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Important Notice to Fund Shareholders
 
June 22, 2011
 
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 meetings 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”). These funds were launched at various times over the past 20 years, and currently have a somewhat diverse set of policies, which reflect developments over that time in the municipal market, including new types of securities as well as investment strategies. As part of a continual process of evaluating and updating investment policies, the Funds over the past several years have taken a series of actions designed to both update and to standardize policies as appropriate across all Nuveen municipal bond closed-end funds. The actions recommended in the Proxy Statement are the latest in that ongoing process.
 
(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. Investment policies currently vary across otherwise similar Nuveen municipal closed-end funds, reflecting evolving markets and guidelines as the different funds were launched over the past 20 years. As part of a continuing broader “best practices” initiative begun approximately 3 years ago, all Nuveen municipal closed-end funds, including the Affected Municipal Funds, are seeking to adopt a uniform set of investment policies that reflect municipal market and regulatory developments over time. Among other things, the proposed New Investment Polices would permit all Affected Municipal Funds to make loans to the extent permitted by securities laws. This is intended to provide each Fund the flexibility to make loans in circumstances where a municipal issuer is in distress, if Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc. believes that doing so would both:
 
•   facilitate a timely workout of the issuer’s situation in a manner that benefits the Fund; and
 
•   is the best choice for reducing the likelihood or severity of loss on the Fund’s investment.


 

 
In addition, all funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are required to have a policy regarding investments in commodities. This category includes several types of investments, including certain types of derivative investments that have developed over time, and which a fund may potentially use as it seeks 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. The commodity and derivative policy changes stated in this Proxy Statement seek to increase Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc.’s flexibility to use derivatives in these ways in pursuit of Fund investment objectives, which have not changed.
 
The potential benefits to common shareholders (of Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund, Inc. and Nuveen Performance Plus Municipal Fund, Inc.) from changes to investment policies relating to investments in municipal securities, below investment grade securities, other investment companies and derivatives, short sales and commodities include:
 
•   enhanced ability of the 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.
 
Harmonizing and updating these and other investment objectives noted in the Proxy Statement is intended to benefit common shareholders by increasing portfolio manager efficiency and flexibility to take advantage of a wide range of appropriate opportunities in the municipal bond markets in pursuit of Fund investment objectives.
 
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, optimizing returns on current investments 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 25, 2011
 
June 22, 2011
 
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, NAD PrC)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (NXZ)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 (NZF, NZF PrC)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (NMZ)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund 2 (NMD)
Nuveen Insured Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NVG, NVG PrC)
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, NEA PrC)
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)
Nuveen Build America Bond Fund (NBB)


 

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”), Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (“New York Portfolio”) and Nuveen Build America Bond Fund (“Build America”), 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 Monday, July 25, 2011, at 10:30 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 ten (10) Board Members:
 
  (i)  eight (8) Board Members to be elected by the holders of Common Shares and Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares for Municipal Advantage, Municipal Market Opportunity, Investment Quality, Select Quality, Quality Income, Premier Municipal, Premier Insured, Premium Income 2, Premium Income 4 and Insured Municipal Opportunity, and Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares for Premium Income, Performance Plus and Insured Quality (collectively, “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, Build America, Municipal High Income and Municipal High Income 2, to elect five (5) Board Members:
 
  (i)  three (3) Board Members to be elected by the holders of Common Shares and Municipal Auction Rate Cumulative Preferred Shares and/or Municipal Fund Term Preferred Shares for Dividend Advantage, Dividend Advantage 3, Insured Dividend Advantage and Insured Tax-Free Advantage, and Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares for Dividend Advantage 2 and Insured Premium Income 2 (also referred to, collectively, as “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, Build America and Municipal High Income 2, to elect three (3) Board Members.
 
  e.  For Municipal High Income, to elect five (5) Board Members.
 
2.  To approve the elimination of fundamental investment policies and/or to approve the new fundamental investment policies for the Affected Municipal Funds (as defined in the Proxy Statement).
 
3.  To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting.
 
Shareholders of record at the close of business on May 31, 2011 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 22, 2011
 
 
This Joint Proxy Statement is first being mailed to shareholders on or about June 22, 2011.
 
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, NAD PrC)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (NXZ)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 (NZF, NZF PrC)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (NMZ)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund 2 (NMD)
Nuveen Insured Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NVG, NVG PrC)
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, NEA PrC)
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)
Nuveen Build America Bond Fund (NBB)


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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”), Nuveen New York Select Tax-Free Income Portfolio (“New York Portfolio”) and Nuveen Build America Bond Fund (“Build America”), 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 Monday, July 25, 2011, at 10:30 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 Municipal Income, Premium Income, Performance Plus, Municipal Advantage, Municipal Market Opportunity, Investment Quality, Select Quality, Quality Income, Premier Municipal, Premier Insured, Premium Income 2, Premium Income 4, Dividend Advantage, Dividend Advantage 2, Dividend Advantage 3, Insured Dividend Advantage, Insured Municipal Opportunity, Insured Premium Income 2, Insured Quality, Insured Tax-Free Advantage, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio and New York Portfolio (each an “Affected Municipal


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Fund” and, collectively, the “Affected Municipal Funds”). Shareholders of a Fund 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. Merely attending the Annual Meeting, however, will not revoke any previously submitted proxy.
 
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.
 
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 eight (8) 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, Build America, Municipal High Income and Municipal High Income 2), election of three (3) 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, Build America, Municipal High Income 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, Build America and Municipal High Income 2, election of three (3) Board Members by all shareholders.   X   N/A
 
 
1(e)
  For Municipal High Income, election of five (5) Board Members by all shareholders.   X   N/A
 
 


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Matter   Common Shares   Preferred Shares(1)
 
2
  For 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 policy relating to the Fund’s ability to make loans.   X   X
 
 
2(b)
  For each Affected Municipal Fund, to approve the new fundamental investment policy relating to the Fund’s ability to make loans.   X   X
 
 
2(c)
  For Premium Income and Performance Plus, to approve the elimination of each Fund’s fundamental investment policy relating to investments in municipal securities and below investment grade securities.   X   X
 
 
2(d)
  For Premium Income and Performance Plus, to approve the new fundamental investment policy relating to investments in municipal securities.   X   X
 
 
2(e)
  For Premium Income and Performance Plus, to approve the elimination of each Fund’s fundamental investment policy relating to investing in other investment companies.   X   X
 
 
2(f)
  For Premium Income and Performance Plus, to approve the elimination of each Fund’s fundamental investment policy relating to commodities.   X   X
 
 
2(g)
  For Premium Income and Performance Plus, to approve the new fundamental investment policy relating to commodities.   X   X
 
 
2(h)
  For Premium Income and Performance Plus, 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, Investment Quality, Select Quality, Quality Income, Premier Municipal, Premier Insured, Premium Income 2, Premium Income 4, Dividend Advantage 2, Insured Municipal Opportunity and Insured Premium Income 2; Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares for Premium Income, Performance Plus and Insured Quality; and, Municipal Auction Rate Cumulative Preferred Shares and/or Municipal Fund Term Preferred Shares for Dividend Advantage, Dividend Advantage 3, Insured Dividend Advantage and Insured Tax-Free Advantage are collectively referred to as “Preferred Shares.” Municipal High Income, 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 do not currently have Preferred Shares outstanding.
 
