Fund Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the potential risks of investing in the fund. The fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available at www.nuveen.com/MF/products/performancesummary.aspx or by calling (800) 257-8787.

The bar chart below shows the variability of the fund’s performance from year to year for Class A shares. The performance of the other share classes will differ due to their different expense structures. The bar chart and highest/lowest quarterly returns that follow do not reflect sales charges, and if these charges were reflected, the returns would be less than those shown.

Class A Annual Total Return*

During the ten-year period ended December 31, 2010, the fund’s highest and lowest quarterly returns were 8.83% and -5.11%, respectively, for the quarters ended September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2010.

The table below shows the variability of the fund’s average annual returns and how they compare over the time periods indicated with those of a broad measure of market performance and an index of funds with similar investment

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objectives. All after-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. After-tax returns are shown for Class A shares only; after-tax returns for other share classes will vary. Your own actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from what is shown here.

Both the bar chart and the table assume that all distributions have been reinvested. Performance reflects fee waivers, if any, in effect during the periods presented. If any such waivers were not in place, performance would be reduced.

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Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the fund on any business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the fund through a financial advisor or other financial intermediary or directly from the fund. Class C1 shares are available only through dividend reinvestments by current Class C1 shareholders. The fund’s initial and subsequent investment minimums generally are as follows, although the fund may reduce or waive the minimums in some cases:

Tax Information

The fund intends to make distributions that are exempt from regular federal and California state income tax. All or a portion of these distributions, however, may be subject to the federal and state alternative minimum tax.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase shares of the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank or financial advisor), the fund, its distributor or its investment adviser may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other financial intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your financial advisor or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

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Section 2     How We Manage Your Money

To help you better understand the fund, this section includes a detailed discussion of the fund’s investment and risk management strategies. For a more complete discussion of these matters, please see the statement of additional information, which is available by calling (800) 257-8787 or by visiting Nuveen’s website at www.nuveen.com.

Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc. (“ Nuveen Fund Advisors ”), the fund’s investment adviser, offers advisory and investment management services to a broad range of mutual fund clients. Nuveen Fund Advisors has overall responsibility for management of the fund, oversees the management of the fund’s portfolio, manages the fund’s business affairs and provides certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services. Nuveen Fund Advisors is located at 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. Nuveen Fund Advisors is a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (“ Nuveen Investments ”). On November 13, 2007, Nuveen Investments was acquired by investors led by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, which is a private equity investment firm based in Chicago, Illinois. The Nuveen family of advisers has been providing advice to investment companies since 1976.

Nuveen Fund Advisors has selected its affiliate, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (“ Nuveen Asset Management ”), located at 333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606, to serve as sub-adviser to the fund. Nuveen Asset Management manages the investment of the fund’s assets on a discretionary basis, subject to the supervision of Nuveen Fund Advisors.

The fund was formerly advised by FAF Advisors, Inc. (“ FAF ”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of U.S. Bank National Association (“ U.S. Bank ”). On December 31, 2010, pursuant to an agreement among U.S. Bank, FAF, Nuveen Investments, and certain Nuveen affiliates, Nuveen Fund Advisors acquired a portion of the asset management business of FAF (the “ Transaction ”).

Scott R. Romans, PhD, is the portfolio manager of the fund. Mr. Romans joined Nuveen in 2000 as a senior analyst covering higher education, charter schools and private secondary schools and assumed certain portfolio management responsibilities in 2003. He manages 33 Nuveen-sponsored investment companies, with a total of approximately $7.9 billion under management.

Additional information about the portfolio manager’s compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio manager and the portfolio manager’s ownership of securities in the fund is provided in the statement of additional information.

Management Fee

The management fee schedule for the fund 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 Nuveen Fund Advisors.

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The annual fund-level fee, payable monthly, is based upon the average daily net assets of the fund as follows:

The fund’s complex-level fee rate is determined by taking the current overall complex-level fee rate, which is based on the aggregate amount of the “eligible assets” of all Nuveen funds, and making, as appropriate, an upward adjustment to that rate based upon the percentage of the fund’s assets that are not “eligible assets.” The maximum overall complex-level fee rate is 0.2000% of the fund’s average daily net assets, which is based upon complex-level eligible assets of $55 billion, with the complex-level fee rate decreasing incrementally for eligible assets above that level. Fund-specific complex-level fee rates will not exceed the maximum overall complex-level fee rate of 0.2000%. As of March 31, 2011, the fund’s complex-level fee rate was 0.1982%.

See the “Adviser and Sub-Adviser” section of the statement of additional information for the current fee waivers and expense reimbursements for the fund.

The table below reflects management fees paid to FAF (prior to January 1, 2011) and to Nuveen Asset Management (starting on January 1, 2011), after taking into account any fee waivers, for the fund’s most recently completed fiscal period. FAF provided advisory services pursuant to a different management agreement with a different fee schedule. FAF did not provide any administrative services under that agreement.

Nuveen Fund Advisors has agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses so that total annual fund operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses) for the fund do not exceed 0.85%, 1.35% and 0.70% for Class A, Class C1 and Class I shares, respectively, through June 30, 2012 of the average daily net assets of any class of fund shares. The expense limitation expiring June 30, 2012, may be terminated or modified prior to that date only with the approval of the Board of Trustees of the fund.

