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 | 811-08211 |
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| Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Funds | |
| (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) | |
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| c/o BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. 240 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10286 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) | |
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| Deirdre Cunnane, Esq. 240 Greenwich Street New York, New York 10286 | |
| (Name and address of agent for service) | |
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code: | (212) 922-6400 |
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Date of fiscal year end: | 03/31 | |
Date of reporting period: | 03/31/24 | |
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FORM N-CSR
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund
ANNUAL REPORT
March 31, 2024

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IMPORTANT NOTICE – UPCOMING CHANGES TO ANNUAL AND SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted rule and form amendments that will result in changes to the design and delivery of annual and semi-annual fund reports (“Reports”). Beginning in July 2024, Reports will be streamlined to highlight key information. Certain information currently included in Reports, including financial statements, will no longer appear in the Reports but will be available online, delivered free of charge to shareholders upon request, and filed with the SEC. If you previously elected to receive the fund’s Reports electronically, you will continue to do so. Otherwise, you will receive paper copies of the fund’s re-designed Reports by USPS mail in the future. If you would like to receive the fund’s Reports (and/or other communications) electronically instead of by mail, please contact your financial advisor or, if you are a direct investor, please log into your mutual fund account at www.bnymellonim.com/us and select “E-Delivery” under the Profile page. You must be registered for online account access before you can enroll in E-Delivery. |
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The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period covered and do not necessarily represent the views of BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. or any other person in the BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds. |
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Not FDIC-Insured • Not Bank-Guaranteed • May Lose Value |
Contents
THE FUND
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Back Cover
UNDERSTANDING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES (Unaudited)
As a mutual fund investor, you pay ongoing expenses, such as management fees and other expenses. Using the information below, you can estimate how these expenses affect your investment and compare them with the expenses of other funds. You also may pay one-time transaction expenses, including sales charges (loads) and redemption fees, which are not shown in this section and would have resulted in higher total expenses. For more information, see your fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial adviser.
Review your fund’s expenses
The table below shows the expenses you would have paid on a $1,000 investment in Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund from October 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. It also shows how much a $1,000 investment would be worth at the close of the period, assuming actual returns and expenses.
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Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment | |
Assume actual returns for the six months ended March 31, 2024 | |
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Expenses paid per $1,000† | | .00 | |
Ending value (after expenses) | | $1,027.30 | |
COMPARING YOUR FUND’S EXPENSES WITH THOSE OF OTHER FUNDS (Unaudited)
Using the SEC’s method to compare expenses
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has established guidelines to help investors assess fund expenses. Per these guidelines, the table below shows your fund’s expenses based on a $1,000 investment, assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return. You can use this information to compare the ongoing expenses (but not transaction expenses or total cost) of investing in the fund with those of other funds. All mutual fund shareholder reports will provide this information to help you make this comparison. Please note that you cannot use this information to estimate your actual ending account balance and expenses paid during the period.
