N-CSRS 1 d829127dncsrs.htm NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC. Nuveen Investment Funds, Inc.

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 811-05309

Nuveen Investment Funds, Inc.

(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: November 30, 2014

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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.


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Mutual Funds

 

   
 

Nuveen Municipal

 

Bond Funds

 

 

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Semi-Annual Report  November 30, 2014

 

       Share Class / Ticker Symbol
  Fund Name   Class A Class C Class C1 Class C2 Class I  

 

Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

  FAMAX NIBCX FACMX NIBMX FAMTX  

Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund

  FJMNX NTCCX FCMNX NMBCX FYMNX  

Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund

  FNTAX NAAFX FNTCX NCNBX FNTYX  

Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

  FOTAX NAFOX NIMOX FORCX  

 

 


 

 

     

 

           
      
 

 

NUVEEN INVESTMENTS ACQUIRED BY TIAA-CREF

  
 

On October 1, 2014, TIAA-CREF completed its previously announced acquisition of Nuveen Investments, Inc., the parent company of your fund’s investment adviser, Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (“NFAL”) and the Nuveen affiliates that act as sub-advisers to the majority of the Nuveen Funds. TIAA-CREF is a national financial services organization with approximately $840 billion in assets under management as of October 1, 2014 and is a leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields. Nuveen expects to operate as a separate subsidiary within TIAA-CREF’s asset management business. Nuveen’s existing leadership and key investment teams have remained in place following the transaction.

 

NFAL and your fund’s sub-adviser(s) continue to manage your fund according to the same objectives and policies as before, and there have been no changes to your fund’s operations.

  
          
       
       

 

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Table

of Contents

 

Chairman’s Letter to Shareholders

     4   

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

     5   

Risk Considerations and Dividend Information

     9   

Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios

     11   

Yields

     20   

Holding Summaries

     21   

Expense Examples

     25   

Shareholder Meeting Report

     28   

Portfolios of Investments

     31   

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

     61   

Statement of Operations

     62   

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

     63   

Financial Highlights

     66   

Notes to Financial Statements

     74   

Additional Fund Information

     85   

Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

     86   

 

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Chairman’s Letter

to Shareholders

 

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Dear Shareholders,

Over the past year, global financial markets were generally strong as stocks of many countries rose due to strengthening economies and abundant central bank support. A low and stable interest rate environment allowed the bond market to generate modest but positive returns.

More recently, markets have been less certain as economic growth is strengthening in some parts of the world, but in other areas recovery has been slow or uneven at best. Despite increasing market volatility, geopolitical turmoil and concerns over rising rates, better-than-expected earnings results and economic data have supported U.S. stocks. Europe continues to face challenges as disappointing growth and inflation measures led the European Central Bank to further cut interest rates. Japan is suffering from the burden of the recent consumption tax as the government’s structural reforms continue to steadily progress. Flare-ups in hotspots, such as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and Middle East, have not yet been able to derail the markets, though that remains a possibility. With all the challenges facing the markets, accommodative monetary policy around the world has helped lessen the impact of these events.

It is in such changeable markets that professional investment management is most important. Investment teams who have experienced challenging markets in the past understand how their asset class can behave in rapidly changing times. Remaining committed to their investment disciplines during these times is a critical component to achieving long-term success. In fact, many strong investment track records are established during challenging periods because experienced investment teams understand that volatile markets place a premium on companies and investment ideas that can weather the short-term volatility. By maintaining appropriate time horizons, diversification and relying on practiced investment teams, we believe that investors can achieve their long-term investment objectives.

As always, I encourage you to communicate with your financial consultant if you have any questions about your investment in a Nuveen Fund. On behalf of the other members of the Nuveen Fund Board, we look forward to continuing to earn your trust in the months and years ahead.

Sincerely,

 

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William J. Schneider

Chairman of the Board

January 23, 2015

 

 

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Portfolio Managers’

Comments

 

Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund

Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund

Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

These Funds feature portfolio management by Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, an affiliate of Nuveen Investments, Inc. Portfolio managers Christopher L. Drahn, CFA, Michael Hamilton and Douglas J. White, CFA, review key investment strategies and the performance of the Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund, Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund, Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund and Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund. Doug has managed the Minnesota Fund since 1988 and the Nebraska Fund since 2011, Chris has managed the Minnesota Intermediate Fund since 1994 and Michael has managed the Oregon Intermediate Fund since 1997.

How did the Funds perform during the six-month reporting period ended November 30, 2014?

The tables in the Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios section of this report provide each Fund’s total return performance for its Class A Shares at net asset value (NAV) for the six-month, one-year, five-year and ten-year periods ended November 30, 2014. Each Fund’s Class A Share returns are compared with the performance of its corresponding market index and Lipper classification average.

During the reporting period, the Class A Shares at NAV of the Minnesota and Nebraska Funds outperformed the S&P Municipal Bond Index. The Class A Shares at NAV of the Minnesota Intermediate Fund modestly outpaced the S&P Municipal Bond Intermediate Index, while the Oregon Intermediate Fund slightly underperformed S&P Municipal Bond Intermediate Index. All four Funds surpassed the results of its respective Lipper classification average.

What strategies were used to manage the Funds during the reporting period and how did these strategies influence performance during the six-month reporting period ended November 30, 2014?

All of the Funds continued to employ the same fundamental investment strategies and tactics long relied upon by Nuveen Asset Management. Our municipal bond portfolios are managed with a value-oriented approach and close input from Nuveen Asset Management’s research team. Below, we highlight the specific factors influencing each Fund’s investment strategy, as well as how we managed each portfolio in light of recent market conditions.

Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund

Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund

During the six-month reporting period ended November 30, 2014, the Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund outpaced the S&P Municipal Bond Index. Duration and yield curve positioning were the main drivers of the relative outperformance. The portfolio’s

 

 

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 managers 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 (S&P), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (Moody’s) or Fitch, Inc. (Fitch). 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.

Bond insurance guarantees only the payment of principal and interest on the bond when due, and not the value of the bonds themselves, which will fluctuate with the bond market and the financial success of the issuer and the insurer. Insurance relates specifically to the bonds in the portfolio and not to the share prices of a Fund. No representation is made as to the insurers’ ability to meet their commitments.

Refer to the Glossary of Terms Used in this report for further definition of the terms used within this section.

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

 

duration, meaning its sensitivity to changes in interest rates, remained longer than the benchmark. This allowed the Fund to benefit disproportionately from declining rates. More specifically, we had greater exposure to longer maturity bonds than the benchmark and these bonds fared particularly well amid favorable market conditions. Tempering that positive result, however, was the Fund’s modest overweighting in the 10-year portion of the yield curve, which slightly lagged the benchmark.

Sector positioning also contributed positively to relative performance. We overweighted the health care sector, which performed especially well during the reporting period. Also adding to results was our significant underweightings in state and local general obligation (GO) bonds and pre-refunded debt. Both are high quality categories that lagged the benchmark, as investors favored higher risk, lower rated credits. In contrast, we overweighted the lagging public power sector and underweighted water/sewer bonds. Both were minor negatives for relative performance.

Our credit rating stance also proved beneficial. We maintained the Fund’s typical overweighting in lower rated and non-rated bonds. As investors remained willing to accept more credit risk in exchange for yield, our increased allocation to these areas, coupled with our corresponding underweighting in lagging higher rated bonds, was helpful.

As municipal bonds rallied during the reporting period, we wanted to reduce the Fund’s duration and bring it more in line with our internal benchmark. In light of the improving U.S. economy, we saw the potential for higher interest rates down the road, which we believed would make the Fund’s long-duration stance too risky. Accordingly, we took advantage of opportunities throughout the reporting period to make the portfolio somewhat less sensitive to rate movements. This involved buying a few suitable short dated bonds as they became available, as well as selling selected longer dated holdings though the rally in the bond market was a bigger contributor to shortening the Fund’s duration. In addition, we allowed the Fund’s position in cash and cash equivalent securities to drift upward. Because these holdings have little or no interest rate risk, they served as useful placeholders in the Fund, helping us to accomplish our duration objectives when we were unable to do so through conventional purchases and sales.