Information regarding the Board of Directors’ approval of the investment management agreement is currently available in the fund’s annual report for the fiscal period ended February 28, 2011.

The fund’s investment objective, which is described in the “Fund Summary” section, may be changed without shareholder approval. If the fund’s investment objective changes, you will be notified at least 60 days in advance. The fund’s investment policies may be changed by the Board of

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Directors without shareholder approval unless otherwise noted in this prospectus or the statement of additional information.

The fund’s principal investment strategies are discussed in the “Fund Summary” section. These are the strategies that the fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser believe are most likely to be important in trying to achieve the fund’s investment objective. This section provides information about some additional strategies that the fund’s sub-adviser uses, or may use, to achieve the fund’s objectives. You should be aware that the fund may also use strategies and invest in securities that are not described in this prospectus, but that are described in the statement of additional information. For a copy of the statement of additional information, call Nuveen Investor Services at (800) 257-8787.

Municipal Securities

Municipal securities are issued to finance public infrastructure projects such as streets and highways, schools, water and sewer systems, hospitals, and airports. They also may be issued to refinance outstanding obligations as well as to obtain funds for general operating expenses and for loans to other public institutions and facilities. The fund may invest in municipal securities such as “general obligation” bonds, “revenue” bonds, and participation interests in municipal leases. General obligation bonds are backed by the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the issuer. Revenue bonds are payable only from the revenues generated by a specific project or from another specific revenue source. Participation interests in municipal leases are undivided interests in a lease, installment purchase contract, or conditional sale contract entered into by a state or local government unit to acquire equipment or facilities.

The municipal securities in which the fund invests may include refunded bonds and zero coupon bonds. Refunded bonds may have originally been issued as general obligation or revenue bonds, but become “refunded” when they are secured by an escrow fund, usually consisting entirely of direct U.S. government obligations and/or U.S. government agency obligations. Zero coupon bonds are issued at substantial discounts from their value at maturity and pay no cash income to their holders until they mature. When held to maturity, their entire return comes from the difference between their purchase price and their maturity value.

The debt obligations in which the fund invests may have variable, floating, or fixed interest rates.

Ratings

The fund has investment strategies requiring it to invest in municipal securities that have received a particular rating from a rating service such as Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s. Any reference in this prospectus to a specific rating encompasses all gradations of that rating. For example, if the prospectus says that the fund may invest in securities rated as low as B, the fund may invest in securities rated B – .

Temporary Investments

In an attempt to respond to adverse market, economic, political, or other conditions, the fund may temporarily invest without limit in cash and in U.S. dollar-denominated high-quality money market instruments and other short-term securities, including securities which pay income that is subject to federal and state income tax. Because these investments may be taxable, and may result in a lower yield than would be available from investments

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with a lower quality or longer term, they may prevent the fund from achieving its investment objective.

Portfolio Holdings

A description of the fund’s policies and procedures with respect to the disclosure of the fund’s portfolio holdings is available in the fund’s statement of additional information. Certain portfolio holdings information is available on the fund’s website—www.nuveen.com—by clicking the “Our Products—Mutual Funds” section on the home page and following the applicable link for your fund in the “Search Mutual Fund Family” section. By following these links, you can obtain a list of your fund’s top ten holdings and a complete list of holdings of your fund as of the end of the most recent month. The holdings information is generally made available on the fund’s website approximately five business days following the end of each most recent month. This information will remain available on the website until the fund files with the Securities and Exchange Commission its annual, semi-annual or quarterly holdings report for the fiscal period that includes the date(s) as of which the website information is current.

Risk is inherent in all investing. Investing in a mutual fund—even the most conservative—involves risk, including the risk that you may receive little or no return on your investment or even that you may lose part or all of your investment. Therefore, before investing you should consider carefully the following risks that you assume when you invest in the fund. Because of these and other risks, you should consider an investment in the fund to be a long-term investment.

Active management risk. The fund is actively managed and its performance therefore will reflect in part the sub-adviser ability to make investment decisions which are suited to achieving the fund’s investment objective. Due to its active management, the fund could underperform other mutual funds with similar investment objectives.

Call risk. Many municipal bonds may be redeemed at the option of the issuer, or “called,” before their stated maturity date. In general, an issuer will call its bonds if they can be refinanced by issuing new bonds which bear a lower interest rate. The fund is subject to the possibility that during periods of falling interest rates, a municipal bond issuer will call its high-yielding bonds. The fund would then be forced to invest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, resulting in a decline in the fund’s income.

Credit risk . The fund is subject to the risk that the issuers of debt securities held by the fund will not make payments on the securities. There is also the risk that an issuer could suffer adverse changes in financial condition that could lower the credit quality of a security. This could lead to greater volatility in the price of the security and in shares of the fund. Also, a change in the credit quality rating of a bond could affect the bond’s liquidity and make it more difficult for the fund to sell. When the fund purchases unrated securities, it will depend on the sub-adviser’s analysis of credit risk without the assessment of an independent rating organization, such as Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s.