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Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment | |
Assuming a hypothetical 5% annualized return for the six months ended March 31, 2024 | |
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Expenses paid per $1,000† | | .00 | |
Ending value (after expenses) | | $1,025.00 | |
† | Expenses are equal to the fund’s annualized expense ratio of .00% for Institutional Shares, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS
March 31, 2024
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U.S. Government Agencies Obligations - 7.5% | Annualized Yield (%) | | Principal Amount ($) | | Value ($) | |
Federal Farm Credit Banks: | | |
4/1/2024, Bonds (3 Month SOFR +0.05%) | 5.38 | | 8,000,000 | a | 8,000,000 | |
4/1/2024, Bonds (3 Month SOFR +0.05%) | 5.38 | | 54,000,000 | a | 54,000,000 | |
4/1/2024, Bonds (3 Month SOFR +0.05%) | 5.38 | | 5,000,000 | a | 5,000,000 | |
Federal Home Loan Banks: | | |
4/1/2024, Bonds, Ser. 0 (3 Month SOFR +0.09%) | 5.43 | | 15,000,000 | a | 15,000,000 | |
Total U.S. Government Agencies Obligations (cost $82,000,000) | | | | | 82,000,000 | |
U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Notes - 14.9% |
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4/2/2024, (3 Month USBMMY -0.08%) | 5.23 | | 80,000,000 | a | 79,998,207 | |
4/2/2024, (3 Month USBMMY +0.04%) | 5.34 | | 40,000,000 | a | 39,997,382 | |
4/2/2024, (3 Month USBMMY +0.14%) | 5.44 | | 28,000,000 | a | 27,993,124 | |
4/2/2024, (3 Month USBMMY +0.20%) | 5.50 | | 15,000,000 | a | 15,000,000 | |
Total U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Notes (cost $162,988,713) | | | | | 162,988,713 | |
Repurchase Agreements - 77.6% |
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ABN Amro Bank, Tri-Party Agreement thru BNY Mellon, dated 3/28/2024, due at 4/1/2024 in the amount of $200,118,222 (fully collateralized by: U.S. Treasuries (including strips), 0.38%-1.88%, due 11/30/2026-2/15/2041, valued at $204,000,016) | 5.32 | | 200,000,000 | | 200,000,000 | |
Bank of Nova Scotia, Tri-Party Agreement thru BNY Mellon, dated 3/28/2024, due at 4/1/2024 in the amount of $200,118,444 (fully collateralized by: U.S. Treasuries (including strips), 0.00%-6.63%, due 4/1/2024-2/15/2054, valued at $204,030,204) | 5.33 | | 200,000,000 | | 200,000,000 | |
Credit Agricole CIB, Tri-Party Agreement thru BNY Mellon, dated 3/28/2024, due at 4/1/2024 in the amount of $201,118,813 (fully collateralized by: U.S. Treasuries (including strips), 0.13%-1.75%, due 7/15/2024-1/15/2034, valued at $205,020,000) | 5.32 | | 201,000,000 | | 201,000,000 | |
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STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
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Repurchase Agreements - 77.6% (continued) | Annualized Yield (%) | | Principal Amount ($) | | Value ($) | |
HSBC Securities USA, Inc., Tri-Party Agreement thru BNY Mellon, dated 3/28/2024, due at 4/1/2024 in the amount of $250,148,056 (fully collateralized by: Government National Mortgage Association Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities, 2.50%-8.00%, due 6/20/2024-3/20/2054, valued at $255,000,000) | 5.33 | | 250,000,000 | | 250,000,000 | |
Total Repurchase Agreements (cost $851,000,000) | | | | | 851,000,000 | |
Total Investments (cost $1,095,988,713) | | 100.0% | | 1,095,988,713 | |
Cash and Receivables (Net) | | .0% | | 509,560 | |
Net Assets | | 100.0% | | 1,096,498,273 | |
SOFR—Secured Overnight Financing Rate
USBMMY—U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield
a Variable rate security—interest rate resets periodically and rate shown is the interest rate in effect at period end. Date shown represents the earlier of the next interest reset date or ultimate maturity date. Security description also includes the reference rate and spread if published and available.
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Portfolio Summary (Unaudited) † | Value (%) |
Repurchase Agreements | 77.6 |
U.S. Treasury Securities | 14.9 |
U.S. Government Agencies Obligations | 7.5 |
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† Based on net assets.