New purchases targeted the lower investment grade segment of the Minnesota municipal bond market. It was fortunate that the available secondary market supply of bonds during the reporting period tended to coincide with the types of securities we preferred to add since the new issue Minnesota market offered few attractive opportunities. For example, coming into the reporting period, we were targeting transportation bonds, given that these securities’ performance has historically been positively correlated with economic growth. In fact, A-rated Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airport Commission debt became available in the secondary municipal bond market during the reporting period and we took advantage of the opportunity to buy these bonds. The Fund’s other purchases included education, charter school and electric utility bonds. To finance these acquisitions, we used the proceeds of bond calls and also sold certain GO bonds whose performance prospects we saw as relatively limited.

The Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund outperformed the S&P Municipal Bond Index due largely to favorable duration positioning. The Fund was especially well situated on the long end of the yield curve, with a significant overweighting in bonds with maturities of 22 years and longer.

Favorable security selection also added value. In particular, the Fund benefited from its allocation to certain health care and higher education bonds that outpaced the national municipal bond market. That outperformance was tempered, however, by an overweighting in public power bonds, which lagged. In addition, the Fund was relatively underexposed to corporate-backed industrial development revenue bonds and airport issues, two areas of typically limited supply within Nebraska. Given that both categories outperformed the national market, our reduced allocation there modestly hampered the Fund’s results.

The Fund continued to experience investment outflows during much of the reporting period, though these slowed significantly and turned slightly to inflows by the end of the reporting period. This meant we were selling securities more often than buying them. With the portfolio’s elevated duration, we wanted to reduce interest rate risk and this led us to sell certain longer dated holdings. We also maintained a larger than usual cash position, which enabled us to keep duration lower as we awaited suitable longer term investment opportunities to come to market

Our limited purchase activity included acquiring a handful of shorter maturity investments as well as selected longer dated utility revenue and health care bonds. We also bought a lower rated Ohio tobacco securitization bond issue that we believed was priced attractively enough to compensate for its lack of a tax advantage for Nebraska residents. This credit is owned widely across our mutual fund complex and is therefore followed very closely by our research analysts.

 

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Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

The Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund outperformed the S&P Municipal Bond Intermediate Index during the six-month reporting period, with the Fund’s sector positioning the main driver of its relative results. The Fund’s overweightings in higher education and health care bonds were beneficial as these sectors performed well, reflecting investor demand for higher yielding securities in an environment of scarce income. That said, the Fund was underweighted in the industrial development revenue sector, another predominantly lower rated, higher yielding sector. Having less exposure to these corporate-backed securities tempered the Fund’s sector related outperformance.

Credit quality positioning bolstered results on a relative basis, to a lesser extent. Specifically, the Fund had overweightings in A-rated and non-rated bonds, which outpaced their higher quality counterparts as investors favored bonds offering more income. An underweighting in AAA-rated bonds was also helpful, as returns for this rating category generally did not match lower quality debt for the reporting period.

Duration and yield curve positioning were modestly beneficial. The Fund’s duration, a measure of its sensitivity to interest rate changes, was slightly longer than the benchmark through most of the reporting period. This helped the Fund benefit from declining interest rates further out the yield curve more fully than the index. From a yield curve perspective, the portfolio was lifted by its larger allocation to longer intermediate bonds with good call protection, as well as by a related underweighting in securities with very short durations. Shorter term rates generally either rose slightly or were little changed, causing short-term securities to underperform, while longer term bond prices generally appreciated in response to declining long-term rates.

The Fund experienced shareholder inflows during the reporting period. We reinvested these inflows, along with the proceeds from called and maturing bonds, predominantly in various new issues that came to market. Supply was up during the reporting period and much of our buying was concentrated in bonds with maturities in the 15-year range, reflecting both the available issuance and our assessment of value opportunities in the marketplace. Among our most notable purchases were utility bonds issued by the Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, transportation bonds of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Authority and higher education debt of the University of Minnesota. We also selectively added a number of general obligation bonds.

Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

The Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund slightly underperformed the S&P Municipal Intermediate Bond Index during the six-month reporting period.

The portfolio’s sector positioning had the most meaningful positive impact on performance, driven partly by the portfolio’s smaller allocation to the underperforming utilities group, which proved beneficial. More specifically, the Fund was helped by having no exposure to Puerto Rico utility bonds, which were among the municipal bond market’s worst performers during the reporting period and hindered the entire utilities sector.

The Fund also benefited from its relatively larger exposure to health care bonds, which outperformed amid comparatively strong investor demand for higher yielding securities. The Fund’s underweighting in general obligation bonds issued by the state of Oregon was also helpful, given that these securities lagged.

During the reporting period, the Fund slightly benefitted from being underweight six year and shorter duration securities. Thanks largely to investors’ appetite for higher yielding securities, longer term bonds generally outpaced their shorter term counterparts. In contrast, credit quality was a slight detractor to performance. The Funds overweight to BBB-rated securities was beneficial, however, the index was impacted by Puerto Rico during the reporting period thus influencing a negative contribution overall to the portfolio. The Fund did not own Puerto Rico credits during the reporting period. The Fund also benefitted from an underweighting to AAA-rated and AA-rated bonds. Participants in the tax exempt market remained focused on higher yielding, lower quality securities during the reporting period.

The Fund experienced significant investment inflows during the reporting period. When we invested these assets, we typically focused on bonds with durations of 10 to 14 years to help keep the Fund’s duration close to our internal target. We were particularly active early in the period, when supply was more ample and we could purchase securities at what we felt were relatively attractive valuations. We took advantage of investment opportunities across a variety of sectors, including school district, health care, water and sewer and lottery bonds.

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

 

Strong investor demand for municipal bonds also afforded us opportunities to sell some securities when we felt market prices rewarded us for doing so, and we used the proceeds to help fund our purchases. We sold some smaller holdings that were in demand by banks, which often benefit from certain community development related incentives to hold municipal bonds. We also sold some short-maturity bonds, which helped further support our desired duration positioning.

An Update Regarding Puerto Rico

We continued to monitor the broader municipal market for any impact on the Funds’ holdings and performance regarding the ongoing economic problems of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico bonds were originally added to our portfolios to keep assets fully invested and working for the Funds’ as well as to enhance diversity, duration and credit. The Puerto Rico credits offered higher yields, added diversification and triple exemption (i.e., exemption from most federal, state and local taxes). However, Puerto Rico’s continued economic weakening, escalating debt service obligations, and long-standing inability to deliver a balanced budget led to multiple downgrades on its debt over the past two years. Following the latest rating reduction by Moody’s in July 2014, Puerto Rico general obligation debt was rated B2/BB+/BB (below investment grade) by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, respectively, with negative outlooks. In late June 2014, Puerto Rico approved new legislation creating a judicial framework and formal process that would allow several of the commonwealth’s public corporations to restructure their public debt. As of November 2014, the Nuveen complex held $71 million in bonds backed by public corporations in Puerto Rico that could be restructured under this legislation, representing less than 0.1% of our municipal assets under management. In light of the evolving economic situation in Puerto Rico, Nuveen’s credit analysis of the commonwealth had previously considered the possibility of a default and the restructuring of public corporations, and we had adjusted our portfolios to prepare for such an outcome, although no such default or restructuring has occurred to date. The Nuveen complex’s entire exposure to obligations of the government of Puerto Rico and other Puerto Rico issuers totals 0.35% of assets under management as of November 30, 2014.