Futures contract risk . The use of futures contracts exposes the fund to additional risks and transaction costs. Additional risks include the risk that

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securities prices, index prices, or interest rates will not move in the direction that the sub-adviser anticipates; an imperfect correlation between the price of the futures contract and movements in the prices of the securities being hedged; the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument and possible exchange imposed price fluctuation limits, either of which may make it difficult or impossible to close out a position when desired; leverage risk, which is the risk that adverse price movements in a futures contract can result in a loss substantially greater than the fund’s initial investment in that futures contract; and the risk that the counterparty will fail to perform its obligations, which could leave the fund worse off than if it had not entered into the position. If the fund uses futures contracts and the sub-adviser’s judgment proves incorrect, the fund’s performance could be worse than if it had not used these instruments.

High-yield securities risk . The fund may invest in high-yield securities. Although these securities usually offer higher yields than investment grade securities, they also involve more risk. High-yield securities may be more susceptible to real or perceived adverse economic conditions than investment grade securities. In addition, the secondary trading market may be less liquid. High-yield securities generally have more volatile prices and carry more risk to principal than investment grade securities.

Income risk. The fund’s income could decline due to falling market interest rates. This is because, in a falling interest rate environment, the fund generally will have to invest the proceeds from sales of fund shares, as well as the proceeds from maturing portfolio securities (or portfolio securities that have been called, see “Call Risk” above), in lower-yielding securities.

Interest rate risk . Debt securities in the fund will fluctuate in value with changes in interest rates. In general, debt securities will increase in value when interest rates fall and decrease in value when interest rates rise. Longer-term debt securities are generally more sensitive to interest rate changes. The fund may invest in zero coupon securities, which do not pay interest on a current basis and which may be highly volatile as interest rates rise or fall.

Liquidity risk. The fund is exposed to liquidity risk because of its investment in high-yield securities. Trading opportunities are more limited for debt securities that have received ratings below investment grade. These features may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security at a favorable price or time. Consequently, the fund may have to accept a lower price to sell a security, sell other securities to raise cash, or give up an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on the fund’s performance. Infrequent trading may also lead to greater price volatility.

Municipal lease obligations risk. The fund may purchase participation interests in municipal leases. These are undivided interests in a lease, installment purchase contract, or conditional sale contract entered into by a state or local government unit to acquire equipment or facilities. Participation interests in municipal leases pose special risks because many leases and contracts contain “non-appropriation” clauses that provide that the governmental issuer has no obligation to make future payments under the lease or contract unless money is appropriated for this purpose by the appropriate legislative body. Although these kinds of obligations are secured by the leased equipment or facilities, it might be difficult and time consuming to dispose of the equipment or facilities in the event of non-appropriation, and the fund might not recover the full principal amount of the obligation.

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diversified fund. Because a relatively high percentage of the fund’s assets may be invested in the securities of a limited number of issuers, the fund’s portfolio may be more susceptible to any single economic, political or regulatory occurrence than the portfolio of a diversified fund.

Political and economic risks. The values of municipal securities may be adversely affected by local political and economic conditions and developments. Adverse conditions in an industry significant to a local economy could have a correspondingly adverse effect on the financial condition of local issuers. Other factors that could affect municipal securities include a change in the local, state, or national economy, demographic factors, ecological or environmental concerns, statutory limitations on the issuer’s ability to increase taxes, and other developments generally affecting the revenue of issuers (for example, legislation or court decisions reducing state aid to local governments or mandating additional services). The value of municipal securities also may be adversely affected by future changes in federal or state income tax laws, including rate reductions, the imposition of a flat tax, or the loss of a current state income tax exemption.

Since the fund invests in the securities of issuers located in the state of California, it will be disproportionately affected by political and economic conditions and developments in that state. The state of California is currently facing a severe financial crisis, which heightens the credit risk associated with investing in California municipal obligations. This heightened risk could result in a reduction in the market value of the bonds held by the fund and in a decrease in the fund’s net asset value and/or its distributions.

Reliance on investment adviser . The fund is dependent upon services and resources provided by Nuveen Fund Advisors, and therefore Nuveen Fund Advisor’s parent, Nuveen Investments. Nuveen Investments has a substantial amount of indebtedness. Nuveen Investments, through its own business or the financial support of its affiliates, may not be able to generate sufficient cash flow from operations or ensure that future borrowings will be available in an amount sufficient to enable it to pay its indebtedness with scheduled maturities beginning in 2014 or to fund its other liquidity needs. Nuveen Investments’ failure to satisfy the terms of its indebtedness, including covenants therein may generally have an adverse effect on the financial condition of Nuveen Investments and on the ability of Nuveen Fund Advisors to provide services and resources to the fund.

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Section 3     How You Can Buy and Sell Shares

The fund offers multiple classes of shares, each with a different combination of sales charges, fees, eligibility requirements and other features. Your financial advisor can help you determine which class is best for you. For further details, please see the statement of additional information.

