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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-09451

Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Nuveen Investments
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Kevin J. McCarthy
Nuveen Investments
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 917-7700

Date of fiscal year end: May 31

Date of reporting period: May 31, 2013

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

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Table of Contents

Chairman’s Letter to Shareholders
4
   
Portfolio Manager’s Comments
5
   
Fund Leverage
11
   
Common Share Information
13
   
Risk Considerations
15
   
Performance Overview and Holding Summaries
16
   
Shareholder Meeting Report
20
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
22
   
Portfolios of Investments
23
   
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
44
   
Statement of Operations
45
   
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
46
   
Statement of Cash Flows
48
   
Financial Highlights
50
   
Notes to Financial Statements
56
   
Board Members & Officers
68
   
Annual Investment Management Agreement Approval Process
73
   
Reinvest Automatically, Easily and Conveniently
81
   
Glossary of Terms Used in this Report
83
   
Additional Fund Information
87

 
 

 
 
Chairman’s
Letter to Shareholders
 
 
Dear Shareholders,
 
After nine years of serving as lead director and independent chairman of the Nuveen Fund Board, my term of office is coming to an end. It has been a privilege to use this space to communicate with you on some of the broad economic trends in the U.S. and abroad and how they are impacting the investment environment in which your funds operate. In addition, I have enjoyed offering some perspective on how your Board views the various Nuveen investment teams as they apply their investment disciplines in that investment environment.
 
My term has coincided with a particularly challenging period for both mutual fund sponsors and investors. Since 2000 there have been three periods of unusually strong stock market growth and two major market declines. Recent years have been characterized by a search for yield in fixed income securities to compensate for an extended period of very low interest rates. Funds are investing more in foreign and emerging markets that require extensive research capabilities to overcome the more limited transparency and higher volatility in those markets. New fund concepts often incorporate derivative financial instruments that offer efficient ways to hedge investment risk or gain exposure to selected markets. Fund trading teams operate in many new domestic and international venues with quite different characteristics. Electronic trading and global communication networks mean that fund managers must be able to thrive in financial markets that react instantaneously to newsworthy events and are more interconnected than ever.
 
Nuveen has committed additional resources to respond to these changes in the fund industry environment. It has added IT and research resources to assemble and evaluate the increased flow of detailed information on economies, markets and individual companies. Based on its experience during the financial crisis of 2008-09, Nuveen has expanded its resources dedicated to valuing and trading portfolio securities with a particular focus on stressed financial market conditions. It has added systems and experienced risk management professionals to work with investment teams to better help evaluate whether their funds’ risk exposures are appropriate in view of the return targets. The investment teams have also reflected on recent experience to reaffirm or modify their investment disciplines. Finally, experienced professionals and IT resources have been added to address new regulatory requirements designed to better inform and protect investors. The Board has enthusiastically encouraged these initiatives.
 
The Nuveen Fund Board has always viewed itself as your representatives to assure that Nuveen brings together experienced people, proven technologies and effective processes designed to produce results that meet investor expectations. It is important to note that our activities are highlighted by the annual contract renewal process. Despite its somewhat formal language, I strongly encourage you to read the summary because it offers an insight into our oversight process. The report is included in the back of this or a subsequent shareholder report. The renewal process is very comprehensive and includes a number of evaluations and discussions between the Board and Nuveen during the year. The summary also describes what has been achieved across the Nuveen fund complex and at individual funds such as yours.
 
As I leave the chairmanship and resume my role as a member of the Board, please be assured that I and my fellow Board members will continue to hold your interests uppermost in our minds as we oversee the management of your funds and that we greatly appreciate your confidence in your Nuveen fund.
 
Very sincerely,
 
 
Robert P. Bremner
Chairman of the Board
July 23, 2013
 
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Portfolio Manager’s Comments
 
Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund (NTC)
Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund (NMT)
Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NMB)
Nuveen Massachusetts AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund (NGX)
 
Portfolio manager Michael Hamilton reviews economic and municipal market conditions at the national and state levels, key investment strategies and the twelve-month performance of these four Nuveen Funds. Michael assumed portfolio management responsibility for the Connecticut and Massachusetts Funds in 2011.
 
FUND REORGANIZATIONS
 
Effective before the opening of business on July 9, 2012, certain Connecticut Funds were reorganized into the one, larger-state Connecticut Fund included in this report as follows:

Acquired Funds
Symbol
 
Acquiring Fund
Symbol
Nuveen Connecticut Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund
NFC
 
Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund
NTC
Nuveen Connecticut Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2
NGK
     
Nuveen Connecticut Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3
NGO
     
 
On May 23, 2013, the Funds’ Board of Trustees approved a series of reorganizations for the Massachusetts Funds included in this report. The reorganizations are intended to create one, larger-state Massachusetts Fund, which would potentially offer shareholders the following benefits:

Lower Fund expense ratios (excluding the effects of leverage), as fixed costs are spread over a larger asset base;
   
Enhanced secondary market trading, as larger Funds potentially make it easier for investors to buy and sell Fund shares;
   
Lower per share trading costs through reduced bid/ask spreads due to a larger common share float; and
   
Increased Fund flexibility in managing the structure and cost of leverage over time.
 
The approved reorganizations are as follows:

Acquired Funds
Symbol
 
Acquiring Fund
Symbol
•  Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend
NMB
 
Nuveen Massachusetts Premium
NMT
Advantage Municipal Fund
   
Income Municipal Fund
 
•  Nuveen Massachusetts AMT-Free
NGX
     
Municipal Income Fund
       
The reorganizations are subject to customary conditions, including shareholder approval at annual shareholder meetings later this year.
 
Upon the closing of a reorganization, the Acquired Fund transfers its assets to the Acquiring Fund in exchange for common and preferred shares of the Acquiring Fund, and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the liabilities of the
 
Certain statements in this report are forward-looking statements. Discussions of specific investments are for illustration only and are not intended as recommendations of individual investments. The forward-looking statements and other views expressed herein are those of the portfolio manager as of the date of this report. Actual future results or occurrences may differ significantly from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements, and the views expressed herein are subject to change at any time, due to numerous market and other factors. The Funds disclaim any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or views expressed herein.
 
Ratings shown are the highest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc. Credit ratings are subject to change. AAA, AA, A, and BBB are investment grade ratings; BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D are below investment grade ratings. Certain bonds backed by U.S. government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by these national rating agencies.

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Acquired Fund. The Acquired Fund is then liquidated, dissolved and terminated in accordance with its Declaration of Trust. Shareholders of the Acquired Fund become shareholders of the Acquiring Fund. Holders of common shares receive newly issued common shares of the Acquiring Fund, the aggregate net asset value of which equal the aggregate net asset value of the common shares of the Acquired Fund held immediately prior to the reorganizations (including for this purpose fractional Acquiring Fund shares to which shareholders are entitled). Fractional shares are sold on the open market and shareholders received cash in lieu of such fractional shares. Holders of preferred shares of the Acquired Fund receive on a one-for-one basis newly issued preferred shares of the Acquiring Fund, in exchange for MTP Shares of the Acquired Fund held immediately prior to the reorganizations.
 
What factors affected the U.S. economy and the national municipal bond market during the twelvemonth period ended May 31, 2013?
 
During this reporting period, the U.S. economy’s progress toward recovery from recession continued at a moderate pace. The Federal Reserve (Fed) maintained its efforts to improve the overall economic environment by holding the benchmark fed funds rate at the record low level of zero to 0.25% that it established in December 2008. The Fed also continued its monthly purchases of $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities and $45 billion of longer-term Treasury securities in an open-ended effort to bolster growth. However, at its June 2013 meeting (subsequent to the end of this reporting period), the Central Bank indicated that downside risks to the economy had diminished since the fall of 2012. Although the Fed made no changes to its highly accommodative monetary policies at the June meeting, Chairman Bernanke’s remarks afterward indicated the Central Bank could slow the pace of its bond buying program later this year if the economy continues to improve.
 
As measured by gross domestic product (GDP), the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.8% in the first quarter of 2013, compared with 0.4% for the fourth quarter of 2012, continuing the pattern of positive economic growth for the 15th consecutive quarter. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.4% year-over-year as of May 2013, while the core CPI (which excludes food and energy) increased 1.7% during the period, staying within the Fed’s unofficial objective of 2.0% or lower for this inflation measure. Meanwhile, labor market conditions continued to slowly show signs of improvement, although unemployment remained above the Central Bank’s 6.5% target. As of May 2013, the national unemployment rate was 7.6%, down from 8.2% a year ago. The housing market, long a major weak spot in the U.S. economic recovery, also delivered some good news as the average home price in the S&P/Case-Shiller Index of 20 major metropolitan areas rose 12.1% for the twelve months ended April 2013 (most recent data available at the time this report was prepared). This marked the largest twelve-month percentage gain for the index since 2006.
 
However, the outlook for the U.S. economy continued to be clouded by uncertainty about global financial markets and the outcome of the “fiscal cliff.” The tax consequences of the fiscal cliff situation, which had been scheduled to become effective in January 2013, were averted through a last minute deal that raised payroll taxes, but left in place a number of tax breaks. However, lawmakers postponed and then failed to reach a resolution on $1.2 trillion in spending cuts intended to address the federal budget deficit. As a result, automatic spending cuts (or sequestration) affecting both defense and non-defense programs (excluding Social Security and Medicaid) took effect March 1, 2013, with potential implications for U.S. economic growth over the next decade. In late March 2013, Congress passed legislation that established federal funding levels for the remainder of fiscal 2013, which ends on September 30, 2013, preventing a federal government shutdown. The proposed federal budget for fiscal 2014 remains under debate.

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Municipal bond prices generally rallied nationally during this period, as strong demand and tight supply combined to create favorable market conditions for municipal bonds. However, the market also encountered some additional volatility generated by the political environment, particularly the fiscal cliff at the end of 2012 and the approach of federal tax season. Although the total volume of tax-exempt supply improved over that of the same period a year earlier, the issuance pattern remained light compared with long-term historical trends and new money issuance was relatively flat. This supply/demand dynamic served as a key driver of performance. At the state level, state governments in aggregate appeared to have made good progress in dealing with budget issues. On the revenue side, state tax collections have grown for 13 straight quarters, exceeding pre-recession levels beginning in September 2011, while on the expense side, the states made headway in cutting and controlling costs. The current low level of municipal issuance reflects the current political distaste for additional borrowing by state and local governments facing fiscal constraints and the prevalent atmosphere of municipal budget austerity. During this period, we continued to see municipal yields remain relatively low. Borrowers seeking to take advantage of the low rate environment sparked an increase in refunding activity, with approximately 50% of municipal paper issued by borrowers that were calling existing debt and refinancing at lower rates.
 
Over the twelve months ended May 31, 2013, municipal bond issuance nationwide totaled $376 billion, an increase of 5.2% over the issuance for the twelve-month period ended May 31, 2012. As previously mentioned, the majority of this supply was attributable to refunding issues, rather than new money issuance. During this reporting period, demand for municipal bonds remained very strong, especially from individual investors, but also from mutual funds, banks and insurance companies.
 
How were the economic and market conditions in Connecticut and Massachusetts during this reporting period?
 
The Connecticut economy stalled in 2012 and, as of period end, has continued to lag the national recovery. Weak export growth to Europe and cutbacks in the financial sector are cited as reasons for the weakness. As of May 2013, Connecticut’s unemployment rate was 8.0% and remains slightly above the national rate of 7.6%. Connecticut has a high number of defense-related industries that could be vulnerable to cuts in federal defense spending. In May 2011, Connecticut enacted its current biennial budget for the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years. This budget raised the state’s top income tax rate from 6.5% to 6.7%, increased the state sales tax from 6% to 6.35% and raised a host of other taxes as well. The new budget also relied on expenditure reductions, which included concessions from the state’s public service unions. Approximately $5.5 billion in Connecticut municipal bonds were issued during the twelve-months ended May 31, 2013, a 10.5% year-over-year decrease. At period end, the state held credit ratings of Aa3 and AA from Moody’s and S&P, respectively. Moody’s downgraded the state’s rating from Aa2 to Aa3 on January 20, 2012, citing its depleted reserves and high debt burden.
 
Massachusetts enjoys a highly diverse economy. Bolstered by significant levels of employment in the relatively stable education and health care industries, the state’s economic downturn was milder than that of the nation as a whole. According to Moody’s Analytics, Massachusetts continues to experience a stronger than average economic recovery, with biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and software development being particular bright spots. Payrolls in the state have been expanding since January 2010, and Massachusetts’ May 2013 unemployment rate of 6.6% was well below the national average of 7.6%. According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Index of 20 major metropolitan areas, housing prices in

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Boston rose 8.1% over the twelve months ended April 2013 (most recent data available at the time this report was prepared), compared with a 12.1% rise in home prices nationally. On January 23, 2013, the governor presented his proposed $34.8 billion fiscal 2014 budget. It is 7.1% larger than the adopted fiscal 2013 budget and calls for a restructuring of taxes in Massachusetts. The new budget proposes a hike in the state income tax from 5.25% to 6.25%, a reduction in the state sales tax from 6.25% to 4.5%, and a $1-per-pack increase in the state’s cigarette tax. For the twelve months ended May 31, 2013, Massachusetts’ tax-exempt bond supply totaled $9.2 billion, up 6.3% from May 2012. At period end, Massachusetts maintained credit ratings of Aa1 and AA+ from Moody’s and S&P, respectively.
 
What key strategies were used to manage these Funds during the twelve-month reporting period ended May 31, 2013?
 
During this reporting period, municipal bond prices generally rallied, as strong demand and tight supply combined to create favorable market conditions for municipal bonds. However, the municipal market also encountered some additional volatility generated by the political environment, particularly the “fiscal cliff” at the end of 2012 and the approach of federal tax season. Although the total volume of tax-exempt supply improved, the issuance pattern remained light compared with long-term historical trends. This supply/demand dynamic served as a key driver of performance. Concurrent with rising prices, yields continued to decline across most maturities, especially at the longer end of the municipal yield curve. During this period, we saw an increased number of borrowers come to market seeking to take advantage of the low rate environment through refunding activity, with approximately 50% of new municipal paper issued by borrowers that were calling existing debt and refinancing at lower rates.
 
In this environment, we continued to take a bottom-up approach to discovering sectors that appeared undervalued as well as individual credits that had the potential to perform well over the long term. During this reporting period, the Connecticut and Massachusetts Funds found value in a variety of sectors, closely watching the market to take advantage of attractive opportunities as they became available.
 
In general during this reporting period, we emphasized bonds with longer maturities. The purchase of longer maturity bonds helped to extend the Funds’ durations, provided additional protection for their duration and yield curve positioning and enabled us to take advantage of more attractive yields at the longer end of the municipal yield curve. We also purchased lower rated bonds when we found opportunities, as we believed these bonds continued to offer relative value. Our opportunities were somewhat constrained by the structure of bonds typically issued as part of refinancing deals, which tended to be characterized by shorter maturities and higher quality.
 
Cash for new purchases during this period was generated primarily by the proceeds from an increased number of bond calls resulting from the growth in refinancings, especially in NTC. The elevated number of bond calls provided a meaningful source of liquidity, which drove much of our activity during this period as we worked to redeploy these proceeds, as well as those from maturing bonds, to keep the Funds fully invested and support their income streams. In all the Funds, we did not engage in any active selling, due to the fact that the bonds in our portfolios generally offered higher yields than those available in the current marketplace.

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Across the four Funds we found opportunities to purchase bonds in the secondary market in small pieces that were already held in the portfolio, in the higher education and hospital sectors. In the Massachusetts Funds we added to issuers such as Northeastern University, Tufts University and Wheaton College. A position in Boston University was also added to the Massachusetts Funds from the primary market. The Massachusetts Funds also added to the pollution control industrial revenue sector, specifically Covanta Energy. NTC added positions across the credit sector spectrum, including hospital, higher education and state and local general obligation.
 
As of May 31, 2013, all of these Funds continued to use inverse floating rate securities. We employ inverse floaters for a variety of reasons, including duration management, income enhancement and total return enhancement.
 
How did the Funds perform during the twelve-month reporting period ended May 31, 2013?
 
The tables in each Fund’s Performance Overview and Holding Summaries section of this report provide total returns for the Funds for the one-year, five-year and ten-year periods ended May 31, 2013. Each Fund’s total returns are compared with performance of a corresponding market index and Lipper classification average.
 
For the twelve-months ended May 31, 2013, the cumulative returns on common share net asset value (NAV) for all of the Funds exceeded the returns for their respective state’s S&P Municipal Bond Index, except NGX which underperformed its S&P Index. For the same period, the Funds underperformed the average return for the Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average. Shareholders should note that the performance of the Lipper Other States classification represents the overall average of returns for funds from ten states with a wide variety of municipal market conditions, making direct comparisons less meaningful.
 
Key management factors that influenced the Funds’ returns during this period included duration and yield curve positioning, credit exposure and sector allocation.
 
During the reporting period, municipal bonds with longer maturities generally outperformed those with shorter maturities. Overall, municipal bonds at the longest end of the municipal yield curve posted the strongest returns, while bonds at the shortest end produced the weakest results. To varying degrees, duration and yield curve positioning was a net positive contributor to the performance, with the exception of NGX. In general, the greater a Fund’s exposure to the outperforming longer parts of the curve during this period, the greater the positive impact on the Fund’s return. NTC was the most advantageously positioned in terms of duration and yield curve, with longer durations and better exposure to the segments of the municipal yield curve that performed best. NMT and NMB also benefited from being overweight in the outperforming longer end of the curve, but that was somewhat offset by an overweight to the shorter end of the yield curve as well. With a shorter effective duration, NGX’s duration and yield curve positioning detracted from performance. Over the last several years, the Fund’s duration had shortened as its holdings matured or were called from its portfolio and the lack of new insured issuance made it very difficult to replace those holdings with longer insured bonds that would maintain or extend NGX’s duration. With the Fund’s investment policy change from insured to non-insured status in May 2012, we continue to give NGX better access to the longer segments of the yield curve.

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Credit exposure was another factor in the Funds’ performance during this reporting period, as lower quality bonds generally outperformed higher quality bonds. This outperformance was due in part to the greater demand for lower rated bonds as investors looked for investment vehicles offering higher yields. As investors became more comfortable taking on additional investment risk, credit spreads, or the difference in yield spreads between U.S. Treasury securities and comparable investments such as municipal bonds, narrowed through a variety of rating categories. As a result of this spread compression, the Funds generally benefited from their holdings of lower rated credits. The Massachusetts Funds were helped by their larger allocation of bonds rated A, BBB and lower rated. On the other hand, NTC was overweight AAA-rated which detracted from its performance for the period, but was underweight AA-rated which helped performance.
 
During this reporting period, revenue bonds as a whole outperformed the general municipal market. Holdings that generally made positive contributions to the Funds’ returns included health care (together with nursing homes) in NGX. Although the housing sector performed well during the reporting period, individual holdings within the housing sector detracted from performance in both NMT and NMB, as our holdings on the higher yielding multi-family housing component had shorter durations than the index.
 
In contrast, bonds that had been previously pre-refunded, which are often backed by U.S. Treasury securities, were among the poorest performing market segments during this period. The underperformance of these bonds can be attributed primarily to their shorter effective maturities and higher credit quality. NTC was overweight pre-refunded bonds, which detracted from its performance. General obligation (GO) bonds also lagged the performance of the general municipal market for this period. NGX was underweighted in state GOs, which benefited performance.
 
Shareholders also should be aware of issues impacting some of the Funds’ non-state holdings. In December 2012, Moody’s downgraded Puerto Rico GO bonds to Baa3 from Baa1 based on Puerto Rico’s ongoing economic problems, unfunded pension liabilities, elevated debt levels and structural budget gaps. In addition, during July 2012, bonds issued by the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (COFINA) also were downgraded by Moody’s to Aa3 from Aa2. The downgrade of the COFINA bonds was due mainly to the performance of Puerto Rico’s economy and its impact on the projected growth of sales tax revenues. In addition, the COFINA bonds were able to maintain a higher rating than the GOs because, unlike the revenue streams supporting some Puerto Rican issues, the sales taxes supporting the COFINA bonds cannot be diverted and used to support the commonwealth’s GO bonds. During the reporting period, Puerto Rico paper generally underperformed the market as whole. Because most of our holdings were the COFINA bonds, the overall impact on performance was minimal, differing from Fund to Fund in line with the type and amount of its holdings. As we continue to emphasize Puerto Rico’s stronger credits, we view the COFINA bonds as potentially long-term holdings and note that the commonwealth recently introduced various sales tax initiatives aimed at improving future collections.

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Fund Leverage
 
IMPACT OF THE FUNDS’ LEVERAGE STRATEGIES ON PERFORMANCE
 
One important factor impacting the returns of all these Funds relative to the comparative indexes was the Funds’ use of leverage. The Funds use leverage because their managers believe that, over time, leveraging provides opportunities for additional income and total return for common shareholders. However, use of leverage also can expose common shareholders to additional volatility. For example, as the prices of securities held by a Fund decline, the negative impact of these valuation changes on common share net asset value and common shareholder total return is magnified by the use of leverage. Conversely, leverage may enhance common share returns during periods when the prices of securities held by a Fund generally are rising. Leverage made a positive contribution to the performance of NMB, but detracted modestly from the performance of NTC, NMT and NGX over this reporting period.
 
As of May 31, 2013, the Funds’ percentages of effective and regulatory leverage are shown in the accompanying table.

 
Effective
 
Regulatory
 
 
Leverage
Leverage
NTC
37.11%
 
32.39%
 
NMT
37.84%
 
33.65%
 
NMB
36.84%
 
33.10%
 
NGX
37.65%
 
35.75%
 
 
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Effective Leverage is a Fund’s effective economic leverage, and includes both regulatory leverage and the leverage effects of certain derivative and other investments in a Fund’s portfolio that increase the Fund’s investment exposure. Currently, the leverage effects of Tender Option Bond (TOB) inverse floater holdings are included in effective leverage values, in addition to any regulatory leverage. Regulatory leverage consists of preferred shares issued or borrowings of a Fund. Both of these are part of a Fund’s capital structure. Regulatory leverage is sometimes referred to as “40 Act Leverage” and is subject to asset coverage limits set forth in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
 
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THE FUNDS’ REGULATORY LEVERAGE
 
As of May 31, 2013, the Funds have issued and outstanding MuniFund Term Preferred (MTP) Shares as shown in the accompanying table.

          MTP Shares              
          Issued at    
Annual
 
NYSE/NYSE
 
Fund
   
Series
  Liquidation Value    
Interest Rate
 
MKT Ticker
 
Connecticut
                         
NTC
   
2015
 
$
18,300,000
   
2.65
%
 
NTC PRC
 
     
2016
 
$
17,780,000
   
2.55
%
 
NTC PRD
 
     
2015
*
$
20,470,000
   
2.60
%
 
NTC PRE
 
     
2015-1
*
$
16,950,000
   
2.60
%
 
NTC PRF
 
     
2015-1
*
$
32,000,000
   
2.65
%
 
NTC PRG
 
Massachusetts
                         
NMT
   
2015
 
$
20,210,000
   
2.65
%
 
NMT PRC
 
     
2016
 
$
16,435,000
   
2.75
%
 
NMT PRD
 
                           
NMB
   
2015
 
$
14,725,000
   
2.60
%
 
NMB PRC
 
                           
NGX
   
2015
 
$
22,075,000
   
2.65
%
 
NGX PRC
 
 
*
MTP Shares issued in connection with the reorganization.
 
Refer to Notes to Financial Statements, Footnote 1— General Information and Significant Accounting Policies for further details on MTP Shares.

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Common Share Information
 
COMMON SHARE DIVIDEND INFORMATION
 
During the current reporting period ended May 31, 2013, the Funds’ monthly dividends to common shareholders were as shown in the accompanying table.

   
Per Common Share Amounts
 
     
NTC
   
NMT
   
NMB
   
NGX
 
June
 
$
0.0590
 
$
0.0590
 
$
0.0570
 
$
0.0495
 
July
   
0.0590
   
0.0590
   
0.0570
   
0.0495
 
August
   
0.0590
   
0.0590
   
0.0570
   
0.0495
 
September
   
0.0590
   
0.0590
   
0.0570
   
0.0495
 
October
   
0.0590
   
0.0590
   
0.0570
   
0.0495
 
November
   
0.0590
   
0.0590
   
0.0570
   
0.0495
 
December
   
0.0570
   
0.0590
   
0.0570
   
0.0480
 
January
   
0.0570
   
0.0590
   
0.0570
   
0.0480
 
February
   
0.0570
   
0.0590
   
0.0570
   
0.0480
 
March
   
0.0570
   
0.0555
   
0.0540
   
0.0480
 
April
   
0.0570
   
0.0555
   
0.0540
   
0.0480
 
May
   
0.0570
   
0.0555
   
0.0540
   
0.0480
 
                           
Long-Term Capital Gain**
 
$
0.0054
 
$
0.0513
   
   
 
Short-Term Capital Gain**
 
$
0.0012
   
   
   
 
Ordinary Income Distribution**
   
 
$
0.0087
   
   
 
                           
Market Yield***
   
5.01
%
 
4.88
%
 
4.76
%
 
4.47
%
Taxable-Equivalent Yield***
   
7.40
%
 
7.16
%
 
6.98
%
 
6.55
%
 
**
Distribution paid in December 2012.
   
***
Market Yield is based on the Fund’s current annualized monthly dividend divided by the Fund’s current market price as of the end of the reporting period. Taxable-Equivalent Yield represents the yield that must be earned on a fully taxable investment in order to equal the yield of the Fund on an after-tax basis. It is based on a federal income tax rate of 32.3% and 31.8% for Connecticut and Massachusetts, respectively. When comparing a Fund to investments that generate qualified dividend income, the Taxable-Equivalent Yield is lower.
 
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All of the Funds in this report seek to pay stable dividends 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 has cumulatively earned more than it has paid in dividends, it holds the excess in reserve as undistributed net investment income (UNII) as part of the Fund’s NAV. 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. As of May 31, 2013, NTC, NMT and NMB had a positive UNII balance for both tax and financial reporting purposes, while NGX had positive UNII balances for tax purposes and negative UNII balances for financial reporting purposes.
 
COMMON SHARE REPURCHASES
 
Since the inception of the Funds’ repurchase programs, the Funds have not repurchased any of their outstanding common shares.
 
COMMON SHARE OTHER INFORMATION
 
As of May 31, 2013, and during the current reporting period, the Funds’ Common share prices were trading at a premium/(discount) to their Common share NAVs as shown in the accompanying table.

     
NTC
   
NMT
   
NMB
   
NGX
 
Common Share NAV
 
$
15.00
 
$
15.12
 
$
15.14
 
$
14.55
 
Common Share Price
 
$
13.65
 
$
13.64
 
$
13.62
 
$
12.90
 
Premium/(Discount) to NAV
   
-9.00
%
 
-9.79
%
 
-10.04
%
 
-11.34
%
12-Month Average Premium/(Discount) to NAV
   
-6.86
%
 
-1.66
%
 
-2.49
%
 
-4.07
%

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Risk Considerations
 
Fund shares are not guaranteed or endorsed by any bank or other insured depository institution, and are not federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Fund common shares are subject to a variety of risks, including:
 
Investment, Price and Market Risk. An investment in shares is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest. Your investment in shares represents an indirect investment in the municipal securities owned by the Fund, which generally trade in the over-the-counter markets. Shares of closed-end investment companies like these Funds frequently trade at a discount to their net asset value (NAV). Your shares at any point in time may be worth less than your original investment, even after taking into account the reinvestment of Fund dividends and distributions.
 
Tax Risk. The tax treatment of Fund distributions may be affected by new IRS interpretations of the Internal Revenue Code and future changes in tax laws and regulations.
 
Issuer Credit Risk. This is the risk that a security in a Fund’s portfolio will fail to make dividend or interest payments when due.
 
Interest Rate Risk. Fixed-income securities such as bonds, preferred, convertible and other debt securities will decline in value if market interest rates rise.
 
Reinvestment Risk. If market interest rates decline, income earned from a Fund’s portfolio may be reinvested at rates below that of the original bond that generated the income.
 
Call Risk or Prepayment Risk. Issuers may exercise their option to prepay principal earlier than scheduled, forcing a Fund to reinvest in lower-yielding securities.
 
Inverse Floater Risk. The Funds may invest in inverse floaters. Due to their leveraged nature, these investments can greatly increase a Fund’s exposure to interest rate risk and credit risk. In addition, investments in inverse floaters involve the risk that the Fund could lose more than its original principal investment.
 
Leverage Risk. Each Fund’s use of leverage creates the possibility of higher volatility for the Fund’s per share NAV, market price, distributions and returns. There is no assurance that a Fund’s leveraging strategy will be successful.

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Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund (NTC)
Performance Overview and Holding Summaries as of May 31, 2013
 
Average Annual Total Returns as of May 31, 2013

  Average Annual
 
1-Year
5-Year
10-Year
NTC at Common Share NAV
2.35%
6.13%
4.98%
NTC at Common Share Price
1.02%
4.70%
3.09%
S&P Municipal Bond Connecticut Index
2.15%
4.59%
4.02%
S&P Municipal Bond Index
3.62%
5.71%
4.80%
Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average
4.17%
7.02%
5.43%
 
Past performance is not predictive of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the data shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders may have to pay on Fund distributions or upon the sale of Fund shares. Comparative index and Lipper return information is provided for the Fund’s shares at NAV only. Indexes and Lipper averages are not available for direct investment.
 
 
Portfolio Composition1
 
(as a % of total investments)
 
Education and Civic Organizations
24.0%
Health Care
21.3%
Tax Obligation/Limited
15.2%
Tax Obligation/General
11.3%
Water and Sewer
7.7%
Utilities
6.4%
Other
14.1%
   
Credit Quality1,2,3
 
(as a % of total investment exposure)
 
AAA/U.S. Guaranteed
18.7%
AA
34.6%
A
23.5%
BBB
9.6%
BB or Lower
2.4%
N/R
9.6%
 
Refer to the Glossary of Terms used in this Report for further definition of the terms used within this page.
1
Holdings are subject to change.
2
Ratings shown are the highest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s Group, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc. Credit ratings are subject to change. AAA, AA, A and BBB are investment grade ratings; BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D are below-investment grade ratings. Certain bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by these national rating agencies.
3
Percentage may not add to 100% due to the exclusion of Other Assets Less Liabilities from the table.
 