See notes to financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
March 31, 2024
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Assets ($): | | | | |
Investments in securities—See Statement of Investments (including repurchase agreements of $851,000,000) —Note 1(b) | 1,095,988,713 | | 1,095,988,713 | |
Interest receivable | | 2,791,992 | |
Due from BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.—Note 2(b) | | 2,460 | |
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Liabilities ($): | | | | |
Cash overdraft due to Custodian | | | | | 2,270,703 | |
Trustees’ fees and expenses payable | | 14,189 | |
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Net Assets ($) | | | 1,096,498,273 | |
Composition of Net Assets ($): | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | | | | 1,096,527,383 | |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | | | | | (29,110) | |
Net Assets ($) | | | 1,096,498,273 | |
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Net Asset Value Per Share | Institutional Shares | |
Net Assets ($) | 1,096,498,273 | |
Shares Outstanding | 1,096,533,770 | |
Net Asset Value Per Share ($) | 1.00 | |
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See notes to financial statements. | | |
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Year Ended March 31, 2024
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Investment Income ($): | | | | |
Interest Income | | | 69,266,638 | |
Expenses: | | | | |
Management fee—Note 2(a) | | | 1,309,693 | |
Trustees’ fees—Note 2(a,c) | | | 79,875 | |
Shareholder servicing costs—Note 2(b) | | | 47,559 | |
Total Expenses | | | 1,437,127 | |
Less—reduction in expenses due to undertaking—Note 2(a) | | | (1,357,252) | |
Less—Trustees’ fees reimbursed by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.—Note 2(a) | | | (79,875) | |
Net Expenses | | | - | |
Net Investment Income, representing net increase in net assets resulting from operations | | | 69,266,638 | |
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See notes to financial statements. | | | | | |
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
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Operations ($): | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | 69,266,638 | | | | 82,732,065 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | | - | | | | (27,964) | |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | 69,266,638 | | | | 82,704,101 | |
Distributions ($): | |
Distributions to shareholders: | | | | | | | | |
Institutional Shares | | | (63,246,947) | | | | (29,558,404) | |
SL Shares | | | (6,019,166) | | | | (53,173,661) | |
Total Distributions | | | (69,266,113) | | | | (82,732,065) | |
Beneficial Interest Transactions ($1.00 per share): | |
Net proceeds from shares sold: | | | | | | | | |
Institutional Shares | | | 7,389,388,970 | | | | 6,352,527,550 | |
SL Shares | | | 477,842,724 | | | | 10,438,204,706 | |
Cost of shares redeemed: | | | | | | | | |
Institutional Shares | | | (7,128,566,156) | | | | (6,975,528,845) | |
SL Shares | | | (1,117,722,588) | | | | (13,390,008,536) | |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Beneficial Interest Transactions | (379,057,050) | | | | (3,574,805,125) | |
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | (379,056,525) | | | | (3,574,833,089) | |
Net Assets ($): | |
Beginning of Period | | | 1,475,554,798 | | | | 5,050,387,887 | |
End of Period | | | 1,096,498,273 | | | | 1,475,554,798 | |
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a Effective at the close of business July 6, 2023, SL shares were terminated. Prior to termination SL shares were exchanged for Institutional shares of the fund. |
See notes to financial statements. | | | | | | | | |
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The following table describes the performance for the fiscal period indicated. All information reflects financial results for a single fund share. Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption at net asset value on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. These figures have been derived from the fund’s financial statements.
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Institutional Shares | | 2024a | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
Per Share Data ($): | | | | | | |
Net asset value, beginning of period | | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Investment Operations: | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | .053 | .028 | .001 | .002 | .019 |
Distributions: | | | | | | |
Dividends from net investment income | | (.053) | (.028) | (.001) | (.002) | (.019) |
Dividends from net realized gain on investments | | - | - | - | (.000)b | - |
Total Distributions | | (.053) | (.028) | (.001) | (.002) | (.019) |
Net asset value, end of period | | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Total Return (%) | | 5.43 | 2.83 | .07 | .18 | 1.94 |
Ratios/Supplemental Data (%): | | | | | | |
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets | | .11 | .11 | .11 | .11 | .11 |
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets | | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .00 |
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | | 5.31 | 2.59 | .07 | .17 | 1.94 |
Net Assets, end of period ($ x 1,000) | | 1,096,498 | 835,686 | 1,458,704 | 1,313,228 | 1,625,061 |
a Effective at the close of business July 6, 2023, SL shares wwere terminated. Prior to termination SL shares were exchanged for Institutional shares of the fund.
b Amount represents less than $.001 per share.
See notes to financial statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1—Significant Accounting Policies:
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund (the “fund”) is the sole series of Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Funds (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as a diversified open-end management investment company. The fund’s investment objective is to seek as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. The fund serves as an investment vehicle for certain other funds managed by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. as well as for clients of The Bank of New York Mellon as securities lending agent, and clients of other securities lending agents. As of March 31, 2024, all of the fund’s outstanding shares were held by other funds managed by BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. (the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon”), serves as the fund’s investment adviser.
