NEV |
Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund |
|
Portfolio of Investments (continued) |
|
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
Optional Call |
|
|
Amount (000) |
Description (1) |
Provisions (2) |
Ratings (3) |
Value |
|
Puerto Rico – 3.7% |
|
|
|
$ 75,000 |
Children’s Trust Fund, Puerto Rico, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2008A, |
5/22 at 7.31 |
N/R |
$ 4,551,750 |
|
0.000%, 5/15/57 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewerage Authority, Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2012A, |
7/22 at 100.00 |
CCC |
1,006,760 |
|
5.750%, 7/01/37 |
|
|
|
|
Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, Highway Revenue Bonds, Series 2007N: |
|
|
|
1,000 |
8.600%, 7/01/27 – AMBAC Insured |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
967,880 |
1,000 |
5.250%, 7/01/36 – AGC Insured |
No Opt. Call |
AA |
1,049,030 |
|
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Restructured 2018A-1: |
|
|
|
565 |
0.000%, 7/01/51 |
7/28 at 30.01 |
N/R |
119,062 |
2,000 |
4.750%, 7/01/53 |
7/28 at 100.00 |
N/R |
2,028,300 |
2,000 |
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Taxable |
7/28 at 100.00 |
N/R |
1,982,260 |
|
Restructured Cofina Project Series 2019A-2, 4.329%, 7/01/40 |
|
|
|
500 |
Puerto Rico, General Obligation Bonds, Restructured Series 2022A-1, 4.000%, 7/01/46 |
7/31 at 103.00 |
N/R |
439,875 |
83,065 |
Total Puerto Rico |
|
|
12,144,917 |
|
South Carolina – 2.4% |
|
|
|
7,500 |
South Carolina Public Service Authority Santee Cooper Revenue Obligations, Refunding |
12/26 at 100.00 |
A |
7,955,100 |
|
Series 2016B, 5.000%, 12/01/46 (UB) (4) |
|
|
|
|
Tennessee – 0.3% |
|
|
|
1,000 |
Bristol Industrial Development Board, Tennessee, State Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Pinnacle |
12/26 at 100.00 |
N/R |
981,000 |
|
Project, Series 2016A, 5.125%, 12/01/42, 144A |
|
|
|
155 |
The Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corporation, Gas Revenue Bonds, Series 2006C, |
No Opt. Call |
A |
159,957 |
|
5.000%, 2/01/24 |
|
|
|
1,155 |
Total Tennessee |
|
|
1,140,957 |
|
Texas – 3.3% |
|
|
|
2,545 |
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, Joint Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series |
11/30 at 100.00 |
A1 |
2,584,524 |
|
2020A, 4.000%, 11/01/35 |
|
|
|
150 |
Fort Bend County Industrial Development Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, NRG Energy |
11/22 at 100.00 |
Baa2 |
151,246 |
|
Inc. Project, Series 2012B, 4.750%, 11/01/42 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Hospital Revenue |
10/31 at 100.00 |
AA |
808,050 |
|
Bonds, Texas Childrens Hospital, Series 2021A, 3.000%, 10/01/51 (UB) (4) |
|
|
|
825 |
New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing |
7/25 at 100.00 |
Caa1 |
783,750 |
|
Revenue Bonds, NCCD – College Station Properties LLC – Texas A&M University Project, Series |
|
|
|
|
2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/47 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
Red River Health Facilities Development Corporation, Texas, First Mortgage Revenue |
5/22 at 100.00 |
N/R |
625,000 |
|
Bonds, Eden Home Inc., Series 2012, 4.087%, 12/15/47 (6) |
|
|
|
1,240 |
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, |
9/27 at 100.00 |
Aaa |
1,273,381 |
|
Series 2018A, 4.250%, 9/01/48 |
|
|
|
|
Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corporation, Senior Lien Revenue |
|
|
|
|
Bonds, Blueridge Transportation Group, LLC SH 288 Toll Lanes Project, Series 2016: |
|
|
|
3,600 |
5.000%, 12/31/50 (AMT) |
12/25 at 100.00 |
Baa3 |
3,752,928 |
805 |
5.000%, 12/31/55 (AMT) |
12/25 at 100.00 |
Baa3 |
837,401 |
11,165 |
Total Texas |
|
|
10,816,280 |
|
Utah – 1.0% |
|
|
|
3,000 |
Salt Lake City, Utah, Airport Revenue Bonds, International Airport Series 2021A, 5.000%, |
7/31 at 100.00 |
N/R |
3,215,460 |
|
7/01/51 (AMT) |
|
|
|
|
Virginia – 3.8% |
|
|
|
5,595 |
Richmond, Virginia, Public Utility Revenue Bonds, Series 2020A, 4.000%, 1/15/38 |
1/30 at 100.00 |
Aa1 |
5,776,166 |
2,000 |
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation of Virginia, Tobacco Settlement Asset Backed |
5/22 at 100.00 |
B– |
2,002,560 |
|
Bonds, Series 2007B1, 5.000%, 6/01/47 |
|
|
|
72
Principal |
|
Optional Call |
|
|
Amount (000) |
Description (1) |
Provisions (2) |
Ratings (3) |
Value |
|
Virginia (continued) |
|
|
|
$ 2,500 |
Virginia Housing Development Authority, Rental Housing Bonds, Series 2018E, |
12/27 at 100.00 |
AA+ |
$ 2,525,075 |
|
4.150%, 12/01/49 |
|
|
|
1,155 |
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, Private Activity Revenue Bonds, Transform |
6/27 at 100.00 |
BBB |
1,186,439 |
|
66 P3 Project, Senior Lien Series 2017, 5.000%, 12/31/56 (AMT) |
|
|
|
1,010 |
Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Elizabeth River Crossing, |
7/22 at 100.00 |
BBB |
1,016,262 |
|
OPCO LLC Project, Senior Lien Series 2012, 5.500%, 1/01/42 (AMT) |
|
|
|
12,260 |
Total Virginia |
|
|
12,506,502 |
|
Washington – 3.3% |
|
|
|
5,000 |
Port of Seattle, Washington, Revenue Bonds, Refunding First Lien Series 2016B, 5.000%, |
4/26 at 100.00 |
Aa2 |
5,351,500 |
|
10/01/31 (AMT) (UB), (4) |
|
|
|
3,155 |
Skagit County Public Hospital District 1, Washington, Revenue Bonds, Skagit Valley |
12/26 at 100.00 |
Baa2 |
3,430,936 |
|
Hospital, Refunding & Improvement Series 2016, 5.000%, 12/01/27 |
|
|
|
135 |
Tacoma Consolidated Local Improvement District 65, Washington, Special Assessment Bonds, |
5/22 at 100.00 |
N/R |
131,331 |
|
Series 2013, 5.750%, 4/01/43 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Seattle Cancer Center |
9/30 at 100.00 |
A+ |
1,941,820 |
|
Alliance, Series 2020, 4.000%, 9/01/50 |
|
|
|
10,290 |
Total Washington |
|
|
10,855,587 |
|
Wisconsin – 9.0% |
|
|
|
25 |
Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Corvian Community |
6/24 at 100.00 |
N/R |
25,028 |
|
School, North Carolina, Series 2017A, 5.000%, 6/15/37, 144A |
|
|
|
170 |
Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Charter School Revenue Bonds, North Carolina |
6/26 at 100.00 |
N/R |
150,249 |
|
Charter Educational Foundation Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 6/15/36, 144A |
|
|
|
|
Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Conference Center and Hotel Revenue Bonds, |
|
|
|
|
Lombard Public Facilities Corporation, Second Tier Series 2018B: |
|
|
|
69 |
0.000%, 1/01/46, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,661 |
68 |
0.000%, 1/01/47, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,543 |
68 |
0.000%, 1/01/48, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,477 |
67 |
0.000%, 1/01/49, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,407 |
67 |
0.000%, 1/01/50, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,307 |
73 |
0.000%, 1/01/51, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,378 |
1,874 |
1.000%, 7/01/51, 144A (6) |
3/28 at 100.00 |
N/R |
968,023 |
72 |
0.000%, 1/01/52, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,292 |
71 |
0.000%, 1/01/53, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,227 |
71 |
0.000%, 1/01/54, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,163 |
70 |
0.000%, 1/01/55, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,101 |
69 |
0.000%, 1/01/56, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,048 |
68 |
0.000%, 1/01/57, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
993 |
67 |
0.000%, 1/01/58, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
939 |
67 |
0.000%, 1/01/59, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
899 |
67 |
0.000%, 1/01/60, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
849 |
66 |
0.000%, 1/01/61, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
798 |
65 |
0.000%, 1/01/62, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
759 |
64 |
0.000%, 1/01/63, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
719 |
64 |
0.000%, 1/01/64, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
689 |
63 |
0.000%, 1/01/65, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
649 |
62 |
0.000%, 1/01/66, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
598 |
808 |
0.000%, 1/01/67, 144A (6) |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
7,128 |
1,690 |
Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Limited Obligation Grant Revenue Bonds, American |
No Opt. Call |
N/R |
1,607,224 |
|
Dream @ Meadowlands Project, Series 2017A, 3.125%, 8/01/27, 144A (6) |
|
|
|
1,350 |
Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Limited Obligation PILOT Revenue Bonds, American |
12/27 at 100.00 |
N/R |
1,290,668 |
|
Dream @ Meadowlands Project, Series 2017, 7.000%, 12/01/50, 144A |
|
|
|
160 |
Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Revenue Bonds, Prime Healthcare Foundation, Inc., |
12/27 at 100.00 |
BBB– |
170,738 |
|
Series 2017A, 5.200%, 12/01/37 |
|
|
|
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|
|
NEV |
Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund |
|
Portfolio of Investments (continued) |
|
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Principal |
|
Optional Call |
|
|
Amount (000) |
Description (1) |
Provisions (2) |
Ratings (3) |
Value |
|
Wisconsin (continued) |
|
|
|
$ 2,905 |
Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, Collegiate Housing |
7/25 at 100.00 |
BBB– |
$ 2,999,877 |
|
Foundation – Cullowhee LLC – Western California University Project, Series 2015A, |
|
|
|
|
5.000%, 7/01/35 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
Wisconsin Center District, Dedicated Tax Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Series 2003A, |
No Opt. Call |
AA |
694,730 |
|
0.000%, 12/15/31 |
|
|
|
1,290 |
Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Froedtert |
10/22 at 100.00 |
AA |
1,332,493 |
|
Community Health, Inc. Obligated Group, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0118, 15.577%, |
|
|
|
|
4/01/42, 144A (IF) (4) |
|
|
|
|
Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin, Revenue Bonds, |
|
|
|
|
Ascension Health Alliance Senior Credit Group, Series 2016A: |
|
|
|
10,000 |
5.000%, 11/15/35 (UB) (4) |
5/26 at 100.00 |
AA+ |
10,436,370 |
5,000 |
5.000%, 11/15/36 (UB) (4) |
5/26 at 100.00 |
AA+ |
5,364,700 |
3,000 |
5.000%, 11/15/39 (UB) (4) |
5/26 at 100.00 |
AA+ |
3,211,770 |
25 |
Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin, Revenue Bonds, Monroe |
8/25 at 100.00 |
N/R (5) |
26,917 |
|
Clinic Inc., Refunding Series 2016, 5.000%, 2/15/28 (Pre-refunded 8/15/25) |
|
|
|
|
Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin, Revenue Bonds, Three |
|
|
|
|
Pillars Senior Living Communities, Refunding Series 2013: |
|
|
|
85 |
5.000%, 8/15/43 (Pre-refunded 8/15/23) |
8/23 at 100.00 |
A (5) |
88,075 |
1,005 |
5.000%, 8/15/43 (Pre-refunded 8/15/23) |
8/23 at 100.00 |
BBB+ (5) |
1,041,361 |
31,805 |
Total Wisconsin |
|
|
29,437,847 |
$ 593,107 |
Total Municipal Bonds (cost $488,631,758) |
|
|
461,432,136 |
|
|
|
Shares |
Description (1) |
Value |
|
COMMON STOCKS – 5.1% |
|
|
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers – 5.1% |
|
258,655 |
Energy Harbor Corp (8), (9), (10) |
$ 16,731,875 |
|
Total Common Stocks (cost $7,346,611) |
16,731,875 |
|
Total Long-Term Investments (cost $495,978,369) |
478,164,011 |
|
Floating Rate Obligations – (48.4)% |
(159,214,000) |
|
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 2.9% |
9,980,242 |
|
