants in the Plan.

The Plan Agent’s fees for the handling of reinvestment of dividends and other distributions will be paid by the Fund. Each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Plan Agent’s open market purchases in connection with the reinvestment of distributions. There are no other charges to participants for reinvesting dividends or capital gain distributions. Purchases and/or sales are usually made through a broker affiliated with the Plan Agent.

Experience under the Plan may indicate that changes are desirable. Accordingly, the Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan as applied to any distribution paid subsequent to written notice of the change sent to all shareholders of the Fund at least 90 days before the record date for the dividend or distribution. The Plan also may be amended or terminated by the Plan Agent by at least 90 days’ written

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notice to all shareholders of the Fund.All correspondence concerning the Plan should be directed to the Plan Agent by calling 1-855-866-0953, or writing P.O. Box 43006, Providence, RI 02940-3006.

The automatic reinvestment of dividends and other distributions will not relieve participants of any income tax that may be payable or required to be withheld on such dividends or distributions. See “Tax Matters.”

Level Distribution Policy

The fund’s dividend policy is to distribute substantially all of its net investment income to its shareholders on a monthly basis. In order to provide shareholders with a more consistent yield to the current trading price of shares of Common Stock of the fund, the fund may at times pay out more or less than the entire amount of net investment income earned in any particular month and may at times in any month pay out any accumulated but undistributed income in addition to net investment income earned in that month. As a result, the dividends paid by the fund for any particular month may be more or less than the amount of net investment income earned by the fund during such month.The fund’s current accumulated but undistributed net investment income, if any, is disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, which comprises part of the Financial Information included in this report.

Benefits and Risks of Leveraging

The fund utilizes leverage to seek to enhance the yield and net asset value of its Common Stock.These objectives cannot be achieved in all interest rate environments.To leverage, the fund has issued VMTPS and floating rate certificate securities, which pay dividends or interest at prevailing short-term interest rates, and invests the proceeds in long-term municipal bonds.The interest earned on these investments is paid to Common Shareholders in the form of dividends, and the value of

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)

these portfolio holdings is reflected in the per share net asset value of the fund’s Common Stock. In order for either of these forms of leverage to benefit Common Shareholders, the yield curve must be positively sloped: that is, short-term interest rates must be lower than long-term interest rates. At the same time, a period of generally declining interest rates will benefit Common Shareholders. If either of these conditions change along with other factors that may have an effect on preferred dividends or floating rate certificate securities, then the risk of leveraging will begin to outweigh the benefits.

Supplemental Information

During the period ended February 28, 2015, there were: (i) no material changes in the fund’s investment objectives or fundamental investment policies, (ii) no changes in the fund’s charter or by-laws that would delay or prevent a change of control of the fund, and (iii) no change in the persons primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the fund’s portfolio.

Shareholders should take note of the following information about certain risks of investing in the fund.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)

ciated with rising interest rates are heightened given that interest rates in the United States and other countries are at or near historic lows. Unlike investment grade bonds, however, the prices of high yield bonds may fluctuate unpredictably and not necessarily inversely with changes in interest rates.

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IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)

In accordance with federal tax law, the fund hereby reports all the dividends paid from investment income-net during its fiscal year ended February 28, 2015 as “exempt-interest dividends” (not generally subject to regular federal income tax), except $2,933 that is being reported as an ordinary income distribution for reporting purposes. Where required by federal tax law rules, shareholders will receive notification of their portion of the fund’s taxable ordinary dividends (if any), capital gains distributions (if any) and tax-exempt dividends paid for the 2015 calendar year on Form 1099-DIV, which will be mailed in early 2016.