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

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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, Build America, Municipal High Income and Municipal High Income 2), 331/3% 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 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 31, 2011 will be entitled to one vote for each share held and a proportionate fractional vote for each


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fractional share held. As of May 31, 2011, the shares of the Funds were issued and outstanding as follows:
 
                                 
 
    Fund   Ticker Symbol*   Common Shares     Preferred Shares      
 
    Municipal Value   NUV     198,347,433     N/A            
 
 
    Municipal Value 2   NUW     12,878,142     N/A            
 
 
    Municipal Income   NMI     8,219,747     N/A            
 
 
    Enhanced Value   NEV     19,256,862     N/A            
 
 
    Premium Income   NPI     63,911,894     VMTP Series 1     4,024      
 
 
    Performance Plus   NPP     59,952,462     VMTP Series 1     4,217      
 
 
    Municipal Advantage   NMA     43,502,742     VRDP Series 1     2,968      
 
 
    Municipal Market Opportunity   NMO     45,809,174     VRDP Series 1     3,509      
 
 
    Investment Quality   NQM     35,857,259     VRDP Series 1     2,118      
 
 
    Select Quality   NQS     34,279,013     VRDP Series 1     2,525      
 
 
    Quality Income   NQU     54,366,717     VRDP Series 1     3,884      
 
 
    Premier Municipal   NPF     19,888,518     VRDP Series 1     1,277      
 
 
    Premier Insured   NIF     19,473,685     VRDP Series 1     1,309      
 
 
    Premium Income 2   NPM     70,692,851     VRDP Series 1     4,895      
 
 
    Premium Income 4   NPT     43,281,755     VRDP Series 1     2,622      
 
 
    Dividend Advantage   NAD     39,296,352     Series M     1,628      
                    Series T     1,628      
                    Series TH     1,547      
                    MTP PrC     14,430,000      
 
 
    Dividend Advantage 2   NXZ     29,461,807     VRDP Series 1     1,960      
 
 
    Dividend Advantage 3   NZF     40,392,021     Series W     2,246      
                    Series TH     2,245      
                    Series F     2,245      
                    MTP PrC     7,000,000      
 
 
    Municipal High Income   NMZ     27,481,452     N/A            
 
 
    Municipal High Income 2   NMD     17,832,991     N/A            
 
 
    Insured Dividend Advantage   NVG     29,802,900     Series M     1,247      
                    Series T     1,217      
                    Series TH     1,214      
                    MTP PrC     10,800,000      
 
 
    Insured Municipal Opportunity   NIO     95,610,971     VRDP Series 1     6,672      
 
 
    Insured Premium Income 2   NPX     37,353,512     VRDP Series 1     2,190      
 
 
    Insured Quality   NQI     38,420,394     VMTP Series 1     2,404      
 
 
    Insured Tax-Free Advantage   NEA     22,241,117     Series T     1,104      
                    Series W     1,105      
                    Series W2     486      
                    MTP PrC     8,300,000      
 
 
    Select Maturities   NIM     12,424,973     N/A            
 
 
    Select Portfolio   NXP     16,511,417     N/A            
 
 


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    Fund   Ticker Symbol*   Common Shares     Preferred Shares      
 
    Select Portfolio 2   NXQ     17,695,939     N/A            
 
 
    Select Portfolio 3   NXR     13,018,458     N/A            
 
 
    California Portfolio   NXC     6,267,289     N/A            
 
 
    New York Portfolio   NXN     3,916,591     N/A            
 
 
    Build America   NBB     26,461,985     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 Municipal Fund Term Preferred Shares of NAD, NZF, NVG and NEA 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, 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)  eight (8) 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, Stringer 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 Amboian, Kundert and Toth have been designated as Class II Board Members and as nominees for Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2014 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Bremner, Evans, Hunter, Schneider, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer are current and continuing Board Members. 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. Board Members Hunter,

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Stockdale, Stone and Stringer have been designated as Class I Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2013 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
 
With respect to Municipal Income, Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth 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 2014 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Bremner, Evans, Hunter, Schneider, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer are current and continuing Board Members. 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. Board Members Hunter, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer have been designated as Class III Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2013 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 Massachusetts Business Trust, except Enhanced Value, Municipal Value 2, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio, New York Portfolio, Build America, Municipal High Income 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, Build America, Municipal High Income and Municipal High Income 2:
 
  (i)  three (3) Board Members are to be elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth have been designated as Class II Board Members and as nominees for Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2014 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Bremner, Evans, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer are current and continuing Board Members. 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. Board Members Stockdale, Stone and Stringer have been designated as Class I Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2013 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.


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  (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, Build America and Municipal High Income 2:
 
    three (3) Board Members are to be elected by all shareholders. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth have been designated as Class II Board Members and as nominees for Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2014 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Members Bremner, Evans, Hunter, Schneider, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer are current and continuing Board Members. 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. Board Members Hunter, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer have been designated as Class I Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2013 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
 
  e.  For Municipal High Income:
 
    five (5) Board Members are to be elected by all shareholders. Board Members Amboian, Kundert and Toth have been designated as Class II Board Members and as nominees for Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2014 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Board Member Hunter has been re-designated as a Class I Board Member and as nominee for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2013 or until a successor is duly elected and qualified. Board Member Schneider has been re-designated as a Class III Board Member and as nominee for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2012 or until a successor is duly elected and qualified. Board Members Bremner, Evans, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer are current and continuing Board Members. 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. Board Members Stockdale, Stone and Stringer have been designated as Class I Board Members for a term expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2013 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.
 
For each Minnesota Corporation, except for Municipal Value and Municipal Income, each Board Member other than Board Member Stringer was last elected to each Fund’s Board at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 27, 2010 and, for Premium Income, Premium Income 4 and Performance Plus, adjourned to September 9, 2010.


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For Municipal Value, Board Members Hunter, Stockdale and Stone were last elected as Class I Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 27, 2010. 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.
 
For Municipal Income, Board Members Hunter, Stockdale and Stone were last elected as Class III Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 27, 2010. 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.
 
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, Build America and Municipal High Income 2, Board Members Stockdale and Stone were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class I Board Members and Board Members Hunter and Schneider were last elected to each Fund’s Board by holders of Preferred Shares at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 27, 2010; Board Members Bremner and Evans were last elected to each Fund’s Board as Class III Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 28, 2009 adjourned to September 1, 2009.
 
For Enhanced Value and Municipal Value 2, Board Members Hunter, Stockdale and Stone were last elected as Class I Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 27, 2010. Each other Board Member except for Board Member Stringer was elected by the initial shareholder of Enhanced Value and Municipal Value 2, respectively, Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”), on July 28, 2009 and February 23, 2009.
 
For Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio New York Portfolio and Municipal High Income 2, Board Members Hunter, Stockdale and Stone were last elected as Class I Board Members at the annual meeting of shareholders held on July 27, 2010. 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.
 
For Build America, each Board Member except for Board Member Stringer was elected by the initial shareholder of the Fund, the Adviser, on March 16, 2010.
 
On January 1, 2011, Ms. Stringer was appointed as a Board Member for each Fund, and designated as a Class I Board Member with respect to each Massachusetts Business Trust and Municipal Value and as a Class III Board Member for Municipal Income.
 
