Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to
institutions as well as individual investors, today announced that three
municipal bond closed-end funds have issued Variable Rate Demand
Preferred (VRDP) shares through private placements with qualified
institutional buyers, as defined pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933. The proceeds of the issuance will be used to
redeem all of the outstanding MuniFund Term Preferred (MTP) shares of
each of the funds as previously
announced.
VRDP issuance details are as follow:
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VRDP
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VRDP Issuance
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Ticker
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Description
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Shares
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Amount ($mm)
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Liquidity Provider
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Nuveen California Dividend
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NVX
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Series 1
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980
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$98.000
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Royal Bank of Canada
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Advantage Municipal Fund 2
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Nuveen New Jersey Dividend
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NXJ
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Series 1
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450
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$45.000
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The Toronto-Dominion Bank
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Advantage Municipal Fund
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Nuveen Virginia Premium
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NPV
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Series 1
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1,280
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$128.000
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The Toronto-Dominion Bank
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Income Municipal Fund
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VRDP shares include a liquidity feature that allows holders of VRDP to
have their shares purchased by a liquidity provider in the event that
sell orders have not been matched with purchase orders and successfully
settled in a remarketing. These VRDP shares qualify as equity for income
tax purposes. This affords VRDP share dividends the same tax treatment
as the income on the fund’s underlying investments, notwithstanding VRDP
terms that require the fund to redeem VRDP shares still owned by the
liquidity provider if there are six months of continuous, unsuccessful
remarketing.
VRDP dividends are set weekly at a rate established by the fund’s
remarketing agent, subject to a maximum rate which will increase over
time in the event of an extended period of unsuccessful remarketing.
The proceeds of the VRDP issuances were deposited in trust with an
affiliate of Computershare, Inc., the Redemption and Paying Agent for
the MTP shares. This deposit will be held for the benefit of MTP
shareholders pending the redemption date of September 9, 2013. Upon
redemption of the MTP shares, the funds intend to deregister and delist
the MTP shares from the New York Stock Exchange. Official notification
of the redemption will be delivered to MTP shareholders through The
Depository Trust Company (DTC).
No VRDP shares have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
(the Securities Act) or any state securities laws. Unless so
registered, no VRDP shares may be offered or sold in the United States
except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This
press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer
to buy any of these securities.
Nuveen Investments provides high-quality investment services designed to
help secure the long-term goals of institutional and individual
investors as well as the consultants and financial advisors who serve
them. Nuveen Investments markets a wide range of specialized investment
solutions which provide investors access to capabilities of its
high-quality boutique investment affiliates—Nuveen Asset Management,
LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC, NWQ Investment Management Company,
LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC, Tradewinds Global Investors,
LLC, Winslow Capital Management, LLC and Gresham Investment Management
LLC, all of which are registered investment advisers and subsidiaries of
Nuveen Investments, Inc. Funds distributed by Nuveen Securities, LLC., a
subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. In total, Nuveen Investments
managed approximately $216 billion as of June 30, 2013. For more
information, please visit the Nuveen Investments website at www.nuveen.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements made 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:
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market developments;
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legal and regulatory developments; and
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other additional risks and uncertainties.
Nuveen and the closed-end funds managed by Nuveen and its affiliates
undertake no responsibility to update publicly or revise any
forward-looking statements.
The Annual and Semi-Annual Reports and other regulatory filings of the
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
and may discuss the above-mentioned or other factors that affect the
Nuveen closed-end funds. The information contained on the SEC’s web site
and our web site is not a part of this press release.
This notice is being provided pursuant to Regulation FD (Fair
Disclosure) to ensure that the funds’ common and preferred shareholders
have been informed of the funds’ issuance of VRDP.
Copyright Business Wire 2013