BNY MELLON JAPAN WOMENOMICS FUND CLASS A (DJWAX) Exchange: NMFQS

To pursueits goal, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investmentpurposes, in securities of companies listed or principally traded on a recognized stock exchange in Japanthat, in the view of the fund's sub-adviser, benefit from the "Womenomics" initiative in Japan. Thisinitiative seeks to enhance economic growth through the general economic empowerment of women and includesefforts to ease barriers to female employment outside the home, promote women to leadership positions,and close the gender pay gap. The fund invests principally in common stocks, and may invest in the stocksof companies with any market capitalization.The fund's sub-adviser uses an investment process that combines fundamentalanalysis and security valuation with the Womenomics growth theme. Security selection reflects a growth-at-reasonable-price(GARP) style. Throughfundamental, bottom-up research with a mid- to long-term view, the fund's sub-adviser seeks toidentify companies with investment attributes such as growth potential, the ability to deliver long termearnings above market expectations, and attractive valuations. The fund's sub-adviser selects for investment those Japanesecompanies it determines will benefit from the Womenomics initiative, such as companies that (i) activelyemploy and promote women to leadership positions and help close the gender pay gap or have determinedto adopt such a strategy going forward, (ii) offer products or services designed for women, or (iii)benefit directly or indirectly from the economic empowerment of women. By selecting such companies forinvestment by the fund, the fund's sub-adviser seeks investment opportunities that take advantage ofsocietal and demographic changes in Japan and which the sub-adviser believes should benefit from theresultant growth of female economic power in Japan.The fund is not managed to a benchmark index,nor will the fund's portfolio have the same characteristics as its designated broad-based securitiesmarket index — the TOPIX® Total Return Index, a market capitalization-weighted index consisting ofall stocks traded on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The fund may sell a company'sstock for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, to respond to a change in the fundamental outlookfor the company, or to redeploy assets into more promising opportunities.Securitiesin which the fund invests generally will be denominated in Japanese yen. Under normal conditions, thefund will not engage in currency hedging.