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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
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Important Notice to Fund Shareholders
 
June 21, 2010
 
Although we recommend that you read the complete Proxy Statement, for your convenience, we have provided a brief overview of the issues to be voted on.
 
Q. Why am I receiving this Proxy Statement?
 
A. You are receiving this Proxy Statement as a Fund shareholder in connection with the annual shareholders meeting for the Nuveen municipal closed-end funds listed at the top of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
 
You are being asked to vote on a number of important matters:
 
(i)  Updated Investment Policies (Affected Municipal Funds (as defined in the Proxy Statement)). Nuveen’s municipal closed-end funds are seeking to adopt a uniform, “up to date” set of investment policies (the “New Investment Policies”). In general, these funds currently have a somewhat diverse set of policies, reflecting when the funds were launched over the past 20 years as well as developments over time in the municipal market, including new types of securities as well as investment strategies.
 
(ii)  Approval of Fund Board Nominees (All Funds). Each year, you and other Fund shareholders must approve the election of Board members to serve on your Fund’s Board. This is a requirement for all funds that list their common shares on a stock exchange. The Funds described in this Proxy Statement are holding their annual shareholders meetings at which Board members will be elected. The list of specific nominees is contained in the enclosed Proxy Statement.
 
Your Fund’s Board of Trustees/Directors, including your Board’s independent members, unanimously recommends that you vote FOR each proposal.
 
Your vote is very important. We encourage you as a shareholder to participate in your Fund’s governance by returning your vote as soon as possible. If enough shareholders don’t cast their votes, your Fund may not be able to hold its meeting or the vote on each issue, and will be required to incur additional solicitation costs in order to obtain sufficient shareholder participation.
 
Q. What are the potential benefits of the New Investment Policies for common shareholders of the Affected Municipal Funds?
 
A. The potential benefits to common shareholders are:
 
•   Enhanced ability of the Affected Municipal Funds to generate attractive tax-free income while retaining their orientation on investment grade quality municipal securities;
 
•   Increased flexibility in diversifying portfolio risks and managing duration (the sensitivity of bond prices to interest rate changes) to pursue the preservation of and possible growth of capital, which, if successful, will help to sustain and build net asset value; and
 
•   Improved secondary market competitiveness that may lead to a higher relative market price and/or stronger premium/discount performance.


 

 
Q. What are the potential benefits of the New Investment Policies for preferred shareholders of the Affected Municipal Funds?
 
A. The potential benefits to preferred shareholders are increased flexibility in diversifying portfolio risks and managing duration (the sensitivity of bond prices to interest rate changes) to pursue the preservation of and possible growth of capital, which, if successful, will help to sustain and build net asset value and therefore asset coverage levels for preferred shares.
 
Q. What actions are required in order to implement the New Investment Policies?
 
A. In order to implement the New Investment Policies and obtain the potential benefits described above, each Affected Municipal Fund must make certain changes to its existing policies, including certain fundamental policies that require approval of shareholders. In some cases, this may require shareholder approval of the elimination of an existing fundamental policy as well as the implementation of a new replacement fundamental policy. Because each Affected Municipal Fund is situated somewhat differently, the specific changes required to implement the New Investment Policies may vary from fund to fund.
 
Q. What happens if shareholders don’t approve the elimination of the fundamental investment policies and/or don’t approve the New Investment Policy or Policies?
 
A. An Affected Municipal Fund will not be able to implement the New Investment Policies as discussed above. The Affected Municipal Fund would likely incur further expenses to solicit additional shareholder participation, and may experience potential disruptions to its investment operations. The Boards of the Affected Municipal Funds urge you to vote without delay in order to avoid the potential for higher costs and/or disruptions to portfolio operations.
 
Q. Who do I call if I have questions?
 
A. If you need any assistance, or have any questions regarding the proposals or how to vote your shares, please call Computershare Fund Services, your Fund’s proxy solicitor, at (866) 434-7510. Please have your proxy materials available when you call.
 
Q. How do I vote my shares?
 
A. You can vote your shares by completing and signing the enclosed proxy card, and mailing it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope. Alternatively, you may vote by telephone by calling the toll-free number on the proxy card or by computer by going to the Internet address provided on the proxy card and following the instructions, using your proxy card as a guide.
 
Q. Will anyone contact me?
 
A. You may receive a call from Computershare Fund Services, the proxy solicitor hired by your Fund, to verify that you received your proxy materials, to answer any questions you may have about the proposals and to encourage you to vote your proxy.
 
We recognize the inconvenience of the proxy solicitation process and would not impose on you if we did not believe that the matters being proposed were important and in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders. Once your vote has been registered with the proxy solicitor, your name will be removed from the solicitor’s follow-up contact list.


 

 
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(800) 257-8787
Notice of Annual Meeting
of Shareholders
July 27, 2010
 
June 21, 2010
 
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (NUV)
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund 2 (NUW)
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NMI)
Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund (NEV)
Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (NPI)
Nuveen Performance Plus Municipal Fund, Inc. (NPP)
Nuveen Municipal Advantage Fund, Inc. (NMA)
Nuveen Municipal Market Opportunity Fund, Inc. (NMO)
Nuveen Investment Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQM)
Nuveen Select Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQS)
Nuveen Quality Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQU)
Nuveen Premier Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NPF)
Nuveen Premier Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NIF)
Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund 2, Inc. (NPM)
Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund 4, Inc. (NPT)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NAD)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (NXZ)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 (NZF)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (NMZ)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund 2 (NMD)
Nuveen Insured Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NVG)
Nuveen Insured Municipal Opportunity Fund, Inc. (NIO)
Nuveen Insured Premium Income Municipal Fund 2 (NPX)
Nuveen Insured Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQI)
Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Advantage Municipal Fund (NEA)
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM)
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP)
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 2 (NXQ)
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 3 (NXR)
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC)
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXN)


 

To the Shareholders of the Above Funds:
 
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (“Municipal Value”), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (“Municipal Income”), Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Premium Income”), Nuveen Performance Plus Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Performance Plus”), Nuveen Municipal Advantage Fund, Inc. (“Municipal Advantage”), Nuveen Municipal Market Opportunity Fund, Inc. (“Municipal Market Opportunity”), Nuveen Investment Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Investment Quality”), Nuveen Select Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Select Quality”), Nuveen Quality Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Quality Income”), Nuveen Insured Municipal Opportunity Fund, Inc. (“Insured Municipal Opportunity”), Nuveen Insured Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Insured Quality”), Nuveen Premier Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (“Premier Municipal”), Nuveen Premier Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (“Premier Insured”), Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund 2, Inc. (“Premium Income 2”), Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund 4, Inc. (“Premium Income 4”), each a Minnesota Corporation (each a “Minnesota Fund” and collectively, the “Minnesota Funds”), and Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund (“Enhanced Value”), Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (“Dividend Advantage”), Nuveen Insured Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (“Insured Dividend Advantage”), Nuveen Insured Premium Income Municipal Fund 2 (“Insured Premium Income 2”), Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Advantage Municipal Fund (“Insured Tax-Free Advantage”), Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (“Dividend Advantage 2”), Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 (“Dividend Advantage 3”), Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (“Municipal High Income”), Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund 2 (“Municipal High Income 2”), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund 2 (“Municipal Value 2”), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (“Select Maturities”), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (“Select Portfolio”), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 2 (“Select Portfolio 2”), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 3 (“Select Portfolio 3”), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (“California Portfolio”) and Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (“New York Portfolio”), each a Massachusetts Business Trust (individually, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), will be held in the Lobby Conference Room, Nuveen Investments, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., Central time, for the following purposes and to transact such other business, if any, as may properly come before the Annual Meeting:
 
Matters to Be Voted on by Shareholders:
 
1.  To elect Members to the Board of Directors/Trustees (each a “Board” and each Director or Trustee a “Board Member”) of each Fund as outlined below:
 
  a.  For each Minnesota Fund, except Municipal Value and Municipal Income, to elect nine (9) Board Members:
 
  (i)  seven (7) Board Members to be elected by the holders of Common Shares and Municipal Auction Rate Cumulative Preferred Shares (“Preferred Shares”), voting together as a single class; and
 
  (ii)  two (2) Board Members to be elected by the holders of Preferred Shares only, voting separately as a single class.
 
  b.  For Municipal Value and Municipal Income, to elect three (3) Board Members.
 
  c.  For each Massachusetts Business Trust, except Enhanced Value, Municipal Value 2, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California


 

  Portfolio, New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2, to elect four (4) Board Members:
 
  (i)  two (2) Board Members to be elected by the holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class; and
 
  (ii)  two (2) Board Members to be elected by the holders of Preferred Shares only, voting separately as a single class.
 
  d.  For Enhanced Value, Municipal Value 2, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio, New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2, to elect three (3) Board Members.
 
2.  To approve the elimination of fundamental investment policies and/or to approve the new fundamental investment policies for Premium Income, Performance Plus, Municipal Market Opportunity and Premium Income 4.
 
3.  To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.
 
Shareholders of record at the close of business on May 28, 2010 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.
 
All shareholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting. In order to avoid delay and additional expense and to assure that your shares are represented, please vote as promptly as possible, regardless of whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting. You may vote by mail, telephone or over the Internet. To vote by mail, please mark, sign, date and mail the enclosed proxy card. No postage is required if mailed in the United States. To vote by telephone, please call the toll-free number located on your proxy card and follow the recorded instructions, using your proxy card as a guide. To vote over the Internet, go to the Internet address provided on your proxy card and follow the instructions, using your proxy card as a guide.
 
Kevin J. McCarthy
Vice President and Secretary


 

 
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(800) 257-8787
Joint Proxy Statement
 
June 21, 2010
 
 
This Joint Proxy Statement is first being mailed to shareholders on or about June 21, 2010.
 
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (NUV)
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund 2 (NUW)
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NMI)
Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund (NEV)
Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (NPI)
Nuveen Performance Plus Municipal Fund, Inc. (NPP)
Nuveen Municipal Advantage Fund, Inc. (NMA)
Nuveen Municipal Market Opportunity Fund, Inc. (NMO)
Nuveen Investment Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQM)
Nuveen Select Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQS)
Nuveen Quality Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQU)
Nuveen Premier Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NPF)
Nuveen Premier Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NIF)
Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund 2, Inc. (NPM)
Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund 4, Inc. (NPT)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NAD)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (NXZ)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 (NZF)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (NMZ)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund 2 (NMD)
Nuveen Insured Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NVG)
Nuveen Insured Municipal Opportunity Fund, Inc. (NIO)
Nuveen Insured Premium Income Municipal Fund 2 (NPX)
Nuveen Insured Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQI)
Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Advantage Municipal Fund (NEA)
Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (NIM)
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXP)
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 2 (NXQ)
Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 3 (NXR)
Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXC)
Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (NXN)


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General Information
 
This Joint Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors or Trustees (each a “Board” and collectively, the “Boards,” and each Director or Trustee, a “Board Member” and collectively, the “Board Members”) of Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (“Municipal Value”), Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (“Municipal Income”), Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Premium Income”), Nuveen Performance Plus Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Performance Plus”), Nuveen Municipal Advantage Fund, Inc. (“Municipal Advantage”), Nuveen Municipal Market Opportunity Fund, Inc. (“Municipal Market Opportunity”), Nuveen Investment Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Investment Quality”), Nuveen Select Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Select Quality”), Nuveen Quality Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Quality Income”), Nuveen Insured Municipal Opportunity Fund, Inc. (“Insured Municipal Opportunity”), Nuveen Insured Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (“Insured Quality”), Nuveen Premier Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (“Premier Municipal”), Nuveen Premier Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (“Premier Insured”), Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund 2, Inc. (“Premium Income 2”), Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund 4, Inc. (“Premium Income 4”), each a Minnesota Corporation (each referred to herein as a “Minnesota Fund” and collectively, the “Minnesota Funds”), and Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund (“Enhanced Value”), Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (“Dividend Advantage”), Nuveen Insured Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (“Insured Dividend Advantage”), Nuveen Insured Premium Income Municipal Fund 2 (“Insured Premium Income 2”), Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Advantage Municipal Fund (“Insured Tax-Free Advantage”), Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (“Dividend Advantage 2”), Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 (“Dividend Advantage 3”), Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (“Municipal High Income”), Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund 2 (“Municipal High Income 2”), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund 2 (“Municipal Value 2”), Nuveen Select Maturities Municipal Fund (“Select Maturities”), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (“Select Portfolio”), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 2 (“Select Portfolio 2”), Nuveen Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio 3 (“Select Portfolio 3”), Nuveen California Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (“California Portfolio”) and Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (“New York Portfolio”), each a Massachusetts Business Trust (each referred to herein as a “Massachusetts Fund” and collectively, the “Massachusetts Funds”) (the Massachusetts Funds and Minnesota Funds are each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), of proxies to be voted at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in the Lobby Conference Room, Nuveen Investments, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., Central time (for each Fund, an “Annual Meeting” and collectively, the “Annual Meetings”), and at any and all adjournments thereof.
 
On the matters coming before each Annual Meeting as to which a choice has been specified by shareholders on the proxy, the shares will be voted accordingly. If a proxy is returned and no choice is specified, the shares will be voted FOR the election of the nominees as listed in this Joint Proxy Statement and FOR the elimination of the fundamental investment policies and the adoption of new fundamental investment policies for the Affected Municipal Funds (as defined below). Shareholders who execute proxies may revoke them at any time before they are voted by filing with that Fund a written notice of revocation, by delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person.
 
The Board of each Fund has determined that the use of this Joint Proxy Statement for each Annual Meeting is in the best interest of each Fund and its shareholders in light of the similar matters being considered and voted on by the shareholders.


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The following table indicates which shareholders are solicited with respect to each matter:
 
             
 
Matter   Common Shares   Preferred Shares(1)
 
1(a)(i)
  For each Minnesota Fund (except Municipal Value and Municipal Income), election of seven (7) Board Members by all shareholders.   X   X
 
 
1(a)(ii)
  For each Minnesota Fund (except Municipal Value and Municipal Income), election of two (2) Board Members by Preferred Shares only.   X   X
 
 
1(b)
  For Municipal Value and Municipal Income, election of three (3) Board Members by all shareholders.   X   N/A
 
 
1(c)(i)
  For each Massachusetts Fund (except Enhanced Value, Municipal Value 2, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio, New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2), election of two (2) Board Members by all shareholders.   X   X
 
 
1(c)(ii)
  For each Massachusetts Fund (except Enhanced Value, Municipal Value 2, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio, New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2), election of two (2) Board Members by Preferred Shares only.   X   X
 
 
1(d)
  For Enhanced Value, Municipal Value 2, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio, New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2, election of three (3) Board Members by all shareholders.   X   N/A
 
 
2.
  For Premium Income, Performance Plus, Municipal Market Opportunity and Premium Income 4 (the “Affected Municipal Funds”), to approve the elimination of fundamental investment policies and/or to approve the new fundamental investment policies.   X   X
 
 
2(a)
  For each Affected Municipal Fund, to approve the elimination of the Fund’s fundamental investment policies relating to investments in municipal securities and below investment grade securities.   X   X
 
 
2(b)
  For each Affected Municipal Fund to approve the new fundamental investment policy relating to investments in municipal securities.   X   X
 
 
2(c)
  For each Affected Municipal Fund to approve the elimination of the fundamental investment policy relating to investing in other investment companies.   X   X
 
 


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Matter   Common Shares   Preferred Shares(1)
 
2(d)
  For each Affected Municipal Fund to approve the elimination of fundamental investment policies relating to commodities.   X   X
 
 
2(e)
  For each Affected Municipal Fund to approve the new fundamental investment policy relating to commodities.   X   X
 
 
2(f)
  For each Affected Municipal Fund to approve the elimination of fundamental investment policies relating to derivatives and short sales.   X   X
 
 
 
(1)  Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares for Municipal Advantage, Municipal Market Opportunity, Premium Income 4, Dividend Advantage 2 and Insured Premium Income 2; MuniTerm Preferred for Dividend Advantage, Insured Dividend Advantage and Insured Tax-Free Advantage; and Municipal Auction Rate Cumulative Preferred Shares (“MuniPreferred”) for each other Fund are referred to as “Preferred Shares.” Municipal High Income 2, Municipal Value, Municipal Value 2, Municipal Income, Enhanced Value, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio and New York Portfolio have not issued Preferred Shares.
 