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100% |
$ 328,930,253 |
74
(1) | | All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable
to common shares unless otherwise noted. |
(2) | | Optional Call Provisions: Dates (month and year) and prices of the earliest optional call
or redemption. There may be other call provisions at varying prices at later dates. Certain mortgage-backed securities may be subject
to periodic principal paydowns. |
(3) | | For financial reporting purposes, the ratings disclosed are the highest of Standard &
Poor’s Group (“Standard & Poor’s”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or
Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) rating. This treatment of split-rated securities may differ from that used for other purposes, such
as for Fund investment policies. Ratings below BBB by Standard & Poor’s, Baa by Moody’s or BBB by Fitch are considered
to be below investment grade. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by any of these national rating agencies. |
(4) | | Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged to collateralize the net payment obligations
for investments in inverse floating rate transactions. |
(5) | | Backed by an escrow or trust containing sufficient U.S. Government or U.S. Government agency
securities, which ensure the timely payment of principal and interest. |
(6) | | Defaulted security. A security whose issuer has failed to fully pay principal and/or interest
when due, or is under the protection of bankruptcy. |
(7) | | Step-up coupon bond, a bond with a coupon that increases (“steps up”), usually
at regular intervals, while the bond is outstanding. The rate shown is the coupon as of the end of the reporting period. |
(8) | | Common Stock received as part of the bankruptcy settlements for Beaver County Industrial
Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Project, Series 2006B,
3.500%, 12/01/35; and Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, Ohio, Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, FirstEnergy Generation Project,
Refunding Series 2006A, 0.000%, 12/01/23. |
(9) | | For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, investment classified as Level 2. See Notes
to Financial Statements, Note 3 - Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements for more information. |
(10) | | Non-income producing; issuer has not declared an ex-dividend date within the past twelve
months. |
144A | | Investment is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. These investments may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration, which are normally those transactions with qualified
institutional buyers. |
AMT | | Alternative Minimum Tax. |
IF | | Inverse floating rate security issued by a tender option bond (“TOB”) trust,
the interest rate on which varies inversely with the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) short-term rate, which
resets weekly, or a similar short-term rate, and is reduced by the expenses related to the TOB trust. |
UB | | Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction. |
See | | accompanying notes to financial statements. |
75
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
|
NUV |
NUW |
NMI |
NEV |
Assets |
|
|
|
|
Long-term investments, at value (cost $1,939,155,356, $269,576,552, |
|
|
|
|
$101,630,739 and $495,978,369, respectively) |
$1,967,679,074 |
$274,176,851 |
$ 99,027,170 |
$478,164,011 |
Short-term investments, at value (cost approximates value) |
— |
— |
1,000,000 |
— |
Cash |
371,966 |
1,376,740 |
977,724 |
2,164,848 |
Cash collateral at brokers for investments in futures(1) |
— |
364,641 |
— |
— |
Receivable for: |
|
|
|
|
Interest |
22,863,663 |
3,095,223 |
1,303,203 |
7,880,445 |
Investments sold |
8,256,489 |
400,000 |
774,687 |
2,315,319 |
Variation margin on futures contracts |
— |
41,438 |
— |
— |
Deferred offering costs |
— |
— |
111,370 |
— |
Other assets |
486,268 |
1,782 |
107 |
114,431 |
Total assets |
1,999,657,460 |
279,456,675 |
103,194,261 |
490,639,054 |
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
Floating rate obligations |
21,480,000 |
3,185,000 |
— |
159,214,000 |
Payable for: |
|
|
|
|
Dividends |
5,341,553 |
682,517 |
240,939 |
1,266,816 |
Interest |
45,310 |
5,216 |
— |
876,459 |
Investments purchased - regular settlement |
— |
— |
532,239 |
— |
Investments purchased - when-issued/delayed-delivery settlement |
— |
— |
508,185 |
— |
Accrued expenses: |
|
|
|
|
Management fees |
712,377 |
127,748 |
51,672 |
257,652 |
Custody expense |
222,513 |
76,145 |
25,186 |
56,466 |
Directors/Trustees fees |
499,459 |
3,668 |
775 |
37,408 |
Shelf offering costs |
— |
— |
76,464 |
— |
Other |
196,605 |
68,042 |
32,082 |
— |
Total liabilities |
28,497,817 |
4,148,336 |
1,467,542 |
161,708,801 |
Commitments and contingencies (as disclosed in Note 8) |
|
|
|
|
Net assets applicable to common shares |
$1,971,159,643 |
$275,308,339 |
$101,726,719 |
$328,930,253 |
Common shares outstanding |
207,541,595 |
17,951,336 |
10,046,142 |
24,959,414 |
Net asset value (“NAV”) per common share outstanding |
$ 9.50 |
$ 15.34 |
$ 10.13 |
$ 13.18 |
Net assets applicable to common shares consist of: |
|
|
|
|
Common shares, $0.01 par value per share |
$ 2,075,416 |
$ 179,513 |
$ 100,461 |
$ 249,594 |
Paid-in-surplus |
1,963,547,906 |
268,657,661 |
105,270,661 |
347,239,933 |
Total distributable earnings |
5,536,321 |
6,471,165 |
(3,644,403) |
(18,559,274) |
Net assets applicable to common shares |
$1,971,159,643 |
$275,308,339 |
$101,726,719 |
$328,930,253 |
Authorized common shares |
350,000,000 |
Unlimited |
200,000,000 |
Unlimited |
(1) | | Cash pledged to
collateralize the net payment obligations for investments in derivatives. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
76
Statement of Operations
Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
|
NUV |
NUW |
NMI |
NEV |
Investment Income |
$ 39,185,789 |
$ 5,002,327 |
$ 2,032,652 |
$ 9,754,568 |
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
Management fees |
4,475,898 |
821,404 |
330,610 |
1,655,302 |
Interest expense |
93,528 |
14,995 |
303 |
618,194 |
Custodian expenses, net |
84,044 |
42,690 |
9,588 |
18,567 |
Directors/Trustees fees |
31,214 |
4,416 |
1,624 |
5,494 |
Professional fees |
52,357 |
39,027 |
19,433 |
37,850 |
Shareholder reporting expenses |
89,697 |
17,208 |
11,004 |
13,968 |
Shareholder servicing agent fees |
118,997 |
571 |
3,456 |
550 |
Stock exchange listing fees |
31,977 |
3,682 |
4,969 |
3,710 |
Investor relations expenses |
48,697 |
6,857 |
2,698 |
8,406 |
Reorganization expenses |
— |
8,523 |
— |
288,000 |
Other |
20,016 |
9,234 |
8,383 |
7,420 |
Total expenses |
5,046,425 |
968,607 |
392,068 |
2,657,461 |
Net investment income (loss) |
34,139,364 |
4,033,720 |
1,640,584 |
7,097,107 |
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
Net realized gain (loss) from: |
|
|
|
|
Investments |
(11,893,739) |
(303,597) |
(1,021,161) |
(297,279) |
Futures contracts |
— |
1,202,607 |
— |
— |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of: |
|
|
|
|
Investments |
(219,741,651) |
(34,085,335) |
(10,496,025) |
(62,737,187) |
Futures contracts |
— |
1,014,218 |
— |
— |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) |
(231,635,390) |
(32,172,107) |
(11,517,186) |
(63,034,466) |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares |
|
|
|
|
from operations |
$(197,496,026) |
$(28,138,387) |
$ (9,876,602) |
$(55,937,359) |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NUV |
|
NUW |
|
Six Month |
|
|
Six Month |
|
|
Ended |
|
|
Ended |
|
|
4/30/22 |
Year Ended |
|
4/30/22 |
Year Ended |
|
(Unaudited) |
10/31/21 |
|
(Unaudited) |
10/31/21 |
Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) |
$ 34,139,364 |
$ 72,777,158 |
|
$ 4,033,720 |
$ 7,759,026 |
Net realized gain (loss) from: |
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
(11,893,739) |
6,565,768 |
|
(303,597) |
2,459,384 |
Futures contracts |
— |
— |
|
1,202,607 |
726,757 |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of: |
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
(219,741,651) |
22,668,067 |
|
(34,085,335) |
5,037,877 |
Futures contracts |
— |
— |
|
1,014,218 |
335,646 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares |
|
|
|
|
|
from operations |
(197,496,026) |
102,010,993 |
|
(28,138,387) |
16,318,690 |
Distributions to Common Shareholders |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends |
(34,866,987) |
(74,633,069) |
|
(7,645,474) |
(8,014,507) |
Decrease in net assets applicable to common shares from |
|
|
|
|
|
distributions to common shareholders |
(34,866,987) |
(74,633,069) |
|
(7,645,474) |
(8,014,507) |
Capital Share Transactions |
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from shelf offering, net of offering costs and adjustments |
— |
— |
|
— |
— |
Net proceeds from common shares issued to common shareholders |
|
|
|
|
|
due to reinvestment of distributions |
347,096 |
4,693,703 |
|
— |
— |
Issued in the Reorganizations |
— |
— |
|
— |
41,997,759 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares |
|
|
|
|
|
from capital share transactions |
347,096 |
4,693,703 |
|
— |
41,997,759 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares |
(232,015,917) |
32,071,627 |
|
(35,783,861) |
50,301,942 |
Net assets applicable to common shares at the beginning of period |
2,203,175,560 |
2,171,103,933 |
|
311,092,200 |
260,790,258 |
Net assets applicable to common shares at the end of period |
$1,971,159,643 |
$2,203,175,560 |
|
$275,308,339 |
$311,092,200 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
NMI |
NEV |
|
Six Month |
|
Six Month |
|
|
Ended |
|
Ended |
|
|
4/30/22 |
Year Ended |
4/30/22 |
Year Ended |
|
(Unaudited) |
10/31/21 |
(Unaudited) |
10/31/21 |
Operations |
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) |
$ 1,640,584 |
$ 3,517,318 |
$ 7,097,107 |
$ 17,201,404 |
Net realized gain (loss) from: |
|
|
|
|
Investments |
(1,021,161) |
211,181 |
(297,279) |
342,738 |
Futures contracts |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of: |
|
|
|
|
Investments |
(10,496,025) |
1,485,410 |
(62,737,187) |
24,590,671 |
Futures contracts |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares |
|
|
|
|
from operations |
(9,876,602) |
5,213,909 |
(55,937,359) |
42,134,813 |
Distributions to Common Shareholders |
|
|
|
|
Dividends |
(1,617,287) |
(3,639,056) |
(8,833,137) |
(23,993,952) |
Decrease in net assets applicable to common shares from |
|
|
|
|
distributions to common shareholders |
(1,617,287) |
(3,639,056) |
(8,833,137) |
(23,993,952) |
Capital Share Transactions |
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from shelf offering, net of offering costs and adjustments |
(9,169) |
9,576,034 |
— |
— |
Net proceeds from common shares issued to common shareholders |
|
|
|
|
due to reinvestment of distributions |
38,776 |
115,887 |
— |
147,345 |
Issued in the Reorganizations |
— |
— |
— |
— |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares |
|
|
|
|
from capital share transactions |
29,607 |
9,691,921 |
— |
147,345 |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares |
(11,464,282) |
11,266,774 |
(64,770,496) |
18,288,206 |
Net assets applicable to common shares at the beginning of period |
113,191,001 |
101,924,227 |
393,700,749 |
375,412,543 |
Net assets applicable to common shares at the end of period |
$101,726,719 |
$113,191,001 |
$328,930,253 |