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Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund (NMT)
Performance Overview and Holding Summaries as of May 31, 2013
 
Average Annual Total Returns as of May 31, 2013

  Average Annual
 
1-Year
5-Year
10-Year
NMT at Common Share NAV
2.81%
6.85%
5.39%
NMT at Common Share Price
-5.18%
5.80%
3.38%
S&P Municipal Bond Massachusetts Index
2.28%
5.49%
4.69%
S&P Municipal Bond Index
3.62%
5.71%
4.80%
Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average
4.17%
7.02%
5.43%
 
Past performance is not predictive of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the data shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders may have to pay on Fund distributions or upon the sale of Fund shares. Comparative index and Lipper return information is provided for the Fund’s shares at NAV only. Indexes and Lipper averages are not available for direct investment.
 

Portfolio Composition1
 
(as a % of total investments)
 
Education and Civic Organizations
22.9%
Health Care
18.3%
U.S. Guaranteed
13.9%
Tax Obligation/Limited
12.5%
Tax Obligation/General
11.3%
Transportation
6.0%
Water and Sewer
4.2%
Other
10.9%
   
Credit Quality1,2,3
 
(as a % of total investment exposure)
 
AAA/U.S. Guaranteed
18.5%
AA
35.6%
A
30.5%
BBB
6.3%
BB or Lower
3.6%
N/R
3.9%
 
Refer to the Glossary of Terms used in this Report for further definition of the terms used within this page.
1
Holdings are subject to change.
2
Ratings shown are the highest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s Group, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc. Credit ratings are subject to change. AAA, AA, A and BBB are investment grade ratings; BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D are below-investment grade ratings. Certain bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by these national rating agencies.
3
Percentage may not add to 100% due to the exclusion of Other Assets Less Liabilities from the table.
 
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Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NMB)
Performance Overview and Holding Summaries as of May 31, 2013
 
Average Annual Total Returns as of May 31, 2013

  Average Annual
 
1-Year
5-Year
10-Year
NMB at Common Share NAV
3.21%
6.52%
5.19%
NMB at Common Share Price
-2.71%
4.07%
3.75%
S&P Municipal Bond Massachusetts Index
2.28%
5.49%
4.69%
S&P Municipal Bond Index
3.62%
5.71%
4.80%
Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average
4.17%
7.02%
5.43%
 
Past performance is not predictive of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the data shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders may have to pay on Fund distributions or upon the sale of Fund shares. Comparative index and Lipper return information is provided for the Fund’s shares at NAV only. Indexes and Lipper averages are not available for direct investment.
 

Portfolio Composition1
 
(as a % of total investments)
 
Education and Civic Organizations
32.9%
Health Care
19.1%
Tax Obligation/Limited
11.6%
Tax Obligation/General
9.1%
U.S. Guaranteed
9.0%
Housing/Multifamily
4.7%
Other
13.6%
   
Credit Quality1,2,3
 
(as a % of total investment exposure)
 
AAA/U.S. Guaranteed
12.1%
AA
33.5%
A
32.9%
BBB
8.8%
BB or Lower
4.1%
N/R
7.2%
 
Refer to the Glossary of Terms used in this Report for further definition of the terms used within this page.
1
Holdings are subject to change.
2
Ratings shown are the highest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s Group, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc. Credit ratings are subject to change. AAA, AA, A and BBB are investment grade ratings; BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D are below-investment grade ratings. Certain bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by these national rating agencies.
3
Percentage may not add to 100% due to the exclusion of Other Assets Less Liabilities from the table.
 
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Nuveen Massachusetts AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund (NGX)
Performance Overview and Holding Summaries as of May 31, 2013
 
Average Annual Total Returns as of May 31, 2013

 
Average Annual
 
1-Year
5-Year
10-Year
NGX at Common Share NAV
1.55%
5.30%
4.57%
NGX at Common Share Price
-12.66%
3.11%
2.96%
S&P Municipal Bond Massachusetts Index
2.28%
5.49%
4.69%
S&P Municipal Bond Index
3.62%
5.71%
4.80%
Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average
4.17%
7.02%
5.43%
 
Past performance is not predictive of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the data shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders may have to pay on Fund distributions or upon the sale of Fund shares. Comparative index and Lipper return information is provided for the Fund’s shares at NAV only. Indexes and Lipper averages are not available for direct investment.
 

Portfolio Composition1
 
(as a % of total investments)
 
Education and Civic Organizations
19.3%
Tax Obligation/Limited
16.6%
Health Care
13.2%
U.S. Guaranteed
11.0%
Tax Obligation/General
10.0%
Water and Sewer
8.6%
Utilities
5.5%
Housing/Multifamily
5.4%
Other
10.4%
   
Credit Quality1,2,3
 
(as a % of total investment exposure)
 
AAA/U.S. Guaranteed
13.3%
AA
40.9%
A
35.7%
BBB
6.4%
BB or Lower
2.2%
 
Refer to the Glossary of Terms used in this Report for further definition of the terms used within this page.
1
Holdings are subject to change.
2
Ratings shown are the highest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s Group, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc. Credit ratings are subject to change. AAA, AA, A and BBB are investment grade ratings; BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D are below-investment grade ratings. Certain bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by these national rating agencies.
3
Percentage may not add to 100% due to the exclusion of Other Assets Less Liabilities from the table.
 
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NTC
 
Shareholder Meeting Report
NMT
 
The annual meeting of shareholders was held in the offices of Nuveen Investments on November 14, 2012; at this meeting the shareholders were asked to vote on the election of Board Members, to approve the elimination of the fundamental policies relating to the Fund’s ability to make loans and to approve the new fundamental policy relating to the Fund’s ability to make loans. The meeting was subsequently adjourned to December 14, 2012. The meeting for NMT was additionally adjourned to January 24, 2013, February 22, 2013 and March 14, 2013. Further information from the January 31, 2012 shareholder meeting for NTC to approve the issuance of additional common shares in connection with each Reorganization is included.

   
NTC
 
NMT
                     
   
Common and
         
Common and
   
   
Preferred shares
 
Preferred Shares
     
Preferred shares
 
Preferred shares
   
voting together
 
voting together
     
voting together
 
voting together
   
as a class
 
as a class
 
Common Shares
 
as a class
 
as a class
To approve the elimination of the fundamental policies relating to the Fund’s ability to make loans.
                   
For
 
 
 
 
4,003,887
 
1,494,536
Against
 
 
 
 
331,569
 
99,785
Abstain
 
 
 
 
132,140
 
33,355
Broker Non-Votes
 
 
 
 
1,971,893
 
1,150,878
Total
 
 
 
 
6,439,489
 
2,778,554
To approve the new fundamental policy relating to the Fund’s ability to make loans.
                   
For
 
 
 
 
3,960,633
 
1,480,426
Against
 
 
 
 
367,148
 
109,785
Abstain
 
 
 
 
139,815
 
37,465
Broker Non-Votes
 
 
 
 
1,971,893
 
1,150,878
Total
 
 
 
 
6,439,489
 
2,778,554
To approve the issuance of additional common shares in connection with each Reorganization.
                   
For
 
 
 
3,083,201
 
 
Against
 
 
 
207,443
 
 
Abstain
 
 
 
127,681
 
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
 
 
773,636
 
 
Total
 
 
 
4,191,961
 
 
Approval of the Board Members was reached as follows:
                   
Robert P. Bremner
                   
For
 
23,266,317
 
 
 
7,256,135
 
Withhold
 
406,991
 
 
 
484,711
 
Total
 
23,673,308
 
 
 
7,740,846
 
Jack B. Evans
                   
For
 
23,257,204
 
 
 
7,268,054
 
Withhold
 
416,104
 
 
 
472,792
 
Total
 
23,673,308
 
 
 
7,740,846
 
William C. Hunter
                   
For
 
 
9,712,788
 
 
 
2,890,256
Withhold
 
 
218,676
 
 
 
389,399
Total
 
 
9,931,464
 
 
 
3,279,655
William J. Schneider
                   
For
 
 
9,724,873
 
 
 
2,890,256
Withhold
 
 
206,591
 
 
 
389,399
Total
 
 
9,931,464
 
 
 
3,279,655

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NMB
 
NGX
 

   
NMB
 
NGX
   
Common and
     
Common and
   
   
Preferred
     
Preferred
   
   
shares voting
     
shares voting
   
   
together
 
Preferred
 
together
 
Preferred
   
as a class
 
shares
 
as a class
 
shares
To approve the elimination of the fundamental policies relating to the Fund’s ability to make loans.
               
For
 
 
 
 
Against
 
 
 
 
Abstain
 
 
 
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
To approve the new fundamental policy relating to the Fund’s ability to make loans.
               
For
 
 
 
 
Against
 
 
 
 
Abstain
 
 
 
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
To approve the issuance of additional common shares in connection with each Reorganization.
               
For
 
 
 
 
Against
 
 
 
 
Abstain
 
 
 
 
Broker Non-Votes
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
Approval of the Board Members was reached as follows:
               
Robert P. Bremner
               
For
 
3,208,898
 
 
4,674,764
 
Withhold
 
103,728
 
 
165,513
 
Total
 
3,312,626
 
 
4,840,277
 
Jack B. Evans
               
For
 
3,208,898
 
 
4,676,970
 
Withhold
 
103,728
 
 
163,307
 
Total
 
3,312,626
 
 
4,840,277
 
William C. Hunter
               
For
 
 
1,401,026
 
 
2,078,057
Withhold
 
 
29,088
 
 
104,420
Total
 
 
1,430,114
 
 
2,182,477
William J. Schneider
               
For
 
 
1,401,026
 
 
2,078,057
Withhold
 
 
29,088
 
 
104,420
Total
 
 
1,430,114
 
 
2,182,477

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Report of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
The Board of Trustees and Shareholders
Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund
Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund
Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund
Nuveen Massachusetts AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund, and Nuveen Massachusetts AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund (the “Funds”) as of May 31, 2013, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2013, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial positions of Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund, Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund, and Nuveen Massachusetts AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund at May 31, 2013, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
 
Chicago, Illinois
July 25, 2013

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Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund
NTC
 
Portfolio of Investments
   
May 31, 2013

 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Consumer Staples – 1.6% (1.0% of Total Investments)
           
$
3,405
 
Puerto Rico, The Children’s Trust Fund, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Refunding Bonds, Series 2002, 5.375%, 5/15/33
 
8/13 at 100.00
BBB+
$
3,443,272
 
     
Education and Civic Organizations – 37.0% (24.0% of Total Investments)
           
 
1,150
 
Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Connecticut College, Series 2011H, 5.000%, 7/01/41
 
7/21 at 100.00
A2
 
1,261,596
 
 
1,300
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Canterbury School, Series 2006B, 5.000%, 7/01/36 – RAAI Insured
 
7/16 at 100.00
N/R
 
1,327,469
 
 
840
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Chase Collegiate School, Series 2007A, 5.000%, 7/01/27 – RAAI Insured
 
7/17 at 100.00
N/R
 
878,094
 
 
1,000
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Connecticut College, Series 2007G, 4.500%, 7/01/37 – NPFG Insured
 
7/17 at 100.00
A
 
1,030,610
 
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Fairfield University, Series 2010-O:
           
 
800
 
5.000%, 7/01/35
 
7/20 at 100.00
A–
 
865,552
 
 
2,000
 
5.000%, 7/01/40
 
7/20 at 100.00
A–
 
2,157,420
 
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Loomis Chaffee School, Series 2005F:
           
 
440
 
5.250%, 7/01/18 – AMBAC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
A2
 
519,526
 
 
1,510
 
5.250%, 7/01/19 – AMBAC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
A2
 
1,805,069
 
 
1,125
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Norwich Free Academy, Series 2013B, 4.000%, 7/01/34
 
7/23 at 100.00
A1
 
1,150,785
 
 
2,000
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Quinnipiac University, Series 2006H, 5.000%, 7/01/36 – AMBAC Insured
 
7/16 at 100.00
A–
 
2,153,120
 
 
4,405
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Quinnipiac University, Series 2007-I, 5.000%, 7/01/25 – NPFG Insured
 
7/17 at 100.00
A
 
4,967,599
 
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sacred Heart University, Series 2011G:
           
 
250
 
5.125%, 7/01/26
 
7/21 at 100.00
Baa1
 
271,593
 
 
3,260
 
5.625%, 7/01/41
 
7/21 at 100.00
Baa1
 
3,597,834
 
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sacred Heart University, Series 2012H:
           
 
1,500
 
5.000%, 7/01/26 – AGM Insured
 
7/22 at 100.00
AA–
 
1,674,990
 
 
1,000
 
5.000%, 7/01/28 – AGM Insured
 
7/22 at 100.00
AA–
 
1,108,030
 
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, The Loomis Chaffee School Issue, Series 2011-I:
           
 
560
 
5.000%, 7/01/23 – AGM Insured
 
7/21 at 100.00
A2
 
641,805
 
 
225
 
5.000%, 7/01/24 – AGM Insured
 
7/21 at 100.00
A2
 
255,699
 
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity College, Series 2004H:
           
 
350
 
5.000%, 7/01/17 – NPFG Insured
 
7/14 at 100.00
A+
 
367,150
 
 
1,375
 
5.000%, 7/01/21 – NPFG Insured
 
7/14 at 100.00
A+
 
1,438,154
 
 
2,700
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Hartford, Series 2006G, 5.250%, 7/01/36 – RAAI Insured
 
7/16 at 100.00
BBB–
 
2,767,743
 
 
4,140
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Wesleyan University, Series 2010G, 5.000%, 7/01/35
 
7/20 at 100.00
AA
 
4,574,327
 
 
2,500
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Yale University, Series 2003X-1, 5.000%, 7/01/42
 
7/13 at 100.00
AAA
 
2,508,650
 
 
9,950
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Yale University, Series 2007Z-1, 5.000%, 7/01/42 (UB)
 
7/16 at 100.00
AAA
 
10,932,165
 

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Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund (continued)
NTC
 
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013
 
 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Education and Civic Organizations (continued)
           
$
17,000
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Yale University, Series 2007Z-3, 5.050%, 7/01/42 (UB) (4)
 
7/17 at 100.00
AAA
$
18,984,412
 
 
1,000
 
University of Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004A, 5.000%, 1/15/18 – NPFG Insured
 
1/14 at 100.00
AA
 
1,028,890
 
 
1,220
 
University of Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005A, 5.000%, 2/15/17 – AGM Insured
 
2/15 at 100.00
AA
 
1,314,306
 
     
University of Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006A:
           
 
1,300
 
5.000%, 2/15/19 – FGIC Insured
 
2/16 at 100.00
AA
 
1,446,627
 
 
2,150
 
5.000%, 2/15/23 – FGIC Insured
 
2/16 at 100.00
AA
 
2,394,348
 
 
2,600
 
University of Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 2/15/28
 
2/20 at 100.00
AA
 
3,020,316
 
 
515
 
University of Connecticut, Student Fee Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2010A, 5.000%, 11/15/27
 
11/19 at 100.00
Aa2
 
590,813
 
 
3,805
 
University of Connecticut, Student Fee Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 11/15/29
 
No Opt. Call
Aa2
 
4,453,030
 
 
73,970
 
Total Education and Civic Organizations
       
81,487,722
 
     
Health Care – 32.9% (21.3% of Total Investments)
           
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Bristol Hospital, Series 2002B:
           
 
920
 
5.500%, 7/01/21 – RAAI Insured
 
7/13 at 100.50
N/R
 
930,184
 
 
3,000
 
5.500%, 7/01/32 – RAAI Insured
 
7/14 at 100.00
N/R
 
3,026,520
 
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Series 2000A:
           
 
20
 
6.125%, 7/01/20 – RAAI Insured
 
8/13 at 100.00
N/R
 
20,042
 
 
1,710
 
6.000%, 7/01/25 – RAAI Insured
 
8/13 at 100.00
N/R
 
1,712,138
 
 
840
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Eastern Connecticut Health Network, Series 2005, 5.000%, 7/01/25 – RAAI Insured
 
7/15 at 100.00
N/R
 
852,239
 
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Griffin Hospital, Series 2005B:
           
 
890
 
5.000%, 7/01/15 – RAAI Insured
 
No Opt. Call
N/R
 
947,779
 
 
2,400
 
5.000%, 7/01/20 – RAAI Insured
 
7/15 at 100.00
N/R
 
2,491,008
 
 
1,050
 
5.000%, 7/01/23 – RAAI Insured
 
7/15 at 100.00
N/R
 
1,076,670
 
 
6,425
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Hartford Healthcare, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 7/01/41
 
7/21 at 100.00
A
 
6,853,419
 
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Hospital For Special Care, Series 2007C:
           
 
1,065
 
5.250%, 7/01/32 – RAAI Insured
 
7/17 at 100.00
BBB–
 
1,089,463
 
 
300
 
5.250%, 7/01/37 – RAAI Insured
 
7/17 at 100.00
BBB–
 
305,217
 
 
2,000
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Lawrence and Memorial Hospitals, Series 2011F, 5.000%, 7/01/36
 
7/21 at 100.00
A+
 
2,170,700
 
 
6,000
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Middlesex Hospital, Series 2006, 5.000%, 7/01/32 – AGM Insured
 
7/16 at 100.00
A2
 
6,217,140
 
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Middlesex Hospital, Series 2011N:
           
 
1,105
 
5.000%, 7/01/25
 
7/21 at 100.00
A2
 
1,223,666
 
 
400
 
5.000%, 7/01/26
 
7/21 at 100.00
A2
 
440,584
 
 
500
 
5.000%, 7/01/27
 
7/21 at 100.00
A2
 
548,520
 
 
1,000
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Series 2002D, 5.000%, 7/01/22 – RAAI Insured
 
7/13 at 100.00
N/R
 
1,000,620
 
 
1,275
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Stamford Hospital, Series 2010-I, 5.000%, 7/01/30
 
7/20 at 10.00
A
 
1,382,789
 
 
7,000
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Stamford Hospital, Series 2012J, 5.000%, 7/01/42
 
7/22 at 100.00
A
 
7,498,190
 

24
 
Nuveen Investments

 
 

 

 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Health Care (continued)
           
$
3,440
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Western Connecticut Health, Series 2011M, 5.375%, 7/01/41
 
7/21 at 100.00
A
$
3,850,770
 
 
4,000
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Western Connecticut Health, Series 2011N, 5.000%, 7/01/29
 
7/21 at 100.00
A
 
4,399,920
 
 
775
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, William W. Backus Hospital, Series 2005F, 5.125%, 7/01/35 – AGM Insured
 
7/18 at 100.00
AA–
 
825,174
 
 
5,760
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Series 2006J-1, 5.000%, 7/01/31 – AMBAC Insured
 
7/16 at 100.00
Aa3
 
6,154,906
 
 
1,235
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Series 2010M, 5.500%, 7/01/40
 
7/20 at 100.00
Aa3
 
1,401,577
 
 
4,540
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ascension Health Series 2010A, 5.000%, 11/15/40
 
11/19 at 100.00
AA+
 
4,970,755
 
 
1,010
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health East Series 2010, 4.750%, 11/15/29
 
11/20 at 100.00
A+
 
1,095,305
 
 
200
 
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Danbury Hospital, Series 2006H, 4.500%, 7/01/33 – AMBAC Insured
 
1/16 at 100.00
A
 
200,500
 
 
8,600
 
Monroe County Industrial Development Corporation, New York, FHA Insured Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Unity Hospital of Rochester Project, Series 2010, 5.500%, 8/15/40
 
2/21 at 100.00
Aa2
 
9,681,278
 
 
67,460
 
Total Health Care
       
72,367,073
 
     
Housing/Multifamily – 0.6% (0.4% of Total Investments)
           
 
1,295
 
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Multifamily Housing Mortgage Finance Program Bonds, Series 2006G-2, 4.800%, 11/15/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
11/15 at 100.00
AAA
 
1,333,060
 
     
Housing/Single Family – 7.0% (4.6% of Total Investments)
           
 
4,475
 
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Housing Mortgage Finance Program Bonds, Series 2004A-5, 5.050%, 11/15/34
 
8/13 at 100.00
AAA
 
4,481,355
 
     
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Housing Mortgage Finance Program Bonds, Series 2006-A1:
           
 
525
 
4.700%, 11/15/26 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
11/15 at 100.00
AAA
 
539,831
 
 
1,015
 
4.800%, 11/15/31 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
11/15 at 100.00
AAA
 
1,038,132
 
 
3,900
 
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Housing Mortgage Finance Program Bonds, Series 2006D, 4.650%, 11/15/27
 
5/16 at 100.00
AAA
 
4,067,154
 
     
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Single Family Housing Mortgage Finance Program Bonds, Series 2010-A2:
           
 
3,500
 
4.500%, 11/15/30
 
11/19 at 100.00
AAA
 
3,767,680
 
 
1,500
 
4.750%, 11/15/35
 
11/19 at 100.00
AAA
 
1,599,450
 
 
14,915
 
Total Housing/Single Family
       
15,493,602
 
     
Long-Term Care – 3.9% (2.5% of Total Investments)
           
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Village for Families and Children Inc., Series 2002A:
           
 
430
 
5.000%, 7/01/18 – AMBAC Insured
 
7/13 at 100.00
N/R
 
430,808
 
 
450
 
5.000%, 7/01/19 – AMBAC Insured
 
7/13 at 100.00
N/R
 
450,725
 
 
475
 
5.000%, 7/01/20 – AMBAC Insured
 
7/13 at 100.00
N/R
 
475,660
 
 
285
 
5.000%, 7/01/23 – AMBAC Insured
 
7/13 at 100.00
N/R
 
285,225
 
 
1,295
 
5.000%, 7/01/32 – AMBAC Insured
 
7/13 at 100.00
N/R
 
1,295,324
 
     
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, Special Needs Housing Mortgage Finance Program Special Obligation Bonds, Series 2002SNH-1:
           
 
920
 
5.000%, 6/15/22 – AMBAC Insured
 
6/13 at 100.00
N/R
 
932,714
 
 
1,500
 
5.000%, 6/15/32 – AMBAC Insured
 
6/14 at 100.00
N/R
 
1,519,365
 
 
1,470
 
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, State Supported Special Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2010-16, 5.000%, 6/15/30
 
6/20 at 100.00
AA
 
1,638,506
 

Nuveen Investments
 
25

 
 

 

   
Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund (continued)
NTC
 
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013
 
 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Long-Term Care (continued)
           
$
1,025
 
Connecticut State Development Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Alzheimer’s Resource Center of Connecticut, Inc., Series 2007, 5.500%, 8/15/27
 
8/17 at 100.00
N/R
$
1,073,401
 
 
420
 
Hamden, Connecticut, Facility Revenue Bonds, Whitney Center Project, Series 2009A, 7.625%, 1/01/30
 
1/20 at 100.00
N/R
 
460,820
 
 
8,270
 
Total Long-Term Care
       
8,562,548
 
     
Tax Obligation/General – 17.4% (11.3% of Total Investments)
           
     
Connecticut State, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2012E:
           
 
1,425
 
5.000%, 9/15/30
 
9/22 at 100.00
AA
 
1,658,885
 
 
2,290
 
5.000%, 9/15/32
 
9/22 at 100.00
AA
 
2,639,729
 
 
4,500
 
Connecticut State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006A, 4.750%, 12/15/24
 
12/16 at 100.00
AA
 
5,028,075
 
 
1,800
 
Connecticut State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006C, 5.000%, 6/01/23 – AGM Insured
 
6/16 at 100.00
AA
 
2,004,318
 
 
2,000
 
Connecticut State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006E, 5.000%, 12/15/20
 
12/16 at 10.00
AA
 
2,271,160
 
 
1,000
 
Connecticut State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011D, 5.000%, 11/01/31
 
11/21 at 100.00
AA
 
1,155,410
 
 
1,000
 
Hartford, Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2013A, 5.000%, 4/01/31
 
4/23 at 100.00
A1
 
1,121,630
 
     
Hartford, Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005A:
           
 
775
 
5.000%, 8/01/20 – AGM Insured
 
8/15 at 100.00
AA–
 
848,617
 
 
1,320
 
5.000%, 8/01/21 – AGM Insured
 
8/15 at 100.00
AA–
 
1,444,780
 
 
905
 
4.375%, 8/01/24 – AGM Insured
 
8/15 at 100.00
AA–
 
971,880
 
 
1,740
 
Hartford, Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009A, 5.000%, 8/15/28 – AGC Insured
 
8/19 at 100.00
AA–
 
1,944,502
 
 
2,000
 
Hartford, Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2013B, 5.000%, 4/01/33
 
4/23 at 100.00
A1
 
2,216,940
 
 
2,150
 
New Haven, Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006, 5.000%,
11/01/17 – AMBAC Insured
 
11/16 at 100.00
A1
 
2,403,872
 
 
900
 
North Haven, Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006, 5.000%, 7/15/24
 
No Opt. Call
Aa1
 
1,138,689
 
 
3,890
 
Oregon State, General Obligation Bonds, Oregon University System Projects, Series 2011G, 5.000%, 8/01/36
 
8/21 at 100.00
AA+
 
4,469,416
 
 
1,860
 
Puerto Rico, General Obligation and Public Improvement Bonds, Series 2002A, 5.500%, 7/01/20 – NPFG Insured
 
No Opt. Call
A
 
1,973,441
 
 
1,420
 
Regional School District 16, Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2003, 5.000%, 3/15/16 – AMBAC Insured
 
3/14 at 100.00
A1
 
1,439,681
 
     
Suffield, Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005:
           
 
800
 
5.000%, 6/15/17
 
No Opt. Call
AA+
 
933,296
 
 
795
 
5.000%, 6/15/19
 
No Opt. Call
AA+
 
963,373
 
 
1,400
 
5.000%, 6/15/21
 
No Opt. Call
AA+
 
1,729,350
 
 
33,970
 
Total Tax Obligation/General
       
38,357,044
 
     
Tax Obligation/Limited – 23.5% (15.2% of Total Investments)
           
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Child Care Facilities Program Revenue Bonds, Series 2006F:
           
 
2,525
 
5.000%, 7/01/31 – AGC Insured
 
7/16 at 100.00
AA–
 
2,726,773
 
 
2,930
 
5.000%, 7/01/36 – AGC Insured
 
7/16 at 100.00
AA–
 
3,154,321
 
     
Connecticut, Certificates of Participation, Juvenile Training School, Series 2001:
           
 
600
 
5.000%, 12/15/20
 
12/13 at 100.00
AA–
 
612,762
 
 
1,000
 
5.000%, 12/15/30
 
12/13 at 100.00
AA–
 
1,021,680
 
 
5,000
 
Connecticut, Special Tax Obligation Transportation Infrastructure Purpose Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A, 5.000%, 8/01/27 – AMBAC Insured
 
8/17 at 100.00
AA
 
5,613,350
 
     
Connecticut, Special Tax Obligation Transportation Infrastructure Purposes Bonds, Series 2012A:
           
 
3,000
 
5.000%, 1/01/31
 
No Opt. Call
AA
 
3,451,920
 
 
2,500
 
5.000%, 1/01/33
 
No Opt. Call
AA
 
2,854,400
 
 
3,000
 
Harbor Point Infrastructure Improvement District, Connecticut, Special Obligation Revenue Bonds, Harbor Point Project, Series 2010A, 7.875%, 4/01/39
 
4/20 at 100.00
N/R
 
3,397,320
 

26
 
Nuveen Investments

 
 

 
 
 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Tax Obligation/Limited (continued)
           
$
2,100
 
Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, Highway Revenue Bonds, Series 2007N, 5.250%, 7/01/31 – AMBAC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
BBB
$
2,076,963
 
     
Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority, Special Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A:
           
 
2,640
 
0.000%, 7/01/32 – FGIC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
BBB+
 
835,006
 
 
4,735
 
0.000%, 7/01/33 – FGIC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
BBB+
 
1,394,789
 
 
2,000
 
Puerto Rico Municipal Finance Agency, Series 2002A, 5.250%, 8/01/21 – AGM Insured
 
8/13 at 100.00
AA–
 
2,004,560
 
 
4,350
 
Puerto Rico Municipal Finance Agency, Series 2005C, 5.000%, 8/01/16 – AGM Insured
 
8/15 at 100.00
AA–
 
4,576,418
 
     
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, First Subordinate Series 2010A:
           
 
1,525
 
0.000%, 8/01/33
 
No Opt. Call
A+
 
485,682
 
 
5,000
 
5.500%, 8/01/37
 
2/20 at 100.00
A+
 
5,310,050
 
 
3,625
 
5.375%, 8/01/39
 
2/20 at 100.00
A+
 
3,808,896
 
 
1,725
 
Stamford, Connecticut, Special Obligation Revenue Bonds, Mill River Corridor Project, Series 2011A, 7.000%, 4/01/41
 
4/21 at 100.00
N/R
 
1,840,247
 
 
2,275
 
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Gross Receipts Taxes Loan Note, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/32
 
No Opt. Call
BBB+
 
2,488,645
 
 
1,000
 
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Gross Receipts Taxes Loan Note, Series 2003, 5.250%, 10/01/19 – AGM Insured
 
10/14 at 100.00
AA–
 
1,041,350
 
 
2,760
 
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Matching Fund Loan Notes Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2010A, 5.000%, 10/01/29
 
10/20 at 100.00
BBB+
 
3,013,478
 
 
54,290
 
Total Tax Obligation/Limited
       
51,708,610
 
     
Transportation – 1.1% (0.8% of Total Investments)
           
 
2,365
 
New Haven, Connecticut, Revenue Refunding Bonds, Air Rights Parking Facility, Series 2002, 5.375%, 12/01/15 – AMBAC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
N/R
 
2,506,947
 
     
U.S. Guaranteed – 7.3% (4.8% of Total Investments) (5)
           
 
500
 
Bridgeport, Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2003A, 5.250%, 9/15/23 (Pre-refunded 9/15/13) – AGM Insured
 
9/13 at 100.00
AA- (5)
 
507,340
 
     
Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Renbrook School, Series 2007A:
           
 
465
 
5.000%, 7/01/30 (Pre-refunded 7/01/17) – AMBAC Insured
 
7/17 at 100.00
N/R (5)
 
541,474
 
 
735
 
5.000%, 7/01/37 (Pre-refunded 7/01/17) – AMBAC Insured
 
7/17 at 100.00
N/R (5)
 
855,878
 
 
1,670
 
Connecticut State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004C, 5.000%, 4/01/23 (Pre-refunded 4/01/14) – FGIC Insured
 
4/14 at 100.00
AA (5)
 
1,735,698
 
 
1,000
 
Connecticut, Special Tax Obligation Transportation Infrastructure Purpose Bonds, Series 2003B, 5.000%, 1/01/23 (Pre-refunded 1/01/14) – FGIC Insured
 
1/14 at 100.00
AA (5)
 
1,027,940
 
 
4,340
 
Connecticut, State Revolving Fund General Revenue Bonds, Series 2003A, 5.000%, 10/01/16 (Pre-refunded 10/01/13)
 
10/13 at 100.00
AAA
 
4,409,006
 
 
40
 
New Haven, Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2002A, 5.250%, 11/01/17 – AMBAC Insured (ETM)
 
8/13 at 100.00
A2 (5)
 