A quorum of shareholders is required to take action at each Annual Meeting. A majority of the shares entitled to vote at each Annual Meeting, represented in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum of shareholders at that Annual Meeting, except that for the election of the two Board Member nominees to be elected by holders of Preferred Shares of each Fund (except Municipal Value, Municipal Value 2, Municipal Income, Enhanced Value, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio, New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2), 331/2% of the Preferred Shares entitled to vote and represented in person or by proxy will constitute a quorum. Votes cast by proxy or in person at each Annual Meeting will be tabulated by the inspectors of election appointed for that Annual Meeting. The inspectors of election will determine whether or not a quorum is present at the Annual Meeting. The inspectors of election will treat abstentions and “broker non-votes” (i.e., shares held by brokers or nominees, typically in “street name,” as to which (i) instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote and (ii) the broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power on a particular matter) as present for purposes of determining a quorum.
 
For each Fund, the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be required to elect the Board Members of that Fund. For purposes of determining the approval of the proposal to elect nominees for each Fund, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the election of Board Members. For purposes of determining the approval of the elimination of the fundamental investment policies and the approval of the new fundamental investment policies for the Affected Municipal Funds, a change will only be consummated if approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of a Fund’s Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class, and of the Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as (a) 67% or more of the voting securities present at the Annual Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities are present or represented by proxy; or (b) more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities, whichever is less. For purposes of determining the approval of the elimination of the fundamental investment policies and the approval of the new

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fundamental investment policies, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as shares voted against the proposal.
 
Preferred Shares held in “street name” as to which voting instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote as of one business day before the Annual Meeting, or, if adjourned, one business day before the day to which the Annual Meeting is adjourned, and that would otherwise be treated as “broker non-votes” may, pursuant to Rule 452 of the New York Stock Exchange, be voted by the broker on the proposal in the same proportion as the votes cast by all holders of Preferred Shares as a class who have voted on the proposal or in the same proportion as the votes cast by all holders of Preferred Shares of the Fund who have voted on that item. Rule 452 permits proportionate voting of Preferred Shares with respect to a particular item if, among other things, (i) a minimum of 30% of the Preferred Shares or shares of a series of Preferred Shares outstanding has been voted by the holders of such shares with respect to such item and (ii) less than 10% of the Preferred Shares or shares of a series of Preferred Shares outstanding has been voted by the holders of such shares against such item. For the purpose of meeting the 30% test, abstentions will be treated as shares “voted” and, for the purpose of meeting the 10% test, abstentions will not be treated as shares “voted” against the item.
 
Those persons who were shareholders of record at the close of business on May 28, 2010 will be entitled to one vote for each share held and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional share held. As of May 28, 2010, the shares of the Funds were issued and outstanding as follows:
 
                                 
 
    Fund   Ticker Symbol*   Common Shares     Preferred Shares      
 
    Municipal Value   NUV     [196,511,139]     N/A            
 
 
    Municipal Value 2   NUW           N/A            
 
 
    Municipal Income   NMI     [8,163,929]     N/A            
 
 
    Enhanced Value   NEV           N/A            
 
 
    Premium Income   NPI     [63,785,430]     Series M     2,900      
                    Series M2     1,526      
                    Series T     2,900      
                    Series W     2,900      
                    Series TH     2,901      
                    Series F     2,899      
 
 
    Performance Plus   NPP     [59,914,073]     Series M     3,507      
                    Series T     3,506      
                    Series W     3,505      
                    Series TH     2,770      
                    Series F     3,508      
 
 
    Municipal Advantage   NMA     [43,214,524]     VRDP     2,968      
 
 
    Municipal Market Opportunity   NMO     [45,557,788]     VRDP     3,509      
 
 
    Investment Quality   NQM     [35,820,767]     Series M     1,750      
                    Series T     1,750      
                    Series W     1,749      
                    Series TH     1,429      
                    Series F     1,750      
 
 


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    Fund   Ticker Symbol*   Common Shares     Preferred Shares      
 
    Select Quality   NQS     [34,015,420]     Series M     1,801      
                    Series T     1,801      
                    Series W     2,522      
                    Series TH     1,405      
                    Series F     2,522      
 
 
    Quality Income   NQU     [54,219,374]     Series M     2,567      
                    Series T     2,569      
                    Series W     2,568      
                    Series W2     1,780      
                    Series TH     3,423      
                    Series F     2,568      
 
 
    Premier Municipal   NPF     [19,888,518]     Series M     769      
                    Series T     2,153      
                    Series TH     2,152      
 
 
    Premier Insured   NIF     [19,419,608]     Series W     678      
                    Series TH     2,263      
                    Series F     2,264      
 
 
    Premium Income 2   NPM     [40,794,161]     Series M     1,600      
                    Series M2     1,379      
                    Series T     2,401      
                    Series T2     2,683      
                    Series W     1,600      
                    Series TH     2,401      
                    Series TH2     1,379      
                    Series F     1,601      
                    Series F2     1,504      
                    Series F3     1,915      
                    Series F4     1,038      
 
 
    Premium Income 4   NPT     [43,236,703]     VRDP     2,622      
 
 
    Dividend Advantage   NAD     [39,287,298]     Series M     1,628      
                    Series T     1,628      
                    Series TH     1,547      
                    MuniTerm
Preferred
    14,430,000      
 
 
    Dividend Advantage 2   NXZ     [29,436,351]     VRDP
Series 1
    1,960      
 
 
    Dividend Advantage 3   NZF     [40,378,174]     Series W     3,159      
                    Series TH     3,159      
                    Series F     3,160      
 
 
    Municipal High Income   NMZ     [24,234,875]     Series M     1,826      
                    Series T     987      
                    Series W     987      
 
 
    Municipal High Income 2   NMD     [15,974,681]     N/A            
 
 

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    Fund   Ticker Symbol*   Common Shares     Preferred Shares      
 
    Insured Dividend Advantage   NVG     [29,802,900]     Series M     1,247      
                    Series T     1,217      
                    Series TH     1,214      
                    MuniTerm
Preferred
    10,800,000      
 
 
    Insured Municipal Opportunity   NIO     [81,138,037]     Series M     3,319      
                    Series T     3,319      
                    Series W     3,320      
                    Series W2     2,655      
                    Series W3     1,486      
                    Series TH1     3,319      
                    Series TH2     3,321      
                    Series TH3     2,536      
                    Series F     3,318      
 
 
    Insured Premium Income 2   NPX     [37,353,512]     VRDP
Series 1
    2,190      
 
 
    Insured Quality   NQI     [38,295,278]     Series M     1,954      
                    Series T     1,956      
                    Series W     1,957      
                    Series TH     1,745      
                    Series F     1,956      
 
 
    Insured Tax-Free Advantage   NEA     [18,506,397]     Series T     1,104      
                    Series W     1,105      
                    Series W2     486      
                    MuniTerm
Preferred
    8,300,000      
 
 
    Select Maturities   NIM     [12,405,962]     N/A            
 
 
    Select Portfolio   NXP     [16,443,829]     N/A            
 
 
    Select Portfolio 2   NXQ     [17,646,933]     N/A            
 
 
    Select Portfolio 3   NXR     [12,984,661]     N/A            
 
 
    California Portfolio   NXC     [6,267,289]     N/A            
 
 
    New York Portfolio   NXN     [3,910,604]     N/A            
 
 
 
The Common Shares of all of the Funds are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, except NEA, NVG, NXZ, NZF and NMZ, which are listed on the NYSE Amex. The MuniTerm Preferred Shares of NVG, NEA and NAD are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
 
1.  Election of Board Members
 
Minnesota Corporations
 
At the Annual Meeting of each Minnesota Corporation, Board Members are to be elected to serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. Under the terms of each Minnesota Corporation’s organizational documents (except Municipal Value and Municipal Income), under normal circumstances, holders of Preferred Shares are entitled to elect two (2) Board Members, and the remaining Board Members are to be elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class. Pursuant to the organizational documents of Municipal Value and Municipal Income,

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each Board is divided into three classes, with each class being elected to serve until the third succeeding annual meeting subsequent to their election or thereafter in each case when their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. For Municipal Value and Municipal Income, three (3) Board Members are nominated to be elected at this Annual Meeting.
 
  a.  For each Minnesota Corporation, except Municipal Value and Municipal Income:
 
  (i)  seven (7) Board Members are to be elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class. Board Members Amboian, Bremner, Evans, Kundert, Stockdale, Stone and Toth are nominees for election by all shareholders.
 
  (ii)  two (2) Board Members are to be elected by holders of Preferred Shares, each series voting together as a single class. Board Members Hunter and Schneider are nominees for election by holders of Preferred Shares.
 
  b.  For Municipal Value and Municipal Income: three (3) Board Members are to be elected by all shareholders.
 
With respect to Municipal Value, Board Members Hunter, Stockdale and Stone have been designated as Class I Board Members and as nominees for Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2013 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Amboian, Bremner, Evans, Kundert, Schneider and Toth are current and continuing Board Members. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth have been designated as Class II Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2011 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Bremner, Evans and Schneider have been designated as Class III Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2012 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
 
With respect to Municipal Income, Board Members Hunter, Stockdale and Stone have been designated as Class III Board Members and as nominees for Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2013 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Amboian, Bremner, Evans, Kundert, Schneider and Toth are current and continuing Board Members. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth have been designated as Class I Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2011 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Bremner, Evans and Schneider have been designated as Class II Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2012 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
 
Massachusetts Business Trusts
 
Pursuant to the organizational documents of each Massachusetts Business Trust, each Board is divided into three classes, Class I, Class II and Class III, to be elected by the holders of the outstanding Common Shares and any outstanding Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class to serve until the third succeeding annual meeting subsequent to their election or thereafter, in each case until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. For each


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Massachusetts Business Trust, except Enhanced Value, Municipal Value 2, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio, New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2, under normal circumstances, holders of Preferred Shares are entitled to elect two (2) Board Members. The Board Members elected by holders of Preferred Shares will be elected to serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified.
 
  c.  For each Massachusetts Business Trust, except Enhanced Value, Municipal Value 2, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio, New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2:
 
  (i)  two (2) Board Members are to be elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class. Board Members Stockdale and Stone have been designated as Class I Board Members and as nominees for Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2013 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Amboian, Bremner, Evans, Kundert and Toth are current and continuing Board Members. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth have been designated as Class II Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2011 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Bremner and Evans have been designated as Class III Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2012 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
 
  (ii)  two (2) Board Members are to be elected by holders of Preferred Shares, voting separately as a single class. Board Members Hunter and Schneider are nominees for election by holders of Preferred Shares for a term expiring at the next annual meeting or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
 
  d.  For Enhanced Value, Municipal Value 2, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio, New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2:
 
    Three (3) Board Members are to be elected by all shareholders. Board Members Hunter, Stockdale and Stone have been designated as Class I Board Members and nominees for Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2013 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Amboian, Bremner, Evans, Kundert Schneider and Toth are current and continuing Board Members. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth have been designated as Class II Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2011 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Bremner, Evans and Schneider have been designated as Class III Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2012 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
 
It is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy to vote the shares represented thereby for the election of the nominees listed in the table below unless the proxy is marked otherwise. Each of the nominees has agreed to serve as a Board Member of each Fund if elected. However, should any nominee become unable or unwilling to accept nomination for election, the proxies will be voted for substitute nominees, if any, designated by that Fund’s present Board.


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For each Minnesota Corporation, except for Municipal Value and Municipal Income all Board Member nominees were last elected to each Fund’s Board at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 28, 2009 and adjourned to September 1, 2009.
 
For Municipal Value, Board Members Bremner, Evans and Schneider were last elected as Class III Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 28, 2009. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth were last elected as Class II Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 29, 2008 and adjourned to August 29, 2008.
 
For Municipal Income, Board Members Bremner, Evans and Schneider were last elected as Class II Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 28, 2009. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth were last elected as Class I Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 29, 2008 and adjourned to August 29, 2008.
 
For each Massachusetts Business Trust, except Enhanced Value, Insured Dividend Advantage, Insured Premium Income 2, Insured Tax-Free Advantage, Municipal Value 2, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio, New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2, Board Members Bremner and Evans were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class III Board Members and Board Members Hunter and Schneider were last elected to each Fund’s Board at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 28, 2009 and adjourned to September 1, 2009. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class II Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 29, 2008 and adjourned to August 29, 2008, September 30, 2008 and October 28, 2008.
 
For Insured Tax-Free Advantage, Insured Dividend Advantage and Insured Premium Income 2 Board Members Bremner and Evans were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class III Board Members and Board Members Hunter and Schneider were last elected to each Fund’s Board at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 28, 2009 and for Insured Dividend Advantage and Insured Premium Income 2, adjourned to September 1, 2009. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class II Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on June 30, 2008 and adjourned to July 28, 2008 and August 29, 2008, and for Insured Premium Income 2, adjourned to September 30, 2008 and for Insured Dividend Advantage, adjourned to September 30, 2008 and October 28, 2008.
 
For Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2, Board Members Bremner, Evans and Schneider were last elected as Class III Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 28, 2009. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class II Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 29, 2008 and adjourned to August 29, 2008. Board Member Hunter was last elected to each Fund’s Board as a Class I Board Member at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 29, 2008 and adjourned to August 29, 2008.
 
For Enhanced Value and Municipal Value 2, all of the Board Members were elected by the initial shareholder of the Fund, Nuveen Asset Management (the “Adviser” or “NAM”), on July 28, 2009 and February 23, 2009, respectively.
 
Other than Mr. Amboian (for all Funds), all Board Member nominees are not “interested persons” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Funds or of the Adviser and have never been an employee or director of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (“Nuveen”), the Adviser’s parent company, or any affiliate. Accordingly, such Board Members are deemed “Independent Board Members.”


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The Board unanimously recommends that shareholders vote FOR the election of the nominees named below.
 