Class A Shares

You can purchase Class A shares at the offering price, which is the net asset value per share plus an up-front sales charge. You may qualify for a reduced sales charge, or the sales charge may be waived, as described in “How to Reduce Your Sales Charge.” Class A shares are also subject to an annual service fee of 0.20% of the fund’s average daily net assets, which compensates your financial advisor or other financial intermediary for providing ongoing service to you. Nuveen Securities, LLC (the “ Distributor ”), a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments and the distributor of the fund, retains the up-front sales charge and the service fee on accounts with no financial intermediary of record. The up-front Class A sales charges for the fund are as follows:

Class C1 Shares

Class C1 shares are not available for new accounts or for additional investment into existing accounts, but Class C1 shares can be issued for purposes of dividend reinvestment. Class C1 shares are subject to annual distribution and service fees of 0.65% of the fund’s average daily net assets. The annual 0.25% service fee compensates your financial advisor or other financial intermediary for providing ongoing service to you. The annual 0.40% distribution fee compensates the Distributor for paying your financial advisor or other financial intermediary an ongoing sales commission as well as an advance of the first year’s service and distribution fees. The Distributor retains the service and distribution fees on accounts with no financial intermediary of record. If you redeem your shares within 12 months of purchase, you will normally pay a 1% CDSC, which is calculated on the lower of your purchase price or your redemption proceeds.

You do not pay a CDSC on any Class C1 shares you purchase by reinvesting dividends.

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Class I Shares

You can purchase Class I shares at the offering price, which is the net asset value per share without any up-front sales charge. Class I shares are not subject to sales charges or ongoing service or distribution fees. Class I shares have lower ongoing expenses than the other classes.

Class I shares are available for purchase by clients of financial intermediaries who charge such clients an ongoing fee for advisory, investment, consulting or related services. Such clients may include individuals, corporations, endowments and foundations. The minimum initial investment for such clients is $100,000, but this minimum will be lowered to $250 for clients of financial intermediaries that have accounts holding Class I shares with an aggregate value of at least $100,000. The Distributor may also lower the minimum to $250 for clients of financial intermediaries anticipated to reach this Class I share holdings level.

Class I shares are also available for purchase by family offices and their clients. A family office is a company that provides certain financial and other services to a high net worth family or families. The minimum initial investment for family offices and their clients is $100,000, but this minimum will be lowered to $250 for clients of family offices that have accounts holding Class I shares with an aggregate value of at least $100,000. The Distributor may also lower the minimum to $250 for clients of family offices anticipated to reach this Class I share holdings level.

Class I shares are also available for purchase, with no minimum initial investment, by the following categories of investors:

Please refer to the statement of additional information for more information about Class A, Class C1 and Class I shares, including more detailed program descriptions and eligibility requirements. Additional information is also available from your financial advisor, who can also help you prepare any necessary application forms.

The fund offers a number of ways to reduce or eliminate the up-front sales charge on Class A shares. See “What Share Classes We Offer” (above) for a discussion of eligibility requirements for purchasing Class I shares.

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Class A Sales Charge Reductions

For purposes of calculating the appropriate sales charge as described under Rights of Accumulation and Letter of Intent above, you may include purchases by (i) you, (ii) your spouse or domestic partner and dependent children, and (iii) a corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship that is 100% owned by any of the persons in (i) or (ii). In addition, a trustee or other fiduciary can count all shares purchased for a single trust, estate or other single fiduciary account that has multiple accounts (including one or more employee benefit plans of the same employer).

Class A Sales Charge Waivers

Class A shares of the fund may be purchased at net asset value without a sales charge as follows:

In order to obtain a sales charge reduction or waiver, it may be necessary at the time of purchase for you to inform the fund or your financial advisor of the existence of other accounts in which there are holdings eligible to be aggregated for such purposes. You may need to provide the fund or your financial advisor information or records, such as account statements, in order to verify your eligibility for a sales charge reduction or waiver. This may include account statements of family members and information regarding Nuveen Mutual Fund shares held in accounts with other financial advisors. You or your financial advisor must notify the Distributor at the time of each purchase if you are eligible for any of these programs. The fund may modify or discontinue these programs at any time.

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Fund shares may be purchased on any business day, which is any day the New York Stock Exchange (the “ NYSE ”) is open for business. Generally, the NYSE is closed on weekends and national holidays. The share price you pay depends on when the Distributor receives your order. Orders received before the close of trading on a business day (normally, 4:00 p.m. New York time) will receive that day’s closing share price; otherwise, you will receive the next business day’s price.

You may purchase fund shares (1) through a financial advisor or (2) directly from the fund.

Through a Financial Advisor

You may buy shares through your financial advisor, who can handle all the details for you, including opening a new account. Financial advisors can also help you review your financial needs and formulate long-term investment goals and objectives. In addition, financial advisors generally can help you develop a customized financial plan, select investments and monitor and review your portfolio on an ongoing basis to help assure your investments continue to meet your needs as circumstances change. Financial advisors (including brokers or agents) are paid for providing ongoing investment advice and services, either from fund sales charges and fees or by charging you a separate fee in lieu of a sales charge.

Financial advisors or other dealer firms may charge their customers a processing or service fee in connection with the purchase or redemption of fund shares. The amount and applicability of such a fee is determined and disclosed to customers by each individual dealer. Processing or service fees typically are fixed, nominal dollar amounts and are in addition to the sales and other charges described in this prospectus and the statement of additional information. Your dealer will provide you with specific information about any processing or service fees you will be charged. Shares you purchase through your financial advisor or other intermediary will normally be held with that firm. For more information, please contact your financial advisor.

Directly from the Fund

Eligible investors may purchase shares directly from the fund.