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BOARD MEMBERS INFORMATION (Unaudited) 
INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS 

 

Joseph S. DiMartino (71) 
Chairman of the Board (2013) 
Current term expires in 2016 
Principal Occupation During Past 5Years: 
• Corporate Director and Trustee (1995-present) 
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5Years: 
• CBIZ (formerly, Century Business Services, Inc.), a provider of outsourcing functions for small 
and medium size companies, Director (1997-present) 
• The Newark Group, a provider of a national market of paper recovery facilities, paperboard 
mills and paperboard converting plants, Director (2000-2010) 
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 147 
 
——————— 
Nathan Leventhal (72) 
Board Member (2013) 
Current term expires in 2016 
Principal Occupation During Past 5Years: 
• President Emeritus of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (2001-present) 
• Chairman of the Avery Fisher Artist Program (1997-2014) 
• Commissioner, NYC Planning Commission (2007-2011) 
Other Public Company Board Membership During Past 5Years: 
• Movado Group, Inc., Director (2003-present) 
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 52 
 
——————— 
Robin A. Melvin (51) 
Board Member (2014) 
Current term expires in 2016 
Principal Occupation During Past 5Years: 
• Co-chairman, Illinois Mentoring Partnership, non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the 
quantity and quality of mentoring services in Illinois (2014-present; Board Member since 2013) 
• Director, Boisi Family Foundation, a private family foundation that supports youth-serving orga- 
nizations that promote the self sufficiency of youth from disadvantaged circumstances (1995-2012) 
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 115 

 

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Roslyn M.Watson (65) 
Board Member (2014) 
Current term expires in 2015 
Principal Occupation During Past 5Years: 
• Principal,Watson Ventures, Inc., a real estate investment company (1993-present) 
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 70 
——————— 
Benaree Pratt Wiley (68) 
Board Member (2013) 
Current term expires in 2017 
Principal Occupation During Past 5Years: 
• Principal,TheWiley Group, a firm specializing in strategy and business development (2005-present) 
Other Public Company Board Membership During Past 5Years: 
• CBIZ (formerly, Century Business Services, Inc.), a provider of outsourcing functions for small 
and medium size companies, Director (2008-present) 
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 70 

 

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BOARD MEMBERS INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued) 
INTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS 

 

J. Charles Cardona (58) 
Board Member (2014) 
Current term expires in 2016 
Principal Occupation During Past 5Years: 
• President and a Director of the Manager, Executive Vice President of the Distributor, President 
   of Dreyfus Institutional Services Division (2008-present) 
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 38 
J. Charles Cardona is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the Act) of the fund as a result of his affiliation 
with The Dreyfus Corporation. 
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Gordon J. Davis (73) 
Board Member (2013) 
Current term expires in 2015 
Principal Occupation During Past 5Years: 
• Partner in the law firm of Venable LLP (2012-present) 
• Partner in the law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP (1994-2012) 
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5Years: 
• Consolidated Edison, Inc., a utility company, Director (1997-2014) 
• The Phoenix Companies, Inc., a life insurance company, Director (2000-2014) 
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 63 
Gordon J. Davis is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the Act) of the fund as a result of his affiliation 
with Venable LLP, which provides legal services to the fund. 
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Isabel P. Dunst (68) 
Board Member (2014) 
Current term expires in 2017 
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years: 
Of Counsel to the law firm of Hogan Lovells LLP (2015-present; previously, Partner, 1990-2014) 
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 38 
Isabel P. Dunst is deemed to be an “interested person” (as defined in the Act) of the fund as a result of her affiliation 
with Hogan Lovells LLP, which provides legal services to BNY Mellon and certain of its affiliates. 
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The address of the Board Members and Officers is c/o The Dreyfus Corporation, 200 Park Avenue, NewYork, 
NewYork 10166 
Whitney I. Gerard, Emeritus Board Member 

 

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OFFICERS OF THE FUND (Unaudited)

BRADLEY J. SKAPYAK, President since December 2012.

Chief Operating Officer and a director of the Manager since June 2009, Chairman of Dreyfus Transfer, Inc., an affiliate of the Manager and the transfer agent of the funds, since May 2011 and Executive Vice President of the Distributor since June 2007. From April 2003 to June 2009, Mr. Skapyak was the head of the Investment Accounting and Support Department of the Manager. He is an officer of 69 investment companies (comprised of 147 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 56 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1988.