Board Nominees/Board Members
 
                         
 
                Number of
   
                Portfolios
   
                in Fund
  Other
                Complex
  Directorships Held
    Position(s)
  Term of Office
      Overseen
  by Board
Name, Address
  Held with
  and Length
  Principal Occupation(s)
  by Board
  Member During the
and Birth Date   Fund   of Time Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Member   Past Five Years
 
 
Nominees/Board Members who are not interested persons of the Funds
                         
Robert P. Bremner*
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(8/22/40)
  Chairman of the Board, Board Member Nominee   Term: Annual or Class III Board Member until 2012(2)

Length of Service: Since 1996; Chairman of the Board since 2008; Lead Independent Director (2005-2008)
  Private Investor and Management Consultant; Treasurer and Director, Humanities Council of Washington D.C.     200     N/A
                         
Jack B. Evans
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(10/22/48)
  Board Member Nominee   Term: Annual or Class III Board Member until 2012(2)

Length of Service: Since 1999
  President, The Hall-Perrine Foundation, a private philanthropic corporation (since 1996); Director and Vice Chairman, United Fire Group, a publicly held company; Member of the Board of Regents for the State of Iowa University System; Director, Gazette Companies; Life Trustee of Coe College and Iowa College Foundation; formerly, Director, Alliant Energy; formerly, Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; formerly, President and Chief Operating Officer, SCI Financial Group, Inc., a regional financial services firm.     200     See Principal Occupation Description
                         
William C. Hunter
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(3/6/48)
  Board Member Nominee   Term: Annual or Class II Board Member until 2010(2)

Length of Service: Since 2004
  Dean, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa (since 2006); Director (since 2004) of Xerox Corporation, a publicly held company; Director (since 2005) of Beta Gamma Sigma International Society; formerly (2003-2006), Dean and Distinguished Professor of Finance, School of Business at the University of Connecticut (2003-2006); formerly, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1995-2003); formerly, Director, SS&C Technologies, Inc. (May 2005-October 2005); formerly, Director, Credit Research Center at Georgetown University (1997-2007).     200     See Principal Occupation Description


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                Number of
   
                Portfolios
   
                in Fund
  Other
                Complex
  Directorships Held
    Position(s)
  Term of Office
      Overseen
  by Board
Name, Address
  Held with
  and Length
  Principal Occupation(s)
  by Board
  Member During the
and Birth Date   Fund   of Time Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Member   Past Five Years
 
 
                         
David J. Kundert*
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(10/28/42)
  Board Member Nominee   Term: Annual or Class II Board Member until 2011(2)

Length of Service: Since 2005
  Director, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company; retired (2004) as Chairman, JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management, President and CEO, Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation, and President, One Group Mutual Funds; prior thereto, Executive Vice President, Bank One Corporation and Chairman and CEO, Banc One Investment Management Group; Board of Regents, Luther College; member of the Wisconsin Bar Association; member of Board of Directors, Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens; member of Board of Directors and member of Investment Committee, Greater Milwaukee Foundation.     200     See Principal Occupation Description
                         
William J. Schneider*
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(9/24/44)
  Board Member Nominee   Term: Annual or Class III Board Member until 2012(2)

Length of Service: Since 1996
  Chairman, of Miller-Valentine Partners Ltd., a real estate investment company; formerly, Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer (retired, 2004) of Miller-Valentine Group; Member, University of Dayton Business School Advisory Council; formerly, Member and Chair, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Board; formerly, Member, Business Advisory Council, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank; formerly, Director, Dayton Development Coalition.     200     See Principal Occupation Description
                         
Judith M. Stockdale
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(12/29/47)
  Board Member Nominee   Term: Annual or Class I Board Member until 2010(2)

Length of Service: Since 1997
  Executive Director, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (since 1994); prior thereto, Executive Director, Great Lakes Protection Fund (from 1990 to 1994).     200     N/A
                         
Carole E. Stone*
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(6/28/47)
  Board Member Nominee   Term: Annual or Class I Board Member until 2010(2)

Length of Service: Since 2007
  Director, C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated (since 2009); Director, Chicago Board Options Exchange (since 2006); Commissioner, NYSE Commission on Public Authority Reform (since 2005); formerly, Chair, New York Racing Association Oversight Board (2005-2007).     200     See Principal Occupation Description

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                Number of
   
                Portfolios
   
                in Fund
  Other
                Complex
  Directorships Held
    Position(s)
  Term of Office
      Overseen
  by Board
Name, Address
  Held with
  and Length
  Principal Occupation(s)
  by Board
  Member During the
and Birth Date   Fund   of Time Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Member   Past Five Years
 
 
                         
Terence J. Toth*
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(9/29/59)
  Board Member Nominee   Term: Annual or Class II Board Member until 2011(2)

Length of Service: Since 2008:
  Director, Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (since 2008); Managing Partner, Promus Capital Management (since 2008); formerly CEO and President, Northern Trust Global Investments (2004-2007); Executive Vice President, Quantitative Management & Securities Lending (2000-2004); prior thereto, various positions with Northern Trust Company (since 1994); Member: Goodman Theatre Board (since 2004), Chicago Fellowship Board (since 2005), University of Illinois Leadership Council Board (since 2007) and Catalyst Schools of Chicago Board (since 2008); formerly Member: Northern Trust Mutual Funds Board (2005-2007), Northern Trust Global Investments Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Japan Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Securities Inc. Board (2003-2007) and Northern Trust Hong Kong Board (1997-2004).     200     See Principal Occupation Description
Nominee/Board Member who is an interested person of the Funds
                         
John P. Amboian(3)
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(6/14/61)
  Board Member Nominee   Term: Annual or Class II Board Member until 2011(2)

Length of Service: Since 2008
  Chief Executive Officer (since July 2007), Director (since 1999) of Nuveen Investments, Inc. and Chairman (since 2007); Chief Executive Officer (since 2007) of Nuveen Asset Management, Nuveen Investments Advisers, Inc.; President (since 2005) of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC.     200     See Principal Occupation Description
 
 
 
Also serves as a trustee of the Nuveen Diversified Commodity Fund, a Nuveen-sponsored commodity pool that has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC for a proposed initial public offering. The S-1 has not been declared effective and the commodity pool has not commenced operations.
(1) Length of Time Served indicates the year in which the individual became a Board Member of a fund in the Nuveen fund complex.
(2) For Municipal Value, Municipal Value 2, Enhanced Value, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio, New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2, Board Member Hunter serves as a Class I Board Member and Board Member Schneider serves as a Class III Board Member. For Municipal Income, Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth serve as Class I Board Members; Board Members Hunter, Stockdale and Stone are Class III Board Members; and Board Members Bremner, Evans and Schneider are Class II Board Members.
(3) “Interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, by reason of being an officer and director of each Fund’s adviser.
 
The dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each Board Member in each Fund and all Nuveen funds overseen by the Board Member as of December 31, 2009 is set forth in Appendix A. The number of shares of each Fund beneficially owned by each Board Member and by the Board Members and officers of the Funds as a group as of December 31, 2009 is set forth in Appendix A. On December 31, 2009, Board Members and executive officers as a group beneficially owned approximately 800,000 shares of all funds managed by NAM (including shares held by the Board Members through the Deferred Compensation Plan for Independent Board Members and by executive officers in Nuveen’s 401(k)/profit sharing plan). [As of May 28, 2010, each Board Member’s individual beneficial shareholdings of each Fund constituted less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund. As of May 28, 2010, the Board Members and executive officers as a group beneficially owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund. As of May 28, 2010, no shareholder beneficially owned more than 5% of any class of shares of any Fund, except as provided in Appendix B.]

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Compensation
 
Each Independent Board Member receives a $100,000 annual retainer plus (a) a fee of $3,250 per day for attendance in person or by telephone at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board; (b) a fee of $2,500 per meeting for attendance in person where such in-person attendance is required and $1,500 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person where in-person attendance is not required at a special, non-regularly scheduled board meeting; (c) a fee of $2,000 per meeting for attendance in person or $1,500 per meeting for attendance by telephone at an audit committee meeting; (d) a fee of $2,000 per meeting for attendance at a regularly scheduled compliance, risk management and regulatory oversight committee meeting for regular quarterly meetings and $1,000 per meeting for attendance of other, non-quarterly meetings; (e) a fee of $1,000 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone for a meeting of the dividend committee; and (f) a fee of $500 per meeting for attendance in person at all other committee meetings, $1,000 for attendance at shareholder meetings on a day on which no regularly scheduled board meeting is held in which in-person attendance is required, $250 per meeting for attendance by telephone at committee meetings (excluding shareholder meetings) where in-person attendance is not required and $100 per meeting when the executive committee acts as pricing committee for IPOs, plus, in each case, expenses incurred in attending such meetings. In addition to the payments described above, the Independent Chairman receives $50,000 annually and the Lead Independent Director, if any, receives $35,000, the chairpersons of the audit committee, the dividend committee and the compliance, risk management and regulatory oversight committee receive $7,500 and the chairperson of the nominating and governance committee receives $5,000 as additional retainers to the annual retainer paid to such individuals. Independent Board Members also receive a fee of $2,500 per day for site visits to entities that provide services to the Nuveen funds on days on which no regularly scheduled board meeting is held. When ad hoc committees are organized, the nominating and governance committee will at the time of formation determine compensation to be paid to the members of such committees, however, in general such fees will be $1,000 per meeting for attendance in person at any ad hoc committee meeting where in-person attendance is required and $500 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance is not required. The annual retainer, fees and expenses are allocated among the funds managed by the Adviser, on the basis of relative net asset sizes although fund management may, in its discretion, establish a minimum amount to be allocated to each fund. The Board Member affiliated with Nuveen and the Adviser serves without any compensation from the Funds.
 
The boards of certain Nuveen funds (the “Participating Funds”) established a Deferred Compensation Plan for Independent Board Members (“Deferred Compensation Plan”). Under the Deferred Compensation Plan, Independent Board Members of the Participating Funds may defer receipt of all, or a portion, of the compensation they earn for their services to the Participating Funds, in lieu of receiving current payments of such compensation. Any deferred amount is treated as though an equivalent dollar amount had been invested in shares of one or more eligible Nuveen funds.


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Aggregate Compensation from the Funds(2)  
   
    Robert P.
    Jack B.
    William C.
    David J.
    William J.
    Judith M.
    Carole E.
    Terence J.
 
Fund   Bremner     Evans     Hunter     Kundert     Schneider     Stockdale     Stone     Toth  
   
 
Municipal Value
    $7,938     $ 7,005     $ 5,751     $ 7,274     $ 7,561     $ 6,433     $ 5,631     $ 7,118  
Municipal Value 2
    659       599       410       457       474       556       410       573  
Municipal Income
    351       304       246       287       299       269       254       291  
Enhanced Value
                                               
Premium Income
    5,600       4,948       4,077       5,148       5,347       4,564       3,951       5,034  
Performance Plus
    5,722       5,054       4,166       5,260       5,463       4,662       4,035       5,145  
Municipal Advantage
    4,029       3,559       2,934       3,705       3,847       3,282       2,840       3,627  
Municipal Market Opportunity
    4,309       3,805       3,138       3,962       4,113       3,510       3,037       3,877  
Investment Quality
    3,195       2,821       2,326       2,937       3,050       2,602       2,253       2,872  
Select Quality
    3,217       2,841       2,343       2,957       3,071       2,621       2,269       2,892  
Quality Income
    5,220       4,611       3,802       4,800       4,985       4,254       3,681       4,696  
Premier Municipal
    1,755       1,550       1,278       1,613       1,675       1,430       1,238       1,576  
Premier Insured
    1,879       1,661       1,369       1,730       1,796       1,532       1,325       1,692  
Premium Income 2
    4,996       4,560       3,985       4,704       4,825       3,985       3,902       4,616  
Premium Income 4
    3,575       3,158       2,603       3,287       3,413       2,912       2,520       3,217  
Dividend Advantage
    3,502       3,093       2,550       3,217       3,342       2,853       2,471       3,146  
Dividend Advantage 2
    2,690       2,378       1,955       2,471       2,569       2,188       1,914       2,417  
Dividend Advantage 3
    3,602       3,181       2,622       3,312       3,440       2,934       2,539       3,239  
Municipal High Income
    1,547       1,368       1,129       1,418       1,473       1,262       1,094       1,397  
Municipal High Income 2
    807       701       568       660       690       622       588       673  
Insured Dividend Advantage
    2,910       2,571       2,119       2,678       2,781       2,372       2,052       2,619  
Insured Municipal Opportunity
    10,287       9,389       8,196       9,689       9,939       8,210       8,019       9,515  
Insured Premium Income 2
    3,061       2,708       2,224       2,814       2,926       2,491       2,178       2,752  
Insured Quality
    3,436       3,037       2,503       3,161       3,282       2,800       2,423       3,096  
Insured Tax-Free Advantage
    2,318       2,116       1,847       2,183       2,240       1,851       1,807       2,143  
Select Maturities
    505       432       361       417       430       382       361       412  
Select Portfolio
    953       850       666       902       951       792       666       835  
Select Portfolio 2
    964       849       674       912       961       801       674       834  
Select Portfolio 3
    746       665       521       706       744       620       521       653  


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Aggregate Compensation from the Funds(2)  
   
    Robert P.
    Jack B.
    William C.
    David J.
    William J.
    Judith M.
    Carole E.
    Terence J.
 
Fund   Bremner     Evans     Hunter     Kundert     Schneider     Stockdale     Stone     Toth  
   
 
California Portfolio
    358       316       250       339       357       298       250       310  
New York Portfolio
    224       198       157       212       224       187       157       194  
Total Compensation from Nuveen Funds Paid to Board Members/Nominees(1)
  $ 265,996     $ 239,830     $ 194,333     $ 252,913     $ 258,133     $ 219,480     $ 186,750     $ 247,289  
 
 
 
(1)  Based on the total compensation paid, including deferred fees (including the return from the assumed investment in the eligible Nuveen funds), to the Board Members for the calendar year ended December 31, 2009 for services to the Nuveen open-end and closed-end funds advised by NAM.
 
(2)  Includes deferred fees. Pursuant to a deferred compensation agreement with certain of the Funds, deferred amounts are treated as though an equivalent dollar amount has been invested in shares of one or more eligible Nuveen funds. Total deferred fees for the Funds (including the return from the assumed investment in the eligible Nuveen funds) payable are:
 
                                                                 
   
    Robert P.
    Jack B.
    William C.
    David J.
    William J.
    Judith M.
    Carole E.
    Terence J.
 
Fund   Bremner     Evans     Hunter     Kundert     Schneider     Stockdale     Stone     Toth  
   
 
Municipal Value
  $ 1,334     $ 1,961     $ 1,711     $ 7,274     $ 7,561     $ 3,541           $ 4,809  
Municipal Value 2
                                               
Municipal Income
                                               
Enhanced Value
                                               
Premium Income
    943       1,387       1,233       5,148       5,347       2,508             3,411  
Performance Plus
    964       1,417       1,273       5,260       5,463       2,559             3,493  
Municipal Advantage
    679       998       913       3,705       3,847       1,796             2,472  
Municipal Market Opportunity
    726       1,067       977       3,962       4,113       1,921             2,643  
Investment Quality
    538       791       709       2,937       3,050       1,429             1,948  
Select Quality
    542       797       715       2,957       3,071       1,438             1,963  
Quality Income
    880       1,293       1,172       4,800       4,985       2,332             3,195  
Premier Municipal
    295       434       382       1,613       1,675       787             1,065  
Premier Insured
    317       466       424       1,730       1,796       839             1,153  
Premium Income 2
    817       1,238       807       4,704       4,825       2,240             2,893  
Premium Income 4
    602       885       807       3,287       3,413       1,594             2,190  
Dividend Advantage
    589       867       768       3,217       3,342       1,569             2,130  
Dividend Advantage 2
    453       666       580       2,471       2,569       1,206             1,633  
Dividend Advantage 3
    607       892       804       3,312       3,440       1,610             2,201  
Municipal High Income
    260       383       370       1,418       1,473       682             965  


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    Robert P.
    Jack B.
    William C.
    David J.
    William J.
    Judith M.
    Carole E.
    Terence J.
 
Fund   Bremner     Evans     Hunter     Kundert     Schneider     Stockdale     Stone     Toth  
   
 
Municipal High Income 2
                                               
Insured Dividend Advantage
    491       721       652       2,678       2,781       1,301             1,781  
Insured Municipal Opportunity
    1,685       2,552       1,724       9,689       9,939       4,599             6,002  
Insured Premium Income 2
    515       759       654       2,814       2,926       1,375             1,855  
Insured Quality
    579       852       783       3,161       3,282       1,531             2,113  
Insured Tax-Free Advantage
    379       575       381       2,183       2,240       1,039             1,348  
Select Maturities
                                               
Select Portfolio
    160       244             902       951       510             449  
Select Portfolio 2
    162       244             912       961       515             449  
Select Portfolio 3
    125       191             706       744       399             352  
California Portfolio
    60       91             339       357       191             167  
New York Portfolio
    38       57             212       224       120             105  
 
 


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Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight
 
The Board of each Fund (collectively, the “Board”) oversees the operations and management of the Fund, including the duties performed for the Funds by the Adviser. The Board has adopted a unitary board structure. A unitary board consists of one group of directors who serve on the board of every fund in the complex. In adopting a unitary board structure, the Board Members seek to provide effective governance through establishing a board, the overall composition of which, will, as a body, possess the appropriate skills, independence and experience to oversee the Funds’ business. With this overall framework in mind, when the Board, through its Nominating and Governance Committee discussed below, seeks nominees for the Board, the Board Members consider, not only the candidate’s particular background, skills and experience, among other things, but also whether such background, skills and experience enhance the Board’s diversity and at the same time complement the Board given its current composition and the mix of skills and experiences of the incumbent Board Members.
 
The Board believes the unitary board structure enhances good and effective governance, particularly given the nature of the structure of the investment company complex. Funds in the same complex generally are served by the same service providers and personnel and are governed by the same regulatory scheme which raises common issues that must be addressed by the directors across the fund complex (such as compliance, valuation, liquidity, brokerage, trade allocation or risk management). The Board believes it is more efficient to have a single board review and oversee common policies and procedures which increases the Board’s knowledge and expertise with respect to the many aspects of fund operations that are complex-wide in nature. The unitary structure also enhances the Board’s influence and oversight over the Adviser and other service providers.
 
