AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 17, 2024

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO

ISSUER TENDER OFFER STATEMENT

UNDER SECTION 13(e)(1) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND

(Name of Subject Company)

NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND

(Name of Filing Person (Issuer))

COMMON SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

(Title of Class of Securities)

67075A106

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Mark L. Winget

Vice President and Secretary

Nuveen Investments

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

800-257-8787

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Person)

 

 

Copies to:

Deborah Bielicke Eades

Vedder Price P.C.

222 North LaSalle Street

Chicago, Illinois 60601

 

 

 

Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

 

 

third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

 

issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

 

going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

 

amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

 

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: ☐

 

If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:

 

 

Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)

 

Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

Copies of the Offer to Purchase, dated July 17, 2024, and the Letter of Transmittal, among other documents, have been filed by Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund as exhibits to this Schedule TO, Tender Offer Statement (the “Schedule”), pursuant to Section 13(e)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Unless otherwise indicated, all material incorporated herein by reference in response to items or sub-items of this Schedule is incorporated by reference from the corresponding caption in the Offer to Purchase, including the information provided under those captions.

ITEM 1. SUMMARY TERM SHEET

Reference is hereby made to the Summary Term Sheet of the Offer to Purchase, which is attached as Exhibit (a)(1)(i) and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2. SUBJECT COMPANY INFORMATION

(a) The name of the issuer is Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund, a diversified, closed-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”). The principal executive offices of the Fund are located at 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. The telephone number is 1-800-257-8787.

(b) The title of the subject class of equity securities described in the offer is common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”). As of January 31, 2024 there were 22,772,419 Shares issued and outstanding.

(c) The principal market in which the Shares are traded is the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). For information on the high, low and closing (as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the last day of the Fund’s fiscal quarter) net asset values and market prices of the Shares in such principal market for each quarter during the Fund’s past two fiscal years, see Section 8, “Price Range of Shares,” of the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 3. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND OF FILING PERSON

(a) The name of the filing person is Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund (previously defined as the “Fund”), a diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and organized as a Massachusetts business trust. The principal executive offices of the Fund are located at 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. The telephone number is 1-800-257-8787. The filing person is the subject company. The members of the Board of Trustees of the Fund are as follows: Thomas J. Kenny, Amy B. R. Lancellotta, Joanne T. Medero, Albin F. Moschner, John K. Nelson, Loren M. Starr, Matthew Thornton III, Terence J. Toth, Margaret L. Wolff and Robert L. Young.

The principal executive officer of the Fund is David J. Lamb, Chief Administrative Officer. The principal financial officer of the Fund is E. Scott Wickerham, Vice President and Funds Controller.

Correspondence to the Trustees and executive officers of the Fund should be mailed to the attention of William Siffermann, Manager of Fund Board Relations, Nuveen, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

ITEM 4. TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION

(a) The Fund’s Board of Trustees has determined to commence an offer to purchase up to 19,265,404 shares of the Fund’s issued and outstanding Shares. The offer is for cash at a price per share equal to the net asset value per share as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on August 14, 2024, or if the offer is extended, as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the new expiration date, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the enclosed Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “Offer”).

Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal are attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(i) and Exhibit (a)(1)(ii), respectively, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. For more information on the type and amount of consideration offered to shareholders, the scheduled expiration date, extending the Offer and the Fund’s intentions in the event of oversubscription, see Section 1, “Price; Number of Shares,” and Section 15, “Extension of Tender Period; Termination; Amendments,” of the Offer to Purchase. For information on the dates relating to the withdrawal of tendered Shares, the procedures for tendering Shares and withdrawing Shares tendered, and the manner in which Shares will be accepted for payment, see Section 2, “Procedures for Tendering Shares,” Section 3, “Withdrawal Rights,” and Section 4, “Payment for Shares,” of the Offer to Purchase. For information on the federal income tax consequences of the Offer, see Section 2, “Procedures for Tendering Shares,” Section 10, “Certain Effects of the Offer,” and Section 14, “Material Federal Income Tax Consequences,” of the Offer to Purchase.

The information requested by Items 1004(a)(1)(x) and (xi) and Item 1004(a)(2) of Regulation M-A are not applicable.

(b) None of the Trustees of the Fund, the investment adviser or the investment sub-adviser own any Shares of the Fund. Therefore, the Fund does not intend to purchase Shares from any Trustee, investment adviser or investment sub-adviser of the Fund pursuant to the Offer. For more information, see Section 9 “Interest of Trustees and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares,” of the Offer to Purchase.

ITEM 5. PAST CONTACTS, TRANSACTIONS, NEGOTIATIONS AND AGREEMENTS

(e) Reference is hereby made to Section 7, “Plans or Proposals of the Fund,” Section 9, “Interest of Trustees and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares,” Section 12, “Certain Information About the Fund,” and Section 16, “Fees and Expenses,” of the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference. Except as set forth therein,


the Fund does not know of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable, between the Fund (including any of the Fund’s executive officers or Trustees, any person controlling the Fund or any officer or director of any corporation or other person ultimately in control of the Fund) and any other person with respect to any securities of the Fund. The foregoing includes, but is not limited to: the transfer or the voting of securities, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies, consents or authorizations.

ITEM 6. PURPOSES OF THE TRANSACTION AND PLANS OR PROPOSALS

(a)–(c) Reference is hereby made to Section 1, “Price; Number of Shares,” Section 6, “Purpose of the Offer,” Section 7, “Plans or Proposals of the Fund,” Section 10, “Certain Effects of the Offer,” Section 11, “Source and Amount of Funds,” and Section 12, “Certain Information About the Fund,” of the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference. Except as noted herein and therein, the events listed in Item 1006(c)(1), (3)–(8) and (10) of Regulation M-A are not applicable to the Fund (including any of the Fund’s executive officers or Trustees, any person controlling the Fund or any officer or director of any corporation or other person ultimately in control of the Fund).

ITEM 7. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION

(a)–(b) Reference is hereby made to Section 11, “Source and Amount of Funds,” of the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference.

The information requested by Item 1007(d) of Regulation M-A is not applicable to the Fund’s executive officers and Trustees, any person controlling the Fund or any executive officer or director of a corporation or other person ultimately in control of the Fund.

ITEM 8. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE SUBJECT COMPANY

(a)–(b) Reference is hereby made to Section 9, “Interest of Trustees and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares,” of the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9. PERSONS/ASSETS RETAINED, EMPLOYED, COMPENSATED OR USED

(a) No persons have been employed, retained or are to be compensated by or on behalf of the Fund to make solicitations or recommendations in connection with the Offer.

ITEM 10. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Not applicable.

ITEM 11. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

(a)(1) Reference is hereby made to Section 9, “Interest of Trustees and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares,” of the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference.

(a)(2)-(5) Not applicable.

(c) Reference is hereby made to the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12(a). EXHIBITS

 

(a)(1)(i)

Letter to Shareholders from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fund and Offer to Purchase.

 

(a)(1)(ii)

Letter of Transmittal.

 

(a)(1)(iii)

Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.

 

(a)(1)(iv)

Letter to Clients and Client Instruction Form.

 

(a)(1)(v)

Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

(a)(1)(vi)

Not applicable.

 

(a)(2)-(4)

Not applicable.

 

(a)(5)(i)

Press Release dated July 17, 2024.

 

(b)

Not applicable.


(d)(1)

Investment Management Agreement with Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (fka Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc.) dated June 5, 2012.1

 

(d)(2)

Form of Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement by and between Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc. and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC.1

 

(d)(3)

Transfer Agency and Service Agreement with Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. dated June 15, 2017, (the “Transfer Agency Agreement”).2

 

(d)(4)

Amended and Restated Master Custodian Agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company dated July 15, 2015 (the “Custodian Agreement”).3

 

(d)(5)

Appendix A to the Custodian Agreement.3

 

(e)-(h)

Not applicable.

 

 

  1

Previously filed as an exhibit to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-2/A (File No. 333-181125) via EDGAR on June 22, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference.

  2

Previously filed as an exhibit to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-2/A (File No. 333-256744) via EDGAR on December 14, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference.

  3

Previously filed as an exhibit to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-2/A (File No. 333-256744) via EDGAR on November 12, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12(B). FILING FEE EXHIBIT

Filing Fee Exhibit.

ITEM 13. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY SCHEDULE 13E-3

Not applicable.


SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND

/s/ Mark L. Winget

Mark L. Winget
Vice President and Secretary

July 17, 2024

Ex-(a)(1)(i)

Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Dear Shareholder:

Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund (the “Fund”) is a term fund that is scheduled to terminate on August 31, 2024. In January 2024, the Board of Trustees of the Fund approved a series of actions to, among other things, eliminate the term structure of the Fund, so that the Fund may continue with no scheduled termination date. To allow shareholders who do not wish to continue their investment in the Fund the opportunity to exit their investment at net asset value, the Board of Trustees authorized the Fund to conduct a tender offer for common shares of the Fund if shareholders of the Fund approve the amendment to the Fund’s Declaration of Trust to eliminate the term structure of the Fund (the “Amendment”). At a special meeting of shareholders held on April 12, 2024, as adjourned to July 17, 2024, shareholders approved the Amendment.

The enclosed materials describe the terms of the tender offer and information you should consider in deciding whether to accept the Fund’s offer to purchase your common shares (the “Offer”). The Offer provides shareholders the opportunity to tender up to 100% of their shares for cash at a price equal to the Fund’s net asset value per share as of the close of ordinary trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the expiration date of the Offer. The Fund is making the Offer to allow shareholders who do not wish to continue their investment in the Fund after the Amendment takes effect to exit their investment at net asset value, which is the same measure used to determine the value that shareholders would receive on the scheduled termination date. You may tender all, a portion or none of your shares.

The completion of the Offer is subject to certain conditions, including that the aggregate net assets of the Fund as of the expiration date of the Offer must equal or exceed $70 million, taking into account the amounts that would be paid to shareholders who have properly tendered their shares. The Offer will expire on August 14, 2024, or such later date to which the Offer is extended.

If, after carefully evaluating all of the information set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal, you wish to tender shares pursuant to the Offer, please follow the instructions contained in the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal or, if your shares are held of record in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, contact that firm to effect the tender for you. Shareholders are urged to consult their own investment and tax advisers and make their own decisions whether to tender any shares and, if so, how many shares to tender. Shareholders not interested in tendering their shares need not take any action.

Questions, requests for assistance and requests for additional copies of this Offer to Purchase may be directed to Georgeson LLC, the information agent for this Offer, by telephone toll-free at 866-679-9573.

 

Sincerely,

 

Mark L. Winget

Vice President and Secretary

July 17, 2024


NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND

OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH UP TO 19,265,404

ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING COMMON SHARES OF

BENEFICIAL INTEREST AT 100% OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

 

THE OFFER PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS

WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME

ON AUGUST 14, 2024, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.

 

 

To the holders of Common Shares of NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND:

Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund, a diversified, closed-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”), is offering to purchase up to 19,265,404 of its common shares of beneficial interest, with par value of $0.01 per share (“Shares”), for cash at a price (the “Purchase Price”) equal to 100% of their net asset value per share (“NAV”) as of the close of ordinary trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on August 14, 2024, or if the offer is extended, as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the new expiration date. The offer period and withdrawal rights will expire at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on August 14, 2024 (the “Initial Expiration Date”), unless extended (the Initial Expiration Date or the latest date to which the Offer is extended, the “Expiration Date”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “Offer”). There will be no proration in the event that more than 19,265,404 Shares are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn in the Offer.

The Shares are currently traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “JPI.” The NAV on July 16, 2024 was $19.96 per Share. You can obtain current NAV quotations from Georgeson LLC, the information agent for the Offer (“Information Agent”) at 866-679-9573. For information on Share price history, see “The Offer—Section 8—Price Range of Shares.”

The completion of the Offer is subject to certain conditions, including: (1) the aggregate net assets of the Fund as of the Expiration Date of the Offer must equal or exceed $70 million after taking into account the amounts that would be paid to shareholders who have properly tendered their Shares, (2) Shares of the Fund must remain eligible for listing on the NYSE following consummation of the Offer, and (3) the Fund must remain subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, following consummation of the Offer. If one or more of these conditions are not satisfied, the Offer will not be completed and the Fund will proceed to terminate on August 31, 2024, its scheduled termination date, unless the Fund’s Board of Trustees extends the term in accordance with the charter documents of the Fund. See “The Offer—Section 5—Certain Conditions of the Offer.”

If, after carefully evaluating all of the information set forth in the Offer, you wish to tender Shares pursuant to the Offer, please either follow the instructions contained in the Offer and Letter of Transmittal or, if your Shares are held of record in the name of a nominee holder, contact such firm to effect the tender for you. Shareholders not interested in tendering their Shares need not take any action.

 

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THIS OFFER IS BEING MADE TO ALL COMMON SHAREHOLDERS

OF THE FUND AND IS NOT CONDITIONED UPON ANY

MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING TENDERED.

THIS OFFER IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS, INCLUDING

THE MINIMUM SIZE THRESHOLD.

SEE “THE OFFER—SECTION 5—CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER.”

IMPORTANT

Neither the Fund nor its Board of Trustees makes any recommendation to any shareholder as to whether to tender any or all of such shareholder’s Shares. Shareholders are urged to carefully evaluate all information in the Offer, consult their own investment and tax advisers, and make their own decisions whether to tender Shares and, if so, how many Shares to tender.

No person has been authorized to make any recommendation on behalf of the Fund as to whether shareholders should tender Shares pursuant to the Offer. No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations in connection with the Offer other than those contained herein or in the accompanying Letter of Transmittal. If given or made, such recommendation and such information and representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Fund.

Questions and requests for assistance and requests for additional copies of this Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal should be directed to the Information Agent at the telephone number set forth below.