JOHN PAK, Chief Legal Officer since March 2013.

Deputy General Counsel, Investment Management, of BNY Mellon since August 2014; Chief Legal Officer of the Manager since August 2012; from March 2005 to July 2012, Managing Director of Deutsche Bank, Deputy Global Head of Deutsche Asset Management Legal and Regional Head of Deutsche Asset Management Americas Legal. He is an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 46 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since August 2012.

JANETTE E. FARRAGHER, Vice President and Secretary since December 2012.

Assistant General Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 52 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1984.

KIESHA ASTWOOD, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since December 2012.

Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 42 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since July 1995.

JAMES BITETTO, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since December 2012.

Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon and Secretary of the Manager, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 48 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since December 1996.

JONI LACKS CHARATAN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since December 2012.

Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 59 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1988.

JOSEPH M. CHIOFFI, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since December 2012.

Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 53 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since June 2000.

JOHN B. HAMMALIAN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since December 2012.

Senior Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 51 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since February 1991.

MAUREEN E. KANE, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since April 2015.

Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon since July 2014; from October 2004 until July 2014, General Counsel, and from May 2009 until July 2014, Chief Compliance Officer of Century Capital Management. She is an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. She is 53 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since July 2014.

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OFFICERS OF THE FUND (Unaudited) (continued)

SARAH S. KELLEHER, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since April 2014.

Senior Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager; from August 2005 to March 2013, Associate General Counsel of Third Avenue Management. She is 39 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since March 2013.

JEFF PRUSNOFSKY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since December 2012.

Senior Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 49 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1990.

JAMES WINDELS, Treasurer since December 2012.

Director – Mutual Fund Accounting of the Manager, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 56 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since April 1985.

RICHARD CASSARO, Assistant Treasurer since December 2012.

Senior Accounting Manager – Money Market and Municipal Bond Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 56 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since September 1982.

GAVIN C. REILLY, Assistant Treasurer since December 2012.

Tax Manager of the Investment Accounting and Support Department of the Manager, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 46 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since April 1991.

ROBERT S. ROBOL, Assistant Treasurer since December 2012.

Senior Accounting Manager – Fixed Income Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 50 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since October 1988.

ROBERT SALVIOLO, Assistant Treasurer since December 2012.

Senior Accounting Manager – Equity Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 47 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since June 1989.

ROBERT SVAGNA, Assistant Treasurer since December 2012.

Senior Accounting Manager – Equity Funds of the Manager, and an officer of 70 investment companies (comprised of 172 portfolios) managed by the Manager. He is 47 years old and has been an employee of the Manager since November 1990.

JOSEPH W. CONNOLLY, Chief Compliance Officer since December 2012.

Chief Compliance Officer of the Manager and The Dreyfus Family of Funds (70 investment companies, comprised of 172 portfolios). He is 57 years old and has served in various capacities with the Manager since 1980, including manager of the firm’s Fund Accounting Department from 1997 through October 2001.

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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166


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;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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For More Information


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-Q. The fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

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 http://www.dreyfus.com and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov and without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-DREYFUS.



 

 

 

Item 2.             Code of Ethics.

The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions.  There have been no amendments to, or waivers in connection with, the Code of Ethics during the period covered by this Report.

Item 3.             Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Registrant's Board has determined that Joseph S. DiMartino, a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, is an audit committee financial expert as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").  Joseph S. DiMartino is "independent" as defined by the SEC for purposes of audit committee financial expert determinations.

Item 4.             Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a)  Audit Fees.  The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years (the "Reporting Periods") for professional services rendered by the Registrant's principal accountant (the "Auditor") for the audit of the Registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $33,848 in 2014 and $34,694 in 2015.