In an effort to enhance the independence of the Board, the Board also has a Chairman that is an independent Board Member. The Board recognizes that a chairman can perform an important role in setting the agenda for the Board, establishing the boardroom culture, establishing a point person on behalf of the Board for fund management, and reinforcing the Board’s focus on the long-term interests of shareholders. The Board recognizes that a chairman may be able to better perform these functions without any conflicts of interests arising from a position with fund management. Accordingly, the Board Members have elected Robert P. Bremner as the independent Chairman of the Board. Specific responsibilities of the Chairman include: (i) presiding at all meetings of the Board and of the shareholders; (ii) seeing that all orders and resolutions of the Board Members are carried into effect; and (iii) maintaining records of and, whenever necessary, certifying all proceedings of the Board Members and the shareholders.
 
Although the Board has direct responsibility over various matters (such as advisory contracts, underwriting contracts and Fund performance), the Board also exercises certain of its oversight responsibilities through several committees that it has established and which report back to the full Board. The Board believes that a committee structure is an effective means to permit Board Members to focus on particular operations or issues affecting the Funds, including risk oversight. More specifically, with respect to risk oversight, the Board has delegated matters relating to valuation and compliance to certain committees (as summarized below) as well as certain aspects of investment risk. In addition, the Board believes that the periodic rotation of Board Members among the different committees allows the Board Members to gain additional and different perspectives of a Fund’s operations. The Board has established five standing committees: the Executive Committee, the Dividend Committee, the Audit Committee, the


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Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. The Board may also from time to time create ad hoc committees to focus on particular issues as the need arises. The membership and functions of the standing committees are summarized below.
 
The Executive Committee, which meets between regular meetings of the Board, is authorized to exercise all of the powers of the Board. Robert P. Bremner, Chair, Judith M. Stockdale and John P. Amboian serve as the current members of the Executive Committee of the Board. The number of Executive Committee meetings of each Fund held during its last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C.
 
The Dividend Committee is authorized to declare distributions on each Fund’s shares including, but not limited to, regular and special dividends, capital gains and ordinary income distributions. The members of the Dividend Committee are Jack B. Evans, Chair, Judith M. Stockdale and Terence J. Toth. The number of Dividend Committee meetings of each Fund held during its last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C.
 
The Board has an Audit Committee, in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), that is composed of Independent Board Members who are also “independent” as that term is defined in the listing standards pertaining to closed-end funds of the New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE Amex, as applicable. The Audit Committee assists the Board in the oversight and monitoring of the accounting and reporting policies, processes and practices of the Funds, and the audits of the financial statements of the Funds; the quality and integrity of the financial statements of the Funds; the Funds’ compliance with legal and regulatory requirements relating to the Funds’ financial statements; the independent auditors’ qualifications, performance and independence; and the pricing procedures of the Funds and the internal valuation group of Nuveen. It is the responsibility of the Audit Committee to select, evaluate and replace any independent auditors (subject only to Board and, if applicable, shareholder ratification) and to determine their compensation. The Audit Committee is also responsible for, among other things, overseeing the valuation of securities comprising the Funds’ portfolios. Subject to the Board’s general supervision of such actions, the Audit Committee addresses any valuation issues, oversees the Funds’ pricing procedures and actions taken by Nuveen’s internal valuation group which provides regular reports to the committee, reviews any issues relating to the valuation of the Funds’ securities brought to its attention and considers the risks to the Funds in assessing the possible resolutions to these matters. The Audit Committee may also consider any financial risk exposures for the Funds in conjunction with performing its functions.
 
To fulfill its oversight duties, the Audit Committee receives annual and semi-annual reports and has regular meetings with the external auditors for the Funds and the internal audit group at Nuveen. The Audit Committee also may review in a general manner the processes the Board or other Board committees have in place with respect to risk assessment and risk management as well as compliance with legal and regulatory matters relating to the Funds’ financial statements. The Audit Committee operates under a written Audit Committee Charter adopted and approved by the Board, which Charter conforms to the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange or the NYSE Amex, as applicable. Members of the Audit Committee shall be independent (as set forth in the Charter) and free of any relationship that, in the opinion of the Board Members, would interfere with their exercise of independent judgment as an Audit Committee member. The members of the Audit Committee are Robert P. Bremner, Jack B. Evans, David J. Kundert, Chair, William J. Schneider and Terence J. Toth, each of whom is an


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independent Board Member of the Funds. A copy of the Audit Committee Charter is attached as Appendix D. The number of Audit Committee Meetings of each Fund held during its last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C.
 
The Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight Committee (the “Compliance Committee”) is responsible for the oversight of compliance issues, risk management and other regulatory matters affecting the Funds that are not otherwise the jurisdiction of the other committees. The Board has adopted and periodically reviews policies and procedures designed to address the Funds’ compliance and risk matters. As part of its duties, the Compliance Committee reviews the policies and procedures relating to compliance matters and recommends modifications thereto as necessary or appropriate to the full Board; develops new policies and procedures as new regulatory matters affecting the Funds arise from time to time; evaluates or considers any comments or reports from examinations from regulatory authorities and responses thereto; and performs any special reviews, investigations or other oversight responsibilities relating to risk management, compliance and/or regulatory matters as requested by the Board.
 
In addition, the Compliance Committee is responsible for risk oversight, including, but not limited to, the oversight of risks related to investments and operations. Such risks include, among other things, exposures to particular issuers, market sectors, or types of securities; risks related to product structure elements, such as leverage; and techniques that may be used to address those risks, such as hedging and swaps. In assessing issues brought to the Compliance Committee’s attention or in reviewing a particular policy, procedure, investment technique or strategy, the Compliance Committee evaluates the risks to the Funds in adopting a particular approach or resolution compared to the anticipated benefits to the Funds and their shareholders. In fulfilling its obligations, the Compliance Committee meets on a quarterly basis, and at least once a year in person. The Compliance Committee receives written and oral reports from the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and meets privately with the CCO at each of its quarterly meetings. The CCO also provides an annual report to the full Board regarding the operations of the Funds’ and other service providers’ compliance programs as well as any recommendations for modifications thereto. The Compliance Committee also receives reports from the investment services group of Nuveen regarding various investment risks. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the full Board also participates in discussions with management regarding certain matters relating to investment risk, such as the use of leverage and hedging. The investment services group therefore also reports to the full Board at its quarterly meetings regarding, among other things, Fund performance and the various drivers of such performance. Accordingly, the Board directly and/or in conjunction with the Compliance Committee oversees matters relating to investment risks. Matters not addressed at the committee level are addressed directly by the full Board. The Compliance Committee operates under a written charter adopted and approved by the Board. The members of the Compliance Committee are William C. Hunter, William J. Schneider, Chair, Judith M. Stockdale and Carole E. Stone. The number of Compliance Committee meetings of each Fund held during its last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C.
 
The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for seeking, identifying and recommending to the Board qualified candidates for election or appointment to the Board. In addition, the Nominating and Governance Committee oversees matters of corporate governance, including the evaluation of Board performance and processes, the assignment and rotation of committee members, and the establishment of corporate governance guidelines


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and procedures, to the extent necessary or desirable, and matters related thereto. Although the unitary and committee structure has been developed over the years and the Nominating and Governance Committee believes the structure has provided efficient and effective governance, the committee recognizes that as demands on the Board evolve over time (such as through an increase in the number of funds overseen or an increase in the complexity of the issues raised), the committee must continue to evaluate the Board and committee structures and their processes and modify the foregoing as may be necessary or appropriate to continue to provide effective governance. Accordingly, the Nominating and Governance Committee has a separate meeting each year to, among other things, review the Board and committee structures, their performance and functions, and recommend any modifications thereto or alternative structures or processes that would enhance the Board’s governance over the Funds’ business.
 
In addition, the Nominating and Governance Committee, among other things, makes recommendations concerning the continuing education of Board Members; monitors performance of legal counsel and other service providers; establishes and monitors a process by which security holders are be able to communicate in writing with Board Members; and periodically reviews and makes recommendations about any appropriate changes to Board Member compensation. In the event of a vacancy on the Board, the Nominating and Governance Committee receives suggestions from various sources as to suitable candidates. Suggestions should be sent in writing to Lorna Ferguson, Manager of Fund Board Relations, Nuveen Investments, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606. The Nominating and Governance Committee sets appropriate standards and requirements for nominations for new Board Members and reserves the right to interview any and all candidates and to make the final selection of any new Board Members. In considering a candidate’s qualifications, each candidate must meet certain basic requirements, including relevant skills and experience, time availability (including the time requirements for due diligence site visits to internal and external sub-advisers and service providers) and, if qualifying as an Independent Board Member candidate, independence from the Adviser, sub-advisers, underwriters or other service providers, including any affiliates of these entities. These skill and experience requirements may vary depending on the current composition of the Board, since the goal is to ensure an appropriate range of skills, diversity and experience, in the aggregate. Accordingly, the particular factors considered and weight given to these factors will depend on the composition of the Board and the skills and backgrounds of the incumbent Board Member at the time of consideration of the nominees. All candidates, however, must meet high expectations of personal integrity, independence, governance experience and professional competence. All candidates must be willing to be critical within the Board and with management and yet maintain a collegial and collaborative manner toward other Board Members. The Nominating and Governance Committee operates under a written charter adopted and approved by the Board, a copy of which is available on the Funds’ website at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Info/Shareholder/, and is composed entirely of Independent Board Members who are also “independent” as defined by New York Stock Exchange or NYSE Amex listing standards, as applicable. Accordingly, the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee are Robert P. Bremner, Chair, Jack B. Evans, William C. Hunter, David J. Kundert, William J. Schneider, Judith M. Stockdale, Carole E. Stone and Terence J. Toth. The number of Nominating and Governance Committee meetings of each Fund held during its last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C.
 
The number of regular quarterly meetings and special meetings held by the Board of each Fund during the Fund’s last fiscal year is shown in Appendix C. During the last fiscal year, each Board Member attended 75% or more of each Fund’s Board meetings and the committee meetings (if


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a member thereof) held during the period for which such Board Member was a Board Member. The policy of the Board relating to attendance by Board Members at annual meetings of the Funds and the number of Board Members who attended the last annual meeting of shareholders of each Fund is posted on the Funds’ website at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Info/Shareholder/.
 
Board Diversification and Board Member Qualifications. Listed below for each Board Member and nominee are the experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills that led to the conclusion, as of the date of this document, that each Board Member should continue to serve in that capacity.
 
John P. Amboian
 
Mr. Amboian, an interested Board Member of the Funds, joined Nuveen Investments, Inc. in June 1995 and became Chief Executive Officer in July 2007 and Chairman in November 2007. Prior to this, since 1999, he served as President with responsibility for the firm’s product, marketing, sales, operations and administrative activities. Mr. Amboian initially served Nuveen as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Nuveen, Mr. Amboian held key management positions with two consumer product firms affiliated with the Phillip Morris Companies. He served as Senior Vice President of Finance, Strategy and Systems at Miller Brewing Company. Mr. Amboian began his career in corporate and international finance at Kraft Foods, Inc., where he eventually served as Treasurer. He received a Bachelor’s degree in economics and a Masters of Business Administration (“MBA”) from the University of Chicago. Mr. Amboian serves on the Board of Directors of Nuveen and is a Board Member of the Investment Company Institute Board of Governors, Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago, Children’s Memorial Hospital and Foundation, the Council on the Graduate School of Business (University of Chicago), and the North Shore Country Day School Foundation. He is also a member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago and the Economic Club of Chicago.
 
Robert P. Bremner
 
Mr. Bremner, the Board’s Independent Chairman, is a private investor and management consultant in Washington, D.C. His biography of William McChesney Martin, Jr., a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, was published by Yale University Press in November 2004. From 1994 to 1997, he was a Senior Vice President at Samuels International Associates, an international consulting firm specializing in governmental policies, where he served in a part-time capacity. Previously, Mr. Bremner was a partner in the LBK Investors Partnership and was chairman and majority stockholder with ITC Investors Inc., both private investment firms. He currently serves on the Board and as Treasurer of the Humanities Council of Washington D.C. From 1984 to 1996, Mr. Bremner was an independent Trustee of the Flagship Funds, a group of municipal open-end funds. He began his career at the World Bank in Washington D.C. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University and received his MBA from Harvard University.
 
Jack B. Evans
 
President of the Hall-Perrine Foundation, a private philanthropic corporation, since 1996, Mr. Evans was formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of the SCI Financial Group, Inc., a regional financial services firm headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Formerly, he was a


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member of the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago as well as a Director of Alliant Energy. Mr. Evans is Chairman of the Board of United Fire Group, sits on the Board of the Gazette Companies, is President Pro Tem of the Board of Regents for the State of Iowa University System, is a Life Trustee of Coe College and is a member of the Advisory Council of the Department of Finance in the Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Coe College and an MBA from the University of Iowa.
 
William C. Hunter
 
Mr. Hunter was appointed Dean of the Henry B. Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa effective July 1, 2006. He had been Dean and Distinguished Professor of Finance at the University of Connecticut School of Business since June 2003. From 1995 to 2003, he was the Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. While there he served as the Bank’s Chief Economist and was an Associate Economist on the Federal Reserve System’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). In addition to serving as a Vice President in charge of financial markets and basic research at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta, he held faculty positions at Emory University, Atlanta University, the University of Georgia and Northwestern University. A past Director of the Credit Research Center at Georgetown University and past President of the Financial Management Association International, he has consulted with numerous foreign central banks and official agencies in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Central America and South America. From 1990 to 1995, he was a U.S. Treasury Advisor to Central and Eastern Europe. He has been a Director of the Xerox Corporation since 2004. He is President-Elect of Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc., the International Business Honor Society.
 
David J. Kundert
 
Mr. Kundert retired in 2004 as Chairman of JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management, and as President and CEO of Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation, and as President of One Group Mutual Funds. Prior to the merger between Bank One Corporation and JPMorgan Chase and Co., he was Executive Vice President, Bank One Corporation and, since 1995, the Chairman and CEO, Banc One Investment Management Group. From 1988 to 1992, he was President and CEO of Bank One Wisconsin Trust Company. Currently, Mr. Kundert is a Director of the Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company. He started his career as an attorney for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Mr. Kundert has served on the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute and he is currently a member of the Wisconsin Bar Association. He is on the Board of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and chairs its Investment Committee. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Luther College, and his Juris Doctor from Valparaiso University.
 
William J. Schneider
 
Mr. Schneider is currently Chairman, formerly Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer (retired, December 2004) of Miller-Valentine Partners Ltd., a real estate investment company. He is a Director and Past Chair of the Dayton Development Coalition. He was formerly a member of the Community Advisory Board of the National City Bank in Dayton as well as a former member of the Business Advisory Council of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank. Mr. Schneider is a member of the Business Advisory Council for the University of Dayton College of Business. Mr. Schneider was an independent Trustee of the Flagship Funds, a group


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of municipal open-end funds. He also served as Chair of the Miami Valley Hospital and as Chair of the Finance Committee of its parent holding company. Mr. Schneider has a Bachelor of Science in Community Planning from the University of Cincinnati and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Dayton.
 
Judith M. Stockdale
 
Ms. Stockdale is currently Executive Director of the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, a private foundation working in land conservation and artistic vitality in the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina. Her previous positions include Executive Director of the Great Lakes Protection Fund, Executive Director of Openlands, and Senior Staff Associate at the Chicago Community Trust. She has served on the Boards of the Land Trust Alliance, the National Zoological Park, the Governor’s Science Advisory Council (Illinois), the Nancy Ryerson Ranney Leadership Grants Program, Friends of Ryerson Woods and the Donors Forum. Ms. Stockdale, a native of the United Kingdom, has a Bachelor of Science degree in geography from the University of Durham (UK) and a Master of Forest Science degree from Yale University.
 
Carole E. Stone
 
Ms. Stone retired from the New York State Division of the Budget in 2004, having served as its Director for nearly five years and as Deputy Director from 1995 through 1999. Ms. Stone is currently on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, CBOE Holdings, Inc. and C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated and is a Commissioner on the New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform. She has also served as the Chair of the New York Racing Association Oversight Board, as Chair of the Public Authorities Control Board and as a member of the Boards of Directors of several New York State public authorities. Ms. Stone has a Bachelor of Arts from Skidmore College in Business Administration.
 