The Information Agent for the Offer is:

 

 

LOGO

All Holders Call Toll Free: 866-679-9573

The Depositary for the Offer is:

 

LOGO

 

By Mail:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions
P.O. Box 43011
Providence, RI 02940-3011

  

By Registered, Certified, Express Mail or Overnight

Courier:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions
150 Royall Street, Suite V
Canton, MA 02021

July 17, 2024

 

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SUMMARY TERM SHEET

THE OFFER

 

1.       Price; Number of Shares      1  
2.       Procedures for Tendering Shares      1  
3.       Withdrawal Rights      5  
4.       Payment for Shares      5  
5.       Certain Conditions of the Offer      6  
6.       Purpose of the Offer      7  
7.       Plans or Proposals of the Fund      8  
8.       Price Range of Shares      8  
9.       Interest of Trustees and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares      8  
10.       Certain Effects of the Offer      9  
11.       Source and Amount of Funds      10  
12.       Certain Information About the Fund      10  
13.       Additional Information      12  
14.       Material Federal Income Tax Consequences      12  
15.       Extension of Tender Period; Termination; Amendments      16  
16.       Fees and Expenses      17  
17.       Miscellaneous      17  


NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND

OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH UP TO 19,265,404

COMMON SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST AT 100% OF NET ASSET VALUE

SUMMARY TERM SHEET

We are providing this Summary Term Sheet for your convenience. This Summary Term Sheet highlights the material terms of the Offer but does not describe all of the details of the Offer to the same extent described elsewhere in this Offer to Purchase. We urge you to read the entire Offer to Purchase, the related Letter of Transmittal and the documents incorporated herein by reference because they contain the full details about the Offer and the Fund. We have included references to sections of this Offer to Purchase where you will find more information. Except where the context suggests otherwise, the terms “we”, “us”, “our” and the “Fund” refer to Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund, a Massachusetts business trust.

Who is offering to purchase my Shares?

Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund, a Massachusetts business trust, is offering to purchase up to 19,265,404 of its common shares of beneficial interest (the “Shares”) on the terms and subject to the conditions described in this Offer to Purchase. We are a registered closed-end management investment company that invests primarily in a portfolio of preferred securities and other income producing securities, including hybrid securities such as contingent capital securities, with a focus on securities issued by financial and insurance firms. We are a term fund that has a scheduled termination date on August 31, 2024, subject to the ability of the Fund’s Board of Trustees to extend the term in accordance with the charter documents of the Fund.

What will be the form of payment and purchase price for Shares that are tendered?

We are offering to purchase Shares for cash. The purchase price will equal 100% of the net asset value per share (“NAV”) as of the close of ordinary trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on August 14, 2024 (the “Initial Expiration Date”), unless extended (the Initial Expiration Date or the latest date to which the Offer is extended, the “Expiration Date”). As of July 16, 2024, the Fund’s NAV was $19.96 per Share. Of course, the NAV can change every business day. You can obtain current NAV quotations from Georgeson LLC, the information agent for the Offer (“Information Agent”), at 866-679-9573 or on our website at www.nuveen.com. See “The Offer—Section 1—Price; Number of Shares” and “The Offer—Section 4—Payment for Shares.”

How many shares is the Fund offering to purchase?

Subject to the conditions of the tender offer, we are offering to purchase up to 19,265,404 Shares. There will be no proration if more than 19,265,404 Shares are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn in the Offer. If more than 19,265,404 Shares are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, the Offer will terminate, subject to the Fund’s right to extend the Offer or to amend the Offer to increase the maximum number of Shares it may purchase, provided that it would continue to comply with the Minimum Size Threshold condition described below. See “The Offer—Section 1—Price; Number of Shares,” “The Offer—Section 5—Certain Conditions of the Offer.” and “The Offer—Section 15—Extension of Tender Period; Termination; Amendments.”

What are the conditions of the Offer?

The Fund will not complete the Offer unless certain conditions are satisfied, including:

 

 

Our aggregate net assets must equal or exceed $70 million as of the Expiration Date of the Offer, taking into account the amounts that would be paid to shareholders who have properly tendered their shares,

 

 

Our common shares must remain eligible for listing on the NYSE following consummation of the Offer, and

 

 

We must remain subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), following completion of the Offer (collectively, the “Minimum Size Threshold”).


In addition, the completion of the Offer is subject to the absence of certain adverse developments including but not limited to the following: (1) the Offer must not be the subject of any material legal action or proceeding instituted or threatened challenging the Offer or otherwise materially adversely affecting the Fund; (2) the completion of the Offer must not impair our ability to qualify as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and (3) there must not be any event or condition that would have a material adverse effect (including any adverse tax effect) on the Fund or its shareholders if Shares were repurchased (collectively, with the Minimum Size Threshold, the “Offer Conditions”).

Subject to the Fund’s right to waive any of the Offer Conditions (other than the Minimum Size Threshold), if one or more of the Offer Conditions are not satisfied, the Offer will not be completed and the Fund will proceed to terminate on August 31, 2024, its scheduled termination date, unless the Fund’s Board of Trustees extends the term in accordance with the charter documents of the Fund. See “The Offer—Section 5—Certain Conditions of the Offer.”

What is the purpose of the Offer?

In light of the upcoming scheduled termination date of the Fund, Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser” or “Nuveen Fund Advisors”) recommended, and the Board of Trustees of the Fund approved, a series of actions to eliminate the term structure of the Fund, so that the Fund could continue as a perpetual fund with no scheduled termination date, while allowing shareholders who do not wish to continue their investment in the Fund after the term structure is eliminated the opportunity to exit their investment at NAV through a tender offer, which is what shareholders would receive on the scheduled termination of the Fund in accordance with its current term structure. Specifically, the actions approved by the Board include (1) amending the Fund’s Declaration of Trust to eliminate the term structure of the Fund (the “Amendment”); (2) approving an agreement with Nuveen Fund Advisors to waive management fees or reimburse expenses in an amount equal to 50% of the Fund’s management fee for the first year following the effectiveness of the Amendment (the “Fee Waiver”); and (3) authorizing the Offer in order to provide an opportunity for those shareholders who do not wish to continue their investment as a shareholder of the Fund after the term structure is eliminated to exit their investment at NAV. In addition, if the Amendment takes effect, the Fund will change its name to “Nuveen Preferred Securities & Income Opportunities Fund.”

Shareholders considered and approved the Amendment at a special meeting of shareholders held on April 12, 2024, as adjourned to July 17, 2024. The Fund is making this Offer in order to allow common shareholders who do not wish to continue their investment in the Fund to exit their investment at NAV, which is the same measure used to determine the value that shareholders would receive if the Fund terminated on its scheduled termination date. If the Offer is completed, the Amendment and Fee Waiver will take effect as soon as practicable following the completion of the Offer, but no later than August 31, 2024. If the Offer is not completed, the Amendment and Fee Waiver will not take effect and the Fund will terminate on its scheduled termination date, unless the Fund’s Board of Trustees extends the term in accordance with the charter documents of the Fund. See “The Offer—Section 6—Purpose of the Offer.”

When does the offer expire? Can the Fund extend the offer, and if so, when will the Fund announce the extension?

The offer expires on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, unless the Fund extends the offer. The Fund may extend the offer period at any time. If it does, the Fund will determine the purchase price as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the new Expiration Date. If the offer period is extended, the Fund will make a public announcement of the extension not later than 9:30 a.m. New York City time on the next business day following the previously scheduled Expiration Date. See “The Offer—Section 15—Expiration of the Offer; Termination; Amendments.”

How will the Fund pay for Shares that are properly tendered?

As of July 16, 2024, the Fund had net assets of $454,537,483.24. One of the conditions of the Offer is that the net assets of the Fund, taking into account the Fund’s purchase of shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, must equal or exceed $70 million as of the Expiration Date of the Offer. The Fund intends to fund the purchase price for tendered shares primarily through cash on hand and sales of portfolio securities. See “The Offer—Section 11—Source and Amount of Funds.”

 

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What will be the effects of the Offer?

If we complete the Offer, the Fund’s shares will continue to trade on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “JPI.” However, the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will have the following effects:

 

 

The purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will have the effect of decreasing our managed assets, and such decrease may be significant. Lower managed assets will result in higher annual operating expenses and may limit our investment flexibility and our ability to engage in leverage. Our performance may be adversely affected by these developments.

 

 

The Fund expects to liquidate its portfolio to the extent necessary to pay for the Shares acquired in the Offer from tendering shareholders. Such portfolio dispositions may occur at time(s) when market conditions are unfavorable. The Fund will bear the transaction costs associated with such portfolio sales. To the extent that portfolio investments of the Fund are sold, the Fund may recognize income or gains that will increase the amount of taxable distributions made to shareholders. If the Offer is not completed, the Fund would expect to bear similar risks and costs in connection with the liquidation of its portfolio prior to its scheduled termination date.

 

 

Purchases of Shares pursuant to the Offer will increase the proportionate interest of shareholders that do not tender their Shares.

 

 

The purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer will decrease our outstanding shares, which may impact the trading discount of our shares.

We will not purchase Shares pursuant to the Offer if it would result in the delisting of our Shares from the NYSE or the deregistration of our Shares under the Exchange Act.

See “The Offer—Section 10—Certain Effects of the Offer.”

Will I have to pay any fees or commissions on the Shares I tender?

Shares will be purchased at 100% of the Fund’s NAV. If you are the holder of record of the Shares and you tender your Shares directly, you will not incur any brokerage fees or commissions or other charges. If you hold your Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and that firm tenders Shares on your behalf, that firm may charge a fee for doing so. We urge you to consult your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to determine whether any such charges will apply. See “The Offer—Section 16—Fees and Expenses.”

How do I tender my Shares?

If your Shares are registered in the name of a nominee holder, such as a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee (“Nominee Holder”), you should contact that firm if you wish to tender your Shares.

All other shareholders wishing to participate in the offer must, prior to the date and time the offer expires, EITHER:

 

   

Complete and execute a Letter of Transmittal, together with any required signature guarantees, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. You must send these materials to Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Depositary”) at its address set forth on the inside cover page of this Offer to Purchase. If you hold certificates for Shares, you must send the certificates to the Depositary at its address set forth on the inside cover page of this Offer to Purchase. If your Shares are held in book-entry form, you must comply with the book-entry delivery procedure set forth under “The Offer—Section 2—Procedures for Tendering Shares—C. Book-Entry Delivery Procedure.” In all these cases, the Depositary must receive these materials prior to the date and time the offer expires.

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Comply with the Guaranteed Delivery Procedure described under “The Offer—Section 2—Procedures for Tendering Shares—D. Guaranteed Delivery Procedure.”

The Fund’s transfer agent holds Shares in uncertificated form for certain shareholders pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. When a shareholder tenders share certificates, the Depositary will accept any of the shareholder’s uncertificated Shares for tender first and accept the balance of tendered Shares from the shareholder’s certificated Shares.

See “The Offer—Section 2—Procedures for Tendering Shares.”

Until what time can I withdraw tendered Shares?

You may withdraw your tendered Shares at any time prior to the date and time the Offer expires. You may not withdraw your shares after 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on August 14, 2024, unless the expiration date is extended. See “The Offer—Section 3—Withdrawal Rights.”

How do I withdraw tendered Shares?

If you desire to withdraw tendered Shares, you should either:

 

   

Give proper written notice to the Depositary; or

 

   

If your Shares are held of record in the name of a Nominee Holder, contact that firm to withdraw your tendered Shares.

See “The Offer—Section 3—Withdrawal Rights.”

Will there be any federal income tax consequences to tendering my Shares?

Yes. If your tendered Shares are purchased, it will be a taxable transaction either as an “exchange” of the tendered Shares or, under certain circumstances, a “dividend.” See “The Offer—Section 2—Procedures for Tendering Shares—F. Federal Income Tax Withholding” with respect to the application of federal income tax withholding on payments made to shareholders. Please consult your tax adviser as to the tax consequences of tendering your Shares in this Offer. See “The Offer—Section 14—Material Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

Will I receive the August 2024 dividend distribution, payable in September 2024, on the Shares I tender?

Unless the Expiration Date for the Offer is extended, you will not receive the August 2024 dividend distribution on tendered Shares. Shareholders tendering Shares are entitled to receive all dividends with an “ex date” on or before the Expiration Date, if they own Shares as of the dividend record date. Shareholders will not receive the August 2024 dividend distribution on tendered Shares unless the Expiration Date is extended because the record date for the August 2024 dividend distribution will be August 20, 2024, and the “ex date” will be August 20, 2024. See “The Offer—Section 1—Price; Number of Shares” and “The Offer—Section 8—Price Range of Shares.”

Does the Board of Trustees have a view with respect to whether shareholders should participate in the Offer?

Neither the Fund nor the Board of Trustees makes any recommendation to shareholders as to whether to tender their Shares. Our intention is to complete this Offer and eliminate the term structure. The Adviser recommended the elimination of the term structure because it believes that preferred securities and other income producing securities remains an attractive asset class. The Fund’s Board of Trustees has (1) determined that the elimination of the Fund’s term structure via the Amendment is in the best interest of the Fund; (2) approved the Amendment; (3) recommended that shareholders approve the Amendment; and (4) approved making this Offer in order to provide shareholders who do not wish to remain in the Fund following the effectiveness of the Amendment the option to exit at NAV, which is the same measure used to determine what shareholders would receive if the Fund terminates on its scheduled termination date. You, however, must make your own decision as to whether to tender your Shares and, if so, how many Shares to tender. In making this decision, you should carefully read the information in this Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal. You should discuss whether to tender your Shares with your broker or financial advisor.

 

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Whom do I contact if I have questions about the tender offer?

For additional information or assistance, you may call the Information Agent toll-free at 866-679-9573.

 

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THE OFFER

 

1.