41,784
 
 
1,010
 
Puerto Rico Public Finance Corporation, Commonwealth Appropriation Bonds, Series 1998A, 5.125%, 6/01/24 – AMBAC Insured (ETM)
 
No Opt. Call
Aaa
 
1,239,058
 
 
2,050
 
South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, Water System Revenue Bonds, Eighteenth Series 2003A, 5.000%, 8/01/20 (Pre-refunded 8/01/13) – NPFG Insured
 
8/13 at 100.00
Aa3 (5)
 
2,066,154
 
     
West Hartford, Connecticut, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005B:
           
 
500
 
5.000%, 10/01/17 (Pre-refunded 10/01/15)
 
10/15 at 100.00
AAA
 
552,125
 
 
2,810
 
5.000%, 10/01/18 (Pre-refunded 10/01/15)
 
10/15 at 100.00
AAA
 
3,102,943
 
 
15,120
 
Total U.S. Guaranteed
       
16,079,400
 

Nuveen Investments
 
27

 
 

 

   
Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund (continued)
NTC
 
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013
 
 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Utilities – 9.9% (6.4% of Total Investments)
           
     
Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 1164:
           
$
410
 
17.168%, 1/01/38 (IF) (4)
 
1/23 at 100.00
Aa3
$
586,103
 
 
1,295
 
17.329%, 1/01/32 (IF) (4)
 
1/23 at 100.00
Aa3
 
1,968,154
 
 
1,000
 
Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority, Revenue Bonds, American Ref-Fuel Company of Southeastern Connecticut LP, Series 1998A-II, 5.500%, 11/15/15 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
12/13 at 100.00
Ba1
 
1,005,700
 
 
4,750
 
Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority, Revenue Bonds, American Ref-Fuel Company of Southeastern Connecticut LP, Series 1998A-I, 5.500%, 11/15/15 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
12/13 at 100.00
Ba1
 
4,777,075
 
     
Connecticut Transmission Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, Transmission System Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A:
           
 
655
 
5.000%, 1/01/31
 
1/22 at 100.00
Aa3
 
734,766
 
 
500
 
5.000%, 1/01/32
 
1/22 at 100.00
Aa3
 
560,095
 
 
2,830
 
5.000%, 1/01/42
 
1/22 at 100.00
Aa3
 
3,105,982
 
     
Eastern Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority, Solid Waste Revenue Bonds, Wheelabrator Lisbon Project, Series 1993A:
           
 
465
 
5.500%, 1/01/14 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
7/13 at 100.00
BBB
 
466,707
 
 
250
 
5.500%, 1/01/15 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
7/13 at 100.00
BBB
 
250,833
 
 
2,115
 
5.500%, 1/01/20 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
7/13 at 100.00
BBB
 
2,123,143
 
     
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Power Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A:
           
 
1,290
 
5.050%, 7/01/42
 
7/22 at 100.00
BBB+
 
1,245,160
 
 
480
 
5.000%, 7/01/42
 
7/22 at 100.00
BBB+
 
459,773
 
     
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Power Revenue Bonds, Series 2010XX:
           
 
3,900
 
5.750%, 7/01/36
 
7/20 at 100.00
BBB+
 
4,024,371
 
 
530
 
5.250%, 7/01/40
 
7/20 at 100.00
BBB+
 
528,076
 
 
20,470
 
Total Utilities
       
21,835,938
 
     
Water and Sewer – 11.9% (7.7% of Total Investments)
           
 
4,375
 
Connecticut Development Authority, Water Facility Revenue Bonds, Aquarian Water Company Project, Series 2007, 5.100%, 9/01/37 – SYNCORA GTY Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
9/17 at 100.00
N/R
 
4,656,969
 
     
Greater New Haven Water Pollution Control Authority, Connecticut, Regional Wastewater System Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A:
           
 
4,160
 
5.000%, 11/15/30 – NPFG Insured
 
11/15 at 100.00
A1
 
4,466,925
 
 
4,330
 
5.000%, 8/15/35 – NPFG Insured
 
11/15 at 100.00
A1
 
4,654,880
 
 
500
 
Guam Government Waterworks Authority, Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, 6.000%, 7/01/25
 
7/15 at 100.00
Ba2
 
519,270
 
 
2,050
 
Guam Government Waterworks Authority, Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bonds, , Series 2010 5.625%, 7/01/40
 
7/20 at 100.00
Ba2
 
2,175,706
 
 
3,000
 
Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewerage Authority, Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2008A, 6.000%, 7/01/38
 
7/18 at 100.00
BBB–
 
3,080,940
 

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Principal
 
 
 
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Water and Sewer (continued)
           
$
1,840
 
South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, Water System Revenue Bonds, Twentieth Series, 2007A, 5.000%, 8/01/30 – NPFG Insured
 
8/16 at 100.00
Aa3
$
1,997,633
 
 
2,870
 
South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, Water System Revenue Bonds, Twentieth-Sixth Series, 2011, 5.000%, 8/01/41
 
8/21 at 100.00
Aa3
 
3,191,670
 
 
1,450
 
Stamford, Connecticut, Water Pollution Control System and Facility Revenue Bonds, Series 2003A, 5.000%, 11/15/32
 
11/13 at 100.00
AA+
 
1,477,115
 
 
24,575
 
Total Water and Sewer
       
26,221,108
 
$
320,105
 
Total Investments (cost $323,162,529) – 154.1%
       
339,396,324
 
     
Floating Rate Obligations – (8.8)%
       
(19,370,000
     
MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, at Liquidation Value – (47.9)% (6)
       
(105,500,000
     
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 2.6%
       
5,741,157
 
     
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100%
     
$
220,267,481
 
 
(1)
All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to Common shares unless otherwise noted.
(2)
Optional Call Provisions (not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm): Dates (month and year) and prices of the earliest optional call or redemption. There may be other call provisions at varying prices at later dates. Certain mortgage-backed securities may be subject to periodic principal paydowns.
(3)
Ratings (not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm): Using the highest of Standard & Poor’s Group (“Standard & Poor’s”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) rating. Ratings below BBB by Standard & Poor’s, Baa by Moody’s or BBB by Fitch are considered to be below investment grade. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by any of these national rating agencies.
(4)
Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged to collateralize the net payment obligations for investments in inverse floating rate transactions.
(5)
Backed by an escrow or trust containing sufficient U.S. Government or U.S. Government agency securities, which ensure the timely payment of principal and interest. Certain bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities.
(6)
MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, at Liquidation Value as a percentage of Total Investments is 31.1%.
N/R
Not rated.
(ETM)
Escrowed to maturity.
(IF)
Inverse floating rate investment.
(UB)
Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction. See Notes to Financial Statements, Footnote 1 – General Information and Significant Accounting Policies, Inverse Floating Rate Securities for more information.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund
NMT
 
Portfolio of Investments
   
May 31, 2013

 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Consumer Discretionary – 1.6% (1.0% of Total Investments)
           
$
1,425
 
Boston Industrial Development Financing Authority, Massachusetts, Senior Revenue Bonds, Crosstown Center Project, Series 2002, 6.500%, 9/01/35 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
9/13 at 101.00
Caa3
$
1,113,752
 
     
Education and Civic Organizations – 34.4% (22.9% of Total Investments)
           
     
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Boston University, Tender Option Bond Trust 1163:
           
 
305
 
16.998%, 10/01/48 (IF) (4)
 
10/23 at 100.00
A1
 
419,759
 
 
995
 
17.098%, 10/01/48 (IF) (4)
 
10/23 at 100.00
A1
 
1,369,836
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue Bonds, Lesley University Issue Series B-1 and B-2, 5.250%, 7/01/33 – AGM Insured
 
7/21 at 100.00
AA–
 
1,119,640
 
 
375
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Boston University, Series 2009V-1, 5.000%, 10/01/29
 
10/19 at 100.00
A1
 
424,560
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Emerson College, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 1/01/40
 
1/20 at 100.00
BBB+
 
1,052,320
 
 
455
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Merrimack College, Series 2012A, 5.250%, 7/01/42
 
7/22 at 100.00
BBB–
 
485,967
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 7/01/41
 
7/21 at 100.00
AA
 
1,100,720
 
 
2,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, The Broad Institute, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 4/01/37
 
4/21 at 100.00
AA–
 
2,215,500
 
 
1,045
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Series 2007, 5.000%, 9/01/37 – NPFG Insured
 
9/17 at 100.00
A+
 
1,114,639
 
 
700
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Series 2012, 5.000%, 9/01/50
 
9/22 at 100.00
A+
 
757,855
 
 
635
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Curry College, Series 2000A, 6.000%, 3/01/20 – ACA Insured
 
9/13 at 100.00
BBB
 
636,721
 
 
1,500
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, WGBH Educational Foundation, Series 2002A, 5.750%, 1/01/42 – AMBAC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
A
 
1,886,820
 
 
4,850
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, WGBH Educational Foundation, Series 2008A, 5.000%, 1/01/42 – AGC Insured
 
1/18 at 100.00
AA–
 
5,072,804
 
 
1,090
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Refunding Bonds, Boston University, Series 1999P, 6.000%, 5/15/29
 
No Opt. Call
A1
 
1,372,964
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, Educational Loan Revenue, Series 2011J, 5.625%, 7/01/33 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
7/21 at 100.00
AA
 
1,061,220
 
 
2,000
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Boston College, Series 2003N, 5.250%, 6/01/18
 
8/13 at 100.00
AA–
 
2,008,140
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Springfield College, Series 2010, 5.500%, 10/15/31
 
10/19 at 100.00
Baa1
 
1,078,630
 
 
345
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Tufts University, Series 2008O, 5.375%, 8/15/38
 
8/18 at 100.00
Aa2
 
400,504
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Wellesley College, Series 2003H, 5.000%, 7/01/26
 
7/13 at 100.00
AA+
 
501,830
 
 
525
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Wheaton College Issues, Series 2010F, 5.000%, 1/01/41
 
1/20 at 100.00
A2
 
567,247
 
 
210
 
Puerto Rico Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Medical and Environmental Control Facilities Fin Authority, Higher Ed Rev and Rev Refunding Bonds, University of the Sacred Heart Project, Series 2012, 4.375%, 10/01/31
 
No Opt. Call
BBB
 
205,964
 
 
22,530
 
Total Education and Civic Organizations
       
24,853,640
 

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Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Health Care – 27.5% (18.3% of Total Investments)
           
     
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Berkshire Health Systems, Series 2012G:
           
$
895
 
5.000%, 10/01/29
 
10/21 at 100.00
A–
$
982,791
 
 
700
 
5.000%, 10/01/31
 
10/21 at 100.00
A–
 
769,188
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Partners HealthCare System, Series 2011K-6, 5.375%, 7/01/41
 
7/20 at 100.00
AA
 
1,117,030
 
 
300
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Southcoast Health System Obligated Group Issue, Series 2013F, 5.000%, 7/01/37
 
7/23 at 100.00
A
 
331,368
 
 
2,000
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Partners HealthCare System Inc., Series 2007G, 5.000%, 7/01/32
 
7/17 at 100.00
AA
 
2,172,080
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Cape Cod Health Care Inc., Series 2001C, 5.250%, 11/15/31 – RAAI Insured
 
11/13 at 100.00
A–
 
985,481
 
     
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Caregroup Inc., Series B1 Capital Asset Program Converted June 13,2008:
           
 
2,300
 
5.375%, 2/01/26 – NPFG Insured
 
8/18 at 100.00
A
 
2,572,987
 
 
770
 
5.375%, 2/01/28 – NPFG Insured
 
8/18 at 100.00
A
 
853,199
 
 
1,500
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Caregroup Inc., Series B2, Capital Asset Program, Converted June 9, 2009, 5.375%, 2/01/27 – NPFG Insured
 
8/18 at 100.00
A
 
1,667,145
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Children’s Hospital, Series 2009M, 5.500%, 12/01/39
 
12/19 at 100.00
AA
 
1,131,950
 
 
935
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Emerson Hospital, Series 2005E, 5.000%, 8/15/35 – RAAI Insured
 
8/15 at 100.00
N/R
 
927,501
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Series 2005C, 5.000%, 8/15/21 – FGIC Insured
 
8/15 at 100.00
A+
 
1,082,770
 
 
2,000
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Lahey Medical Center, Series 2007D, 5.250%, 8/15/28
 
8/17 at 100.00
A+
 
2,159,620
 
 
585
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Milford Regional Medical Center, Series 2007E, 5.000%, 7/15/32
 
7/17 at 100.00
BBB–
 
588,972
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Milton Hospital Project, Series 2005D, 5.250%, 7/01/30
 
7/15 at 100.00
BB–
 
1,028,140
 
 
1,445
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, UMass Memorial Health Care, Series 2005D, 5.000%, 7/01/33
 
7/15 at 100.00
A–
 
1,495,951
 
 
18,430
 
Total Health Care
       
19,866,173
 
     
Housing/Multifamily – 4.0% (2.6% of Total Investments)
           
 
1,290
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Emerson Manor Project, Series 2007, 4.800%, 7/20/48
 
7/17 at 100.00
BB
 
1,333,125
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Housing Revenue Bonds, Series 2003S, 5.050%, 12/01/23 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
8/13 at 100.00
AA–
 
500,535
 
 
1,000
 
Somerville Housing Authority, Massachusetts, GNMA Collateralized Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Clarendon Hill Towers, Series 2002, 5.200%, 11/20/22
 
5/14 at 101.00
N/R
 
1,021,890
 
 
2,790
 
Total Housing/Multifamily
       
2,855,550
 
     
Housing/Single Family – 3.8% (2.6% of Total Investments)
           
 
1,500
 
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Single Family Housing Revenue Bonds, Series 2006-126, 4.625%, 6/01/32 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
6/16 at 100.00
AA
 
1,537,560
 
 
985
 
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Single Family Housing Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, Trust 3145, 14.476%, 6/01/16 (IF)
 
No Opt. Call
AA
 
1,236,904
 
 
2,485
 
Total Housing/Single Family
       
2,774,464
 
     
Industrials – 0.8% (0.5% of Total Investments)
           
 
170
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Pioneer Valley Resource Recovery Revenue Bonds, Eco/Springfield LLC, Series 2006, 5.875%, 7/01/14 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
No Opt. Call
N/R
 
169,227
 
 
400
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Waste Management Inc., Series 2003, 5.450%, 6/01/14
 
No Opt. Call
BBB
 
417,912
 
 
570
 
Total Industrials
       
587,139
 

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Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund (continued)
NMT
 
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013

 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Long-Term Care – 5.0% (3.3% of Total Investments)
           
$
1,270
 
Boston, Massachusetts, FHA-Insured Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Deutsches Altenheim Inc., Series 1998A, 6.125%, 10/01/31
 
10/13 at 100.00
AAA
$
1,280,478
 
 
185
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Carleton-Willard Village, Series 2010, 5.625%, 12/01/30
 
12/19 at 100.00
A–
 
203,446
 
 
1,685
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Orchard Cove, Series 2007, 5.250%, 10/01/26
 
10/13 at 102.00
N/R
 
1,713,578
 
 
400
 
Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency, First Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Berkshire Retirement Community, Series 1994B, 4.750%, 7/01/17
 
8/13 at 100.00
BBB
 
400,520
 
 
3,540
 
Total Long-Term Care
       
3,598,022
 
     
Tax Obligation/General – 16.9% (11.3% of Total Investments)
           
 
500
 
Ashland, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004, 5.250%,
5/15/23 – AMBAC Insured
 
5/15 at 100.00
Aa2
 
543,960
 
 
300
 
Boston, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005A, 5.000%, 1/01/17
 
1/15 at 100.00
Aaa
 
321,633
 
 
125
 
Fall River, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2003, 5.000%,
2/01/21 – AGM Insured
 
2/14 at 100.00
AA–
 
126,724
 
 
1,000
 
Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District, Hampden County, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011, 5.000%, 2/15/41
 
2/21 at 100.00
Aa3
 
1,092,370
 
 
1,250
 
Hudson, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Municipal Purpose Loan Series 2011, 5.000%, 2/15/32
 
2/20 at 100.00
AA
 
1,386,750
 
 
1,010
 
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, General Obligation Transportation System Bonds, Series 1991A, 7.000%, 3/01/21
 
No Opt. Call
AA+
 
1,307,556
 
 
1,275
 
Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Consolidated Loan, Series 2001D, 6.000%, 11/01/13 – NPFG Insured
 
No Opt. Call
AA+
 
1,306,046
 
 
1,260
 
Norwell, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2003, 5.000%,
11/15/20 – FGIC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
AAA
 
1,545,554
 
 
1,000
 
Puerto Rico, General Obligation and Public Improvement Bonds, Series 2002A, 5.500%, 7/01/29 – FGIC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
Baa3
 
1,023,050
 
 
2,000
 
Quincy, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011, 5.250%, 12/01/38
 
12/20 at 100.00
Aa2
 
2,243,840
 
 
1,220
 
Worcester, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005A, 5.000%, 7/01/19 – FGIC Insured
 
7/15 at 100.00
Aa3
 
1,330,044
 
 
10,940
 
Total Tax Obligation/General
       
12,227,527
 
     
Tax Obligation/Limited – 18.7% (12.5% of Total Investments)
           
 
210
 
Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank, Massachusetts, Revenue Bonds, Series 2004, 5.000%, 5/01/26 – AMBAC Insured
 
5/14 at 100.00
A–
 
217,615
 
 
975
 
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2006C, 5.000%, 7/01/26
 
7/18 at 100.00
AAA
 
1,140,087
 
 
385
 
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Senior Lien Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2004C, 5.250%, 7/01/21
 
No Opt. Call
AAA
 
480,738
 
 
1,200
 
Massachusetts College Building Authority, Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 5.000%, 5/01/33 – AGC Insured
 
5/18 at 100.00
AA
 
1,345,752
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts College Building Authority, Project Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2003B, 5.375%, 5/01/23 – SYNCORA GTY Insured
 
No Opt. Call
Aa2
 
1,240,050
 
 
570
 
Massachusetts College Building Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012B, 5.000%, 5/01/37
 
5/22 at 100.00
AA
 
640,794
 
 
380
 
Massachusetts School Building Authority, Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A, 5.000%, 8/15/37 – AMBAC Insured
 
8/17 at 100.00
AA+
 
424,582
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts School Building Authority, Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2011B, 5.000%, 10/15/41
 
10/21 at 100.00
AA+
 
1,123,050
 
 
540
 
Massachusetts State, Special Obligation Dedicated Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, 5.000%, 1/01/20 – FGIC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
A1
 
630,207
 
 
240
 
Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority, Special Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A, 0.000%, 7/01/43 – AMBAC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
BBB+
 
34,742
 
 
1,000
 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, First Subordinate Series 2009A, 6.000%, 8/01/42
 
8/19 at 100.00
A+
 
1,103,970
 

32
 
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Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Tax Obligation/Limited (continued)
           
$
1,650
 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, First Subordinate Series 2010C, 0.000%, 8/01/38
 
No Opt. Call
A+
$
381,447
 
 
3,000
 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, First Subordinate Series 2011A-1, 5.000%, 8/01/43
 
8/21 at 100.00
A+
 
3,092,070
 
 
235
 
Puerto Rico, Highway Revenue Bonds, Highway and Transportation Authority, Series 2003AA, 5.500%, 7/01/19 – NPFG Insured
 
No Opt. Call
A
 
252,813
 
 
1,300
 
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Gross Receipts Taxes Loan Note, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/32
 
No Opt. Call
BBB+
 
1,422,083
 
 
13,685
 
Total Tax Obligation/Limited
       
13,530,000
 
     
Transportation – 9.1% (6.0% of Total Investments)
           
 
500
 
Massachusetts Port Authority, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 7/01/30
 
7/20 at 100.00
AA
 
577,795
 
 
350
 
Massachusetts Port Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 7/01/42 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
7/22 at 100.00
AA
 
376,842
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Port Authority, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, BOSFUEL Corporation, Series 2007, 5.000%, 7/01/32 – FGIC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
7/17 at 100.00
A
 
1,071,170
 
 
725
 
Massachusetts Port Authority, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, Delta Air Lines Inc., Series 2001A, 5.000%, 1/01/27 – AMBAC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
7/13 at 100.00
N/R
 
723,550
 
 
3,285
 
Massachusetts Port Authority, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, US Airways Group Inc., Series 1996A, 5.750%, 9/01/16 – NPFG Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
9/13 at 100.00
A
 
3,293,311
 
 
470
 
Metropolitan Boston Transit Parking Corporation, Massachusetts, Systemwide Senior Lien Parking Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 5.000%, 7/01/41
 
7/21 at 100.00
A+
 
512,168
 
 
6,330
 
Total Transportation
       
6,554,836
 
     
U.S. Guaranteed – 20.9% (13.9% of Total Investments) (5)
           
 
2,000
 
Boston Water and Sewerage Commission, Massachusetts, General Revenue Bonds, Senior Series 2004A, 5.000%, 11/01/25 (Pre-refunded 11/01/14)
 
11/14 at 100.00
AA+ (5)
 
2,133,220
 
 
650
 
Boston, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005A, 5.000%, 1/01/17 (Pre-refunded 1/01/15)
 
1/15 at 100.00
N/R (5)
 
697,951
 
 
1,115
 
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, General Obligation Transportation System Bonds, Series 1991A, 7.000%, 3/01/21 (Pre-refunded 3/01/17)
 
3/17 at 100.00
N/R (5)
 
1,269,662
 
 
25
 
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2006C, 5.000%, 7/01/26 (Pre-refunded 7/01/18)
 
7/18 at 100.00
AAA
 
30,027
 
 
550
 
Massachusetts College Building Authority, Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2004A, 5.000%, 5/01/19 (Pre-refunded 5/01/14) – NPFG Insured
 
5/14 at 100.00
Aa2 (5)
 
573,760
 
 
325
 
Massachusetts College Building Authority, Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A, 5.000%, 5/01/31 (Pre-refunded 5/01/16) – AMBAC Insured
 
5/16 at 100.00
Aa2 (5)
 
366,402
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Series 2003C, 5.750%, 7/01/33 (Pre-refunded 7/01/13)
 
7/13 at 101.00
A (5)
 
1,014,590
 
 
1,745
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Series 2005D, 5.000%, 7/01/27 (Pre-refunded 7/01/15) – AGC Insured
 
7/15 at 100.00
AA- (5)
 
1,907,721
 
 
750
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Milton Academy, Series 2003A, 5.000%, 9/01/19 (Pre-refunded 9/01/13)
 
9/13 at 100.00
AA- (5)
 
758,910
 
 
410
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, CareGroup Inc., Series 1998A, 5.000%, 7/01/25 (Pre-refunded 7/01/21) – NPFG Insured
 
7/21 at 100.00
A (5)
 
489,401
 
 
555
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Williams College, Series 2003H, 5.000%, 7/01/21 (Pre-refunded 7/01/13)
 
7/13 at 100.00
AA+ (5)
 
557,209
 
 
155
 
Massachusetts Port Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 1982, 13.000%, 7/01/13 (ETM)
 
6/13 at 100.00
Aaa
 
156,525
 
 
1,300
 
Massachusetts School Building Authority, Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A, 5.000%, 8/15/20 (Pre-refunded 8/15/15) – AGM Insured (UB)
 
8/15 at 100.00
AA+ (5)
 
1,431,404
 
 
1,500
 
Massachusetts State, Special Obligation Dedicated Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2004, 5.250%, 1/01/25 (Pre-refunded 1/01/14) – FGIC Insured
 
1/14 at 100.00
A1 (5)
 
1,543,560
 
 
750
 
Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, Pooled Loan Program Bonds, Series 2005-11, 4.500%, 8/01/29 (Pre-refunded 8/01/15)
 
8/15 at 100.00
AAA
 
816,495
 

Nuveen Investments
 
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Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund (continued)
NMT
 
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013
 
 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
U.S. Guaranteed (5) (continued)
           
$
1,065
 
Puerto Rico, Highway Revenue Bonds, Highway and Transportation Authority, Series 2003AA, 5.500%, 7/01/19 – NPFG Insured (ETM)
 
No Opt. Call
A (5)
$
1,334,328
 
 
13,895
 
Total U.S. Guaranteed
       
15,081,165
 
     
Utilities – 1.3% (0.9% of Total Investments)
           
 
185
 
Guam Power Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/30 – AGM Insured
 
10/22 at 100.00
AA–
 
207,944
 
 
750
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Resource Recovery Revenue Refunding Bonds, Covanta Energy Project, Series 2012B, 4.875%, 11/01/42
 
11/17 at 100.00
BB+
 
751,005
 
 
935
 
Total Utilities
       
958,949
 
     
Water and Sewer – 6.2% (4.2% of Total Investments)
           
 
500
 
Boston Water and Sewerage Commission, Massachusetts, General Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Refunding Series 2010A, 5.000%, 11/01/30
 
11/19 at 100.00
AA+
 
575,110
 
 
60
 
Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, Pooled Loan Program Bonds, Series 2003-9, 5.000%, 8/01/22
 
8/13 at 100.00
AAA
 
60,463
 
 
285
 
Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, Pooled Loan Program Bonds, Series 2004-10, 5.000%, 8/01/26
 
8/14 at 100.00
AAA
 
299,059
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, Pooled Loan Program Bonds, Series 2006-12, 4.375%, 8/01/31 (UB)
 
8/16 at 100.00
AAA
 
1,043,820
 
 
200
 
Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, Revenue Bonds, MWRA Loan Program, Series 2002A, 5.250%, 8/01/20
 
8/13 at 100.00
AAA
 
200,822
 
 
1,500
 
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A, 5.000%, 8/01/28 – NPFG Insured
 
8/17 at 100.00
AA+
 
1,693,005
 
 
625
 
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A, 4.000%, 8/01/46
 
8/16 at 100.00
AA+
 
631,981
 
 
4,170
 
Total Water and Sewer
       
4,504,260
 
$
101,725
 
Total Investments (cost $102,566,113) – 150.2%
       
108,505,477
 
     
Floating Rate Obligations – (2.0)%
       
(1,435,000
     
MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, at Liquidation Value – (50.7)% (6)
       
(36,645,000
     
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 2.5%
       
1,824,289
 
     
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100%
     
$
72,249,766
 
 
(1)
All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to Common shares unless otherwise noted.
(2)
Optional Call Provisions (not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm): Dates (month and year) and prices of the earliest optional call or redemption. There may be other call provisions at varying prices at later dates. Certain mortgage-backed securities may be subject to periodic principal paydowns.
(3)
Ratings (not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm): Using the highest of Standard & Poor’s Group (“Standard & Poor’s”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) rating. Ratings below BBB by Standard & Poor’s, Baa by Moody’s or BBB by Fitch are considered to be below investment grade. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by any of these national rating agencies.
(4)
Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged to collateralize the net payment obligations for investments in inverse floating rate transactions.
(5)
Backed by an escrow or trust containing sufficient U.S. Government or U.S. Government agency securities, which ensure the timely payment of principal and interest. Certain bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities.
(6)
MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, at Liquidation Value as a percentage of Total Investments is 33.8%.
N/R
Not rated.
(ETM)
Escrowed to maturity.
(IF)
Inverse floating rate investment.
(UB)
Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction. See Notes to Financial Statements, Footnote 1 – General Information and Significant Accounting Policies, Inverse Floating Rate Securities for more information.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Nuveen Investments
 
 
 

 
 
   
Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund
NMB
 
Portfolio of Investments
   
May 31, 2013

 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Consumer Discretionary – 1.3% (0.9% of Total Investments)
           
$
480
 
Boston Industrial Development Financing Authority, Massachusetts, Senior Revenue Bonds, Crosstown Center Project, Series 2002, 6.500%, 9/01/35 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
9/13 at 101.00
Caa3
$
375,158
 
     
Education and Civic Organizations – 49.1% (32.9% of Total Investments)
           
     
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Boston University, Tender Option Bond Trust 1163:
           
 
150
 
16.998%, 10/01/48 (IF) (4)
 
10/23 at 100.00
A1
 
206,439
 
 
490
 
17.098%, 10/01/48 (IF) (4)
 
10/23 at 100.00
A1
 
674,593
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue Bonds, Lesley University Issue Series B-1 and B-2, 5.250%, 7/01/33 – AGM Insured
 
7/21 at 100.00
AA–
 
559,820
 
 
375
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Boston University, Series 2009V-1, 5.000%, 10/01/29
 
10/19 at 100.00
A1
 
424,560
 
 
110
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Draper Laboratory, Series 2008, 5.875%, 9/01/30
 
9/18 at 100.00
Aa3
 
128,400
 
 
400
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Emerson College, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 1/01/40
 
1/20 at 100.00
BBB+
 
420,928
 
 
300
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Merrimack College, Series 2012A, 5.250%, 7/01/42
 
7/22 at 100.00
BBB–
 
320,418
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, The Broad Institute, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 4/01/37
 
4/21 at 100.00
AA–
 
1,107,750
 
 
450
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Series 2007, 5.000%, 9/01/37 – NPFG Insured
 
9/17 at 100.00
A+
 
479,988
 
 
200
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Series 2012, 5.000%, 9/01/50
 
9/22 at 100.00
A+
 
216,530
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, WGBH Educational Foundation, Series 2002A, 5.750%, 1/01/42 – AMBAC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
A
 
628,940
 
 
2,100
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, WGBH Educational Foundation, Series 2008A, 5.000%, 1/01/42 – AGC Insured
 
1/18 at 100.00
AA–
 
2,196,470
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Refunding Bonds, Boston University, Series 1999P, 6.000%, 5/15/59
 
5/29 at 105.00
A1
 
1,226,970
 
 
990
 
Massachusetts Educational Finance Authority, Educational Loan Revenue Bonds, Series 2001E, 5.300%, 1/01/16 – AMBAC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
7/13 at 100.00
AA
 
992,673
 
 
515
 
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, Education Loan Revenue Bonds, Series 2008H, 6.350%, 1/01/30 – AGC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
1/18 at 100.00
AA
 
564,188
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Boston College, Series 2003N, 5.250%, 6/01/18
 
8/13 at 100.00
AA–
 
1,004,070
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Springfield College, Series 2010, 5.500%, 10/15/31
 
10/19 at 100.00
Baa1
 
539,315
 
 
1,500
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Wheaton College Issues, Series 2010F, 5.000%, 1/01/41
 
1/20 at 100.00
A2
 
1,620,705
 
 
590
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Williams College, Series 2007L, 5.000%, 7/01/31
 
7/16 at 100.00
AA+
 
646,003
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Refunding Bonds, Suffolk University Issue, Series 2009A, 5.750%, 7/01/39
 
7/19 at 100.00
BBB
 
554,355
 
 
100
 
Puerto Rico Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Medical and Environmental Control Facilities Fin Authority, Higher Ed Rev and Rev Refunding Bonds, University of the Sacred Heart Project, Series 2012, 5.000%, 10/01/42
 