Effective September 1, 2023, the Adviser has engaged its affiliate, Dreyfus, to serve as the fund’s sub-investment adviser. Dreyfus is a division of Mellon Investments Corporation (the “Sub-Adviser”), a registered investment adviser and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon, with its principal office located at One Boston Place, 15th Floor, Boston, MA 02108.
Effective at close of business July 6, 2023, SL shares were terminated. Prior to termination SL shares were exchanged for institutional Shares of the fund.
BNY Mellon Securities Corporation (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, is the distributor of the fund’s shares, which are sold to the public without a sales charge. The fund is authorized to issue an unlimited number of $.001 par value shares of Beneficial Interest in each of the following classes of shares: Institutional. The fund’s Institutional shares are designed for the funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and BNY Mellon Funds Trust for the investment of their excess cash. The fund’s Institutional shares are not offered to any other investors. Income, expenses (other than expenses attributable to a specific class), and realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
The fund operates as a “government money market fund” as that term is defined in Rule 2a-7 under the Act. It is the fund’s policy to maintain a constant net asset value (“NAV”) per share of $1.00 and the fund has adopted certain investment, portfolio valuation and dividend and
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
distribution policies to enable it to do so. There is no assurance, however, that the fund will be able to maintain a constant NAV per share of $1.00.
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 SEC under authority of federal laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the FASB ASC Topic 946 Financial Services-Investment Companies. 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 Trust 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: Investments in securities are valued at amortized cost in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the Act. If amortized cost is determined not to approximate fair market value, the fair value of the portfolio securities will be determined by procedures established by and under the general oversight of the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Act.
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 prioritizes 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.
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:
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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. For example, money market securities are valued using amortized cost, in accordance with rules under the Act. Generally, amortized cost approximates the current fair value of a security, but since the value is not obtained from a quoted price in an active market, such securities are reflected within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2024 in valuing the fund’s investments:
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| Level 1-Unadjusted Quoted Prices | Level 2- Other Significant Observable Inputs | | Level 3-Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | |
Assets ($) | | |
Investments in Securities:† | | |
Short-Term Investments | - | 1,095,988,713 | | - | 1,095,988,713 | |
† See Statement of Investments for additional detailed categorizations, if any.
(b) Securities transactions and investment income: Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Interest income, adjusted for accretion of discount and amortization of premium on investments, is earned from settlement date and is recognized on the accrual basis. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis.
The fund may enter into repurchase agreements with financial institutions, deemed to be creditworthy by the Adviser, subject to the seller’s agreement to repurchase and the fund’s agreement to resell such securities at a mutually agreed upon price. Pursuant to the terms of the repurchase agreement, such securities must have an aggregate market value greater than or equal to the terms of the repurchase price plus accrued interest at all times. If the value of the underlying securities falls below the value of the repurchase price plus accrued interest, the fund will require the seller to deposit additional collateral by the next business day. If the request for
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
additional collateral is not met, or the seller defaults on its repurchase obligation, the fund maintains its right to sell the underlying securities at market value and may claim any resulting loss against the seller. The collateral is held on behalf of the fund by the tri-party administrator with respect to any tri-party agreement. The fund may also jointly enter into one or more repurchase agreements with other funds managed by the Adviser in accordance with an exemptive order granted by the SEC pursuant to section 17(d) and Rule 17d-1 under the Act. Any joint repurchase agreements must be collateralized fully by U.S. Government securities.
For financial reporting purposes, the fund elects not to offset assets and liabilities subject to a Repurchase Agreement, if any, in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Therefore, all qualifying transactions are presented on a gross basis in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. As of March 31, 2024, the impact of netting of assets and liabilities and the offsetting of collateral pledged or received, if any, based on contractual netting/set-off provisions in the Repurchase Agreement are detailed in the following table:
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Repurchase Agreements | | 851,000,000 | | - | |
Total gross amount of assets and liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | 851,000,000 | | - | |
Collateral (received)/posted not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | (851,000,000) | 1 | - | |
Net amount | | - | | - | |
1 | The value of the related collateral received by the fund normally exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement by the fund. See Statement of Investments for detailed information regarding collateral received for open repurchase agreements. |
(c) Market Risk: The value of the securities in which the fund invests may be affected by political, regulatory, economic and social developments. Events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issue, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments. Recent examples include pandemic risks related to COVID-19 and aggressive measures taken world-wide in response by governments, including closing borders, restricting international and domestic travel, and the imposition of prolonged quarantines of large populations, and by businesses, including changes to operations and reducing staff.