PRICE; NUMBER OF SHARES

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, the Fund will accept for payment (and thereby purchase) up to 19,265,404 of its issued and outstanding Shares, or such lesser number as are properly tendered (and not withdrawn in accordance with Section 3, “Withdrawal Rights”), subject to the satisfaction of the Offer Conditions. The purchase price of the Shares will be equal to 100% of the Fund’s NAV as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the Expiration Date. There will be no proration if more than 19,265,404 Shares are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn in the Offer. You can obtain current NAV quotations from the Information Agent by calling (866) 679-9573 or by visiting our website at www.nuveen.com.

The completion of the Offer is subject to certain conditions. Subject to the Fund’s right to waive any of the Offer Conditions (other than the Minimum Size Threshold), if one or more of these conditions are not satisfied, the Offer will not be completed and the Fund will proceed to terminate on August 31, 2024, its scheduled termination date, unless the Fund’s Board of Trustees extends the term in accordance with the charter documents of the Fund. See “The Offer—Section 5—Certain Conditions of the Offer.”

The Fund reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time, to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open by giving notice of such extension to the Depositary and making a public announcement thereof. The Fund makes no assurance that it will extend the Offer. See “The Offer—Section 15—Extension of Tender Period; Termination; Amendments.”

Shareholders tendering Shares are entitled to receive all dividends with an “ex date” on or before the Expiration Date, if they own Shares as of the record date. The record date for the August 2024 dividend distribution will be August 20, 2024, and the “ex date” will be August 20, 2024. Accordingly, it is anticipated that shareholders who tender Shares will not receive the August 2024 dividend distribution on tendered Shares unless the Expiration Date is extended past the ex date for the August 2024 dividend.

 

2.

PROCEDURES FOR TENDERING SHARES

 

A.

Proper Tender of Shares

Holders of Shares that are registered in the name of a Nominee Holder, such as a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, should contact such firm if they desire to tender their Shares.

For Shares to be properly tendered pursuant to the Offer, the following must occur prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date:

 

(i)

A properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, together with any required signature guarantees, or an Agent’s Message in the case of a book-entry transfer, as described below under “C. Book-Entry Delivery Procedure”, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal must be received by the Depositary at its address set forth on the inside cover page of this Offer to Purchase; and

 

(ii)

Either the certificates for the Shares must be received by the Depositary at its address set forth on the inside cover page of this Offer to Purchase, or the tendering shareholder must comply with the book-entry delivery procedure described below under “C. Book-Entry Delivery Procedure”; or

 

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Shareholders must comply with the Guaranteed Delivery Procedure described below under “D. Guaranteed Delivery Procedure.”

If the Letter of Transmittal or any certificates or stock powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, agents, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing and must submit proper evidence satisfactory to the Fund of their authority to so act.

 

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Letters of Transmittal and certificates representing Shares should be sent to the Depositary; they should not be sent or delivered to the Fund.

The Fund’s transfer agent holds Shares in uncertificated form for certain shareholders pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. When a shareholder tenders certificated Shares, the Depositary will accept any of the shareholder’s uncertificated Shares for tender first and accept the balance of tendered Shares from the shareholder’s certificated Shares, and any remaining Shares will be issued in book-entry and will be electronically held in your account in lieu of a certificate.

Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-4 promulgated thereunder make it unlawful for any person, acting alone or in concert with others, to tender shares in a partial tender offer for such person’s own account unless at the time of tender, and at the time the shares are accepted for payment, the person tendering has a net long position equal to or greater than the amount tendered in (i) shares, and will deliver or cause to be delivered such shares for the purpose of tender to the person making the offer within the period specified in the offer, or (ii) an equivalent security and, upon acceptance of his or her tender, will acquire shares by conversion, exchange, or exercise of such equivalent security to the extent required by the terms of the offer, and will deliver or cause to be delivered the shares so acquired for the purpose of tender to the person conducting the tender offer prior to or on the expiration date. Section 14(e) and Rule 14e-4 provide a similar restriction applicable to the tender or guarantee of a tender on behalf of another person.

The acceptance of Shares by the Fund for payment will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering shareholder and the Fund upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, including the tendering shareholder’s representation that (i) such shareholder has a net long position in the Shares being tendered within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 promulgated under the Exchange Act and (ii) the tender of such Shares complies with Rule 14e-4.

By submitting the Letter of Transmittal (or an Agent’s Message as described in “C. Book-Entry Deliver Procedure” below), a tendering shareholder shall, subject to and effective upon acceptance for payment of the Shares tendered, be deemed in consideration of such acceptance to sell, assign and transfer to, or upon the order of, the Fund all right, title and interest in and to all the Shares that are being tendered (and any and all dividends, distributions, other Shares or other securities or rights declared or issuable in respect of such Shares after the Expiration Date) and irrevocably constitute and appoint the Fund the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the tendering shareholder with respect to such Shares (and any such dividends, distributions, other Shares or securities or rights), with full power of substitution (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest) to (a) deliver certificates, as applicable, for such Shares (and any such other dividends, distributions, other Shares or securities or rights) or transfer ownership of such Shares (and any such other dividends, distributions, other Shares or securities or rights), together, in either such case, with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity to or upon the order of the Fund, upon receipt by the Depositary of the purchase price, (b) present such Shares (and any such other dividends, distributions, other Shares or securities or rights) for transfer on the books of the Fund, and (c) receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such Shares (and any such other dividends, distributions, other Shares or securities or rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Offer. Upon such acceptance for payment, all prior powers of attorney given by the tendering shareholder with respect to such Shares (and any such dividends, distributions, other shares or securities or rights) will, without further action, be revoked and no subsequent powers of attorney may be given by the tendering shareholder with respect to the tendered Shares (and, if given, will be null and void).

By submitting a Letter of Transmittal (or an Agent’s Message as described in “C. Book-Entry Deliver Procedure” below), and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Offer, a tendering shareholder shall be deemed to represent and warrant that: (a) the tendering shareholder has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the tendered Shares (and any and all dividends, distributions, other Shares or other securities or rights declared or issuable in respect of such Shares after the Expiration Date); (b) when and to the extent the Fund accepts the Shares for purchase, the Fund will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges, proxies, encumbrances or other obligations relating to their sale or transfer, and not subject to any adverse claim; (c) on request, the tendering shareholder will execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Depositary or the Fund to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the tendered Shares (and any and all dividends, distributions, other Shares or securities or rights declared

 

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or issuable in respect of such Shares after the Expiration Date); and (d) the tendering shareholder has read and agreed to all of the terms of the Offer, including this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal.

 

B.

Signature Guarantees and Method of Delivery

Signatures on the Letter of Transmittal are required to be guaranteed if the tendered stock certificates are registered in a name other than that of the tendering shareholder or if a check for cash is to be issued in a name other than that of the registered owner of such Shares. In those instances, all signatures on the Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor acceptable to the Depositary (an “Eligible Guarantor”). An eligible guarantor includes a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity that is a member in good standing of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”), or a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity that is an “Eligible Guarantor Institution” as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act. If Shares are tendered for the account of an institution that qualifies as an Eligible Guarantor, signatures on the Letter of Transmittal are not required to be guaranteed. If the Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person or persons authorized to sign on behalf of the registered owner(s), then the Letter of Transmittal must be accompanied by documents evidencing such authority to sign to the satisfaction of the Fund.

THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF ANY DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES, IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE PARTY TENDERING SHARES. IF DOCUMENTS ARE SENT BY MAIL, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THEY BE SENT BY REGISTERED MAIL, PROPERLY INSURED, WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED.

 

C.

Book-Entry Delivery Procedure

The Depositary will establish accounts with respect to the Shares at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for purposes of the Offer by July 22, 2024. Any financial institution that is a participant in any of DTC’s systems may make delivery of tendered Shares by (i) causing DTC to transfer such Shares into the Depositary’s account in accordance with DTC’s procedure for such transfer; and (ii) causing a confirmation of receipt of such delivery to be received by the Depositary. DTC may charge the account of such financial institution for tendering Shares on behalf of shareholders. Notwithstanding that delivery of Shares may be properly effected in accordance with this book-entry delivery procedure, the Letter of Transmittal, with signature guarantee, if required, or, in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal, an Agent’s Message (as defined below) in connection with a book-entry transfer, must be transmitted to and received by the Depositary at the appropriate address set forth on the inside cover page of this Offer to Purchase before 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

The term “Agent’s Message” means a message from DTC transmitted to, and received by, the Depositary forming a part of a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer (a “Book-Entry Confirmation”), which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the DTC participant (“DTC Participant”) tendering the Shares that are the subject of the Book-Entry Confirmation that (i) the DTC Participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal; and (ii) the Fund may enforce such agreement against the DTC Participant.

DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO DTC IN ACCORDANCE WITH DTC’S PROCEDURES DOES NOT CONSTITUTE DELIVERY TO THE DEPOSITARY FOR PURPOSES OF THIS OFFER.

 

D.

Guaranteed Delivery Procedure

Any shareholder who desires to tender Shares but cannot comply with the procedures set forth herein for a tender on a timely basis or whose Shares are not immediately available may properly tender Shares if the following three conditions are met:

 

(i)

You make such tenders by or through an Eligible Guarantor;

 

(ii)

The Depositary receives, prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date, a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery substantially in the form provided by the Fund (delivered by mail, or email transmission); and

 

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(iii)

The certificates for all tendered Shares, or a Book-Entry Confirmation, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal), and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, are received by the Depositary within one NYSE trading day after the execution date of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

 

E.

Determination of Validity

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of tenders will be determined by the Fund, in its sole discretion, whose determination shall be final and binding. The Fund reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders determined by it not to be in appropriate form or good order, or the acceptance of or payment for which may, in the opinion of the Fund’s counsel, be unlawful. The Fund also reserves the absolute right to waive any of the conditions of the Offer, other than the Minimum Size Threshold, or any defect in any tender with respect to any particular Shares or any particular shareholder, and the Fund’s interpretations of the terms and conditions of the Offer will be final and binding. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders must be cured within such times as the Fund shall determine. Tendered Shares will not be accepted for payment unless any defects or irregularities have been cured or waived within such time. Neither the Fund, the Depositary nor any other person shall be obligated to give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders, nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give such notice.

 

F.

Federal Income Tax Withholding

Backup Withholding. To prevent backup federal income tax withholding equal to 24% of the gross payments made pursuant to the Offer, each shareholder must notify the Depositary of such shareholder’s correct taxpayer identification number (or certify that such taxpayer is awaiting a taxpayer identification number) and provide certain other information by completing the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9, which is included with the Letter of Transmittal. Gross proceeds paid to a shareholder may also be subject to backup withholding if the IRS notifies the Fund or Depositary that the shareholder is subject to backup withholding. Non-U.S. Shareholders (as that term is defined in the next paragraph) who have not previously submitted an IRS Form W-8 (W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, or W-8IMY) to the Fund must do so to avoid backup withholding. Such form (and additional IRS forms) may be obtained from the Depository or from the IRS at www.irs.gov. Additionally, an IRS Form W-8 is generally valid from the date signed until the last day of the third succeeding calendar year. If you submitted an IRS Form W-8 prior to this three-year period, or any information on the IRS Form W-8 that you submitted has changed, you generally must submit a new IRS Form W-8 to avoid backup withholding.

U.S. Withholding at the Source. Because the Fund cannot determine whether a payment made pursuant to the Offer should be characterized as an “exchange” or a “dividend” for federal income tax purposes at the time of the payment, any payment to a tendering shareholder who is a beneficial owner of the Shares and is a nonresident alien individual, a foreign trust or estate or a foreign corporation, as such terms are defined in the Code (a “Non-U.S. Shareholder”), that does not hold its Shares in connection with a trade or business conducted in the United States (a “U.S. trade or business”) generally will be treated by the Fund as a dividend for federal income tax purposes and generally will be subject to federal income withholding tax at the rate of 30%. This 30% U.S. withholding tax will apply even if a Non-U.S. Shareholder has provided the required certification to avoid backup withholding (unless a reduced rate under an applicable tax treaty or exemption applies). A tendering Non-U.S. Shareholder who is not engaged in a U.S. trade or business and who realizes a capital gain on a tender of Shares will not be subject to federal income tax on such gain, unless the Shareholder is an individual who is physically present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year and certain other conditions are satisfied. A tendering Non-U.S. Shareholder who realizes a capital gain may be eligible to claim a refund of the withheld federal income tax by filing a U.S. federal income tax return if the shareholder can demonstrate that the proceeds were not dividends. Special rules may also apply in the case of Non-U.S. Shareholders that are: (i) former citizens or residents of the United States; or (ii) subject to special rules such as “controlled foreign corporations.” Non-U.S. Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers.

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) Withholding. Because the Fund cannot determine whether a payment made pursuant to the Offer should be characterized as an “exchange” or a “dividend” for federal income tax purposes at the time of the payment, the Fund will withhold a 30% tax on any payment to a tendering

 

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shareholder that is a foreign financial institution or non-financial foreign entity that fails to comply (or be deemed compliant) with extensive reporting and withholding requirements under FATCA designed to inform the U.S. Department of the Treasury of U.S.-owned foreign investment accounts. The Fund may disclose the information that it receives from its shareholders to the IRS, non-U.S. taxing authorities or other parties as necessary to comply with FATCA or similar laws. Withholding also may be required if a foreign entity that is a shareholder of the Fund fails to provide the Fund with appropriate certifications or other documentation concerning its status under FATCA.

Additional Information. For an additional discussion of federal income tax withholding as well as a discussion of certain other federal income tax consequences to tendering shareholders, see “The Offer—Section 14—Material Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

 

3.

WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS

Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3, tenders of Shares made pursuant to the Offer will be irrevocable. If you desire to withdraw Shares tendered on your behalf by a Nominee Holder, you may withdraw by contacting that firm and instructing them to withdraw such Shares. You have the right to withdraw tendered Shares at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date. Upon terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, the Fund expects to accept for payment properly tendered Shares promptly after the Expiration Date. You may not withdraw your shares after 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on August 14, 2024, unless the Expiration Date is extended.