 

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Risk Considerations

and Dividend Information

 

Risk Considerations

Mutual fund investing involves risk; principal loss is possible. Debt or fixed income securities such as those held by the Funds, are subject to market risk, credit risk, interest rate risk, call risk, state concentration risk, tax risk, and income risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall. Credit risk refers to an issuers ability to make interest and principal payments when due. Below investment grade or high yield debt securities are subject to liquidity risk and heightened credit risk. The Funds’ use of inverse floaters creates effective leverage. Leverage involves the risk that the Funds could lose more than its original investment and also increases the Funds’ exposure to volatility and interest rate risk.

Dividend Information

Each Fund seeks to pay regular monthly dividends out of its net investment income at a rate that reflects its past and projected net income performance. To permit a Fund to maintain a more stable monthly dividend, the Fund may pay dividends consisting only of net investment income at a rate that may be more or less than the amount of net income actually earned by the Fund during the period. If the Fund has cumulatively earned more than it has paid in dividends, it will hold the excess in reserve as undistributed net investment income (UNII) as part of the Fund’s net asset value. Conversely, if the Fund has cumulatively paid in dividends more than it has earned, the excess will constitute a negative UNII that will likewise be reflected in the Fund’s net asset value. Each Fund will, over time, pay all its net investment income as dividends to shareholders.

As of November 30, 2014, the Funds had positive UNII balances, based upon our best estimate, for tax purposes and positive UNII balances for financial reporting purposes.

All monthly dividends paid by each Fund during the six-months ended November 30, 2014 were paid from net investment income. If a portion of a Fund’s monthly distributions was sourced from or comprised of elements other than net investment income, including capital gains and/or a return of capital, the Fund’s shareholders would have received a notice to that effect. The composition and per share amounts of each Fund’s monthly dividends for the reporting period are presented in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and Financial Highlights, respectively (for reporting purposes) and in Note 6—Income Tax Information within the accompany Notes to Financial Statements (for income tax purposes), later in this report.

 

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Fund Performance, Expense Ratios

and Effective Leverage Ratios

 

The Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios for each Fund are shown within this section of the report.

Returns quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate so that when shares are redeemed, they may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns without sales charges would be lower if the sales charge were included. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Income is generally exempt from regular federal income taxes. Some income may be subject to state and local income taxes and to the federal alternative minimum tax. Capital gains, if any, are subject to tax.

Returns may reflect an agreement by the investment adviser to waive certain fees and/or reimburse expenses during the periods presented. If any such waivers and/or reimbursements had not been in place, returns would have been reduced. See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 7—Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates for more information. For the most recent month-end performance visit www.nuveen.com or call (800) 257-8787.

Returns reflect differences in sales charges and expenses, which are primarily differences in distribution and service fees, and assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains.

Comparative index and Lipper return information is provided for Class A Shares at net asset value (NAV) only.

The expense ratios shown reflect total operating expenses (before fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, if any) as shown in the most recent prospectus. The expense ratios include management fees and other fees and expenses.

Leverage is created whenever a Fund has investment exposure (both reward and/or risk) equivalent to more than 100% of the investment capital. The effective leverage ratio shown is the amount of investment exposure created either through borrowings or indirectly through inverse floaters, divided by the assets invested, including those assets that were purchased with the proceeds of the leverage, or referenced by the levered instrument.

 

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Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios (continued)

Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

Refer to the first page of this Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios section for further explanation of the information included within this section. Refer to the Glossary of Terms Used in this Report for definitions of terms used within this section.

Fund Performance

Average Annual Total Returns as of November 30, 2014

 

  Cumulative   Average Annual  
   6-Month   1-Year   5-Year   10-Year  

Class A Shares at NAV

  1.87%      6.23%      4.44%      4.16%   

Class A Shares at maximum Offering Price

  (1.14)%      3.01%      3.81%      3.84%   

S&P Municipal Bond Intermediate Index

  1.80%      6.33%      4.90%      4.87%   

Lipper Other States Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average

  1.37%      4.91%      3.42%      3.52%   

Class I Shares

  2.07%      6.55%      4.62%      4.30%   

 

  Cumulative   Average Annual  
   6-Month   1-Year   5-Year   Since
Inception
 

Class C Shares

  1.57%      N/A      N/A      3.80%   

Class C1 Shares

  1.63%      5.83%      3.96%      4.14%   

Class C2 Shares

  1.69%      5.75%      N/A      4.66%   

Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2014 (Most Recent Calendar Quarter)

 

  Cumulative   Average Annual  
   6-Month   1-Year   5-Year   10-Year  

Class A Shares at NAV

  2.36%      6.96%      4.52%      4.11%   

Class A Shares at maximum Offering Price

  (0.68)%      3.79%      3.89%      3.79%   

Class I Shares

  2.55%      7.28%      4.71%      4.26%   

 

  Cumulative   Average Annual  
   6-Month   1-Year   5-Year   Since
Inception
 

Class C Shares

  1.96%      N/A      N/A      4.20%   

Class C1 Shares

  2.12%      6.45%      4.03%      4.16%   

Class C2 Shares

  2.07%      6.37%      N/A      4.67%   

Since inception returns for Class C, Class C1 and Class C2 Shares are from 2/10/14, 10/28/09 and 1/18/11, respectively. Indexes and Lipper averages are not available for direct investment.

Class A Shares have a maximum 3.00% sales charge (Offering Price). Class A Share purchases of $1 million or more are sold at net asset value without an up-front sales charge but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), also known as a backend sales charge, if redeemed within eighteen months of purchase. Class C, Class C1, and Class C2 Shares have a 1% CDSC for redemptions within less than twelve months, which is not reflected in the one-year total return. Class I Shares have no sales charge and may be purchased under limited circumstances or by specified classes of investors.

 

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Expense Ratios as of Most Recent Prospectus

 

       Share Class  
        Class A        Class C        Class C1        Class C2        Class I  

Expense Ratios

       0.84%           1.64%           1.29%           1.39%           0.64%   

Effective Leverage Ratio as of November 30, 2014

 

Effective Leverage Ratio

       0.00%   

 

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Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios (continued)

Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund

 

Refer to the first page of this Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios section for further explanation of the information included within this section. Refer to the Glossary of Terms Used in this Report for definitions of terms used within this section.

Fund Performance

Average Annual Total Returns as of November 30, 2014

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        5-Year        10-Year  

Class A Shares at NAV

       3.00%           10.55%           5.99%           4.86%   

Class A Shares at maximum Offering Price

       (1.33)%           5.87%           5.08%           4.42%   

S&P Municipal Bond Index

       2.35%           8.35%           5.34%           4.84%   

Lipper Minnesota Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average

       2.26%           7.90%           4.69%           4.12%   

Class C1 Shares

       2.77%           9.98%           5.50%           4.39%   

Class I Shares

       3.11%           10.66%           6.17%           5.06%   

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        Since
Inception
 

Class C Shares

       2.52%           N/A           6.49%   

Class C2 Shares

       2.71%           9.92%           7.24%   

Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2014 (Most Recent Calendar Quarter)

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        5-Year        10-Year  

Class A Shares at NAV

       3.52%           11.33%           6.00%           4.82%   

Class A Shares at maximum Offering Price

       (0.83)%           6.68%           5.09%           4.37%   

Class C1 Shares

       3.39%           10.96%           5.53%           4.35%   

Class I Shares

       3.72%           11.65%           6.22%           5.03%   

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        Since
Inception
 

Class C Shares

       3.13%           N/A           7.66%   

Class C2 Shares

       3.32%           10.79%           7.26%   

Since inception returns for Class C and Class C2 Shares are from 2/10/14 and 1/18/11, respectively. Indexes and Lipper averages are not available for direct investment.

Class A Shares have a maximum 4.20% sales charge (Offering Price). Class A Share purchases of $1 million or more are sold at net asset value without an up-front sales charge but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), also known as a backend sales charge, if redeemed within eighteen months of purchase. Class C, Class C1, and Class C2 Shares have a 1% CDSC for redemptions within less than twelve months, which is not reflected in the one-year total return. Class I Shares have no sales charge and may be purchased under limited circumstances or by specified classes of investors.