Repurchase Agreement Counterparty Risk: The fund is subject to the risk that a counterparty in a repurchase agreement could fail to honor the terms of the agreement.
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(d) Dividends and distributions to shareholders: It is the policy of the fund to declare dividends daily from net investment income. Such dividends are 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.
(e) Federal income taxes: It is the policy of the fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company, if such qualification is in the best interests of its shareholders, by complying with the applicable provisions of the Code, and to make distributions of taxable 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 March 31, 2024, 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 March 31, 2024, the fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
Each tax year in the four-year period ended March 31, 2024 remains subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state taxing authorities.
At March 31, 2024, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows: undistributed ordinary income $525 and accumulated capital losses $29,635.
The fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses for an unlimited period. Furthermore, 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, realized subsequent to March 31, 2024. The fund has $29,635 of short-term capital losses which can be carried forward for an unlimited period.
The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 were as follows: ordinary income $69,266,113 and $82,732,065, respectively.
At March 31, 2024, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes (see the Statement of Investments).
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
NOTE 2—Management Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates:
(a) Pursuant to a management agreement with the Adviser, the management fee is computed at the annual rate of .10% of the value of the fund’s average daily net assets and is payable monthly. The Adviser has agreed in its management agreement with the fund to: (1) pay all of the fund’s direct expenses, except management fees and certain other expenses, including the fees and expenses of the independent board members and independent counsel to the fund and to the independent board members, and (2) reduce its fees pursuant to the management agreement in an amount equal to the fund’s allocable portion of the fees and expenses of the independent board members and independent counsel to the fund and to the independent board members. These provisions in the management agreement may not be amended without the approval of the fund's shareholders. During the period ended March 31, 2024, fees reimbursed by the Adviser amounted to $79,875.
The Adviser had agreed from April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024 to waive receipt of its management fee pursuant to an undertaking by the Adviser. This fee waiver undertaking is voluntary, not contractual, and may be terminated by the Adviser at any time. In addition, the Adviser had agreed, from April 1, 2023 through close of business July 6, 2023 to waive receipt of its Shareholder Service Plan by .04% of the value of SL shares’ average daily net assets. The reduction in expenses, pursuant to the undertakings, amounted to $1,357,252 during the period ended March 31, 2024.
Effective September 1, 2023, pursuant to a sub-investment advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, the Adviser pays to the Sub-Adviser a monthly fee of 50% of the monthly management fee the Adviser receives from the fund with respect to value of the sub-advised net assets of the fund, net of any fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements made by the Adviser.
(b) Under the Shareholder Services Plan with respect to SL shares, SL shares had reimburse the Distributor at an amount not to exceed an annual rate of .04% of the value of the average daily net assets of its shares for the provision of certain services. The services provided may include personal services relating to shareholder accounts, such as answering shareholder inquiries regarding the fund and providing reports and other information, and services related to the maintenance of shareholder accounts. The Distributor may pay BNY Mellon and its affiliates, and other securities lending agents, from the fees it receives under the shareholder services plan for the provision of such services by BNY Mellon or its affiliates, or
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such other securities lending agents, to their clients who are beneficial owners of SL shares of the fund. During the period ended March 31, 2024, SL shares were charged $47,559 pursuant to the Shareholder Services Plan. Effective as of the close of business on July 6, 2023, the Shareholder Services Plan was terminated.
The fund has an arrangement with The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Custodian”), a subsidiary of BNY Mellon and an affiliate of the Adviser, whereby the fund will receive interest income or be charged overdraft fees when cash balances are maintained. For financial reporting purposes, the fund includes this interest income and overdraft fees, if any, as interest income in the Statement of Operations.
The components of “Due from BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. and affiliates” in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities consist of: management fee of $95,308, which are offset against an expense reimbursement currently in effect in the amount of $97,768.
(c) Each board member of the fund also serves as a board member of other funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds complex. Annual retainer fees and meeting attendance fees are allocated to each fund based on net assets.