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
  Other
                in Fund
  Directorships Held
                Complex
  by Board
    Position(s)
  Term of Office
      Overseen
  Member During the
Name, Address
  Held with
  and Length
  Principal Occupation(s)
  by Board
  Past Five
and Birth Date   Fund   of Time Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Member   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
  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.; Board
Member, Independent Directors
Council, affiliated with the
Investment Company Institute.
    245     N/A
                         
                         
Jack B. Evans
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(10/22/48)
  Board
Member
  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
Chairman, United Fire Group, a
publicly held company;
President Pro Tem of the Board
of Regents for the State of
Iowa University System;
Director, Source Media Group;
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.
    245     See
Principal
Occupation
Description
                         


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                Number of
   
                Portfolios
  Other
                in Fund
  Directorships Held
                Complex
  by Board
    Position(s)
  Term of Office
      Overseen
  Member During the
Name, Address
  Held with
  and Length
  Principal Occupation(s)
  by Board
  Past Five
and Birth Date   Fund   of Time Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Member   Years
 
 
William C. Hunter
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(3/6/48)
  Board
Member
  Term: Annual or
Class II Board
Member until
2011(2)

Length of Service:
Since 2004
  Dean (since 2006), Tippie
College of Business, University
of Iowa; Director (since 2005),
Beta Gamma Sigma
International Honor Society;
Director (since 2004) of Xerox
Corporation; Director (since 2009) of Wellmark, Inc.; formerly, Director
(1997-2007), Credit Research
Center at Georgetown
University; formerly, Dean and
Distinguished Professor of
Finance, School of Business at
the University of Connecticut
(2003-2006); previously, Senior
Vice President and Director of
Research at the Federal
Reserve Bank of Chicago
(1995-2003).
    245     See
Principal
Occupation
Description
                         
                         
David J. Kundert*
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(10/28/42)
  Board
Member
  Term: Annual or
Class II Board
Member until
2011(2)

Length of Service:
Since 2005
  Director, Northwestern Mutual
Wealth Management Company;
retired (since 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; Member,
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 Chair of
Investment Committee, Greater
Milwaukee Foundation.
    245     See
Principal
Occupation
Description

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                Number of
   
                Portfolios
  Other
                in Fund
  Directorships Held
                Complex
  by Board
    Position(s)
  Term of Office
      Overseen
  Member During the
Name, Address
  Held with
  and Length
  Principal Occupation(s)
  by Board
  Past Five
and Birth Date   Fund   of Time Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Member   Years
 
 
William J. Schneider*
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(9/24/44)
  Board
Member
  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, Mid-America Health
System Board; Member,
University of Dayton Business
School Advisory Council;
formerly, Member, Dayton
Philharmonic Orchestra
Association; formerly, Director,
Dayton Development Coalition;
formerly, Member, Business
Advisory Council, Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank.
    245     See
Principal
Occupation
Description
                         
                         
Judith M. Stockdale
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(12/29/47)
  Board
Member
  Term: Annual or
Class I Board
Member until
2013(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).
    245     N/A
                         
                         
Carole E. Stone*
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(6/28/47)
  Board
Member
  Term: Annual or
Class I Board
Member until
2013(2)

Length of Service:
Since 2007
  Director, C2 Options Exchange,
Incorporated (since 2009);
Director, Chicago Board
Options Exchange (since 2006);
formerly, Commissioner, New
York State Commission on
Public Authority Reform (2005-
2010); formerly, Chair, New York
Racing Association Oversight
Board (2005-2007).
    245     See
Principal
Occupation
Description

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                Number of
   
                Portfolios
  Other
                in Fund
  Directorships Held
                Complex
  by Board
    Position(s)
  Term of Office
      Overseen
  Member During the
Name, Address
  Held with
  and Length
  Principal Occupation(s)
  by Board
  Past Five
and Birth Date   Fund   of Time Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Member   Years
 
 
Virginia L. Stringer(3)
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(8/16/44)
  Board
Member
  Term: Annual or
Class I Board
Member until 2013(2)

Length of Service:
Since 2011
  Board Member, Mutual Fund
Directors Forum; Member,
Governing Board, Investment
Company Institute’s
Independent Directors Council;
governance consultant and
non-profit board member;
former Owner and President,
Strategic Management
Resources, Inc. a management
consulting firm; previously, held
several executive positions in
general management, marketing
and human resources at IBM
and The Pillsbury Company;
Independent Director, First
American Fund Complex
(1987-2010) and Chair
(1997-2010).
    245     See
Principal
Occupation
Description
                         
                         
Terence J. Toth*
c/o Nuveen Investments, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(9/29/59)
  Board
Member
  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 (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), 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).
    245     See
Principal
Occupation
Description

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                Number of
   
                Portfolios
  Other
                in Fund
  Directorships Held
                Complex
  by Board
    Position(s)
  Term of Office
      Overseen
  Member During the
Name, Address
  Held with
  and Length
  Principal Occupation(s)
  by Board
  Past Five
and Birth Date   Fund   of Time Served(1)   During Past 5 Years   Member   Years
 
 
Nominee/Board Member who is an interested person of the Funds
                         
                         
John P. Amboian(4)
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(6/14/61)
  Board
Member
  Term: Annual or
Class II Board
Member until
2011(2)

Length of Service:
Since 2008
  Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman (since 2007) and
Director (since 1999) of Nuveen
Investments, Inc.; Chief
Executive Officer (since 2007)
of Nuveen Investments
Advisers Inc.; Director (since
1998) formerly, Chief Executive
Officer (2007-2010) of Nuveen
Fund Advisors, Inc.
    245     See
Principal
Occupation
Description
 
 
 
Also serves as a trustee of Nuveen Diversified Commodity Fund, an exchange-traded commodity pool managed by Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC, an affiliate of each Fund’s Adviser.
(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, Municipal High Income 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 Bremner, Evans and Schneider serve as Class II Board Members; and, Board Members Hunter, Stockdale, Stone and Stringer serve as Class III Board Members.
(3) In December 2010 Nuveen Investments, Inc. purchased from U.S. Bancorp a portion of FAF Advisors, Inc.’s (“FAF”) asset management business (“Nuveen/FAF Transaction”). In connection with the Nuveen/FAF Transaction, and pursuant to the Nominating and Governance Committee’s recommendation and approval, Ms. Stringer resigned as a board member of various funds affiliated with FAF and was appointed Board Member of the Nuveen funds, with such appointment taking effect on January 1, 2011.
(4) “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, 2010 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, 2010 is set forth in Appendix A. On December 31, 2010, Board Members and executive officers as a group beneficially owned approximately 1,160,000 shares of all funds managed by the Adviser, Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc. (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 31, 2011, each Board Member’s individual beneficial shareholdings of each Fund constituted less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund. As of May 31, 2011, the Board Members and executive officers as a group beneficially owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund. As of May 31, 2011, 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
 
Prior to January 1, 2011, each Independent Board Member received 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 was required and $1,500 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person where in-person attendance was 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 at 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 was held in which in-person attendance was required, $250 per meeting for attendance by telephone at committee meetings (excluding shareholder meetings) where in-person attendance was not required and $100 per meeting when the Executive Committee acted 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 received $50,000 annually and the Lead Independent Director, if any, received $35,000, the chairpersons of the Audit Committee, the Dividend Committee and the Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight committee received $7,500 and the chairperson of the nominating and governance committee received $5,000 as additional retainers to the annual retainer paid to such individuals. Independent Board Members also received 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 was held. When ad hoc committees were organized, the Nominating and Governance committee at the time of formation determined compensation to be paid to the members of such committees, however, in general such fees were $1,000 per meeting for attendance in person at any ad hoc committee meeting where in-person attendance was required and $500 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance was not required. The annual retainer, fees and expenses were allocated among the Funds managed by the Adviser, on the basis of relative net asset sizes although Fund management was able, in its discretion, to establish a minimum amount to be allocated to each Fund. The Board Member affiliated with Nuveen and the Adviser served without any compensation from the Funds.
 