Terence J. Toth
 
Mr. Toth is a Director, Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (since 2008) and a Managing Partner, Promus Capital (since 2008). From 2004 to 2007, he was Chief Executive Officer and President of Northern Trust Global Investments, and Executive Vice President of Quantitative Management & Securities Lending from 2000 to 2004. He also formerly served on the Board of the Northern Trust Mutual Funds. He joined Northern Trust in 1994 after serving as Managing Director and Head of Global Securities Lending at Bankers Trust (1986 to 1994) and Head of Government Trading and Cash Collateral Investment at Northern Trust from 1982 to 1986. He currently serves on the Boards of the Goodman Theatre, Chicago Fellowship, and University of Illinois Leadership Council, and is Chairman of the Board of Catalyst Schools of Chicago. Mr. Toth graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois, and received his MBA from New York University. In 2005, he graduated from the CEO Perspectives Program at Northwestern University.
 
Independent Chairman
 
The Board Members have elected Robert P. Bremner as the independent Chairman of the Board. Specific responsibilities of the Chairman include (a) presiding over all meetings of the Board and of the shareholders; (b) seeing that all orders and resolutions of the Board Members are carried into effect; and (c) maintaining records of and, whenever necessary, certifying all


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proceedings of the Board Members and the shareholders. For each Minnesota Fund except Municipal Value and Municipal Income, all Board Members are elected annually. For each Massachusetts Fund, and Municipal Value and Municipal Income, shareholders will be asked to elect Board Members as each Board Member’s term expires, and with respect to Board Members elected by holders of Common Shares such Board Member shall be elected for a term expiring at the time of the third succeeding annual meeting subsequent to their election or thereafter in each case when their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. These provisions could delay for up to two years the replacement of a majority of the Board.


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The Officers
 
The following table sets forth information with respect to each officer of the Funds. Officers receive no compensation from the Funds. The officers are elected by the Board on an annual basis to serve until successors are elected and qualified.
 
                     
   
                Number of
 
        Term of
      Portfolios
 
        Office and
      in Fund
 
    Position(s)
  Length of
      Complex
 
Name, Address
  Held
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Served by
 
and Birth date   with Fund   Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Officer  
   
 
Gifford R. Zimmerman
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(9/9/56)
  Chief
Administrative
Officer
  Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 1988
  Managing Director (since 2002), Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Managing Director (since 2002), Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Nuveen Asset Management; Managing Director (since 2004) and Assistant Secretary (since 1994) of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Vice President and Assistant Secretary of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC (since 2002) and Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc. (since 2002); Managing Director, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Symphony Asset Management LLC (since 2003); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC and Santa Barbara Asset Management LLC (since 2006), Nuveen HydePark Group, LLC and Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc. (since 2007); Managing Director (since 2005) of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC; Chartered Financial Analyst.     200  
                     
                     
Williams Adams IV
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(6/9/55)
  Vice President   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2007
  Executive Vice President, U.S. Structured Products of Nuveen Investments, LLC (since 1999); Executive Vice President (since 2005) of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC.     125  
                     
                     
Cedric H. Antosiewicz
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(1/11/62)
  Vice President   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2007
  Managing Director (since 2004), previously, Vice President (1993-2004) of Nuveen Investments LLC.     125  
                     


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                Number of
 
        Term of
      Portfolios
 
        Office and
      in Fund
 
    Position(s)
  Length of
      Complex
 
Name, Address
  Held
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Served by
 
and Birth date   with Fund   Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Officer  
   
 
Nizida Arriaga
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(6/1/68)
  Vice President   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2009
  Senior Vice President (since 2010), formerly, Vice President (2007-2010) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; previously, portfolio Manager, Allstate Investments, LLC (1996-2006); Chartered Financial Analyst.     200  
                     
                     
Michael T. Atkinson
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(2/3/66)
  Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2002
  Vice President (since 2002) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Vice President of Nuveen Asset Management (since 2005).     200  
                     
                     
Margo L. Cook
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(4/11/64)
  Vice President   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2009
  Executive Vice President (since 2008) of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; previously, Head of Institutional Asset Management (2007-2008) of Bear Stearns Asset Management; Head of Institutional Asset Mgt. (1986-2007) of Bank of NY Mellon; Chartered Financial Analyst.     200  
                     
                     
Lorna C. Ferguson
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(10/24/45)
  Vice President   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 1998
  Managing Director (since 0204) of Nuveen Investments LLC; Managing Director (since 2005) of Nuveen Asset Management.     200  
                     
                     
Stephen D. Foy
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(5/31/54)
  Vice President
and Controller
  Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 1993
  Vice President (since 1993) and Funds Controller (since 1998) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Vice President (since 2005) of Nuveen Asset Management; Certified Public Accountant.     200  
                     
                     
Scott S. Grace
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(8/20/70)
  Vice President and Treasurer   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2009
  Managing Director, Corporate Finance & Development, Treasurer (since 2009) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Managing Director and Treasurer of Nuveen Asset Management (since 2009); formerly, Treasurer (2006-2009), Senior Vice President (2008-2009), previously, Vice President (2006-2008) of Janus Capital Group, Inc.; formerly, Senior Associate in Morgan Stanley’s Global Financial Services Group (2000-2003); Chartered Accountant.     200  
                     

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                Number of
 
        Term of
      Portfolios
 
        Office and
      in Fund
 
    Position(s)
  Length of
      Complex
 
Name, Address
  Held
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Served by
 
and Birth date   with Fund   Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Officer  
   
 
William T. Huffman
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(5/7/69)
  Vice President   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2009
  Chief Operating Officer, Municipal Fixed Income (since 2008) of Nuveen Asset Management; previously, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (2002-2007) of Northern Trust Global Advisors, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer (2007) of Northern Trust Global Investments Limited; Certified Public Accountant.     136  
                     
                     
Walter M. Kelly
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(2/24/70)
  Chief
Compliance
Officer and
Vice President
  Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2003
  Senior Vice President (since 2008) formerly, Vice President (2006-2008), formerly, Assistant Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Senior Vice President (since 2008), formerly, Vice President (2006-2008), and Assistant Secretary (since 2003) of Nuveen Asset Management; formerly, Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary of the Nuveen Funds (2003-2006).     200  
                     
                     
David J. Lamb
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(3/22/63)
  Vice President   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2000
  Senior Vice President (since 2009), formerly, Vice President (2000-2009) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Vice President of Nuveen Asset Management (since 2005); Certified Public Accountant.     200  
                     
                     
Tina M. Lazar
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(8/27/61)
  Vice President   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2002
  Senior Vice President (since 2009), formerly, Vice President (1999-2009) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Vice President of Nuveen Asset Management (since 2005).     200  
                     

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                Number of
 
        Term of
      Portfolios
 
        Office and
      in Fund
 
    Position(s)
  Length of
      Complex
 
Name, Address
  Held
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Served by
 
and Birth date   with Fund   Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Officer  
   
 
Larry W. Martin
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(7/27/51)
  Vice President
and Assistant
Secretary
  Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 1988
  Senior Vice President (since 2010), formerly, Vice President (1993-2010), Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Vice President (since 2005) and Assistant Secretary (since 1997) of Nuveen Asset Management; Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc. (since 2002); NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC (since 2002), Symphony Asset Management LLC (since 2003), Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC and Santa Barbara Asset Management LLC (since 2006), Nuveen Hyde Park Group, LLC and Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc. (since 2007).     200  
                     
                     
Kevin J. McCarthy
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(3/26/66)
  Vice President
and Secretary
  Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2007
  Managing Director (since 2008), formerly, Vice President (2007-2008), Nuveen Investments, LLC; Managing Director (since 2008), formerly, Vice President (2007-2008) and Assistant Secretary (since 2007), Nuveen Asset Management, Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc., NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, NWQ Holdings, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC, Nuveen HydePark Group, LLC and Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc.; prior thereto, Partner, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP (1997-2007).     200  
                     

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                Number of
 
        Term of
      Portfolios
 
        Office and
      in Fund
 
    Position(s)
  Length of
      Complex
 
Name, Address
  Held
  Time
  Principal Occupation(s)
  Served by
 
and Birth date   with Fund   Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Officer  
   
 
John V. Miller
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(4/10/67)
  Vice President   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2007
  Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director (since 2007), formerly, Vice President (2002-2007) of Nuveen Asset Management; Managing Director (since 2007), formerly, Vice President (2002-2007) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; Chartered Financial Analyst.     136  
                     
                     
Gregory Mino
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(1/4/71)
  Vice President   Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2009
  Senior Vice President (since 2010), formerly, Vice President (2008-2010) of Nuveen Investments, LLC; previously, Director (2004-2007) and Executive Director (2007-2008) of UBS Global Asset Management; previously, Vice President (2000-2003) and Director (2003-2004) of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers; Chartered Financial Analyst.     200  
                     
                     
Christopher M.
Rohrbacher 333 West
Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606 (8/1/71)
  Vice President
and Assistant
Secretary
  Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2008
  Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Investments, LLC (since 2008); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Asset Management (since 2008); prior thereto, Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP (2002-2008).     200  
                     
                     
James F. Ruane
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(7/3/62)
  Vice President
and Assistant
Secretary
  Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2007
  Vice President, Nuveen Investments (since 2007); prior thereto, Partner, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP (2005-2007), formerly, senior tax manager (2002-2005); Certified Public Accountant.     200  
                     
                     
Mark L. Winget
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(12/21/68)
  Vice President
and Assistant
Secretary
  Term: Annual
Length of
Service:
Since 2008
  Vice President, Nuveen Investments, LLC (since 2008); Vice President and Assistant Secretary, Nuveen Asset Management (since 2008); prior thereto, Counsel, Vedder Price P.C. (1997-2007).     200  
 
 
(1) Length of Time Served indicates the year the individual became an officer of a fund in the Nuveen fund complex.

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2.  Approval of the Elimination of Fundamental Investment Policies and Approval of New Fundamental Policies for Premium Income, Performance Plus, Municipal Market Opportunity and Premium Income 4 (Affected Municipal Funds)
 
The Affected Municipal Funds have adopted certain fundamental investment policies relating to (i) investments in municipal securities and below investment grade securities, (ii) investments in other investment companies and/or (iii) investments in derivatives, short sales and commodities as described below (together, the “Current Fundamental Policies,” and each, a “Current Fundamental Policy”), that can only be changed by shareholder vote. The Current Fundamental Policies adopted by the Affected Municipal Funds reflected industry and other market conditions present at the time of the inception of each Fund.
 
Nuveen’s municipal closed-end funds are seeking to adopt a uniform, “up to date” set of investment policies (the “New Investment Policies”). In general, the funds currently have a somewhat diverse set of policies, reflecting when the funds were launched over the past 20 years as well as developments over time in the municipal market, including new types of securities as well as investment strategies. The potential benefits of the New Investment Policies to you as a Fund shareholder are:
 
•  enhanced ability of the Affected Municipal Funds to generate attractive levels of tax-exempt income, while retaining the Affected Municipal Funds’ orientation on investment grade quality municipal securities;
 
•  increased flexibility in diversifying portfolio risks and managing duration (the sensitivity of bond prices to interest rate changes) to pursue the preservation and possible growth of capital, which, if successful, will help to sustain and build common shareholder net asset value and asset coverage levels for preferred shares; and
 
•  improved secondary market competitiveness which may benefit common shareholders through higher relative market price and/or stronger premium/discount performance.
 
In order to implement the New Investment Policies, each Affected Municipal Fund must make certain changes to its existing policies, including certain fundamental policies that require your vote of approval. In some cases, this may require your separate votes to approve the elimination of a Current Fundamental Policy as well as the implementation of a new, replacement fundamental policy (together, the “New Fundamental Policies” and each, a “New Fundamental Policy”). Because each Affected Municipal Fund tends to be situated somewhat differently, the specific changes required to implement the New Investment Policies often vary from fund to fund.
 
The primary purposes of these changes are to provide the Affected Municipal Funds with increased investment flexibility and to create consistent investment policies for all Nuveen municipal bond funds to promote operational efficiencies. Implementation of the New Fundamental Policies is contingent on shareholder approval of the elimination of the Current Fundamental Policies.
 
The Board has unanimously approved, and unanimously recommends the approval by shareholders of each Affected Municipal Fund, the elimination of the Current Fundamental Policies of the Affected Municipal Funds. In connection with eliminating the Current Fundamental Policies, the Board unanimously approved, and unanimously recommends the approval by


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shareholders of each Affected Municipal Fund of, the New Fundamental Policies, described below. In addition, the Board has approved certain new non-fundamental policies, described below (the “New Non-Fundamental Policies”).
 
(a)  Approval of the Elimination of Fundamental Policies Relating to Investments in Municipal Securities and Below Investment Grade Securities (All Affected Municipal Funds)
 
The Current Fundamental Policies with respect to each Affected Municipal Fund’s investments in municipal securities and the ability to invest in below investment grade securities that are proposed to be eliminated are as follows:
 
Premium Income, Performance Plus, Municipal Market Opportunity and Premium Income 4
 
Except to the extent that the Fund buys temporary investments, the Fund will, as a fundamental policy, invest substantially all of its assets (more than 80%) in tax-exempt municipal bonds that are rated at the time of purchase within the four highest grades (Baa or BBB or better) by Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s, except that the Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in unrated municipal bonds which, in Nuveen Advisory’s opinion, have credit characteristics equivalent to, and are of comparable quality to, municipal bonds so rated. The Fund will not invest in any rated municipal bonds that are rated lower than Baa by Moody’s or BBB by Standard & Poor’s at the time of purchase.
 
(b)  Approval of New Fundamental Policy Relating to Investments in Municipal Securities (All Affected Municipal Funds)
 
The following New Fundamental Policy will replace each Affected Municipal Fund’s Current Fundamental Policy referenced in 2(a) above. Implementation of the following New Fundamental Policy by each Affected Municipal Fund is contingent on shareholder approval of the elimination of each Affected Municipal Fund’s Current Fundamental Policy. The proposed New Fundamental Policy with respect to each Fund’s investments in municipal securities is as follows:
 
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, including assets attributable to any principal amount of any borrowings (including the issuance of commercial paper or notes) or any preferred shares outstanding (“Managed Assets”) in municipal securities and other related investments, the income from which is exempt from regular federal income tax.
 
In addition, the Board has adopted New Non-Fundamental Policies with respect to investing in investment grade securities for each Affected Municipal Fund, which will be implemented upon the elimination of the Current Fundamental Policy described in 2(a) above. The New Non-Fundamental Policies relating to investing in investment grade securities are as follows:
 
(i) Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its Managed Assets in investment grade securities that, at the time of investment, are rated within the four highest grades (Baa or BBB or better) by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization or are unrated but judged to be of comparable quality by the Fund’s investment adviser (“NAM”).


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(ii) The Fund may invest up to 20% of its Managed Assets in municipal securities that at the time of investment are rated below investment grade or are unrated but judged to be of comparable quality by NAM.
 
(iii) No more than 10% of the Fund’s Managed Assets may be invested in municipal securities rated below B3/B- or that are unrated but judged to be of comparable quality by NAM.
 
Related to these changes, the Board of each Affected Municipal Fund has also amended and standardized the description of “municipal securities” or “municipal obligations” in which an Affected Municipal Fund may invest to include various types of municipal securities. The new description, generally provides:
 
The Fund may invest in various municipal securities, including municipal bonds and notes, other securities issued to finance and refinance public projects, and other related securities and derivative instruments creating exposure to municipal bonds, notes and securities that provide for the payment of interest income that is exempt from federal income tax (“Municipal Obligations”). Municipal Obligations are generally debt obligations issued by state and local governmental entities and may be issued by U.S. territories to finance or refinance public projects such as roads, schools, and water supply systems. Municipal Obligations may also be issued for private activities, such as housing, medical and educational facility construction, or for privately owned transportation, electric utility and pollution control projects. Municipal Obligations may be issued on a long term basis to provide permanent financing. The repayment of such debt may be secured generally by a pledge of the full faith and credit taxing power of the issuer, a limited or special tax, or any other revenue source including project revenues, which may include tolls, fees and other user charges, lease payments, and mortgage payments. Municipal Obligations may also be issued to finance projects on a short term interim basis, anticipating repayment with the proceeds on long term debt. Municipal Obligations may be issued and purchased in the form of bonds, notes, leases or certificates of participation; structured as callable or noncallable; with payment forms including fixed coupon, variable rate, zero coupon, capital appreciation bonds, tender option bonds, and residual interest bonds or inverse floating rate securities; or acquired through investments in pooled vehicles, partnerships or other investment companies. Inverse floating rate securities are securities that pay interest at rates that vary inversely with changes in prevailing short-term tax-exempt interest rates and represent a leveraged investment in an underlying municipal security, which may increase the effective leverage of the Fund.
 