No Opt. Call
BBB
 
100,810
 
 
13,270
 
Total Education and Civic Organizations
       
14,613,925
 

Nuveen Investments
 
35

 
 

 
 
   
Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (continued)
NMB
 
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013

 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Health Care – 28.5% (19.1% of Total Investments)
           
$
1,200
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Partners HealthCare System, Series 2011K-6, 5.375%, 7/01/41
 
7/20 at 100.00
AA
$
1,340,436
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, UMass Memorial Health, Series 2011H, 5.500%, 7/01/31
 
7/21 at 100.00
A–
 
561,810
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Quincy Medical Center Issue, Series 2008A, 6.500%, 1/15/38 (5)
 
1/18 at 100.00
N/R
 
2,580
 
 
160
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Baystate Medical Center, Series 2009I, 5.750%, 7/01/36
 
7/19 at 100.00
A+
 
177,578
 
 
775
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Caregroup Inc., Series B1 Capital Asset Program Converted June 13,2008, 5.375%, 2/01/26 – NPFG Insured
 
8/18 at 100.00
A
 
866,985
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Caregroup Inc., Series B2, Capital Asset Program, Converted June 9, 2009, 5.375%, 2/01/27 – NPFG Insured
 
8/18 at 100.00
A
 
555,715
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Children’s Hospital, Series 2009M, 5.500%, 12/01/39
 
12/19 at 100.00
AA
 
1,131,950
 
     
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Emerson Hospital, Series 2005E:
           
 
550
 
5.000%, 8/15/25 – RAAI Insured
 
8/15 at 100.00
N/R
 
556,485
 
 
315
 
5.000%, 8/15/35 – RAAI Insured
 
8/15 at 100.00
N/R
 
312,474
 
 
600
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Series 2005C, 5.000%, 8/15/21 – FGIC Insured
 
8/15 at 100.00
A+
 
649,662
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Lahey Medical Center, Series 2007D, 5.250%, 8/15/28
 
8/17 at 100.00
A+
 
1,079,810
 
 
290
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Milford Regional Medical Center, Series 2007E, 5.000%, 7/15/32
 
7/17 at 100.00
BBB–
 
291,969
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Milton Hospital Project, Series 2005D, 5.250%, 7/01/30
 
7/15 at 100.00
BB–
 
514,070
 
 
159
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Northern Berkshire Community Services Inc., Series 2012A, 6.000%, 2/15/43
 
8/13 at 103.00
N/R
 
136,507
 
 
124
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Northern Berkshire Community Services Inc., Series 2012B, 0.000%, 2/15/43
 
8/13 at 15.14
N/R
 
12,348
 
 
185
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Northern Berkshire Community Services Inc., Series 2012C, 0.000%, 2/15/43
 
No Opt. Call
N/R
 
2
 
 
285
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, UMass Memorial Health Care, Series 2005D, 5.000%, 7/01/33
 
7/15 at 100.00
A–
 
295,049
 
 
8,643
 
Total Health Care
       
8,485,430
 
     
Housing/Multifamily – 7.0% (4.7% of Total Investments)
           
 
555
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Emerson Manor Project, Series 2007, 4.800%, 7/20/48
 
7/17 at 100.00
BB
 
573,554
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Housing Revenue Bonds, Series 2003S, 5.050%, 12/01/23 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
8/13 at 100.00
AA–
 
500,535
 
 
1,000
 
Somerville Housing Authority, Massachusetts, GNMA Collateralized Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Clarendon Hill Towers, Series 2002, 5.200%, 11/20/22
 
5/14 at 101.00
N/R
 
1,021,890
 
 
2,055
 
Total Housing/Multifamily
       
2,095,979
 
     
Housing/Single Family – 2.6% (1.7% of Total Investments)
           
 
650
 
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Single Family Housing Revenue Bonds, Series 2006-126, 4.625%, 6/01/32 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
6/16 at 100.00
AA
 
666,276
 
 
85
 
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Single Family Housing Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, Trust 3145, 15.540%, 6/01/16 (IF)
 
No Opt. Call
AA
 
97,629
 
 
735
 
Total Housing/Single Family
       
763,905
 

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Nuveen Investments

 
 

 
 
 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Industrials – 1.3% (0.8% of Total Investments)
           
$
100
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Pioneer Valley Resource Recovery Revenue Bonds, Eco/Springfield LLC, Series 2006, 5.875%, 7/01/14 (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
No Opt. Call
N/R
$
99,545
 
 
200
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Waste Management Inc., Series 2003, 5.450%, 6/01/14
 
No Opt. Call
BBB
 
208,956
 
 
65
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, 100 Cambridge Street Redevelopment, M/SRBC Project, Series 2002A, 5.125%, 2/01/34 – NPFG Insured
 
8/13 at 100.00
A
 
64,260
 
 
365
 
Total Industrials
       
372,761
 
     
Long-Term Care – 4.7% (3.2% of Total Investments)
           
 
100
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Carleton-Willard Village, Series 2010, 5.625%, 12/01/30
 
12/19 at 100.00
A–
 
109,971
 
 
725
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Orchard Cove, Series 2007, 5.250%, 10/01/26
 
10/13 at 102.00
N/R
 
737,296
 
 
555
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, First Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Berkshire Retirement Community – Edgecombe Project, Series 2001A, 6.750%, 7/01/21
 
7/13 at 100.00
BBB
 
556,343
 
 
1,380
 
Total Long-Term Care
       
1,403,610
 
     
Tax Obligation/General – 13.6% (9.1% of Total Investments)
           
 
310
 
Ashland, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004, 5.250%,
5/15/23 – AMBAC Insured
 
5/15 at 100.00
Aa2
 
337,255
 
 
55
 
Fall River, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2003, 5.000%, 2/01/21 – AGM Insured
 
2/14 at 100.00
AA–
 
55,758
 
 
1,000
 
Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District, Hampden County, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011, 5.000%, 2/15/41
 
2/21 at 100.00
Aa3
 
1,092,370
 
 
500
 
Norwell, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2003, 5.000%,
11/15/20 – FGIC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
AAA
 
613,315
 
 
500
 
Puerto Rico, General Obligation and Public Improvement Bonds, Series 2002A, 5.500%, 7/01/29 – FGIC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
Baa3
 
511,525
 
 
1,280
 
Quincy, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011, 5.125%, 12/01/33
 
12/20 at 100.00
Aa2
 
1,435,891
 
 
3,645
 
Total Tax Obligation/General
       
4,046,114
 
     
Tax Obligation/Limited – 17.2% (11.6% of Total Investments)
           
 
395
 
Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank, Massachusetts, Revenue Bonds, Series 2004, 5.000%, 5/01/26 – AMBAC Insured
 
5/14 at 100.00
A–
 
409,323
 
 
385
 
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Senior Lien Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2004C, 5.250%, 7/01/21
 
No Opt. Call
AAA
 
480,738
 
 
550
 
Massachusetts College Building Authority, Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 5.000%, 5/01/33 – AGC Insured
 
5/18 at 100.00
AA
 
616,803
 
 
285
 
Massachusetts College Building Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012B, 5.000%, 5/01/37
 
5/22 at 100.00
AA
 
320,397
 
 
230
 
Massachusetts State, Special Obligation Dedicated Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, 5.000%, 1/01/20 – FGIC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
A1
 
268,422
 
 
750
 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, First Subordinate Series 2009A, 6.000%, 8/01/42
 
8/19 at 100.00
A+
 
827,978
 
 
1,500
 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, First Subordinate Series 2011A-1, 5.000%, 8/01/43
 
8/21 at 100.00
A+
 
1,546,035
 
 
600
 
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Gross Receipts Taxes Loan Note, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/32
 
No Opt. Call
BBB+
 
656,346
 
 
4,695
 
Total Tax Obligation/Limited
       
5,126,042
 

Nuveen Investments
 
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Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (continued)
NMB
 
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013

 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Transportation – 6.0% (4.0% of Total Investments)
           
$
500
 
Massachusetts Port Authority, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 7/01/30
 
7/20 at 100.00
AA
$
577,795
 
 
400
 
Massachusetts Port Authority, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, BOSFUEL Corporation, Series 2007, 5.000%, 7/01/32 – FGIC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
7/17 at 100.00
A
 
428,468
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Port Authority, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, Delta Air Lines Inc., Series 2001A, 5.000%, 1/01/27 – AMBAC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax)
 
7/13 at 100.00
N/R
 
499,000
 
 
260
 
Metropolitan Boston Transit Parking Corporation, Massachusetts, Systemwide Senior Lien Parking Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 5.000%, 7/01/41
 
7/21 at 100.00
A+
 
283,327
 
 
1,660
 
Total Transportation
       
1,788,590
 
     
U.S. Guaranteed – 13.4% (9.0% of Total Investments) (6)
           
 
530
 
Boston Water and Sewerage Commission, Massachusetts, General Revenue Bonds, Senior Series 2004A, 5.000%, 11/01/25 (Pre-refunded 11/01/14)
 
11/14 at 100.00
AA+ (6)
 
565,303
 
 
230
 
Massachusetts College Building Authority, Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2004A, 5.000%, 5/01/19 (Pre-refunded 5/01/14) – NPFG Insured
 
5/14 at 100.00
Aa2 (6)
 
239,936
 
 
250
 
Massachusetts College Building Authority, Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A, 5.000%, 5/01/31 (Pre-refunded 5/01/16) – AMBAC Insured
 
5/16 at 100.00
Aa2 (6)
 
281,848
 
 
495
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Series 2005D, 5.000%, 7/01/27 (Pre-refunded 7/01/15) – AGC Insured
 
7/15 at 100.00
AA- (6)
 
541,159
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Milton Academy, Series 2003A, 5.000%, 9/01/19 (Pre-refunded 9/01/13)
 
9/13 at 100.00
AA- (6)
 
505,940
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts School Building Authority, Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A, 5.000%, 8/15/20 (Pre-refunded 8/15/15) – AGM Insured (UB)
 
8/15 at 100.00
AA+ (6)
 
550,540
 
 
750
 
Massachusetts State, Special Obligation Dedicated Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2004, 5.250%, 1/01/25 (Pre-refunded 1/01/14) – FGIC Insured
 
1/14 at 100.00
A1 (6)
 
771,780
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, Pooled Loan Program Bonds, Series 2005-11, 4.500%, 8/01/29 (Pre-refunded 8/01/15)
 
8/15 at 100.00
AAA
 
544,330
 
 
3,755
 
Total U.S. Guaranteed
       
4,000,836
 
     
Utilities – 1.1% (0.7% of Total Investments)
           
 
320
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Resource Recovery Revenue Refunding Bonds, Covanta Energy Project, Series 2012B, 4.875%, 11/01/42
 
11/17 at 100.00
BB+
 
320,429
 

38
 
Nuveen Investments

 
 

 

 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Water and Sewer – 3.4% (2.3% of Total Investments)
           
$
125
 
Guam Government Waterworks Authority, Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, 6.000%, 7/01/25
 
7/15 at 100.00
Ba2
$
129,818
 
 
400
 
Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, Pooled Loan Program Bonds, Series 2006-12, 4.375%, 8/01/31 (UB)
 
8/16 at 100.00
AAA
 
417,528
 
 
200
 
Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, Revenue Bonds, MWRA Loan Program, Series 2002A, 5.250%, 8/01/20
 
8/13 at 100.00
AAA
 
200,822
 
 
250
 
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A, 4.000%, 8/01/46
 
8/16 at 100.00
AA+
 
252,793
 
 
975
 
Total Water and Sewer
       
1,000,961
 
$
41,978
 
Total Investments (cost $41,967,812) – 149.2%
       
44,393,740
 
     
Floating Rate Obligations – (1.9)%
       
(560,000
     
MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, at Liquidation Value – (49.5)% (7)
       
(14,725,000
     
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 2.2%
       
647,727
 
     
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100%
     
$
29,756,467
 
 
(1)
All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to Common shares unless otherwise noted.
(2)
Optional Call Provisions (not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm): Dates (month and year) and prices of the earliest optional call or redemption. There may be other call provisions at varying prices at later dates. Certain mortgage-backed securities may be subject to periodic principal paydowns.
(3)
Ratings (not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm): Using the highest of Standard & Poor’s Group (“Standard & Poor’s”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) rating. Ratings below BBB by Standard & Poor’s, Baa by Moody’s or BBB by Fitch are considered to be below investment grade. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by any of these national rating agencies.
(4)
Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged to collateralize the net payment obligations for investments in inverse floating rate transactions.
(5)
At or subsequent to the end of the reporting period, this security is non-income producing. Non-income producing security, in the case of a fixed-income security, generally denotes that the issuer has (1) defaulted on the payment of principal or interest, (2) is under the protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court or (3) the Fund’s Adviser has concluded that the issue is not likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and has directed the Fund’s custodian to cease accruing additional income on the Fund’s records.
(6)
Backed by an escrow or trust containing sufficient U.S. Government or U.S. Government agency securities, which ensure the timely payment of principal and interest. Certain bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities.
(7)
MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, at Liquidation Value as a percentage of Total Investments is 33.2%.
N/R
Not rated.
(IF)
Inverse floating rate investment.
(UB)
Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction. See Notes to Financial Statements, Footnote 1 – General Information and Significant Accounting Policies, Inverse Floating Rate Securities for more information.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Nuveen Massachusetts AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund
NGX
 
Portfolio of Investments
   
May 31, 2013

 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Education and Civic Organizations – 29.8% (19.3% of Total Investments)
           
     
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Boston University, Tender Option Bond Trust 1163:
           
$
120
 
16.998%, 10/01/48 (IF) (4)
 
10/23 at 100.00
A1
$
165,151
 
 
395
 
17.098%, 10/01/48 (IF) (4)
 
10/23 at 100.00
A1
 
543,804
 
 
650
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue Bonds, Lesley University Issue Series B-1 and B-2, 5.250%, 7/01/33 – AGM Insured
 
7/21 at 100.00
AA–
 
727,766
 
 
1,135
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Boston University, Series 2005T-1, 5.000%, 10/01/39 – AMBAC Insured
 
10/15 at 100.00
A1
 
1,192,000
 
 
300
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Merrimack College, Series 2012A, 5.250%, 7/01/42
 
7/22 at 100.00
BBB–
 
320,418
 
 
600
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Series 2007, 5.000%, 9/01/37 – NPFG Insured
 
9/17 at 100.00
A+
 
639,984
 
 
465
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Series 2012, 5.000%, 9/01/50
 
9/22 at 100.00
A+
 
503,432
 
 
1,250
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Middlesex School, Series 2003, 5.000%, 9/01/33
 
9/13 at 100.00
A1
 
1,260,938
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, WGBH Educational Foundation, Series 2002A, 5.750%, 1/01/42 – AMBAC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
A
 
1,257,880
 
 
3,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, WGBH Educational Foundation, Series 2008A, 5.000%, 1/01/42 – AGC Insured
 
1/18 at 100.00
AA–
 
3,137,820
 
 
1,700
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Boston College, Series 2003N, 5.125%, 6/01/37
 
8/13 at 100.00
AA–
 
1,705,865
 
 
255
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Northeastern University, Series 2010A, 4.875%, 10/01/35
 
10/20 at 100.00
A2
 
276,379
 
 
100
 
Puerto Rico Industrial, Tourist, Educational, Medical and Environmental Control Facilities Fin Authority, Higher Ed Rev and Rev Refunding Bonds, University of the Sacred Heart Project, Series 2012, 5.000%, 10/01/42
 
No Opt. Call
BBB
 
100,810
 
 
10,970
 
Total Education and Civic Organizations
       
11,832,247
 
     
Health Care – 20.3% (13.2% of Total Investments)
           
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Covenant Health System Obligated Group, Series 2012, 5.000%, 7/01/31
 
7/22 at 100.00
A
 
1,081,440
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Partners HealthCare System, Series 2012L, 5.000%, 7/01/36
 
7/21 at 100.00
AA
 
1,114,100
 
 
300
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Southcoast Health System Obligated Group Issue, Series 2013F, 5.000%, 7/01/37
 
7/23 at 100.00
A
 
331,368
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, The Lowell General Hospital, Series 2013G, 5.000%, 7/01/37
 
7/23 at 100.00
BBB+
 
1,067,300
 
 
500
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Cape Cod Healthcare Obligated Group, Series 2004D, 5.125%, 11/15/35 – AGC Insured
 
11/19 at 100.00
AA–
 
533,620
 
     
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Caregroup Inc., Series B1 Capital Asset Program Converted June 13,2008:
           
 
480
 
5.375%, 2/01/26 – NPFG Insured
 
8/18 at 100.00
A
 
536,971
 
 
600
 
5.375%, 2/01/27 – NPFG Insured
 
8/18 at 100.00
A
 
672,132
 
 
1,500
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Caregroup Inc., Series B2, Capital Asset Program, Converted June 9, 2009, 5.375%, 2/01/28 – NPFG Insured
 
8/18 at 100.00
A
 
1,662,075
 
 
585
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Milford Regional Medical Center, Series 2007E, 5.000%, 7/15/32
 
7/17 at 100.00
BBB–
 
588,972
 

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Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Health Care (continued)
           
$
200
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Milton Hospital Project, Series 2005D, 5.250%, 7/01/30
 
7/15 at 100.00
BB–
$
205,628
 
 
250
 
Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, UMass Memorial Health Care, Series 2005D, 5.000%, 7/01/33
 
7/15 at 100.00
A–
 
258,815
 
 
7,415
 
Total Health Care
       
8,052,421
 
     
Housing/Multifamily – 8.4% (5.4% of Total Investments)
           
 
500
 
Boston Housing Authority, Massachusetts, Capital Program Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, 5.000%, 4/01/20 – AGM Insured
 
4/18 at 100.00
AA–
 
560,435
 
 
735
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Emerson Manor Project, Series 2007, 4.800%, 7/20/48
 
7/17 at 100.00
BB
 
759,571
 
 
2,000
 
Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Housing Bonds, Series 2003H, 5.125%, 6/01/43
 
8/13 at 100.00
AA–
 
2,001,880
 
 
3,235
 
Total Housing/Multifamily
       
3,321,886
 
     
Industrials – 7.5% (4.8% of Total Investments)
           
     
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, 100 Cambridge Street Redevelopment, M/SRBC Project, Series 2002A:
           
 
1,475
 
5.125%, 8/01/28 – NPFG Insured
 
8/13 at 100.00
A
 
1,476,106
 
 
1,500
 
5.125%, 2/01/34 – NPFG Insured
 
8/13 at 100.00
A
 
1,482,930
 
 
2,975
 
Total Industrials
       
2,959,036
 
     
Long-Term Care – 4.6% (3.0% of Total Investments)
           
 
1,750
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, GNMA Collateralized Revenue Bonds, Neville Communities, Series 2002A, 6.000%, 6/20/44
 
12/13 at 104.00
AA+
 
1,844,518
 
     
Tax Obligation/General – 15.4% (10.0% of Total Investments)
           
 
1,500
 
Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Consolidated Loan, Series 2004B, 5.250%, 8/01/21 – AGM Insured
 
No Opt. Call
AA+
 
1,869,870
 
 
1,000
 
Newburyport, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Municipal Purpose Loan Series 2013, 4.000%, 1/15/30
 
1/23 at 100.00
AA
 
1,056,010
 
 
1,705
 
North Attleborough, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004, 5.000%, 7/15/15 – FGIC Insured
 
7/14 at 101.00
Aa2
 
1,810,301
 
 
1,200
 
North Reading, Massachusetts, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012, 5.000%, 5/15/35 – AMBAC Insured
 
5/22 at 100.00
Aa2
 
1,356,540
 
 
5,405
 
Total Tax Obligation/General
       
6,092,721
 
     
Tax Obligation/Limited – 25.6% (16.6% of Total Investments)
           
 
400
 
Government of Guam, Business Privilege Tax Bonds, Series 2012B-1, 5.000%, 1/01/37
 
1/22 at 100.00
A
 
431,368
 
 
3,000
 
Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank, Massachusetts, Revenue Bonds, Series 2002, 5.000%, 5/01/32 – AMBAC Insured
 
11/13 at 100.00
A–
 
3,048,300
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Assessment Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 7/01/41
 
7/22 at 100.00
AAA
 
1,122,030
 
 
750
 
Massachusetts College Building Authority, Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 5.000%, 5/01/33 – AGC Insured
 
5/18 at 100.00
AA
 
841,095
 
 
975
 
Massachusetts School Building Authority, Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2011B, 5.000%, 10/15/35
 
No Opt. Call
AA+
 
1,099,537
 
 
300
 
Massachusetts State, Special Obligation Dedicated Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, 5.000%, 1/01/20 – FGIC Insured
 
No Opt. Call
A1
 
350,115
 
 
1,500
 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, First Subordinate Series 2011A-1, 5.000%, 8/01/43
 
8/21 at 100.00
A+
 
1,546,035
 
 
5,000
 
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A, 0.000%, 8/01/45 – NPFG Insured
 
No Opt. Call
AA–
 
842,950
 
 
800
 
Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Gross Receipts Taxes Loan Note, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/32
 
No Opt. Call
BBB+
 
875,128
 
 
13,725
 
Total Tax Obligation/Limited
       
10,156,558
 

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Nuveen Massachusetts AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund (continued)
NGX
 
Portfolio of Investments
May 31, 2013

 
Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Transportation – 4.0% (2.6% of Total Investments)
           
$
400
 
Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Highway System Revenue Bonds, Commonwealth Contract Assistance Secured, Refunding Series 2010B, 5.000%, 1/01/35
 
1/20 at 100.00
AA+
$
442,724
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Port Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2012B, 5.000%, 7/01/33
 
7/22 at 100.00
AA
 
1,133,720
 
 
1,400
 
Total Transportation
       
1,576,444
 
     
U.S. Guaranteed – 16.9% (11.0% of Total Investments) (5)
           
 
500
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Series 2003C, 6.375%, 7/01/23 (Pre-refunded 7/01/13)
 
7/13 at 101.00
A (5)
 
507,555
 
 
155
 
Massachusetts Port Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 1982, 13.000%, 7/01/13 (ETM)
 
6/13 at 100.00
Aaa
 
156,525
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts State, Special Obligation Dedicated Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2004, 5.250%, 1/01/21 (Pre-refunded 1/01/14) – FGIC Insured
 
1/14 at 100.00
A1 (5)
 
1,029,040
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2004D, 5.000%, 8/01/24 (Pre-refunded 8/01/13) – NPFG Insured
 
8/13 at 100.00
AA+ (5)
 
1,007,970
 
 
1,500
 
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A, 5.000%, 8/01/31 (Pre-refunded 8/01/16) – AMBAC Insured
 
8/16 at 100.00
AA+ (5)
 
1,708,140
 
 
2,140
 
University of Massachusetts Building Authority, Senior Lien Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2004-1, 5.375%, 11/01/21 (Pre-refunded 11/01/14) – AMBAC Insured
 
11/14 at 100.00
AA (5)
 
2,292,710
 
 
6,295
 
Total U.S. Guaranteed
       
6,701,940
 
     
Utilities – 8.4% (5.5% of Total Investments)
           
 
1,710
 
Guam Power Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 10/01/37 – AGM Insured
 
10/20 at 100.00
AA–
 
1,803,759
 
 
440
 
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Resource Recovery Revenue Refunding Bonds, Covanta Energy Project, Series 2012B, 4.875%, 11/01/42
 
11/17 at 100.00
BB+
 
440,590
 
 
1,150
 
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Power Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.050%, 7/01/42
 
7/22 at 100.00
BBB+
 
1,110,026
 
 
3,300
 
Total Utilities
       
3,354,375
 
     
Water and Sewer – 13.2% (8.6% of Total Investments)
           
 
1,900
 
Lynn Water and Sewer Commission, Massachusetts, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2003A, 5.000%, 12/01/32 – NPFG Insured
 
12/13 at 100.00
A1
 
1,934,314
 
 
600
 
Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, Pooled Loan Program Bonds, Series 2006-12, 4.375%, 8/01/31 (UB)
 
8/16 at 100.00
AAA
 
626,292
 
 
1,000
 
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2002J, 5.250%, 8/01/19 – AGM Insured
 
No Opt. Call
AA+
 
1,222,830
 
 
125
 
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A, 4.000%, 8/01/46
 
8/16 at 100.00
AA+
 
126,396
 

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Principal
     
Optional Call
       
 
Amount (000)
 
Description (1)
 
Provisions (2)
Ratings (3)
 
Value
 
     
Water and Sewer (continued)
           
$
720
 
Springfield Water and Sewerage Commission, Massachusetts, General Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2010B, 5.000%, 11/15/30 – AGC Insured
 
11/20 at 100.00
AA–
$
812,729
 
 
495
 
Springfield Water and Sewerage Commission, Massachusetts, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2003A, 5.000%, 7/01/16 – NPFG Insured
 
7/14 at 100.00
A+
 
516,770
 
 
4,840
 
Total Water and Sewer
       
5,239,331
 
$
61,310
 
Total Investments (cost $59,046,679) – 154.1%
       
61,131,477
 
     
Floating Rate Obligations – (0.9)%
       
(340,000
     
MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, at Liquidation Value – (55.6)% (6)
       
(22,075,000
     
Other Assets Less Liabilities – 2.4%
       
954,815
 
     
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100%
     
$
39,671,292
 
 
(1)
All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to Common shares unless otherwise noted.
(2)
Optional Call Provisions (not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm): Dates (month and year) and prices of the earliest optional call or redemption. There may be other call provisions at varying prices at later dates. Certain mortgage-backed securities may be subject to periodic principal paydowns.
(3)
Ratings (not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm): Using the highest of Standard & Poor’s Group (“Standard & Poor’s”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) rating. Ratings below BBB by Standard & Poor’s, Baa by Moody’s or BBB by Fitch are considered to be below investment grade. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by any of these national rating agencies.
(4)
Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged to collateralize the net payment obligations for investments in inverse floating rate transactions.
(5)
Backed by an escrow or trust containing sufficient U.S. Government or U.S. Government agency securities, which ensure the timely payment of principal and interest. Certain bonds backed by U.S. Government or agency securities are regarded as having an implied rating equal to the rating of such securities.
(6)
MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, at Liquidation Value as a percentage of Total Investments is 36.1%.
(ETM)
Escrowed to maturity.
(IF)
Inverse floating rate investment.
(UB)
Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction. See Notes to Financial Statements, Footnote 1 – General Information and Significant Accounting Policies, Inverse Floating Rate Securities for more information.
 
 See accompanying notes to financial statements.