By Wire . You can purchase shares by making a wire transfer from your bank. Before making an initial investment by wire, you must submit a new account form to the fund. After receiving your form, a service representative will contact you with your account number and wiring instructions. Your order will be priced at the next NAV, or public offering price as applicable based on your share class, calculated after the fund’s custodian receives your payment by wire. Wired funds must be received prior to 4:00 p.m. New York time to be eligible for same day pricing. Neither the fund nor the transfer agent are responsible for the consequences of delays resulting from the banking or Federal Reserve wire system, or from incomplete wiring instructions. Before making any additional purchases by wire, you should call Nuveen Investor Services at (800) 257-8787. You cannot purchase shares by wire on days when federally chartered banks are closed.

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The fund does not consider the U.S. Postal Service or other independent delivery services to be its agents. Therefore, deposit in the mail or with such services, or receipt at U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC’s post office box, of purchase orders or redemption requests does not constitute receipt by the transfer agent of the fund.

After you have established an account, you may continue to purchase shares by mailing your check to Nuveen Mutual Funds at the same address.

Please note the following:

To help make your investing with us easy and efficient, we offer you the following services at no extra cost. Your financial advisor can help you complete the forms for these services, or you can call Nuveen Investor Services at (800) 257-8787 for copies of the necessary forms.

Systematic Investing

Once you have opened an account satisfying the applicable investment minimum, systematic investing allows you to make regular additional investments through automatic deductions from your bank account, directly from your paycheck or from exchanging shares from another mutual fund account. The minimum automatic deduction is $100 per month. There is no charge to participate in the fund’s systematic investment plan. You can stop the deductions at any time by notifying the fund in writing.

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Systematic Withdrawal

If the value of your fund account is at least $10,000, you may request to have $50 or more withdrawn automatically from your account. You may elect to receive payments monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually, and may choose to receive a check, have the monies transferred directly into your bank account, paid to a third party or sent payable to you at an address other than your address of record. You must complete the appropriate section of the account application or Account Update Form to participate in the fund’s systematic withdrawal plan.

You should not establish systematic withdrawals if you intend to make concurrent purchases of Class A or Class C1 shares because you may unnecessarily pay a sales charge or CDSC on these purchases.

Exchanging Shares

You may exchange fund shares into an identically registered account for the same class of another Nuveen Mutual Fund available in your state. Your exchange must meet the minimum purchase requirements of the fund into which you are exchanging, and, if your shares are held with a financial intermediary, the financial intermediary must have the operational capability to support exchanges. You may also, under certain limited circumstances, exchange between certain classes of shares of the same fund, subject to the payment of any applicable CDSC. Please consult the statement of additional information for details.

The fund may change or cancel its exchange policy at any time upon 60 days’ notice. The fund reserves the right to revise or suspend the exchange privilege, limit the amount or number of exchanges or reject any exchange.

Because an exchange between funds is treated for tax purposes as a purchase and sale, any gain may be subject to tax. An exchange between classes of shares of the same fund may not be considered a taxable event. You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of exchanging your shares.

Reinstatement Privilege

If you redeem fund shares, you may reinvest all or part of your redemption proceeds up to one year later without incurring any additional charges. You may only reinvest into the same share class you redeemed. If you paid a CDSC, the fund will refund your CDSC and reinstate your holding period for purposes of calculating the CDSC. You may use this reinstatement privilege only once for any redemption.

You may sell (redeem) your shares on any business day. You will receive the share price next determined after the fund has received your properly completed redemption request. Your redemption request must be received before the close of trading on the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m. New York time) for you to receive that day’s price. The fund will normally mail your check the next business day after a redemption request is received, but in no event more than seven days after your request is received. If you are selling shares purchased recently with a check, your redemption proceeds will not be mailed until your check has cleared, which may take up to ten days from your purchase date.

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You may sell your shares (1) through a financial advisor or (2) directly to the fund.

Through a Financial Advisor

You may sell your shares through your financial advisor, who can prepare the necessary documentation. Your financial advisor may charge for this service.

Directly to the Fund

By telephone. If you did not purchase shares through a financial advisor, you may redeem your shares by calling Nuveen Investor Services at (800) 257-8787. Proceeds can be wired to your bank account (if you have previously supplied your bank account information to the fund) or sent to you by check. The fund charges a $15 fee for wire redemptions, but has the right to waive this fee for shares redeemed through certain financial intermediaries and by certain accounts. Proceeds also can be sent directly to your bank or brokerage account via electronic funds transfer if your bank or brokerage firm is a member of the ACH network. Credit is usually available within two to three business days. The fund reserves the right to limit telephone redemptions to $50,000 per account per day.

If you recently purchased your shares by check or through the ACH network, proceeds from the sale of those shares may not be available until your check or ACH payment has cleared, which may take up to ten business days from the date of purchase.

By mail. To redeem shares by mail, send a written request to your financial intermediary, or to the fund at the following address:

Your request should include the following information:

After you have established your account, signatures on a written request must be guaranteed if:

Non-financial transactions, including establishing or modifying certain services such as changing bank information on an account, will require a signature guarantee or signature verification from a Medallion Signature Guarantee member or other acceptable form of authentication from a financial institution source.

In addition to the situations described above, the fund reserves the right to require a signature guarantee, or another acceptable form of signature verification, in other instances based on the circumstances of a particular situation.

