Nuveen Closed-End Funds Declare Monthly Dividends and Distributions.Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 2 Declares Long-Term Capital Gain Long-term capital gain A profit on the sale of a security or mutual fund share that has been held for more than one year. CHICAGO -- Nuveen Investments Nuveen Investments is a public company in the asset management industry. References http://www.nuveen.com Nuveen's Corporate Website , a leading provider of diversified investment services, today announced 105 Nuveen closed-end funds and portfolios have declared regular monthly dividends and distributions. These funds represent a broad range of tax-exempt and taxable fixed and floating rate income investment strategies for investors seeking to build sophisticated and diversified long-term investment portfolios for cash flow. The funds' distributions are declared below and are payable May 1, 2007 to shareholders of record as of April 15, 2007. Nuveen recently announced 11 taxable closed-end funds will move to a quarterly distribution schedule. This move reflects an effort to reduce the administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. to shareholders associated with these funds, resulting from regulations requiring the Fund to provide shareholders with a written statement of distribution source estimates and other information mailed with each distribution payment. The funds moving to a quarterly distribution include: Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund (JRS) Nuveen Preferred and Convertible Income Fund (JPC) Nuveen Preferred and Convertible Income Fund 2 (JQC) Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund (JDD) Nuveen Tax-Advantaged Total Return Strategy Fund (JTA) Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund (JPZ) Nuveen Equity Premium Opportunity Fund (JSN) Nuveen Equity Premium Advantage Fund (JLA) Nuveen Equity Premium and Growth Fund (JPG) Nuveen Global Government Enhanced Income Fund (JGG) Nuveen Global Value Opportunities Fund (JGV) For more complete information on the affected funds' new distribution schedule visit www.nuveen.com/cef Monthly dividends from Nuveen's municipal closed-end funds and portfolios are exempt from regular Federal income taxes, and monthly dividends of single-state municipal funds and portfolios are also exempt from state and, in some cases, local income taxes for in-state residents. Unless otherwise stated in the funds' objectives, monthly dividends of the municipal funds and portfolios may be subject to the Federal Alternative Minimum Tax for some shareholders. All of Nuveen's funds seek to pay stable dividends or distributions at rates that reflect each fund's past results and projected future performance. During certain periods, each fund may pay dividends at a rate that may be more or less than the amount of net investment income actually earned by the fund during the period. If a fund cumulatively earned more than it has paid in dividends, it holds the excess in reserve as undistributed Adj. 1. undistributed - (of investments) not distributed among a variety of securities undiversified - not diversified net investment income (UNII UNII Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure UNII Undistributed Net Investment Income (closed-end mutual funds) ) as part of the fund's net asset value (NAV See navigation system and navigation bar. ). Conversely, if a fund has cumulatively paid dividends in excess of its earnings, the excess constitutes negative UNII that is likewise reflected in the fund's NAV. Each fund will, over time, pay all of its net investment income as dividends to shareholders. The funds' positive or negative UNII balances are disclosed from time to time in their periodic shareholder reports, and are also on www.nuveen.com/cef Dividends and distributions from Nuveen's taxable closed-end funds are generally subject to Federal income taxes. Additionally, smaller portions of the monthly dividend for the Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund (JTP JTP Joint Training Plan JTP Joint Training Program JTP Jednota Tlumoèníkù a Pøekladatelù (Czech/Slovak: Union of Interpreters and Translators) JTP Joint Theatre Plan JTP Jolt Transaction Protocol JTP Joint Technical Panel ), Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 2 (JPS JPS Jewish Publication Society JPS John Peter Smith (Hospital; Texas) JPS Justice & Public Safety JPS Jean Piaget Society JPS Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome JPS Joint Planning Staff ) and Nuveen Quality Preferred Income Fund 3 (JHP JHP Jacketed Hollow Point (bullet) JHP Journal of Humanistic Psychology JHP Journal of Health Psychology JHP Jewish Heritage Program ) may later be characterized as capital gains and/or a return of capital depending on the character of dividends reported to these funds after year-end by real estate investment trusts (REITs) whose securities are held by the fund. The following dates apply to today's dividend and distribution declarations: [TABLE OMITTED] Nuveen Investments provides high-quality investment services designed to help secure the long-term goals Long-term goals Financial goals expected to be accomplished in five years or longer. of institutions and high-net-worth investors as well as the consultants and financial advisors who serve them. Nuveen Investments markets its highly specialized investment teams, each with its own brand name and area of expertise: NWQ, specializing in value-style equities; Nuveen, managing fixed-income investments; Santa Barbara, committed to growth equities; Tradewinds, specializing in global value equities; Rittenhouse, focused on "blue-chip" growth equities; and Symphony, with expertise in alternative investments as well as equity and income portfolios. In total, the Company manages $162 billion in assets. Nuveen Investments is listed on The New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. and trades under the symbol "JNC JNC Joint National Committee JNC Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute JNC Judicial Nominating Commission JNC Jet Navigation Chart JNC Journal of Nuclear Cardiology JNC JNet Consultancy (Netherlands) ." |
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