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Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund Completes Term Preferred Share Offering

JFR | December 15, 2016

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund Completes Term Preferred Share Offering

Nuveen, an operating division of TIAA Global Asset Management, today announced that Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund (NYSE: JFR) has issued Term Preferred Shares, with a term redemption date of January 1, 2022 (Series 2022 Term Preferred Shares) through an offering registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Details of the Series 2022 Term Preferred Shares issuance are as follows:

Fund

Common

Series 2022 Term

Number of

Term

Share

Preferred Shares

Series

Redemption

Ticker

Issuance Amount

2022 Term

Date

Preferred

Shares

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund

JFR

25,000,000

25,000

1/1/2022

The fund intends to use the net proceeds from this offering of Series 2022 Term Preferred Shares along with cash on hand to fully redeem the fund’s outstanding Variable Rate Term Preferred Shares (VRTP Shares).

The Series 2022 Term Preferred Shares will pay a dividend rate that will adjust based upon a pre-determined schedule. Term Preferred Shares are preferred securities of the fund and are senior, with priority in all respects, to the fund’s common shares in liquidation and as to payments of dividends. The Term Preferred Shares rank equally with the fund’s outstanding Term Preferred Shares, Series 2019, and VRTP Shares, with respect to liquidation and dividends. This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities.

Nuveen provides investment solutions designed to help secure the long-term goals of individual investors and the advisors who serve them. Through the investment expertise of leading asset managers across traditional and alternative asset classes, Nuveen is committed to delivering consultative guidance that aligns with client needs. Funds are distributed by Nuveen Securities, LLC, a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. Nuveen is an operating division of TIAA Global Asset Management. For more information, please visit the Nuveen website at www.nuveen.com.

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;
legal and regulatory developments; and
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.

This notice is being provided pursuant to Regulation FD (Fair Disclosure) to ensure that the fund’s common and preferred shareholders have been informed of the fund’s issuance of Series 2022 Term Preferred Shares.

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