To be effective, a written notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the Depositary at the address set forth on the inside cover page of this Offer to Purchase. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the person who deposited the Shares to be withdrawn, the number of Shares to be withdrawn, and the names in which the Shares to be withdrawn are registered. Shareholders should contact the Information Agent for instructions if they wish to submit a notice of withdrawal.

If certificates have been delivered to the Depositary, the name of the registered holder and the serial numbers of the particular certificates evidencing the Shares withdrawn must also be furnished to the Depositary and the signature on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor.

If Shares have been delivered pursuant to the book-entry delivery procedure (set forth in “The Offer—Section 2—Procedures for Tendering Shares”), any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at the book-entry transfer facility to be credited with the withdrawn Shares (which must be the same name, number, and book-entry transfer facility from which the Shares were tendered), and must comply with the procedures of DTC.

All questions as to the form and validity (including time of receipt) of notices of withdrawal will be determined by the Depositary, in its sole discretion, whose determination shall be final and binding. Neither the Fund, the Depositary nor any other person is or will be obligated to give any notice of any defects or irregularities in any notice of withdrawal, and none of them will incur any liability for failure to give any such notice. Shares properly withdrawn shall not thereafter be deemed to be tendered for purposes of the Offer. However, withdrawn Shares may be retendered by following the procedures described in “The Offer—Section 2—Procedures for Tendering Shares,” prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

 

4.

PAYMENT FOR SHARES

For purposes of the Offer, the Fund will be deemed to have accepted for payment (and thereby purchased) Shares that are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn when, as and if, it gives oral or written notice to the Depositary of its acceptance of such Shares for payment pursuant to the Offer. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, the Fund will, promptly after the Expiration Date, accept for payment (and thereby purchase) Shares properly tendered prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

Payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made by the Depositary out of funds made available to it by the Fund. The Depositary will act as agent for the Fund for the purpose of effecting payment to the tendering shareholders. In all cases, payment for Shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary of (i) Share certificates evidencing such Shares or a Book-

 

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Entry Confirmation of the delivery of such Shares, (ii) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal, and (iii) any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal. Accordingly, payment may not be made to all tendering shareholders at the same time and will depend upon when Share certificates are received by the Depositary or Book-Entry Confirmations of tendered Shares are received in the Depositary’s account at DTC.

If any tendered Shares are not accepted for payment or are not paid because of an invalid tender, if certificates are submitted for more Shares than are tendered, or if a shareholder withdraws tendered Shares, (i) the shares will be issued in book-entry form and will be electronically held in your account for such unpurchased Shares, as soon as practicable following the expiration, termination or withdrawal of the Offer, (ii) Shares delivered pursuant to the book-entry delivery procedures will be credited to the account from which they were delivered, and (iii) uncertificated Shares held by the Fund’s transfer agent pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan will be returned to the dividend reinvestment plan account maintained by the transfer agent.

The Fund will pay all transfer taxes, if any, payable on the transfer to it of Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer. If, however, payment of the purchase price is to be made to, or if unpurchased Shares were registered in the name of, any person other than the tendering holder, or if any tendered Shares are registered or held in the name of any person other than the person signing the Letter of Transmittal, the amount of any transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or such other person) payable on account of such transfer will be the responsibility of the transferor and satisfactory evidence of the payment of such taxes, or exemption therefrom, is submitted to the Depository. In addition, if certain events occur, the Fund may not be obligated to purchase Shares pursuant to the Offer. See “The Offer—Section 5—Certain Conditions of the Offer.”

Any tendering shareholder or other payee who fails to complete fully and sign the IRS Form W-9, which is included with the Letter of Transmittal, may be subject to federal income tax withholding of 24% of the gross proceeds paid to such shareholder or other payee pursuant to the Offer. Non-U.S. Shareholders should provide the Depositary with a completed IRS Form W-8 to avoid 24% backup withholding. A copy of IRS Form W-8 will be provided upon request from the Depositary. See “The Offer—Section 2—Procedures for Tendering Shares” and “The Offer—Section 14—Material Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

 

5.

CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER

The completion of the Offer is subject to certain conditions, including:

 

(i)

The aggregate net assets of the Fund as of the Expiration Date of the Offer must equal or exceed $70 million after taking into account the amounts that would be paid to shareholders who have properly tendered their Shares;

 

(ii)

Shares of the Fund must remain eligible for listing on the NYSE following consummation of the Offer (the NYSE Listed Company Manual provides that the NYSE would promptly initiate suspension and delisting procedures with respect to closed-end funds if the total market value of publicly held shares and net assets of the entity over 60 consecutive calendar days are each below $5,000,000), and

 

(iii)

The Fund must remain subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act following consummation of the Offer.

If one or more of these conditions are not satisfied, the Offer will not be completed and the Fund will proceed to terminate on August 31, 2024, its scheduled termination date, unless the Fund’s Board of Trustees extends the term in accordance with the charter documents of the Fund.

Separately, notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer, it is the announced policy of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, which may be changed by the Board of Trustees, that the Fund cannot accept tenders or effect repurchases if: (1) such transactions, if consummated, would (a) result in the delisting of the Shares from the NYSE or elsewhere, or (b) impair the Fund’s status as a regulated investment company under the Code (which would make the Fund a taxable entity, causing the Fund’s income to be taxed at the corporate level in addition to the taxation of common shareholders who receive dividends from the Fund) or as a registered closed-end investment company

 

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under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”); (2) the Fund would not be able to liquidate portfolio securities in an orderly manner and consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies in order to repurchase Shares; or (3) there is, in the Board of Trustees’ judgment, any (a) material legal action or proceeding instituted or threatened challenging such transactions or otherwise materially adversely affecting the Fund, (b) general suspension of or limitation on prices for trading securities on the NYSE, (c) declaration of a banking moratorium by federal or state authorities or any suspension of payment by United States or state banks in which the Fund invests, (d) material limitation affecting the Fund or the issuers of its portfolio securities by federal or state authorities on the extension of credit by lending institutions or on the exchange of foreign currency, (e) commencement of war, armed hostilities or other international or national calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States, or (f) other event or condition that would have a material adverse effect (including any adverse tax effect) on the Fund or its shareholders if Shares were repurchased. The Board of Trustees of the Fund may in the future modify these conditions in light of experience.

The Fund reserves the right, at any time during the pendency of the Offer, to terminate, extend or amend the Offer in any respect. If the Fund determines to terminate or amend the Offer or to postpone the acceptance for payment of or payment for Shares tendered, it will, to the extent necessary, extend the period during which the Offer is open as provided in “The Offer—Section 15—Extension of Tender Period; Termination; Amendments.” In the event any of the foregoing conditions are modified or waived in whole or in part at any time, the Fund will promptly make a public announcement of such waiver and may, depending on the materiality of the modification or waiver, extend the Offer period as provided in “The Offer—Section 15—Extension of Tender Period; Termination; Amendments.”

 

6.

PURPOSE OF THE OFFER

In light of the upcoming scheduled termination date of the Fund, the Adviser recommended, and the Board of Trustees of the Fund approved, a series of actions to eliminate the term structure of the Fund, so that the Fund could continue as a perpetual fund with no scheduled termination date, while allowing shareholders who do not wish to continue their investment in the Fund after the term structure is eliminated the opportunity to exit their investment through a tender offer. Specifically, the actions approved by the Board included (1) amending the Fund’s Declaration of Trust to eliminate the term structure of the Fund (the “Amendment”); (2) approving an agreement with Nuveen Fund Advisors to waive management fees or reimburse expenses in an amount equal to 50% of the Fund’s management fee for the first year following the effectiveness of the Amendment (the “Fee Waiver”); and (3) authorizing the Offer in order to provide an opportunity for those shareholders who do not wish to continue their investment as a shareholder of the Fund after the term structure is eliminated to exit their investment at NAV, which is what shareholders would receive on the scheduled termination of the Fund in accordance with its current term structure. In addition, if the Amendment takes effect, the Fund will change its name to “Nuveen Preferred Securities & Income Opportunities Fund.”

The Fund is making this Offer to allow common shareholders who do not wish to continue their investment in the Fund to exit their investment at NAV, which is the same measure used to determine the value that shareholders would receive if the Fund terminated on its scheduled termination date. If the Offer is completed, the Amendment and Fee Waiver will take effect as soon as practicable thereafter, but no later than August 31, 2024. The Amendment will take effect only if the Offer Conditions described above are satisfied and the Offer is completed. If the Offer is not completed, the Amendment and Fee Waiver will not be effected and the Fund will terminate on its scheduled termination date, unless the Fund’s Board of Trustees extends the term in accordance with the charter documents of the Fund.

NEITHER THE FUND NOR ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO ANY SHAREHOLDER AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING ANY OR ALL OF SUCH SHAREHOLDER’S SHARES AND HAS NOT AUTHORIZED ANY PERSON TO MAKE ANY SUCH RECOMMENDATION. SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO EVALUATE CAREFULLY ALL INFORMATION IN THE OFFER, CONSULT THEIR OWN INVESTMENT AND TAX ADVISERS, AND MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS WHETHER TO TENDER SHARES AND, IF SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER.

 

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7.

PLANS OR PROPOSALS OF THE FUND

Other than the proposed Amendment and the scheduled termination of the Fund on August 31, 2024 if the Amendment is not effected, the Fund has no current plans or proposals, and is not engaged in any negotiations, that relate to or would result in: any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation involving the Fund; any purchase, sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Fund (other than in its ordinary course of business and in connection with the Offer); any material changes in the Fund’s present capitalization (except as resulting from the Offer or otherwise set forth herein); or any other material changes in the Fund’s structure or business.

In January 2024, the Fund’s Board of Trustees approved a series of actions to, among other things, eliminate the term structure of the Fund. Shareholders considered and approved the proposal to amend the Fund’s Declaration of Trust to eliminate the term structure of the Fund at a special meeting of shareholders held on April 12, 2024, as adjourned to July 17, 2024. See “The Offer—Section 12—Certain Information About the Fund.”

 

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PRICE RANGE OF SHARES

As of July 16, 2024, there were 22,772,419 Shares issued and outstanding. The Shares are traded on the NYSE. During each completed fiscal quarter of the Fund during the past two fiscal years the highest and lowest NAV and market price per Share were as follows:

 

     NAV (s)    Market Price ($)

 Fiscal Quarter Ended

   High      Low      High      Low  

 April 2024

   $19.75    $19.21    $19.24    $18.52

 January 2024

   $19.48    $17.66    $18.90    $16.71

 October 2023

   $18.42    $17.48    $17.88    $16.28

 July 2023

   $18.44    $17.21    $17.63    $16.10

 April 2023

   $21.13    $16.59    $20.62    $16.18

 January 2023

   $20.91    $18.91    $20.37    $17.92

 October 2022

   $21.47    $18.68    $21.21    $17.58

 July 2022

   $21.90    $20.10    $20.95    $18.82

 April 2022

   $24.24    $21.90    $24.54    $20.90

The Fund pays dividends monthly. Shareholders tendering Shares are entitled to receive all dividends with an “ex date” on or before the Expiration Date, provided that they own shares as of the dividend record date. The record date for the August 2024 dividend distribution will be August 20, 2024, and the “ex date” will be August 20, 2024. Accordingly, shareholders will not receive the August 2024 dividend distribution on tendered Shares unless the Expiration Date is extended past the ex date for the August 2024 dividend. The amount and frequency of any dividends in the future will depend on circumstances existing at the time.

 

9.

INTEREST OF TRUSTEES AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS; TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING THE SHARES

The members of the Board of Trustees of the Fund are: Thomas J. Kenny, Amy B. R. Lancellotta, Joanne T. Medero, Albin F. Moschner, John K. Nelson, Loren M. Starr, Matthew Thornton III, Terence J. Toth, Margaret L. Wolff and Robert L. Young.

The principal executive officer of the Fund is David J. Lamb, Chief Administrative Officer. The principal financial officer of the Fund is E. Scott Wickerham, Vice President and Funds Controller. Correspondence to the Trustees and executive officers of the Fund should be mailed to the attention of William Siffermann, Manager of Fund Board Relations, Nuveen, 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

Based upon the Fund’s records and upon information provided to the Fund by its Trustees, executive officers and affiliates (as such term is used in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), as of July 16, 2024, the Trustees and executive officers of the Fund as a group beneficially owned less than 1% of the outstanding Shares of the Fund.

 

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The Fund is not aware of any Fund Trustee, executive officer, or affiliate who intends to tender any Shares pursuant to the Offer.

Based upon the Fund’s records and upon information provided to the Fund by its Trustees, executive officers and affiliates (as such term is used in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), neither the Fund nor, to the best of the Fund’s knowledge, any of the Trustees or executive officers of the Fund, nor any associates (as such term is used in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of any of the foregoing, has effected any transactions in Shares during the 60 business day period prior to the date hereof.

Except as set forth in this Offer to Purchase, neither the Fund nor, to the best of the Fund’s knowledge, any of its affiliates, Trustees or executive officers, is a party to any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship with any other person relating, directly or indirectly, to the Offer with respect to any Shares (including, but not limited to, any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship concerning the transfer or the voting of any Shares, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guaranties of loans, guaranties against loss or the giving or withholding of proxies, consents or authorizations).

 

10.

CERTAIN EFFECTS OF THE OFFER

Effect on Remaining Shareholders, Higher Expense Ratio and Less Investment Flexibility. All shareholders remaining after the Offer will be subject to any increased risks associated with the decrease in the Fund’s aggregate net assets, which may be significant, resulting from the sale of a portion of the Fund’s portfolio securities to fund payment for the tendered Shares (or from sales required to raise cash to make distributions of the Fund’s net investment income and net capital gains). These risks include greater volatility due to decreased diversification. In addition, lower managed assets will result in higher annual operating expenses, may result in less investment flexibility for the Fund, depending on the number of Shares repurchased, and may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s investment performance. The purchase of Shares by the Fund pursuant to the Offer will decrease the Fund’s outstanding shares, which will have the effect of increasing the proportionate interest in the Fund of non-tendering shareholders and may impact the trading discount of the Fund’s shares.