$393,700,749 |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Statement of Cash Flows
Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
|
|
|
NEV |
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: |
|
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Operations |
$(55,937,359) |
Adjustments to reconcile the net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares from |
|
operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
|
Purchases of investments |
(20,737,909) |
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments |
24,761,833 |
Amortization (Accretion) of premiums and discounts, net |
1,042,668 |
(Increase) Decrease in: |
|
Receivable for interest |
(23,675) |
Receivable for investments sold |
5,151,074 |
Other assets |
(79,674) |
Increase (Decrease) in: |
|
Payable for interest |
536,902 |
Investments purchased - when-issued/delayed-delivery settlement |
(1,011,667) |
Accrued custody expenses |
(3,212) |
Accrued Directors/Trustees fees |
296 |
Accrued management fees |
(32,263) |
Accrued other expenses |
(51,590) |
Net realized (gain) loss from investments |
297,279 |
Change in net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of investments |
62,737,187 |
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
16,649,890 |
Cash Flow from Financing Activities: |
|
Proceeds from floating rate obligations |
297,000 |
(Repayment of) borrowings |
(5,900,000) |
Cash distributions paid to common shareholders |
(8,969,354) |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
(14,572,354) |
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Collateral at Brokers |
2,077,536 |
Cash and cash collateral at brokers at the beginning of period |
87,312 |
Cash and cash collateral at brokers at the end of period |
2,164,848 |
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information |
NEV |
Cash paid for interest (excluding amortization of offering costs) |
$ 74,093 |
Non-cash financing activities not included herein consists of reinvestments of common share distributions |
— |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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81
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a common share outstanding throughout each period:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Operations |
|
to Common Shareholders |
|
|
Common Share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premium |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
from |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Beginning |
Net |
Net |
|
|
From |
Accumu- |
|
|
|
Sold |
|
|
|
Common |
Investment |
Realized/ |
|
|
Net |
lated Net |
|
|
Shelf |
through |
|
Ending |
|
Share |
Income |
Unrealized |
|
|
Investment |
Realized |
|
|
Offering |
Shelf |
Ending |
Share |
|
NAV |
(Loss) |
Gain (Loss) |
Total |
|
Income |
Gains |
Total |
|
Costs |
Offering |
NAV |
Price |
NUV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended 10/31: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2022(e) |
$10.62 |
$0.16 |
$(1.11) |
$(0.95) |
|
$(0.17) |
$ — |
$(0.17) |
|
$ — |
$ — |
$ 9.50 |
$ 9.19 |
2021 |
10.48 |
0.35 |
0.15 |
0.50 |
|
(0.36) |
— |
(0.36) |
|
— |
— |
10.62 |
11.21 |
2020 |
10.57 |
0.37 |
(0.09) |
0.28 |
|
(0.37) |
— |
(0.37) |
|
— |
— |
10.48 |
10.81 |
2019 |
9.84 |
0.37 |
0.73 |
1.10 |
|
(0.37) |
— |
(0.37) |
|
— |
— |
10.57 |
10.43 |
2018 |
10.30 |
0.38 |
(0.45) |
(0.07) |
|
(0.39) |
— |
(0.39) |
|
— |
— |
9.84 |
9.18 |
2017 |
10.39 |
0.40 |
(0.10) |
0.30 |
|
(0.39) |
— |
(0.39) |
|
— |
— |
10.30 |
10.12 |
NUW |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended 10/31: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2022(e) |
17.33 |
0.22 |
(1.79) |
(1.57) |
|
(0.23) |
(0.19) |
(0.42) |
|
— |
— |
15.34 |
14.40 |
2021 |
16.81 |
0.45 |
0.54 |
0.99 |
|
(0.47) |
— |
(0.47) |
|
—* |
— |
17.33 |
16.76 |
2020 |
16.90 |
0.47 |
(0.08) |
0.39 |
|
(0.48) |
— |
(0.48) |
|
— |
— |
16.81 |
16.21 |
2019 |
15.88 |
0.60 |
1.16 |
1.76 |
|
(0.65) |
(0.10) |
(0.75) |
|
— |
0.01 |
16.90 |
16.83 |
2018 |
16.99 |
0.70 |
(0.92) |
(0.22) |
|
(0.72) |
(0.18) |
(0.90) |
|
— |
0.01 |
15.88 |
14.36 |
2017 |
17.22 |
0.75 |
(0.26) |
0.49 |
|
(0.73) |
— |
(0.73) |
|
(0.01) |
0.02 |
16.99 |
17.17 |
(a) | | Total
Return Based on Common Shares NAV is the combination of changes in common share NAV, reinvested
dividend income at NAV and reinvested capital gains distributions at NAV, if any. The last
dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the
following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending NAV. The actual reinvest price
for the last dividend declared in the period may often be based on the Fund’s market
price (and not its NAV), and therefore may be different from the price used in the calculation.
Total returns are not annualized. |
Total Return Based on Common
Share Price is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital
gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. The last dividend declared in the period,
which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending market price. The
actual reinvestment for the last dividend declared in the period may take place over several days, and in some instances may not be based
on the market price, so the actual reinvestment price may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not
annualized.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Share Supplemental Data/ |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio Applicable to Common Shares |
|
Common Share |
|
|
|
|
Total Returns |
|
Ratios to Average Net Assets |
|
|
|
|
Based |
Ending |
|
|
|
Based |
on |
Net |
|
Net |
Portfolio |
on |
Share |
Assets |
|
Investment |
Turnover |
NAV(a) |
Price(a) |
(000) |
Expenses(b) |
Income (Loss) |
Rate(c) |
|
(9.06)% |
(16.62)% |
$1,971,160 |
0.48%** |
3.21%** |
12% |
4.79 |
7.19 |
2,203,176 |
0.48 |
3.27 |
11 |
2.72 |
7.41 |
2,171,104 |
0.51 |
3.52 |
11 |
11.35 |
17.92 |
2,186,923 |
0.54 |
3.63 |
13 |
(0.71) |
(5.55) |
2,035,221 |
0.54 |
3.76 |
20 |
3.03 |
5.48 |
2,130,046 |
0.52 |
3.89 |
17 |
|
(9.23) |
(11.80) |
275,308 |
0.65** |
2.71** |
3 |
5.89 |
6.31 |
311,092 |
0.68(d) |
2.60(d) |
10 |
2.33 |
(0.77) |
260,790 |
0.78(d) |
2.79(d) |
13 |
11.38 |
22.81 |
262,190 |
0.73 |
3.61 |
31 |
(1.31) |
(11.54) |
244,612 |
0.80 |
4.26 |
30 |
3.02 |
5.71 |
256,281 |
0.81 |
4.45 |
16 |
(b) | | The expense ratios reflect, among other things, the interest expense deemed to have been
paid by the Fund on the floating rate certificates issued by the special purpose trusts for the self-deposited inverse floaters held
by the Fund (as described in Note 4 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives), where applicable, as follows: |
|
Ratios of Interest Expense to |
|
|
Ratios of Interest Expense to |
|
Average Net Assets Applicable |
|
|
Average Net Assets Applicable |
NUV |
to Common Shares |
|
NUW |
to Common Shares |
Year Ended 10/31: |
|
Year Ended 10/31: |
2022(e) |
0.01% |
|
2022(e) |
0.01% |
2021 |
0.01 |
|
2021 |
0.01 |
2020 |
0.02 |
|
2020 |
0.01 |
2019 |
0.04 |
|
2019 |
0.07 |
2018 |
0.03 |
|
2018 |
0.10 |
2017 |
0.01 |
|
2017 |
0.06 |
(c) | | Portfolio Turnover Rate is calculated based on the lesser of long-term purchases or sales
(as disclosed in Note 4 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives) divided by the average long-term market value during
the period. |
(d) | | During the period ended October 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, the Adviser voluntarily reimbursed
the Fund for certain expenses incurred in connection with a common shares equity shelf program. As a result, the Expenses and Net Investment
Income (Loss) Ratios to Average Net Assets reflect the voluntary expense reimbursement from Adviser. The Expenses and Net Investment
Income (Loss) Ratios to Average Net Assets excluding this expense reimbursement from Adviser were as follows: |
|
|
|
Ratios to Average Net Assets |
|
|
Net |
|
|
Investment |
NUW |
Expenses |
Income (Loss) |
Year Ended 10/31: |
|
2022(e) |
0.65%** |
2.71%** |
2021 |
0.68 |
2.60 |
2020 |
0.82 |
2.75 |
(e) | | For the six months ended April 30, 2022. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights (continued)
Selected data for a common share outstanding throughout each period:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less Distributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment
Operations |
|
|
to Common Shareholders |
|
|
Common
Share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premium |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
from |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From |
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
Beginning |
Net |
Net |
|
|
From |
Accumu- |
|
|
|
Sold |
|
|
|
Common |
Investment |
Realized/ |
|
|
Net |
lated
Net |
|
|
Shelf |
through |
|
Ending |
|
Share |
Income |
Unrealized |
|
|
Investment |
Realized |
|
|
Offering |
Shelf |
Ending |
Share |
|
NAV |
(Loss) |
Gain
(Loss) |
Total |
|
Income |
Gains |
Total |
|
Costs |
Offering |
NAV |
Price |
NMI |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
Ended 10/31: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2022(d) |
$11.27 |
$0.16 |
$(1.14) |
$(0.98) |
|
$(0.16) |
$
—* |
$(0.16) |
|
$
— |
$
— |
$10.13 |
$
9.42 |
2021 |
11.08 |
0.37 |
0.20 |
0.57 |
|
(0.38) |
— |
(0.38) |
|
— |
— |
11.27 |
11.65 |
2020 |
11.32 |
0.41 |
(0.20) |
0.21 |
|
(0.41) |
(0.04) |
(0.45) |
|
— |
—* |
11.08 |
11.31 |
2019 |
10.92 |
0.43 |
0.47 |
0.90 |
|
(0.43) |
(0.07) |
(0.50) |
|
— |
—* |
11.32 |
11.33 |
2018 |
11.38 |
0.43 |
(0.43) |
— |
|
(0.46) |
— |
(0.46) |
|
(0.01) |
0.01 |
10.92 |
10.09 |
2017 |
11.61 |
0.48 |
(0.22) |
0.26 |
|
(0.49) |
— |
(0.49) |
|
(0.01) |
0.01 |
11.38 |
11.45 |
NEV |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
Ended 10/31: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2022(d) |
15.77 |
0.28 |
(2.52) |
(2.24) |
|
(0.33) |
(0.02) |
(0.35) |
|
— |
— |
13.18 |
12.00 |
2021 |
15.05 |
0.69 |
0.99 |
1.68 |
|
(0.73) |
(0.23) |
(0.96) |
|
— |
— |
15.77 |
15.52 |
2020 |
15.23 |
0.71 |
(0.18) |
0.53 |
|
(0.71) |
— |
(0.71) |
|
— |
— |
15.05 |
14.61 |
2019 |
14.24 |
0.73 |
0.94 |
1.67 |
|
(0.68) |
— |
(0.68) |
|
— |
— |
15.23 |
14.60 |
2018 |
15.03 |
0.75 |
(0.77) |
(0.02) |
|
(0.77) |
— |
(0.77) |
|
— |
— |
14.24 |
12.70 |
2017 |
15.58 |
0.82 |
(0.55) |
0.27 |
|
(0.82) |
— |
(0.82) |
|
— |
— |
15.03 |
14.28 |
(a) | | Total Return Based on Common Shares NAV is the combination of changes in common share NAV,
reinvested dividend income at NAV and reinvested capital gains distributions at NAV, if any. The last dividend declared in the period,
which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending NAV. The actual reinvest
price for the last dividend declared in the period may often be based on the Fund’s market price (and not its NAV), and therefore
may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized. |
Total Return Based on Common Share Price is the combination of changes
in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the
average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first
business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending market price. The actual reinvestment for the last dividend
declared in the period may take place over several days, and in some instances may not be based on the market price, so the actual reinvestment
price may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.
