Nuveen Investments

Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions as well as individual investors, today announced that five closed-end funds have each filed initial registration statements to establish equity shelf programs. The programs are designed to provide the funds’ portfolio managers with additional flexibility in pursuing attractive investment opportunities they believe may enhance long-term shareholder returns. Under the equity shelf programs, the funds, subject to market conditions, may raise additional equity capital, by issuing additional common shares, from time to time in varying amounts and offering methods at a net price at or above each fund’s net asset value per common share plus the per share amount of any commission.