 

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Expense Ratios as of Most Recent Prospectus

 

       Share Class  
        Class A        Class C        Class C1        Class C2        Class I  

Expense Ratios

       0.86%           1.66%           1.31%           1.41%           0.66%   

Effective Leverage Ratio as of November 30, 2014

 

Effective Leverage Ratio

       0.00%   

 

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Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios (continued)

Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund

 

Refer to the first page of this Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios section for further explanation of the information included within this section. Refer to the Glossary of Terms Used in this Report for definitions of terms used within this section.

Fund Performance

Average Annual Total Returns as of November 30, 2014

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        5-Year        10-Year  

Class A Shares at NAV

       3.12%           10.18%           4.89%           4.34%   

Class A Shares at maximum Offering Price

       (1.22)%           5.51%           4.00%           3.90%   

S&P Municipal Bond Index

       2.35%           8.35%           5.34%           4.84%   

Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average

       2.35%           8.37%           4.35%           3.90%   

Class C1 Shares

       2.98%           9.70%           4.44%           3.92%   

Class I Shares

       3.21%           10.36%           5.11%           4.57%   

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        Since
Inception
 

Class C Shares

       2.72%           N/A           6.17%   

Class C2 Shares

       2.83%           9.56%           5.63%   

Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2014 (Most Recent Calendar Quarter)

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        5-Year        10-Year  

Class A Shares at NAV

       4.01%           11.35%           4.96%           4.28%   

Class A Shares at maximum Offering Price

       (0.39)%           6.70%           4.07%           3.83%   

Class C1 Shares

       3.69%           10.77%           4.51%           3.85%   

Class I Shares

       4.10%           11.42%           5.18%           4.51%   

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        Since
Inception
 

Class C Shares

       3.52%           N/A           6.79%   

Class C2 Shares

       3.63%           10.61%           5.69%   

Since inception returns for Class C and Class C2 Shares are from 2/10/14 and 1/18/11, respectively. Indexes and Lipper averages are not available for direct investment.

Class A Shares have a maximum 4.20% sales charge (Offering Price). Class A Share purchases of $1 million or more are sold at net asset value without an up-front sales charge but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), also known as a backend sales charge, if redeemed within eighteen months of purchase. Class C, Class C1, and Class C2 Shares have a 1% CDSC for redemptions within less than twelve months, which is not reflected in the one-year total return. Class I Shares have no sales charge and may be purchased under limited circumstances or by specified classes of investors.

 

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Expense Ratios as of Most Recent Prospectus

 

       Share Class  
        Class A        Class C        Class C1        Class C2        Class I  

Gross Expense Ratios

       0.92%           1.72%           1.37%           1.47%           0.72%   

Net Expense Ratios

       0.89%           1.69%           1.34%           1.44%           0.69%   

The Fund’s investment adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse other Fund expenses through September 30, 2016, so that total annual Fund operating expenses, after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements and excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, do not exceed 0.90%, 1.70%, 1.35%, 1.45% and 0.70% for Class A, Class C, Class C1, Class C2 and Class I Shares, respectively. Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements will not be terminated prior to that time without the approval of the Fund’s Board of Directors.

Effective Leverage Ratio as of November 30, 2014

 

Effective Leverage Ratio

     0.00%

 

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Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios (continued)

Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

 

Refer to the first page of this Fund Performance, Expense Ratios and Effective Leverage Ratios section for further explanation of the information included within this section. Refer to the Glossary of Terms Used in this Report for definitions of terms used within this section.

Fund Performance

Average Annual Total Returns as of November 30, 2014

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        5-Year        10-Year
 

Class A Shares at NAV

       1.79%           5.68%           3.78%           3.71%   

Class A Shares at maximum Offering Price

       (1.26)%           2.54%           3.15%           3.39%   

S&P Municipal Bond Intermediate Index

       1.80%           6.33%           4.90%           4.87%   

Lipper Other States Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average

       1.37%           4.91%           3.42%           3.52%   

Class I Shares

       1.88%           5.76%           3.95%           3.88%   

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        Since
Inception
 

Class C Shares

       1.39%           N/A           3.31%   

Class C2 Shares

       1.50%           5.08%           4.08%   

Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2014 (Most Recent Calendar Quarter)

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        5-Year        10-Year  

Class A Shares at NAV

       2.23%           6.35%           3.84%           3.65%   

Class A Shares at maximum Offering Price

       (0.85)%           3.17%           3.21%           3.33%   

Class I Shares

       2.22%           6.43%           4.01%           3.82%   

 

       Cumulative        Average Annual  
        6-Month        1-Year        Since
Inception
 

Class C Shares

       1.73%           N/A           3.62%   

Class C2 Shares

       1.94%           5.75%           4.08%   

Since inception returns for Class C and Class C2 Shares are from 2/10/14 and 1/18/11, respectively. Indexes and Lipper averages are not available for direct investment.

Class A Shares have a maximum 3.00% sales charge (Offering Price). Class A Share purchases of $1 million or more are sold at net asset value without an up-front sales charge but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC), also known as a backend sales charge, if redeemed within eighteen months of purchase. Class C and Class C2 Shares have a 1% CDSC for redemptions within less than twelve months, which is not reflected in the one-year total return. Class I Shares have no sales charge and may be purchased under limited circumstances or by specified classes of investors.

 

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Expense Ratios as of Most Recent Prospectus

 

       Share Class  
        Class A        Class C        Class C2        Class I  

Expense Ratios

       0.85%           1.65%           1.40%           0.65%   

Effective Leverage Ratio as of November 30, 2014

 

Effective Leverage Ratio

     0.00%

 

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Yields as of November 30, 2014

 

Dividend Yield is the most recent dividend per share (annualized) divided by the offering price per share.

The SEC 30-Day Yield is a standardized measure of a Fund’s yield that accounts for the future amortization of premiums or discounts of bonds held in the fund’s portfolio. The SEC 30-Day Yield is computed under an SEC standardized formula and is based on the maximum offer price per share. Dividend Yield may differ from the SEC 30-Day Yield because the fund may be paying out more or less than it is earning and it may not include the effect of amortization of bond premium.

The 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 at a specified tax rate. With respect to investments that generate qualified dividend income that is taxable at a maximum rate of 15%, the Taxable-Equivalent Yield is lower.

Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

 

       Share Class  
        Class A1        Class C        Class C1        Class C2        Class I  

Dividend Yield

       3.04%           2.35%           2.67%           2.58%           3.32%   

SEC 30-Day Yield

       1.57%           0.83%           1.16%           1.07%           1.82%   

Taxable-Equivalent Yield (35.1%)2

       2.42%           1.28%           1.79%           1.65%           2.80%   

Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund

 

       Share Class  
        Class A1        Class C        Class C1        Class C2        Class I  

Dividend Yield

       3.52%           2.91%           3.23%           3.11%           3.88%   

SEC 30-Day Yield

       2.36%           1.66%           2.02%           1.91%           2.66%   

Taxable-Equivalent Yield (35.1%)2

       3.64%           2.56%           3.11%           2.94%           4.10%   

Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund

 

       Share Class  
        Class A1        Class C        Class C1        Class C2        Class I  

Dividend Yield

       2.81%           2.11%           2.45%           2.38%           3.10%   

SEC 30-Day Yield

       1.82%           1.09%           1.47%           1.36%           2.10%   

Taxable-Equivalent Yield (32.9%)2

       2.71%           1.62%           2.19%           2.03%           3.13%   

Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

 

       Share Class  
        Class A1        Class C        Class C2        Class I  

Dividend Yield

       2.69%           1.97%           2.20%           2.95%   

SEC 30-Day Yield

       1.21%           0.48%           0.71%           1.45%   

Taxable-Equivalent Yield (35.1%)2

       1.86%           0.74%           1.09%           2.23%   

 

1 The SEC Yield for Class A shares quoted in the table reflects the maximum sales load. Investors paying a reduced load because of volume discounts, investors paying no load because they qualify for one of the several exclusions from the load, and existing shareholders who previously paid a load but would like to know the SEC Yield applicable to their shares on a going-forward basis, should understand that the SEC Yield effectively applicable to them would be higher than the figure quoted in the table.