Effect on NAV and Consideration Received by Tendering Shareholders. To pay the aggregate purchase price of Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer, the Fund will be required to sell a significant portion of its portfolio securities. Such portfolio dispositions may occur at time(s) when market conditions are unfavorable. Because the price per Share to be paid in the Offer will be dependent upon the NAV as determined as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the Expiration Date, if a decline in NAV occurred on or prior to the Expiration Date, the consideration received by tendering shareholders would be less than it otherwise might be.

The Fund is required by law to pay for tendered Shares it accepts for payment promptly after the Expiration Date of this Offer. If on or prior to the Expiration Date the Fund does not have, or believes it is unlikely to have, sufficient cash to pay for all Shares tendered, it may extend the Offer to allow additional time to sell portfolio securities and raise sufficient cash.

Recognition of Income and Capital Gains. As noted, the Fund will be required to sell a portion of its portfolio securities pursuant to the Offer. If the Fund’s tax basis for the securities sold is less than the sale proceeds, the Fund will recognize income or gains. The Fund would expect to distribute to shareholders of record any such income or gains (with capital gains reduced by net capital losses realized during the fiscal year in which the sale occurred, if any, and available capital loss carryforwards) during, or following the end of, the Fund’s fiscal year in which the sale occurred. This recognition and distribution of income and gains, if any, would have two negative consequences: first, shareholders at the time of a declaration of distributions would be required to pay taxes on a greater amount of distributions than otherwise would be the case; and second, to raise cash to make the distributions, the Fund might need to sell additional portfolio securities, thereby possibly being forced to realize and recognize additional income or gains. It is impossible to predict what the amount of unrealized gains or losses would be in the Fund’s portfolio at the time that the Fund is required to liquidate portfolio securities (and hence the amount of income or capital gains or losses that would be realized and recognized). As of July 16, 2024, the Fund had estimated unrealized net depreciation of ($31,539,159), and as of June 30, 2024, the Fund had an estimated ($54,730,902) of unused capital loss carryforwards.

 

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Some distributed gains may be treated as ordinary income or realized on securities with a holding period of one year or less, which would generate short-term capital gains that are taxable to the shareholders at ordinary income rates. This could adversely affect the Fund’s after-tax performance. The purchase of Shares by the Fund pursuant to the Offer may also result in the Fund having certain additional tax reporting obligations.

Tax Consequences of Repurchases to Shareholders. The Fund’s purchase of tendered Shares pursuant to the Offer will have tax consequences for tendering shareholders and may have tax consequences for non-tendering shareholders. See “The Offer—Section 14—Material Federal Income Tax Consequences.”

Effect on Leverage. The Fund utilizes leverage in the form of a borrowing facility. Following the completion of the Offer, the Fund may use leverage in accordance with its investment policies. The Fund’s expected smaller asset size may limit the Fund’s ability to engage in leverage and the types and costs of leverage available to the Fund.

Offer Costs. The Adviser is bearing the costs of the Offer, other than costs in connection with the sale of portfolio securities necessary to complete the Offers. Common shareholders of the Fund will bear transaction costs associated with sales of portfolio securities. Although transaction costs associated with the Offer are expected to be substantial, such costs are not expected to be greater than the costs that would be associated with the liquidation of the Fund’s portfolio in anticipation of its scheduled termination date. In addition, management expects the management fee waiver to more than offset trading costs associated with portfolio repositioning.

THE OFFER MAY HAVE CERTAIN ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES FOR TENDERING AND NON-TENDERING SHAREHOLDERS.

 

11.

SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS

The aggregate purchase price to be paid by the Fund cannot be determined at this time because the number of Shares to be purchased will depend on the number of Shares tendered, and the price will be 100% of the NAV on the Expiration Date. Assuming the Offer is subscribed to the maximum extent (19,265,404 Shares), and based on the NAV of $19.96 per share on July 16, 2024, the aggregate purchase price of tendered Shares would be $384,537,463.84. Of course, the NAV can change every business day. You can obtain current NAV quotations from the Information Agent at (866) 679-9573.

The monies to be used by the Fund to purchase Shares pursuant to the Offer will be obtained from the proceeds of sales of securities in the Fund’s investment portfolio and from cash on hand.

The Board of Trustees believes that the Fund will have sufficient liquidity after the sale of a portion of the securities in the Fund’s investment portfolio to purchase the Shares that may be tendered pursuant to the Offer. However, if, in the judgment of the Board of Trustees, there is not sufficient liquidity of the assets of the Fund to pay for tendered Shares, the Fund may extend the Offer. See “The Offer—Section 5—Certain Conditions of the Offer.” The Fund reserves the right to utilize leverage to fund payments for tendered Shares.

 

12.

CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND

The Fund was organized as a Massachusetts business trust on April 18, 2012, and is a diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The Shares were first issued to the public on July 26, 2012. As a closed-end investment company, the Fund differs from an open-end investment company (i.e., a mutual fund) in that it does not redeem its Shares at the election of a shareholder and does not continuously offer its Shares for sale to the public.

The Fund’s Declaration of Trust provides that the Fund in ordinary circumstances will terminate on August 31, 2024. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust permits the Fund’s Board of Trustees to terminate the Fund prior to this date. The Fund’s Declaration of Trust also provides that the Fund’s term may be extended by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, without a vote of common shareholders, for or one period of up to six months.

In light of the upcoming scheduled termination of the Fund, the Adviser recommended and the Board approved a series of actions to, among other things, eliminate the term structure of the Fund, including:

 

 

amending the Fund’s Declaration of Trust to eliminate the term structure of the Fund;

 

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approving an agreement with Nuveen Fund Advisors to waive management fees or reimburse expenses in an amount equal to 50% of the Fund’s management fee for the first year following the effectiveness of the Amendment; and

 

 

approving this Offer.

If the Amendment takes effect, the Fund will continue to operate without a stated term, and a continued investment in the Fund will involve the same types of risks currently associated with an investment in the Fund. There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. The elimination of the term structure will result in the Fund being subject to market discount risk, which the term structure is intended to mitigate.

Comparative Expense Information

The information in the table below reflects the fees and expenses for the Fund’s fiscal year ended July 31, 2023 and the pro forma expenses for the twelve months ended July 31, 2023 for the Fund giving effect to the Amendment and this Offer assuming that the net assets of the Fund attributable to common shares following the Offer will be $70 million.

 

Annual Expenses (as a

percentage of net assets

applicable to

common shares)

   Nuveen Preferred and
Income Term Fund(1)
  Nuveen Preferred
Securities and Income
Opportunities Fund Pro
Forma
Management Fees    1.36%   1.37%
Interest Expense on Borrowings    2.96%   2.96%(2)
Other Expenses    0.08%   0.26%(3)
  

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses before Fee Waiver    4.40%   4.59%
Fee Waivers      (0.68)% (4)
  

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses after Fee Waivers    4.40%   3.91%
  

 

 

(1)

“Annual Expenses (as a percentage of net assets applicable to common shares)” are based on the expenses of the Fund for the twelve months ended July 31, 2023.

(2)

Interest Expense on Borrowings for the Pro Forma scenario assumes the same average interest rate as the Fund incurred for the twelve-month period ended July 31, 2023.

(3)

Other Expenses for the Pro Forma scenario are restated to reflect the effects of the Amendment as described above.

(4)

Nuveen Fund Advisors has agreed to waive management fees or reimburse expenses in an amount equal to 50% of the Fund’s net management fee for the first year following the effectiveness of the Amendment. This fee waiver is terminable only by the Board.

Example: The following examples illustrate the expenses that a shareholder would pay on a $1,000 investment that is held for the time periods provided in the table. The examples assume that all dividends and other distributions are reinvested and that Total Annual Operating Expenses remain the same. For Nuveen Preferred and Income Fund Pro Forma, the example reflects the fee and expense waiver for one year in each period. The examples also assume a 5% annual return. The examples should not be considered a representation of future expenses. Actual expenses may be greater or lesser than those shown.

 

     1 Year             3 Years             5 Years             10 Years  

Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund

   $ 44         $ 133         $ 223         $ 453  

Nuveen Preferred and Income Fund Pro Forma

   $ 39         $ 132         $ 226         $ 465  

The Fund also is a party to certain other service agreements. The Fund is a party to a Transfer Agency and Service Agreement with Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (collectively, “Computershare”). The Fund pays Computershare an annual maintenance fee plus out-of-pocket expenses for the services it provides as transfer, shareholder services and dividend disbursing agent for the Fund.

 

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State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) serves as custodian for the Fund’s portfolio securities pursuant to the Amended and Restated Master Custodian Agreement entered into with the Fund (the “Custodian Agreement”). Under the Custodian Agreement, the Fund is obligated to pay State Street reasonable compensation for its services and expenses as agreed upon from time to time between the Fund and State Street. The amounts paid by the Fund under these service agreements are disclosed in the Fund’s financial statements, which can be found in the Fund’s annual and semi-annual reports.

The principal executive offices of the Fund are located at 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

 

13.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The Fund is subject to the information and reporting requirements of the 1940 Act and in accordance therewith is obligated to file reports and other information with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to its business, financial condition and other matters. The Fund has also filed an Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with the SEC. Such reports and other information are available on the EDGAR database of the SEC’s internet site at http://www.sec.gov. You may obtain copies of these reports and other information, after paying a duplicating fee, by sending an e-mail request to: publicinfo@sec.gov.

 

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MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

The following discussion is a general summary of the material federal income tax consequences of a sale of Shares pursuant to the Offer. This discussion is based on current federal income tax law, including without limitation the Code, existing and proposed Treasury regulations, administrative pronouncements and judicial decisions, all as currently in effect and all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. This discussion assumes Shares are held as capital assets (within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code) and does not apply to a shareholder that is a member of a class of holders subject to special rules (including without limitation a dealer in securities, a trader in securities that elects to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for its securities holdings, a bank, a life insurance company, a tax-exempt organization, a person that owns Shares as part of a hedging, integrated, conversion or constructive sale transaction or as a position in a straddle, investors with “applicable financial statements” within the meaning of section 451(b) of the Code, a partnership or other pass-through entity for federal income tax purposes or a U.S. shareholder whose functional currency for federal income tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar). This summary assumes that the Fund is and will remain a regulated investment company for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year that includes the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer. No ruling has been or will be sought from the IRS regarding any matter discussed herein. No assurance can be given that the IRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a position contrary to any of the tax aspects set forth below. This discussion does not address any U.S. state or local or non-U.S. tax considerations or any U.S. federal estate, gift or alternative minimum tax considerations.

For purposes of this summary, a “U.S. Shareholder” is a beneficial owner of Shares that is, for federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source or (iv) a trust (x) with respect to which a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all of its substantial decisions or (y) that has in effect a valid election under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person (as such term is defined under the Code). The term “Non-U.S. Shareholder” as used in this summary means a beneficial owner of Shares that is neither a U.S. Shareholder nor a partnership for federal income tax purposes.

If an entity treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes holds Shares, the federal income tax treatment of the partnership and its partners generally will depend in part upon the status and activities of the partnership and its partners and certain determinations made at the partner level.

Shareholders should consult their own tax advisers regarding the tax consequences of a sale of Shares pursuant to the Offer, as well as the effects of state, local, federal non-income and foreign tax laws. See also “The Offer—Section 2—Procedures for Tendering Shares—F. Federal Income Tax Withholding.”

 

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Federal Income Tax Consequences to Tendering Shareholders—U.S. Shareholders

In General. A U.S. Shareholder’s tender of all or a part of its Shares for cash pursuant to the Offer will be a taxable transaction for federal income tax purposes. The tax consequences of the sale will be determined in part under the stock redemption rules of section 302 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The amount and characterization of income recognized by a U.S. Shareholder in connection with a sale pursuant to the Offer will depend on whether the sale is treated as an “exchange” or a “dividend” for federal income tax purposes.

Treatment as an Exchange. If the redemption qualifies under any of the provisions of section 302(b) of the Code, as more fully described below, the cash received pursuant to the Offer will be treated as received from the Fund in exchange for the Shares sold. The treatment accorded to such an exchange results in a U.S. Shareholder recognizing gain or loss equal to the difference between (a) the cash received by the U.S. Shareholder pursuant to the Offer and (b) the U.S. Shareholder’s adjusted tax basis in the Shares surrendered. Assuming the Shares are held as capital assets, such recognized gain or loss will be capital gain or loss. If the Shares were held longer than one year, such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term. The maximum federal income tax rate on long-term capital gains for individuals and other non-corporate investors that are U.S. Shareholders applicable to such a sale of Shares is 20%. If the Shares were held for one year or less, such capital gain or loss generally will be short-term, taxable at the same rate as ordinary income. The maximum federal income tax rate on ordinary income for individuals and other non-corporate investors that are U.S. Shareholders is currently 37%. However, any loss upon an exchange of Shares held for six months or less generally will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of distributions received or deemed received from the Fund that were treated as long-term capital gain. In addition, under certain “wash sales” rules, recognition of a loss on Shares sold pursuant to the Offer will ordinarily be disallowed to the extent a U.S. Shareholder acquires Shares (including pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan) within 30 days before or after the date Shares are purchased pursuant to the Offer and, in that event, the basis and holding period of the Shares acquired will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to a number of limitations under the Code. The 3.8% Medicare tax discussed below may also apply to a sale of Shares by a U.S. Shareholder.

