# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000053808
**File Stem:** 0000053808-23-000025
**Filing Date:** 2023-3
**Character Count:** 5378
**Document Hash:** 22f562c3644d370644b8469191c4a3f9
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000053808-23-000025.hdr.sgml**: 20230323

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000053808-23-000025

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230323

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230323

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230323

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BNY Mellon Investment Funds III
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000053808
- **IRS NUMBER:** 042694144
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 033-43846
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23754627

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
- **STREET 2:** 240 GREENWICH STREET
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10286
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2129226400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
- **STREET 2:** 240 GREENWICH STREET
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10286

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** DREYFUS/LAUREL FUNDS TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20181030

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** DREYFUS LAUREL FUNDS TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19941122

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** LAUREL FUNDS TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19940202

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### BNY Mellon Global Equity Income Fund (Series ID: S000018029)

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|  |  |  |
|:---|:---|:---|
| Class Name | Ticker Symbol | Class ID   |
| Class A    | DEQAX         | C000049945 |
| Class C    | DEQCX         | C000049946 |
| Class I    | DQEIX         | C000049947 |
| Class Y    | DEQYX         | C000130468 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### BNY Mellon Global Equity Income Fund (Series ID: S000018029)

| Class ID   | Class Name   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000049945 | Class A      | DEQAX           |
| C000049946 | Class C      | DEQCX           |
| C000049947 | Class I      | DQEIX           |
| C000130468 | Class Y      | DEQYX           |

March 23, 2023

**BNY MELLON** **Global Equity Income FUND**

*Supplement to Current Summary Prospectus and Prospectus* **<br>** 

<br> **Effective on or about March 31, 2023 (the "Effective Date"), the following information supplements and replaces any contrary information in the sections "Portfolio Management" in the summary prospectus and "Fund Summary – Portfolio Management" in the fund's prospectus:**

Newton Investment Management Limited (NIM), the fund's sub-adviser, has entered into a sub-sub-investment advisory agreement with its affiliate, Newton Investment Management North America, LLC (NIMNA), to enable NIMNA to provide certain advisory services to NIM for the benefit of the fund, including, but not limited to, portfolio management services.

The fund is managed by a team of portfolio managers employed by NIM and NIMNA. The team consists of Jon Bell, Robert Hay and James Lydotes. Messrs. Bell and Hay have each been a primary portfolio manager of the fund since March 2020. Mr. Lydotes has been a primary portfolio manager of the fund since March 2023. Messrs. Bell and Hay are investment managers for NIM's Global Equity Income strategy. Mr. Lydotes is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer of the Equity division and a portfolio manager at NIMNA.

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**As of the Effective Date, the following information supplements and replaces any contrary information in the section "Fund Details – Management" in the fund's prospectus:**

Newton Investment Management Limited (NIM), the fund's sub-adviser, has entered into a sub-sub-investment advisory agreement with its affiliate, Newton Investment Management North America, LLC (NIMNA), to enable NIMNA to provide certain advisory services to NIM for the benefit of the fund, including, but not limited to, portfolio management services. NIMNA is subject to the supervision of NIM and BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc., the fund's investment adviser. NIMNA is also an affiliate of BNYM Investment Adviser. NIMNA is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon registered in the United States with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser. NIMNA's principal office is located at BNY Mellon Center, 201 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108. As of December 31, 2022, NIMNA had approximately $52.3 billion in assets under management. A discussion regarding the basis for the board's approving the sub-sub-investment advisory agreement between NIM and NIMNA will be available in the fund's next shareholder report.

The fund is managed by a team of portfolio managers employed by NIM and NIMNA. The team consists of Jon Bell, Robert Hay and James Lydotes. Messrs. Bell and Hay have each been a primary portfolio manager of the fund since March 2020 and Mr. Lydotes has been a primary portfolio manager of the fund since March 2023. They are jointly and primarily responsible for managing the fund's portfolio. Mr. Bell is an investment manager for the Global Equity Income strategy at NIM, which he joined in 1995. Mr. Hay is an investment manager for the Global Equity Income strategy at NIM, which he joined in 2000. Mr. Lydotes is the Deputy Chief Investment Officer of the Equity division and a portfolio manager at NIMNA. He has been employed by NIMNA or a predecessor company of NIMNA since 2007.

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