 

2 The Taxable-Equivalent Yield is based on the Fund’s SEC 30-Day Yield on the indicated date and a combined federal and state income tax rate shown in the respective table above.

 

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Holding

Summaries as of November 30, 2014

 

This data relates to the securities held in each Fund’s portfolio of investments as of the end of this reporting period. It should not be construed as a measure of performance for the Fund itself. Holdings are subject to change.

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.

Refer to the Glossary of Terms Used in this Report for definitions of terms used within this section.

Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

 

Fund Allocation

(% of net assets)

 

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

       98.9%   

Short-Term Investments

       1.8%   

Other Assets Less Liabilities

       (0.7)%   

Portfolio Composition

(% of total investments)

 

Education and Civic Organizations

       24.2%   

Health Care

       17.9%   

Tax Obligation/General

       15.5%   

Utilities

       15.3%   

Transportation

       7.5%   

Long-Term Care

       6.6%   

Tax Obligation/Limited

       5.1%   

Short-Term Investments

       1.8%   

Other

       6.1%   

Bond Credit Quality

(% of total investment exposure)

 

AAA/U.S. Guaranteed

       3.6%   

AA

       39.9%   

A

       32.9%   

BBB

       12.0%   

BB or Lower

       1.9%   

N/R (not rated)

       9.7%   
 

 

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Holding Summaries as of November 30, 2014 (continued)

 

Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund

 

Fund Allocation

(% of net assets)

 

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

       98.8%   

Short-Term Investments

       1.7%   

Other Assets Less Liabilities

       (0.5)%   

Portfolio Composition

(% of total investments)

 

Education and Civic Organizations

       24.7%   

Health Care

       20.9%   

Utilities

       16.5%   

Long-Term Care

       10.2%   

Tax Obligation/General

       9.2%   

Transportation

       6.3%   

Short-Term Investments

       1.7%   

Other

       10.5%   

Bond Credit Quality

(% of total investment exposure)

 

AAA/U.S. Guaranteed

       4.0%   

AA

       30.2%   

A

       23.7%   

BBB

       18.2%   

BB or Lower

       7.3%   

N/R (not rated)

       16.6%   
 

 

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Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund

 

Fund Allocation

(% of net assets)

 

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

       93.9%   

Short-Term Investments

       7.6%   

Other Assets Less Liabilities

       (1.5)%   

Portfolio Composition

(% of total investments)

 

Utilities

       27.2%   

Health Care

       12.8%   

Education and Civic Organizations

       12.5%   

Tax Obligation/Limited

       11.1%   

Tax Obligation/General

       9.6%   

Long-Term Care

       9.3%   

Short-Term Investments

       7.5%   

Other

       10.0%   

Bond Credit Quality

(% of total investment exposure)

 

AAA/U.S. Guaranteed

       13.0%   

AA

       41.7%   

A

       39.5%   

BBB

       2.4%   

BB or Lower

       0.8%   

N/R (not rated)

       2.6%   
 

 

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Holding Summaries as of November 30, 2014 (continued)

 

Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

 

Fund Allocation

(% of net assets)

 

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

       97.9%   

Short-Term Investments

       1.3%   

Other Assets Less Liabilities

       0.8%   

Portfolio Composition

(% of total investments)

 

Tax Obligation/General

       27.9%   

Health Care

       17.7%   

Tax Obligation/Limited

       16.2%   

Education and Civic Organizations

       9.1%   

U.S. Guaranteed

       7.4%   

Water and Sewer

       7.4%   

Housing/Multifamily

       5.3%   

Short-Term Investments

       1.3%   

Other

       7.7%   

Bond Credit Quality

(% of total investment exposure)

 

AAA/U.S. Guaranteed

       13.7%   

AA

       42.4%   

A

       26.3%   

BBB

       14.5%   

BB or Lower

       0.7%   

N/R (not rated)

       2.4%   
 

 

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Expense

Examples

As a shareholder of one or more of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including up-front and back-end sales charges (loads) or redemption fees, where applicable; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees, where applicable; and other Fund expenses. The Examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the period ended November 30, 2014.

The beginning of the period is June 1, 2014.

The information under “Actual Performance,” together with the amount you invested, allows you to estimate actual expenses incurred over the reporting period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.60) and multiply the result by the cost shown for your share class, in the row entitled “Expenses Incurred During Period” to estimate the expenses incurred on your account during this period.

The information under “Hypothetical Performance,” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expense you incurred for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the following tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the hypothetical information is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds or share classes. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

 

  Share Class  
   Class A   Class C   Class C1   Class C2   Class I  

Actual Performance

                             

Beginning Account Value

$ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00   

Ending Account Value

$ 1,018.70    $ 1,015.70    $ 1,016.30    $ 1,016.90    $ 1,020.70   

Expenses Incurred During Period

$ 4.15    $ 8.19    $ 6.42    $ 6.98    $ 3.19   

Hypothetical Performance

(5% annualized return before expenses)

  

  

                       

Beginning Account Value

$ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00   

Ending Account Value

$ 1,020.96    $ 1,016.90    $ 1,018.70    $ 1,018.15    $ 1,021.91   

Expenses Incurred During Period

$ 4.15    $ 8.19    $ 6.43    $ 6.98    $ 3.19   

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio of 0.82%, 1.62%, 1.27%, 1.38% and 0.63% for Classes A, C, C1, C2 and I, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Expense Examples (continued)

Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund

 

  Share Class  
   Class A   Class C   Class C1   Class C2   Class I  

Actual Performance

                             

Beginning Account Value

$ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00   

Ending Account Value

$ 1,030.00    $ 1,025.20    $ 1,027.70    $ 1,027.10    $ 1,031.10   

Expenses Incurred During Period

$ 4.27    $ 8.28    $ 6.56    $ 7.06    $ 3.26   

Hypothetical Performance

(5% annualized return before expenses)

  

  

                       

Beginning Account Value

$ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00   

Ending Account Value

$ 1,020.86    $ 1,016.90    $ 1,018.60    $ 1,018.10    $ 1,021.86   

Expenses Incurred During Period

$ 4.26    $ 8.24    $ 6.53    $ 7.03    $ 3.24   

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio of 0.84%, 1.63%, 1.29%, 1.39% and 0.64% for Classes A, C, C1, C2 and I, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund

 

  Share Class  
   Class A   Class C   Class C1   Class C2   Class I  

Actual Performance

                             

Beginning Account Value

$ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00   

Ending Account Value

$ 1,031.20    $ 1,027.20    $ 1,029.80    $ 1,028.30    $ 1,032.10   

Expenses Incurred During Period

$ 4.53    $ 8.59    $ 6.82    $ 7.32    $ 3.51   

Hypothetical Performance

(5% annualized return before expenses)

  

  

                       

Beginning Account Value

$ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00   

Ending Account Value

$ 1,020.61    $ 1,016.60    $ 1,018.35    $ 1,017.85    $ 1,021.61   

Expenses Incurred During Period

$ 4.51    $ 8.54    $ 6.78    $ 7.28    $ 3.50   

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio of 0.89%, 1.69%, 1.34%, 1.44% and 0.69% for Classes A, C, C1, C2 and I, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

 

  Share Class  
   Class A   Class C   Class C2   Class I  

Actual Performance

                       

Beginning Account Value

$ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00   

Ending Account Value

$ 1,017.90    $ 1,013.90    $ 1,015.00    $ 1,018.80   

Expenses Incurred During Period

$ 4.25    $ 8.28    $ 7.02    $ 3.24   

Hypothetical Performance

(5% annualized return before expenses)

                       

Beginning Account Value

$ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00    $ 1,000.00   

Ending Account Value

$ 1,020.86    $ 1,016.85    $ 1,018.10    $ 1,021.86   

Expenses Incurred During Period

$ 4.26    $ 8.29    $ 7.03    $ 3.24   

For each class of the Fund, expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratio of 0.84%, 1.64%, 1.39% and 0.64% for Classes A, C, C2 and I, respectively, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Shareholder Meeting Report

 

A special shareholder meeting was held in the offices of Nuveen Investments on August 5, 2014 for Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund, Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund, Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund and Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund; at this meeting the shareholders were asked to vote to approve a new investment management agreement, to approve a new sub-advisory agreement, to approve revisions to, or elimination of, certain fundamental investment policies and to elect Board Members.