Effective January 1, 2011, Independent Board Members receive a $120,000 annual retainer plus (a) a fee of $4,500 per day for attendance in person or by telephone at regularly scheduled meetings of the Board; (b) a fee of $3,000 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at special, non-regularly scheduled Board meetings where in-person attendance is required and $2,000 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance is not required; (c) a fee of $2,500 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at Audit Committee meetings where in-person attendance is required and $2,000 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance is not required; (d) a fee of $2,500 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight Committee meetings where in-person attendance is required and $2,000 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such meetings where in-person attendance is not required; (e) a fee of $1,000 per meeting


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for attendance in person or by telephone at Dividend Committee meetings; and (f) a fee of $500 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at all other committee meetings ($1,000 for shareholder meetings) where in-person attendance is required and $250 per meeting for attendance by telephone or in person at such 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, provided that no fees are received for meetings held on days on which regularly scheduled Board meetings are held. In addition to the payments described above, the Chairman of the Board receives $75,000, the chairpersons of the Audit Committee, the Dividend Committee and the Compliance, Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight Committee receive $10,000 each and the chairperson of the Nominating and Governance Committee receives $5,000 as additional retainers. Independent Board Members also receive a fee of $3,000 per day for site visits to entities that provide services to the Nuveen funds on days on which no 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 committee; however, in general, such fees will be $1,000 per meeting for attendance in person or by telephone at ad hoc committee meetings 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 Nuveen funds on the basis of relative net assets, although management may, in its discretion, establish a minimum amount to be allocated to each Fund.
 
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.
 
The table below shows, for each Independent Board Member, the aggregate compensation paid by each Fund to each Board Member nominee for its last fiscal year:


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Aggregate Compensation from the Funds(1)  
   
    Robert P.
    Jack B.
    William C.
    David J.
    William J.
    Judith M.
    Carole E.
    Virgina L.
    Terence J.
 
    Bremner     Evans     Hunter     Kundert     Schneider     Stockdale     Stone     Stringer     Toth  
   
 
Municipal Value
    6,539     $ 5,589     $ 4,755     $ 5,700     $ 5,740     $ 4,970     $ 4,465     $     $ 5,447  
Municipal Value 2
    711       602       490       581       593       524       490             585  
Municipal Income
    296       247       204       242       247       218       204             240  
Enhanced Value
    1,027       1,784       642       760       777       1,784       638             1,762  
Premium Income
    5,812       4,765       4,207       5,410       4,968       4,286       4,312             5,083  
Performance Plus
    5,093       4,498       3,842       4,600       4,621       4,084       3,714             4,403  
Municipal Advantage
    3,593       3,142       2,685       3,214       3,229       2,887       2,595             3,076  
Municipal Market Opportunity
    3,834       3,322       2,873       3,441       3,456       3,081       2,777             3,251  
Investment Quality
    3,298       2,703       2,387       3,069       2,818       2,432       2,447             2,884  
Select Quality
    2,882       2,545       2,174       2,603       2,615       2,311       2,101             2,491  
Quality Income
    4,559       4,027       3,440       4,119       4,137       3,657       3,325             3,942  
Premier Municipal
    1,667       1,428       1,241       1,514       1,485       1,316       1,235             1,433  
Premier Insured
    1,860       1,525       1,346       1,731       1,590       1,372       1,380             1,627  
Premium Income 2
    6,794       5,978       4,918       6,324       5,807       5,429       5,041             5,942  
Premium Income 4
    3,214       2,773       2,399       2,872       2,885       2,583       2,319             2,713  
Dividend Advantage
    3,824       3,025       2,671       3,434       3,153       2,755       2,737             3,227  
Dividend Advantage 2
    2,707       2,201       1,907       2,481       2,268       1,967       1,958             2,354  
Dividend Advantage 3
    3,677       3,049       2,662       3,423       3,143       2,712       2,728             3,251  
Municipal High Income
    1,788       1,480       1,293       1,663       1,526       1,316       1,326             1,579  
Municipal High Income 2
    821       712       577       690       703       628       592             694  
Insured Dividend Advantage
    2,997       2,402       2,096       2,696       2,476       2,241       2,149             2,561  
Insured Municipal Opportunity
    8,001       7,285       6,035       7,227       7,259       6,731       5,835             6,829  
Insured Premium Income 2
    2,649       2,269       1,945       2,349       2,361       2,097       1,876             2,215  
Insured Quality
    3,480       2,854       2,519       3,240       2,975       2,568       2,582             3,044  
Insured Tax-Free Advantage
    2,249       2,056       1,545       1,987       1,824       2,005       1,584             1,867  


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Aggregate Compensation from the Funds(1)  
   
    Robert P.
    Jack B.
    William C.
    David J.
    William J.
    Judith M.
    Carole E.
    Virgina L.
    Terence J.
 
    Bremner     Evans     Hunter     Kundert     Schneider     Stockdale     Stone     Stringer     Toth  
   
 
Select Maturities
    427     $ 355     $ 296     $ 347     $ 357     $ 313     $ 296     $     $ 345  
Select Portfolio
    794       672       627       729       757       613       543             654  
Select Portfolio 2
    811       687       641       745       774       627       555             668  
Select Portfolio 3
    621       526       491       570       592       480       424             512  
California Portfolio
    299       253       236       275       285       231       204             246  
New York Portfolio
    188       159       149       173       179       145       129             155  
Build America
    1,730       1,389       1,259       1,413       1,482       1,370       1,190             1,309  
Total Compensation from
Nuveen Funds Paid to
Board
                                                                       
Members/Nominees
    265,748       230,443       199,401       243,469       243,212       213,579       188,000             230,630  
 
 
 
(1)  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:
 
                                                                         
Deferred Fees  
   
    Robert P.
    Jack B.
    William C.
    David J.
    William J.
    Judith M.
    Carole E.
    Virginia L.
    Terence J.
 
    Bremner     Evans     Hunter     Kundert     Schneider     Stockdale     Stone     Stringer     Toth  
   
 
Municipal Value
    1,032     $ 1,475     $ 3,531     $ 5,700     $ 5,740     $ 2,714     $     $     $ 1,624  
Municipal Value 2
                                                     
Municipal Income
                                                     
Enhanced Value
    34       48       156       185       190       81                   37  
Premium Income
    919       1,258       3,114       5,410       4,968       2,341                   1,467  
Performance Plus
    802       1,185       2,734       4,600       4,621       2,237                   1,339  
Municipal Advantage
    566       828       1,915       3,214       3,229       1,580                   934  
Municipal Market Opportunity
    604       875       2,046       3,441       3,456       1,687                   979  

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Deferred Fees  
   
    Robert P.
    Jack B.
    William C.
    David J.
    William J.
    Judith M.
    Carole E.
    Virginia L.
    Terence J.
 
    Bremner     Evans     Hunter     Kundert     Schneider     Stockdale     Stone     Stringer     Toth  
   
 
Investment Quality
    521     $ 714     $ 1,767     $ 3,069     $ 2,818     $ 1,328     $     $     $ 832  
Select Quality
    454       671       1,547       2,603       2,615       1,266                   757  
Quality Income
    718       1,061       2,445       4,119       4,137       2,003                   1,200  
Premier Municipal
    262       376       894       1,514       1,485       719                   425  
Premier Insured
    294       403       995       1,731       1,590       750                   470  
Premium Income 2
    1,074       1,578       3,640       6,324       5,807       2,995                   1,715  
Premium Income 4
    506       731       1,711       2,872       2,885       1,413                   817  
Dividend Advantage
    604       799       1,978       3,434       3,153       1,503                   931  
Dividend Advantage 2
    428       581       1,501       2,481       2,268       1,065                   657  
Dividend Advantage 3
    581       805       1,968       3,423       3,143       1,481                   947  
Municipal High Income
    283       391       963       1,663       1,526       718                   457  
Municipal High Income 2
                                                     
Insured Dividend Advantage
    474       634       1,547       2,696       2,476       1,232                   747  
Insured Municipal Opportunity
    1,260       1,920       4,289       7,227       7,259       3,710                   2,060  
Insured Premium Income 2
    418       598       1,485       2,349       2,361       1,138                   636  
Insured Quality
    550       754       1,860       3,240       2,975       1,403                   880  
Insured Tax-Free Advantage
    355       543       1,142       1,987       1,824       1,114                   539  
Select Maturities
                                                     
Select Portfolio
    129       185       627       729       757       326                   148  
Select Portfolio 2
    132       189       641       745       774       333                   151  
Select Portfolio 3
    101       144       491       570       592       255                   116  
California Portfolio
    49       70       236       275       285       123                   56  
New York Portfolio
    31       44       149       173       179       77                   35  
Build America
    178       261       915       1,012       1,066       467                   196  
 
 

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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 Nominating and Governance Committee believes that the Board generally benefits from diversity of background, experience and views among its members, and considers this a factor in evaluating the composition of the Board, but has not adopted any specific policy on diversity or any particular definition of diversity.
 