Nuveen Investments
 
43

 
 

 

   
Statement of
   
Assets & Liabilities
   
May 31, 2013

   
Connecticut
 
Massachusetts
 
Massachusetts
 
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC
)
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Assets
                         
Investments, at value (cost $323,162,529, $102,566,113, $41,967,812 and $59,046,679, respectively)
 
$
339,396,324
 
$
108,505,477
 
$
44,393,740
 
$
61,131,477
 
Cash
   
822,357
   
299,029
   
   
137,954
 
Receivables:
                         
Interest
   
5,127,288
   
1,657,467
   
707,696
   
899,846
 
Investments sold
   
175,000
   
   
50,084
   
 
Deferred offering costs
   
1,132,042
   
489,224
   
170,014
   
198,932
 
Other assets
   
51,497
   
22,762
   
367
   
9,120
 
Total assets
   
346,704,508
   
110,973,959
   
45,321,901
   
62,377,329
 
Liabilities
                         
Cash overdraft
   
   
   
32,964
   
 
Floating rate obligations
   
19,370,000
   
1,435,000
   
560,000
   
340,000
 
Payables:
                         
Common share dividends
   
802,035
   
246,553
   
102,691
   
128,762
 
Interest
   
229,940
   
82,294
   
31,902
   
48,752
 
Offering costs
   
206,206
   
195,755
   
47,323
   
 
MuniFund Term Preferred (MTP) Shares, at liquidation value
   
105,500,000
   
36,645,000
   
14,725,000
   
22,075,000
 
Accrued expenses:
                         
Management fees
   
178,125
   
57,651
   
23,559
   
32,663
 
Trustees fees
   
3,085
   
390
   
159
   
221
 
Other
   
147,636
   
61,550
   
41,836
   
80,639
 
Total liabilities
   
126,437,027
   
38,724,193
   
15,565,434
   
22,706,037
 
Net assets applicable to Common shares
 
$
220,267,481
 
$
72,249,766
 
$
29,756,467
 
$
39,671,292
 
Common shares outstanding
   
14,688,976
   
4,776,927
   
1,965,856
   
2,727,317
 
Net asset value per Common share outstanding (net assets applicable to Common shares, divided by Common shares outstanding)
 
$
15.00
 
$
15.12
 
$
15.14
 
$
14.55
 
Net assets applicable to Common shares consist of:
                         
Common shares, $.01 par value per share
 
$
146,890
 
$
47,769
 
$
19,659
 
$
27,273
 
Paid-in surplus
   
203,502,600
   
65,758,077
   
27,583,018
   
38,060,384
 
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income
   
602,615
   
412,788
   
24,911
   
(30,953
)
Accumulated net realized gain (loss)
   
(218,419
)
 
91,768
   
(297,049
)
 
(470,210
)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
   
16,233,795
   
5,939,364
   
2,425,928
   
2,084,798
 
Net assets applicable to Common shares
 
$
220,267,481
 
$
72,249,766
 
$
29,756,467
 
$
39,671,292
 
Authorized shares:
                         
Common
   
Unlimited
   
Unlimited
   
Unlimited
   
Unlimited
 
Preferred
   
Unlimited
   
Unlimited
   
Unlimited
   
Unlimited
 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
 
44
 
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Statement of
   
Operations
   
Year Ended May 31, 2013

     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC
)
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Investment Income
 
$
14,175,944
 
$
5,079,824
 
$
2,117,839
 
$
2,774,605
 
Expenses
                         
Management fees
   
1,953,638
   
685,287
   
279,469
   
388,187
 
Shareholder servicing agent fees and expenses
   
74,125
   
24,777
   
16,644
   
16,660
 
Interest expense and amortization of offering costs
   
3,257,516
   
1,215,844
   
476,299
   
695,808
 
Custodian fees and expenses
   
49,685
   
23,885
   
14,196
   
14,838
 
Trustees fees and expenses
   
8,076
   
3,073
   
1,362
   
1,822
 
Professional fees
   
44,219
   
29,246
   
28,111
   
28,007
 
Shareholder reporting expenses
   
105,791
   
48,129
   
20,618
   
61,774
 
Stock exchange listing fees
   
57,136
   
38,445
   
462
   
15,342
 
Investor relations expenses
   
32,792
   
14,082
   
5,194
   
6,941
 
Other expenses
   
68,184
   
36,685
   
29,216
   
39,832
 
Total expenses
   
5,651,162
   
2,119,453
   
871,571
   
1,269,211
 
Net investment income (loss)
   
8,524,782
   
2,960,371
   
1,246,268
   
1,505,394
 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
                         
Net realized gain (loss) from investments
   
237,374
   
22,612
   
(279,751
)
 
151,721
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments
   
(3,634,986
)
 
(907,060
)
 
(9,279
)
 
(1,023,136
)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
   
(3,397,612
)
 
(884,448
)
 
(289,030
)
 
(871,415
)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares from operations
 
$
5,127,170
 
$
2,075,923
 
$
957,238
 
$
633,979
 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Statement of
   
Changes in Net Assets

     
Connecticut
Premium Income (NTC)
   
Massachusetts
Premium Income (NMT)
 
     
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
     
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
     
5/31/13
   
5/31/12
   
5/31/13
   
5/31/12
 
Operations
                         
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
8,524,782
 
$
3,126,397
 
$
2,960,371
 
$
3,175,956
 
Net realized gain (loss) from investments
   
237,374
   
229,119
   
22,612
   
499,195
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments
   
(3,634,986
)
 
6,702,628
   
(907,060
)
 
6,403,666
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares from operations
   
5,127,170
   
10,058,144
   
2,075,923
   
10,078,817
 
Distributions to Common Shareholders
                         
From net investment income
   
(9,283,674
)
 
(3,798,441
)
 
(3,372,311
)
 
(3,681,362
)
From accumulated net realized gains
   
(96,947
)
 
(225,331
)
 
(244,947
)
 
(243,992
)
Decrease in net assets applicable to Common shares from distributions to Common shareholders
   
(9,380,621
)
 
(4,023,772
)
 
(3,617,258
)
 
(3,925,354
)
Capital Share Transactions
                         
Common shares:
                         
Issued in the Reorganizations(1)
   
142,203,044
   
   
   
 
Net proceeds from shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions
   
   
   
33,079
   
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares from capital share transactions
   
142,203,044
   
   
33,079
   
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares
   
137,949,593
   
6,034,372
   
(1,508,256
)
 
6,153,463
 
Net assets applicable to Common shares at the beginning of period
   
82,317,888
   
76,283,516
   
73,758,022
   
67,604,559
 
Net assets applicable to Common shares at the end of period
 
$
220,267,481
 
$
82,317,888
 
$
72,249,766
 
$
73,758,022
 
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income at the end of period
 
$
602,615
 
$
722,214
 
$
412,788
 
$
610,081
 
 
(1) Refer to Footnote 1 – General Information and Significant Accounting Policies, Fund Reorganizations for further details.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Massachusetts
Dividend Advantage (NMB)
   
Massachusetts
AMT-Free Income (NGX)
 
     
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
     
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
     
5/31/13
   
5/31/12
   
5/31/13
   
5/31/12
 
Operations
                         
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
1,246,268
 
$
1,272,934
 
$
1,505,394
 
$
1,615,697
 
Net realized gain (loss) from investments
   
(279,751
)
 
117,873
   
151,721
   
86,441
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments
   
(9,279
)
 
2,754,077
   
(1,023,136
)
 
1,682,019
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares from operations
   
957,238
   
4,144,884
   
633,979
   
3,384,157
 
Distributions to Common Shareholders
                         
From net investment income
   
(1,326,916
)
 
(1,486,068
)
 
(1,595,475
)
 
(1,914,367
)
From accumulated net realized gains
   
   
   
   
 
Decrease in net assets applicable to Common shares from distributions to Common shareholders
   
(1,326,916
)
 
(1,486,068
)
 
(1,595,475
)
 
(1,914,367
)
Capital Share Transactions
                         
Common shares:
                         
Issued in the Reorganizations (1)
   
   
   
   
 
Net proceeds from shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions
   
2,450
   
   
3,092
   
1,482
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares from capital share transactions
   
2,450
   
   
3,092
   
1,482
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares
   
(367,228
)
 
2,658,816
   
(958,404
)
 
1,471,272
 
Net assets applicable to Common shares at the beginning of period
   
30,123,695
   
27,464,879
   
40,629,696
   
39,158,424
 
Net assets applicable to Common shares at the end of period
 
$
29,756,467
 
$
30,123,695
 
$
39,671,292
 
$
40,629,696
 
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income at the end of period
 
$
24,911
 
$
16,168
 
$
(30,953
)
$
(53,913
)
 
(1) Refer to Footnote 1 – General Information and Significant Accounting Policies, Fund Reorganizations for further details.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Statement of
   
Cash Flows
      Year Ended May 31, 2013

     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC
)
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
                         
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Operations
 
$
5,127,170
 
$
2,075,923
 
$
957,238
 
$
633,979
 
Adjustments to reconcile the net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to Common shares from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
                         
Purchases of investments
   
(43,836,241
)
 
(11,746,373
)
 
(5,657,471
)
 
(12,307,171
)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments
   
37,065,633
   
11,114,290
   
4,729,768
   
13,402,379
 
Amortization (Accretion) of premiums and discounts, net
   
917,872
   
333,487
   
134,637
   
147,440
 
Assets (Liabilities) acquired in the Reorganizations, net
   
(60,026,684
)
 
   
   
 
(Increase) Decrease in:
                         
Receivable for interest
   
(3,326,050
)
 
75,033
   
30,610
   
20,186
 
Receivable for investments sold
   
1,908,025
   
1,749,340
   
510,992
   
140,000
 
Other assets
   
(26,113
)
 
2,306
   
1,053
   
1,500
 
Increase (Decrease) in:
                         
Payable for interest
   
143,920
   
(8,230
)
 
(3,188
)
 
(4,880
)
Payable for investments purchased
   
   
   
   
(2,566,544
)
Accrued management fees
   
113,173
   
(512
)
 
(56
)
 
(423
)
Accrued Trustees fees
   
2,622
   
(42
)
 
(16
)
 
(27
)
Accrued other expenses
   
(162,934
)
 
7,370
   
4,965
   
39,438
 
Net realized (gain) loss from investments
   
(237,374
)
 
(22,612
)
 
279,751
   
(151,721
)
Change in net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of investments
   
3,634,986
   
907,060
   
9,279
   
1,023,136
 
Taxes paid on undistributed capital gains
   
(24,522
)
 
(24,674
)
 
   
 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
   
(58,726,517
)
 
4,462,366
   
997,562
   
377,292
 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
                         
(Increase) Decrease in deferred offering costs
   
(428,058
)
 
226,259
   
92,615
   
111,687
 
Increase (Decrease) in:
                         
Cash overdraft
   
   
(766,814
)
 
32,964
   
 
Floating rate obligations
   
(995,000
)
 
   
   
 
Payable for offering costs
   
31,939
   
(10,073
)
 
10,331
   
(5,800
)
MTP Shares, at liquidation value
   
69,420,000
   
   
   
 
Cash distributions paid to Common shareholders
   
(8,869,491
)
 
(3,612,709
)
 
(1,330,640
)
 
(1,609,857
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
   
59,159,390
   
(4,163,337
)
 
(1,194,730
)
 
(1,503,970
)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash
   
432,873
   
299,029
   
(197,168
)
 
(1,126,678
)
Cash at the beginning of period
   
389,484
   
   
197,168
   
1,264,632
 
Cash at the End of Period
 
$
822,357
 
$
299,029
 
$
 
$
137,954
 
 
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
Non-cash financing activities not included herein consist of reinvestments of Common share distributions as follows:
 
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC)
   
(NMT)
   
(NMB)
   
(NGX)
 
   
$
 
$
33,079
 
$
2,450
 
$
3,092
 
 
Cash paid for interest (excluding amortization of offering costs) was as follows:
 
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC)
   
(NMT)
   
(NMB)
   
(NGX)
 
   
$
2,564,888
 
$
997,815
 
$
386,872
 
$
587,421
 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Financial
   
Highlights
     
  Selected data for a Common share outstanding throughout each period:
 
       
Investment Operations
 
Less Distributions
         
   
Beginning
Common
Share
Net Asset
Value
 
Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
 
Net
Realized/
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 
Distributions
from Net
Investment
Income to
Auction Rate
Preferred
Share-
holders
(a)
Distributions
from
Accumulated
Net Realized
Gains to
Auction Rate
Preferred
Share-
holders
(a)
Total
 
From
Net
Investment
Income to
Common
Share-
holders
 
From
Accumulated
Net
Realized
Gains to
Common
Share-
holders
 
Total
 
Ending
Common
Share
Net Asset
Value
 
Ending
Market
Value
 
Connecticut Premium Income (NTC)
                                                       
Year Ended 5/31:
                                                                   
2013
 
$
15.34
 
$
.56
 
$
(.19
)
$
 
$
 
$
.37
 
$
(.70
)
$
(.01
)
$
(.71
)
$
15.00
 
$
13.65
 
2012
   
14.22
   
.58
   
1.29
   
   
   
1.87
   
(.71
)
 
(.04
)
 
(.75
)
 
15.34
   
14.19
 
2011
   
14.56
   
.67
   
(.29
)
 
(.01
)
 
   
.37
   
(.71
)
 
   
(.71
)
 
14.22
   
13.18
 
2010
   
13.59
   
.80
   
.88
   
(.02
)
 
 
1.66
   
(.69
)
 
 
(.69
)
 
14.56
   
13.94
 
2009
   
14.25
   
.84
   
(.66
)
 
(.14
)
 
(.03
)
 
.01
   
(.60
)
 
(.07
)
 
(.67
)
 
13.59
   
13.35
 
                                                                     
Massachusetts Premium Income (NMT)
                                                 
Year Ended 5/31:
                                                                   
2013
   
15.45
   
.62
   
(.19
)
 
   
   
.43
   
(.71
)
 
(.05
)
 
(.76
)
 
15.12
   
13.64
 
2012
   
14.16
   
.67
   
1.44
   
   
   
2.11
   
(.77
)
 
(.05
)
 
(.82
)
 
15.45
   
15.12
 
2011
   
14.48
   
.75
   
(.24
)
 
(.01
)
 
   
.50
   
(.78
)
 
(.04
)
 
(.82
)
 
14.16
   
13.59
 
2010
   
13.29
   
.87
   
1.12
   
(.03
)
 
   
1.96
   
(.77
)
 
   
(.77
)
 
14.48
   
14.93
 
2009
   
14.22
   
.91
   
(.98
)
 
(.15
)
 
(.02
)
 
(.24
)
 
(.65
)
 
(.04
)
 
(.69
)
 
13.29
   
13.28
 
 
(a)
The amounts shown are based on Common share equivalents.
(b)
Total Return Based on Market Value is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending market price. The actual reinvestment for the last dividend declared in the period may take place over several days, and in some instances may not be based on the market price, so the actual reinvestment price may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.
   
 
Total Return Based on Common Share Net Asset Value is the combination of changes in Common share net asset value, reinvested dividend income at net asset value and reinvested capital gains distributions at net asset value, if any. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending net asset value. The actual reinvest price for the last dividend declared in the period may often be based on the Fund’s market price (and not its net asset value), and therefore may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.
 
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Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Total Returns
     
Ratios to Average Net Assets
Applicable to Common Shares(c)
     
                         
 
Based
on
Market
Value
(b)
Based
on
Common
Share Net
Asset
Value
(b)
Ending
Net
Assets
Applicable
to Common
Shares (000)
 
 
Expenses
(d)
Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
 
Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 
                                     
                                     
   
1.02
%
 
2.35
%
$
220,267
   
2.68
%
 
4.05
%
 
12
%
   
13.59
   
13.45
   
82,318
   
3.08
   
3.93
   
11
 
   
(.39
)
 
2.63
   
76,284
   
2.41
   
4.73
   
9
 
   
9.76
   
12.49
   
78,106
   
1.57
   
5.64
   
5
 
   
.32
   
.45
   
72,901
   
1.43
   
6.40
   
0
 
                                     
                                     
   
(5.18
)
 
2.81
   
72,250
   
2.86
   
3.99
   
10
 
   
17.78
   
15.29
   
73,758
   
3.03
   
4.48
   
12
 
   
(3.48
)
 
3.58
   
67,605
   
2.51
   
5.30
   
6
 
   
18.77
   
15.03
   
69,031
   
1.60
   
6.21
   
3
 
   
3.54
   
(1.36
)
 
63,321
   
1.43
   
7.01
   
1
 
 
(c)
Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to Auction Rate Preferred shareholders, where applicable; Net Investment Income (Loss) ratios reflect income earned and expenses incurred on assets attributable to Auction Rate Preferred Shares (“ARPS”) and/or MTP Shares, where applicable.
(d)
The expense ratios reflect, among other things, all interest expense and other costs related to MTP Shares and/or the interest expense deemed to have been paid by the Fund on the floating rate certificates issued by the special purpose trusts for the self-deposited inverse floaters held by the Fund, where applicable, both as described in Footnote 1 – General Information and Significant Accounting Policies, MuniFund Term Preferred Shares and Inverse Floating Rate Securities, respectively, as follows:
 
Connecticut Premium Income (NTC)
       
Year Ended 5/31:
       
2013
   
1.55
%
2012
   
1.54
 
2011
   
1.20
 
2010
   
.37
 
2009
   
.11
 
 
*
Rounds to less than $.01 per share.
 
Massachusetts Premium Income (NMT)
       
Year Ended 5/31:
       
2013
   
1.64
%
2012
   
1.74
 
2011
   
1.28
 
2010
   
0.37
 
2009
   
0.09
 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Financial
   
Highlights (continued)
     
  Selected data for a Common share outstanding throughout each period:
 
       
Investment Operations
 
Less Distributions
         
   
Beginning
Common
Share
Net Asset
Value
 
Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
 
Net
Realized/
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 
Distributions
from Net
Investment
Income to
Auction Rate
Preferred
Share-
holders
(a)
Distributions
from
Accumulated
Net Realized
Gains to
Auction Rate
Preferred
Share-
holders
(a)
Total
 
From
Net
Investment
Income to
Common
Share-
holders
 
From
Accumulated
Net
Realized
Gains to
Common
Share-
holders
 
Total
 
Ending
Common
Share
Net Asset
Value
 
Ending
Market
Value
 
Massachusetts Dividend Advantage (NMB)
                                                     
Year Ended 5/31:
                                                             
2013
 
$
15.32
 
$
.63
 
$
(.13
)
$
 
$
 
$
.50
 
$
(.68
)
$
 
$
(.68
)
$
15.14
 
$
13.62
 
2012
   
13.97
   
.65
   
1.46
   
   
   
2.11
   
(.76
)
 
   
(.76
)
 
15.32
   
14.64
 
2011
   
14.38
   
.68
   
(.26
)
 
   
   
.42
   
(.83
)
 
   
(.83
)
 
13.97
   
13.53
 
2010
   
13.52
   
.89
   
.80
   
(.02
)
 
(.01
)
 
1.66
   
(.77
)
 
(.03
)
 
(.80
)
 
14.38
   
14.10
 
2009
   
14.36
   
.95
   
(.93
)
 
(.17
)
 
   
(.15
)
 
(.69
)
 
   
(.69
)
 
13.52
   
13.83
 
                                                                     
Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX)
                                                       
Period Ended 5/31:
                                                             
2013
   
14.90
   
.55
   
(.31
)
 
   
   
.24
   
(.59
)
 
   
(.59
)
 
14.55
   
12.90
 
2012
   
14.36
   
.59
   
.65
   
   
   
1.24
   
(.70
)
 
   
(.70
)
 
14.90
   
15.39
 
2011
   
14.71
   
.64
   
(.23
)
 
   
   
.41
   
(.76
)
 
   
(.76
)
 
14.36
   
13.62
 
2010
   
13.86
   
.82
   
.79
   
(.03
)
 
   
1.58
   
(.73
)
 
   
(.73
)
 
14.71
   
15.79
 
2009
   
14.28
   
.91
   
(.50
)
 
(.17
)
 
   
.24
   
(.66
)
 
   
(.66
)
 
13.86
   
13.15
 
 
(a)
The amounts shown are based on Common share equivalents.
(b)
Total Return Based on Market Value is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending market price. The actual reinvestment for the last dividend declared in the period may take place over several days, and in some instances may not be based on the market price, so the actual reinvestment price may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.
   
 
Total Return Based on Common Share Net Asset Value is the combination of changes in Common share net asset value, reinvested dividend income at net asset value and reinvested capital gains distributions at net asset value, if any. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending net asset value. The actual reinvest price for the last dividend declared in the period may often be based on the Fund’s market price (and not its net asset value), and therefore may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.
 
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Ratios/Supplemental Data
 
Total Returns
     
Ratios to Average Net Assets
Applicable to Common Shares
Before Reimbursement(c)
 
Ratios to Average Net Assets
Applicable to Common Shares
After Reimbursement(c)(d)
     
                                 
 
Based
on
Market
Value
(b)
Based
on
Common
Share Net
Asset
Value
(b)
Ending
Net
Assets
Applicable
to Common
Shares (000)
 
Expenses
(e)
Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
 
Expenses
(e)
Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
 
Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 
                                                 
                                                 
   
(2.71
)%
 
3.21
%
$
29,756
   
2.86
%
 
4.09
%
 
N/A
   
N/A
   
11
%
   
14.21
   
15.45
   
30,124
   
3.09
   
4.41
   
N/A
   
N/A
   
8
 
   
1.87
   
3.05
   
27,465
   
3.08
   
4.83
   
3.03
%
 
4.88
%
 
16
 
   
7.90
   
12.50
   
28,235
   
1.67
   
6.16
   
1.54
   
6.29
   
11
 
   
(.04
)
 
(.70
)
 
26,530
   
1.54
   
7.09
   
1.33
   
7.30
   
1
 
                                                 
                                                 
   
(12.66
)
 
1.55
   
39,671
   
3.12
   
3.70
   
N/A
   
N/A
   
20
 
   
18.74
   
8.82
   
40,630
   
3.16
   
4.03
   
N/A
   
N/A
   
14
 
   
(9.04
)
 
2.89
   
39,158
   
3.07
   
4.38
   
3.01
   
4.44
   
4
 
   
26.19
   
11.61
   
40,095
   
1.86
   
5.50
   
1.67
   
5.69
   
1
 
   
(2.11
)
 
2.00
   
37,754
   
1.47
   
6.47
   
1.16
   
6.78
   
0
 
 
(c)
Ratios do not reflect the effect of dividend payments to Auction Rate Preferred shareholders, where applicable; Net Investment Income (Loss) ratios reflect income earned and expenses incurred on assets attributable to ARPS and/or MTP Shares, where applicable.
(d)
After expense reimbursement from the Adviser, where applicable. As of January 31, 2011 and November 30, 2010, the Adviser is no longer reimbursing Massachusetts Dividend Advantage (NMB) and Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX), respectively, for any fees or expenses.
(e)
The expense ratios reflect, among other things, all interest expense and other costs related to MTP Shares and/or the interest expense deemed to have been paid by the Fund on the floating rate certificates issued by the special purpose trusts for the self-deposited inverse floaters held by the Fund, where applicable, both as described in Footnote 1 – General Information and Significant Accounting Policies, MuniFund Term Preferred Shares and Inverse Floating Rate Securities, respectively, as follows:

Massachusetts Dividend Advantage (NMB)
       
Year Ended 5/31:
       
2013
   
1.56
%
2012
   
1.68
 
2011
   
1.75
 
2010
   
.35
 
2009
   
.10
 
 
N/A
Fund no longer has a contractual reimbursement with the Adviser.
 
Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX)
       
Year Ended 5/31:
       
2013
   
1.71
%
2012
   
1.76
 
2011
   
1.81
 
2010
   
.57
 
2009
   
.09
 
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Financial
   
Highlights (continued)

     
ARPS at the End of Period
   
MTP Shares at the End of Period (a)
   
ARPS and MTP
Shares at the
End of Period
 
     
Aggregate Amount
   
Asset
   
Aggregate Amount
   
Asset
   
Asset Coverage
 
     
Outstanding
   
Coverage
   
Outstanding
   
Coverage
   
Per $1 Liquidation
 
     
(000
)
 
Per $25,000 Share
   
(000
)
 
Per $10 Share
   
Preference
 
Connecticut Premium Income (NTC)
                               
Year Ended 5/31:
                               
2013
 
$
 
$
 
$
105,500
 
$
30.88
 
$
 
2012
   
   
   
36,080
   
32.82
   
 
2011
   
   
   
36,080
   
31.14
   
 
2010
   
15,725
   
82,389
   
18,300
   
32.96
   
3.30
 
2009
   
34,975
   
77,110
   
   
   
 
                                 
Massachusetts Premium Income (NMT)
                               
Year Ended 5/31:
                               
2013
   
   
   
36,645
   
29.72
   
 
2012
   
   
   
36,645
   
30.13
   
 
2011
   
   
   
36,645
   
28.45
   
 
2010
   
14,400
   
74,863
   
20,210
   
29.95
   
2.99
 
2009
   
34,000
   
71,559
   
   
   
 
 
(a) The Ending and Average Market Value Per Share for each Series of the Fund’s MTP Shares were as follows:
 
     
2013
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
(c)
Connecticut Premium Income (NTC)
                         
Series 2015 (NTC PRC)
                         
Ending Market Value per Share
 
$
10.06
 
$
10.05
 
$
10.07
 
$
10.00
 
Average Market Value per Share
   
10.07
   
10.08
   
10.04
   
10.02
^
Series 2016 (NTC PRD)
                         
Ending Market Value per Share
   
10.07
   
10.10
   
10.00
   
 
Average Market Value per Share
   
10.11
   
10.06
   
9.88
^^
 
 
Series 2015 (NTC PRE) (b)
                         
Ending Market Value per Share
   
10.07
   
   
   
 
Average Market Value per Share
   
10.06
Ω
 
   
   
 
Series 2015-1 (NTC PRF) (b)
                         
Ending Market Value per Share
   
10.06
   
   
   
 
Average Market Value per Share
   
10.07
Ω  
   
   
 
Series 2015-1 (NTC PRG) (b)
                         
Ending Market Value per Share
   
10.08
   
   
   
 
Average Market Value per Share
   
10.08
Ω  
   
   
 
                           
Massachusetts Premium Income (NMT)
                         
Series 2015 (NMT PRC)
                         
Ending Market Value per Share
   
10.07
   
10.10
   
10.02
   
10.00
 
Average Market Value per Share
   
10.09
   
10.08
   
10.02
   
10.00
^^^
Series 2016 (NMT PRD)
                         
Ending Market Value per Share
   
10.12
   
10.10
   
10.00
   
 
Average Market Value per Share
   
10.11
   
10.08
   
9.97
^^^^
 
 
 
(b)
MTP Shares issued in connection with the Reorganizations as further described in Footnote 1 – General Information and Significant Accounting Policies, Fund Reorganizations and MuniFund Term Preferred Shares.
(c)
The Fund did not issue MTP Shares prior to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010.
^
For the period January 19, 2010 (first issuance date of shares) through May 31, 2010.
^^
For the period December 15, 2010 (first issuance date of shares) through May 31, 2011.
^^^
For the period January 21, 2010 (first issuance date of shares) through May 31, 2010.
^^^^
For the period January 20, 2011 (first issuance date of shares) through May 31, 2011.
Ω
For the period July 9, 2012 (effective date of the Reorganizations) through May 31, 2013.
 
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ARPS at the End of Period
 
MTP Shares at the End of Period (a)
 
     
Aggregate Amount
   
Asset
   
Aggregate Amount
   
Asset
 
     
Outstanding
   
Coverage
   
Outstanding
   
Coverage
 
     
(000
)
 
Per $25,000 Share
   
(000
)
 
Per $10 Share
 
Massachusetts Dividend Advantage (NMB)
                         
Year Ended 5/31:
                         
2013
 
$
 
$
 
$
14,725
 
$
30.21
 
2012
   
   
   
14,725
   
30.46
 
2011
   
   
   
14,725
   
28.65
 
2010
   
   
   
14,725
   
29.18
 
2009
   
14,250
   
71,544
   
   
 
                           
Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX)
                         
Year Ended 5/31:
                         
2013
   
   
   
22,075
   
27.97
 
2012
   
   
   
22,075
   
28.41
 
2011
   
   
   
22,075
   
27.74
 
2010
   
   
   
22,075
   
28.16
 
2009
   
20,500
   
71,042
   
   
 
 
(a)
The Ending and Average Market Value Per Share for each Series of the Fund’s MTP Shares were as follows:
 
     
2013
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010(b
)
Massachusetts Dividend Advantage (NMB)
                         
Series 2015 (NMB PRC)
                         
Ending Market Value per Share
 
$
10.09
 
$
10.10
 
$
13.53
 
$
9.98
 
Average Market Value per Share
   
10.08
   
10.07
   
14.03
   
9.95
                           
Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX)
                         
Series 2015 (NGX PRC)
                         
Ending Market Value per Share
   
10.05
   
10.10
   
13.62
   
10.00
 
Average Market Value per Share
   
10.09
   
10.08
   
14.48
   
9.98
^^ 
 
(b)
The Fund did not issue MTP Shares prior to the fiscal year ended May 31, 2010.
^
For the period March 23, 2010 (first issuance date of shares) through May 31, 2010.
^^
For the period February 9, 2010 (first issuance date of shares) through May 31, 2010.
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Notes to
   
Financial Statements
 
1. General Information and Significant Accounting Policies
 
General Information
The state funds covered in this report and their corresponding Common share stock exchange symbols are Nuveen Connecticut Premium Income Municipal Fund (NTC), Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund (NMT), Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NMB) and Nuveen Massachusetts AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund (NGX) (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). Common shares of Connecticut Premium Income (NTC) and Massachusetts Premium Income (NMT) are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) while Common shares of Massachusetts Dividend Advantage (NMB) and Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX) are traded on the NYSE MKT. The Funds are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as diversified closed-end registered investment companies.
 
On December 31, 2012, the Funds’ investment adviser converted from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company. As a result, Nuveen Fund Advisers, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (“Nuveen”), changed its name to Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser”). There were no changes to the identities or roles of any personnel as a result of the change.
 
Each Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from both regular federal and designated state income taxes, and in the case of Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX) the alternative minimum tax applicable to individuals, by investing primarily in a portfolio of municipal obligations issued by state and local government authorities within a single state or certain U.S. territories.
 
Fund Reorganizations
Effective before the opening of business on July 9, 2012, certain Connecticut Funds were reorganized into the one, larger-state Fund included in this report (each a “Reorganization and collectively, the “Reorganizations”) as follows:
 
 
Acquired Funds
 
Acquiring Fund
 
Nuveen Connecticut Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NFC)
 
Connecticut Premium Income (NTC)
 
(“Connecticut Dividend Advantage”)
   
 
Nuveen Connecticut Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (NGK)
   
 
(“Connecticut Dividend Advantage 2”)
   
 
Nuveen Connecticut Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 (NGO)
   
 
(“Connecticut Dividend Advantage 3”)
   
 
The Reorganizations were approved by the shareholders of the Acquired Funds at a special meeting on May 14, 2012.
 
On May 23, 2013, the Funds’ Board of Trustees approved a series of reorganizations for the Massachusetts Funds included in this report. The reorganizations are intended to create one, larger-state Fund, which would potentially offer shareholders the following benefits:
 
•  
Lower Fund expense ratios (excluding the effects of leverage), as fixed costs are spread over a larger asset base;
   
•  
Enhanced secondary market trading, as larger Funds potentially make it easier for investors to buy and sell Fund shares;
   
•  
Lower per share trading costs through reduced bid/ask spreads due to a larger common share float; and
   
•  
Increased Fund flexibility in managing the structure and cost of leverage over time.
 
The approved reorganizations are as follows:
 
 
Acquired Funds
 
Acquiring Fund
 
Massachusetts Dividend Advantage (NMB)
 
Massachusetts Premium Income (NMT)
 
Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX)
   
 
The reorganizations are subject to customary conditions, including shareholder approval at annual shareholder meetings later this year.

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Upon the closing of a reorganization, the Acquired Fund transfers its assets to the Acquiring Fund in exchange for common and preferred shares of the Acquiring Fund, and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the liabilities of the Acquired Fund. The Acquired Fund is then liquidated, dissolved and terminated in accordance with its Declaration of Trust. Shareholders of the Acquired Fund become shareholders of the Acquiring Fund. Holders of common shares receive newly issued common shares of the Acquiring Fund, the aggregate net asset value of which equal the aggregate net asset value of the common shares of the Acquired Fund held immediately prior to the reorganization (including for this purpose fractional Acquiring Fund shares to which shareholders are entitled). Fractional shares are sold on the open market and shareholders received cash in lieu of such fractional shares. Holders of preferred shares of the Acquired Fund receive on a one-for-one basis newly issued preferred shares of the Acquiring Fund, in exchange for preferred shares of the Acquired Fund held immediately prior to the reorganization.
 
Details of the Connecticut Funds’ Reorganizations are further described in the MuniFund Term Preferred Shares section of this footnote and Footnote 8 – Fund Reorganizations.
 
Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”).
 
Investment Valuation
Prices of municipal bonds are provided by a pricing service approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees. These securities are generally classified as Level 2 for fair value measurement purposes. The pricing service establishes a security’s fair value using methods that may include consideration of the following: yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity and rating, market quotes or indications of value from security dealers, evaluations of anticipated cash flows or collateral, general market conditions and other information and analysis, including the obligor’s credit characteristics considered relevant. In pricing certain securities, particularly less liquid and lower quality securities, the pricing service may consider information about a security, its issuer or market activity, provided by the Adviser. These securities are generally classified as Level 2 or Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.
 
Certain securities may not be able to be priced by the pre-established pricing methods as described above. Such securities may be valued by the Funds’ Board of Trustees or its designee at fair value. These securities generally include, but are not limited to, restricted securities (securities which may not be publicly sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) for which a pricing service is unable to provide a market price; securities whose trading has been formally suspended; debt securities that have gone into default and for which there is no current market quotation; a security whose market price is not available from a pre-established pricing source; a security with respect to which an event has occurred that is likely to materially affect the value of the security after the market has closed but before the calculation of a Fund’s net asset value (as may be the case in non-U.S. markets on which the security is primarily traded) or make it difficult or impossible to obtain a reliable market quotation; and a security whose price, as provided by the pricing service, is not deemed to reflect the security’s fair value. As a general principle, the fair value of a security would appear to be the amount that the owner might reasonably expect to receive for it in a current sale. A variety of factors may be considered in determining the fair value of these securities, which may include consideration of the following: yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity and rating, market quotes or indications of value from security dealers, evaluations of anticipated cash flows or collateral, general market conditions and other information and analysis, including the obligor’s credit characteristics considered relevant. These securities are generally classified as Level 2 or Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs. Regardless of the method employed to value a particular security, all valuations are subject to review by the Funds’ Board of Trustees or its designee.
 
Refer to Footnote 2 – Fair Value Measurements for further details on the leveling of securities held by the Funds as of the end of the reporting period.
 