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A signature guarantee assures that a signature is genuine and protects shareholders from unauthorized account transfers. Banks, savings and loan associations, trust companies, credit unions, broker-dealers, and member firms of a national securities exchange may guarantee signatures. Call your financial intermediary to determine if it has this capability. A notary public is not an acceptable signature guarantor. Proceeds from a written redemption request will be sent to you by check unless another form of payment is requested.

By wire . You can call or write to have redemption proceeds sent to a bank account. See the policies for redeeming shares by phone or by mail. Before requesting to have redemption proceeds sent to a bank account, please make sure the fund has your bank account information on file. If the fund does not have this information, you will need to send written instructions with your bank’s name and a voided check or pre-printed savings account deposit slip. You must provide written instructions signed by all fund and bank account owners, and each individual must have their signature guaranteed.

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge

If you redeem Class A or Class C1 shares that are subject to a CDSC, you may be assessed a CDSC upon redemption. When you redeem Class A or Class C1 shares subject to a CDSC, the fund will first redeem any shares that are not subject to a CDSC, and then redeem the shares you have owned for the longest period of time, unless you ask the fund to redeem your shares in a different order. No CDSC is imposed on shares you buy through the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The CDSC holding period is calculated on a monthly basis and begins on the first day of the month in which the purchase was made. When you redeem shares subject to a CDSC, the CDSC is calculated on the lower of your purchase price or redemption proceeds, deducted from your redemption proceeds, and paid to the Distributor. The CDSC may be waived under certain special circumstances as described in the statement of additional information.

Accounts with Low Balances

The fund reserves the right to liquidate or assess a low balance fee on any account held directly with the fund that has a balance that has fallen below the account balance minimum of $1,000 for any reason, including market fluctuations.

If the fund elects to exercise this right, then annually the fund will assess a $15 low balance account fee on certain accounts with balances under the account balance minimum that are accounts established pursuant to the UTMA or UGMA. At the same time, other accounts with balances under the account balance minimum will be liquidated, with proceeds being mailed to the address of record. Prior to the assessment of any low balance fee or liquidation of low balance accounts, affected shareholders will receive a communication notifying them of the pending action, thereby providing time to ensure that balances are at or above the account balance minimum prior to any fee assessment or account liquidation. You will not be assessed a CDSC if your account is liquidated.

Redemptions In-Kind

The fund generally pays redemption proceeds in cash. Under unusual conditions that make cash payment unwise and for the protection of existing shareholders, the fund may pay all or a portion of your redemption proceeds in securities or other fund assets. Although it is unlikely that your shares would be redeemed in-kind, you would probably have to pay brokerage costs to sell the securities distributed to you, as well as taxes on any capital gains from that sale.

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To help you understand the tax implications of investing in the fund, this section includes important details about how the fund makes distributions to shareholders. We discuss some other fund policies as well.

Dividends from the fund’s net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Any capital gains are distributed at least once each year. Generally, you will begin to earn dividends on the next business day after the fund receives your payment and will continue to earn dividends through the business day immediately preceding the day the fund pays your redemption proceeds.

Payment and Reinvestment Options

The fund automatically reinvests your dividends in additional fund shares unless you request otherwise. You may request to have your dividends paid to you by check, sent via electronic funds transfer through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) network, or reinvested in shares of another Nuveen Mutual Fund. For further information, contact your financial advisor or call Nuveen Investor Services at (800) 257-8787. If you request that your distributions be paid by check but those distributions cannot be delivered because of an incorrect mailing address, or if a distribution check remains uncashed for six months, the undelivered or uncashed distributions and all future distributions will be reinvested in fund shares at the current net asset value.

Federal Taxes on Distributions

The fund intends to meet certain federal tax requirements so that distributions of tax-exempt interest income may be treated as “exempt-interest dividends.” These dividends are not subject to regular federal income tax. However, the fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in municipal securities the interest on which is subject to the federal alternative minimum tax. Any portion of exempt-interest dividends attributable to interest on these securities may increase some shareholders’ alternative minimum tax. The fund expects that its distributions will consist primarily of exempt-interest dividends.

Dividends paid from any interest income that is not tax-exempt and from any net realized capital gains will be taxable whether you reinvest those distributions or take them in cash. Distributions paid from taxable interest income will be taxed as ordinary income and not as “qualifying dividends” that are taxed at the same rate as long-term capital gains. Distributions of the fund’s long-term capital gains are taxable as long-term gains, regardless of how long you have held your shares. The current 15% maximum tax rate applicable to capital gains and the favorable treatment of “qualified dividend” income are scheduled to expire after 2013.

Federal Taxes on Transactions

The sale of fund shares, or the exchange of one fund’s shares for shares of another fund, will be a taxable event and may result in a capital gain or loss. The gain or loss will be considered long-term if you have held your shares for more than one year. A gain or loss on shares held for one year or less is

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considered short-term and is taxed at the same rates as ordinary income. Unless applicable tax provisions are extended, the current 15% maximum tax rate applicable to capital gains is scheduled to expire after 2013.

If, in redemption of his or her shares, a shareholder receives a distribution of securities instead of cash, the shareholder will be treated as receiving an amount equal to the fair market value of the securities at the time of the distribution for purposes of determining capital gain or loss on the redemption, and will also acquire a basis in the shares for federal income tax purposes equal to their fair market value.