(c)  Elimination of the Fundamental Policy Relating to Investing in Other Investment Companies (All Affected Municipal Funds)
 
The Affected Municipal Funds do not have specific restrictions as to investments in other investment companies. However, each such Affected Municipal Fund has an investment policy which only permits investment in municipal obligations and temporary investments and thereby


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prohibits investment in other investment companies. The general restriction that only permits investment in municipal obligations and temporary investments is as follows:
 
The Fund may not invest in securities other than Municipal Obligations and temporary investments as described under “Investment Objectives and Policies — Portfolio Investments.”*
 
In addition, with respect to each Fund’s ability to invest in other investment companies, the Board has adopted a New Non-Fundamental Policy to be implemented upon the elimination of that Affected Municipal Fund’s Current Fundamental Policy relating to investments in other investment companies. The proposed New Non-Fundamental Policy relating to investments in other investment companies is as follows:
 
The Fund may invest up to 10% of its Managed Assets in securities of other open- or closed-end investment companies (including exchange-traded funds (often referred to as “ETFs”)) that invest primarily in municipal securities of the types in which the Fund may invest directly.
 
(d)  Elimination of Fundamental Policy Relating to Commodities (All Affected Municipal Funds)
 
The Current Fundamental Policy with respect to investment in commodities for each Affected Municipal Fund named above that is proposed to be eliminated is as follows:
 
The Fund, as a fundamental policy, may not purchase or sell commodities or commodities contracts, except for transactions involving futures contracts within the limits described under “Certain Trading Strategies of the Fund — Financial Futures and Options Transactions.”*
 
(e)  Approval of New Fundamental Policy Relating to Commodities (All Affected Municipal Funds)
 
It is proposed that each Affected Municipal Fund adopt a New Fundamental Policy with respect to commodities. The adoption of the following New Fundamental Policy for each Affected Municipal Funds is contingent on shareholder approval of the elimination of that Affected Municipal Fund’s Current Fundamental Policy with respect to commodities, as reflected in 2(d) above. The proposed New Fundamental Policy is as follows:
 
The Fund may not purchase or sell physical commodities unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent the Fund from purchasing or selling options, futures contracts or derivative instruments or from investing in securities or other instruments backed by physical commodities).
 
 
 * References are to a Fund’s registration statement.


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(f)  Elimination of Fundamental Policies Relating to Derivatives and Short Sales (All Affected Municipal Funds)
 
The Current Fundamental Policies relating to derivatives and short sales that are proposed to be eliminated are as follows:
 
Premium Income
 
(i) The Fund may not make short sales of securities or purchase any securities on margin (except for such short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of transactions), or write or purchase put or call options, except for transactions involving options within the limits described under “Certain Trading Strategies of the Fund — Financial Futures and Options Transactions.”*
 
(ii) The Fund may not purchase financial futures and options except within the limits described in “Certain Trading Strategies of the Fund — Financial Futures and Options Transactions.”*
 
Performance Plus, Municipal Market Opportunity and Premium Income 4
 
(i) The Fund may not make short sales of securities or purchase any securities on margin (except for such short-term credits as are necessary for the clearance of transactions), or write or purchase put or call options, except to the extent that the purchase of a standby commitment may be considered the purchase of a put, and except for transactions involving options within the limits described under “Certain Trading Strategies of the Fund — Financial Futures and Options Transactions.”*
 
(ii) The Fund may not purchase financial futures and options except within the limits described in “Certain Trading Strategies of the Fund — Financial Futures and Options Transactions.”*
 
In connection with the elimination of the Current Fundamental Policies relating to derivatives and short sales, as reflected above, the Board has adopted the following New Non-Fundamental Policies for each Affected Municipal Fund. The New Non-Fundamental Policies are contingent on shareholder approval of the elimination of that Affected Municipal Fund’s Current Fundamental Policies with respect to derivatives and short sales. The New Non-Fundamental Polices are as follows:
 
(i) The Fund may invest in derivative instruments in pursuit of its investment objectives. Such instruments include financial futures contracts, swap contracts (including interest rate and credit default swaps), options on financial futures, options on swap contracts, or other derivative instruments. NAM uses derivatives to seek to enhance return, to hedge some of the risks of its investments in fixed income securities or as a substitute for a position in the underlying asset.
 
(ii) The Fund may not sell securities short, unless the Fund owns or has the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold at no added cost, and provided that transactions in options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, or other derivative instruments are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.
 
 
 * References are to a Fund’s registration statement.


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(iii) The Fund may not enter into futures contracts or related options or forward contracts, if more than 30% of the Fund’s net assets would be represented by futures contracts or more than 5% of the Fund’s net assets would be committed to initial margin deposits and premiums on futures contracts and related options.
 
Board Recommendation
 
The Board believes that eliminating the Current Fundamental Policies and adopting the New Investment Policies gives the Adviser flexibility to rapidly respond to continuing developments in the municipal market and would enhance the portfolio managers’ ability to meet each Affected Municipal Fund’s investment objective. In addition, the Board believes that the proposed changes will create consistent investment policies for all Nuveen municipal bond funds and will help to promote operational efficiencies.
 
The Board recommends that shareholders of each Affected Municipal Fund vote to approve the elimination of each Current Fundamental Policy and vote to approve each New Fundamental Policy.
 
Audit Committee Report
 
The Audit Committee of each Board is responsible for the oversight and monitoring of (1) the accounting and reporting policies, processes and practices, and the audit of the financial statements, of each Fund, (2) the quality and integrity of the Funds’ financial statements and (3) the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications, performance and independence. In its oversight capacity, the committee reviews each Fund’s annual financial statements with both management and the independent registered public accounting firm and the committee meets periodically with the independent registered public accounting firm and internal auditors to consider their evaluation of each Fund’s financial and internal controls. The committee also selects, retains, evaluates and may replace each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm. The committee is currently composed of five Independent Board Members and operates under a written charter adopted and approved by each Board. Each committee member meets the independence and experience requirements, as applicable, of the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, Section 10A of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC.
 
The committee, in discharging its duties, has met with and held discussions with management and each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm. The committee has also reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with management. Management has represented to the independent registered public accounting firm that each Fund’s financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The committee has also discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards (“SAS”) No. 114, (The Auditor’s Communication With Those Charged With Governance), which supersedes SAS No. 61 (Communication with Audit Committees). Each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm provided to the committee the written disclosure required by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Rule 3526 (Communications with Audit Committees Concerning Independence), and the committee discussed with representatives of the independent registered public accounting firm their firm’s independence. As provided in the Audit Committee Charter, it is not the committee’s responsibility to determine, and the considerations and discussions referenced above do not ensure, that each Fund’s financial statements are


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complete and accurate and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
Based on the committee’s review and discussions with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, the representations of management and the report of the independent registered public accounting firm to the committee, the committee has recommended that the audited financial statements be included in each Fund’s Annual Report.
 
The current members of the committee are:
Robert P. Bremner
Jack B. Evans
David J. Kundert
William J. Schneider
Terence J. Toth


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Audit and Related Fees. The following tables provide the aggregate fees billed during each Fund’s last two fiscal years by each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm for engagements directly related to the operations and financial reporting of each Fund including those relating (i) to each Fund for services provided to the Fund and (ii) to the Adviser and certain entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to each Fund (“Adviser Entities”).
 
                                                                                                                 
        Audit Related Fees   Tax Fees   All Other Fees
    Audit Fees       Adviser and
          Adviser and
          Adviser and
    Fund(1)   Fund(2)   Adviser Entities   Fund(3)   Adviser Entities   Fund(4)   Adviser Entities
    Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
    Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
    Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
    2008   2009   2008   2009   2008   2009   2008   2009   2008   2009   2008   2009   2008   2009
 
 
Municipal Value
  $ 66,542     $ 67,037     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
Municipal Value 2(5)
    N/A       12,962       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0  
Municipal Income
    9,826       9,902       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Enhanced Value(6)
    N/A       9,000       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0  
Premium Income
    51,660       49,354       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
Performance Plus
    49,362       50,364       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
Municipal Advantage
    37,760       37,769       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
Municipal Market Opportunity
    39,058       39,670       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
Investment Quality
    32,696       31,342       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
Select Quality
    31,050       31,269       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
Quality Income
    45,477       46,530       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
Premier Municipal
    21,103       20,430       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
Premier Insured
    20,909       21,656       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
 
(1)  “Audit Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for the audit of the Fund’s annual financial statements and services provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
 
(2)  “Audit Related Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of audit or review of financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.”
 
(3)  “Tax Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for tax advice, tax compliance and tax planning.
 
(4)  “All Other Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for products and services for agreed-upon procedures engagements for the leveraged Funds.
 
(5)  The Fund commenced operations on February 24, 2009.
 
(6)  The Fund commenced operations on September 24, 2009.
 


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        Audit Related Fees   Tax Fees   All Other Fees
    Audit Fees       Adviser and
          Adviser and
          Adviser and
    Fund(1)   Fund(2)   Adviser Entities   Fund(3)   Adviser Entities   Fund(4)   Adviser Entities
    Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
    Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
    Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
    2008   2009   2008   2009   2008   2009   2008   2009   2008   2009   2008   2009   2008   2009
 
 
Premium Income 2
  $ 36,045     $ 35,434     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 3,350     $ 3,400     $ 0     $ 0  
Premium Income 4
    34,818       34,379       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
Dividend Advantage
    33,791       33,287       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       850       850       0       0  
Dividend Advantage 2
    27,704       27,300       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       850       0       0       0  
Dividend Advantage 3
    35,039       34,599       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       850       850       0       0  
Municipal High Income
    22,537       17,763       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       800       850       0       0  
Insured Dividend Advantage
    27,987       29,469       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       850       850       0       0  
Insured Municipal Opportunity
    65,037       65,974       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
Insured Premium Income 2
    31,007       30,446       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       850       0       0       0  
Insured Quality
    34,177       33,607       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400       0       0  
Insured Tax-Free Advantage
    19,883       20,669       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       850       850       0       0  
Municipal High Income 2
    14,110       13,147       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
 
(1)  “Audit Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for the audit of the Fund’s annual financial statements and services provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
 
(2)  “Audit Related Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of audit or review of financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.”
 
(3)  “Tax Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for tax advice, tax compliance and tax planning.
 
(4)  “All Other Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for products and services for agreed-upon procedures engagements for the leveraged Funds.

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    Audit Fees   Audit Related Fees   Tax Fees   All Other Fees
    Fund(1)   Fund(2)   Adviser and Adviser Entities   Fund(3)   Adviser and Adviser Entities   Fund(4)   Adviser and Adviser Entities
    Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
  Fiscal
    Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
  Year
    Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
  Ended
    2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010
 
 
Select Maturities
  $ 11,418     $ 11,513     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
Select Portfolio
    15,019       15,092       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Select Portfolio 2
    15,079       15,268       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Select Portfolio 3
    13,336       13,387       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
California Portfolio
    10,127       10,198       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
New York Portfolio
    9,027       9,111       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
 
(1)  “Audit Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for the audit of the Fund’s annual financial statements and services provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
 
(2)  “Audit Related Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of audit or review of financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.”
 
(3)  “Tax Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for tax advice, tax compliance and tax planning.
 
(4)  “All Other Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for products and services for agreed-upon procedures engagements for the leveraged Funds.


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Non-Audit Fees. The following tables provide the aggregate non-audit fees billed by each Fund’s independent registered accounting firm for services rendered to each Fund, the Adviser and the Adviser Entities during each Fund’s last two fiscal years.
 
                                                                 
 
            Total Non-Audit Fees Billed
               
            to
               
            Adviser and Adviser Entities
               
            (Engagements Related
  Total Non-Audit Fees Billed
   
            Directly to the Operations
  to
   
    Total Non-Audit
  and
  Adviser and Adviser Entities
   
    Fees Billed to Fund   Financial Reporting of Fund)   (All Other Engagements)   Total
    Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
    Ended 2008   Ended 2009   Ended 2008   Ended 2009   Ended 2008   Ended 2009   Ended 2008   Ended 2009
 
 
Municipal Value
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
Municipal Value 2(1)
    N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0  
Municipal Income
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Enhanced Value(2)
    N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0  
Premium Income
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Performance Plus
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Municipal Advantage
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Municipal Market Opportunity
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Investment Quality
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Select Quality
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Quality Income
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Premier Municipal
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Premier Insured
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Premium Income 2
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Premium Income 4
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Dividend Advantage
    850       850       0       0       0       0       850       850  
Dividend Advantage 2
    850       0       0       0       0       0       850       0  
Dividend Advantage 3
    850       850       0       0       0       0       850       850  
Municipal High Income
    800       850       0       0       0       0       800       850  
Insured Dividend Advantage
    850       850       0       0       0       0       850       850  
Insured Municipal Opportunity
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Insured Premium Income 2
    850       0       0       0       0       0       850       0  
Insured Quality
    3,350       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,350       3,400  
Insured Tax-Free Advantage
    850       850       0       0       0       0       850       850  
Municipal High Income 2
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
 
(1)  The Fund commenced operations on February 24, 2009.
 
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            Total Non-Audit Fees Billed
               
            to
               
            Adviser and Adviser Entities
               
            (Engagements Related
  Total Non-Audit Fees Billed
   
            Directly to the Operations
  to
   
    Total Non-Audit
  and
  Adviser and Adviser Entities
   
    Fees Billed to Fund   Financial Reporting of Fund)   (All Other Engagements)   Total
    Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
    Ended 2009   Ended 2010   Ended 2009   Ended 2010   Ended 2009   Ended 2010   Ended 2009   Ended 2010
 
 
Select Maturities
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
Select Portfolio
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Select Portfolio 2
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Select Portfolio 3
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
California Select Portfolio
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
New York Select Portfolio
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  


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Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. Generally, the audit committee must approve each Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm’s engagements (i) with the Fund for audit or non-audit services and (ii) with the Adviser and Adviser Entities for non-audit services if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. Regarding tax and research projects conducted by the independent registered public accounting firm for each Fund and the Adviser and Adviser Entities (with respect to the operations and financial reporting of each Fund), such engagements will be (i) pre-approved by the audit committee if they are expected to be for amounts greater than $10,000; (ii) reported to the audit committee chairman for his verbal approval prior to engagement if they are expected to be for amounts under $10,000 but greater than $5,000; and (iii) reported to the audit committee at the next audit committee meeting if they are expected to be for an amount under $5,000.
 
The audit committee has approved in advance all audit services and non-audit services that the independent registered public accounting firm provided to each Fund and to the Adviser and Adviser Entities (with respect to the operations and financial reporting of each Fund). None of the services rendered by the independent registered public accounting firm to each Fund or the Adviser or Adviser Entities were pre-approved by the audit committee pursuant to the pre-approval exception under Rule 2.01(c)(7)(i)(C) or Rule 2.01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X.
 
Additional Information
 
Appointment of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Each Board has appointed Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm to audit the books and records of each Fund for its current fiscal year. A representative of Ernst & Young LLP will be present at the Annual Meetings to make a statement, if such representative so desires, and to respond to shareholders’ questions. Ernst & Young LLP has informed each Fund that it has no direct or indirect material financial interest in the Funds, Nuveen, the Adviser or any other investment company sponsored by Nuveen.
 