Investment Transactions
Investment transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are determined on the specific identification method, which is the same basis used for federal income tax purposes. Investments purchased on a when-issued/delayed delivery basis may have extended settlement periods. Any investments so purchased are subject to market fluctuation during this period. The Funds have instructed the custodian to earmark securities in the Funds’ portfolios with a current value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments. As of May 31, 2013, there were no such outstanding purchase commitments in any of the Funds.
 
Investment Income
Investment income, which reflects the amortization of premiums and includes accretion of discounts for financial reporting purposes, is recorded on an accrual basis. Investment income also reflects paydown gains and losses, if any.

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Notes to
   
Financial Statements (continued)
 
Professional Fees
Professional fees presented on the Statement of Operations consist of legal fees incurred in the normal course of operations, audit fees, tax consulting fees and, in some cases, workout expenditures. Workout expenditures are incurred in an attempt to protect or enhance an investment, or to pursue other claims or legal actions on behalf of Fund shareholders. Legal fee refund presented on the Statement of Operations reflects a refund of workout expenditures paid in a prior reporting period, when applicable.
 
Income Taxes
Each Fund is a separate taxpayer for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net capital gains to shareholders and to otherwise comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Furthermore, each Fund intends to satisfy conditions that will enable interest from municipal securities, which is exempt from regular federal and designated state income taxes, and in the case of Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX) the alternative minimum tax applicable to individuals, to retain such tax-exempt status when distributed to shareholders of the Funds. Net realized capital gains and ordinary income distributions paid by the Funds are subject to federal taxation.
 
For all open tax years and all major taxing jurisdictions, management of the Funds has concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions that would require recognition in the financial statements. Open tax years are those that are open for examination by taxing authorities (i.e., generally the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then). Furthermore, management of the Funds is also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
 
Dividends and Distributions to Common Shareholders
Dividends from net investment income are declared monthly. Net realized capital gains and/or market discount from investment transactions, if any, are distributed to shareholders at least annually. Furthermore, capital gains are distributed only to the extent they exceed available capital loss carryforwards.
 
Distributions to Common shareholders of net investment income, net realized capital gains and/or market discount, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.
 
Auction Rate Preferred Shares
Each Fund is authorized to issue Auction Rate Preferred Shares (“ARPS”). During prior fiscal periods, the Funds redeemed all of their outstanding ARPS, at liquidation value.
 
MuniFund Term Preferred Shares
The Funds have issued and outstanding MuniFund Term Preferred (“MTP”) Shares, with a $10 stated (“par”) value per share. Each Fund’s MTP Shares are issued in one or more Series. Dividends on MTP Shares, which are recognized as interest expense for financial reporting purposes, are paid monthly at a fixed annual rate, subject to adjustments in certain circumstances. MTP Shares trade on the NYSE/NYSE MKT.
 
In connection with the Connecticut Funds’ Reorganizations, holders of MTP Shares of the Acquired Funds received on a one-for-one basis newly issued MTP Shares of the Acquiring Fund, in exchange for MTP Shares of the Acquired Funds held immediately prior to the Reorganizations.
 
Prior to the closing of the Reorganizations, details of each the Acquired Fund’s outstanding MTP Shares were as follows:

     
NYSE/
     
Shares Outstanding
 
Annual
 
     
NYSE MKT
 
Shares
 
at $10 Per Share
 
Interest
 
   
Series
Ticker
 
Outstanding
 
Liquidation Value
 
Rate
 
Connecticut Dividend Advantage (NFC)
                   
   
2015
NFC PRC
 
2,047,000
$
20,470,000
 
2.60
                     
Connecticut Dividend Advantage 2 (NGK)
                   
   
2015
NGK PRC
 
1,695,000
$
16,950,000
 
2.60
                     
Connecticut Dividend Advantage 3 (NGO)
                   
   
2015
NGO PRC
 
3,200,000
$
32,000,000
 
2.65

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As of May 31, 2013, details of each Fund’s MTP Shares outstanding were as follows:
 
     
NYSE/
     
Shares Outstanding
 
Annual
 
     
NYSE MKT
 
Shares
 
at $10 Per Share
 
Interest
 
   
Series
Ticker
 
Outstanding
 
Liquidation Value
 
Rate
 
Connecticut Premium Income (NTC)
                   
   
2015
NTC PRC
 
1,830,000
$
18,300,000
 
2.65
   
2016
NTC PRD
 
1,778,000
 
17,780,000
 
2.55
 
   
2015 *
NTC PRE
 
2,047,000
 
20,470,000
 
2.60
 
   
2015-1 *
NTC PRF
 
1,695,000
 
16,950,000
 
2.60
 
   
2015-1 *
NTC PRG
 
3,200,000
 
32,000,000
 
2.65
 
                     
Massachusetts Premium Income (NMT)
                   
   
2015
NMT PRC
 
2,021,000
$
20,210,000
 
2.65
   
2016
NMT PRD
 
1,643,500
 
16,435,000
 
2.75
 
                     
Massachusetts Dividend Advantage (NMB)
                   
   
2015
NMB PRC
 
1,472,500
$
14,725,000
 
2.60
                     
Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX)
                   
   
2015
NGX PRC
 
2,207,500
$
22,075,000
 
2.65
 
* MTP Shares issued in connection with the Reorganizations.
 
Each Fund is obligated to redeem its MTP Shares by the date as specified in its offering document (“Term Redemption Date”), unless earlier redeemed or repurchased by the Fund. MTP Shares are subject to optional and mandatory redemption in certain circumstances. MTP Shares were subject to redemption at the option of each Fund (“Optional Redemption Date”), subject to a payment of premium for one year following the Optional Redemption Date (“Premium Expiration Date”), and at par thereafter. MTP Shares also will be subject to redemption, at the option of each Fund, at par in the event of certain changes in the credit rating of the MTP Shares. Each Fund may be obligated to redeem certain of the MTP Shares if the Fund fails to maintain certain asset coverage and leverage ratio requirements and such failures are not cured by the applicable cure date. The redemption price per share is equal to the sum of the liquidation value per share plus any accumulated but unpaid dividends. The Term Redemption Date, Optional Redemption Date and Premium Expiration Date for each Fund’s series of MTP Shares by NYSE/NYSE MKT ticker symbol are as follows:

     
NYSE/
 
Term
 
Optional
 
Premium
 
     
NYSE MKT
 
Redemption
 
Redemption
 
Expiration
 
   
Series
Ticker
 
Date
 
Date
 
Date
 
Connecticut Premium Income (NTC)
                   
   
2015
NTC PRC
 
February 1, 2015
 
February 1, 2011
 
January 31, 2012
 
   
2016
NTC PRD
 
January 1, 2016
 
January 1, 2012
 
December 31, 2012
 
   
2015 *
NTC PRE
 
April 1, 2015
 
April 1, 2012
 
March 31, 2013
 
   
2015-1 *
NTC PRF
 
April 1, 2015
 
April 1, 2012
 
March 31, 2013
 
   
2015-1 *
NTC PRG
 
March 1, 2015
 
March 1, 2012
 
February 28, 2013
 
                     
Massachusetts Premium Income (NMT)
                   
   
2015
NMT PRC
 
February 1, 2015
 
February 1, 2011
 
January 31, 2012
 
   
2016
NMT PRD
 
February 1, 2016
 
February 1, 2012
 
January 31, 2013
 
                     
Massachusetts Dividend Advantage (NMB)
                   
   
2015
NMB PRC
 
April 1, 2015
 
April 1, 2011
 
March 31, 2012
 
                     
Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX)
                   
   
2015
NGX PRC
 
March 1, 2015
 
March 1, 2011
 
February 29, 2012
 
 
* MTP Shares issued in connection with the Reorganizations.
 
The average liquidation value for all series of MTP Shares outstanding for each Fund during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, was as follows:
                           
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC
)**
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Average liquidation value of MTP Shares outstanding
 
$
98,082,521
 
$
36,645,000
 
$
14,725,000
 
$
22,075,000
 
 
** Includes MTP Shares issued in connection with the Reorganizations.
 
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Notes to
   
Financial Statements (continued)
 
For financial reporting purposes only, the liquidation value of MTP Shares is recorded as a liability and recognized as “MuniFund Term Preferred (MTP) Shares, at liquidation value” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Unpaid dividends on MTP Shares are recognized as a component of “Interest payable” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Dividends paid on MTP Shares are recognized as a component of “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs” on the Statement of Operations. Costs incurred by the Funds in connection with their offerings of MTP Shares were recorded as a deferred charge, which are amortized over the life of the shares and are recognized as a component of “Deferred offering costs” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs” on the Statement of Operations.
 
Inverse Floating Rate Securities
Each Fund is authorized to invest in inverse floating rate securities. An inverse floating rate security is created by depositing a municipal bond, typically with a fixed interest rate, into a special purpose trust created by a broker-dealer. In turn, this trust (a) issues floating rate certificates, in face amounts equal to some fraction of the deposited bond’s par amount or market value, that typically pay short-term tax-exempt interest rates to third parties, and (b) issues to a long-term investor (such as one of the Funds) an inverse floating rate certificate (sometimes referred to as an “inverse floater”) that represents all remaining or residual interest in the trust. The income received by the inverse floater holder varies inversely with the short-term rate paid to the floating rate certificates’ holders, and in most circumstances the inverse floater holder bears substantially all of the underlying bond’s downside investment risk and also benefits disproportionately from any potential appreciation of the underlying bond’s value. The price of an inverse floating rate security will be more volatile than that of the underlying bond because the interest rate is dependent on not only the fixed coupon rate of the underlying bond but also on the short-term interest paid on the floating rate certificates, and because the inverse floating rate security essentially bears the risk of loss of the greater face value of the underlying bond.
 
A Fund may purchase an inverse floating rate security in a secondary market transaction without first owning the underlying bond (referred to as an “externally-deposited inverse floater”), or instead by first selling a fixed-rate bond to a broker-dealer for deposit into the special purpose trust and receiving in turn the residual interest in the trust (referred to as a “self-deposited inverse floater”). The inverse floater held by a Fund gives the Fund the right (a) to cause the holders of the floating rate certificates to tender their notes at par, and (b) to have the broker transfer the fixed-rate bond held by the trust to the Fund, thereby collapsing the trust. An investment in an externally-deposited inverse floater is identified in the Portfolio of Investments as “(IF) – Inverse floating rate investment.” An investment in a self-deposited inverse floater is accounted for as a financing transaction. In such instances, a fixed-rate bond deposited into a special purpose trust is identified in the Portfolio of Investments as “(UB) – Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction,” with the Fund accounting for the short-term floating rate certificates issued by the trust, at their liquidation value as “Floating rate obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, the Fund reflects in “Investment Income” the entire earnings of the underlying bond and recognizes the related interest paid to the holders of the short-term floating rate certificates as a component of “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs” on the Statement of Operations.
 
During the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, each Fund invested in externally-deposited inverse floaters and/or self-deposited inverse floaters.
 
Each Fund may also enter into shortfall and forbearance agreements (sometimes referred to as a “recourse trust” or “credit recovery swap”) (such agreements referred to herein as “Recourse Trusts”) with a broker-dealer by which a Fund agrees to reimburse the broker-dealer, in certain circumstances, for the difference between the liquidation value of the fixed-rate bond held by the trust and the liquidation value of the floating rate certificates issued by the trust plus any shortfalls in interest cash flows. Under these agreements, a Fund’s potential exposure to losses related to or on inverse floaters may increase beyond the value of a Fund’s inverse floater investments as a Fund may potentially be liable to fulfill all amounts owed to holders of the floating rate certificates. At period end, any such shortfall is recognized as “Unrealized depreciation on Recourse Trusts” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
 
As of May 31, 2013, each Fund’s maximum exposure to the floating rate obligations issued by externally-deposited Recourse Trusts, was as follows:
                           
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC
)
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Maximum exposure to Recourse Trusts
 
$
5,085,000
 
$
3,880,000
 
$
1,905,000
 
$
1,540,000
 
 
The average floating rate obligations outstanding and average annual interest rate and fees related to self-deposited inverse floaters during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, were as follows:
                           
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC
)
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Average floating rate obligations outstanding
 
$
19,446,329
 
$
1,435,000
 
$
560,000
 
$
340,000
 
Average annual interest rate and fees
   
0.77
%
 
0.72
%
 
0.72
%
 
0.72
%

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Market and Counterparty Credit Risk
In the normal course of business each Fund may invest in financial instruments and enter into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the other party to the transaction to perform (counterparty credit risk). The potential loss could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded on the financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose each Fund to counterparty credit risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties on forward, option and swap transactions, when applicable. The extent of each Fund’s exposure to counterparty credit risk in respect to these financial assets approximates their carrying value as recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Futures contracts, when applicable, expose a Fund to minimal counterparty credit risk as they are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, which is counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures contracts against default.
 
Each Fund helps manage counterparty credit risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties the Adviser believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by having the Adviser monitor the financial stability of the counterparties. Additionally, counterparties may be required to pledge collateral daily (based on the daily valuation of the financial asset) on behalf of each Fund with a value approximately equal to the amount of any unrealized gain above a pre-determined threshold. Reciprocally, when each Fund has an unrealized loss, the Funds have instructed the custodian to pledge assets of the Funds as collateral with a value approximately equal to the amount of the unrealized loss above a pre-determined threshold. Collateral pledges are monitored and subsequently adjusted if and when the valuations fluctuate, either up or down, by at least the pre-determined threshold amount.
 
Zero Coupon Securities
Each Fund is authorized to invest in zero coupon securities. A zero coupon security does not pay a regular interest coupon to its holders during the life of the security. Income to the holder of the security comes from accretion of the difference between the original purchase price of the security at issuance and the par value of the security at maturity and is effectively paid at maturity. The market prices of zero coupon securities generally are more volatile than the market prices of securities that pay interest periodically.
 
Indemnifications
Under the Funds’ organizational documents, their officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets applicable to Common shares from operations during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.
 
2. Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that the Funds would receive upon selling an investment or transferring a liability in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment. A three-tier hierarchy is used to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs are based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are based on the best information available in the circumstances. The following is a summary of the three-tiered hierarchy of valuation input levels.
 
Level 1 –  
Inputs are adjusted and prices are determined using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
   
Level 2 –  
Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
   
Level 3 –  
Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs (including management’s assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
 
The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of each Fund’s fair value measurements as of the end of the reporting period:
                           
Connecticut Premium Income (NTC)
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Long-Term Investments*:
                         
Municipal Bonds
 
$
 
$
339,396,324
 
$
 
$
339,396,324
 
                           
Massachusetts Premium Income (NMT)
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Long-Term Investments*:
                         
Municipal Bonds
 
$
 
$
108,505,477
 
$
 
$
108,505,477
 

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Notes to
   
Financial Statements (continued)

Massachusetts Dividend Advantage (NMB)
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Long-Term Investments*:
                         
Municipal Bonds
 
$
 
$
44,393,740
 
$
 
$
44,393,740
 
                           
Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX)
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Long-Term Investments*:
                         
Municipal Bonds
 
$
 
$
61,131,477
 
$
 
$
61,131,477
 
 
* Refer to the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments for industry classifications.
 
The Nuveen funds’ Board of Directors/Trustees is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the oversight of the daily valuation process to the Adviser’s Valuation Committee. The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the valuation policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors/Trustees, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the funds’ pricing policies and reporting to the Board of Directors/Trustees. The Valuation Committee is aided in its efforts by the Adviser’s dedicated Securities Valuation Team, which is responsible for administering the daily valuation process and applying fair value methodologies as approved by the Valuation Committee. When determining the reliability of independent pricing services for investments owned by the funds, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of the pricing services and monitors the quality of security prices received through various testing reports conducted by the Securities Valuation Team.
 
The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making a fair value determination, based on the facts and circumstances specific to the portfolio instrument. Fair value determinations generally will be derived as follows, using public or private market information:
 
(i.)
If available, fair value determinations shall be derived by extrapolating from recent transactions or quoted prices for identical or comparable securities.
   
(ii.)
If such information is not available, an analytical valuation methodology may be used based on other available information including, but not limited to: analyst appraisals, research reports, corporate action information, issuer financial statements and shelf registration statements. Such analytical valuation methodologies may include, but are not limited to: multiple of earnings, discount from market value of a similar freely-traded security, discounted cash flow analysis, book value or a multiple thereof, risk premium/yield analysis, yield to maturity and/or fundamental investment analysis.
 
The purchase price of a portfolio instrument will be used to fair value the instrument only if no other valuation methodology is available or deemed appropriate, and it is determined that the purchase price fairly reflects the instrument’s current value.
 
For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Directors/Trustees, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such testing and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Directors/Trustees.
 
3. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Each Fund is authorized to invest in certain derivative instruments, such as futures, options and swap contracts. Each Fund will limit its investments in futures, options on futures and swap contracts to the extent necessary for the Adviser to claim the exclusion from regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a commodity pool operator with respect to the Fund. The Funds record derivative instruments at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized on the Statement of Operations, when applicable. Even though the Funds’ investments in derivatives may represent economic hedges, they are not considered to be hedge transactions for financial reporting purposes. Although the Funds are authorized to invest in such derivatives, and may do so in the future, they did not make any such investments during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013.
 
4. Fund Shares
 
Common Shares
Since the inception of the Funds’ repurchase programs, the Funds have not repurchased any of their outstanding Common shares.
 
Transactions in Common shares were as follows:
   
Connecticut
Premium Income (NTC)
 
   
Year
   
Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
5/31/13
   
5/31/12
 
Common shares:
           
Issued in the Reorganizations(1)
    9,323,947        
Issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions
           

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Massachusetts
Premium Income (NMT)
   
Massachusetts
Dividend Advantage (NMB)
   
Massachusetts
AMT-Free Income (NGX)
 
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
   
Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
5/31/13
   
5/31/12
   
5/31/13
   
5/31/12
   
5/31/13
   
5/31/12
 
Common shares:
                                   
Issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions
    2,139             157             207       99  
 
(1) Refer to Footnote 8 – Fund Reorganizations for further details.
 
Preferred Shares
With the exception of Connecticut Premium Income (NTC), none of the Funds had transactions in MTP Shares during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013. None of the Funds had transactions in MTP Shares during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2012. Transactions in MTP Shares for Connecticut Premium Income (NTC) during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, were as follows:
 
   
Year Ended May 31, 2013
 
       
NYSE
           
   
Series
 
Ticker
 
Shares
   
Amount
 
Connecticut Premium Income (NTC)
                   
    2015 *  
NTC PRE
    2,047,000     $ 20,470,000  
    2015-1 *  
NTC PRF
    1,695,000       16,950,000  
    2015-1 *  
NTC PRG
    3,200,000       32,000,000  
Total
              6,942,000     $ 69,420,000  
 
* MTP Shares issued in connection with the Reorganizations.
 
5. Investment Transactions
Purchases and sales (including maturities but excluding short-term investments, where applicable) during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, were as follows:
                           
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC
)
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Purchases
 
$
43,836,241
 
$
11,746,373
 
$
5,657,471
 
$
12,307,171
 
Sales and maturities
   
37,065,633
   
11,114,290
   
4,729,768
   
13,402,379
 
 
6. Income Tax Information
The following information is presented on an income tax basis. Differences between amounts for financial statement and federal income tax purposes are primarily due to timing differences in recognizing taxable market discount, timing differences in recognizing certain gains and losses on investment transactions and the treatment of investments in inverse floating rate securities reflected as financing transactions, if any. To the extent that differences arise that are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts as detailed below. Temporary differences do not require reclassification. Temporary and permanent differences do not impact the net asset values of the Funds.
 
As of May 31, 2013, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:
 
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC
)
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Cost of investments
 
$
303,958,035
 
$
101,047,954
 
$
41,365,570
 
$
58,691,407
 
Gross unrealized:
                         
Appreciation
 
$
18,776,003
 
$
6,550,786
 
$
2,742,150
 
$
2,369,227
 
Depreciation
   
(2,707,731
)
 
(528,014
)
 
(274,284
)
 
(269,108
)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments
 
$
16,068,272
 
$
6,022,772
 
$
2,467,866
 
$
2,100,119
 

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Notes to
   
Financial Statements (continued)
 
Permanent differences, primarily due to federal taxes paid, taxable market discount, nondeductible offering costs, and reorganization adjustments resulted in reclassifications among the Funds’ components of Common share net assets as of May 31, 2013, the Funds’ tax year end, as follows:
                           
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC
)
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Paid-in surplus
 
$
(255,267
)
$
(175,232
)
$
(92,615
)
$
(113,267
)
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income
   
639,293
   
214,647
   
89,391
   
113,041
 
Accumulated net realized gain (loss)
   
(384,026
)
 
(39,415
)
 
3,224
   
226
 
 
The tax components of undistributed net tax-exempt income, net ordinary income and net long-term capital gains as of May 31, 2013, the Funds’ tax year end, were as follows:
                           
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NTC
)
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Undistributed net tax-exempt income1
 
$
1,453,717
 
$
709,098
 
$
122,502
 
$
143,508
 
Undistributed net ordinary income2
   
   
28,704
   
22,130
   
 
Undistributed net long-term capital gains
   
61,936
   
30,760
   
   
 
 
1
Undistributed net tax-exempt income (on a tax basis) has not been reduced for the dividend declared May 1, 2013, paid on June 3, 2013.
2
Net ordinary income consists of taxable market discount income and net short-term capital gains, if any.
 
The tax character of distributions paid during the Funds’ tax years ended May 31, 2013 and May 31, 2012, was designated for purposes of the dividends paid deduction as follows:
                           
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
2013
   
(NTC
)
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Distributions from net tax-exempt income3
 
$
11,169,879
 
$
4,349,213
 
$
1,715,662
 
$
2,198,169
 
Distributions from net ordinary income2
   
25,943
   
41,541
   
   
 
Distributions from net long-term capital gains4
   
79,365
   
244,947
   
   
 
 
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
Premium
   
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
   
Advantage
   
Income
 
2012
   
(NTC
)
 
(NMT
)
 
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Distributions from net tax-exempt income
 
$
4,736,774
 
$
4,683,212
 
$
1,892,509
 
$
2,522,521
 
Distributions from net ordinary income2
   
   
   
2
   
 
Distributions from net long-term capital gains
   
225,331
   
243,992
   
   
 
 
2
Net ordinary income consists of taxable market discount income and net short-term capital gains, if any.
3
The Funds hereby designate these amounts paid during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, as Exempt Interest Dividends.
4
The Funds designate as long term capital gain dividend, pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code 852(b)(3), the amount necessary to reduce earnings and profits of the Funds related to net capital gain to zero for tax year ended May 31, 2013.
 
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As of May 31, 2013, the Funds’ tax year end, the following Funds had unused capital loss carryforwards available for federal income tax purposes to be applied against future capital gains, if any. If not applied, the carryforwards will expire as shown in the following table. The losses not subject to expiration retain the character reflected and will be utilized first by a Fund, while the losses subject to expiration are considered short-term:
               
     
Massachusetts
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Dividend
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Advantage
   
Income
 
     
(NMB
)
 
(NGX
)
Expiration:
             
May 31, 2014
 
$
 
$
221,405
 
May 31, 2017
   
   
215,629
 
May 31, 2018
   
   
24,486
 
May 31, 2019
   
44,128
   
18,813
 
Not subject to expiration:
             
Short-term losses
   
   
 
Long-term losses
   
276,528
   
 
Total
 
$
320,656
 
$
480,333
 
 
During the Funds’ tax year ended May 31, 2013, the following Funds utilized capital loss carryforwards as follows:
 
             
     
Connecticut
   
Massachusetts
 
     
Premium
   
AMT-Free
 
     
Income
   
Income
 
     
(NTC
)
 
(NGX
)
Utilized capital loss carryforwards
 
$
200,324
 
$
151,947
 
 
7. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates
Each Fund’s management fee consists of two components – a fund-level fee, based only on the amount of assets within the Fund, and a complex-level fee, based on the aggregate amount of all eligible fund assets managed by the Adviser. This pricing structure enables Fund shareholders to benefit from growth in the assets within their respective Fund as well as from growth in the amount of complex-wide assets managed by the Adviser.
 
The annual fund-level fee for each Fund, payable monthly, is calculated according to the following schedules:
     
 
Connecticut Premium Income (NTC)
 
Massachusetts Premium Income (NMT)
Average Daily Managed Assets*
Fund-Level Fee Rate
For the first $125 million
.4500
For the next $125 million
.4375
 
For the next $250 million
.4250
 
For the next $500 million
.4125
 
For the next $1 billion
.4000
 
For the next $3 billion
.3875
 
For managed assets over $5 billion
.3750
 
 
 
Massachusetts Dividend Advantage (NMB)
 
Massachusetts AMT-Free Income (NGX)
Average Daily Managed Assets*
Fund-Level Fee Rate
For the first $125 million
.4500
For the next $125 million
.4375
 
For the next $250 million
.4250
 
For the next $500 million
.4125
 
For the next $1 billion
.4000
 
For managed assets over $2 billion
.3750
 

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Notes to
   
Financial Statements (continued)
 
The annual complex-level fee for each Fund, payable monthly, is calculated according to the following schedule:
       
Complex-Level Managed Asset Breakpoint Level*
 
Effective Rate at Breakpoint Level
$55 billion
 
.2000
%
$56 billion
 
.1996
 
$57 billion
 
.1989
 
$60 billion
 
.1961
 
$63 billion
 
.1931
 
$66 billion
 
.1900
 
$71 billion
 
.1851
 
$76 billion
 
.1806
 
$80 billion
 
.1773
 
$91 billion
 
.1691
 
$125 billion
 
.1599
 
$200 billion
 
.1505
 
$250 billion
 
.1469
 
$300 billion
 
.1445
 
 
*
For the fund-level and complex-level fees, managed assets include closed-end fund assets managed by the Adviser that are attributable to financial leverage. For these purposes, financial leverage includes the funds’ use of preferred stock and borrowings and certain investments in the residual interest certificates (also called inverse floating rate securities) in tender option bond (TOB) trusts, including the portion of assets held by a TOB trust that has been effectively financed by the trust’s issuance of floating rate securities, subject to an agreement by the Adviser as to certain funds to limit the amount of such assets for determining managed assets in certain circumstances. The complex-level fee is calculated based upon the aggregate daily managed assets of all Nuveen Funds that constitute “eligible assets.” Eligible assets do not include assets attributable to investments in other Nuveen Funds or assets in excess of $2 billion added to the Nuveen Fund complex in connection with the Adviser’s assumption of the management of the former First American Funds effective January 1, 2011. As of May 31, 2013, the complex-level fee rate for each of these Funds was .1661%.
 
The management fee compensates the Adviser for overall investment advisory and administrative services and general office facilities. The Adviser is responsible for each Fund’s overall strategy and asset allocation decisions. The Adviser has entered into sub-advisory agreements with Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, under which the Sub-Adviser manages the investment portfolios of the Funds. The Sub-Adviser is compensated for its services to the Funds from the management fees paid to the Adviser.
 
The Funds pay no compensation directly to those of its trustees who are affiliated with the Adviser or to its officers, all of whom receive remuneration for their services to the Funds from the Adviser or its affiliates. The Board of Trustees has adopted a deferred compensation plan for independent trustees that enables trustees to elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from certain Nuveen-advised funds. Under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of select Nuveen-advised funds.
 
8. Fund Reorganizations
The following Reorganizations were structured to qualify as tax-free reorganizations under the Internal Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes, and the Acquired Funds’ shareholders will recognize no gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result. Prior to the closing of each of the Reorganizations, the Acquired Funds distributed all of their net investment income and capital gains, if any. Such a distribution may be taxable to the Acquired Funds’ shareholders for federal income tax purposes.
 
The cost, fair value and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the investments of the Acquired Funds as of the date of each Reorganization were as follows:
                     
     
Connecticut
   
Connecticut
   
Connecticut
 
     
Dividend
   
Dividend
   
Dividend
 
     
Advantage
   
Advantage 2
   
Advantage 3
 
     
(NFC
)
 
(NGK
)
 
(NGO
)
Cost of investments
 
$
53,725,277
 
$
47,360,196
 
$
88,892,426
 
Fair value of investments
   
57,605,903
   
50,542,181
   
94,081,645
 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments
   
3,880,626
   
3,181,985
   
5,189,219
 
 
For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Acquiring Funds were recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments received from the Acquired Funds were carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the Acquiring Fund’s realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.
 
For accounting and performance reporting purposes, the Acquiring Fund is the survivor. The shares outstanding, net assets and net asset value (“NAV”) per Common share immediately before and after the Reorganizations are as follows:

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Connecticut
   
Connecticut
   
Connecticut
 
     
Dividend
   
Dividend
   
Dividend
 
     
Advantage
   
Advantage 2
   
Advantage 3
 
Acquired Funds – Prior to Reorganizations
   
(NFC
)
 
(NGK
)
 
(NGO
)
Common shares outstanding
   
2,586,685
   
2,320,671
   
4,367,134
 
Net assets applicable to Common shares
 
$
40,328,665
 
$
35,794,932
 
$
66,079,447
 
NAV per Common share outstanding
 
$
15.59
 
$
15.42
 
$
15.13
 

         
     
Connecticut
 
     
Premium
 
     
Income
 
Acquiring Fund – Prior to Reorganizations
   
(NTC
)
Common shares outstanding
   
5,365,029
 
Net assets applicable to Common shares
 
$
81,824,227
 
NAV per Common share outstanding
 
$
15.25
 
         
     
Connecticut
 
     
Premium
 
     
Income
 
Acquiring Fund – Post Reorganizations
   
(NTC
)
Common shares outstanding
   
14,688,976
 
Net assets applicable to Common shares
 
$
224,027,271
 
NAV per Common share outstanding
 
$
15.25
 
 
The beginning of the Acquired Funds’ current fiscal period was June 1, 2012. Assuming the Reorganizations had been completed on June 1, 2012, the beginning of the Acquiring Fund’s current fiscal period, the pro forma results of operations for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2013, are as follows:
         
     
Connecticut
 
     
Premium
 
     
Income
 
Acquiring Fund – Pro Forma Results of Operations
   
(NTC
)
Net investment income (loss)
 
$
9,158,113
 
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
   
(3,883,225
)
Change in net assets resulting from operations
 
$
5,274,888
 
 
Because the combined investment portfolios for each Reorganization have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since each Reorganization was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of the Acquired Funds that have been included in the Statement of Operations for the Acquiring Fund since the Reorganizations were consummated.
 
In connection with the Reorganizations, the Acquiring Fund incurred certain associated costs and expenses. Such amounts were included as components of “Accrued other expenses” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and “Reorganization expenses” on the Statement of Operations during the fiscal year ended May 31, 2012.
 