NOTE 3—Subsequent Event:
On July 12, 2023, the SEC adopted amendments to rules that govern money market funds. The amendments include a mandatory liquidity fee for institutional prime and institutional tax-exempt money market funds, which will apply when a fund experiences daily net redemptions that exceed 5% of net assets. The amendments maintain a fund board’s ability to impose liquidity fees (not to exceed 2% of the value of the shares redeemed) on a discretionary basis for non-government money market funds. The amendments also substantially increase the required minimum levels of daily and weekly liquid assets for all money market funds from 10% and 30%, to 25% and 50%, respectively. Further, the amendments remove a money market fund’s ability to impose temporary “gates” to suspend redemptions in order to prevent dilution and remove the link between a money market fund’s liquidity level and its imposition of liquidity fees. The amendments became effective October 2, 2023 with tiered compliance dates. The removal of the link between liquidity levels and the imposition of liquidity fees, as well as the removal of a money market fund’s ability to impose redemption gates, became effective on October 2, 2023. On April 2, 2024, money market funds were required to comply with the increased daily and weekly liquid asset minimums, and non-government money market funds will be permitted to impose
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
discretionary liquidity fees. On October 2, 2024, money market funds will be required to comply with the new mandatory liquidity fee framework. The fund is compliant with all amendments that are effective to date, and is currently preparing for any amendments that will become effective after the date of these financial statements.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and the Board of Trustees of Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) (the sole fund constituting Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Funds(the “Trust”)), including the statement of investments, as of March 31, 2024, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund (the sole fund constituting Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Money Market Funds) at March 31, 2024, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2024, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and others; when replies were not received from brokers and others, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds since at least 1957, but we are unable to determine the specific year.
New York, New York
May 23, 2024
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IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)
For federal tax purposes the fund hereby reports 100% of ordinary income dividends paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 as qualifying “interest related dividends”.
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BOARD MEMBERS INFORMATION (Unaudited)
Independent Board Members
Joseph S. DiMartino (80)
Chairman of the Board (1997)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· Director or Trustee of funds in the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and certain other entities (as described in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information) (1995-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
· CBIZ, Inc., a public company providing professional business services, products and solutions, Director (1997-May 2023)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 85
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Francine J. Bovich (72)
Board Member (2015)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· The Bradley Trusts, private trust funds, Trustee (2011-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
· Annaly Capital Management, Inc., a real estate investment trust, Director (2014-Present)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 69
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J. Charles Cardona (68)
Board Member (2014)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· BNY Mellon ETF Trust, Chairman and Trustee (2020-Present)
· BNY Mellon Liquidity Funds, Director (2004-Present) and Chairman (2019-2021)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 35
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Andrew J. Donohue (73)
Board Member (2019)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· Attorney, Solo Law Practice (2019-Present)
· Shearman & Sterling LLP, a law firm, Of Counsel (2017-2019)
· Chief of Staff to the Chair of the SEC (2015-2017)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
· Oppenheimer Funds (58 funds), Director (2017-2019)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 40
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BOARD MEMBERS INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Isabel P. Dunst (77)
Board Member (2014)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· Hogan Lovells LLP, a law firm, Retired (2019-Present); Senior Counsel (2018-2019); Of Counsel (2015-2018)
· Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Member of the Board of Governors (2015-Present)
· Bend the ARC, a civil rights organization, Board Member (2016-December 2021)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 22
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Nathan Leventhal (81)
Board Member (2009)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, President Emeritus (2001-Present)
· Palm Beach Opera, President (2016-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
· Movado Group, Inc., a public company that designs, sources, markets and distributes watches Director (2003-2020)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 51
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Robin A. Melvin (60)
Board Member (2014)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· Westover School, a private girls' boarding school in Middlebury, Connecticut, Trustee (2019-June 2023)
· Mentor Illinois, a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the quantity and quality of mentoring services in Illinois, Co-Chair (2014-March 2020); Board Member (2013-March 2020)
· JDRF, a non-profit juvenile diabetes research foundation, Board Member (June 2021-June 2022)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
· HPS Corporate Lending Fund, a closed-end management investment company regulated as a business development company, Trustee (August 2021-Present)
· HPS Corporate Capital Solutions Fund, a close-end management investment company regulated as a business development company, Trustee, (December 2023-Present)