84
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Share Supplemental Data/ |
|
|
|
|
|
Ratio
Applicable to Common Shares |
|
Common Share |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Returns |
|
|
Ratios
to Average Net Assets |
|
|
|
Based |
|
Ending |
|
|
|
Based |
on |
|
Net |
|
Net |
Portfolio |
on |
Share |
|
Assets |
|
Investment |
Turnover |
NAV(a) |
Price(a) |
|
(000) |
Expenses(b) |
Income
(Loss) |
Rate(c) |
|
(8.78)% |
(17.90)% |
|
$101,727 |
0.72%** |
3.00%** |
19% |
5.18 |
6.51 |
|
113,191 |
0.73 |
3.23 |
15 |
1.86 |
3.87 |
|
101,924 |
0.74 |
3.70 |
15 |
8.45 |
17.61 |
|
99,822 |
0.79 |
3.83 |
10 |
(0.05) |
(8.14) |
|
95,396 |
0.89 |
3.87 |
17 |
2.34 |
(2.04) |
|
97,138 |
0.79 |
4.23 |
12 |
|
(14.42) |
(20.71) |
|
328,930 |
1.42** |
3.80** |
4 |
11.37 |
12.86 |
|
393,701 |
1.14 |
4.36 |
13 |
3.55 |
5.03 |
|
375,413 |
1.41 |
4.73 |
19 |
11.92 |
20.66 |
|
379,961 |
1.61 |
4.92 |
11 |
(0.17) |
(5.93) |
|
355,342 |
1.42 |
5.14 |
15 |
1.93 |
2.50 |
|
375,081 |
1.14 |
5.47 |
8 |
(b) | | The expense ratios reflect, among other things, the interest expense deemed to have been
paid by the Fund on the floating rate certificates issued by the special purpose trusts for the self-deposited inverse floaters held
by the Fund (as described in Note 4 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives), where applicable, as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
NMI |
|
|
NEV |
|
Year Ended 10/31: |
|
|
Year Ended 10/31: |
|
2022(d) |
—% |
|
2022(d) |
0.33% |
2021 |
— |
|
2021 |
0.22 |
2020 |
— |
|
2020 |
0.45 |
2019 |
— |
|
2019 |
0.61 |
2018 |
— |
|
2018 |
0.40 |
2017 |
— |
|
2017 |
0.17 |
(c) | | Portfolio Turnover Rate is calculated based on the lesser of long-term purchases or sales
(as disclosed in Note 4 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives) divided by the average long-term market value during
the period. |
(d) | | For the six months ended April 30, 2022. |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Notes to
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
1.
General Information
Fund Information
The funds covered in this report and their corresponding New York
Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) symbols are as follows (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):
• Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (NUV)
• Nuveen AMT-Free
Municipal Value Fund (NUW)
• Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NMI)
• Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund (NEV)
The Funds are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940
(the “1940 Act”), as amended, as diversified closed-end management investment companies. NUV and NMI were incorporated under
the state laws of Minnesota on April 8, 1987 and February 26, 1988, respectively. NUW and NEV were organized as Massachusetts business
trusts on November 19, 2008 and July 27, 2009, respectively.
Current Fiscal Period
The end of the reporting period for the Funds is April 30, 2022,
and the period covered by these Notes to Financial Statements is the six months ended April 30, 2022 (the “current fiscal period”).
Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser
The Funds’ investment adviser is Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC
(the “Adviser”), a subsidiary of Nuveen, LLC (“Nuveen”). Nuveen is the investment management arm of Teachers Insurance
and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). The Adviser has overall responsibility for management of the Funds, oversees the management
of the Funds’ portfolios, manages the Funds’ business affairs and provides certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative
services, and, if necessary, asset allocation decisions. The Adviser has entered into sub-advisory agreements with Nuveen Asset Management,
LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), a subsidiary of the Adviser, under which the Sub-Adviser manages the investment portfolios of the
Funds.
Fund Reorganization
During December 2021, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”)
of NEV and Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund (NZF) approved the merger of NEV the “Target Fund”) into NZF (the “Acquiring
Fund”) (the “Reorganization”). The Reorganization is intended to create one larger fund with lower operating expenses
and increased trading volume on the exchange for common shares. The Reorganization was approved by shareholders of the Target Fund at
a special meeting on April 29, 2022, and was completed before the opening of business on June 6, 2022 (subsequent to the close of this
reporting period). See Note 10 – Subsequent Events for further details.
Developments Regarding the Funds’ Control Share By-Law
On
October 5, 2020, the Funds and certain other closed-end funds in the Nuveen fund complex amended their by-laws. Among other things, the
amended by-laws included provisions pursuant to which, in summary, a shareholder who obtains beneficial ownership of common shares in
a Control Share Acquisition (as defined in the by-laws) shall have the same voting rights as other common shareholders only to the extent
authorized by the other disinterested shareholders (the “Control Share By-Law”). On January 14, 2021, a shareholder of certain
Nuveen closed-end funds filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District
Court”) against certain Nuveen funds and their trustees, seeking a declaration that such funds’ Control Share By-Laws violate
the 1940 Act, rescission of such fund’s Control Share By-Laws and a permanent injunction against such funds applying the Control
Share By-Laws. On February 18, 2022, the District Court granted judgment in favor of the plaintiff’s claim for rescission of such
funds’ Control Share By-Laws and the plaintiff’s declaratory judgment claim, and declared that such funds’ Control
Share By-Laws violate Section 18(i) of the 1940 Act. Following review of the judgment of the District Court, on February 22, 2022, the
Board of Trustees amended the Funds’ by-laws to provide that the Funds’ Control Share By-Law shall be of no force and effect
for so long as the judgment of the District Court is effective and that if the judgment of the District Court is reversed, overturned,
vacated, stayed, or otherwise nullified, the Funds’ Control Share By-Law will be automatically reinstated and apply to any beneficial
owner of common shares acquired in a Control Share Acquisition, regardless of whether such Control Share Acquisition occurs before or
after such reinstatement, for the duration of the stay or upon issuance of the mandate reversing, overturning, vacating or otherwise
nullifying the judgment of the District Court. On February 25, 2022, the Board and the Funds appealed the District Court’s decision
to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
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Other Matters
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) and
subsequent global pandemic began significantly impacting the U.S. and global financial markets and economies during the calendar quarter
ended March 31, 2020. The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has created significant uncertainty in the global economy. The duration and extent
of COVID-19 over the long term cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. The ultimate impact of COVID-19 and the extent to which COVID-19
impacts the Funds’ normal course of business, results of operations, investments, and cash flows will depend on future developments,
which are highly uncertain and difficult to predict. Management continues to monitor and evaluate this situation.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require the use of
estimates made by management and the evaluation of subsequent events. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Each Fund is an
investment company and follows the accounting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards
Codification 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies. The NAV for financial reporting purposes may differ from the NAV for
processing security and common share transactions. The NAV for financial reporting purposes includes security and common share transactions
through the date of the report. Total return is computed based on the NAV used for processing security and common share transactions.
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds.
Compensation
The Funds pay no compensation directly to those of its directors/trustees
or to its officers, all of whom receive remuneration for their services to the Funds from the Adviser or its affiliates. The Funds’
Board of Directors/Trustees (the “Board”) has adopted a deferred compensation plan for independent directors/trustees that
enables directors/trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from
certain Nuveen-advised funds. Under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares
of select Nuveen-advised funds.
Custodian Fee Credit
As an alternative to overnight investments, each Fund has an arrangement
with its custodian bank, State Street Bank and Trust Company, (the “Custodian”) whereby certain custodian fees and expenses
are reduced by net credits earned on each Fund’s cash on deposit with the bank. Credits for cash balances may be offset by charges
for any days on which a Fund overdraws its account at the Custodian. The amount of custodian fee credit earned by a Fund is recognized
on the Statement of Operations as a component of “Custodian expenses, net.” During the current reporting period, the custodian
fee credit earned by each Fund was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
NUV |
NUM |
NMI |
NEV |
Custodian Fee Credit |
$866 |
$377 |
$234 |
$1,075 |
Distributions to Common Shareholders
Distributions to common shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend
date. The amount, character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ
from U.S. GAAP.