Treatment as a Dividend. If none of the provisions under section 302(b) of the Code outlined below are satisfied, a U.S. Shareholder will be treated as having received a distribution on its Shares. Any such distribution will be treated as taxable dividend income in an amount equal to the entire amount of cash received by the U.S. Shareholder for its Shares pursuant to the Offer to the extent of the Fund’s current and/or accumulated earnings and profits. A U.S. Shareholder’s basis in the tendered Shares will not offset dividend income. Any amounts treated as distributions to U.S. Shareholders in excess of the Fund’s current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a return of capital to such U.S. Shareholders to the extent of their basis in their Shares (reducing that basis accordingly) and then as capital gain (which will be long-term or short-term depending on such U.S. Shareholder’s applicable holding period for the Shares).

Accordingly, the difference between “dividend” and “exchange” treatment is important with respect to the amount and character of income that tendering U.S. Shareholders are deemed to receive. Although the marginal federal income tax rates for dividends and capital gains remains the same (21%) for corporate U.S. Shareholders (although certain dividends received by corporate U.S. Shareholders may be eligible for a dividends received deduction), under the Code the current top income tax rate on ordinary income of individuals and other non-corporate investors that are U.S. Shareholder (37%) exceeds the maximum tax rate on net capital gains (20%) except to the extent any such dividends are designated by the Fund as qualified dividend income taxable at the same rate as net capital gains. The Fund does not expect that any of its distributions will be treated as qualified dividend income or be eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction.

Each U.S. Shareholder’s tax adviser should determine whether that U.S. Shareholder qualifies under one of the provisions of section 302(b) of the Code. If the transaction is treated as a dividend distribution to a U.S. Shareholder for federal income tax purposes, such U.S. Shareholder’s remaining tax basis in the Shares actually redeemed will be added to the tax basis of such U.S. Shareholder’s remaining Shares in the Fund. In the event that a U.S. Shareholder actually owns no Shares in the Fund after the redemption, but the transaction is nevertheless treated as a dividend distribution because such U.S. Shareholder constructively owns Shares in the Fund (see below), such U.S. Shareholder’s tax basis may, under certain circumstances, be added to Shares in the Fund owned by related persons that were considered constructively owned by such U.S. Shareholder, or may be lost entirely.

 

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Constructive Ownership of Stock. In determining whether the provisions under section 302(b) of the Code, as described below, are satisfied, a U.S. Shareholder must take into account not only Shares actually owned by such U.S. Shareholder, but also Shares that are constructively owned within the meaning of section 318 of the Code. Under section 318 of the Code, a U.S. Shareholder may constructively own Shares actually owned, and in some cases constructively owned, by certain related individuals and certain entities in which the U.S. Shareholder or a related individual or entity has an interest. The rules of constructive ownership are complex and must be applied to a U.S. Shareholder’s particular situation.

The Provisions of Section 302(b) of the Code. Under section 302(b) of the Code, a redemption will be taxed as an exchange, and not as a dividend, if it (a) results in a “complete redemption” of all the Shares owned by a U.S. Shareholder, (b) is “substantially disproportionate” with respect to a U.S. Shareholder, or (c) is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” with respect to a U.S. Shareholder. Each U.S. Shareholder should be aware that, under certain circumstances, sales, purchases, or transfers of Shares in the market or to or from other parties contemporaneous with sales pursuant to the Offer may be taken into account in determining whether the tests under clause (a), (b), or (c) above are satisfied.

A brief description of the three major applicable provisions of section 302(b) of the Code is as follows:

1. A Complete Redemption of Interest. The receipt of cash by a U.S. Shareholder will result in a “complete redemption” of all the Shares owned by the U.S. Shareholder within the meaning of section 302(b)(3) of the Code if either (i) all the Shares actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Shareholder are sold pursuant to the Offer or (ii) all the Shares actually owned by the U.S. Shareholder are sold pursuant to the Offer, the only Shares the U.S. Shareholder constructively owns are actually owned by such U.S. Shareholder’s family members, and the U.S. Shareholder is eligible to waive and effectively waives, under procedures described in section 302(c) of the Code, such constructive ownership. U.S. Shareholders wishing to satisfy the complete redemption test through waiver of the constructive ownership rules should consult their tax advisers.

2. A Substantially Disproportionate Redemption. The receipt of cash by a U.S. Shareholder will be “substantially disproportionate” with respect to such U.S. Shareholder within the meaning of section 302(b)(2) of the Code if (i) the percentage of the total outstanding Shares actually and constructively owned by the U.S. Shareholder immediately following the sale of Shares pursuant to the Offer is less than 80 percent of the percentage of the total outstanding Shares actually and constructively owned by such U.S. Shareholder immediately before such sale and (ii) immediately following the exchange, the U.S. Shareholder actually and constructively owns less than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Fund.

3. Not Essentially Equivalent to a Dividend. Even if a sale by a U.S. Shareholder fails to meet the “complete redemption” or “substantially disproportionate” tests, a U.S. Shareholder may nevertheless meet the “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” test. Whether a specific redemption is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” depends on the individual U.S. Shareholder’s facts and circumstances. In any event, the redemption must result in a “meaningful reduction” of the U.S. Shareholder’s proportionate interest in the Fund. The IRS has indicated in a published ruling that, in the case of a minority shareholder in a publicly held corporation whose relative stock investment in the corporation was minimal and who exercised no control over corporate affairs, a small reduction in the percentage ownership interest of such shareholder in such corporation (from .0001118 percent to .0001081 percent—a 3.3 percent reduction under the facts of this ruling) was sufficient to constitute a “meaningful reduction.” U.S. Shareholders seeking to rely on this test should consult their own tax advisers as to the application of this particular standard to their own situations.

Backup Withholding. The Depositary may be required to withhold 24% of the gross proceeds paid to a U.S. Shareholder or other payee pursuant to the Offer unless either: (1) the U.S. Shareholder has completed and submitted to the Depositary the IRS Form W-9, which is included with the Letter of Transmittal, providing the U.S. Shareholder’s taxpayer identification number/social security number and certifying under penalties of perjury: (a) that such number is correct, (b) either that (i) the U.S. Shareholder is exempt from backup withholding, (ii) the U.S. Shareholder has not been notified by the IRS that the U.S. Shareholder is subject to backup withholding as a result of an under-reporting of interest or dividends, or (iii) the IRS has notified the U.S. Shareholder that the shareholder is no longer subject to backup withholding, (c) the U.S. Shareholder is a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (as defined in IRS Form W-9), and (d) the FATCA code(s) entered on the form (if any) indicating that the U.S. Shareholder is exempt from FATCA reporting is correct; or (2) an exception applies under applicable law and

 

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Treasury regulations. Gross proceeds paid to a U.S. Shareholder may also be subject to backup withholding if the IRS notifies the Fund or Depositary that the U.S. Shareholder is subject to backup withholding.

Medicare Tax. A 3.8% Medicare tax is imposed on net investment income earned by certain individuals, estates and trusts. “Net investment income,” for these purposes, means investment income, including taxable dividends (including any capital gain dividends) and net gains from taxable dispositions of Fund shares, reduced by the deductions properly allocable to such income. In the case of an individual, the tax will be imposed on the lesser of (1) the shareholder’s net investment income or (2) the amount by which the shareholder’s modified adjusted gross income exceeds $250,000 (if the shareholder is married and filing jointly or a surviving spouse), $125,000 (if the shareholder is married and filing separately) or $200,000 (in any other case). This Medicare tax, if applicable, is reported by a U.S. Shareholder on, and paid with, such U.S. Shareholder’s federal income tax return.

Federal Income Tax Consequences to Tendering Shareholders—Non-U.S. Shareholders

U.S. Withholding at the Source. Because the Fund cannot determine whether a payment made pursuant to the Offer should be characterized as an “exchange” or a “dividend” for federal income tax purposes at the time of the payment, any payments to a tendering shareholder who is a Non-U.S. Shareholder that does not hold its Shares in connection with a trade or business conducted in the United States generally will be treated as a dividend for federal income tax purposes and generally will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30% (unless a reduced rate under an applicable tax treaty applies). This U.S. withholding tax will apply even if the Non-U.S. Shareholder has provided the required certification to avoid backup withholding. In order to obtain a reduced rate of withholding under an applicable tax treaty, a Non-U.S. Shareholder must deliver to the Depositary before the payment a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or other applicable Form W-8. In order to obtain an exemption from withholding on the grounds that the Non-U.S. Shareholder holds its Shares in connection with a trade or business conducted in the United States, the Non-U.S. Shareholder must deliver to the Depositary a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8ECI. Such forms (and additional IRS forms) may be obtained from the Information Agent or from the IRS at www.irs.gov. If any gain or dividend income realized in connection with the tender of Shares by a Non-U.S. Shareholder is effectively connected with a trade or business carried on in the United States by the Non-U.S. Shareholder, such gain or dividend will generally be taxed at the regular rates applicable to U.S. Shareholders. In addition, if the Non-U.S. Shareholder is a non-U.S. corporation, it may be subject to a branch profits tax of 30% (or a lower rate under an applicable tax treaty) on its effectively connected income.

A tendering Non-U.S. Shareholder who is not engaged in a U.S. trade or business and who realizes a capital gain on a tender of Shares will not be subject to federal income tax on such gain, unless the Non-U.S. Shareholder is an individual who is physically present in the United States for 183 days or more during the tax year and certain other conditions are satisfied. A tendering Non-U.S. Shareholder who realizes a capital gain may be eligible to claim a refund of the withheld tax by timely filing a U.S. tax return and demonstrating that it satisfies one of the provisions of section 302 described above or is otherwise able to establish that no withholding or a reduced amount of withholding is due. Special rules may also apply in the case of Non-U.S. Shareholders that are: (i) former citizens or residents of the United States; or (ii) subject to special rules such as “controlled foreign corporations.” Non-U.S. Shareholders are advised to consult their own tax advisers.

Backup Withholding and Certification Rules. Non-U.S. shareholders have special U.S. tax certification requirements to avoid backup withholding at a rate of 24%, and if applicable, to obtain the benefit of any income tax treaty between the Non-U.S. Shareholder’s country of residence and the United States. To claim these tax benefits, the Non-U.S. Shareholder must provide the Depositary with a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN (or other IRS Form W-8, where applicable, or their substitute forms) to establish his, her or its status as a Non-U.S. Shareholder, to claim beneficial ownership over Shares, and to claim, if applicable, a reduced rate of or exemption from withholding tax under the applicable treaty. Backup withholding generally will not apply to amounts subject to the 30% or a treaty-reduced rate of withholding.

FATCA Withholding. Because the Fund cannot determine whether a payment made pursuant to the Offer should be characterized as an “exchange” or a “dividend” for federal income tax purposes at the time of the payment, any payment to a tendering shareholder that is a foreign financial institution (“FFI”) or non-financial foreign entity (“NFFE”) generally will be treated as a dividend for federal income tax purposes and may be subject to a 30% FATCA withholding tax. The FATCA withholding tax generally can be avoided: (a) by an FFI, if it reports certain direct and indirect ownership of foreign financial accounts held by U.S. persons with the FFI or otherwise complies

 

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with FATCA, as described further below, and (b) by an NFFE, if it certifies its status as such and, in certain circumstances, further: (i) certifies that it has no substantial U.S. persons as owners or (ii) if it does have such owners, reports information relating to them. The U.S. Treasury has negotiated intergovernmental agreements (“IGA”) with certain countries that may modify these requirements.

An FFI can avoid FATCA withholding if it is deemed compliant or if it becomes a “participating FFI,” which requires the FFI to enter into a U.S. tax compliance agreement with the IRS under section 1471(b) of the Code (“FFI agreement”) under which it agrees to verify, report and disclose certain of its U.S. accountholders and provided that such entity meets certain other specified requirements. Instead of entering into an FFI agreement, an FFI in a country with an IGA generally will be required to comply with the terms of that IGA (and implementing rules). The FFI will report to the IRS, or, depending on the FFI’s country of residence, to the government of that country (pursuant to the terms and conditions of an applicable IGA and applicable law), which will, in turn, report to the IRS.

Such foreign shareholders also may fall into certain exempt, excepted or deemed compliant categories as established by U.S. Treasury regulations, IGAs, and other guidance regarding FATCA. An FFI or NFFE will need to provide the Fund with the applicable IRS Form W-8 (W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, W-8EXP or W-8IMY) properly certifying the entity’s status under FATCA, and possibly certain other documentation, in order to avoid FATCA withholding. If a tendering shareholder is subject to withholding under both FATCA and either backup withholding or U.S. withholding at the source, the Fund will withhold only under FATCA (subject to an ability by the Fund to elect to backup withhold in certain circumstances).

Non-U.S. Shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisers regarding the application of federal income tax withholding, including eligibility for a withholding tax reduction or exemption, and the refund procedure.

Federal Income Tax Consequences to Non-Tendering Shareholders

If the sale of Shares pursuant to the Offer is treated as a “dividend” to a tendering shareholder, a constructive dividend under section 305 of the Code may result to non-tendering shareholders whose proportionate interest in the earnings and assets of the Fund has been increased as a result of such tender. Under section 305 of the Code, a distribution by a corporation of its stock or rights to acquire its stock is treated as a dividend if the distribution (or a series of distributions of which such distribution is one) has the result of (1) the receipt of money or other property by some shareholders, and (2) an increase in the proportionate interests of other shareholders in the assets or earnings and profits of the corporation. An exception to this rule is provided for a distribution of property incident to an isolated redemption of stock (for example, pursuant to a tender offer).

The Fund does not believe the Offer should cause non-tendering shareholders to realize constructive distributions on their Shares under section 305 of the Code, but rather, the Offer should be treated as an “isolated transaction” within the meaning of Treasury regulations. This is because, among other things, the Fund is not required by its Declaration of Trust, bylaws, federal or state law, or otherwise to redeem any of its Shares prior to its termination date, the Board has a fiduciary duty to the Fund and its shareholders to consider the appropriateness of any share repurchase, and if the Offer is completed, the Amendment will take effect and the Fund will have no absolute commitment to make any further tender offers subsequent to the present Offer.