· Northwestern Memorial Hospital, an academic medical center, Board Member (March 2024-Present)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 67
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Roslyn M. Watson (74)
Board Member (2014)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· Watson Ventures, Inc., a real estate investment company. Principal (1993-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
· American Express Bank, FSB, Director (1993-2018)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 40
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Benaree Pratt Wiley (77)
Board Member (2009)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· The Wiley Group, a firm specializing in strategy and business development, Principal (2005-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
· CBIZ, Inc., a public company providing professional business services, products and solutions, Director (2008-Present)
· Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Director (2004-December 2020)
No. of Portfolios for which Board Member Serves: 56
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Tamara Belinfanti (48)
Advisory Board Member (2021)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· New York Law School, Lester Martin Professor of Law (2009-Present)
No. of Portfolios for which Advisory Board Member Serves: 22
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Gordon J. Davis (82)
Advisory Board Member (2021)
Principal Occupation During Past 5 Years:
· Venable LLP, a law firm, Partner (2012-Present)
Other Public Company Board Memberships During Past 5 Years:
· BNY Mellon Family of Funds (53 funds), Board Member (1995-August 2021)
No. of Portfolios for which Advisory Board Member Serves: 38
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The address of the Board Members and Officers is c/o BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286. Additional information about each Board Member is available in the fund’s Statement of Additional Information which can be obtained from the Adviser free of charge by calling this toll free number: 1-800-373-9387.
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OFFICERS OF THE FUND (Unaudited)
DAVID DIPETRILLO, President since January 2021.
Vice President and Director of the Adviser since February 2021; Head of North America Distribution, BNY Mellon Investment Management since February 2023; and Head of North America Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management from January 2018 to February 2023. He is an officer of 52 investment companies (comprised of 98 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 46 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon since 2005.
JAMES WINDELS, Treasurer since November 2001.
Director of the Adviser since February 2023; Vice President of the Adviser since September 2020; and Director–BNY Mellon Fund Administration. He is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 65 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since April 1985.
PETER M. SULLIVAN, Chief Legal Officer since July 2021 and Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2019.
Chief Legal Officer of the Adviser and Associate General Counsel of BNY Mellon since July 2021; Senior Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon from December 2020 to July 2021; and Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon from March 2009 to December 2020. He is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 56 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon since April 2004.
SARAH S. KELLEHER, Secretary since April 2024 and Vice President since April 2014.
Vice President of BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser; LLC since February 2020; Senior Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon since September 2021; and Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon from December 2017 to September 2021. She is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 48 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon since March 2013.
DEIRDRE CUNNANE, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2019.
Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon since December 2021; and Counsel of BNY Mellon from August 2018 to December 2021. She is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 33 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon since August 2013.
LISA M. KING, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2024.
Vice President and Assistant Secretary. Counsel of BNY Mellon since June 2023; and Regulatory Administration Group Manager at BNY Mellon Asset Servicing from February 2016 to June 2023. She is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 56 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon since February 2016.
JEFF PRUSNOFSKY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since August 2005.
Senior Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon. He is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 58 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since October 1990.
AMANDA QUINN, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2020.
Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon since March 2024; Counsel of BNY Mellon from June 2019 to February 2024; and Regulatory Administration Manager at BNY Mellon Investment Management Services from September 2018 to May 2019. She is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 39 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon since June 2012.
JOANNE SKERRETT, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2023.
Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon since June 2022; and Senior Counsel with the Mutual Fund Directors Forum, a leading funds industry organization, from 2016 to June 2022. She is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 52 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since June 2022.
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NATALYA ZELENSKY, Vice President and Assistant Secretary since March 2017.
Chief Compliance Officer since August 2021 and Vice President since February 2020 of BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC; Chief Compliance Officer since August 2021 and Vice President and Assistant Secretary since February 2020 of BNY Mellon ETF Trust; Managing Counsel of BNY Mellon from December 2019 to August 2021; Counsel of BNY Mellon from May 2016 to December 2019; and Assistant Secretary of the Adviser from April 2018 to August 2021. She is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 38 years old and has been an employee of BNY Mellon since May 2016.