Indemnifications
Under the Funds’ organizational documents, their officers
and directors/trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition,
in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Funds’
maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have
not yet occurred. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be
remote.
Investments and Investment Income
Securities transactions are accounted for as of the trade date for
financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses on securities transactions are based upon the specific identification method.
Investment income is comprised of interest income, which is recorded on an accrual basis and includes the accretion of discounts and the
amortization of premiums for financial reporting purposes. Investment income also reflects payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest
and paydown gains and losses, if any. PIK interest represents income received in the form of securities in lieu of cash. Investment income
also reflects dividend income, which is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Netting Agreements
In the ordinary course of business, the Funds may enter into transactions
subject to enforceable International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) master agreements or other similar arrangements (“netting
agreements”). Generally, the right to offset in netting agreements allows each Fund to offset certain securities and derivatives
with a specific counterparty, when applicable, as well as any collateral received or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms
of the agreements. Generally, each Fund manages its cash collateral and securities collateral on a counterparty basis.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)
The Funds’ investments subject to netting agreements as of
the end of the reporting period, if any, are further described in Note 4 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives.
New Accounting Pronouncements and Rule Issuances
Reference Rate Reform
In March 2020, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
2020-04, Reference Rate Reform: Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The main objective of the
new guidance is to provide relief to companies that will be impacted by the expected change in benchmark interest rates, when participating
banks will no longer be required to submit London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) quotes by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The
new guidance allows companies to, provided the only change to existing contracts are a change to an approved benchmark interest rate,
account for modifications as a continuance of the existing contract without additional analysis. For new and existing contracts, the Funds
may elect to apply the amendments as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management has not yet elected to apply the amendments,
is continuously evaluating the potential effect a discontinuation of LIBOR could have on the Funds’ investments and has currently
determined that it is unlikely the ASU’s adoption will have a significant impact on the Funds’ financial statements and various
filings.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Adopts
New Rules to Modernize Fund Valuation Framework
In December 2020, the SEC voted to adopt a new rule governing fund
valuation practices. New Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act establishes requirements for determining fair value in good faith for purposes of
the 1940 Act. Rule 2a-5 will permit fund boards to designate certain parties to perform fair value determinations, subject to board oversight
and certain other conditions. Rule 2a-5 also defines when market quotations are “readily available” for purposes of Section
2(a)(41) of the 1940 Act, which requires a fund to fair value a security when market quotations are not readily available. The SEC also
adopted new Rule 31a-4 under the 1940 Act, which sets forth the recordkeeping requirements associated with fair value determinations.
Finally, the SEC is rescinding previously issued guidance on related issues, including the role of a board in determining fair value and
the accounting and auditing of fund investments. Rule 2a-5 and Rule 31a-4 became effective on March 8, 2021, with a compliance date of
September 8, 2022. A fund may voluntarily comply with the rules after the effective date, and in advance of the compliance date, under
certain conditions. Management is currently assessing the impact of these provisions on the Funds’ financial statements.
3. Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements
The Funds’ investments in securities are recorded at their
estimated fair value utilizing valuation methods approved by the Board. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon
selling an investment or transferring a liability in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous
market for the investment. U.S. GAAP establishes the three-tier hierarchy which is used to maximize the use of observable market data
and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Observable
inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs are based on market
data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect management’s assumptions about the assumptions
market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are based on the best information available in the
circumstances. The following is a summary of the three-tiered hierarchy of valuation input levels.
Level 1 – | | Inputs are unadjusted and prices are determined using quoted prices in active markets
for identical securities. |
Level 2 – | | Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted
prices for similar securities, interest rates, credit spreads, etc.). |
Level 3 – | | Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs (including management’s
assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). |
A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Funds’
major classifications of assets and liabilities measured at fair value follows:
Prices of fixed-income securities are generally provided by an independent
pricing service (“pricing service”) approved by the Board. The pricing service establishes a security’s fair value using
methods that may include consideration of the following: yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon,
maturity and rating, market quotes or indications of value from security dealers, evaluations of anticipated cash flows or collateral,
general market conditions and other information and analysis, including the obligor’s credit characteristics considered relevant.
In pricing certain securities, particularly less liquid and lower quality securities, the pricing service may consider information about
a security, its issuer or market activity provided by the Adviser. These securities are generally classified as Level 2.
Equity securities and exchange-traded funds listed or traded on
a national market or exchange are valued based on their sale price at the official close of business of such market or exchange on the
valuation date. Foreign equity securities and registered investment companies that trade on a foreign exchange are valued at the last
sale price or official closing price reported on the exchange where traded and converted to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange
on the date of valuation. To the extent these securities are actively traded and that valuation adjustments are not applied,
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they are generally classified as Level 1. If there is no official
close of business, then the latest available sale price is utilized. If no sales are reported, then the mean of the latest available bid
and ask prices is utilized and these securities are generally classified as Level 2.
Futures contracts are valued using the closing settlement price
or, in the absence of such a price, the last traded price and are generally classified as Level 1.
Any portfolio security or derivative for which market quotations
are not readily available or for which the above valuation procedures are deemed not to reflect fair value are valued at fair value, as
determined in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. As a general principle, the fair value of a security would appear to
be the amount that the owner might reasonably expect to receive for it in a current sale. A variety of factors may be considered in determining
the fair value of such securities, which may include consideration of the following: yields or prices of investments of comparable quality,
type of issue, coupon, maturity and rating, market quotes or indications of value from security dealers, evaluations of anticipated cash
flows or collateral, general market conditions and other information and analysis, including the obligor’s credit characteristics
considered relevant. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values would be classified as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy;
otherwise they would be classified as Level 3.
The following table summarizes the market value of the Funds’
investments as of the end of the reporting period, based on the inputs used to value them:
|
|
|
|
|
NUV |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Total |
Long-Term Investments*: |
|
|
|
|
Municipal Bonds |
$ — |
$1,967,679,074 |
$ — |
$1,967,679,074 |
NUW |
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Investments*: |
|
|
|
|
Municipal Bonds |
$ — |
$ 273,226,843 |
$ — |
$273,226,843 |
Common Stock |
— |
950,008*** |
— |
950,008 |
Investments in Derivatives: |
|
|
|
|
Futures Contracts**** |
1,525,151 |
— |
— |
1,525,151 |
Total |
$1,525,151 |
$ 274,176,851 |
$ — |
$275,702,002 |
NMI |
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Investments*: |
|
|
|
|
Municipal Bonds |
$ — |
$98,950,395 |
$ 76,775** |
$ 99,027,170 |
Short-Term Investments*: |
|
|
|
|
Municipal Bonds |
— |
1,000,000 |
— |
1,000,000 |
Total |
$ — |
$99,950,395 |
$ 76,775 |
$100,027,170 |
NEV |
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Investments*: |
|
|
|
|
Municipal Bonds |
$ — |
$461,432,136 |
$ — |
$461,432,136 |
Common Stock |
— |
16,731,875*** |
— |
16,731,875 |
Total |
$ — |
$478,164,011 |
$ — |
$478,164,011 |
* | | Refer to the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments for state and/or industry classifications. |
** | | Refer to the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments for securities classified as Level 3. |
*** | | Refer to the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments for securities classified as Level 2. |
**** | | Represents net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the Fund’s Portfolio
of Investments. |
The Funds hold liabilities in floating rate obligations, where applicable,
which are not reflected in the tables above. The fair values of the Funds’ liabilities for floating rate obligations approximate
their liquidation values. Floating rate obligations are generally classified as Level 2 and further described in Note 4 - Portfolio Securities
and Investments in Derivatives.
4. Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives
Portfolio Securities
Inverse Floating Rate Securities
Each Fund is authorized to invest in inverse floating rate securities.
An inverse floating rate security is created by depositing a municipal bond (referred to as an “Underlying Bond”), typically
with a fixed interest rate, into a special purpose tender option bond (“TOB”) trust (referred to as the “TOB Trust”)
created by or at the direction of one or more Funds. In turn, the TOB Trust issues (a) floating rate certificates (referred to as “Floaters”),
in face amounts
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)
equal to some fraction of the Underlying Bond’s par amount
or market value, and (b) an inverse floating rate certificate (referred to as an “Inverse Floater”) that represents all remaining
or residual interest in the TOB Trust. Floaters typically pay short-term tax-exempt interest rates to third parties who are also provided
a right to tender their certificate and receive its par value, which may be paid from the proceeds of a remarketing of the Floaters, by
a loan to the TOB Trust from a third party liquidity provider (“Liquidity Provider”), or by the sale of assets from the TOB
Trust. The Inverse Floater is issued to a long term investor, such as one or more of the Funds. The income received by the Inverse Floater
holder varies inversely with the short-term rate paid to holders of the Floaters, and in most circumstances the Inverse Floater holder
bears substantially all of the Underlying Bond’s downside investment risk and also benefits disproportionately from any potential
appreciation of the Underlying Bond’s value. The value of an Inverse Floater will be more volatile than that of the Underlying Bond
because the interest rate is dependent on not only the fixed coupon rate of the Underlying Bond but also on the short-term interest paid
on the Floaters, and because the Inverse Floater essentially bears the risk of loss (and possible gain) of the greater face value of the
Underlying Bond.
The Inverse Floater held by a Fund gives the Fund the right to (a)
cause the holders of the Floaters to tender their certificates at par (or slightly more than par in certain circumstances), and (b) have
the trustee of the TOB Trust (the “Trustee”) transfer the Underlying Bond held by the TOB Trust to the Fund, thereby collapsing
the TOB Trust.
The Fund may acquire an Inverse Floater in a transaction where it
(a) transfers an Underlying Bond that it owns to a TOB Trust created by a third party or (b) transfers an Underlying Bond that it owns,
or that it has purchased in a secondary market transaction for the purpose of creating an Inverse Floater, to a TOB Trust created at its
direction, and in return receives the Inverse Floater of the TOB Trust (referred to as a “self-deposited Inverse Floater”).
A Fund may also purchase an Inverse Floater in a secondary market transaction from a third party creator of the TOB Trust without first
owning the Underlying Bond (referred to as an “externally-deposited Inverse Floater”).
An investment in a self-deposited Inverse Floater is accounted for
as a “financing” transaction (i.e., a secured borrowing). For a self-deposited Inverse Floater, the Underlying Bond deposited
into the TOB Trust is identified in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments as “(UB) – Underlying bond of an inverse floating
rate trust reflected as a financing transaction,” with the Fund recognizing as liabilities, labeled “Floating rate obligations”
on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, (a) the liquidation value of Floaters issued by the TOB Trust, and (b) the amount of any borrowings
by the TOB Trust from a Liquidity Provider to enable the TOB Trust to purchase outstanding Floaters in lieu of a remarketing. In addition,
the Fund recognizes in “Investment Income” the entire earnings of the Underlying Bond, and recognizes (a) the interest paid
to the holders of the Floaters or on the TOB Trust’s borrowings, and (b) other expenses related to remarketing, administration,
trustee, liquidity and other services to a TOB Trust, as a component of “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs”
on the Statement of Operations. Earnings due from the Underlying Bond and interest due to the holders of the Floaters as of the end of
the reporting period are recognized as components of “Receivable for interest” and “Payable for interest” on the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities, respectively.