Section 16(a) Beneficial Interest Reporting Compliance
 
Section 30(h) of the 1940 Act and Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act require Board Members and officers, the Adviser, affiliated persons of the Adviser and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of a Fund’s equity securities to file forms reporting their affiliation with that Fund and reports of ownership and changes in ownership of that Fund’s shares with the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange or NYSE Amex, as applicable. These persons and entities are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Funds with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. Based on a review of these forms furnished to each Fund, each Fund believes that its Board Members and officers, investment adviser and affiliated persons of the investment adviser have complied with all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements during its last fiscal year, [except as follows: NAME, POSITION, made a late filing on Form  with respect to FUND.] To the knowledge of management of the Funds, no shareholder of a Fund owns more than 10% of a registered class of a Fund’s equity securities, except as provided in Appendix B.
 
Information About the Adviser
 
The Adviser, located at 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, serves as investment adviser and manager for each Fund. The Adviser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen.


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Nuveen is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Windy City, a corporation formed by investors led by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (“MDP”), a private equity investment firm based in Chicago, Illinois. Windy City is controlled by MDP on behalf of the Madison Dearborn Capital Partner V funds.
 
Shareholder Proposals
 
To be considered for presentation at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Funds to be held in 2011, a shareholder proposal submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 of the 1934 Act must be received at the offices of that Fund, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, not later than March 3, 2011 A shareholder wishing to provide notice in the manner prescribed by Rule 14a-4(c)(1) of a proposal submitted outside of the process of Rule 14a-8 must, pursuant to each Fund’s By-Laws, submit such written notice to the Fund not later than May 17, 2011 or prior to April 27, 2011 Timely submission of a proposal does not mean that such proposal will be included in a proxy statement.
 
Shareholder Communications
 
Fund shareholders who want to communicate with the Board or any individual Board Member should write to the attention of Lorna Ferguson, Manager of Fund Board Relations, Nuveen Investments, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. The letter should indicate that you are a Fund shareholder and note the fund or funds that you own. If the communication is intended for a specific Board Member and so indicates it will be sent only to that Board Member. If a communication does not indicate a specific Board Member and it will be sent to the Independent Chairman and the outside counsel to the Independent Board Members for further distribution as deemed appropriate by such persons.
 
Expenses of Proxy Solicitation
 
With respect to routine items, such as the election of Board Members, the cost of preparing, printing and mailing the enclosed proxy, accompanying notice and proxy statement and all other costs in connection with the solicitation of proxies will be paid by the Funds pro rata based on the number of shareholder accounts. For non-routine items, such as updating investment policies, the costs in connection with the solicitation of proxies will be paid by the Funds subject to such non-routine items based on the number of shareholder accounts. Additional solicitation may be made by letter or telephone by officers or employees of Nuveen or the Adviser, or by dealers and their representatives. Any additional costs of solicitation will be paid by the Fund that requires additional solicitation.
 
Fiscal Year
 
The fiscal year end for each Fund (except Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio and New York Portfolio) is October 31. The fiscal year end for Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio and New York Portfolio is March 31.
 
Annual Report Delivery
 
Annual reports will be sent to shareholders of record of each Fund following each Fund’s fiscal year end. Each Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report and/or semi-annual report as available upon request. Such written or oral


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requests should be directed to such Fund at 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606 or by calling 1-800-257-8787.
 
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting To Be Held on July 27, 2010
 
Each Fund’s Proxy Statement is available at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Info/Shareholder/Proxy-statements.aspx. For more information, shareholders may also contact the applicable Fund at the address and phone number set forth above.
 
Please note that only one annual report or proxy statement may be delivered to two or more shareholders of a Fund who share an address, unless the Fund has received instructions to the contrary. To request a separate copy of an annual report or proxy statement, or for instructions as to how to request a separate copy of such documents or as to how to request a single copy if multiple copies of such documents are received, shareholders should contact the applicable Fund at the address and phone number set forth above.
 
General
 
Management does not intend to present and does not have reason to believe that any other items of business will be presented at the Annual Meetings. However, if other matters are properly presented to the Annual Meetings for a vote, the proxies will be voted by the persons acting under the proxies upon such matters in accordance with their judgment of the best interests of the Fund.
 
A list of shareholders entitled to be present and to vote at each Annual Meeting will be available at the offices of the Funds, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, for inspection by any shareholder during regular business hours beginning ten days prior to the date of the Annual Meeting.
 
Failure of a quorum to be present at any Annual Meeting will necessitate adjournment and will subject that Fund to additional expense. The persons named in the enclosed proxy may also move for an adjournment of any Annual Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies with respect to the proposal if they determine that adjournment and further solicitation is reasonable and in the best interests of the shareholders. Under each Fund’s By-Laws, an adjournment of a meeting with respect to a matter requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on the matter present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting.
 
IF YOU CANNOT BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FILL IN, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY PROMPTLY. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.
 
Kevin J. McCarthy
Vice President and Secretary
June 21, 2010


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APPENDIX A
 
Beneficial Ownership
 
The following table lists the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each Board Member nominee in each Fund and in all Nuveen funds overseen by the Board Member nominee as of December 31, 2009.
 
                                                                                                         
                                          Municipal
                                         
    Municipal
    Municipal
    Enhanced
    Municipal
    Premium
  Performance
    Municipal
  Market
  Investment
    Select
    Quality
    Premier
  Premier
    Premium
  Premium
    Dividend
Board Member Nominees   Value     Value 2     Value     Income     Income   Plus     Advantage   Opportunity   Quality     Quality     Income     Municipal   Insured     Income 2   Income 4     Advantage
 
 
Board Members/ Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds
Robert P. Bremner
    $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0   $0     $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0     $0     $0
Jack B. Evans
    $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0   $0     $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0     $0     $0
William C. Hunter
    $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0   $0     $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0     $0     $0
David J. Kundert
    $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0   $0     $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0     $0     $0
William J. Schneider
    $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0   $0     $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0     $0     $0
Judith M. Stockdale
    $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0   $1-
$10,000
    $0       $0       $0     $1-
10,000
    $0     $10,001-
$50,000
    $0     $10,001-
$50,000
Carole E. Stone
    $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0   $0     $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0     $0     $0
Terence J. Toth
    $0       $0       $0       $0     $10,001-
$50,000
    $0     $0   $0     $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0     $10,001-
$50,000
    $50,001-
$100,000
Board Member/ Nominee who is an interested person of the Funds
John P. Amboian
    $0       $0       $0       $0     $50,000-
$100,000
    $0     $10,001-
$50,000
  $0     $0       $0       $0     $10,001-
$50,000
    $0     $0     $0     $0


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Dollar Range of Equity Securities
                                                                                          Aggregate
                                                                                          Range of
                                                                                          Securities
                                                                                          All Registered
                                                                                          Investment
                                                                                          Companies
                                                                                          Overseen by
                                                                                          Board Member
                                                                                          Nominees in
              Municipal
    Municipal
    Insured
    Insured
    Insured
        Insured
                                        Family of
    Dividend
    Dividend
  High
    High
    Dividend
    Municipal
    Premium
  Insured
    Tax-Free
    Select
    Select
    Select
    Select
    California
    New York
    Investment
Board Member Nominees   Advantage 2     Advantage 3   Income     Income 2     Advantage     Opportunity     Income 2   Quality     Advantage     Maturities     Portfolio     Portfolio 2     Portfolio 3     Portfolio     Portfolio     Companies(1)
 
 
Board Member/ Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds
Robert P. Bremner
    $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0     Over
$100,000
Jack B. Evans
    $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0     Over
$100,000
William C. Hunter
    $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0     Over
$100,000
David J. Kundert
    $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0     Over
$100,000
William J. Schneider
    $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0     Over
$100,000
Judith M. Stockdale
    $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0     Over
$100,000
Carole E. Stone
    $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0     $50,001-
$100,000
Terence J. Toth
    $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0     $0     $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0     Over
$100,000
Board Member/ Nominee who is an interested person of the Funds
John P. Amboian
    $0     $50,001-
$100,000
    $0       $0       $0       $0     $50,001-
$100,000
    $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0     Over
$100,000
 
 
(1)  The amounts reflect the aggregate dollar range of equity securities and the number of shares beneficially owned by the Board Member in the Funds and in all Nuveen funds overseen by the Board Member.


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The following table sets forth, for each Board Member and Board Member Nominee and for the Board Members and Board Member Nominees and officers as a group, the amount of shares beneficially owned in each Fund as of December 31, 2009. The information as to beneficial ownership is based on statements furnished by each Board Member and officer.
 
                                                                                                                         
Fund Shares Owned By Board Members And Officers(1)  
                                              Municipal
                                           
    Municipal
    Municipal
    Municipal
    Enhanced
    Premium
    Performance
    Municipal
    Market
    Investment
    Select
    Quality
    Premier
    Premier
    Premium
    Premium
 
Board Member Nominees   Value     Value 2     Income     Value     Income     Plus     Advantage     Opportunity     Quality     Quality     Income     Municipal     Insured     Income 2     Income 4  
   
 
Board Members/ Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds
Robert P. Bremner
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Jack B. Evans
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
William C. Hunter
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
David J. Kundert
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
William J. Schneider
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Judith M. Stockdale
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       992       0       0       0       4       0       969       0  
Carole E. Stone
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Terence J. Toth
    0       0       0       0       2,029       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,055  
Board Member/ Nominee who is an interested person of the Funds
John P. Amboian
    0       0       0       0       5,000       0       4,000       0       0       0       0       2,500       0       0       0  
All Board Members and Officers as a Group
    0       25,002       0       0       17,000       3,529       11,176       2,125       1,000       0       0       2,504       0       969       0  
 
 
(1)  The numbers include share equivalents of certain Nuveen funds in which the Board Member is deemed to be invested pursuant to the Deferred Compensation Plan.


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Fund Shares Owned By Board Members and Officers(1)  
                      Municipal
    Municipal
    Insured
    Insured
    Insured
          Insured
                                     
    Dividend
    Dividend
    Dividend
    High
    High
    Dividend
    Municipal
    Premium
    Insured
    Tax-Free
    Select
    Select
    Select
    Select
    California
    New York
 
Board Member Nominees   Advantage     Advantage 2     Advantage 3     Income     Income 2     Advantage     Opportunity     Income 2     Quality     Advantage     Maturities     Portfolio     Portfolio 2     Portfolio 3     Portfolio     Portfolio  
   
 
Board Member/ Nominees who are not interested persons of the Funds
Robert P. Bremner
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Jack B. Evans
    2       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
William C. Hunter
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
David J. Kundert
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
William J. Schneider
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Judith M. Stockdale
    1,043       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Carole E. Stone
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Terence J. Toth
    3,921       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Board Member/ Nominee who is an interested person of the Funds
John P. Amboian
    0       0       5,000       0       0       0       0       5,000       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
All Board Members and Officers as a Group
    55,163       1,000       6,211       4,916       0       0       6,806       5,000       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
 
 
(1)  The numbers include share equivalents of certain Nuveen funds in which the Board Member is deemed to be invested pursuant to the Deferred Compensation Plan.


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APPENDIX B
 
List of Beneficial Owners Who Own More Than 5% of Any Class of Shares in Any Fund
 
The following chart lists each shareholder or group of shareholders who beneficially own more than 5% of any class of shares of any Fund*:
 
                     
   
        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
Premium Income (NPI)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    2,877       17.9%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America, N.A.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    873       5.4%  
                     
                     
Performance Plus (NPP)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  UBS AG
Bahnhoftstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland
    945       5.63%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    2377       14.15%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America, N.A.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    931       5.3%  
                     
                     
    Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
4 World Financial Center
250 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10080
    981       5.8%  
                     
                     
    Karpus Management, Inc.
d/b/a Karpus Investment Management
183 Sully’s Trail
Pittsford, NY 14534
    860       5.12%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    881       5.2%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     


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        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
Municipal Advantage (NMA)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    905       7.8%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    2,390       17.5%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
Municipal Market Opportunity (NMO)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    1,415       10.2%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    1,059       7.6%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
Investment Quality (NQM)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    1,091       12.9%  
                     
                     
    Blue Ridge Investments, LLC
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    778       9.2%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    803       9.5%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     

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        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
Select Quality (NQS)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  UBS AG
Bahnhoftstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland
    659       6.2%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    809       8.0%  
                     
                     
    Blue Ridge Investments, LLC
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    498       5.0%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    818       7.9%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
    Royal Bank of Canada(b)
200 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M5J2J5 Canada
    703       7.0%  
                     
                     
    RBC Capital Markets(b)
One Liberty Plaza 165 Broadway
New York, NY 10006
               
                     
                     
Quality Income (NQU)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  UBS AG
Bahnhoftstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland
    895       5.68%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    1,965       12.7%  
                     

B-3


 

                     
   
        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
    Bank of America, N.A.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    781       5.0%  
                     
                     
    Blue Ridge Investments, LLC
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    1,176       7.6%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    822       5.1%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
Premier Municipal (NPF)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    477       9.4%  
                     
                     
    Blue Ridge Investments, LLC
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    305       6.0%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    343       6.8%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
Premier Insured (NIF)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  UBS AG
Bahnhoftstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland
    280       5.49%  
                     

B-4


 

                     
   
        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
    Bank of America Corporation(c)
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    291       5.5%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America, N.A.(c)
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    847       15.5%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
Premium Income 2 (NPM)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    2,149       11.0%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    1,153       10.2%  
                     
                     
    Blue Ridge Investments, LLC
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    2,702       13.9%  
                     
                     
Premium Income 4 (NPT)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    844       7.8%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     

B-5


 

                     
   
        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    1,263       12.2%  
                     
                     
    Blue Ridge Investments, LLC
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    822       7.6%  
                     
                     
Dividend Advantage (NAD)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    1,258       11.8%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    1,873       17.89%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America, N.A.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    932       8.9%  
                     
                     
    Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
4 World Financial Center
250 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10080
    598       5.7%  
                     
                     
    UBS AG
Bahnhoftstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland
    532       5.08%  
                     
                     
Dividend Advantage 3 (NZF)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    1,190       12.6%  
                     

B-6


 

                     
   
        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    1,281       13.52%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America, N.A.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    492       5.2%  
                     
                     
    Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.
4 World Financial Center
250 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10080
    520       5.5%  
                     
                     
    UBS AG
Bahnhoftstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland
    970       10.23%  
                     
                     
Municipal High Income (NMZ)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    721       19.0%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    589       15.5%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America, N.A.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    335       8.8%  
                     

B-7


 

                     
   
        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
    Blue Ridge Investments, L.L.C.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    246       6.5%  
                     
                     
Insured Dividend Advantage (NVG)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    649       8.0%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation(c)
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    299       5.9%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America, N.A.(c)
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
               
                     
                     
Insured Municipal Opportunity (NIO)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    1,891       6.9%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    4,444       16.4%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America, N.A.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    1,428       5.3%  
                     

B-8


 

                     
   
        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
    Blue Ridge Investments, L.L.C.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    2,949       10.9%  
                     
                     
    UBS AG
Bahnhoftstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland
    2,525       9.3%  
                     
                     
Insured Quality (NQI)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    1,468       14.9%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    897       9.1%  
                     
                     
Insured Tax-Free Advantage (NEA)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(a)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    403       6.3%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(a)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(a)
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10043
               
                     
                     
    Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    436       7.3%  
 
 
* The information contained in this table is based on Schedule 13G filings made on or after December 1, 2009.
(a) Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Citigroup Financial Products Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. and Citigroup Inc. filed their Schedule 13G jointly and did not differentiate holdings as to each entity.
(b) Royal Bank of Canada and RBC Capital Markets filed their Schedule 13G jointly and did not differentiate holdings as to each entity.
(c) Bank of America Corporation and Bank of America N.A. filed their Schedule 13G jointly and did not differentiate holdings as to each entity.