DANIEL GOLDSTEIN, Vice President since March 2022.
Head of Product Development of North America Distribution, BNY Mellon Investment Management since January 2018; Executive Vice President of North America Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management since April 2023; and Senior Vice President, Development & Oversight of North America Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management from 2010 to March 2023. He is an officer of 52 investment companies (comprised of 98 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 54 years old and has been an employee of the Distributor since 1991.
JOSEPH MARTELLA, Vice President since March 2022.
Vice President of the Adviser since December 2022; Head of Product Management of North America Distribution, BNY Mellon Investment Management since January 2018; Executive Vice President of North America Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management since April 2023; and Senior Vice President of North America Product, BNY Mellon Investment Management from 2010 to March 2023. He is an officer of 52 investment companies (comprised of 98 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 47 years old and has been an employee of the Distributor since 1999.
GAVIN C. REILLY, Assistant Treasurer since December 2005.
Tax Manager–BNY Mellon Fund Administration. He is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 55 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since April 1991.
ROBERT SALVIOLO, Assistant Treasurer since July 2007.
Senior Accounting Manager–BNY Mellon Fund Administration. He is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 57 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since June 1989.
ROBERT SVAGNA, Assistant Treasurer since August 2005.
Senior Accounting Manager–BNY Mellon Fund Administration. He is an officer of 53 investment companies (comprised of 116 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. He is 57 years old and has been an employee of the Adviser since November 1990.
JOSEPH W. CONNOLLY, Chief Compliance Officer since October 2004.
Chief Compliance Officer of the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and BNY Mellon Funds Trust since 2004; and Chief Compliance Officer of the Adviser from 2004 until June 2021. He is the Chief Compliance Officer of 52 investment companies (comprised of 103 portfolios) managed by the Adviser. He is 66 years old.
CARIDAD M. CAROSELLA, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since January 2016.
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of the BNY Mellon Family of Funds and BNY Mellon Funds Trust. She is an officer of 46 investment companies (comprised of 109 portfolios) managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. She is 55 years old and has been an employee of the Distributor since 1997.
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Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Plus Money Market Fund
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Adviser
BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Sub-Adviser
Dreyfus
One Boston Place, 15th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Transfer Agent &
Dividend Disbursing Agent
BNY Mellon Transfer, Inc.
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Distributor
BNY Mellon Securities Corporation
240 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10286
Telephone Call your representative or 1-800-373-9387
Mail BNY Mellon Family of Funds to: BNY Mellon Institutional Services, 144 Glenn Curtiss Boulevard, Uniondale, NY 11556-0144
E-mail Send your request to instserv@bnymellon.com
Internet Access Dreyfus Money Market Funds at www.dreyfus.com
The fund will disclose daily, on www.dreyfus.com, the fund’s complete schedule of holdings as of the end of the previous business day. The schedule of holdings will remain on the website for a period of five months. The fund files a monthly schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form N-MFP. The fund’s Forms N-MFP are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
Information regarding how the fund voted proxies related to portfolio securities for the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available at www.dreyfus.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-373-9387
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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 J. Charles Cardona, 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"). Mr. Cardona 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 $36,261 in 2023 and $36,986 in 2024.
(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 $7,246 in 2023 and $7,430 in 2024. 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 2023 and $0 in 2024.
(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 $3,342 in 2023 and $3,342 in 2024. 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; (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held, and (iv) determination of Passive Foreign Investment Companies. 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 $7,158 in 2023 and $7,474 in 2024.
(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 $2 in 2023 and $2 in 2024. 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 2023 and $0 in 2024.
(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) Note. 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 accountant's full-time, permanent employees.
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 $1,685,164 in 2023 and $1,839,548 in 2024.
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.
(j) Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Investments.
(a) Not applicable.
| Item 7. | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
| Item 9. | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers. |
Not applicable.
| 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 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. | Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies. |
Not applicable.
(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 Institutional Preferred Money Market Funds
By: /s/ David J. DiPetrillo
David J. DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: May 21, 2024
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/ David J. DiPetrillo
David J. DiPetrillo
President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date: May 21, 2024
By: /s/ James Windels
James Windels
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date: May 21, 2024
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)