 

(b)  Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant's financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item 4 were $0 in 2014 and $8,195 in 2015.  These services consisted of one or more of the following: (i) agreed upon procedures related to compliance with Internal Revenue Code section 817(h), (ii) security counts required by Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (iii) advisory services as to the accounting or disclosure treatment of Registrant transactions or events and (iv) advisory services to the accounting or disclosure treatment of the actual or potential impact to the Registrant of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Boards or other regulatory or standard-setting bodies.

 

The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for non-audit assurance and related services by the Auditor to the Registrant's investment adviser (not including any sub-investment adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant ("Service Affiliates"), that were reasonably related to the performance of the annual audit of the Service Affiliate, which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee were $0 in 2014 and $0 in 2015.

 

(c)  Tax Fees.  The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning ("Tax Services") were $2,799 in 2014 and $3,796 in 2015. These services consisted of: (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, 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. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for Tax Services by the Auditor to Service Affiliates, which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee were $0 in 2014 and $0 in 2015. 

 

 


 

 

(d)  All Other Fees.  The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item, were $0 in 2014 and $100 in 2015. [These services consisted of a review of the Registrant's anti-money laundering program].

 

The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for Non-Audit Services by the Auditor to Service Affiliates, other than the services reported in paragraphs (b) through (c) of this Item, which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee, were $0 in 2014 and $0 in 2015. 

 

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. The Registrant's Audit Committee has established policies and procedures (the "Policy") for pre-approval (within specified fee limits) of the Auditor's engagements for non-audit services to the Registrant and Service Affiliates without specific case-by-case consideration. The pre-approved services in the Policy can include pre-approved audit services, pre-approved audit-related services, pre-approved tax services and pre-approved all other services.  Pre-approval considerations include whether the proposed services are compatible with maintaining the Auditor's independence.  Pre-approvals pursuant to the Policy are considered annually.

(e)(2) None of the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item 4 were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

(f) None of the hours expended on the principal accountant's engagement to audit the registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal account's full-time, permanent employees.

(g) Non-Audit Fees. The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to Service Affiliates, for the Reporting Periods were $51,656,532 in 2014 and $23,444,656 in 2015. 

 

(h) Auditor Independence. The Registrant's Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates, which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval), is compatible with maintaining the Auditor's independence.

 

Item 5.             Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

                        The Registrant is a listed issuer as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  The Registrant has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act and the following persons constitute the Audit Committee and full Board of Trustees of the Registrant:

 

Joseph S. DiMartino

Nathan Leventhal

Robin A. Melvin

Roslyn L. Watson

Benaree Pratt Wiley

 

The Fund has determined that each member of the Audit Committee of the Registrant is not an “interested person” of the Registrant as defined in section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and for purposes of Rule 10A-3(b)(1)(iii) under the Exchange Act, is considered independent.

 


 

 

Item 6.             Investments.

(a)                    Not applicable.

Item 7.             Summary of the Proxy Voting Policy, Procedures and Guidelines of the Fund.

The board has delegated to The Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus") the authority to vote proxies of companies held in the fund's portfolio.

Information regarding how the fund's proxies were voted during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available on Dreyfus' website, by the following August 31st, at http://www.dreyfus.com and on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov on the fund's Form N-PX.

Proxy Voting By Dreyfus

Dreyfus, through its participation in The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation's ("BNY Mellon") Proxy Voting and Governance Committee (the "Proxy Voting Committee"), applies detailed, pre-determined, written proxy voting guidelines for specific types of proposals and matters commonly submitted to shareholders (the "BNY Mellon Voting Guidelines").  This includes guidelines for proxy voting with respect to open-end registered investment company shares (other than securities of a registered investment company over which BNY Mellon and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Dreyfus ("BNYM") has proxy voting authority). 

Securities Out on Loan.  It is Dreyfus' policy to seek to vote all proxies for securities held in the funds' portfolios for which Dreyfus has voting authority.  However, situations may arise in which the Proxy Voting Committee cannot, or has adopted a policy not to, vote certain proxies, such as refraining from securities out on loan in instances in which the costs are believed to outweigh the benefits, such as when the matters presented are not likely to have a material impact on shareholder value or clients' voting will not impact the outcome of the vote.

