Nuveen Closed-End Funds Declare Pre-Merger Distributions

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two Nuveen Closed-End Funds announced pre-merger distributions. The specific distribution dates and amounts are detailed below. As previously announced, the shareholders of Nuveen Michigan Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE: NUM) have approved the fund’s reorganization into Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund (NYSE: NEA). The pre-merger distribution for each fund being acquired is intended to fully distribute the acquired fund’s accumulated undistributed net investment income (UNII) prior to the reorganization going effective.

As previously announced, following the transactions, the surviving fund, NEA, is expected to declare an additional post-closing distribution, with a record date of February 18, 2021, payable March 1, 2021. For each fund, the total per-common share dollar amount of the pre- and post-closing tax-exempt distributions received on March 1, 2021 will be equal to or greater than the per-common share dollar amount of the prior month’s tax-exempt dividend.

The following dates apply to today's pre-merger distribution declarations:

Record Date	February 5, 2021
Ex-Dividend Date	February 4, 2021
Payable Date	March 1, 2021

			Per Share Distribution
Ticker	Exchange	Fund Name	Tax-Exempt Income	Long-Term Capital Gain
NUM	NYSE	Nuveen Michigan Quality Municipal Income Fund	$.0266	$.0076
NEA	NYSE	Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund	$.0345	-

For more information about UNII, each fund and the shareholder-approved reorganizations, please visit www.nuveen.com/CEF or contact:

Advisors:
800-752-8700

Investors:
800-257-8787

Media:
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements made in this release are forward-looking statements. Actual future results or occurrences may differ significantly from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. These include, but are not limited to:

• market developments;

• legal and regulatory developments; and

• other additional risks and uncertainties.

Nuveen and the closed-end funds managed by Nuveen and its affiliates undertake no responsibility to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statement.

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