In contrast, an investment in an externally-deposited Inverse Floater
is accounted for as a purchase of the Inverse Floater and is identified in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments as “(IF) –
Inverse floating rate investment.” For an externally-deposited Inverse Floater, a Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities
recognizes the Inverse Floater and not the Underlying Bond as an asset, and the Fund does not recognize the Floaters, or any related borrowings
from a Liquidity Provider, as a liability. Additionally, the Fund reflects in “Investment Income” only the net amount of earnings
on the Inverse Floater (net of the interest paid to the holders of the Floaters or the Liquidity Provider as lender, and the expenses
of the Trust), and does not show the amount of that interest paid or the expenses of the TOB Trust as described above as interest expense
on the Statement of Operations.
Fees paid upon the creation of a TOB Trust for self-deposited Inverse
Floaters and externally-deposited Inverse Floaters are recognized as part of the cost basis of the Inverse Floater and are capitalized
over the term of the TOB Trust.
As of the end of the reporting period, the aggregate value of Floaters
issued by each Fund’s TOB Trust for self-deposited Inverse Floaters and externally-deposited Inverse Floaters was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Floating Rate Obligations Outstanding |
NUV |
NUW |
NMI |
NEV |
Floating rate obligations: self-deposited Inverse Floaters |
$21,480,000 |
$3,185,000 |
$ — |
$159,214,000 |
Floating rate obligations: externally-deposited Inverse Floaters |
— |
725,000 |
— |
29,775,000 |
Total |
$21,480,000 |
$3,910,000 |
$ — |
$188,989,000 |
During the current fiscal period, the average amount of Floaters
(including any borrowings from a Liquidity Provider) outstanding, and average annual interest rate and fees related to self-deposited
Inverse Floaters, were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Self-Deposited Inverse Floaters |
NUV |
NUW |
NMI |
NEV |
Average floating rate obligations outstanding |
$28,352,945 |
$3,185,000 |
$ — |
$159,028,477 |
Average annual interest rate and fees |
0.61% |
0.71% |
—% |
0.77% |
TOB Trusts are supported by a liquidity facility provided by a Liquidity
Provider pursuant to which the Liquidity Provider agrees, in the event that Floaters are (a) tendered to the Trustee for remarketing and
the remarketing does not occur, or (b) subject to mandatory tender pursuant to the terms of the TOB Trust agreement, to either purchase
Floaters or to provide the Trustee with an advance from a loan facility to fund the purchase of Floaters
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by the TOB Trust. In certain circumstances, the Liquidity Provider
may otherwise elect to have the Trustee sell the Underlying Bond to retire the Floaters that were tendered and not remarketed prior to
providing such a loan. In these circumstances, the Liquidity Provider remains obligated to provide a loan to the extent that the proceeds
of the sale of the Underlying Bond is not sufficient to pay the purchase price of the Floaters.
The size of the commitment under the loan facility for a given TOB
Trust is at least equal to the balance of that TOB Trust’s outstanding Floaters plus any accrued interest. In consideration of the
loan facility, fee schedules are in place and are charged by the Liquidity Provider(s). Any loans made by the Liquidity Provider will
be secured by the purchased Floaters held by the TOB Trust. Interest paid on any outstanding loan balances will be effectively borne by
the Fund that owns the Inverse Floaters of the TOB Trust that has incurred the borrowing and may be at a rate that is greater than the
rate that would have been paid had the Floaters been successfully remarketed.
As described above, any amounts outstanding under a liquidity facility
are recognized as a component of “Floating rate obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities by the Fund holding
the corresponding Inverse Floaters issued by the borrowing TOB Trust. As of the end of the reporting period, there were no loans outstanding
under any such facility for any of the Funds.
Each Fund may also enter into shortfall and forbearance agreements
(sometimes referred to as a “recourse arrangement”) (TOB Trusts involving such agreements are referred to herein as “Recourse
Trusts”), under which a Fund agrees to reimburse the Liquidity Provider for the Trust’s Floaters, in certain circumstances,
for the amount (if any) by which the liquidation value of the Underlying Bond held by the TOB Trust may fall short of the sum of the liquidation
value of the Floaters issued by the TOB Trust plus any amounts borrowed by the TOB Trust from the Liquidity Provider, plus any shortfalls
in interest cash flows. Under these agreements, a Fund’s potential exposure to losses related to or on an Inverse Floater may increase
beyond the value of the Inverse Floater as a Fund may potentially be liable to fulfill all amounts owed to holders of the Floaters or
the Liquidity Provider. Any such shortfall amount in the aggregate is recognized as “Unrealized depreciation on Recourse Trusts”
on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
As of the end of the reporting period, each Fund’s maximum
exposure to the Floaters issued by Recourse Trusts for self-deposited Inverse Floaters and externally-deposited Inverse Floaters was as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Floating Rate Obligations – Recourse Trusts |
NUV |
NUW |
NMI |
NEV |
Maximum exposure to Recourse Trusts: self-deposited Inverse Floaters |
$21,480,000 |
$3,185,000 |
$ — |
$159,214,000 |
Maximum exposure to Recourse Trusts: externally-deposited Inverse Floaters |
— |
725,000 |
— |
27,265,000 |
Total |
$21,480,000 |
$3,910,000 |
$ — |
$186,479,000 |
Zero Coupon Securities
A zero coupon security does not pay a regular interest coupon to
its holders during the life of the security. Income to the holder of the security comes from accretion of the difference between the original
purchase price of the security at issuance and the par value of the security at maturity and is effectively paid at maturity. The market
prices of zero coupon securities generally are more volatile than the market prices of securities that pay interest periodically.
Investment Transactions
Long-term purchases and sales (including maturities but excluding
derivative transactions, where applicable) during the current fiscal period were as follows:
|
NUV |
NUW |
NMI |
NEV |
Purchases |
$255,114,287 |
$ 8,290,398 |
$22,619,980 |
$20,737,909 |
Sales and maturities |
256,626,523 |
10,488,652 |
20,484,749 |
24,761,833 |
The Funds may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery
basis. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis may have extended settlement periods; interest income is not accrued
until settlement date. Any securities so purchased are subject to market fluctuation during this period. The Funds have earmarked securities
in their portfolios with a current value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued/ delayed-delivery purchase commitments. If a
Fund has outstanding when-issued/delayed-delivery purchases commitments as of the end of the reporting period, such amounts are recognized
on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Investments in Derivatives
In addition to the inverse floating rate securities in which each
Fund may invest, which are considered portfolio securities for financial reporting purposes, each Fund is authorized to invest in certain
other derivative instruments, such as futures, options and swap contracts. Each Fund limits its investments in futures, options on futures
and swap contracts to the extent necessary for the Adviser to claim the exclusion from registration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
as a commodity pool operator with respect to the Fund. The Funds record derivative instruments at fair value, with changes in fair value
recognized on the Statement of Operations, when applicable. Even though the Funds’ investments in derivatives may represent economic
hedges, they are not considered to be hedge transactions for financial reporting purposes.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)
Futures Contracts
Upon execution of a futures contract, a Fund is obligated to deposit
cash or eligible securities, also known as “initial margin,” into an account at its clearing broker equal to a specified percentage
of the contract amount. Cash held by the broker to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts, if any, is recognized
as “Cash collateral at brokers for investments in futures contracts” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Investments
in futures contracts obligate a Fund and the clearing broker to settle monies on a daily basis representing changes in the prior days
“mark-to-market” of the open contracts. If a Fund has unrealized appreciation the clearing broker would credit the Fund’s
account with an amount equal to appreciation and conversely if a Fund has unrealized depreciation the clearing broker would debit the
Fund’s account with an amount equal to depreciation. These daily cash settlements are also known as “variation margin.”
Variation margin is recognized as a receivable and/or payable for “Variation margin on futures contracts” on the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities.
During the period the futures contract is open, changes in the value
of the contract are recognized as an unrealized gain or loss by “marking-to-market” on a daily basis to reflect the changes
in market value of the contract, which is recognized as a component of “Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations. When the contract is closed or expired, a Fund records a realized gain or loss
equal to the difference between the value of the contract on the closing date and value of the contract when originally entered into,
which is recognized as a component of “Net realized gain (loss) from futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations.
Risks of investments in futures contracts include the possible adverse
movement in the price of the securities or indices underlying the contracts, the possibility that there may not be a liquid secondary
market for the contracts and/or that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with a change in the value of the underlying
securities or indices.
During the current reporting period, NUW managed the duration of
its portfolio by shorting interest rate futures contracts.
The average notional amount of futures contracts outstanding during
the current fiscal period was as follows:
|
NUW |
Average notional amount of futures contracts outstanding* |
$27,072,493 |
* | | The average notional amount is calculated based on the absolute aggregate notional amount
of contracts outstanding at the beginning of the current fiscal period and at the end of each fiscal quarter within the current fiscal
period. |
The following table presents the fair value of all futures contracts
held by the Fund as of the end of the reporting period, the location of these instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and
the primary underlying risk exposure.
|
|
Location on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
Underlying |
Derivative |
Asset Derivatives |
(Liability) Derivatives |
Risk Exposure |
Instrument |
Location |
Value |
Location |
Value |
NUW |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rate |
Futures contracts |
Receivable for variation margin |
1,525,151 |
— |
$ — |
|
|
on futures contracts* |
|
|
|
* Value represents the cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
of futures contracts as reported in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments and not the asset and/or liability derivative location as
described in the table above.
The following table presents the amount of net realized gain (loss)
and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) recognized on futures contracts on the Statement of Operations during the current
fiscal period, and the primary underlying risk exposure.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Realized |
Change in Net Unrealized |
|
Underlying Risk |
Derivative |
Gain (Loss) from |
Appreciation (Depreciation) of |
Fund |
Exposure |
Instrument |
Futures Contracts |
Futures Contracts |
NUW |
Interest rate |
Futures contracts |
$1,202,607 |
$1,014,218 |
Market and Counterparty Credit Risk
In the normal course of business each Fund may invest in financial
instruments and enter into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure
of the other party to the transaction to perform (counterparty credit risk). The potential loss could exceed the value of the financial
assets recorded on the financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose each Fund to counterparty credit risk, consist
principally of cash due from counterparties on forward, option and swap transactions, when applicable. The extent of each Fund’s
exposure to counterparty credit risk in respect to these financial assets approximates their carrying value as recorded on the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities.
Each Fund helps manage counterparty credit risk by entering into
agreements only with counterparties the Adviser believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by having the Adviser
monitor the financial stability of the counterparties. Additionally, counterparties may be required to pledge collateral daily (based
on the daily valuation of the financial asset) on behalf of each Fund with a value approximately equal to the amount of any unrealized
gain above a pre-determined threshold. Reciprocally, when each Fund has an unrealized loss, the Funds have
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instructed the custodian to pledge assets of the Funds as collateral
with a value approximately equal to the amount of the unrealized loss above a pre-determined threshold. Collateral pledges are monitored
and subsequently adjusted if and when the valuations fluctuate, either up or down, by at least the pre-determined threshold amount.
