Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions as well as individual investors, today announced that the reorganizations of certain Nuveen California and Massachusetts closed-end funds were completed prior to the opening of the New York Stock Exchange on June 9. As part of previously announced reorganizations, the funds have been merged as follows:
Acquired Funds | Symbol | Acquiring Fund | Symbol | ||||||
| NCP | ||||||||
| NCO | Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund | NAC | ||||||
| NQC | ||||||||
| NUC | ||||||||
| NVC |
Acquired Fund | Symbol | Acquiring Fund | Symbol | ||||||
Nuveen California Premium Income Municipal Fund | NCU | Nuveen California AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund | NKX |
Acquired Funds | Symbol | Acquiring Fund | Symbol | ||||||
| NMB |
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Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund | NMT | ||||||||
| NGX |
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In the mergers, the acquiring funds NAC, NKX and NMT acquired substantially all of the assets and liabilities of the acquired funds NCP, NCO, NQC, NUC, NVC, NCU, NMB and NGX, as set forth above, in tax-free transactions in exchange for an equal aggregate value of newly-issued common shares. The exchanges took place based upon the funds’ closing net asset values on June 6, 2014. The exchange ratios at which common shares of each acquired fund were exchanged for common shares of the acquiring funds are listed below:
Fund | Exchange Ratio | ||
Nuveen California Performance Plus Municipal Fund, Inc. | 1.01618550 | ||
Nuveen California Municipal Market Opportunity Fund, Inc. | 1.04765986 | ||
Nuveen California Investment Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. | 1.03165896 | ||
Nuveen California Quality Income Municipal Fund, Inc. | 1.06123458 | ||
Nuveen California Select Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. | 1.04696102 | ||
Nuveen California Premium Income Municipal Fund | 1.02299895 | ||
Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund | 0.99141407 | ||
Nuveen Massachusetts AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund | 0.96093745 | ||
Additionally, preferred shareholders of each acquired fund received an equivalent number of newly issued preferred shares from the acquiring fund, with substantially the same terms as their previous preferred shares.
Nuveen Investments provides high-quality investment services designed to help secure the long-term goals of institutional and individual investors as well as the consultants and financial advisors who serve them. Nuveen Investments markets a wide range of specialized investment solutions which provide investors access to capabilities of its high-quality boutique investment affiliates—Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC, NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC, Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, Winslow Capital Management, LLC and Gresham Investment Management LLC, all of which are registered investment advisers and subsidiaries of Nuveen Investments, Inc. Funds distributed by Nuveen Securities, LLC, a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. In total, Nuveen Investments managed nearly $225 billion as of March 31, 2014. For more information, please visit the Nuveen Investments website at www.nuveen.com.