9. New Accounting Pronouncements
 
Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities
In January 2013, Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-01, Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, replaced ASU 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. ASU 2013-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2013. ASU 2011-11 was intended to enhance disclosure requirements on the offsetting of financial assets and liabilities. ASU 2013-01 limits the scope of the new balance sheet offsetting disclosures to derivatives, repurchase agreements and securities lending transactions to the extent that they are (1) offset in the financial statements or (2) subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. Management is currently evaluating the application of ASU 2013-01 and its impact to the financial statements and footnote disclosures, if any.
 
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Board Members & Officers (Unaudited)
 
   
The management of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed for the Funds by the Adviser, is the responsibility of the Board of Trustees of the Funds. The number of trustees of the Funds is currently set at ten. None of the trustees who are not “interested” persons of the Funds (referred to herein as “independent trustees”) has ever been a director or employee of, or consultant to, Nuveen or its affiliates. The names and business addresses of the trustees and officers of the Funds, their principal occupations and other affiliations during the past five years, the number of portfolios each oversees and other directorships they hold are set forth below.

 
Name,
 
Position(s) Held
 
Year First
 
Principal
 
Number
 
Year of Birth
 
with the Funds
 
Elected or
 
Occupation(s)
 
of Portfolios
 
& Address
     
Appointed
 
including other
 
in Fund Complex
         
and Term(1)
 
Directorships
 
Overseen by
             
During Past 5 Years
 
Board Member
                   
Independent Board Members:            
ROBERT P. BREMNER
1940
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
Board Member
 
 
 
1996
Class III
 
Private Investor and Management Consultant; Treasurer and Director, Humanities Council of Washington, D.C.; Board Member, Independent Directors Council affiliated with the Investment Company Institute.
 
 
 
210
                   
JACK B. EVANS
1948
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Board Member
 
 
 
1999
Class III
 
President, The Hall-Perrine Foundation, a private philanthropic corporation (since 1996); Chairman, United Fire Group, a publicly held company; formerly, President of the Board of Regents for the State of Iowa University System; Director, Source Media Group; Life Trustee of Coe College; formerly, Director, Alliant Energy; formerly, Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; formerly, President and Chief Operating Officer, SCI Financial Group, Inc., a regional financial services firm.
 
 
 
210
                   
WILLIAM C. HUNTER
1948
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Board Member
 
 
 
2004
Class I
 
Dean Emeritus (since June 30, 2012), formerly, Dean, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa (2006-2012); Director (since 2004) of Xerox Corporation; Director (since 2005), and President (since July 2012) Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc., The International Honor Society; Director of Wellmark, Inc. (since 2009); formerly, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Finance, School of Business at the University of Connecticut (2003-2006); previously, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1995-2003); formerly, Director (1997-2007), Credit Research Center at Georgetown University.
 
 
 
210
                   
DAVID J. KUNDERT
1942
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Board Member
 
 
 
2005
Class II
 
Formerly, Director, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company; (2006-2013) retired (since 2004) as Chairman, JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management, President and CEO, Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation, and President, One Group Mutual Funds; prior thereto, Executive Vice President, Banc One Corporation and Chairman and CEO, Banc One Investment Management Group; Regent Emeritus, Member of Investment Committee, Luther College; member of the Wisconsin Bar Association; member of Board of Directors, Friends of Boerner Botanical Gardens; member of Board of Directors and Chair of Investment Committee, Greater Milwaukee Foundation; member of the Board of Directors (Milwaukee), College Possible.
 
 
 
210
                   
WILLIAM J. SCHNEIDER
1944
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Board Member
 
 
 
1996
Class III
 
Chairman of Miller-Valentine Partners Ltd., a real estate investment company; formerly, Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer (retired 2004) of Miller-Valentine Group; an owner in several other Miller Valentine entities; member, Mid-America Health System; Board Member of Tech Town, Inc., a not-for-profit community development company; Board Member of WDPR Public Radio station; formerly, member, Business Advisory Council, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank and University of Dayton Business School Advisory Council.
 
 
 
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Name,
 
Position(s) Held
 
Year First
 
Principal
 
Number
 
Year of Birth
 
with the Funds
 
Elected or
 
Occupation(s)
 
of Portfolios
 
& Address
     
Appointed
 
Including other
 
in Fund Complex
         
and Term(1)
 
Directorships
 
Overseen by
             
During Past 5 Years
 
Board Member
                   
Independent Board Members:            
JUDITH M. STOCKDALE
1947
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Board Member
 
 
 
1997
Class I
 
Formerly, Executive Director (1994-2012), Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (since 1994); prior thereto, Executive Director, Great Lakes Protection Fund (1990-1994).
 
 
 
210
                   
CAROLE E. STONE
1947
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Board Member
 
 
 
2007
Class I
 
Director, Chicago Board Options Exchange (since 2006); Director, C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated (since 2009); formerly, Commissioner, New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform (2005-2010); formerly, Chair, New York Racing Association Oversight Board (2005-2007).
 
 
 
210
                   
VIRGINIA L. STRINGER
1944
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Board Member
 
 
 
2011
Class I
 
Board Member, Mutual Fund Directors Forum; former governance consultant and non-profit board member; former Owner and President, Strategic Management Resources, Inc. a management consulting firm; former Member, Governing Board, Investment Company Institute’s Independent Directors Council; previously, held several executive positions in general management, marketing and human resources at IBM and The Pillsbury Company; Independent Director, First American Fund Complex (1987-2010) and Chair (1997-2010).
 
 
 
210
                   
TERENCE J. TOTH
1959
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Board Member
 
 
 
2008
Class II
 
Managing Partner, Promus Capital (since 2008); Director, Fulcrum IT Service LLC (since 2010), Quality Control Corporation (since 2012) and LogicMark LLC (since 2012); formerly, Director, Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (2008-2013); formerly, CEO and President, Northern Trust Global Investments (2004-2007); Executive Vice President, Quantitative Management & Securities Lending (2000-2004); prior thereto, various positions with Northern Trust Company (since 1994); member: Chicago Fellowship Board (since 2005), Catalyst Schools of Chicago Board (since 2008) and Chairman, and Mather Foundation Board (since 2012), and a member of its investment committee; formerly, Member, Northern Trust Mutual Funds Board (2005-2007), Northern Trust Global Investments Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Japan Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Securities Inc. Board (2003-2007) and Northern Trust Hong Kong Board (1997-2004).
 
 
 
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Interested Board Member:                
JOHN P. AMBOIAN(2)
1961
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Board Member
 
 
 
2008
Class II
 
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman (since 2007) and Director (since 1999) of Nuveen Investments, Inc., formerly, President (1999-2007); Chief Executive Officer (since 2007) of Nuveen Investments Advisers, Inc.; Director (since 1998) formerly, Chief Executive Officer (2007-2010) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC.
 
 
 
210

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Board Members & Officers (Unaudited) (continued)
 
 
Name,
 
Position(s) Held
 
Year First
 
Principal
 
Number
 
Year of Birth
 
with the Funds
 
Elected or
 
Occupation(s)
 
of Portfolios
 
and Address
     
Appointed(3)
 
During Past 5 Years
 
in Fund Complex
                 
Overseen
                 
by Officer
Officers of the Funds:                
GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN
1956
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
Chief
Administrative
Officer
 
 
 
1988
 
Managing Director (since 2002), and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Managing Director (since 2004) and Assistant Secretary (since 1994) of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Managing Director (since 2002), Assistant Secretary (since 1997) and Co-General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (since 2011); Managing Director, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, of Symphony Asset Management LLC (since 2003); Vice President and Assistant Secretary of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC (since 2002), Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc. (since 2002), Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC (since 2006), and of Winslow Capital Management, LLC, (since 2010); Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since 2013), formerly, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Compliance Officer (2006-2013) of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC; Chartered Financial Analyst.
 
 
 
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WILLIAM ADAMS IV
1955
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Vice President
 
 
 
2007
 
Senior Executive Vice President, Global Structured Products (since 2010), formerly, Executive Vice President (1999-2010) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Co-President of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (since 2011); President (since 2011), formerly, Managing Director (2010-2011) of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC.
 
 
 
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CEDRIC H. ANTOSIEWICZ
1962
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Vice President
 
 
 
2007
 
Managing Director of Nuveen Securities, LLC.
 
 
 
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MARGO L. COOK
1964
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Vice President
 
 
 
2009
 
Executive Vice President (since 2008) of Nuveen Investments, Inc. and of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (since 2011); Managing Director-Investment Services of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC (since August 2011), previously, Head of Institutional Asset Management (2007-2008) of Bear Stearns Asset Management; Head of Institutional Asset Management (1986-2007) of Bank of NY Mellon; Chartered Financial Analyst.
 
 
 
210
                   
LORNA C. FERGUSON
1945
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Vice President
 
 
 
1998
 
Managing Director (since 2005) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC and Nuveen Securities, LLC (since 2004).
 
 
 
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STEPHEN D. FOY
1954
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
Vice President
and Controller
 
 
 
1998
 
Senior Vice President (2010-2011), formerly, Vice President (2005-2010) and Funds Controller of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Senior Vice President (since 2013), formerly, Vice President of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Chief Financial Officer of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC (since 2010); Certified Public Accountant.
 
 
 
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Name,
 
Position(s) Held
 
Year First
 
Principal
 
Number
 
Year of Birth
 
with the Funds
 
Elected or
 
Occupation(s)
 
of Portfolios
 
and Address
     
Appointed(3)
 
During Past 5 Years
 
in Fund Complex
                 
Overseen
                 
by Officer
Officers of the Funds:                
SCOTT S. GRACE
1970
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
Vice President
and Treasurer
 
 
 
2009
 
Managing Director, Corporate Finance & Development, Treasurer (since 2009) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Managing Director and Treasurer (since 2009) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, Nuveen Investments Advisers, Inc., Nuveen Investments Holdings Inc. and (since 2011) Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; Vice President and Treasurer of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC and Winslow Capital Management, LLC.; Vice President of Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC; formerly, Treasurer (2006-2009), Senior Vice President (2008-2009), previously, Vice President (2006-2008) of Janus Capital Group, Inc.; formerly, Senior Associate in Morgan Stanley’s Global Financial Services Group (2000-2003); Chartered Accountant Designation.
 
 
 
210
                   
WALTER M. KELLY
1970
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
Chief Compliance
Officer and
Vice President
 
 
 
2003
 
Senior Vice President (since 2008) and Assistant Secretary (since 2003) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Senior Vice President (since 2008) of Nuveen Investment Holdings, Inc.; formerly, Senior Vice President (2008-2011) of Nuveen Securities, LLC.
 
 
 
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TINA M. LAZAR
1961
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
 
Vice President
 
 
 
2002
 
Senior Vice President (since 2010), formerly, Vice President (2005-2010) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC.
 
 
 
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KEVIN J. MCCARTHY
1966
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
 
Vice President
and Secretary
 
 
 
2007
 
Managing Director and Assistant Secretary (since 2008), Nuveen Securities, LLC; Managing Director (since 2008), Assistant Secretary (since 2007) and Co-General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; Managing Director (since 2008), and Assistant Secretary, Nuveen Investment Holdings, Inc.; Vice President (since 2007) and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc., NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, NWQ Holdings, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC, and of Winslow Capital Management, LLC. (since 2010); Vice President and Secretary (since 2010) of Nuveen Commodities Asset Management, LLC.
 
 
 
210

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Board Members & Officers (Unaudited) (continued)
 
 
Name,
 
Position(s) Held
 
Year First
 
Principal
 
Number
 
Year of Birth
 
with the Funds
 
Elected or
 
Occupation(s)
 
of Portfolios
 
and Address
 
   
Appointed(3)
 
During Past 5 Years
 
in Fund Complex
                 
Overseen
                 
by Officer
                   
Officers of the Funds:                
KATHLEEN L. PRUDHOMME
1953
901 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55402
 
 
Vice President and
Assistant Secretary
 
 
 
2011
 
Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Co-General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; Managing Director and Assistant Secretary (since 2011) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; formerly, Deputy General Counsel, FAF Advisors, Inc. (2004-2010).
 
 
 
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(1)
Board Members serve three year terms, except for two board members who are elected by the holders of Preferred Shares. The Board of Trustees is divided into three classes, Class I, Class II, and Class III, with each being elected to serve until the third succeeding annual shareholders’ meeting subsequent to its election or thereafter in each case when its respective successors are duly elected or appointed, except two board members are elected by the holders of Preferred Shares to serve until the next annual shareholders’ meeting subsequent to its election or thereafter in each case when its respective successors are duly elected or appointed. The first year elected or appointed represents the year in which the board member was first elected or appointed to any fund in the Nuveen Complex.
(2)
Mr. Amboian is an interested trustee because of his position with Nuveen Investments, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries, which are affiliates of the Nuveen Funds.
(3)
Officers serve one year terms through August of each year. The year first elected or appointed represents the year in which the Officer was first elected or appointed to any fund in the Nuveen Complex.
 
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Annual Investment Management
Agreement Approval Process (Unaudited)
 
The Board of Trustees (each, a “Board” and each Trustee, a “Board Member”) of the Funds, including the Board Members who are not parties to the Funds’ advisory or sub-advisory agreements or “interested persons” of any such parties (the “Independent Board Members”), is responsible for approving the advisory agreements (each, an “Investment Management Agreement”) between each Fund and Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (the “Advisor”) and the sub-advisory agreements (each, a “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) between the Advisor and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (the “Sub-Advisor”) (the Investment Management Agreements and the Sub-Advisory Agreements are referred to collectively as the “Advisory Agreements”) and their periodic continuation. Pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), the Board is required to consider the continuation of the Advisory Agreements on an annual basis. Accordingly, at an in-person meeting held on May 20-22, 2013 (the “May Meeting”), the Board, including a majority of the Independent Board Members, considered and approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for the Funds for an additional one-year period.
 
In preparation for its considerations at the May Meeting, the Board requested and received extensive materials prepared in connection with the review of the Advisory Agreements. The materials provided a broad range of information regarding the Funds, the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor (the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor are collectively, the “Fund Advisers” and each, a “Fund Adviser”). As described in more detail below, the information provided included, among other things, a review of Fund performance, including Fund investment performance assessments against peer groups and appropriate benchmarks; a comparison of Fund fees and expenses relative to peers; a description and assessment of shareholder service levels for the Funds; a summary of the performance of certain service providers; a review of product initiatives and shareholder communications; and an analysis of the Advisor’s profitability with comparisons to comparable peers in the managed fund business. As part of its annual review, the Board also held a separate meeting on April 17-18, 2013, to review the Funds’ investment performance and consider an analysis provided by the Advisor of the Sub-Advisor which generally evaluated the Sub-Advisor’s investment team, investment mandate, organizational structure and history, investment philosophy and process, performance of the applicable Fund, and significant changes to the foregoing. As a result of its review of the materials and discussions, the Board presented the Advisor with questions and the Advisor responded.
 
The materials and information prepared in connection with the annual review of the Advisory Agreements supplement the information and analysis provided to the Board during the year. In this regard, throughout the year, the Board, acting directly or through its committees, regularly reviews the performance and various services provided by the Advisor and the Sub-Advisor. The Board meets at least quarterly as well as at other times as the need arises. At its quarterly meetings, the Board reviews reports by the Advisor regarding, among other things, fund performance, fund expenses, premium and discount levels of closed-end funds, the performance of the investment teams, and compliance, regulatory and risk management matters. In addition to regular reports, the Advisor provides special reports to the Board or a committee thereof from time to time to enhance the Board’s understanding of various topics that impact some or all the Nuveen funds (such as accounting and financial statement presentations of the various forms of leverage that may be used by a closed-end fund or an update on the valuation policies and procedures), to update the Board on regulatory developments impacting the investment company industry or to update the Board on the

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business plans or other matters impacting the Advisor. The Board also meets with key investment personnel managing the fund portfolios during the year. In October 2011, the Board also created two standing committees (the Open-End Fund Committee and the Closed-End Fund Committee) to assist the full Board in monitoring and gaining a deeper insight into the distinctive business practices of open-end and closed-end funds. These Committees meet prior to each quarterly Board meeting, and the Advisor provides presentations to these Committees permitting them to delve further into specific matters or initiatives impacting the respective product line.
 
In addition, the Board continues its program of seeking to have the Board Members or a subset thereof visit each sub-advisor to the Nuveen funds at least once over a multiple year rotation, meeting with key investment and business personnel. In this regard, the Independent Board Members visited certain of the Sub-Advisor’s investment teams in Minneapolis in September 2012, and the Sub-Advisor’s municipal team in November 2012. In addition, the ad hoc Securities Lending Committee of the Board met with certain service providers and the Audit Committee of the Board made a site visit to three pricing service providers.
 
The Board considers the information provided and knowledge gained at these meetings and visits during the year when performing its annual review of the Advisory Agreements. The Independent Board Members also are assisted throughout the process by independent legal counsel. Counsel provided materials describing applicable law and the duties of directors or trustees in reviewing advisory contracts. During the course of the year and during their deliberations regarding the review of advisory contracts, the Independent Board Members met with independent legal counsel in executive sessions without management present. In addition, it is important to recognize that the management arrangements for the Nuveen funds are the result of many years of review and discussion between the Independent Board Members and fund management and that the Board Members’ conclusions may be based, in part, on their consideration of fee arrangements and other factors developed in previous years.
 
The Board considered all factors it believed relevant with respect to each Fund, including among other factors: (a) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Fund Advisers, (b) the investment performance of the Fund and Fund Advisers, (c) the advisory fees and costs of the services to be provided to the Fund and the profitability of the Fund Advisers, (d) the extent of any economies of scale, (e) any benefits derived by the Fund Advisers from the relationship with the Fund and (f) other factors. Each Board Member may have accorded different weight to the various factors in reaching his or her conclusions with respect to a Fund’s Advisory Agreements. The Independent Board Members did not identify any single factor as all important or controlling. The Independent Board Members’ considerations were instead based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information presented. The principal factors considered by the Board and its conclusions are described below.
 
A. Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
In considering renewal of the Advisory Agreements, the Independent Board Members considered the nature, extent and quality of the Fund Adviser’s services, including advisory services and the resulting Fund performance and administrative services. The Independent Board Members further considered the overall reputation and capabilities of the Advisor and its affiliates, the commitment of the Advisor to provide high quality service to the Funds, their overall confidence in the capability and integrity of the Advisor and its staff and the Advisor’s responsiveness to questions and concerns raised by them. The Independent Board Members reviewed materials outlining, among other things, the Fund Adviser’s organization and business; the types of services that the Fund Adviser or its affiliates provide to the Funds; the performance record of the applicable Fund (as described in further detail below); and any applicable initiatives Nuveen had taken for the closed-end fund product line.
 
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In considering advisory services, the Board recognized that the Advisor provides various oversight, administrative, compliance and other services for the Funds and the Sub-Advisor generally provides the portfolio investment management services to the Funds. In reviewing the portfolio management services provided to each Fund, the Board reviewed the materials provided by the Nuveen Investment Services Oversight Team analyzing, among other things, the Sub-Advisor’s investment team and changes thereto, organization and history, assets under management, the investment team’s philosophy and strategies in managing the Fund, developments affecting the Sub-Advisor or Fund and Fund performance. The Independent Board Members also reviewed portfolio manager compensation arrangements to evaluate each Fund Adviser’s ability to attract and retain high quality investment personnel, preserve stability, and reward performance but not provide an inappropriate incentive to take undue risks. In addition, the Board considered the Advisor’s execution of its oversight responsibilities over the Sub-Advisor. Given the importance of compliance, the Independent Board Members also considered Nuveen’s compliance program, including the report of the chief compliance officer regarding the Funds’ compliance policies and procedures; the resources dedicated to compliance; and the record of compliance with the policies and procedures. Given the Advisor’s emphasis on business risk, the Board also appointed an Independent Board Member as a point person to review and keep the Board apprised of developments in this area during the year.
 
In addition to advisory services, the Board considered the quality and extent of administrative and other non-investment advisory services the Advisor and its affiliates provide to the Funds, including product management, investment services (such as oversight of investment policies and procedures, risk management, and pricing), fund administration, oversight of service providers, shareholder services and communications, administration of Board relations, regulatory and portfolio compliance, legal support, managing leverage and promoting an orderly secondary market for common shares. The Board further recognized Nuveen’s additional investments in personnel, including in compliance and risk management.
 
In reviewing the services provided, the Board considered the new services and service enhancements that the Advisor has implemented since the various advisory agreements were last reviewed. In reviewing the activities of 2012, the Board recognized the Advisor’s focus on product rationalization for both closed-end and open-end funds during the year, consolidating certain Nuveen funds through mergers that were designed to improve efficiencies and economies of scale for shareholders, repositioning various Nuveen funds through updates in their investment policies and guidelines with the expectation of bringing greater value to shareholders, and liquidating certain Nuveen funds. The Board recognized the Advisor’s significant investment in technology initiatives to, among other things, create a central repository for fund and other Nuveen product data, develop a group within the Advisor designed to handle and analyze fund performance data, and implement a data system to support the risk oversight group. The Board also recognized the enhancements in the valuation group within the Advisor, including upgrading the team and process and automating certain basic systems, and in the compliance group with the addition of personnel, particularly within the testing group. With the advent of the Open-End Fund Committee and Closed-End Fund Committee, the Board also noted the enhanced support and comprehensive in-depth presentations provided by the Advisor to these committees.
 
In addition to the foregoing actions, the Board also considered other initiatives related to the Nuveen closed-end funds, including the significant level of oversight and administration necessary to manage leverage that has become increasingly varied and complex and the ongoing redesign of technology systems to manage and track the various forms of leverage; continued capital management services, including developing shelf offering programs for various funds; the implementation of projects designed to enhance data integrity for information published on the web and to increase the use of data received from third parties to gain market intelligence; and the continued communication efforts with shareholders, fund analysts and financial advisers. With respect to the latter, the Independent Board Members noted Nuveen’s continued commitment to supporting the secondary market for the common shares of its

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closed-end funds through a comprehensive secondary market communication program and campaigns designed to raise investor and analyst awareness and understanding of closed-end funds. Nuveen’s support services included, among other things: developing materials covering the Nuveen closed-end Fund product line and educational materials regarding closed-end funds; designing and executing various marketing campaigns; supporting and promoting the alternative minimum tax (AMT)-free funds; sponsoring and participating in conferences; communicating with closed-end fund analysts and financial advisors throughout the year; providing marketing and product updates for the closed-end funds; and maintaining and enhancing a closed-end fund website.
 
Based on their review, the Independent Board Members found that, overall, the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the respective Funds under each applicable Advisory Agreement were satisfactory.
 
B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and Fund Advisers
The Board, including the Independent Board Members, considered the performance history of each Fund over various time periods. The Board reviewed reports, including an analysis of the Funds’ performance and the applicable investment team. In general, in considering a fund’s performance, the Board recognized that a fund’s performance can be reviewed through various measures including the fund’s absolute return, the fund’s return compared to the performance of other peer funds, and the fund’s performance compared to its respective benchmark. Accordingly, the Board reviewed, among other things, each Fund’s historic investment performance as well as information comparing the Fund’s performance information with that of other funds (the “Performance Peer Group”) and with recognized and/or customized benchmarks (i.e., benchmarks derived from multiple recognized benchmarks) for the quarter, one-, three-and five-year periods ending December 31, 2012 as well as performance information reflecting the first quarter of 2013. In addition, with respect to closed-end funds (such as the Funds), the Independent Board Members also reviewed historic premium and discount levels, including a summary of actions taken to address or discuss other developments affecting the secondary market discounts of various funds. This information supplemented the fund performance information provided to the Board at each of its quarterly meetings.
 
In evaluating performance, the Board recognized several factors that may impact the performance data as well as the consideration given to particular performance data. The Board recognized that the performance data reflects a snapshot of time, in this case as of the end of the most recent calendar year or quarter. The Board noted that selecting a different performance period could derive significantly different results. Further, the Board recognized that it is possible that long-term performance can be adversely affected by even one period of significant underperformance so that a single investment decision or theme has the ability to disproportionately affect long-term performance. The Independent Board Members also noted that the investment experience of a particular shareholder in the Nuveen funds will vary depending on when such shareholder invests in the applicable fund, the class held (if multiple classes are offered in a fund) and the performance of the fund (or respective class) during that shareholder’s investment period.
 
With respect to the comparative performance information, the Board recognized that the usefulness of comparative performance data as a frame of reference to measure a fund’s performance may be limited because the Performance Peer Group, among other things, does not adequately reflect the objectives and strategies of the fund, has a different investable universe, or the composition of the peer set may be limited in size or number as well as other factors. In this regard, the Board noted that the Advisor classified, in relevant part, the Performance Peer Groups of certain funds as having significant differences from the funds but to still be somewhat relevant while the Performance Peer Groups of other funds (including each of the Funds) were classified as having such significant differences as to be irrelevant. Accordingly, while the Board is cognizant of the relative performance of a fund’s peer set and/or benchmark(s), the Board evaluated fund performance in light of the respective fund’s investment objectives, investment parameters and

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guidelines and considered that the variations between the objectives and investment parameters or guidelines of the funds with their peers and/or benchmarks result in differences in performance results. In addition, with respect to any Nuveen funds for which the Board has identified performance concerns, the Board monitors such funds closely until performance improves, discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such results, considers those steps necessary or appropriate to address such issues, and reviews the results of any efforts undertaken.
 
In considering the performance data for the Funds, given that, as noted above, the Performance Peer Group for each Fund was classified as irrelevant, limiting the usefulness of the peer comparison data, the Board also considered the Funds’ performance compared to their respective benchmarks and noted that, except for the Nuveen Massachusetts AMT-Free Municipal Income Fund (the “Massachusetts AMT-Free Fund”), each Fund had outperformed its benchmark over the one-, three- and five-year periods. Although the Massachusetts AMT-Free Fund underperformed its benchmark in the one-, three- and five-year periods, the Board recognized that such Fund’s prior insurance mandate had detracted from performance and that such mandate has been recently removed.
 
Based on their review, the Independent Board Members determined that each Fund’s investment performance had been satisfactory.

C.
Fees, Expenses and Profitability
   
 
1. Fees and Expenses
 
The Board evaluated the management fees and expenses of each Fund reviewing, among other things, such Fund’s gross management fees, net management fees and net expense ratios in absolute terms as well as compared to the fees and expenses of a comparable universe of funds provided by an independent fund data provider (the “Peer Universe”) and any expense limitations.
   
 
The Independent Board Members further reviewed the methodology regarding the construction of the applicable Peer Universe. In reviewing the comparisons of fee and expense information, the Independent Board Members took into account that in certain instances various factors such as: the limited size and particular composition of the Peer Universe (including the inclusion of other Nuveen funds in the peer set); expense anomalies; changes in the funds comprising the Peer Universe from year to year; levels of reimbursement or fee waivers; the timing of information used; the differences in the type and use of leverage; and differences in the states reflected in the Peer Universe may impact the comparative data, thereby limiting somewhat the ability to make a meaningful comparison with peers.
   
 
In reviewing the fee schedule for a Fund, the Independent Board Members also considered the fund-level and complex-wide breakpoint schedules (described in further detail below) and any fee waivers and reimbursements provided by Nuveen. In reviewing fees and expenses (excluding leverage costs and leveraged assets, as applicable), the Board considered the expenses and fees to be higher if they were over 10 basis points higher, slightly higher if they were approximately 6 to 10 basis points higher, in line if they were within approximately 5 basis points higher than the peer average and below if they were below the peer average of the Peer Universe. In reviewing the reports, the Board noted that the majority of the Nuveen funds were at, close to or below their peer set average based on the net total expense ratio.
   
 
The Independent Board Members noted that the Nuveen Massachusetts Premium Income Municipal Fund had a net management fee in line with and a net expense ratio (including fee waivers and expense reimbursements) below its peer averages. In addition, they noted that the Massachusetts AMT-Free Fund had a slightly higher net management fee and net expense ratio compared to its peer averages (generally due in part to certain limitations within the peer group). Finally, the Independent Board Members noted that the Nuveen Connecticut Premium

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Income Municipal Fund and the Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund each had a net expense ratio that was slightly higher or higher than its respective peer average, but a net management fee in line with its respective peer average.
   
 
Based on their review of the fee and expense information provided, the Independent Board Members determined that each Fund’s management fees were reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund.
   
 
2. Comparisons with the Fees of Other Clients
 
The Board recognized that all Nuveen funds have a sub-advisor (which, in the case of the Funds, is an affiliated sub-advisor), and therefore, the overall fund management fee can be divided into two components, the fee retained by the Advisor and the fee paid to the sub-advisor. In general terms, the fee to the Advisor reflects the administrative services it provides to support the funds, and while some administrative services may occur at the sub-advisor level, the fee generally reflects the portfolio management services provided by the sub-advisor. The Independent Board Members reviewed information regarding the nature of services provided by the Advisor, including through the Sub-Advisor, and the range of fees and average fee the Sub-Advisor assessed for such services to other clients. Such other clients include municipal separately managed accounts and passively managed exchange traded funds (ETFs) sub-advised by the Advisor. In evaluating the comparisons of fees, the Independent Board Members noted that the fee rates charged to the Funds and other clients vary, among other things, because of the different services involved and the additional regulatory and compliance requirements associated with registered investment companies, such as the Funds. Accordingly, the Independent Board Members considered the differences in the product types, including, but not limited to, the services provided, the structure and operations, product distribution and costs thereof, portfolio investment policies, investor profiles, account sizes and regulatory requirements. The Independent Board Members noted, in particular, that the range of services provided to the Funds (as discussed above) is much more extensive than that provided to separately managed accounts. Many of the additional administrative services provided by the Advisor are not required for institutional clients. Given the inherent differences in the various products, particularly the extensive services provided to the Funds, the Independent Board Members believe such facts justify the different levels of fees.
   
 
3. Profitability of Fund Advisers
 
In conjunction with their review of fees, the Independent Board Members also considered the profitability of Nuveen for its advisory activities and its financial condition. The Independent Board Members reviewed the revenues and expenses of Nuveen’s advisory activities for the last two calendar years, the allocation methodology used in preparing the profitability data and an analysis of the key drivers behind the changes in revenues and expenses that impacted profitability in 2012. The Independent Board Members noted this information supplemented the profitability information requested and received during the year to help keep them apprised of developments affecting profitability (such as changes in fee waivers and expense reimbursement commitments). In this regard, the Independent Board Members noted that they have an Independent Board Member serve as a point person to review and keep them apprised of changes to the profitability analysis and/or methodologies during the year. The Independent Board Members also considered Nuveen’s revenues for advisory activities, expenses, and profit margin compared to that of various unaffiliated management firms with comparable assets under management (based on asset size and asset composition).
   