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 Board Members 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


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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 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. The members of the Executive Committee are Robert P. Bremner, Chair, Judith M. Stockdale and John P. Amboian. 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 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 NYSE Amex, as applicable. Members of the Audit Committee are independent (as set forth in the Charter) and free of any relationship that, in the opinion of the


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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, David J. Kundert, Chair, William J. Schneider, Carole E. Stone and Terence J. Toth, each of whom is an 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 Jack B. Evans, William C. Hunter, William J. Schneider, Judith M. Stockdale, Chair, and Virginia L. Stringer. 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.


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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 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 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, including shareholders, 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 each nominee is evaluated under the same standards. However, the Nominating and Governance Committee 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, Virginia L. Stringer and Terence J. Toth. The


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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 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. In determining that a particular Board member was qualified to serve on the Board, the Board has considered each Board Member’s background, skills, experience and other attributes in light of the composition of the Board with no particular factor controlling. The Board believes that Board Members need to have the ability to critically review, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, and to interact effectively with Fund management, service providers and counsel, in order to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties, and the Board believes each Board Member satisfies this standard. An effective Board Member may achieve this ability through his or her educational background; business, professional training or practice; public service or academic positions; experience from service as a board member or executive of investment funds, public companies or significant private or not-for-profit entities or other organizations; and or/other life experiences. Accordingly, set forth below is a summary of 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. References to the experiences, qualifications, attributes and skills of Board Members are pursuant to requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, do not constitute holding out the Board or any Board Member as having any special expertise or experience and shall not impose any greater responsibility or liability on any such person or on the Board by reason thereof.
 
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 Investments as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Nuveen Investments, 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 Investments, Inc. and is a Board Member or Trustee 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.


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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. and is a Board Member of the Independent Directors Council affiliated with the Investment Company Institute. 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 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 Source Media Group, 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 and Wellmark, Inc. since 2009. 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, as President and CEO of Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation, and as President of One


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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 was formerly 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 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. She has also served as the Chair of the New York Racing Association Oversight Board, as Chair of the Public Authorities Control Board, as a Commissioner on the New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform 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.


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Virginia L. Stringer
 
Ms. Stringer served as the independent chair of the Board of the First American Funds from 1997 to 2010, having joined that Board in 1987. Ms. Stringer serves on the Governing Board of the Investment Company Institute’s Independent Directors Council and on the board of the Mutual Fund Directors Forum. She is a recipient of the Outstanding Corporate Director award from Twin Cities Business Monthly and the Minnesota Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Ms. Stringer is the immediate past board chair of the Oak Leaf Trust, is a director and immediate past board chair of the Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation and is immediate past President of the Minneapolis Club’s Governing Board. She is a director and former board chair of the Minnesota Opera and a Life Trustee and former board of the Voyageur Outward Bound School. She also served as a trustee of Outward Bound USA. She was appointed by the Governor of Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards and recently served on a Minnesota Supreme Court Judicial Advisory Committee to reform the state’s judicial disciplinary process. She is a member of the International Women’s Forum and attended the London Business School as an International Business Fellow. Ms. Stringer also served as board chair of the Human Resource Planning Society, the Minnesota Women’s Campaign Fund and the Minnesota Women’s Economic Roundtable. Ms. Stringer is the retired founder of Strategic Management Resources, a consulting practice focused on corporate governance, strategy and leadership. She has twenty five years of corporate experience having held executive positions in general management, marketing and human resources with IBM and the Pillsbury Company.
 
Terence J. Toth
 
Mr. Toth has served as a Director of Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. since 2008 and as a Managing Partner at 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 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.
 
Board Member Terms. 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 Securities, LLC; Managing Director (since 2002), Assistant Secretary (since 1997) and Co-General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc.; Managing Director (since 2004) and Assistant Secretary (since 1994) of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (since 2011); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC 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), and Nuveen HydePark Group, LLC and Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc. (since 2007) and of Winslow Capital Management, Inc. (since 2010); Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Compliance Officer (since 2010) of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC; Chartered Financial Analyst.     245  
                     


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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  
   
 
Williams Adams IV
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(6/9/55)
  Vice President   Term: Annual
Length of Service:
Since 2007
  Senior Executive Vice President, Global Structured Products, formerly, Executive Vice President (1999-2010) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Co-President of Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc. (since 2011); Managing Director (since 2010) of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC.     133  
                     
                     
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) of Nuveen Securities LLC.     133  
                     
                     
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 Securities, Inc. and of Nuveen Fund Advisors (since 2011); 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.     245  
                     
                     
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 2004) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Managing Director (since 2005) of Nuveen Fund Advisors.     245  
                     
                     
Stephen D. Foy
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(5/31/54)
  Vice President and Controller   Term: Annual
Length of Service:
Since 1993
  Senior Vice President (since 2010); formerly, Vice President (1993-2010) and Funds Controller (since 1998) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Vice President (2005-2010) of Nuveen Fund Advisors; Certified Public Accountant.     245  
                     

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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  
   
 
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 September 2009) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Managing Director and Treasurer of Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc., Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc., Nuveen Investments Holdings, Inc., Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc. and (since 2011) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; Vice President and Treasurer of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC and Winslow Capital Management, Inc.; Vice President of Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC; 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 Designation.     245  
                     
                     
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, of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Senior Vice President (since 2008) and Assistant Secretary (since 2003), of Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc.     245  
                     
                     
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 of Nuveen Securities, LLC (1999-2009); Senior Vice President (since 2010), formerly, Vice President (2005-2010) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc.     245  
                     

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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 Securities, LLC; Senior Vice President (since 2011) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; Senior Vice President (since 2010), formerly, Vice President (2005-2010), and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Senior Vice President (since 2010), formerly, Vice President (2005-2010), and Assistant Secretary (since 1997) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc.; Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc. (since 2002), NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC (since 2003), Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management LLC (since 2006), Nuveen HydePark Group, LLC, Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc. (since 2007) and of Winslow Capital Management, Inc. (since 2010); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC (since 2010).     245  
                     

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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  
   
 
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) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Managing Director (since 2008), Assistant Secretary (since 2007) and Co-General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc. Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary of 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, Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc. and of Winslow Capital Management, Inc. (since 2010); Vice President and Secretary (since 2010) of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC; prior thereto, Partner, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP (1997-2007).     245  
                     
                     
Kathleen L. Prudhomme
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(3/30/53)
  Vice President
and Assistant
Secretary
  Term: Annual
Length of Service:
Since 2011
  Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Co-General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc.; Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; Managing Director and Assistant Secretary (since 2011) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Deputy General Counsel, FAF Advisors, Inc. (2004-2010).     245  
 
 
(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 the 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, (iii) investments in derivatives, short sales and commodities as described below and/or (iv) a Fund’s ability to make loans (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”). Investment policies currently vary across otherwise similar Nuveen municipal closed-end funds, reflecting evolving markets and guidelines as the different funds were launched over the past 20 years. As part of a continuing broader “best practices” initiative begun approximately 3 years ago, all Nuveen municipal closed-end funds, including the Affected Municipal Funds, are seeking to adopt a uniform set of investment policies that reflect municipal market and regulatory developments over time.
 
