Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions as well as individual investors, today announced that the mergers of certain Maryland and Virginia state municipal bond closed-end funds into two, larger state-specific funds were completed prior to the opening of business on August 6, 2012.
The closed-end funds have been merged as follows:
Acquired Fund | Symbol | Acquiring Fund | Symbol | |||
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NFM
NZR
NWI | Nuveen Maryland Premium Income Municipal Fund | NMY | |||
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NGB NNB | Nuveen Virginia Premium Income Municipal Fund | NPV |
In the mergers, NMY and NPV acquired substantially all of the assets and liabilities of the respective state funds in a tax-free transaction in exchange for an equal aggregate value of newly-issued common shares. The exchanges took place based upon the funds’ closing net asset values on August 3, 2012. The exchange ratios at which common shares of each acquired fund were exchanged for common shares of the acquiring fund are listed below:
Fund | Exchange Ratio | |
Nuveen Maryland Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NFM) | 0.97225976 | |
Nuveen Maryland Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (NZR) | 0.98257669 | |
Nuveen Maryland Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 (NWI) | 0.97394118 |
Fund | Exchange Ratio | |
Nuveen Virginia Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NGB) | 0.98099322 | |
Nuveen Virginia Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (NNB) | 1.00043328 |
Additionally, MuniFund Term Preferred (MTP) shareholders of each acquired fund received an equivalent number of newly issued MTP shares from the acquiring funds, with the same terms as their previous MTP shares.
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Contacts:
Nuveen Investments
Kristyna Munoz, (312)
917-8343
kristyna.munoz@nuveen.com