5. Fund Shares
Common Share Equity Shelf Programs and Offering Costs
The following Funds have each filed registration statements with
the SEC authorizing each Fund to issue additional common shares through one or more equity shelf programs (“Shelf Offering”),
which became effective with the SEC during a prior fiscal period.
Under these Shelf Offerings, the Funds, subject to market conditions,
may raise additional equity capital by issuing additional common shares from time to time in varying amounts and by different offering
methods at a net price at or above each Fund’s NAV per common share. In the event each Fund’s Shelf Offering registration
statement is no longer current, the Funds may not issue additional common shares until a post-effective amendment to the registration
statement has been filed with the SEC.
Additional authorized common shares, common shares sold and offering
proceeds, net of offering costs under each Fund’s Shelf Offering during the Funds’ current and prior fiscal period were as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NUW |
|
|
NMI |
|
Six Months |
|
Year |
|
Six Months |
Year |
|
Ended |
|
Ended |
|
Ended |
Ended |
|
4/30/22 |
|
10/31/21 |
|
4/30/22 |
10/31/21 |
Additional authorized common shares |
— |
|
1,500,000* |
|
2,200,000 |
2,200,000 |
Common shares sold |
— |
|
— |
|
— |
834,470 |
Offering proceeds, net of offering costs |
$ — |
$ — |
|
$ — |
$9,576,034 |
* Represents additional authorized common shares for the period
November 1, 2020 through August 31, 2021.
Costs incurred by the Funds in connection with their initial shelf
registrations are recorded as a prepaid expense and recognized as “Deferred offering costs” on the Statement of Assets and
Liabilities. These costs are amortized pro rata as common shares are sold and are recognized as a component of “Proceeds from shelf
offering, net of offering costs” on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. Any deferred offering costs remaining after the effectiveness
of the initial shelf registration will be expensed. Costs incurred by the Funds to keep the shelf registration current are expensed as
incurred and recognized as a component of “Shelf offering expense” on the Statement of Operations.
Common Share Transactions
Transactions in common shares during the Funds’ current and
prior fiscal period, where applicable, were as follows:
|
|
|
|
NUW |
|
Six Months |
Year |
|
Ended |
Ended |
|
4/30/22 |
10/31/21 |
Common shares: |
|
|
Issued in the Reorganizations |
— |
2,435,254 |
|
NUV |
|
NUW |
|
NMI |
|
Six Months |
Year |
|
Six Months |
Year |
|
Six Months |
Year |
|
Ended |
Ended |
|
Ended |
Ended |
|
Ended |
Ended |
|
4/30/22 |
10/31/21 |
|
4/30/22 |
10/31/21 |
|
4/30/22 |
10/31/21 |
Common shares: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions |
32,361 |
434,220 |
|
3,430 |
10,201 |
|
— |
9,346 |
Sold through shelf offering |
— |
— |
|
— |
834,470 |
|
— |
— |
Weighted average common share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premium to NAV per shelf offering common share sold |
—% |
—% |
|
—% |
2.35% |
|
—% |
—% |
6. Income Tax Information
Each Fund is a separate taxpayer for federal income tax purposes.
Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net capital gains to shareholders and otherwise comply
with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Therefore, no federal
income tax provision is required.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)
Each Fund intends to satisfy conditions that will enable interest
from municipal securities, which is exempt from regular federal income tax, to retain such tax-exempt status when distributed to shareholders
of the Funds. Net realized capital gains and ordinary income distributions paid by the Funds are subject to federal taxation, and in the
case of NUW the AMT applicable to individuals.
Each Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable
state and local jurisdictions. A Fund’s federal income tax returns are generally subject to examination for a period of three fiscal
years after being filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional period of time depending on the jurisdiction.
Management has analyzed each Fund’s tax positions taken for all open tax years and has concluded that no provision for income tax
is required in the Funds’ financial statements.
As of the end of the reporting period the aggregate cost and net
unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of all investments for federal income tax purposes was as follows:
|
|
Gross |
Gross |
Net
Unrealize |
|
|
Unrealized |
Unrealized |
Appreciation |
Fund |
Tax
Cost |
Appreciation |
(Depreciation) |
(Depreciation) |
NUV |
$1,914,115,733 |
$93,785,545 |
$(61,702,136) |
$
32,083,409 |
NUW |
267,648,014 |
12,575,217 |
(7,706,601) |
4,868,616 |
NMI |
102,549,307 |
1,703,938 |
(4,226,075) |
(2,522,137) |
NEV |
336,897,135 |
17,148,892 |
(34,796,703) |
(17,647,811) |
For purposes of this disclosure, tax cost generally includes the
cost of portfolio investments as well as up-front fees or premiums exchanged on derivatives and any amounts unrealized for income statement
reporting but realized income and/or capital gains for tax reporting, if applicable.
As
of prior fiscal period end, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
|
Undistributed |
Undistributed |
Undistributed |
Unrealized |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Tax-Exempt |
Ordinary |
Long-Term |
Appreciation |
Capital
Loss |
Late-Year
Loss |
Book-to-Tax |
|
Fund |
Income1 |
Income |
Capital
Gains |
(Depreciation) |
Carryforwards |
Deferrals |
Differences |
Total |
NUV |
$8,387,576 |
$942,228 |
$
— |
$252,522,676 |
$(18,142,890) |
$— |
$(5,810,258) |
$237,899,332 |
NUW |
415,840 |
538,802 |
3,075,337 |
38,925,149 |
— |
— |
(700,102) |
42,255,026 |
NMI |
139,993 |
— |
4,909 |
7,975,737 |
— |
— |
(271,153) |
7,849,486 |
NEV |
2,032,245 |
17,233 |
506,792 |
45,065,159 |
— |
— |
(1,410,207) |
46,211,222 |
1 Undistributed net tax-exempt income (on a tax basis)
has not been reduced for the dividend declared on October 1, 2021 and paid on November 1, 2021.
As of prior fiscal period end, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards,
which will not expire:
|
|
|
|
Fund |
Short-Term |
Long-Term |
Total |
NUV |
$12,424,745 |
$5,718,145 |
$18,142,890 |
NUW |
— |
— |
— |
NMI |
— |
— |
— |
NEV |
— |
— |
— |
7. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Management Fees
Each Fund’s management fee compensates the Adviser for the
overall investment advisory and administrative services and general office facilities. The Sub-Adviser is compensated for its services
to the Funds from the management fees paid to the Adviser.
Each Fund’s management fee consists of two components –
a fund-level fee, based only on the amount of assets within each individual Fund, and a complex-level fee, based on the aggregate amount
of all eligible fund assets managed by the Adviser and for NUV a gross interest income component. This pricing structure enables Fund
shareholders to benefit from growth in the assets within their respective Fund as well as from growth in the amount of complex-wide assets
managed by the Adviser.
The
annual fund-level fee, payable monthly, for NUV is calculated according to the following schedule:
|
NUV |
Average Daily Net Assets |
Fund-Level Fee Rate |
For the first $500 million |
0.1500% |
For the next $500 million |
0.1250 |
For net assets over $1 billion |
0.1000 |
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In addition, NUV pays an annual management fee, payable monthly,
based on gross interest income (excluding interest on bonds underlying a “self-deposited inverse floater” trust that is attributed
to the Fund over and above the net interest earned on the inverse floater itself) as follows:
|
NUV |
Gross Interest Income |
Gross Income Fee Rate |
For the first $50 million |
4.125% |
For the next $50 million |
4.000 |
For gross income over $100 million |
3.875 |
The annual fund-level fee, payable monthly, for NUW, NMI and NEV
is calculated according to the following schedules:
|
NUW |
Average Daily Managed Assets* |
Fund-Level Fee Rate |
For the first $125 million |
0.4000% |
For the next $125 million |
0.3875 |
For the next $250 million |
0.3750 |
For the next $500 million |
0.3625 |
For the next $1 billion |
0.3500 |
For the next $3 billion |
0.3250 |
For managed assets over $5 billion |
0.3125 |
|
NMI |
Average Daily Net Assets |
Fund-Level Fee Rate |
For the first $125 million |
0.4500% |
For the next $125 million |
0.4375 |
For the next $250 million |
0.4250 |
For the next $500 million |
0.4125 |
For the next $1 billion |
0.4000 |
For the next $3 billion |
0.3750 |
For net assets over $5 billion |
0.3625 |
|
NEV |
Average Daily Managed Assets* |
Fund-Level Fee Rate |
For the first $125 million |
0.4500% |
For the next $125 million |
0.4375 |
For the next $250 million |
0.4250 |
For the next $500 million |
0.4125 |
For the next $1 billion |
0.4000 |
For the next $3 billion |
0.3750 |
For managed assets over $5 billion |
0.3625 |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)
The annual complex-level fee, payable monthly, for each Fund is
calculated by multiplying the current complex-wide fee rate, determined according to the following schedule by the Fund’s daily
managed assets (net assets for NUV and NMI):
|
|
Complex-Level Eligible Asset Breakpoint Level* |
Effective Complex-Level Fee Rate at Breakpoint Level |
$55 billion |
0.2000% |
$56 billion |
0.1996 |
$57 billion |
0.1989 |
$60 billion |
0.1961 |
$63 billion |
0.1931 |
$66 billion |
0.1900 |
$71 billion |
0.1851 |
$76 billion |
0.1806 |
$80 billion |
0.1773 |
$91 billion |
0.1691 |
$125 billion |
0.1599 |
$200 billion |
0.1505 |
$250 billion |
0.1469 |
$300 billion |
0.1445 |
* | | For the complex-level fees, managed assets include closed-end fund assets managed by the
Adviser that are attributable to certain types of leverage. For these purposes, leverage includes the funds’ use of preferred stock
and borrowings and certain investments in the residual interest certificates (also called inverse floating rate securities) in tender
option bond (TOB) trusts, including the portion of assets held by a TOB trust that has been effectively financed by the trust’s
issuance of floating rate securities, subject to an agreement by the Adviser as to certain funds to limit the amount of such assets for
determining managed assets in certain circumstances. The complex-level fee is calculated based upon the aggregate daily managed assets
of all Nuveen open-end and closed-end funds that constitute “eligible assets.” Eligible assets do not include assets attributable
to investments in other Nuveen funds or assets in excess of a determined amount (originally $2 billion) added to the Nuveen fund complex
in connection with the Adviser’s assumption of the management of the former First American Funds effective January 1, 2011, but
do not include certain assets of certain Nuveen funds that were reorganized into funds advised by an affiliate of the Adviser during
the 2019 calendar year. As of April 30, 2022, the complex-level fee rate for each Fund was 0.1557%. |
Other Transactions with Affiliates
Each Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to
certain other funds or accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser (“Affiliated Entity”) under specified conditions outlined in procedures
adopted by the Board (“cross-trade”). These procedures have been designed to ensure that any cross-trade of securities by
the Fund from or to an Affiliated Entity by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment adviser), common officer
and/or common trustee complies with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. These transactions are effected at the current market price (as provided
by an independent pricing service) without incurring broker commissions.