Among other things, the proposed New Investment Polices would permit all Affected Municipal Funds to make loans to the extent permitted by securities laws. This is intended to provide each Fund the flexibility to make loans in circumstances where a municipal issuer is in distress, if the Adviser believes that doing so would both:
 
•  facilitate a timely workout of the issuer’s situation in a manner that benefits the Fund; and
 
•  is the best choice for reducing the likelihood or severity of loss on the Fund’s investment.
 
In addition, all funds registered under the 1940 Act are required to have a policy regarding investments in commodities. This category includes several types of investments, including certain types of derivative investments that have developed over time, and which a fund may potentially use as it seeks 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. The commodity and derivative policy changes stated in this Proxy Statement seek to increase the Adviser’s flexibility to use derivatives in these ways in pursuit of Fund investment objectives, which have not changed.
 
The potential benefits to common shareholders (of Premium Income and Performance Plus) from changes to investment policies relating to investments in municipal securities, below investment grade securities, other investment companies and derivatives, short sales and commodities include:
 
•  enhanced ability of the Funds to generate attractive levels of tax-exempt 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 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


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•  improved secondary market competitiveness which may benefit common shareholders through higher relative market price and/or stronger premium/discount performance.
 
Harmonizing and updating these and other investment objectives is intended to benefit common shareholders by increasing portfolio manager efficiency and flexibility to take advantage of a wide range of appropriate opportunities in the municipal bond markets in pursuit of Fund investment objectives.
 
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 may 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 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)  Elimination of Fundamental Policy Relating to Making Loans (All Affected Municipal Funds)
 
The Current Fundamental Policy for Municipal Income, Premium Income, Performance Plus, Municipal Advantage, Municipal Market Opportunity, Investment Quality, Quality Income, Premier Municipal, Premier Insured, Premium Income 2, Premium Income 4, Insured Municipal Opportunity, Insured Premium Income 2, Insured Quality, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio and New York Portfolio with respect to making loans, and which is proposed to be eliminated, provides that the respective Fund shall not:
 
Make loans, other than by entering into repurchase agreements and through the purchase of [Municipal Obligations] [tax-exempt municipal obligations] or temporary investments in accordance with its investment objectives, policies and limitations.
 
The Current Fundamental Policy for Select Quality, Dividend Advantage, Dividend Advantage 2, Dividend Advantage 3, Insured Dividend Advantage and Insured Tax-Free Advantage with


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respect to making loans, and which is proposed to be eliminated, provides that the respective Fund shall not:
 
Make loans, other than by entering into repurchase agreements and through the purchase of municipal bonds or short-term investments in accordance with its investment objectives, policies and limitations.
 
(b)  Approval of New Fundamental Policy Relating to Making Loans (All Affected Municipal Funds)
 
It is proposed that each Affected Municipal Fund adopt a New Fundamental Policy with respect to making loans. The adoption of the following New Fundamental Policy for each Affected Municipal Fund is contingent on shareholder approval of the elimination of that Affected Municipal Fund’s Current Fundamental Policy with respect to making loans, as reflected in 2(a) above. The proposed New Fundamental Policy provides that each Affected Municipal Fund shall not:
 
Make loans, except as permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and exemptive orders granted under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
(c)  Approval of the Elimination of Fundamental Policy Relating to Investments in Municipal Securities and Below Investment Grade Securities (Premium Income and Performance Plus)
 
The Current Fundamental Policy for Premium Income and Performance Plus with respect to investments in municipal securities and the ability to invest in below investment grade securities that is proposed to be eliminated is as follows:
 
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.
 
(d)  Approval of New Fundamental Policy Relating to Investments in Municipal Securities (Premium Income and Performance Plus)
 
The following New Fundamental Policy will replace the Current Fundamental Policy for Premium Income and Performance Plus, referenced in 2(c) above. Implementation of the following New Fundamental Policy is contingent on shareholder approval of the elimination of each 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.


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In addition, the Board has adopted New Non-Fundamental Policies with respect to investing in investment grade securities for Premium Income and Performance Plus, which will be implemented upon the elimination of the Current Fundamental Policy described in 2(c) 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.
 
(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 the Fund’s investment adviser.
 
(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 the Fund’s investment adviser.
 
Related to these changes for Premium Income and Performance Plus, the Board of each Fund has also amended and standardized the description of “municipal securities” in which a 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.
 
(e) Elimination of the Fundamental Policy Relating to Investing in Other Investment Companies (Premium Income and Performance Plus)
 
Premium Income and Performance Plus do not have specific restrictions as to investments in other investment companies. However, each such Fund has an investment policy that only


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permits investment in municipal obligations and temporary investments and thereby prohibits investment in other investment companies. The general restriction, which is proposed to be eliminated, 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 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.
 
(f) Elimination of Fundamental Policy Relating to Commodities (Premium Income and Performance Plus)
 
The Current Fundamental Policy for Premium Income and Performance Plus relating to each Fund’s investment in commodities, which 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.”*
 
(g) Approval of New Fundamental Policy Relating to Commodities (Premium Income and Performance Plus)
 
It is proposed that Premium Income and Performance Plus adopt a New Fundamental Policy with respect to commodities. The adoption of the following New Fundamental Policy for Premium Income and Performance Plus is contingent on shareholder approval of the elimination of that Fund’s Current Fundamental Policy with respect to commodities, as reflected in 2(f) 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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(h)   Elimination of Fundamental Policies Relating to Derivatives and Short Sales (Premium Income and Performance Plus)
 
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
 
(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 Premium Income and Performance Plus, the implementation of which are contingent on shareholder approval of the elimination of the respective 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. The Adviser 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 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
David J. Kundert
William J. Schneider
Carole E. Stone
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
  Audit Related Fees   Tax Fees   All Other Fees
    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
    2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010
 
 
Municipal Value
    67,037       70,119       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Municipal Value 2(5)
    12,962       14,119       8,000       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Municipal Income
    9,902       10,151       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Enhanced Value(6)
    9,000       16,261       0       10,000       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Premium Income
    49,354       50,154       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400       0       0  
Performance Plus
    50,364       50,714       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400       0       0  
Municipal Advantage
    37,769       37,449       0       2,000       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       1,700       0       0  
Municipal Market Opportunity
    39,670       39,691       0       1,500       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       1,700       0       0  
Investment Quality
    31,342       31,638       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400       0       0  
Select Quality
    31,269       31,783       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400       0       0  
Quality Income
    46,530       46,077       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400       0       0  
Premier Municipal
    20,430       20,883       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400       0       0  
Premier Insured
    21,656       21,011       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       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 the 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 performed for leveraged funds.
 
(5)  The Fund commenced operations on February 25, 2009.
 
(6)  The Fund commenced operations on September 25, 2009.
 