The exchange of one class of shares for another class of shares in the same fund will not be taxable.

Please consult the statement of additional information and your tax advisor for more information about taxes.

Buying or Selling Shares Close to a Record Date

Buying fund shares shortly before the record date for a taxable income or capital gain distribution is commonly known as “buying the dividend.” The entire distribution may be taxable to you even though a portion of the distribution effectively represents a return of your purchase price.

Taxable Equivalent Yields

The taxable equivalent yield is the current yield you would need to earn on a taxable investment in order to equal a stated federal tax-free yield on a municipal investment. To assist you in comparing municipal investments like the fund with fully taxable alternative investments, the table below presents the taxable equivalent yields for a range of hypothetical federal tax-free yields and tax rates:

The yields and tax rates shown above are hypothetical and do not predict your actual returns or effective tax rate. For more detailed information, see the statement of additional information or consult your tax advisor.

State Taxes on Distributions

The fund intends to comply with certain state tax requirements so that dividends it pays that are attributable to interest on certain municipal securities will be excluded from the taxable income of individuals, trusts and estates. To meet these requirements, the fund must meet certain obligations with respect to the fund’s assets that are exempt from a state’s personal income tax. More information about tax considerations that may affect the fund and its shareholders appears in the fund’s statement of additional information.

The Distributor serves as the selling agent and distributor of the fund’s shares. In this capacity, the Distributor manages the offering of the fund’s

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shares and is responsible for all sales and promotional activities. In order to reimburse the Distributor for its costs in connection with these activities, including compensation paid to financial intermediaries, the fund has adopted a distribution and service plan under Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. See “How You Can Buy and Sell Shares—What Share Classes We Offer” for a description of the distribution and service fees paid under this plan.

Under the plan, the Distributor receives a distribution fee for Class C1 shares primarily for providing compensation to financial intermediaries, including the Distributor, in connection with the distribution of shares. The Distributor receives a service fee for Class A and Class C1 shares to compensate financial intermediaries, including the Distributor, for providing ongoing account services to shareholders. These services may include establishing and maintaining shareholder accounts, answering shareholder inquiries and providing other personal services to shareholders. These fees also compensate the Distributor for other expenses, including printing and distributing prospectuses to persons other than shareholders, and preparing, printing, and distributing advertising, and sales literature and reports to shareholders used in connection with the sale of shares. Because these fees are paid out of the fund’s assets on an ongoing basis, over time these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than paying other types of sales charges. Long-term holders of Class C1 shares may pay more in distribution and service fees and CDSCs than the economic equivalent of the maximum front-end sales charge permitted under the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Conduct Rules.

Other Payments to Financial Intermediaries

In addition to the sales commissions and certain payments from distribution and service fees to financial intermediaries as previously described, the Distributor may from time to time make additional payments, out of its own resources, to certain financial intermediaries that sell shares of Nuveen Mutual Funds in order to promote the sales and retention of fund shares by those firms and their customers. The amounts of these payments vary by financial intermediary and, with respect to a given firm, are typically calculated by reference to the amount of the firm’s recent gross sales of Nuveen Mutual Fund shares and/or total assets of Nuveen Mutual Funds held by the firm’s customers. The level of payments that the Distributor is willing to provide to a particular financial intermediary may be affected by, among other factors, the firm’s total assets held in and recent net investments into Nuveen Mutual Funds, the firm’s level of participation in Nuveen Mutual Fund sales and marketing programs, the firm’s compensation program for its registered representatives who sell fund shares and provide services to fund shareholders, and the asset class of the Nuveen Mutual Funds for which these payments are provided. The statement of additional information contains additional information about these payments, including the names of the firms to which payments are made. The Distributor may also make payments to financial intermediaries in connection with sales meetings, due diligence meetings, prospecting seminars and other meetings at which the Distributor promotes its products and services.

In connection with the availability of Nuveen Mutual Funds within selected mutual fund no-transaction fee institutional platforms and fee-based wrap programs (together, “ Platform Programs ”) at certain financial intermediaries, the Distributor also makes payments out of its own assets to those firms as compensation for certain recordkeeping, shareholder communications and other account administration services provided to Nuveen Mutual Fund

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shareholders who own their fund shares in these Platform Programs. These payments are in addition to the service fee and any applicable omnibus sub-accounting fees paid to these firms with respect to these services by the Nuveen Mutual Funds out of fund assets.

The amounts of payments to a financial intermediary could be significant, and may create an incentive for the intermediary or its representatives to recommend or offer shares of the funds to you. The intermediary may elevate the prominence or profile of the funds within the intermediary’s organization by, for example, placing the funds on a list of preferred or recommended funds and/or granting the Distributor and/or its affiliates preferential or enhanced opportunities to promote the funds in various ways within the intermediary’s organization.

The price you pay for your shares is based on the fund’s net asset value per share, which is determined as of the close of trading (normally 4:00 p.m. New York time) on each day the NYSE is open for business. Net asset value is calculated for each class of the fund by taking the value of the class’ total assets, including interest or dividends accrued but not yet collected, less all liabilities, and dividing by the total number of shares outstanding. The result, rounded to the nearest cent, is the net asset value per share. All valuations are subject to review by the fund’s Board of Directors or its designee.