 

        Nuveen
Minnesota
Intermediate
Municipal
Bond Fund
       Nuveen
Minnesota
Municipal
Bond Fund
       Nuveen
Nebraska
Municipal
Bond Fund
       Nuveen
Oregon
Intermediate
Municipal
Bond Fund
 

To approve a new investment management agreement between each Trust and Nuveen Advisors, LLC.

                   

For

       17,433,481           9,467,996           2,824,597           7,999,712   

Against

       81,865           284,442           43,423           21,734   

Abstain

       18,208           517,035           35,697           56,567   

Broker Non-Votes

       5,966,322           4,077,007           1,965,213           5,099,940   

Total

       23,499,876           14,346,480           4,868,930           13,177,953   

To approve a new sub-advisory agreement between Nuveen Fund Advisors and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC.

                   

For

       17,424,765           9,466,142           2,817,200           8,005,598   

Against

       82,186           271,269           47,855           21,734   

Abstain

       26,602           532,061           38,662           50,681   

Broker Non-Votes

       5,966,323           4,077,008           1,965,213           5,099,940   

Total

       23,499,876           14,346,480           4,868,930           13,177,953   

To approve revisions to, or elimination of, certain fundamental investment policies:

                   

a. Revise the fundamental policy related to the purchase and sale of commodities.

                   

For

       17,371,985           9,362,784           2,821,130           8,011,899   

Against

       133,548           352,394           40,933           22,932   

Abstain

       28,020           554,295           41,654           43,181   

Broker Non-Votes

       5,966,323           4,077,007           1,965,213           5,099,941   

Total

       23,499,876           14,346,480           4,868,930           13,177,953   

b. Eliminate the fundamental policy related to investing for control.

                   

For

       17,408,972           9,340,230           2,810,151           7,984,248   

Against

       95,093           353,643           48,330           24,412   

Abstain

       29,488           575,599           45,236           69,352   

Broker Non-Votes

       5,966,323           4,077,008           1,965,213           5,099,941   

Total

       23,499,876           14,346,480           4,868,930           13,177,953   

 

  28       Nuveen Investments


        Nuveen
Minnesota
Intermediate
Municipal
Bond Fund
       Nuveen
Minnesota
Municipal
Bond Fund
       Nuveen
Nebraska
Municipal
Bond Fund
       Nuveen
Oregon
Intermediate
Municipal
Bond Fund
 

c. Revise the fundamental policy related to alternative minimum tax.

                   

For

       17,318,007           9,343,344           2,825,033           7,984,248   

Against

       190,580           370,320           40,933           45,288   

Abstain

       24,966           555,809           37,750           48,476   

Broker Non-Votes

       5,966,323           4,077,007           1,965,214           5,099,941   

Total

       23,499,876           14,346,480           4,868,930           13,177,953   

Approval of the Board Members was reached as follows:

                   

William Adams IV

                   

For

       875,153,250           875,153,250           875,153,250           875,153,250   

Withhold

       6,616,294           6,616,294           6,616,294           6,616,294   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

Robert P. Bremner

                   

For

       767,672,659           767,672,659           767,672,659           767,672,659   

Withhold

       114,096,885           114,096,885           114,096,885           114,096,885   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

Jack B. Evans

                   

For

       767,867,187           767,867,187           767,867,187           767,867,187   

Withhold

       113,902,357           113,902,357           113,902,357           113,902,357   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

William C. Hunter

                   

For

       875,066,364           875,066,364           875,066,364           875,066,364   

Withhold

       6,703,180           6,703,180           6,703,180           6,703,180   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

David J. Kundert

                   

For

       767,748,278           767,748,278           767,748,278           767,748,278   

Withhold

       114,021,266           114,021,266           114,021,266           114,021,266   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

John K. Nelson

                   

For

       875,059,020           875,059,020           875,059,020           875,059,020   

Withhold

       6,710,524           6,710,524           6,710,524           6,710,524   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

William J. Schneider

                   

For

       874,871,626           874,871,626           874,871,626           874,871,626   

Withhold

       6,897,918           6,897,918           6,897,918           6,897,918   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.

                   

For

       874,799,740           874,799,740           874,799,740           874,799,740   

Withhold

       6,969,804           6,969,804           6,969,804           6,969,804   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

 

Nuveen Investments     29   


Shareholder Meeting Report (continued)

 

        Nuveen
Minnesota
Intermediate
Municipal
Bond Fund
       Nuveen
Minnesota
Municipal
Bond Fund
       Nuveen
Nebraska
Municipal
Bond Fund
       Nuveen
Oregon
Intermediate
Municipal
Bond Fund
 

Judith M. Stockdale

                   

For

       874,933,639           874,933,639           874,933,639           874,933,639   

Withhold

       6,835,905           6,835,905           6,835,905           6,835,905   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

Carole E. Stone

                   

For

       767,948,250           767,948,250           767,948,250           767,948,250   

Withhold

       113,821,294           113,821,294           113,821,294           113,821,294   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

Virginia L. Stringer

                   

For

       875,081,812           875,081,812           875,081,812           875,081,812   

Withhold

       6,687,732           6,687,732           6,687,732           6,687,732   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

Terence J. Toth

                   

For

       767,738,756           767,738,756           767,738,756           767,738,756   

Withhold

       114,030,788           114,030,788           114,030,788           114,030,788   

Total

       881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544           881,769,544   

 

  30       Nuveen Investments


Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS – 98.9%

       
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS – 98.9%

       
      Education and Civic Organizations – 24.4%                      
$ 395     

Anoka County, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Spectrum Building Company, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 6/01/32

      No Opt. Call        BBB–      $ 409,694   
  210     

City of Woodbury, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Math and Science Academy Building Company, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 12/01/27

      No Opt. Call        BBB–        224,505   
  500     

Forest Lake, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Lakes International Language Academy, Series 2014A, 5.500%, 8/01/36

      8/22 at 100.00        BBB–        546,290   
 

Itasca County, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Charles K. Blandin Foundation, Series 2010:

       
  635     

4.000%, 5/01/18

      No Opt. Call        A2        676,440   
  255     

4.000%, 5/01/19

      No Opt. Call        A2        274,161   
  1,300     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Yinghua Academy Charter School, Series 2013A, 6.000%, 7/01/33

      7/23 at 100.00        BB        1,391,702   
 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Blake School Project, Refundinjg Series 2010:

       
  550     

4.000%, 9/01/19

      No Opt. Call        A2        610,539   
  315     

4.000%, 9/01/21

      9/20 at 100.00        A2        348,223   
  3,495     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, National Marrow Donor Program Project, Series 2010, 4.250%, 8/01/20

      8/18 at 100.00        BBB+        3,643,957   
  815     

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Augsburg College, Refunding Series 2010-7-G, 4.000%, 10/01/21

      10/18 at 100.00        Baa3        849,377   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Augsburg College, Series 2006-J-1:

       
  375     

5.000%, 5/01/16

      5/15 at 100.00        Baa3        381,011   
  1,295     

5.000%, 5/01/20

      5/15 at 100.00        Baa3        1,307,678   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Bethel University, Refunding Series 2007-6-R:

       
  1,125     

5.500%, 5/01/18

      5/17 at 100.00        N/R        1,179,000   
  1,185     

5.500%, 5/01/19

      5/17 at 100.00        N/R        1,238,787   
  1,050     

5.500%, 5/01/24

      5/17 at 100.00        N/R        1,087,517   
  1,585     

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, College of St. Benedict, Series 2008-V, 4.500%, 3/01/17

      No Opt. Call        Baa1        1,696,600   
  300     

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, College of St. Benedict, Series 2011-7M, 5.000%, 3/01/31

      3/20 at 100.00        Baa1        326,763   
  150     

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, College of St. Scholastica, Inc., Series 2011-7J , 6.000%, 12/01/28

      12/19 at 100.00        Baa2        165,676   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, College of St. Scholastica, Inc., Series 2012-7R:

       
  200     

4.000%, 12/01/20

      No Opt. Call        Baa2        213,946   
  310     

3.375%, 12/01/22

      No Opt. Call        Baa2        316,095   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, College of St. Scholastica, Series 2007-6S:

       
  360     

4.375%, 12/01/16

      No Opt. Call        Baa2        385,052   
  380     

4.500%, 12/01/17

      No Opt. Call        Baa2        418,084   

 

Nuveen Investments     31   


Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Education and Civic Organizations (continued)                      
$ 750     

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, College of St. Scholastica, Series 20107H, 5.125%, 12/01/30

      12/19 at 100.00        Baa2      $ 813,608   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Gustavus Adolfus College, Series 2010-7B:

       
  1,530     

5.000%, 10/01/18

      No Opt. Call        A3            1,748,530   
  1,040     

5.000%, 10/01/23

      10/19 at 100.00        A3        1,173,650   
  175     

4.250%, 10/01/24

      10/19 at 100.00        A3        188,962   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Gustavus Adolfus College, Series 2013-7W:

       
  350     

4.000%, 10/01/21

      No Opt. Call        A3        385,945   
  250     

5.000%, 10/01/22

      No Opt. Call        A3        291,680   
  500     

5.000%, 10/01/23

      No Opt. Call        A3        587,425   
  990     

4.250%, 10/01/28

      10/23 at 100.00        A3        1,071,447   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Hamline University of Minnesota, Refunding Series 2010E:

       
  1,000     

4.125%, 10/01/18

      No Opt. Call        Baa2        1,081,440   
  1,385     

4.375%, 10/01/20

      No Opt. Call        Baa2        1,535,217   
  500     

4.500%, 10/01/21

      10/20 at 100.00        Baa2        550,240   
  250     

5.000%, 10/01/29

      10/20 at 100.00        Baa2        272,195   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Hamline University, Series 2011-7K1:

       
  1,000     

4.250%, 10/01/18

      No Opt. Call        Baa2        1,076,620   
  625     

6.000%, 10/01/32

      10/21 at 100.00        Baa2        701,319   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Refunding Series 2006-6-K:

       
  340     

5.000%, 5/01/15

      No Opt. Call        Baa2        345,566   
  355     

5.000%, 5/01/16

      5/15 at 100.00        Baa2        360,410   
  370     

5.000%, 5/01/17

      5/15 at 100.00        Baa2        375,173   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint Catherine University, Series 2012-7Q:

       
  740     

5.000%, 10/01/23

      10/22 at 100.00        Baa1        844,088   
  490     

5.000%, 10/01/24

      10/22 at 100.00        Baa1        552,985   
  500     

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint Olaf College, Refunding Series 2007-6O, 5.000%, 10/01/16

      No Opt. Call        A1        539,985   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Saint Thomas, Series 2009-6X:

       
  500     

4.500%, 4/01/21

      4/17 at 100.00        A2        538,805   
  1,250     

5.000%, 4/01/24

      4/17 at 100.00        A2        1,364,463   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Saint Thomas, Series 2009-7A:

       
  1,125     

4.500%, 10/01/18

      No Opt. Call        A2        1,268,696   
  1,975     

4.500%, 10/01/19

      No Opt. Call        A2        2,259,084   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Saint Thomas, Series 2013-7U:

       
  2,000     

4.000%, 4/01/25

      4/23 at 100.00        A2        2,203,620   
  775     

4.000%, 4/01/26

      4/23 at 100.00        A2        844,502   
  300     

4.000%, 4/01/27

      4/23 at 100.00        A2        323,712   

 

  32       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Education and Civic Organizations (continued)                      
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Saint John’s University Revenue Bonds, Series 2008-6U:

       
$ 290     

4.200%, 10/01/19

      10/18 at 100.00        A2      $ 320,317   
  385     

4.300%, 10/01/20

      10/18 at 100.00        A2        422,176   
  145     

4.500%, 10/01/22

      10/18 at 100.00        A2        160,893   
 

Minnesota State Colleges and University, General Fund Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A:

       
  985     

4.000%, 10/01/22

      10/19 at 100.00        Aa2        1,073,433   
  1,755     

4.000%, 10/01/23

      10/19 at 100.00        Aa2        1,896,769   
 

Minnesota State Colleges and University, General Fund Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A:

       
  1,515     

4.250%, 10/01/24

      10/21 at 100.00        Aa2        1,696,664   
  880     

4.375%, 10/01/25

      10/21 at 100.00        Aa2        983,875   
  905     

4.500%, 10/01/26

      10/21 at 100.00        Aa2            1,012,559   
 

Moorhead, Minnesota, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, The Concordia College Corporation Project, Series 2005A:

       
  500     

4.100%, 12/15/14

      No Opt. Call        A3        500,835   
  880     

4.200%, 12/15/15

      No Opt. Call        A3        911,935   
  925     

4.300%, 12/15/16

      12/15 at 100.00        A3        955,904   
  1,005     

5.000%, 12/15/18

      12/15 at 100.00        A3        1,038,466   
  1,060     

5.000%, 12/15/19

      12/15 at 100.00        A3        1,092,277   
  500     

Otsego, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Kaleidoscope Charter School Project, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 9/01/34

      9/24 at 100.00        BB+        511,990   
  400     

Ramsey, Anoka County, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, PACT Charter School Project, Refunding Series 2013A, 5.000%, 12/01/26

      12/21 at 100.00        BBB–        436,975   
  960     

Saint Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Nova Classical Academy, Series 2011A, 5.700%, 9/01/21

      No Opt. Call        BBB–        1,057,536   
 

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Twin Cities German Immersion School, Series 2013A:

       
  250     

4.000%, 7/01/23

      No Opt. Call        BB+        247,128   
  700     

5.000%, 7/01/33

      7/23 at 100.00        BB+        711,704   
  500     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, Community of Peace Academy Project, Series 2006A, 5.000%, 12/01/36

      12/15 at 100.00        BBB–        503,955   
  200     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists Charter School Project, Series 2013A, 4.000%, 3/01/28

      3/23 at 100.00        BBB–        194,368   
  2,395     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Minnesota Public Radio Project, Refunding Series 2010, 5.000%, 12/01/25

      12/20 at 100.00        A2        2,657,827   
 

University of Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014B:

       
  1,000     

4.000%, 1/01/31

      1/24 at 100.00        Aa1        1,082,760   
  1,000     

4.000%, 1/01/32

      1/24 at 100.00        Aa1        1,076,970   
  1,020     

University of Minnesota, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2009C, 5.000%, 12/01/19

      6/19 at 100.00        Aa1        1,193,094   
 

University of Minnesota, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A:

       
  990     

4.000%, 2/01/25

      2/23 at 100.00        Aa1        1,110,750   
  2,000     

4.000%, 2/01/27

        2/23 at 100.00        Aa1        2,203,660   
  60,995     

Total Education and Civic Organizations

                        66,045,284   
      Health Care – 18.0%                      
  735     

Aitkin, Minnesota Health Care Revenue Bonds, Riverwood Healthcare Center, Series 2006, 5.250%, 2/01/15

      No Opt. Call        N/R        739,704   

 

Nuveen Investments     33   


Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Health Care (continued)                      
$ 1,340     