During
the current fiscal period, the Funds engaged in cross-trades pursuant to these procedures as follows:
Cross-Trades |
NUV |
NMI |
Purchases |
$10,186,676 |
$6,173,595 |
Sales |
— |
6,162,390 |
Realized gain (loss) |
— |
— |
8. Commitments and Contingencies
In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into a variety
of agreements that may expose the Fund to some risk of loss. These could include recourse arrangements for certain TOB Trusts, which are
described elsewhere in these Notes to Financial Statements. The risk of future loss arising from such agreements, while not quantifiable,
is expected to be remote. As of the end of the reporting period, the Funds did not have any unfunded commitments.
From time to time, the Funds may be a party to certain legal proceedings
in the ordinary course of business, including proceedings relating to the enforcement of the Funds’ rights under contracts. As of
the end of the reporting period, management has determined that any legal proceeding(s) the Fund is subject to, including those described
within this report, are unlikely to have a material impact to any of the Fund’s financial statements.
9. Borrowing Arrangements
Committed Line of Credit
The Funds, along with certain other funds managed by the Adviser
(“Participating Funds”), have established a 364-day, $2.635 billion standby credit facility with a group of lenders, under
which the Participating Funds may borrow for temporary purposes (other than on-going leveraging for investment purposes). Each Participating
Fund is allocated a designated proportion of the facility’s capacity (and its associated costs, as described below) based
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upon a multifactor assessment of the likelihood and frequency of
its need to draw on the facility, the size of the Fund and its anticipated draws, and the potential importance of such draws to the operations
and well-being of the Fund, relative to those of the other Funds. A Fund may effect draws on the facility in excess of its designated
capacity if and to the extent that other Participating Funds have undrawn capacity. The credit facility expires in June 2022 unless extended
or renewed.
The credit facility has the following terms: 0.15% per annum on
unused commitment amounts and a drawn interest rate equal to the higher of (a) OBFR (Overnight Bank Funding Rate) plus 1.20% per annum
or (b) the Fed Funds Effective Rate plus 1.20% per annum on amounts borrowed. Prior to June 23, 2021, the drawn interest rate was equal
to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered Rate) plus 1.25% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum
on amounts borrowed. The Participating Funds also incurred a 0.05% upfront fee on the increase of the $230 million commitment amount during
the reporting period. Interest expense incurred by the Participating Funds, when applicable, is recognized as a component of “Interest
expense” on the Statement of Operations. Participating Funds paid administration, legal and arrangement fees, which are recognized
as a component of “Interest expense” on the Statement of Operations, and along with commitment fees, have been allocated among
such Participating Funds based upon the relative proportions of the facility’s aggregate capacity reserved for them and other factors
deemed relevant by the”Adviser and the Board of each Participating Fund.
During the current fiscal period, the following Funds utilized this
facility. Each Fund’s maximum outstanding balance during the utilization period was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
NUV |
NUW |
NMI |
NEV |
Maximum outstanding balance |
$7,723,370 |
$2,587,233 |
$156,188 |
$5,900,000 |
During each Fund’s utilization period(s), during the current
fiscal period, the average daily balance outstanding and average annual interest rate on the Borrowings were as follows:
|
NUV |
NUW |
NMI |
NEV |
Utilization period (days outstanding) |
3 |
3 |
3 |
30 |
Average daily balance outstanding |
$7,723,370 |
$2,587,233 |
$156,188 |
$3,740,000 |
Average annual interest rate |
1.27% |
1.27% |
1.27% |
1.11% |
Borrowings outstanding as of the end of the reporting period, if
any, are recognized as “Borrowings” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, where applicable.
Inter-Fund Borrowing and Lending
The SEC has granted an exemptive order permitting registered open-end
and closed-end Nuveen funds to participate in an inter-fund lending facility whereby the Nuveen funds may directly lend to and borrow
money from each other for temporary purposes (e.g., to satisfy redemption requests or when a sale of securities “fails,” resulting
in an unanticipated cash shortfall) (the “Inter-Fund Program”). The closed-end Nuveen funds, including the Funds covered by
this shareholder report, will participate only as lenders, and not as borrowers, in the Inter-Fund Program because such closed-end funds
rarely, if ever, need to borrow cash to meet redemptions. The Inter-Fund Program is subject to a number of conditions, including, among
other things, the requirements that (1) no fund may borrow or lend money through the Inter-Fund Program unless it receives a more favorable
interest rate than is typically available from a bank or other financial institution for a comparable transaction; (2) no fund may borrow
on an unsecured basis through the Inter-Fund Program unless the fund’s outstanding borrowings from all sources immediately after
the inter-fund borrowing total 10% or less of its total assets; provided that if the borrowing fund has a secured borrowing outstanding
from any other lender, including but not limited to another fund, the inter-fund loan must be secured on at least an equal priority basis
with at least an equivalent percentage of collateral to loan value; (3) if a fund’s total outstanding borrowings immediately after
an inter-fund borrowing would be greater than 10% of its total assets, the fund may borrow through the inter-fund loan on a secured basis
only; (4) no fund may lend money if the loan would cause its aggregate outstanding loans through the Inter-Fund Program to exceed 15%
of its net assets at the time of the loan; (5) a fund’s inter-fund loans to any one fund shall not exceed 5% of the lending fund’s
net assets; (6) the duration of inter-fund loans will be limited to the time required to receive payment for securities sold, but in no
event more than seven days; and (7) each inter-fund loan may be called on one business day’s notice by a lending fund and may be
repaid on any day by a borrowing fund. In addition, a Nuveen fund may participate in the Inter-Fund Program only if and to the extent
that such participation is consistent with the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. The Board is responsible for
overseeing the Inter-Fund Program.
The limitations detailed above and the other conditions of the SEC
exemptive order permitting the Inter-Fund Program are designed to minimize the risks associated with Inter-Fund Program for both the lending
fund and the borrowing fund. However, no borrowing or lending activity is without risk. When a fund borrows money from another fund, there
is a risk that the loan could be called on one day’s notice or not renewed, in which case the fund may have to borrow from a bank
at a higher rate or take other actions to payoff such loan if an inter-fund loan is not available from another fund. Any delay in repayment
to a lending fund could result in a lost investment opportunity or additional borrowing costs.
During the current reporting period, none of the Funds covered by
this shareholder report have entered into any inter-fund loan activity.
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10.
Subsequent Events
Fund Reorganization
As noted in Note 1 – General Information, before the opening
of business on June 6, 2022 NEV merged into NZF. The net assets of NEV were $337,312,370 prior to the closing of the Reorganization.
Upon the closing of the Reorganization, NEV transferred its assets
to NZF in exchange for common shares of NZF and the assumption by NZF of the liabilities of NEV. NEV was then liquidated, dissolved and
terminated in accordance with its Declaration of Trust. Shareholders of NEV became shareholders of NZF. Holders of common shares of NEV
received newly issued common shares of NZF, the aggregate NAV of which is equal to the aggregate NAV of the common shares of NEV held
immediately prior to the Reorganization (including for this purpose fractional Acquiring Fund shares to which shareholders would be entitled).
Committed Line of Credit
During June 2022, the Participating Funds renewed the standby credit
facility through June 2023. In conjunction with this renewal the commitment amount increased from $2.635 billion to $2.700 billion. The
Participating Funds also incurred a 0.05% upfront fee on the increased commitments from select lenders. All other terms remain unchanged.
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Risk Considerations (Unaudited)
Fund shares are not guaranteed or endorsed by any bank or other
insured depository institution, and are not federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (NUV)
Investing in closed-end funds involves risk; principal loss is possible.
There is no guarantee the Fund’s investment objectives will be achieved. Closed-end fund shares may frequently trade at a discount
or premium to their net asset value. Debt or fixed income securities such as those held by the Fund, are subject to market risk, credit
risk, interest rate risk, derivatives risk, liquidity risk, and income risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall. These and other
risk considerations such as tax risk are described in more detail on the Fund’s web page at www.nuveen.com/NUV.
Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund (NUW)
Investing in closed-end funds involves risk; principal loss is possible.
There is no guarantee the Fund’s investment objectives will be achieved. Closed-end fund shares may frequently trade at a discount
or premium to their net asset value. Debt or fixed income securities such as those held by the Fund, are subject to market risk, credit
risk, interest rate risk, derivatives risk, liquidity risk, and income risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall. These and other
risk considerations such as tax risk are described in more detail on the Fund’s web page at www.nuveen.com/NUW.
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NMI)
Investing in closed-end funds involves risk; principal loss is possible.
There is no guarantee the Fund’s investment objectives will be achieved. Closed-end fund shares may frequently trade at a discount
or premium to their net asset value. Debt or fixed income securities such as those held by the Fund, are subject to market risk, credit
risk, interest rate risk, derivatives risk, liquidity risk, and income risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall. These and other
risk considerations such as tax risk are described in more detail on the Fund’s web page at www.nuveen.com/NMI.
Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund (NEV)
Investing in closed-end funds involves risk; principal loss is possible.
There is no guarantee the Fund’s investment objectives will be achieved. Closed-end fund shares may frequently trade at a discount
or premium to their net asset value. Debt or fixed income securities such as those held by the Fund, are subject to market risk, credit
risk, interest rate risk, derivatives risk, liquidity risk, and income risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall. Leverage increases
return volatility and magnifies the Fund’s potential return and its risks; there is no guarantee a fund’s leverage strategy
will be successful. The Fund uses only inverse floaters for its leverage, increasing its exposure to interest rate risk and credit risk,
including counter-party credit risk. These and other risk considerations such as tax risk are described in more detail on the Fund’s
web page at www.nuveen.com/NEV.
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Additional Fund Information (Unaudited)
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Board
of Directors/Trustees |
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Jack
B. Evans |
William
C. Hunter |
Amy
B. R. Lancellotta |
Joanne
T. Medero |
Albin
F. Moschner |
John
K. Nelson |
Judith
M. Stockdale |
Carole
E. Stone |
Matthew
Thornton III |
Terence
J. Toth |
Margaret
L. Wolff |
Robert
L. Young |
Investment
Adviser |
Custodian |
Legal
Counsel |
Independent
Registered |
Transfer
Agent and |
Nuveen
Fund Advisors, LLC |
State
Street Bank |
Chapman
and Cutler LLP |
Public
Accounting Firm |
Shareholder
Services |
333
West Wacker Drive |
&
Trust Company |
Chicago,
IL 60603 |
KPMG
LLP |
Computershare
Trust |
Chicago,
IL 60606 |
One
Lincoln Street |
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200
East Randolph Street |
Company,
N.A. |
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Boston,
MA 02111 |
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Chicago,
IL 60601 |
150
Royall Street |
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Canton,
MA 02021 |
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(800)
257-8787 |