In determining net asset value, portfolio instruments generally are valued using prices provided by independent pricing services or obtained from other sources, such as broker-dealer quotations, all as approved by the Board of Directors. Independent pricing services typically value non-equity portfolio instruments utilizing a range of market-based inputs and assumptions, including readily available market quotations obtained from broker-dealers making markets in such instruments, cash flows, and transactions for comparable instruments. In pricing certain securities, particularly less liquid and lower quality securities, the pricing services may consider information about a security, its issuer, or market activity provided by the fund’s investment adviser or sub-adviser.

If a price cannot be obtained from a pricing service or other pre-approved source, or if Nuveen Fund Advisors deems such price to be unreliable, a portfolio instrument may be valued by the fund at its fair value as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or its designee. As a general principle, the fair value of a portfolio instrument is the amount that an owner might reasonably expect to receive upon the instrument’s current sale. A range of factors and analysis may be considered when determining fair value, including relevant market data, interest rates, credit considerations and/or issuer-specific news. The fund may rely on an independent fair valuation service in making any such fair value determinations.

The fund is intended for long-term investment and should not be used for excessive trading. Excessive trading in the fund’s shares can disrupt portfolio management, lead to higher operating costs, and cause other operating inefficiencies for the fund. However, the fund is also mindful that shareholders may have valid reasons for periodically purchasing and redeeming fund shares.

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Accordingly, the fund has adopted a Frequent Trading Policy that seeks to balance the fund’s need to prevent excessive trading in fund shares while offering investors the flexibility in managing their financial affairs to make periodic purchases and redemptions of fund shares.

The fund’s Frequent Trading Policy generally limits an investor to four “round trip” trades in a 12-month period. A “round trip” is the purchase and subsequent redemption of fund shares, including by exchange. Each side of a round trip may be comprised of either a single transaction or a series of closely-spaced transactions. The fund may also suspend the trading privileges of any investor who makes a round trip within a 30-day period if the purchase and redemption are of substantially similar dollar amounts and represent at least 25% of the value of the investor’s account.

The fund primarily receives share purchase and redemption orders through third-party financial intermediaries, some of whom rely on the use of omnibus accounts. An omnibus account typically includes multiple investors and provides the fund only with a net purchase or redemption amount on any given day where multiple purchases, redemptions and exchanges of shares occur in the account. The identity of individual purchasers, redeemers and exchangers whose orders are aggregated in omnibus accounts, and the size of their orders, will generally not be known by the fund. Despite the fund’s efforts to detect and prevent frequent trading, the fund may be unable to identify frequent trading because the netting effect in omnibus accounts often makes it more difficult to identify frequent traders. The Distributor has entered into agreements with financial intermediaries that maintain omnibus accounts with the fund’s transfer agent. Under the terms of these agreements, the financial intermediaries undertake to cooperate with the Distributor in monitoring purchase, exchange and redemption orders by their customers in order to detect and prevent frequent trading in the fund through such accounts. Technical limitations in operational systems at such intermediaries or at the Distributor may also limit the fund’s ability to detect and prevent frequent trading. In addition, the fund may permit certain financial intermediaries, including broker-dealer and retirement plan administrators, among others, to enforce their own internal policies and procedures concerning frequent trading. Such policies may differ from the fund’s Frequent Trading Policy and may be approved for use in instances where the fund reasonably believes that the intermediary’s policies and procedures effectively discourage inappropriate trading activity. Shareholders holding their accounts with such intermediaries may wish to contact the intermediary for information regarding its frequent trading policy. Although the fund does not knowingly permit frequent trading, it cannot guarantee that it will be able to identify and restrict all frequent trading activity.

The fund reserves the right in its sole discretion to waive unintentional or minor violations (including transactions below certain dollar thresholds) if it determines that doing so would not harm the interests of fund shareholders. In addition, certain categories of redemptions may be excluded from the application of the Frequent Trading Policy, as described in more detail in the statement of additional information. These include, among others, redemptions pursuant to systematic withdrawal plans, redemptions in connection with the total disability or death of the investor, involuntary redemptions by operation of law, redemptions in payment of account or plan fees, and certain redemptions by retirement plans, including redemptions in connection with qualifying loans or hardship withdrawals, termination of plan

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participation, return of excess contributions, and required minimum distributions. The fund may also modify or suspend the Frequent Trading Policy without notice during periods of market stress or other unusual circumstances.

The fund reserves the right to impose restrictions on purchases or exchanges that are more restrictive than those stated above if it determines, in its sole discretion, that a transaction or a series of transactions involves market timing or excessive trading that may be detrimental to fund shareholders. The fund also reserves the right to reject any purchase order, including exchange purchases, for any reason. For example, the fund may refuse purchase orders if the fund would be unable to invest the proceeds from the purchase order in accordance with the fund’s investment policies and/or objective, or if the fund would be adversely affected by the size of the transaction, the frequency of trading in the account or various other factors. For more information about the fund’s Frequent Trading Policy and its enforcement, see “Purchase and Redemption of Fund Shares—Frequent Trading Policy” in the statement of additional information.

The custodian of the assets of the fund is U.S. Bank National Association, 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55101. U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, 615 East Michigan St., Milwaukee, WI 53202, acts as the fund’s transfer agent and as such performs bookkeeping and data processing for the maintenance of shareholder accounts.

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