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    Audit
  Audit Related Fees   Tax Fees   All Other Fees
    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
    2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010   2009   2010
 
 
Premium Income 2
    35,170       57,383       264       4,200       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400       0       0  
Premium Income 4
    34,379       34,236       0       2,000       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       1,700       0       0  
Dividend Advantage
    33,287       34,459       0       12,500       0       0       0       0       0       0       850       850       0       0  
Dividend Advantage 2
    27,300       28,125       6,250       1,500       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Dividend Advantage 3
    34,599       34,405       0       6,250       0       0       0       0       0       0       850       850       0       0  
Municipal High Income
    17,763       20,345       22,000       8,000       0       0       0       0       0       0       850       850       0       0  
Municipal High Income 2
    13,147       14,718       4,000       30,000       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Insured Dividend Advantage
    29,469       28,671       0       20,000       0       0       0       0       0       0       850       850       0       0  
Insured Municipal Opportunity
    65,632       75,634       342       3,150       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400       0       0  
Insured Premium Income 2
    30,446       30,859       6,250       1,500       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Insured Quality
    33,607       33,215       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400       0       0  
Insured Tax-Free Advantage
    20,357       23,048       312       23,150       0       0       0       0       0       0       850       850       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 the 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 performed for leveraged funds.
 
(5)  The Fund commenced operations on February 25, 2009.
 
(6)  The Fund commenced operations on September 25, 2009.

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    Audit
    Audit Related Fees     Tax Fees     All Other Fees  
    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
 
    2010     2011     2010     2011     2010     2011     2010     2011     2010     2011     2010     2011     2010     2011  
   
 
Select Maturities
    11,513       18,200       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Select Portfolio
    15,092       18,200       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Select Portfolio 2
    15,268       18,200       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Select Portfolio 3
    13,387       18,200       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
California Portfolio
    10,198       18,200       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
New York Portfolio
    9,111       18,200       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Build America(5)
    N/A       18,200       N/A       6,000       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       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 the 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 performed for leveraged funds.
 
(5)  The Fund commenced operations on April 27, 2010.


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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
       
        Advisers and Adviser Entities
       
        (Engagements Related
  Total Non-Audit Fees Billed
   
        Directly to the Operations
  to
   
    Total Non-Audit Fees
  and
  Advisers and Adviser Entities
   
    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
 
 
Municipal Value
  $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
Municipal Value 2(1)
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Municipal Income
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Enhanced Value(2)
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Premium Income
    3,400       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400  
Performance Plus
    3,400       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400  
Municipal Advantage
    3,400       1,700       0       0       0       0       3,400       1,700  
Municipal Market Opportunity
    3,400       1,700       0       0       0       0       3,400       1,700  
Investment Quality
    3,400       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400  
Select Quality
    3,400       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400  
Quality Income
    3,400       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400  
Premier Municipal
    3,400       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400  
Premier Insured
    3,400       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400  
Premium Income 2
    3,400       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400  
Premium Income 4
    3,400       1,700       0       0       0       0       3,400       1,700  
Dividend Advantage
    850       850       0       0       0       0       850       850  
Dividend Advantage 2
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Dividend Advantage 3
    850       850       0       0       0       0       850       850  
Municipal High Income
    850       850       0       0       0       0       850       850  
Municipal High Income 2
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Insured Dividend Advantage
    850       850       0       0       0       0       850       850  
Insured Municipal Opportunity
    3,400       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400  
Insured Premium Income 2
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Insured Quality
    3,400       3,400       0       0       0       0       3,400       3,400  
Insured Tax-Free Advantage
    850       850       0       0       0       0       850       850  
 
(1)  The Fund commenced operations on February 25, 2009.
 
(2)  The Fund commenced operations on September 25, 2009.


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        Total Non-Audit Fees Billed to Advisers and
       
    Total Non-Audit Fees
  Adviser Entities (Engagements Related
  Total Non-Audit Fees Billed
   
    Billed to Fund
  Directly to the Operations and Financial
  to Advisers and Adviser Entities
   
    Fund   Reporting of Fund)   (All Other Engagements)        
    Fund   Fund   Fund   Total
    Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
      Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
  Fiscal Year
    Ended 2010   Ended 2011   Fiscal Year Ended 2010   Ended 2011   Ended 2010   Ended 2011   Ended 2010   Ended 2011
 
 
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 Portfolio
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
New York Portfolio
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Build America(1)
    N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0       N/A       0  
 
(1)  The Fund commenced operations on April 27, 2010.


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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/her 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, the Adviser and affiliated persons of the Adviser have complied with all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements during its last fiscal year, except as follows: Mr. James Ruane, an officer of the Funds and the Adviser, made a late filing on Form 3 with respect to Dividend Advantage 3; Mr. William J. Schneider, a Board Member, made a late filing on Form 4 with respect to Performance Plus; Mr. John P. Amboian, a Board Member, made an amended filing on Form 4 with respect to Insured Dividend. 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.


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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. 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 1, 2012. 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 15, 2012 or prior to April 25, 2012. 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, New York Portfolio and Build America) is October 31. The fiscal year end for Build America, Select Maturities, Select Portfolio, Select Portfolio 2, Select Portfolio 3, California Portfolio and New York Portfolio is March 31.


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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 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 25, 2011
 
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(s) 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 22, 2011


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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, 2010.
 
                                                                                                     
                                        Municipal
                                         
    Municipal
    Municipal
  Municipal
    Enhanced
    Premium
  Performance
    Municipal
  Market
  Investment
    Select
    Quality
    Premier
  Premier
    Premium
  Premium
    Dividend
Board Member Nominees   Value     Value 2   Income     Value     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     $10,001-
$50,000
    $0       $0     $0     $0     $0   $0     $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0     $0     $0
Judith M. Stockdale
    $0     $0     $0       $0     $0     $0     $0   $10,001-
$50,000
    $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
Virginia L. Stringer
    $0     $0     $0       $0     $0     $0     $0   $0     $0       $0       $0     $0     $0     $0     $0     $0
Terence J. Toth
    $0     $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     $0       $0     $50,000-
$100,000
    $0     $50,001-
$100,000
  $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
    Insured
    Insured
  Insured
    Insured
        Insured
                                            Family of
    Dividend
    Dividend
  High
    High
    Dividend
  Municipal
    Premium
    Insured
  Tax-Free
  Select
    Select
    Select
    Select
    California
    New York
    Build
    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     America     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       $0     Over
$100,000
Jack B. Evans
    $0     $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       $0     Over
$100,000
David J. Kundert
    $0     $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       $0     Over
$100,000
Judith M. Stockdale
    $0     $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       $0     Over
$100,000
Virginia L. Stringer
    $0     $0     $0       $0     $0     $0       $0     $0   $0     $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0       $0     Over
$100,000
Terence J. Toth
    $0     $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     Over
$100,000
    $0       $50,001-
$100,000
    $0   Over
$100,000
    $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, 2010. 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       3,000       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Judith M. Stockdale
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       1,051       0       0       0       4       0       1,020       0  
Carole E. Stone
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Virginia L. Stringer
    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       0  
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
    25,101       3,000       0       0       13,000       3,500       7,250       2,350       1,000       0       0       2,504       0       1,020       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)  
                                              Insured
                                                       
                      Municipal
    Municipal
    Insured
    Insured
    Premium
          Insured
                                           
    Dividend
    Dividend
    Dividend
    High
    High
    Dividend
    Municipal
    Income
    Insured
    Tax-Free
    Select
    Select
    Select
    Select
    California
    New York
    Build
 
Board Member Nominees   Advantage     Advantage 2     Advantage 3     Income     Income 2     Advantage     Opportunity     2     Quality     Advantage     Maturities     Portfolio     Portfolio 2     Portfolio 3     Portfolio     Portfolio     America  
   
 
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       0  
Jack B. Evans
    0       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       0  
David J. Kundert
    0       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       0  
Judith M. Stockdale
    1,100       0       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       0  
Virginia L. Stringer
    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
Terence J. Toth
    0       0       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       22,500       0       5,000       0       22,500       0       0       0       0       0       0       0  
All Board Members and Officers as a Group
    55,300       1,000       6,312       0       2,000       22,500 (2)     3,000       5,000       0       22,500 (2)     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.
 