The federal income tax discussion set forth above is a summary included for general information purposes only. In view of the individual nature of tax consequences, each shareholder is advised to consult his, her or its own tax adviser with respect to the specific tax consequences to him, her or it of the Offer, including the effect and applicability of federal, state, local, foreign and other tax laws and the possible effects of changes in federal or other tax laws.

 

15.

EXTENSION OF TENDER PERIOD; TERMINATION; AMENDMENTS

The Fund reserves the right, at any time and from time to time, to extend the period of time during which the Offer is pending by notifying the Information Agent and making a public announcement thereof. In the event that the Fund so elects to extend the tender period, the NAV for the Shares tendered will be computed as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the newly designated Expiration Date. During any such extension, all Shares previously

 

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tendered and not purchased or withdrawn will remain subject to the Offer. The Fund also reserves the right, at any time and from time to time up to and including the Expiration Date, to (a) terminate the Offer and not to purchase or pay for any Shares or, subject to applicable law, postpone payment for Shares upon the occurrence of any of the conditions specified in “The Offer—Section 5—Certain Conditions of the Offer”; and (b) amend the Offer in any respect by making a public announcement thereof. Such public announcement will be issued not later than 9:30 a.m. New York City time not later than the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date and will disclose the approximate number of Shares tendered as of that date. Without limiting the manner in which the Fund may choose to make a public announcement of extension, termination or amendment, except as provided by applicable law (including Rule 13e-4(d)(2), Rule 13e-4(e)(3), and Rule 14e-1(d) under the Exchange Act), the Fund shall have no obligation to publish, advertise or otherwise communicate any such public announcement.

If the Fund materially changes the terms of the Offer or the information concerning the Offer, or if it waives a material condition of the Offer, the Fund will extend the Offer to the extent required by Rules 13e-4(d)(2) and 13e-4(e)(3) under the Exchange Act. These rules require that the minimum period during which an offer must remain open following material changes in the terms of the offer or information concerning the offer (other than a change in price or a change in percentage of securities sought) will depend on the facts and circumstances, including the relative materiality of such terms or information. If (i) the Fund increases or decreases the price to be paid for Shares, or the Fund increases or decreases the number of Shares being sought and (ii) the Expiration Date is less than ten business days away, then the Expiration Date will be extended at least ten business days from the date of the notice.

 

16.

FEES AND EXPENSES

The Adviser is bearing all of the expenses in connection with the Offer other than costs in connection with sales of portfolio securities to fund payments of the purchase price to shareholders who tender their Shares. Common shareholders of the Fund, including tendering shareholders and remaining shareholders, will bear these costs indirectly. Although transaction costs associated with the Offer are expected to be substantial, such costs are not expected to be greater than the costs that would be associated with the liquidation of the Fund’s portfolio in anticipation of its scheduled termination date.

If you are the holder of record of the Shares and you tender your Shares directly, you will not incur any brokerage fees or commissions or other charges. If you hold your Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and that firm tenders Shares on your behalf, that firm may charge a fee for doing so. We urge you to consult your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to determine whether any such charges will apply. Neither the Fund nor the Adviser will not pay to any broker or dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other firm any solicitation fee for any Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer. The Adviser will reimburse such firms for customary handling and mailing expenses incurred in forwarding the Offer. No broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company has been authorized to act as the agent of the Fund or the Depositary for purposes of the Offer.

The Fund has retained Georgeson LLC to act as information agent (“Information Agent”) and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. to act as depositary (“Depositary”). The Adviser will pay the Information Agent and the Depositary reasonable and customary compensation for their services and will also reimburse them for certain out-of-pocket expenses and indemnify them against certain liabilities.

 

17.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Offer is not being made to, nor will the Fund accept tenders from, owners of Shares in any jurisdiction in which the Offer or its acceptance would not comply with the securities or Blue Sky laws of that jurisdiction. The Fund is not aware of any jurisdiction in which the making of the Offer or the tender of Shares would not be in compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction. However, the Fund reserves the right to exclude holders in any jurisdiction in which it is asserted that the Offer cannot lawfully be made. So long as the Fund makes a good faith effort to comply with any state law deemed applicable to the Offer, the Fund believes that the exclusions of holders residing in that jurisdiction is permitted under Rule 13e-4(f)(9) under the Exchange Act.

Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund

 

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July 17, 2024

 

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Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund

MR A SAMPLE

DESIGNATION (IF ANY)

ADD 1

ADD 2

ADD 3

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C 1234567890   J N T

Tax ID certification on file: <Certified Y/N>

TOTAL SHARES 1234567890

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO TENDER SHARES OF NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND

Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated July 17, 2024, Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund (the “Fund”) has offered to purchase up 19,265,404 of its common shares. The offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 14, 2024, unless extended. See Instructions on the reverse side.

I/we, the undersigned, hereby surrender to you for tendering the share(s) identified below. I/we hereby agree to the terms and conditions of the Offer to Purchase dated July 17, 2024 (“Offer to Purchase”). I/we hereby certify and warrant that: (i) I/we have received and read the Offer to Purchase; (ii) I/we have complied with all instructions on the reverse side of this Letter of Transmittal and the requirements of the Offer to Purchase; (iii) I/we have full authority to surrender these certificate(s) and give the instructions in this Letter of Transmittal; and (iv) the shares represented by these certificates are free and clear of all liens, restrictions, adverse claims and encumbrances.

Any shareholder using the book-entry delivery procedures to tender or deposit outstanding Shares as described in the Offer to Purchase is not required to physically deliver this Letter of Transmittal to the Depositary but will be bound by its terms as if such shareholder had signed and submitted it.

Please complete the back if you would like to transfer ownership or request special mailing.

Breakdown of your holding here at Computershare:

Total Certificated Shares     Total Book-Entry Share     Total Shares
1234567890   1234567890   1234567890
1    

Signature: This form must be signed by all of the registered holder(s) exactly as their name(s) appears on the certificate(s) or by person(s) authorized to sign on behalf of the registered holder(s) by documents transmitted herewith. If this Letter of Transmittal or any certificates or stock powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, agents, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing and must submit proper evidence satisfactory to the Fund of their authority to so act, or in lieu of evidence guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. Additionally, if any of the tendered Shares are held of record by two or more joint holders, all such holders must sign this Letter of Transmittal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     
 Signature of Shareholder   Date    Daytime Telephone #      

 

 

 

 

 

     
 Signature of Shareholder   Date    Daytime Telephone #      

 

 
PLACE AN X IN ONE TENDER BOX ONLY
2         3
☐ Tender All    or    

☐ Partial Tender

               

AMOUNT OF SHARES TENDERED

Please locate your certificate(s) and send them along with the completed Letter of Transmittal.

IF SHARE CERTIFICATES HAVE BEEN MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED, SEE INSTRUCTION 6.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 T E N D N B B C 0 1

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Document Number


   
4 Special Transfer Instructions   5 Special Mailing Instructions
If you want your stock certificate(s) for Fund shares and/or check for cash to be issued in another name, fill in this section with the information for the new account/payee name.   Signature Guarantee Medallion   Fill in ONLY if you want your stock certificate(s) for Fund shares and/or check for cash to be mailed to someone other than the registered holder or to the registered holder at an address other than that shown on the front of this Letter of Transmittal.
  (Title of Officer Signing this Guarantee)
 
 
   
Name (Please Print First, Middle & Last Name)   (Name of Guarantor - Please Print)   Name (Please Print First, Middle & Last Name)
Address (Number and Street)   (Address of Guarantor Firm)   Address (Number and Street)
                                                                      
(City, State & Zip Code)      
                                                
      (City, State & Zip Code)

(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)

   

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

1.    Sign, date and include your daytime telephone number in this Transmittal form in Box 1. After completing all other applicable sections, return this Letter of Transmittal and your stock certificates in the enclosed envelope. The method of delivery of any documents, including share certificates, is at the election and risk of the tendering shareholder. If documents are sent by mail, it is recommended that they be sent by registered mail, properly insured, with return receipt requested.

2.    If you are tendering all your shares for cash, please check this box only.

3.    If you are tendering some of your shares for cash, please check the box, indicate the number of shares you wish to tender and receive in cash.

4.    If you want your certificate(s) for Fund shares and/or check for cash to be issued in another name, fill in Box 4. Special Transfer Instructions must be medallion guaranteed.

5.    Complete Box 5 only if your certificate(s) for Fund shares and/or check for cash is to be delivered to a person other than the registered holder or to the registered holder at a different address.

6.    Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. If any certificate representing Shares has been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the shareholder should promptly call the Depositary at (800) 257 8787. The shareholder will then be instructed by the Depositary as to the steps that must be taken to replace the certificate. This Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost or destroyed certificates have been followed.

Form W-9: Under U.S. Federal Income Tax law, a stockholder is required to provide Computershare with such shareholder’s correct Taxpayer Identification Number. If your Taxpayer Identification Number is not certified on our records, we have enclosed a

Form W-9 for you to complete and return. Failure to provide the information on the form may subject you to backup withholding on any reportable payment. If you are a foreign individual seeking to qualify as an exempt recipient from backup withholding, you must complete and submit the enclosed Form W-8BEN to Computershare.

 

The Information Agent for the Offer is:

 

Georgeson LLC

 

All Holders Call Toll Free: 866-679-9573

  

The Depositary for the Offer is:

 

Computershare

 

By Mail:

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A. c/o Voluntary Corporate

Actions P.O. Box 43011 Providence, RI 02940-3011

 

By Registered, Certified or Express Mail or Overnight Courier:

 

Computershare Trust Company, N.A. c/o Voluntary Corporate

Actions 150 Royall Street, Suite V, Canton, MA 02021

 

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[INSERT FORM W-9 REQUEST FOR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND CERTIFICATION]1

 

1 https://www-us.computershare.com/Investor/help/PrintableForms (W-9 - Request for Taxpayer Identification and Certification)

 

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[INSERT FORM W-8BEN CERTIFICATE OF FOREIGN STATUS OF BENEFICIAL OWNER]2

 

2 https://www-us.computershare.com/Investor/help/PrintableForms (W-8BEN - Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner)

Ex-(a)(1)(iii)

OFFER BY

NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND

TO PURCHASE FOR CASH

UP TO 19,265,404 OF ITS ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING

COMMON SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

AT 100% OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT

5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON AUGUST 14, 2024

(“EXPIRATION DATE”), UNLESS EXTENDED

THIS OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER

OF SHARES BEING TENDERED, BUT IS SUBJECT TO OTHER

CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE FUND’S OFFER TO

PURCHASE AND IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

July 17, 2024

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

We are enclosing herewith the material listed below relating to the offer of Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund, a Massachusetts business trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified, closed-end management investment company (the “Fund”), to purchase up to 19,265,404 of its issued and outstanding common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 (the “Shares”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in its Offer to Purchase dated July 17, 2024 and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “Offer”). The price to be paid for the Shares is an amount per Share equal to 100% of the net asset value per Share as determined by the Fund as of the close of ordinary trading on the New York Stock Exchange on August 14, 2024, or if the Offer period is extended, as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the newly designated expiration date.

We are asking you to contact your clients for whom you hold Shares registered in your name (or in the name of your nominee) or who hold Shares registered in their own names. Please bring the Offer to their attention as promptly as possible. No fees or commission will be payable to brokers, dealers or other persons for soliciting tenders for Shares pursuant to the Offer. The Fund will, however, upon request, reimburse you for reasonable and customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by you in forwarding any of the enclosed materials to your clients. The Fund will pay all transfer taxes on its purchase of Shares, subject to Section 4, “Payment for Shares” of the Offer to Purchase. However, backup withholding at a 24% rate or, in the case of non-U.S. shareholders, 30% withholding under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act or 30% (or lower treaty rate) withholding at the source may be required unless either an exemption is proved or the required taxpayer identification information and certifications are provided. See Section 2, “Procedures for Tendering Shares,” of the Offer to Purchase.


For your information and for forwarding to your clients, we are enclosing the following documents:

 

1.

The Offer to Purchase, including a letter to shareholders from the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Fund, dated July 17, 2024;

 

2.

The Letter of Transmittal for your use and to be provided to your clients;

 

3.

Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; and

 

4.

Form of letter to clients, which may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you hold Shares registered in your name (or in the name of your nominee).

The Offer is not being made to, nor will the Fund accept tenders from, holders of Shares in any State or other jurisdiction in which the Offer would not be in compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdiction.

As described in the Fund’s Offer to Purchase under Section 2, “Procedures for Tendering Shares,” tenders may be made without the concurrent deposit of Shares if (1) such tenders are made by or through an Eligible Guarantor (as defined in the Offer to Purchase); (2) a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery in the form provided by the Fund is delivered to the Depositary prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date; and (3) certificates for tendered Shares, or a Book-Entry Confirmation, as defined in the Offer to Purchase, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or, in the case of book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message, as defined in the Offer to Purchase), and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, are received by the Depositary within one NYSE trading day after execution of a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

As described in the Offer to Purchase, the completion of the Offer is subject to certain conditions, including among others that the aggregate net assets of the Fund as of the expiration date of the Offer must equal or exceed $70 million, or if the Offer is extended, as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the newly designated expiration date, taking into account the amounts that would be paid to shareholders who have properly tendered their Shares. There will be no proration in the event that the number of Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn in the Offer exceeds 19,265,404 Shares, which would result in the Fund having net assets of less than $70 million as of the expiration date of the Offer after taking into account amounts that would be paid to shareholders who properly tendered their Shares. If more than 19,265,404 Shares are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, the Fund reserves the right to extend the Offer, or to amend the Offer to increase the maximum number of Shares it may purchase, provided that it would continue to comply with the foregoing conditions.

NEITHER THE FUND NOR ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO ANY SHAREHOLDER AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER ALL OR ANY SHARES.


Additional copies of the enclosed material may be obtained from the Information Agent at the appropriate address and telephone number set forth in the Fund’s Offer to Purchase. Any questions you have with respect to the Offer should be directed to the Information Agent at its address and telephone numbers set forth in the Offer to Purchase.