 
In reviewing profitability, the Independent Board Members recognized the Advisor’s continued investment in its business to enhance its services, including capital improvements to investment technology, updated compliance systems, and additional personnel. In addition, in evaluating profitability, the Independent Board Members also recognized the subjective nature of determining profitability which may be affected by numerous factors including
 
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the allocation of expenses and that various allocation methodologies may each be reasonable but yield different results. Further, the Independent Board Members recognized the difficulties in making comparisons as the profitability of other advisers generally is not publicly available and the profitability information that is available for certain advisers or management firms may not be representative of the industry and may be affected by, among other things, the adviser’s particular business mix, capital costs, types of funds managed and expense allocations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Independent Board Members reviewed Nuveen’s methodology and assumptions for allocating expenses across product lines to determine profitability. Based on their review, the Independent Board Members concluded that the Advisor’s level of profitability for its advisory activities was reasonable in light of the services provided.
   
 
With respect to sub-advisors affiliated with Nuveen, including the Sub-Advisor, the Independent Board Members reviewed the sub-advisor’s revenues, expenses and profitability margins (pre- and post-tax) for its advisory activities and the methodology used for allocating expenses among the internal sub-advisors. Based on their review, the Independent Board Members were satisfied that the Sub-Advisor’s level of profitability was reasonable in light of the services provided.
   
 
In evaluating the reasonableness of the compensation, the Independent Board Members also considered other amounts paid to a Fund Adviser by the Funds as well as indirect benefits (such as soft dollar arrangements), if any, the Fund Adviser and its affiliates receive, or are expected to receive, that are directly attributable to the management of the Funds. See Section E below for additional information on indirect benefits a Fund Adviser may receive as a result of its relationship with the Funds. Based on their review of the overall fee arrangements of each Fund, the Independent Board Members determined that the advisory fees and expenses of the respective Fund were reasonable.
 
D. Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale
With respect to economies of scale, the Independent Board Members have recognized the potential benefits resulting from the costs of a fund being spread over a larger asset base, although economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, particularly on a fund-by-fund basis. One method to help ensure the shareholders share in these benefits is to include breakpoints in the advisory fee schedule. Generally, management fees for funds in the Nuveen complex are comprised of a fund-level component and a complex-level component, subject to certain exceptions. Accordingly, the Independent Board Members reviewed and considered the applicable fund-level breakpoints in the advisory fee schedules that reduce advisory fees as asset levels increase. Further, the Independent Board Members noted that although closed-end funds may from time-to-time make additional share offerings, the growth of their assets will occur primarily through the appreciation of such funds’ investment portfolio.
 
In addition to fund-level advisory fee breakpoints, the Board also considered the Funds’ complex-wide fee arrangement. Pursuant to the complex-wide fee arrangement, the fees of the funds in the Nuveen complex are generally reduced as the assets in the fund complex reach certain levels. The complex-wide fee arrangement seeks to provide the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total fund complex assets increase, even if assets of a particular fund are unchanged or have decreased. The approach reflects the notion that some of Nuveen’s costs are attributable to services provided to all its funds in the complex and therefore all funds benefit if these costs are spread over a larger asset base. In addition, with the acquisition of the funds previously advised by FAF Advisors, Inc. at the end of 2010, the Board noted that a portion of such funds’ assets at the time of acquisition were deemed eligible to be included in the complex-wide fee calculation in order to deliver fee savings to shareholders in the combined complex and such funds were subject to differing complex-level fee rates.

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Based on their review, the Independent Board Members concluded that the breakpoint schedules and complex-wide fee arrangement were acceptable and reflect economies of scale to be shared with shareholders when assets under management increase.
 
E. Indirect Benefits
In evaluating fees, the Independent Board Members received and considered information regarding potential “fall out” or ancillary benefits the respective Fund Adviser or its affiliates may receive as a result of its relationship with each Fund. In this regard, the Independent Board Members considered any revenues received by affiliates of the Advisor for serving as co-manager in initial public offerings of new closed-end funds as well as revenues received in connection with secondary offerings.
 
In addition to the above, the Independent Board Members considered whether the Fund Advisers received any benefits from soft dollar arrangements whereby a portion of the commissions paid by a Fund for brokerage may be used to acquire research that may be useful to the Fund Adviser in managing the assets of the Funds and other clients. The Funds’ portfolio transactions are determined by the Sub-Advisor. Accordingly, the Independent Board Members considered that the Sub-Advisor may benefit from its soft dollar arrangements pursuant to which it receives research from brokers that execute the Funds’ portfolio transactions. With respect to fixed income securities, however, the Board recognized that such securities generally trade on a principal basis that does not generate soft dollar credits. Nevertheless, the Sub-Advisor may engage in soft dollar arrangements on behalf of other clients, and the Funds as well as the Sub-Advisor may benefit from the research or other services received. Similarly, the Board recognized that the research received pursuant to soft dollar arrangements by the Sub-Advisor may also benefit a Fund and shareholders to the extent the research enhances the ability of the Sub-Advisor to manage the Fund. The Independent Board Members noted that the Sub-Advisor’s profitability may be somewhat lower if it did not receive the research services pursuant to the soft dollar arrangements and had to acquire such services directly.
 
Based on their review, the Independent Board Members concluded that any indirect benefits received by a Fund Adviser as a result of its relationship with the Funds were reasonable and within acceptable parameters.
 
F. Other Considerations
The Independent Board Members did not identify any single factor discussed previously as all-important or controlling. The Board Members, including the Independent Board Members, unanimously concluded that the terms of each Advisory Agreement are fair and reasonable, that the respective Fund Adviser’s fees are reasonable in light of the services provided to each Fund and that the Advisory Agreements be renewed.

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Nuveen makes reinvesting easy. A phone call is all it takes to set up your reinvestment account.
 
Nuveen Closed-End Funds Automatic Reinvestment Plan
 
Your Nuveen Closed-End Fund allows you to conveniently reinvest distributions in additional Fund shares.
 
By choosing to reinvest, you’ll be able to invest money regularly and automatically, and watch your investment grow through the power of compounding. Just like distributions in cash, there may be times when income or capital gains taxes may be payable on distributions that are reinvested.
 
It is important to note that an automatic reinvestment plan does not ensure a profit, nor does it protect you against loss in a declining market.
 
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To make recordkeeping easy and convenient, each month you’ll receive a statement showing your total distributions, the date of investment, the shares acquired and the price per share, and the total number of shares you own.
 
How shares are purchased
 
The shares you acquire by reinvesting will either be purchased on the open market or newly issued by the Fund. If the shares are trading at or above net asset value at the time of valuation, the Fund will issue new shares at the greater of the net asset value or 95% of the then-current market price. If the shares are trading at less than net asset value, shares for your account will be purchased on the open market. If the Plan Agent begins purchasing Fund shares on the open market while shares are trading below net asset value, but the Fund’s shares subsequently trade at or above their net asset value before the Plan Agent is able to complete its purchases, the Plan Agent may cease open-market purchases and may invest the uninvested portion of the distribution in newly-issued Fund shares at a price equal to the greater of the shares’ net asset value or 95% of the shares’ market value on the last business day immediately prior to the purchase date. Distributions received to purchase shares in the open market will normally be invested shortly after the distribution payment date. No interest will be paid on distributions awaiting reinvestment. Because the market price of the shares may increase before purchases are completed, the average purchase price per share may exceed the market price at the time of valuation, resulting in the acquisition of fewer shares than if the distribution had been paid in shares issued by the Fund. A pro rata portion of any applicable brokerage commissions on open market purchases will be paid by Plan participants. These commissions usually will be lower than those charged on individual transactions.

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Flexible
 
You may change your distribution option or withdraw from the Plan at any time, should your needs or situation change.
 
You can reinvest whether your shares are registered in your name, or in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee. Ask your investment advisor if his or her firm will participate on your behalf. Participants whose shares are registered in the name of one firm may not be able to transfer the shares to another firm and continue to participate in the Plan.
 
The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time. Although the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants, there is no direct service charge to participants in the Plan at this time.
 
Call today to start reinvesting distributions
 
For more information on the Nuveen Automatic Reinvestment Plan or to enroll in or withdraw from the Plan, speak with your financial advisor or call us at (800) 257-8787.

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Glossary of Terms
Used in this Report
 
Auction Rate Bond: An auction rate bond is a security whose interest payments are adjusted periodically through an auction process, which process typically also serves as a means for buying and selling the bond. Auctions that fail to attract enough buyers for all the shares offered for sale are deemed to have “failed,” with current holders receiving a formula-based interest rate until the next scheduled auction.
   
Average Annual Total Return: This is a commonly used method to express an investment’s performance over a particular, usually multi-year time period. It expresses the return that would have been necessary each year to equal the investment’s actual cumulative performance (including change in NAV or market price and reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, if any) over the time period being considered.
   
Duration: Duration is a measure of the expected period over which a bond’s principal and interest will be paid, and consequently is a measure of the sensitivity of a bond’s or bond Fund’s value to changes when market interest rates change. Generally, the longer a bond’s or Fund’s duration, the more the price of the bond or Fund will change as interest rates change.
   
Effective Leverage: Effective leverage is a Fund’s effective economic leverage, and includes both regulatory leverage (see Leverage) and the leverage effects of certain derivative investments in the Fund’s portfolio. Currently, the leverage effects of Tender Option Bond (TOB) inverse floater holdings are included in effective leverage values, in addition to any regulatory leverage.
   
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): The total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country/region in a given year, equal to total consumer, investment and government spending, plus the value of exports, minus the value of imports.
   
Inverse Floating Rate Securities: Inverse floating rate securities, also known as inverse floaters or tender option bonds (TOBs), are created by depositing a municipal bond, typically with a fixed interest rate, into a special purpose trust created by a broker dealer. This trust, in turn, (a) issues floating rate certificates typically paying short-term tax-exempt interest rates to third parties in amounts equal to some fraction of the deposited bond’s par amount or market value, and (b) issues an inverse floating rate certificate (sometimes referred to as an “inverse floater”) to an investor (such as a Fund) interested in gaining investment exposure to a long-term municipal bond. The income received by the holder of the inverse floater varies inversely with the short-term rate paid to the floating rate certificates’ holders, and in most circumstances the holder of the inverse floater bears substantially all of the underlying bond’s downside investment risk. The holder of the inverse floater typically also benefits disproportionately from any potential appreciation of the underlying bond’s value. Hence, an inverse floater essentially represents an investment in the underlying bond on a leveraged basis.
   
Leverage: Using borrowed money to invest in securities or other assets, seeking to increase the return of an investment or portfolio.
   
Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average: Calculated using the returns of all closed-end funds in this category. Lipper returns account for the effects of management fees and assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not reflect any applicable sales charges.

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Net Asset Value (NAV): The net market value of all securities held in a portfolio.
   
Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share: The market value of one share of a mutual fund or closed-end fund. For a Fund, the NAV is calculated daily by taking the Fund’s total assets (securities, cash, and accrued earnings), subtracting the Fund’s liabilities, and dividing by the number of shares outstanding.
   
Pre-Refunding: Pre-Refunding, also known as advanced refundings or refinancings, is a procedure used by state and local governments to refinance municipal bonds to lower interest expenses. The issuer sells new bonds with a lower yield and uses the proceeds to buy U.S. Treasury securities, the interest from which is used to make payments on the higher-yielding bonds. Because of this collateral, pre-refunding generally raises a bond’s credit rating and thus its value.
   
Regulatory Leverage: Regulatory Leverage consists of preferred shares issued by or borrowings of a Fund. Both of these are part of a Fund’s capital structure. Regulatory leverage is sometimes referred to as “40 Act Leverage” and is subject to asset coverage limits set in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
   
S&P Municipal Bond Connecticut Index: An unleveraged, market value-weighted index designed to measure the performance of the tax-exempt, investment-grade Connecticut municipal bond market. Index returns assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not reflect any applicable sales charges or management fees.
   
S&P Municipal Bond Index: An unleveraged, market value-weighted index designed to measure the performance of the tax-exempt, investment-grade U.S. municipal bond market. Index returns assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not reflect any applicable sales charges or management fees.
   
S&P Municipal Bond Massachusetts Index: An unleveraged, market value-weighted index designed to measure the performance of the tax-exempt, investment-grade Massachusetts municipal bond market. Index returns assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not reflect any applicable sales charges or management fees.
   
Total Investment Exposure: Total investment exposure is a Fund’s assets managed by the Adviser that are attributable to financial leverage. For these purposes, financial leverage includes a Fund’s use of preferred stock and borrowings and investments in the residual interest certificates (also called inverse floating rate securities) in tender option bond (TOB) trusts, including the portion of assets held by a TOB trust that has been effectively financed by the trust’s issuance of floating rate securities.
   
Zero Coupon Bond: A zero coupon bond does not pay a regular interest coupon to its holders during the life of the bond. Income to the holder of the bond comes from accretion of the difference between the original purchase price of the bond at issuance and the par value of the bond at maturity and is effectively paid at maturity. The market prices of zero coupon bonds generally are more volatile than the market prices of bonds that pay interest periodically.
 
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Additional Fund Information
 
Board of Trustees
John P. Amboian
Robert P. Bremner
Jack B. Evans
William C. Hunter
David J. Kundert
William J. Schneider
Judith M. Stockdale
Carole E. Stone
Virginia L. Stringer
Terence J. Toth
 
Fund Manager
Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
 
Custodian
State Street Bank
& Trust Company
Boston, MA
 
Transfer Agent and
Shareholder Services
State Street Bank & Trust
Company
Nuveen Funds
P.O. Box 43071
Providence, RI 02940-3071
(800) 257-8787
 
Legal Counsel
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Chicago, IL
 
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
Chicago, IL
 
Quarterly Form N-Q Portfolio of Investments Information
 
Each Fund is required to file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. You may obtain this information directly from the SEC. Visit the SEC on-line at http://www.sec.gov or in person at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call the SEC toll-free at (800) SEC -0330 for room hours and operation.
 
Nuveen Funds’ Proxy Voting Information
 
You may obtain (i) information regarding how each Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, without charge, upon request, by calling Nuveen Investments toll-free at (800) 257-8787 or on Nuveen’s website at www.nuveen.com and (ii) a description of the policies and procedures that each Fund used to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities without charge, upon request, by calling Nuveen Investments toll-free at (800) 257-8787. You may also obtain this information directly from the SEC. Visit the SEC on-line at http://www.sec.gov.
 
CEO Certification Disclosure
 
Each Fund’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has submitted to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) the annual CEO certification as required by Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.
 
Each Fund has filed with the SEC the certification of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
 
Common Share Information
 
Each Fund intends to repurchase shares of its own common stock at such times and in such amounts as is deemed advisable. During the period covered by this report, the Funds repurchased shares of their common stock as shown in the accompanying table.

 
Common Shares
Fund
Repurchased
NTC
NMT
NMB
NGX
 
Any future repurchases will be reported to shareholders in the next annual or semi-annual report.
 
Nuveen Investments
 
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Nuveen Investments:
Serving Investors for Generations
 
Since 1898, financial advisors and their clients have relied on Nuveen Investments to provide dependable investment solutions through continued adherence to proven, long-term investing principles. Today, we offer a range of high quality equity and fixed-income solutions designed to be integral components of a well-diversified core portfolio.
 
Focused on meeting investor needs.
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, Symphony Asset Management, NWQ Investment Management Company, Santa Barbara Asset Management, Tradewinds Global Investors, Winslow Capital Management and Gresham Investment Management. In total, Nuveen Investments managed $224 billion as of March 31, 2013.
 
Find out how we can help you.
To learn more about how the products and services of Nuveen Investments may be able to help you meet your financial goals, talk to your financial advisor, or call us at (800) 257-8787. Please read the information provided carefully before you invest. Investors should consider the investment objective and policies, risk considerations, charges and expenses of any investment carefully. Where applicable, be sure to obtain a prospectus, which contains this and other relevant information. To obtain a prospectus, please contact your securities representative or Nuveen Investments, 333 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL 60606. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.
 
Learn more about Nuveen Funds at: www.nuveen.com/cef
 
Distributed by
Nuveen Securities, LLC
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
www.nuveen.com
 
EAN-B-0513D
 
 
 

 
 
ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. There were no amendments to or waivers from the Code during the period covered by this report. The registrant has posted the code of ethics on its website at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Shareholder/FundGovernance.aspx. (To view the code, click on Code of Conduct.)

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

The registrant's Board of Directors or Trustees (“Board”) determined that the registrant has at least one “audit committee financial expert” (as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR) serving on its Audit Committee. The registrant's audit committee financial expert is Carole E. Stone, who is “independent” for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

Ms. Stone served for five years as Director of the New York State Division of the Budget. As part of her role as Director, Ms. Stone was actively involved in overseeing the development of the State's operating, local assistance and capital budgets, its financial plan and related documents; overseeing the development of the State's bond-related disclosure documents and certifying that they fairly presented the State's financial position; reviewing audits of various State and local agencies and programs; and coordinating the State's system of internal audit and control. Prior to serving as Director, Ms. Stone worked as a budget analyst/examiner with increasing levels of responsibility over a 30 year period, including approximately five years as Deputy Budget Director.  Ms. Stone has also served as Chair of the New York State Racing Association Oversight Board, as Chair of the Public Authorities Control Board, as a Commissioner on the New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform and as a member of the Boards of Directors of several New York State public authorities. These positions have involved overseeing operations and finances of certain entities and assessing the adequacy of project/entity financing and financial reporting. Currently, Ms. Stone is on the Board of Directors of CBOE Holdings, Inc., of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and of C2 Options Exchange. Ms. Stone's position on the boards of these entities and as a member of both CBOE Holdings' Audit Committee and its Finance Committee has involved, among other things, the oversight of audits, audit plans and preparation of financial statements.
 
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund

The following tables show the amount of fees that Ernst & Young LLP, the Fund's auditor, billed to the Fund during the Fund's last two full fiscal years. For engagements with Ernst & Young LLP the Audit Committee approved in advance all audit services and non-audit services that Ernst & Young LLP provided to the Fund, except for those non-audit services that were subject to the pre-approval exception under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (the “pre-approval exception”). The pre-approval exception for services provided directly to the Fund waives the pre-approval requirement for services other than audit, review or attest services if: (A) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid by the Fund to its accountant during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; (B) the Fund did not recognize the services as non-audit services at the time of the engagement; and (C) the services are promptly brought to the Audit Committee's attention, and the Committee (or its delegate) approves the services before the audit is completed.

The Audit Committee has delegated certain pre-approval responsibilities to its Chairman (or, in his absence, any other member of the Audit Committee).

SERVICES THAT THE FUND'S AUDITOR BILLED TO THE FUND

   
Audit Fees Billed
   
Audit-Related Fees
   
Tax Fees
   
All Other Fees
 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
to Fund 1
   
Billed to Fund 2
   
Billed to Fund 3
   
Billed to Fund 4
 
May 31, 2013
  $ 22,250     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
                                 
Percentage approved
    0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %
pursuant to
                               
pre-approval
                               
exception
                               
                                 
May 31, 2012
  $ 21,200     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
                                 
Percentage approved
    0 %     0 %     0 %     0 %
pursuant to
                               
pre-approval
                               
exception
                               
                                 
1 "Audit Fees" are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for the audit of the Fund's annual financial statements and services provided in
 
connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
                         
                                 
2 "Audit Related Fees" are the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of
 
financial statements that are not reported under "Audit Fees". These fees include offerings related to the Fund's common shares and leverage.
 
                                 
3 "Tax Fees" are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for tax advice, tax compliance, and tax planning. These fees include: all global
 
withholding tax services; excise and state tax reviews; capital gain, tax equalization and taxable basis calculation performed by the principal accountant.
 
                                 
4 "All Other Fees" are the aggregate fees billed for products and services other than "Audit Fees", "Audit-Related Fees" and "Tax Fees". These fees
 
represent all "Agreed-Upon Procedures" engagements pertaining to the Fund's use of leverage.
         

SERVICES THAT THE FUND'S AUDITOR BILLED TO THE ADVISER AND AFFILIATED FUND SERVICE PROVIDERS

The following tables show the amount of fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP to Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (formerly Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc.) (the “Adviser” or “NFA”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Fund Service Provider”), for engagements directly related to the Fund's operations and financial reporting, during the Fund's last two full fiscal years.
 
The tables also show the percentage of fees subject to the pre-approval exception. The pre-approval exception for services provided to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider (other than audit, review or attest services) waives the pre-approval requirement if: (A) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to Ernst & Young LLP by the Fund, the Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee; (B) the Fund did not recognize the services as non-audit services at the time of the engagement; and (C) the services are promptly brought to the Audit Committee's attention, and the Committee (or its delegate) approves the services before the Fund's audit is completed.

 
Audit-Related Fees
Tax Fees Billed to
All Other Fees
 
Billed to Adviser and
Adviser and
Billed to Adviser
 
Affiliated Fund
Affiliated Fund
and Affiliated Fund
Fiscal Year Ended
Service Providers
Service Providers
Service Providers
May 31, 2013
 $                                0
 $                                      0
 $                                    0
       
Percentage approved
0%
0%
0%
pursuant to
     
pre-approval
     
exception
     
May 31, 2012
 $                                0
 $                                      0
 $                                    0
       
Percentage approved
0%
0%
0%
pursuant to
     
pre-approval
     
exception
     

NON-AUDIT SERVICES

The following table shows the amount of fees that Ernst & Young LLP billed during the Fund's last two full fiscal years for non-audit services. The Audit Committee is required to pre-approve non-audit services that Ernst & Young LLP provides to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Services Provider, if the engagement related directly to the Fund's operations and financial reporting (except for those subject to the pre-approval exception described above). The Audit Committee requested and received information from Ernst & Young LLP about any non-audit services that Ernst & Young LLP rendered during the Fund's last fiscal year to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider. The Committee considered this information in evaluating Ernst & Young LLP's independence.

   
Total Non-Audit Fees
   
   
billed to Adviser and
   
   
Affiliated Fund Service
Total Non-Audit Fees
 
   
Providers (engagements
billed to Adviser and
 
   
related directly to the
Affiliated Fund Service
 
 
Total Non-Audit Fees
operations and financial
Providers (all other
 
Fiscal Year Ended
Billed to Fund
reporting of the Fund)
engagements)
Total
May 31, 2013
 $                                0
 $                                      0
 $                                    0
 $                          0
May 31, 2012
 $                                0
 $                                      0
 $                                    0
 $                          0
         
         
"Non-Audit Fees billed to Fund" for both fiscal year ends represent "Tax Fees" and "All Other Fees" billed to Fund in their respective
amounts from the previous table.
       
         
Less than 50 percent of the hours expended on the principal accountant's engagement to audit the registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year were
attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant's full-time, permanent employees.
 

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. Generally, the Audit Committee must approve (i) all non-audit services to be performed for the Fund by the Fund's independent accountants and (ii) all audit and non-audit services to be performed by the Fund's independent accountants for the Affiliated Fund Service Providers with respect to operations and financial reporting of the Fund. Regarding tax and research projects conducted by the independent accountants for the Fund and Affiliated Fund Service Providers (with respect to operations and financial reports of the Fund) such engagements will be (i) pre-approved by the Audit Committee if they are expected to be for amounts greater than $10,000; (ii) reported to the Audit Committee chairman for his verbal approval prior to engagement if they are expected to be for amounts under $10,000 but greater than $5,000; and (iii) reported to the Audit Committee at the next Audit Committee meeting if they are expected to be for an amount under $5,000.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

The registrant's Board has a separately designated Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)). The members of the audit committee are Robert P. Bremner, Terence J. Toth, William J. Schneider, Carole E. Stone and David J. Kundert.

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

a) See Portfolio of Investments in Item 1.

b) Not applicable.

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, formerly known as Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc., is the registrant’s investment adviser (also referred to as the “Adviser”). The Adviser is responsible for the on-going monitoring of the Fund’s investment portfolio, managing the Fund’s business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services. The Adviser has engaged Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (“Sub-Adviser”) as Sub-Adviser to provide discretionary investment advisory services. As part of these services, the Adviser has delegated to the Sub-Adviser the full responsibility for proxy voting on securities held in the registrant’s portfolio and related duties in accordance with the Sub-Adviser's policies and procedures. The Adviser periodically monitors the Sub-Adviser's voting to ensure that it is carrying out its duties. The Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures are attached to this filing as an exhibit and incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
 
Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, formerly known as Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc., is the registrant’s investment adviser (also referred to as the “Adviser”).  The Adviser is responsible for the selection and on-going monitoring of the Fund’s investment portfolio, managing the Fund’s business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services.  The Adviser has engaged Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (“Nuveen Asset Management” or “Sub-Adviser”) as Sub-Adviser to provide discretionary investment advisory services.  The following section provides information on the portfolio manager at the Sub-Adviser:

The Portfolio Manager

The following individual has primary responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of the registrant’s investment strategies:
 
Name
Fund
Michael Hamilton
Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund

Other Accounts Managed. In addition to managing the registrant, the portfolio manager is also primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the following accounts:
 
Portfolio Manager
Type of Account
Managed
Number of
Accounts
Assets*
Michael Hamilton
Registered Investment Company
9
$1.753 billion
 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
0
$0
 
Other Accounts
2
$133 million
*
Assets are as of May 31, 2013.  None of the assets in these accounts are subject to an advisory fee based on performance.

POTENTIAL MATERIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Actual or apparent conflicts of interest may arise when a portfolio manager has day-to-day management responsibilities with respect to more than one account. More specifically, portfolio managers who manage multiple accounts are presented a number of potential conflicts, including, among others, those discussed below.

The management of multiple accounts may result in a portfolio manager devoting unequal time and attention to the management of each account. Nuveen Asset Management seeks to manage such competing interests for the time and attention of portfolio managers by having portfolio managers focus on a particular investment discipline. Most accounts managed by a portfolio manager in a particular investment strategy are managed using the same investment models.

If a portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity which may be suitable for more than one account, an account may not be able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to an allocation of filled purchase or sale orders across all eligible accounts. To deal with these situations, Nuveen Asset Management has adopted procedures for allocating limited opportunities across multiple accounts.

With respect to many of its clients’ accounts, Nuveen Asset Management determines which broker to use to execute transaction orders, consistent with its duty to seek best execution of the transaction. However, with respect to certain other accounts, Nuveen Asset Management may be limited by the client with respect to the selection of brokers or may be instructed to direct trades through a particular broker. In these cases, Nuveen Asset Management may place separate, non-simultaneous, transactions for a Fund and other accounts which may temporarily affect the market price of the security or the execution of the transaction, or both, to the detriment of the Fund or the other accounts.

Some clients are subject to different regulations. As a consequence of this difference in regulatory requirements, some clients may not be permitted to engage in all the investment techniques or transactions or to engage in these transactions to the same extent as the other accounts managed by the portfolio manager. Finally, the appearance of a conflict of interest may arise where Nuveen Asset Management has an incentive, such as a performance-based management fee, which relates to the management of some accounts, with respect to which a portfolio manager has day-to-day management responsibilities.

Nuveen Asset Management has adopted certain compliance procedures which are designed to address these types of conflicts common among investment managers. However, there is no guarantee that such procedures will detect each and every situation in which a conflict arises.

Item 8(a)(3).
FUND MANAGER COMPENSATION

Portfolio manager compensation consists primarily of base pay, an annual cash bonus and long term incentive payments.

Base pay.  Base pay is determined based upon an analysis of the portfolio manager’s general performance, experience, and market levels of base pay for such position.

Annual cash bonus.  The Fund’s portfolio managers are eligible for an annual cash bonus based on investment performance, qualitative evaluation and financial performance of Nuveen Asset Management.

A portion of each portfolio manager’s annual cash bonus is based on the Fund’s investment performance, generally measured over the past one- and three or five-year periods unless the portfolio manager’s tenure is shorter. Investment performance for the Fund generally is determined by evaluating the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark(s) and/or Lipper industry peer group.

A portion of the cash bonus is based on a qualitative evaluation made by each portfolio manager’s supervisor taking into consideration a number of factors, including the portfolio manager’s team collaboration, expense management, support of personnel responsible for asset growth, and his or her compliance with Nuveen Asset Management’s policies and procedures.
 
The final factor influencing a portfolio manager’s cash bonus is the financial performance of Nuveen Asset Management based on its operating earnings.

Long-term incentive compensation.  Certain key employees of Nuveen Investments and its affiliates, including certain portfolio managers, have received equity interests in the parent company of Nuveen Investments. In addition, certain key employees of Nuveen Asset Management, including certain portfolio managers, have received profits interests in Nuveen Asset Management which entitle their holders to participate in the firm’s growth over time.

There are generally no differences between the methods used to determine compensation with respect to the Fund and the Other Accounts shown in the table above.

Beneficial Ownership of Securities.  As of May 31, 2013, the portfolio manager beneficially owned the following dollar range of equity securities issued by the Registrant and other Nuveen Funds managed by Nuveen Asset Management’s municipal investment team.

Name of Portfolio Manager
Fund
Dollar range of
equity securities
beneficially owned
in Fund
Dollar range of equity
securities beneficially
owned in the remainder of
Nuveen funds managed by
Nuveen Asset Management’s
municipal investment team
Michael Hamilton
Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund
$0
$10,001-$50,000

PORTFOLIO MANAGER BIO:

Michael Hamilton, Senior Vice President of Nuveen Asset Management, manages several municipal funds.  He joined Nuveen Asset Management on January 1, 2011 in connection with Nuveen Fund Advisors acquiring a portion of the asset management business of FAF Advisors.  He began working in the financial industry when he joined FAF Advisors in 1989, as a fixed-income fund manager and trader.  He became a portfolio manager in 1992. He received a B.A. from Albertson’s College of Idaho and an M.B.A. from Western Washington University. He is a member of the Portland Society of Financial Analysts. Currently, he manages investments for 10 Nuveen-sponsored investment companies.

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant's Board implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to this Item.

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a)
The registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

(b)
There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form.

(a)(1)
Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit: Not applicable because the code is posted on registrant's website at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Shareholder/FundGovernance.aspx and there were no amendments during the period covered by this report. (To view the code, click on Code of Conduct.)

(a)(2)
A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) in the exact form set forth below: Ex-99.CERT Attached hereto.

(a)(3)
Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons. Not applicable.

(b)
If the report is filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide the certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)); Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)), and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) as an exhibit. A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference. Ex-99.906 CERT attached hereto.


 
 

 

SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant) Nuveen Massachusetts Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund

By (Signature and Title) /s/ Kevin J. McCarthy
Kevin J. McCarthy
Vice President and Secretary

Date: August 8, 2013

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title) /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
Gifford R. Zimmerman
Chief Administrative Officer
(principal executive officer)

Date: August 8, 2013
 
By (Signature and Title) /s/ Stephen D. Foy
Stephen D. Foy
Vice President and Controller
(principal financial officer)

Date: August 8, 2013