Nuveen Closed-End Funds’ Board of Trustees Approves Five Fund Reorganization Proposals

The Board of Trustees for eleven Nuveen municipal closed-end funds approved five reorganization proposals. The reorganizations are subject to customary conditions, including shareholder approval. The reorganizations are intended to create larger funds with lower operating expenses and increased trading volume on the exchange for common shares.

More information on the proposed reorganizations will be contained in proxy materials expected to be filed in the coming weeks. The proposed fund reorganizations are as follows:

Acquired Fund

Symbol

Acquiring Fund

Symbol

Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund 2

NCB

Nuveen California Municipal Value Fund, Inc.

NCA

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund 2

NYV

Nuveen New York Municipal Value Fund, Inc.

NNY

Nuveen Pennsylvania Municipal Value Fund

NPN

Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund

NUW

Nuveen New Jersey Municipal Value Fund

NJV

Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Value Fund

NUW

Nuveen Maryland Quality Municipal Income Fund

NMY

Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund

NAD

Nuveen Michigan Quality Municipal Income Fund

NUM

Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund

NEA

For more information, please visit Nuveen’s CEF homepage www.nuveen.com/closed-end-funds.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements made herein are forward-looking statements. Actual future results or occurrences may differ significantly from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. These include, but are not limited to:

• market developments;
• legal and regulatory developments;
• the ability to satisfy conditions to the proposed reorganizations; and
• other additional risks and uncertainties.

You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. Nuveen and the closed-end funds managed by Nuveen Fund Advisers and Nuveen affiliates undertake no responsibility to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements.

The annual and semi-annual reports and other regulatory filings of Nuveen closed-end funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are accessible on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov and on Nuveen’s web site at http://www.nuveen.com/cef and may discuss the above-mentioned or other factors that affect Nuveen closed-end funds. The information contained on the Nuveen website is not a part of this press release.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

In connection with the reorganization proposals discussed herein, the funds expect to file with the SEC solicitation materials in the form of proxy statements and/or joint proxy statement/prospectuses that will be included in registration statements on Form N-14, as applicable. After each registration statement is filed with the SEC, it may be amended or withdrawn and the proxy statement and/or joint proxy statement/prospectus will not be distributed to shareholders unless and until the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC. Investors are urged to read the solicitation materials and any other relevant documents when they become available because they will contain important information about the reorganization proposals. After they are filed, free copies of the solicitation materials will be available on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.

This communication is for informational purposes only and is not a solicitation of a proxy from any fund shareholder and does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale. No offer of securities will be made except pursuant to a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933. However, the funds, Nuveen Fund Advisers and certain of their respective directors/trustees, officers and affiliates may be deemed under the rules of the SEC to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders in connection with the reorganization proposals discussed herein. Information about the directors/trustees and officers of the funds may be found in their respective annual reports previously filed with the SEC.

Fund shares are not guaranteed or endorsed by any bank or other insured depository institution, and are not federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Shares of closed-end funds are subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of principal invested. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Closed-end funds frequently trade at a discount to their net asset value.

About Nuveen

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The information contained on the Nuveen website is not a part of this press release.

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