Very truly yours,

NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND

Mark L. Winget

Vice President and Secretary

Nothing contained herein or in the enclosed documents shall constitute you or any other person the agent of Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund or the Depositary/Information Agent or authorize you or any other person to make any statements or use any material on their behalf with respect to the Offer, other than the material enclosed herewith and the statements specifically set forth in such material.

Ex-(a)(1)(iv)

OFFER BY

NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND

To PURCHASE FOR CASH UP to 19,265,404

ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING COMMON SHARES

OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST AT 100%

OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT

5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON AUGUST 14, 2024

(“EXPIRATION DATE”), UNLESS EXTENDED

THIS OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING

TENDERED, BUT IS SUBJECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE OFFER

TO PURCHASE AND IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

July 17, 2024

To Our Clients:

Enclosed for your consideration is the Offer to Purchase, dated July 17, 2024, of Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund (the “Fund”), and a related Letter of Transmittal. Together these documents constitute the “Offer.” The Fund is offering to purchase up to 19,265,404 of its outstanding common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 (the “Shares”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer.

A tender of your Shares can be made only by us as the registered holder and only pursuant to your Instructions. The Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal are being sent to you for your information only. They cannot be used by you to tender Shares held by us for your account. We are the registered holder of Shares held for your account.

Your attention is called to the following:

 

(1)

The purchase price to be paid for the Shares is an amount per Share, net to the seller in cash, equal to 100% of the net asset value per Share (“NAV”) in U.S. dollars as determined by the Fund as of the close of ordinary trading on the New York Stock Exchange on August 14, 2024, or if the Offer period is extended, as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the newly designated expiration date. The current NAV of the Fund will be calculated daily and may be obtained by calling Georgeson LLC, the Information Agent, toll free at 866-679-9573.

 

(2)

The Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of Shares being tendered.

 

(3)

As described in the Offer to Purchase, the completion of the Offer will be subject to certain conditions, including: (1) the aggregate net assets of the Fund as of the Expiration Date of the Offer must equal or exceed $70 million, or if the offer is extended, as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the newly designated expiration date, taking into account the amounts that would be paid to shareholders who have properly tendered their Shares, (2) Shares of the Fund must remain eligible for listing on the New York Stock Exchange following consummation of the Offer and (3) the Fund must remain subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 following consummation of the Offer. If one or more of these conditions are not met, the Offer will not be completed and the Fund will proceed to terminate on August 31, 2024, its scheduled termination date, unless the Fund’s Board of Trustees extends the term in accordance with the charter documents of the Fund. There will be no proration in the event that the number of Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn in the Offer exceeds 19,265,404 Shares, which would result in the Fund having net assets of less than $70 million as of the expiration date of the Offer, or if the offer is extended, as of the close of ordinary trading on the NYSE on the newly designated expiration date, taking into account amounts that would be paid to shareholders who properly tender their Shares. If more than 19,265,404 Shares are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, the Fund reserves the right to extend the Offer, or to amend the Offer to increase the maximum number of Shares it may purchase, provided that it would continue to comply with the foregoing conditions.

 

(4)

Tendering shareholders will not be obligated to pay stock transfer taxes on the purchase of Shares by the Fund pursuant to the Offer, except in the instances described in Section 4, “Payment for Shares,” of the Offer to Purchase.

 

(5)

Your instructions to us should be forwarded in ample time before the Expiration Date to permit us to submit a tender on your behalf.

If you wish to have us tender any or all of your Shares, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the instruction form set forth below. If you authorize the tender of your Shares, all such Shares will be tendered unless otherwise specified below. Your instructions to us should be forwarded as promptly as possible in order to permit us to submit a tender on your behalf in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Offer.

The Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, holders of Shares in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance of the Offer would not be in compliance with applicable law.


Neither the Fund nor its Board of Trustees is making any recommendation to any shareholder whether to tender or refrain from tendering Shares in the Offer. Each shareholder is urged to read and evaluate the Offer and accompanying materials carefully.

INSTRUCTIONS

The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of our letter, the enclosed Offer to Purchase dated July 17, 2024, and the Letter of Transmittal, relating to the Fund’s purchase of up to 19,265,404 of its issued and outstanding Shares at 100% of the NAV per Share.

The undersigned instructs us to tender to the Fund the number of Shares indicated below (which are held by us for the account of the undersigned), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal that we have furnished to the undersigned.

AGGREGATE NUMBER OF SHARES TO BE TENDERED:

 

All Shares held for the undersigned;

Or

 

____Shares (Enter number of Shares to be tendered).

PLEASE SIGN HERE 

 

Dated:        , 20  

 

Name(s):   

 

  (please print)
Address:   

 

  City          State          Zip Code

 

Area Code and Telephone Number:   

 

 

Employer Identification or Social Security Number:   

 

Ex-(a)(1)(v)

NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

FOR TENDER OF COMMON SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST OF

NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND

This form, or one substantially equivalent hereto, must be used to accept the Offer (as defined below) if a shareholder’s common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), of Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund are not immediately available or time will not permit the Letter of Transmittal and other required documents to be delivered to the Depositary on or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 14, 2024, or such later date to which the Offer is extended (the “Expiration Date”). Such form may be transmitted by email transmission or mailed to the Depositary, and must be received by the Depositary on or before 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date. See Section 2, “Procedures for Tendering Shares,” of the Offer to Purchase.

The Depositary for the Offer is:

 

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Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

By Email Transmission:

(For Eligible Institutions Only)

CANOTICEOFGUARANTEE@computershare.com

THE ABOVE EMAIL ADDRESS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. ANY TRANSMISSION OF OTHER MATERIALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED A VALID SUBMISSION FOR THE TENDER.

 

By Mail:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions
P.O. Box 43011
Providence, RI 02940-3011

   By Registered, Certified or Express Mail or Overnight Courier:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions
150 Royall Street, Suite V
Canton, MA 02021

DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH

ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION VIA AN EMAIL ADDRESS OTHER THAN ONE LISTED

ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. THE ABOVE EMAIL ADDRESS CAN ONLY BE USED FOR

DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY.

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on the Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an eligible institution under the instructions thereto, such signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided on the Letter of Transmittal.

If you have any questions regarding these materials, you should contact Georgeson LLC, the Information Agent, at 866-679-9573.

 

VOLUNTARY CORPORATE ACTIONS COY:  JPI


Ladies and Gentlemen;

The undersigned hereby tenders to Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund (the “Fund”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in its Offer to Purchase, dated July 17, 2024 and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any amendments or supplements to these documents, collectively constitute the “Offer”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of Shares set forth below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 2, “Procedures for Tendering Shares,” of the Offer to Purchase.

Number of Shares Tendered:                                                         

Certificate Nos. (if available or applicable):                                                   

If Shares will be tendered by book-entry transfer, check box:                                            ☐

The Depository Trust Company

Account Number:

 

                                                                    

Name(s) of Record Holder(s):

 

                                                                    

Address:

 

                                                                    

Area Code and Telephone Number:

 

                                                                    

Social Security Number/Taxpayer Identification Number:

 

                                                                    

The undersigned also tenders all uncertificated Shares that may be held in the name of the registered holder(s) by the Fund’s transfer agent pursuant to the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan:

☐  Yes  ☐  No

(Note: If neither of these boxes is checked, any such uncertificated Shares will not be tendered.)

Dated:         , 20                                                             

 

                                                                     

          Signature(s)

To be effective, this form must be properly completed, signed and delivered, together with your properly completed Letter of Transmittal, to the Depositary at one of the addresses listed on the first page of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery by the Expiration Date. Do not send your tender materials to Nuveen, Nuveen’s counsel or the Information Agent. Notice of Guaranteed Delivery for physical share presentation by a broker must be emailed to the agent before it is covered. Participants should notify DTC prior to covering through the submission of a physical security directly to DTC based on a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery that was submitted via DTC’s ATOP platform.

 

VOLUNTARY CORPORATE ACTIONS COY:  JPI


GUARANTEE

(Not To Be Used For Signature Guarantee)

The undersigned, a participant in the Security Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Guarantee Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program or an “Eligible Guarantor Institution” as such term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, hereby (a) represents that the above named person(s) “own(s)” the Shares tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 14e-4”), (b) represents that such tender of Shares complies with Rule l4e-4 and (c) guarantees to deliver to the Depositary either certificates representing the Shares tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer, or confirmation of Book-Entry Transfer of such Shares into the Depositary’s accounts at The Depository Trust Company, in each case with delivery of a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, or an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), and any other required documents, within two New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date hereof.

 

Name of Firm:

 

 

 

 

  

    

  

 

(Authorized Signature)

Address:  

 

 

     

Name:

 

  

 

   (Please Print)

 

 

City       State             Zip Code

      Title:   

 

Area Code and Tel. No.:                                

Dated:

                           , 20

DO NOT SEND SHARE CERTIFICATES WITH THIS FORM.

ANY SHARE CERTIFICATES MUST BE SENT WITH THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

 

VOLUNTARY CORPORATE ACTIONS COY:  JPI

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Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund Announces Result of Shareholder Meeting and Commencement of Tender Offer

NEW YORK, July 17, 2024 – Shareholders of Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund (NYSE: JPI) have approved a proposal to amend the fund’s declaration of trust to eliminate the fund’s term structure, subject to the completion of a tender offer. The amendment will allow shareholders the opportunity to maintain their investment in JPI and its leveraged exposure to preferred and other income producing securities in lieu of the fund’s scheduled termination.

JPI today commenced its tender offer, which will allow shareholders to offer up to 100% of their common shares for repurchase for cash at a price per share equal to 100% of the net asset value per share as of the close of ordinary trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the expiration date of the tender offer. The tender offer expires on August 14, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, or on such later date to which the offer is extended.

The completion of the fund’s tender offer is subject to certain conditions, including that the aggregate common assets of the fund must equal or exceed $70 million as of the expiration date of the tender offer, taking into account the amounts that would be paid to shareholders who have properly tendered their shares. If the fund’s common assets after the tender offer would be less than $70 million, the tender offer will be cancelled with no common shares repurchased, and instead, the fund will proceed to terminate as scheduled on or before August 31, 2024. Additional terms and conditions of the tender offer will be set forth in the fund’s tender offer documents, which will be distributed to common shareholders.

In the interim period, the fund may not be fully invested in accordance with its investment policies and may reduce its leverage in order to raise liquid assets in anticipation of payments to either tendering shareholders or to all shareholders in liquidation of the fund in connection with its scheduled termination.

If the tender offer is completed, JPI’s term structure will be eliminated and the fund’s name will change to “Nuveen Preferred Securities & Income Opportunities Fund.” The common shares of the fund will continue to trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the current ticker symbol. In addition, if the fund’s term structure is eliminated, Nuveen will waive 50% of its net management fees over the first year following the elimination of the term, which may result in higher net income during the year in which it is in effect.

The fund will declare its regular monthly distribution according to a modified schedule. The following dates will apply to the fund’s August monthly distribution:


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Record Date

  

August 20, 2024

Ex-Dividend Date

  

August 20, 2024

Payable Date

  

September 3, 2024

Shareholders participating in the tender offer will not receive the August 2024 monthly distribution on tendered shares.

This announcement is not a recommendation, an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of the fund. Any tender offer will be made only by an offer to purchase, a related letter of transmittal and other documents that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as exhibits to a tender offer statement on Schedule TO. Common shareholders should read the fund’s offer to purchase and tender offer statement on Schedule TO and related exhibits as they contain important information about the fund’s tender offer. The offer to purchase and related letter of transmittal are available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and from the fund by calling your financial advisor or Georgeson, LLC, the information agent for the fund’s tender offer, at (866) 679-9573.

Nuveen is a leading sponsor of closed-end funds (CEFs) with $54 billion of assets under management across 45 CEFs as of 31 Mar 2024. The funds offer exposure to a broad range of asset classes and are designed for income-focused investors seeking regular distributions. Nuveen has more than 35 years of experience managing CEFs.

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

Financial Professionals:

800-752-8700

Investors:

800-257-8787

Media:

media-inquiries@nuveen.com

About Nuveen

Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, offers a comprehensive range of outcome-focused investment solutions designed to secure the long-term financial goals of institutional and individual investors. Nuveen has $1.2 trillion in assets under management as of 31 Mar 2024 and operations in 27 countries. Its investment specialists offer deep expertise across a


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comprehensive range of traditional and alternative investments through a wide array of vehicles and customized strategies. For more information, please visit www.nuveen.com.

Nuveen Securities, LLC, member FINRA and SIPC.

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

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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

 

 

market developments, including the timing of distributions and other events identified in this press release;

 

legal and regulatory developments;

 

the satisfaction of conditions for completing the tender offer; and

 

other additional risks and uncertainties.

Nuveen and the closed-end funds sponsored by Nuveen undertake no responsibility to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements.

The annual and semi-annual reports and other regulatory filings of Nuveen closed-end funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) are accessible on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov and on Nuveen’s web site at www.nuveen.com/cef and may discuss the above-mentioned or other factors that affect Nuveen closed-end funds.

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Calculation of Filing Fees Table

SC TO-I

(Form Type)

NUVEEN PREFERRED AND INCOME TERM FUND

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1 – Transaction Value

 

      Transaction Valuation(a)      Fee Rate       Amount of Filing Fee   

Fees to Be Paid

   $ 384,537,463.84       0.00014760     $ 56,757.73  

Fees Previously Paid

              

Total Transaction Valuation

   $ 384,537,463.84      

Total Fees Due for Filing

       $ 56,757.73  
      

 

 

 

Total Fees Previously Paid

          

Total Fee Offsets

          

Net Fee Due

       $ 56,757.73  
      

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

The transaction value was calculated by multiplying 19,265,404 Shares of Nuveen Preferred and Income Term Fund by $19.96 (100% of the Net Asset Value per share as of the close of ordinary trading on the New York Stock Exchange on July 16, 2024)


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