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APPENDIX C
 
NUMBER OF BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS
HELD DURING EACH FUND’S LAST FISCAL YEAR
 
                                                         
                            Compliance, Risk
             
                            Management
          Nominating
 
                            and Regulatory
          and
 
    Regular
    Special
    Executive
    Dividend
    Oversight
    Audit
    Governance
 
    Board
    Board
    Committee
    Committee
    Committee
    Committee
    Committee
 
Fund   Meeting     Meeting     Meeting     Meeting     Meeting     Meeting     Meeting  
   
 
Municipal Value
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Municipal Value 2
    4       5       1       3       4       3       4  
Municipal Income
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Enhanced Value
    2       1       1       0       4       1       4  
Premium Income
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Performance Plus
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Municipal Advantage
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Municipal Market Opportunity
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Investment Quality
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Select Quality
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Quality Income
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Premier Municipal
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Premium Income 2
    5       11       0       3       4       4       4  
Premium Income 4
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Dividend Advantage
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Dividend Advantage 2
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Dividend Advantage 3
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Municipal High Income
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Municipal High Income 2
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Insured Dividend Advantage
    5       9       1       3       4       4       4  
Insured Municipal Opportunity
    5       11       0       3       4       4       4  
Insured Premium Income 2
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Insured Quality
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  
Insured Tax-Free Advantage
    5       11       0       3       4       4       4  


C-1


 

                                                         
                            Compliance, Risk
             
                            Management
          Nominating
 
                            and Regulatory
          and
 
    Regular
    Special
    Executive
    Dividend
    Oversight
    Audit
    Governance
 
    Board
    Board
    Committee
    Committee
    Committee
    Committee
    Committee
 
Fund   Meeting     Meeting     Meeting     Meeting     Meeting     Meeting     Meeting  
   
 
Insured Dividend Advantage
    5       5       0       5       5       4       4  
Select Maturities
    5       5       0       5       5       4       4  
Select Portfolio
    5       5       0       5       5       4       4  
Select Portfolio 2
    5       5       0       5       5       4       4  
Select Portfolio 3
    5       5       0       5       5       4       4  
California Portfolio
    5       5       0       5       5       4       4  
New York Portfolio
    5       8       0       3       4       4       4  

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APPENDIX D
 
NUVEEN FUND BOARD
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER
 
I.   Organization and Membership
 
There shall be a committee of each Board of Directors/Trustees (the “Board”) of the Nuveen Management Investment Companies (the “Funds” or, individually, a “Fund”) to be known as the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee shall be comprised of at least three Directors/Trustees. Audit Committee members shall be independent of the Funds and free of any relationship that, in the opinion of the Directors/Trustees, would interfere with their exercise of independent judgment as an Audit Committee member. In particular, each member must meet the independence and experience requirements applicable to the Funds of the exchanges on which shares of the Funds are listed, Section 10a of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Each such member of the Audit Committee shall have a basic understanding of finance and accounting, be able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, and be financially literate, and at least one such member shall have accounting or related financial management expertise, in each case as determined by the Directors/Trustees, exercising their business judgment (this person may also serve as the Audit Committee’s “financial expert” as defined by the Commission). The Board shall appoint the members and the Chairman of the Audit Committee, on the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee. The Audit Committee shall meet periodically but in any event no less frequently than on a semi-annual basis. Except for the Funds, Audit Committee members shall not serve simultaneously on the audit committees of more than two other public companies.
 
II.   Statement of Policy, Purpose and Processes
 
The Audit Committee shall assist the Board in oversight and monitoring of (1) the accounting and reporting policies, processes and practices, and the audits of the financial statements, of the Funds; (2) the quality and integrity of the financial statements of the Funds; (3) the Funds’ compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, (4) the independent auditors’ qualifications, performance and independence; and (5) oversight of the Pricing Procedures of the Funds and the Valuation Group. In exercising this oversight, the Audit Committee can request other committees of the Board to assume responsibility for some of the monitoring as long as the other committees are composed exclusively of independent directors.
 
In doing so, the Audit Committee shall seek to maintain free and open means of communication among the Directors/Trustees, the independent auditors, the internal auditors and the management of the Funds. The Audit Committee shall meet periodically with Fund management, the Funds’ internal auditor, and the Funds’ independent auditors, in separate executive sessions. The Audit Committee shall prepare reports of the Audit Committee as required by the Commission to be included in the Fund’s annual proxy statements or otherwise.
 
The Audit Committee shall have the authority and resources in its discretion to retain special legal, accounting or other consultants to advise the Audit Committee and to otherwise discharge its responsibilities, including appropriate funding as determined by the Audit Committee for compensation to independent auditors engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for a Fund,


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compensation to advisers employed by the Audit Committee, and ordinary administrative expenses of the Audit Committee that are necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties, as determined in its discretion. The Audit Committee may request any officer or employee of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (or its affiliates) (collectively, “Nuveen”) or the Funds’ independent auditors or outside counsel to attend a meeting of the Audit Committee or to meet with any members of, or consultants to, the Audit Committee. The Funds’ independent auditors and internal auditors shall have unrestricted accessibility at any time to Committee members.
 
Responsibilities
 
Fund management has the primary responsibility to establish and maintain systems for accounting, reporting, disclosure and internal control.
 
The independent auditors have the primary responsibility to plan and implement an audit, with proper consideration given to the accounting, reporting and internal controls. Each independent auditor engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Funds shall report directly to the Audit Committee. The independent auditors are ultimately accountable to the Board and the Audit Committee. It is the ultimate responsibility of the Audit Committee to select, appoint, retain, evaluate, oversee and replace any independent auditors and to determine their compensation, subject to ratification of the Board, if required. These Audit Committee responsibilities may not be delegated to any other Committee or the Board.
 
The Audit Committee is responsible for the following:
 
With respect to Fund financial statements:
 
  1.  Reviewing and discussing the annual audited financial statements and semi-annual financial statements with Fund management and the independent auditors including major issues regarding accounting and auditing principles and practices, and the Funds’ disclosures in its periodic reports under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis.”
 
  2.  Requiring the independent auditors to deliver to the Chairman of the Audit Committee a timely report on any issues relating to the significant accounting policies, management judgments and accounting estimates or other matters that would need to be communicated under PCAOB AU 380, Communications with Audit Committees., that arise during the auditors’ review of the Funds’ financial statements, which information the Chairman shall further communicate to the other members of the Audit Committee, as deemed necessary or appropriate in the Chairman’s judgment.
 
  3.  Discussing with management the Funds’ press releases regarding financial results and dividends, as well as financial information and earnings guidance provided to analysts and rating agencies. This discussion may be done generally, consisting of discussing the types of information to be disclosed and the types of presentations to be made. The Chairman of the Audit Committee shall be authorized to have these discussions with management on behalf of the Audit Committee.
 
  4.  Discussing with management and the independent auditors (a) significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation and presentation of the Funds’ financial statements, including any significant changes in


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  the Funds’ selection or application of accounting principles and any major issues as to the adequacy of the Funds’ internal controls and any special audit steps adopted in light of material control deficiencies; and (b) analyses prepared by Fund management and/or the independent auditor setting forth significant financial reporting issues and judgments made in connection with the preparation of the financial statements, including analyses of the effects of alternative gaap methods on the financial statements.
 
  5.  Discussing with management and the independent auditors the effect of regulatory and accounting initiatives on the Funds’ financial statements.
 
  6.  Reviewing and discussing reports, both written and oral, from the independent auditors and/or Fund management regarding (a) all critical accounting policies and practices to be used; (b) all alternative treatments of financial information within generally accepted accounting principles that have been discussed with management, ramifications of the use of such alternative treatments and disclosures, and the treatment preferred by the independent auditors; and (c) other material written communications between the independent auditors and management, such as any management letter or schedule of unadjusted differences.
 
  7.  Discussing with Fund management the Funds’ major financial risk exposures and the steps management has taken to monitor and control these exposures, including the Funds’ risk assessment and risk management policies and guidelines. In fulfilling its obligations under this paragraph, the Audit Committee may review in a general manner the processes other Board committees have in place with respect to risk assessment and risk management.
 
  8.  Reviewing disclosures made to the Audit Committee by the Funds’ principal executive officer and principal financial officer during their certification process for the Funds’ periodic reports about any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls or material weaknesses therein and any fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in the Funds’ internal controls. In fulfilling its obligations under this paragraph, the Audit Committee may review in a general manner the processes other Board committees have in place with respect to deficiencies in internal controls, material weaknesses, or any fraud associated with internal controls.
 
With respect to the independent auditors:
 
  1.  Selecting, appointing, retaining or replacing the independent auditors, subject, if applicable, only to Board and shareholder ratification; and compensating, evaluating and overseeing the work of the independent auditor (including the resolution of disagreements between Fund management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting).
 
  2.  Meeting with the independent auditors and Fund management to review the scope, fees, audit plans and staffing for the audit, for the current year. At the conclusion of the audit, reviewing such audit results, including the independent auditors’ evaluation of the Funds’ financial and internal controls, any comments or recommendations of the independent auditors, any audit problems or difficulties and management’s response, including any restrictions on the scope of the independent


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  auditor’s activities or on access to requested information, any significant disagreements with management, any accounting adjustments noted or proposed by the auditor but not made by the Fund, any communications between the audit team and the audit firm’s national office regarding auditing or accounting issues presented by the engagement, any significant changes required from the originally planned audit programs and any adjustments to the financial statements recommended by the auditors.
 
  3.  Pre-approving all audit services and permitted non-audit services, and the terms thereof, to be performed for the Funds by their independent auditors, subject to the de minimis exceptions for non-audit services described in Section 10a of the Exchange Act that the Audit Committee approves prior to the completion of the audit, in accordance with any policies or procedures relating thereto as adopted by the Board or the Audit Committee. The Chairman of the Audit Committee shall be authorized to give pre-approvals of such non-audit services on behalf of the Audit Committee.
 
  4.  Obtaining and reviewing a report or reports from the independent auditors at least annually (including a formal written statement delineating all relationships between the auditors and the Funds consistent with PCAOB Ethics and Independence Rule 3526, as may be amended, restated, modified or replaced) regarding (a) the independent auditor’s internal quality-control procedures; (b) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the firm, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities within the preceding five years, respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the firm; (c) any steps taken to deal with any such issues; and (d) all relationships between the independent auditor and the Funds and their affiliates, in order to assist the Audit committee in assessing the auditor’s independence. After reviewing the foregoing report[s] and the independent auditor’s work throughout the year, the Audit Committee shall be responsible for evaluating the qualifications, performance and independence of the independent auditor and their compliance with all applicable requirements for independence and peer review, and a review and evaluation of the lead partner, taking into account the opinions of Fund management and the internal auditors, and discussing such reports with the independent auditors. The Audit Committee shall present its conclusions with respect to the independent auditor to the Board.
 
  5.  Reviewing any reports from the independent auditors mandated by Section 10a(b) of the Exchange Act regarding any illegal act detected by the independent auditor (whether or not perceived to have a material effect on the Funds’ financial statements) and obtaining from the independent auditors any information about illegal acts in accordance with Section 10a(b).
 
  6.  Ensuring the rotation of the lead (or coordinating) audit partner having primary responsibility for the audit and the audit partner responsible for reviewing the audit as required by law, and further considering the rotation of the independent auditor firm itself.


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  7.  Establishing and recommending to the Board for ratification policies for the Funds’, Fund management or the Fund adviser’s hiring of employees or former employees of the independent auditor who participated in the audits of the Funds.
 
  8.  Taking, or recommending that the Board take, appropriate action to oversee the independence of the outside auditor.
 
With respect to any internal auditor:
 
  9.  Reviewing the proposed programs of the internal auditor for the coming year. It is not the obligation or responsibility of the Audit Committee to confirm the independence of any Nuveen internal auditors performing services relating to the Funds or to approve any termination or replacement of the Nuveen Manager of Internal Audit.
 
  10.  Receiving a summary of findings from any completed internal audits pertaining to the Funds and a progress report on the proposed internal audit plan for the Funds, with explanations for significant deviations from the original plan.
 
With respect to pricing and valuation oversight:
 
  11.  The Board has responsibilities regarding the pricing of a Fund’s securities under the 1940 Act. The Board has delegated this responsibility to the Committee to address valuation issues that arise between Board meetings, subject to the Board’s general supervision of such actions. The Committee is primarily responsible for the oversight of the Pricing Procedures and actions taken by the internal Valuation Group (“Valuation Matters”). The Valuation Group will report on Valuation Matters to the Committee and/or the Board of Directors/Trustees, as appropriate.
 
  12.  Performing all duties assigned to it under the Funds’ Pricing Procedures, as such may be amended from time to time.
 
  13.  Periodically reviewing and making recommendations regarding modifications to the Pricing Procedures as well as consider recommendations by the Valuation Group regarding the Pricing Procedures.
 
  14.  Reviewing any issues relating to the valuation of a Fund’s securities brought to the Committee’s attention, including suspensions in pricing, pricing irregularities, price overrides, self-pricing, nav errors and corrections thereto, and other pricing matters. In this regard, the Committee should consider the risks to the Funds in assessing the possible resolutions of these Valuation Matters.
 
  15.  Evaluating, as it deems necessary or appropriate, the performance of any pricing agent and recommend changes thereto to the full Board.
 
  16.  Reviewing any reports or comments from examinations by regulatory authorities relating to Valuation Matters of the Funds and consider management’s responses to any such comments and, to the extent the Committee deems necessary or appropriate, propose to management and/or the full Board the modification of the Fund’s policies and procedures relating to such matters. The Committee, if deemed necessary or desirable, may also meet with regulators.


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  17.  Meeting with members of management of the Funds, outside counsel, or others in fulfilling its duties hereunder, including assessing the continued appropriateness and adequacy of the Pricing Procedures, eliciting any recommendations for improvements of such procedures or other Valuation Matters, and assessing the possible resolutions of issues regarding Valuation Matters brought to its attention.
 
  18.  Performing any special review, investigations or oversight responsibilities relating to Valuation as requested by the Board of Directors/Trustees.
 
  19.  Investigating or initiating an investigation of reports of improprieties or suspected improprieties in connection with the Fund’s policies and procedures relating to Valuation Matters not otherwise assigned to another Board committee.
 
Other responsibilities:
 
  20.  Reviewing with counsel to the Funds, counsel to Nuveen, the Fund adviser’s counsel and independent counsel to the Board legal matters that may have a material impact on the Fund’s financial statements or compliance policies.
 
  21.  Receiving and reviewing periodic or special reports issued on exposure/controls, irregularities and control failures related to the Funds.
 
  22.  Reviewing with the independent auditors, with any internal auditor and with Fund management, the adequacy and effectiveness of the accounting and financial controls of the Funds, and eliciting any recommendations for the improvement of internal control procedures or particular areas where new or more detailed controls or procedures are desirable. Particular emphasis should be given to the adequacy of such internal controls to expose payments, transactions or procedures that might be deemed illegal or otherwise improper.
 
  23.  Reviewing the reports of examinations by regulatory authorities as they relate to financial statement matters.
 
  24.  Discussing with management and the independent auditor any correspondence with regulators or governmental agencies that raises material issues regarding the Funds’ financial statements or accounting policies.
 
  25.  Obtaining reports from management with respect to the Funds’ policies and procedures regarding compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
 
  26.  Reporting regularly to the Board on the results of the activities of the Audit Committee, including any issues that arise with respect to the quality or integrity of the Funds’ financial statements, the Funds’ compliance with legal or regulatory requirements, the performance and independence of the Funds’ independent auditors, or the performance of the internal audit function.
 
  27.  Performing any special reviews, investigations or oversight responsibilities requested by the Board.
 
  28.  Reviewing and reassessing annually the adequacy of this charter and recommending to the Board approval of any proposed changes deemed necessary or advisable by the Audit Committee.


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  29.  Undertaking an annual review of the performance of the Audit Committee.
 
  30.  Establishing procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by the Funds regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, and the confidential, anonymous submission of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters by employees of Fund management, the investment adviser, administrator, principal underwriter, or any other provider of accounting related services for the Funds, as well as employees of the Funds.
 
Although the Audit Committee shall have the authority and responsibilities set forth in this Charter, it is not the responsibility of the Audit Committee to plan or conduct audits or to determine that the Funds’ financial statements are complete and accurate and are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. That is the responsibility of management and the independent auditors. Nor is it the duty of the Audit Committee to conduct investigations, to resolve disagreements, if any, between management and the independent auditors or to ensure compliance with laws and regulations.


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