BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc.

Issuer

BNY MELLON STRATEGIC MUNICIPALS, INC.

Principal executive office address

C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC., 240 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10286.

Citizenship

Sit Investment Associates, Inc. Minnesota Sit Fixed Income Advisors II, LLC Delaware

Filing person

Sit Investment Associates, Inc. Sit Fixed Income Advisors II, LLC

Principal business or residence address

80 South 8th Street, Suite 3300 Minneapolis, MN 55402

Not applicable indication

N

Type of filing person

IA

Percent of class

See response to item 11 on each cover page

Amount beneficially owned

See response to item 9 on each cover page

Sole voting power

See response to item 5 on each cover page

Shared voting power

See response to item 6 on each cover page

Sole dispositive power

See response to item 7 on each cover page

Shared dispositive power

See response to item 8 on each cover page. The ownership percentages reported are based on 62,290,584 shares of common stock outstanding as of 9/30/2025, as reported in the Issuer's Report on Form N-CSR filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. Sit Investment Associates, Inc. ("SIA") is an investment adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Sit Fixed Income Advisors II, LLC ("SFI") is an investment adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and a subsidiary of SIA. SIA and SFI provide investment management services to client accounts ("Accounts"). In their roles as investment advisers SIA and SFI possess shared voting and investment power over securities of the Issuer described in this schedule 13G owned by the Accounts and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such shares of the Issuer owned by the Accounts. All securities reported in this schedule 13G are owned by the Accounts. Pursuant to Rule 13d-4 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), SIA and SFI disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities.

Not applicable indication

Y

Ownership of 5% or less

N

Not applicable indication

N

Ownership on behalf of another person

Except as may be indicated if this is a joint filing with a registered investment company managed by SIA or SFI, not more than 5% of the class of such securities is owned by any one Account subject to the investment advice of SIA or SFI.

Not applicable indication

Y

Not applicable indication

Y

Not applicable indication

Y

Not applicable indication

N

Certifications

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.

Exhibit A Joint Filing Agreement