Securities Out on Loan.  For securities that the fund has loaned to another party, any voting rights that accompany the loaned securities generally pass to the borrower of the securities, but the fund retains the right to recall a security and may then exercise the security's voting rights.  In order to vote the proxies of securities out on loan, the securities must be recalled prior to the established record date.  The fund may recall the loan to vote proxies if a material issue affecting the fund's investment is to be voted upon.

Material Conflicts of Interest.  Dreyfus seeks to avoid material conflicts of interest between the fund and fund shareholders, on the one hand, and Dreyfus, the Distributor, or any affiliated person of the fund, Dreyfus or the Distributor, on the other, through its participation in the Proxy Voting Committee.  The BNY Mellon Proxy Voting Policy states that the Proxy Voting Committee seeks to avoid material conflicts of interest through the establishment of the committee structure, which applies the BNY Mellon Voting Guidelines in an objective and consistent manner across client accounts, based on internal and external research and recommendations provide by third party proxy advisory services (including Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. and Glass Lewis & Co., LLC (the "Proxy Advisers")) and without consideration of any client relationship factors.  The Proxy Voting Committee utilizes the research services of the Proxy Advisers most frequently in connection with proposals that may be controversial or require a case-by-case analysis in accordance with the BNY Mellon Proxy Voting Guidelines.  In addition, the BNY Mellon Proxy Voting Policy states that the Proxy Voting Committee engages a third party as an independent fiduciary to vote all proxies for securities of BNY Mellon or securities of a registered investment company over which BNYM has proxy voting authority and may engage an independent fiduciary to vote proxies of other issuers at the Proxy Voting Committee's discretion. 

 


 

 

Item 8.             Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

(a)(1)  The following information is as of February 28, 2015;

As of February 28, 2015, Christine Todd, Jeffrey Burger, Daniel Rabasco and Thomas Casey of Standish Mellon Asset Management LLC (“Standish”), an affiliate of The Dreyfus Corporation, are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the registrant’s portfolio.

(a)   (2) Information about the other accounts managed by the fund’s primary portfolio managers is provided below.  

Primary
Portfolio Manager

Registered Investment Companies

Total Assets Managed

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

Total Assets Managed

Other Accounts

Total Assets Managed

Christine Todd

3

$1.3B

2

$464M

195

$4.4B

Jeffrey Burger

11

$4.8B

1

$269M

303

$848M

Daniel Rabasco

9

$5.1B

5

$1.3B

11

$1.82B

Thomas Casey

11

$5.7B

N/A

N/A

229

$1.91B

 

None of the funds or accounts are subject to a performance-based advisory fee.

Portfolio managers may manage multiple accounts for a diverse client base, including mutual funds, separate accounts (assets managed on behalf of institutions such as pension funds, insurance companies and foundations), bank common trust accounts and wrap fee programs ("Other Accounts").

Potential conflicts of interest may arise because of the management of Other Accounts.  For example, conflicts of interest may arise with both the aggregation and allocation of securities transactions and allocation of limited investment opportunities, as Dreyfus may be perceived as causing accounts it manages to participate in an offering to increase Dreyfus' overall allocation of securities in that offering, or to increase Dreyfus' ability to participate in future offerings by the same underwriter or issuer.  Allocations of bunched trades, particularly trade orders that were only partially filled due to limited availability, and allocation of investment opportunities generally, could raise a potential conflict of interest, as Dreyfus may have an incentive to allocate securities that are expected to increase in value to preferred accounts.  Initial public offerings, in particular, are frequently of very limited availability.  Additionally, portfolio managers may be perceived to have a conflict of interest if there are a large number of Other Accounts, in addition to the Fund, that they are managing on behalf of Dreyfus.   Dreyfus periodically reviews each portfolio manager's overall responsibilities to ensure that he or she is able to allocate the necessary time and resources to effectively manage the Fund.  In addition, Dreyfus could be viewed as having a conflict of interest to the extent that Dreyfus or its affiliates and/or portfolios managers have a materially larger investment in Other Accounts than their investment in the Fund.