(2)  Shares owned are MuniTermPreferred.


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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  
   
 
Enhanced Value (NEV)
— Common Shares
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
    1,392,425       7.2%  
                     
                     
    First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
    The Charger Corporation(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
Municipal Market Opportunity (NMO)
— Common Shares
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
    2,347,229       5.1%  
                     
                     
    First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
    The Charger Corporation(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
Premier Municipal (NPF)
— Common Shares
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
    1,555,469       8.0%  
                     
                     
    First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
    The Charger Corporation(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
Premier Insured (NIF)
— Common Shares
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
    1,555,469       8.0%  
                     
                     
    First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
    The Charger Corporation(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
Premium Income 4 (NPT)
— Common Shares
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
    2,681,747       6.2%  
                     


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        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
    First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
    The Charger Corporation(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
Dividend Advantage (NAD)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(b)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    691       14.4%  
                     
                     
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(b)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(b)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Inc.(b)
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
    582       12.1%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America, N.A.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center
Charlotte, NC 28255
    433       9.0%  
                     
                     
    UBS AG
Bahnhoftstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland
    261       5.43%  
                     
                     
— Common Shares
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
    2,227,043       5.7%  
                     
                     
    First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
    The Charger Corporation(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
— MuniFund Term Preferred Shares
  Karpus Management, Inc.
d/b/a Karpus Investment Management
183 Sully’s Trail Pittsford, NY 14534
    1,533,701       10.63%  
                     
                     
Dividend Advantage 3 (NZF)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(b)
388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
    890       13.2%  
                     

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        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
    Citigroup Financial Products Inc.(b)
88 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
               
                     
                     
    Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc.(b)
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
    761       8.0%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America, N.A.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center
Charlotte, NC 28255
    492       5.2%  
                     
                     
    UBS AG
Bahnhoftstrasse 45
PO Box CH-8021
Zurich, Switzerland
    1,002       10.57%  
                     
                     
— Common Shares
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
    3,038,633       7.5%  
                     
                     
    First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
    The Charger Corporation(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
— MuniFund Term Preferred Shares
  Karpus Management, Inc.
d/b/a Karpus Investment Management
183 Sully’s Trail Pittsford, NY 14534
    997,350       14.25%  
                     
                     
Municipal High Income (NMZ)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  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%  
                     
                     
    Blue Ridge Investments, L.L.C.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    254       6.7%  
                     

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        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
Insured Dividend Advantage (NVG)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center
Charlotte, NC 28255
    301       8.2%  
                     
                     
— Common Shares
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
    3,810,745       8.2%  
                     
                     
    First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
    The Charger Corporation(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
Insured Premium Income 2 (NPX)
— Common Shares
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
    3,200,053       8.6%  
                     
                     
    First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
    The Charger Corporation(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
Insured Quality (NQI)
— Common Shares
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
    2,400,568       6.3%  
                     
                     
    First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
    The Charger Corporation(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
                     
                     
Insured Tax-Free Advantage (NEA)
— Auction Rate Preferred Shares
  Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    198       12.5%  
                     
                     
    Bank of America, N.A.
100 North Tryon Street, Floor 25
Bank of America Corporate Center Charlotte, NC 28255
    169       10.6%  
                     
                     
— Common Shares
  First Trust Portfolios L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
    1,646,588       7.4%  
                     
                     
    First Trust Advisors L.P.(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               

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        Amount of
    Percentage
 
Fund and Class   Shareholder Name and Address   Shares Owned     Owned  
   
 
    The Charger Corporation(a)
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, IL 60187
               
 
 
* The information contained in this table is based on Schedule 13 filings made on or after December 1, 2010.
(a) First Trust Portfolios L.P., First Trust Advisors L.P. and The Charger Corporation filed Schedule 13 jointly and did not differentiate holdings as to each entity.
(b) Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Citigroup Financial Products Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. and Citigroup Inc. filed Schedule 13D and/or 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       5       0       4       4       4       4  
Municipal Value 2
    5       5       0       4       4       4       4  
Municipal Income
    5       5       0       4       4       4       4  
Enhanced Value
    5       5       0       4       4       4       4  
Premium Income
    5       16       0       4       4       4       4  
Performance Plus
    5       12       0       4       4       4       4  
Municipal Advantage
    5       12       1       4       4       4       4  
Municipal Market Opportunity
    5       12       1       4       4       4       4  
Investment Quality
    5       16       0       4       4       4       4  
Select Quality
    5       12       0       4       4       4       4  
Quality Income
    5       16       0       4       4       4       4  
Premier Municipal
    5       16       0       4       4       4       4  
Premium Income 2
    5       16       0       4       4       4       4  
Premium Income 4
    5       12       1       4       4       4       4  
Dividend Advantage
    5       16       2       4       4       4       4  
Dividend Advantage 2
    5       16       0       4       4       4       4  
Dividend Advantage 3
    5       16       0       4       4       4       4  
Municipal High Income
    5       16       0       4       4       4       4  
Municipal High Income 2
    5       5       0       4       4       4       4  
Insured Dividend Advantage
    5       16       0       4       4       4       4  
Insured Municipal Opportunity
    5       16       0       4       4       4       4  
Insured Premium Income 2
    5       12       1       4       4       4       4  
Insured Quality
    5       16       0       4       4       4       4  
Insured Tax-Free Advantage
    5       16       1       4       4       4       4  


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                            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       16       1       4       4       4       4  
Select Maturities
    5       5       0       4       4       4       4  
Select Portfolio
    5       5       0       4       4       4       4  
Select Portfolio 2
    5       5       0       4       4       4       4  
Select Portfolio 3
    5       5       0       4       4       4       4  
California Portfolio
    5       5       0       4       4       4       4  
New York Portfolio
    5       5       0       4       4       4       4  
Build America
    5       5       1       4       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 Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 90, Audit Committee Communications (which amended SAS No. 61, Communication 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.


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  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 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’


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  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 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 Independent Standards Board Standard 1, 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:
 
  1.  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.
 
  2.  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:
 
  1.  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.
 
  2.  Performing all duties assigned to it under the Funds’ Pricing Procedures, as such may be amended from time to time.
 
  3.  Periodically reviewing and making recommendations regarding modifications to the Pricing Procedures as well as consider recommendations by the Valuation Group regarding the Pricing Procedures.
 
  4.  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.
 
  5.  Evaluating, as it deems necessary or appropriate, the performance of any pricing agent and recommend changes thereto to the full Board.
 
  6.  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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  7.  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.
 
  8.  Performing any special review, investigations or oversight responsibilities relating to Valuation as requested by the Board of Directors/Trustees.
 
  9.  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:
 
  1.  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.
 
  2.  Receiving and reviewing periodic or special reports issued on exposure/controls, irregularities and control failures related to the Funds.
 
  3.  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.
 
  4.  Reviewing the reports of examinations by regulatory authorities as they relate to financial statement matters.
 
  5.  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.
 
  6.  Obtaining reports from management with respect to the Funds’ policies and procedures regarding compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
 
  7.  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.
 
  8.  Performing any special reviews, investigations or oversight responsibilities requested by the Board.
 
  9.  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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  10.  Undertaking an annual review of the performance of the Audit Committee.
 
  11.  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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