Other Accounts may have investment objectives, strategies and risks that differ from those of the Fund.  For these or other reasons, the portfolio manager may purchase different securities for the Fund and the Other Accounts, and the performance of securities purchased for the Fund may vary from the performance of securities purchased for Other Accounts.  The portfolio manager may place transactions on behalf of Other Accounts that are directly or indirectly contrary to investment decisions made for the Fund, which could have the potential to adversely impact the Fund, depending on market conditions.

 


 

 

A potential conflict of interest may be perceived to arise if transactions in one account closely follow related transactions in another account, such as when a purchase increases the value of securities previously purchased by the other account, or when a sale in one account lowers the sale price received in a sale by a second account. 

Conflicts of interest similar to those described above arise when portfolio managers are employed by a sub-investment adviser or are dual employees of the Manager and an affiliated entity and such portfolio managers also manage other accounts.

Dreyfus' goal is to provide high quality investment services to all of its clients, while meeting Dreyfus' fiduciary obligation to treat all clients fairly.  Dreyfus has adopted and implemented policies and procedures, including brokerage and trade allocation policies and procedures, that it believes address the conflicts associated with managing multiple accounts for multiple clients.  In addition, Dreyfus monitors a variety of areas, including compliance with Fund guidelines, the allocation of IPOs, and compliance with the firm's Code of Ethics.  Furthermore, senior investment and business personnel at Dreyfus periodically review the performance of Dreyfus' portfolio managers.

(a)(3) Portfolio Manager Compensation.  The portfolio managers' compensation is comprised primarily of a market-based salary and an incentive compensation plan (annual and long-term).  Funding for the Standish Incentive Plan is through a pre-determined fixed percentage of overall company profitability.  Therefore, all bonus awards are based initially on Standish's overall performance as opposed to the performance of a single product or group.  All investment professionals are eligible to receive incentive awards.  Cash awards are payable in the February month end pay of the following year. Most of the awards granted have some portion deferred for three years in the form of deferred cash, BNY Mellon equity, interests in investment vehicles (consisting of investments in a range of Standish products), or a combination of the above. Individual awards for portfolio managers are discretionary, based on both individual and multi-sector product risk adjusted performance relative to both benchmarks and peer comparisons over one year, three year and five year periods.  Also considered in determining individual awards are team participation and general contributions to Standish.  Individual objectives and goals are also established at the beginning of each calendar year and are taken into account. Portfolio managers whose compensation exceeds certain levels may elect to defer portions of their base salaries and/or incentive compensation pursuant to BNY Mellon's Elective Deferred Compensation Plan.

(a)(4) The dollar range of Fund shares beneficially owned by the primary portfolio manager are as follows as of the end of the Fund's fiscal year:

 

Portfolio Manager

 

Fund Name

Dollar Range of Fund Shares Beneficially Owned

Christine Todd

Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

$50,001 - $100,000

Jeffrey Burger

Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

None

Daniel Rabasco

Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

None

Thomas Casey

Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

None

 

 


 

 

Item 9.             Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers.

                        None.  

Item 10.           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures applicable to Item 10.

Item 11.           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 second fiscal quarter of 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 12.           Exhibits.

(a)(1)   Code of ethics referred to in Item 2.

(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.

Dreyfus Municipal Bond Infrastructure Fund, Inc.

By:       /s/ Bradley J. Skapyak

            Bradley J. Skapyak,

            President

 

Date:    April 20, 2015

 

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/ Bradley J. Skapyak

            Bradley J. Skapyak,

            President

 

Date:    April 20, 2015

 

By:       /s/ James Windels

            James Windels,

            Treasurer

 

Date:    April 20, 2015

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

(a)(1)   Code of ethics referred to in Item 2.

(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)