Cuyuna Range Hospital District, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Gross Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2007, 5.000%, 6/01/17

      No Opt. Call        N/R      $ 1,419,274   
  400     

Fergus Falls, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Lake Region Healthcare Corporation Project, Series 2010, 4.750%, 8/01/25

      8/17 at 100.00        BBB–        411,880   
 

Glencoe, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Glencoe Regional Health Services Project, Series 2013:

       
  660     

4.000%, 4/01/25

      4/22 at 100.00        BBB        689,456   
  400     

4.000%, 4/01/26

      4/22 at 100.00        BBB        414,744   
 

Maple Grove, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Maple Grove Hospital Corporation, Series 2007:

       
  1,000     

5.000%, 5/01/17

      No Opt. Call        Baa1            1,076,910   
  585     

4.500%, 5/01/23

      5/17 at 100.00        Baa1        599,256   
  1,730     

Maple Grove, Minnesota, Health Care Facility Revenue Bonds, North Memorial Health Care, Series 2005, 4.500%, 9/01/17

      9/15 at 100.00        Baa1        1,766,780   
  1,000     

Meeker County, Minnesota, Gross Revenue Hospital Facilities Bonds, Meeker County Memorial Hospital Project, Series 2007, 5.625%, 11/01/22

      11/17 at 100.00        N/R        1,062,000   
  4,550     

Minneapolis Health Care System, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Fairview Hospital and Healthcare Services, Series 2008A, 6.375%, 11/15/23

      11/18 at 100.00        A        5,307,120   
  680     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Health Care System Revenue Bonds, Fairview Health Services, Series 2008B, 6.500%, 11/15/38 – AGC Insured

      11/18 at 100.00        AA        797,184   
  1,000     

Minneapolis-Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, Children’s Health Care, Series 2010A, 5.250%, 8/15/25

      8/20 at 100.00        A+        1,152,950   
  1,035     

Minnesota Agricultural and Economic Development Board, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Essentia Health Obligated Group, Series 2008C-1, 5.500%, 2/15/25 – AGC Insured

      2/20 at 100.00        AA        1,197,029   
 

Minnesota Agricultural and Economic Development Board, Healthcare System Revenue Bonds, Fairview Hospital and Healthcare Services, Series 1997A:

       
  190     

5.500%, 11/15/17 – NPFG Insured

      5/15 at 100.00        AA–        190,800   
  10     

5.750%, 11/15/26 – NPFG Insured

      5/15 at 100.00        AA–        10,022   
 

Northern Itasca Hospital District, Minnesota, Health Facilities Gross Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2013A:

       
  275     

4.000%, 12/01/25

      12/20 at 100.00        N/R        279,395   
  250     

4.050%, 12/01/26

      12/20 at 100.00        N/R        253,720   
  250     

4.150%, 12/01/27

      12/20 at 100.00        N/R        254,772   
  500     

Northern Itasca Hospital District, Minnesota, Health Facilities Gross Revenue Bonds, Series 2013C, 5.400%, 12/01/33

      12/20 at 100.00        N/R        529,525   
  1,080     

Northfield, Minnesota, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2006, 5.500%, 11/01/17

      11/16 at 100.00        BBB        1,158,084   
  1,015     

Redwood Falls, Minnesota, Gross Revenue Hospital Facilities Bonds, Redwood Area Hospital Project, Series 2006, 5.000%, 12/01/21

      12/16 at 100.00        N/R        1,056,798   
  2,075     

Rochester, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Mayo Clinic, Series 2011, 4.500%, 11/15/38 (Mandatory put 11/15/21)

      No Opt. Call        AA        2,409,199   
  1,000     

Rochester, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Olmsted Medical Center Project, Series 2010, 5.125%, 7/01/20

      No Opt. Call        A–        1,124,240   
  500     

Rochester, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Olmsted Medical Center Project, Series 2013, 3.000%, 7/01/25

      7/23 at 100.00        A–        504,540   
  1,000     

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, CentraCare Health System Project, Series 2008D, 5.375%, 5/01/31 – AGC Insured

      5/19 at 100.00        A1        1,114,600   

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Health Care (continued)                      
$ 1,020     

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, CentraCare Health System Project, Series 2010A, 4.250%, 5/01/21

      5/20 at 100.00        A1      $ 1,135,974   
  2,500     

Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Park Nicollet Health Services, Series 2008C, 5.625%, 7/01/26

      7/18 at 100.00        A        2,773,525   
  1,455     

Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Park Nicollet Health Services, Series 2009, 5.500%, 7/01/29

      7/19 at 100.00        A        1,646,245   
  1,350     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Facility Revenue Bonds, HealthPartners Obligated Group, Series 2006, 5.250%, 5/15/19

      11/16 at 100.00        A        1,448,185   
  1,200     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, Allina Health System, Series 2007A, 5.000%, 11/15/19 – NPFG Insured

      11/17 at 100.00        AA–        1,341,144   
  3,075     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, Allina Health System, Series 2009A-1, 5.000%, 11/15/24

      11/19 at 100.00        AA–        3,484,375   
  1,025     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare Project, Series 2009, 5.000%, 2/01/19

      No Opt. Call        A–        1,140,569   
 

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare Project, Series 2010:

       
  1,560     

5.000%, 2/01/19

      2/15 at 100.00        A–        1,565,694   
  500     

5.000%, 2/01/20

      2/15 at 100.00        A–        501,770   
 

Saint Paul Port Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, HealthEast Midway Campus, Series 2005A:

       
  160     

5.250%, 5/01/15

      No Opt. Call        BB+        163,150   
  2,000     

5.750%, 5/01/25

      5/15 at 100.00        BB+            2,023,680   
 

Shakopee, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Saint Francis Regional Medical Center, Refunding Series 2014:

       
  1,200     

5.000%, 9/01/27

      9/24 at 100.00        A        1,406,112   
  815     

5.000%, 9/01/29

      9/24 at 100.00        A        943,754   
  1,850     

St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Healtheast Inc., Series 2005, 5.150%, 11/15/20

      11/15 at 100.00        BBB–        1,900,931   
  1,000     

Winona Health Care Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Minnesota, Winona Health Obligated Group, Series 2007, 5.000%, 7/01/20

      7/17 at 100.00        BBB–        1,073,290   
 

Winona, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Winona Health Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2012:

       
  485     

4.500%, 7/01/24

      7/21 at 100.00        BBB–        516,554   
  250     

5.000%, 7/01/34

        7/21 at 100.00        BBB–        268,697   
  44,705     

Total Health Care

                        48,853,631   
      Housing/Multifamily – 0.2%                      
  500     

Anoka Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Woodland Park Apartments Project, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 4/01/27

        4/19 at 100.00        Aaa        532,745   
      Housing/Single Family – 0.9%                      
  840     

Dakota County Community Development Agency, Minnesota, Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Mortgage Backed Securities Program, Series 2011A, 4.400%, 12/01/26

      12/20 at 100.00        AA+        899,959   
  835     

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Homeownership Finance Bonds, Mortgage-Backed Securities Program, Series 2011D, 4.375%, 7/01/26

      7/21 at 100.00        Aaa        875,848   
  530     

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Residential Housing Finance Bonds, Series 2012A, 3.750%, 7/01/22 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      1/22 at 100.00        AA+        560,963   

 

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Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Housing/Single Family (continued)                      
$ 175     

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Residential Housing Finance Bonds, Series 2012C, 3.750%, 1/01/22 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

        No Opt. Call        AA+      $ 188,307   
  2,380     

Total Housing/Single Family

                        2,525,077   
      Industrials – 1.4%                      
  505     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Limited Tax Supported Development Revenue Bonds, Common Bond Fund Series 2006-1A, 4.625%, 12/01/14 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      No Opt. Call        A+        505,152   
  2,020     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Limited Tax Supported Development Revenue Bonds, Common Bond Fund Series 2010-2A, 4.625%, 12/01/20

      No Opt. Call        A+        2,300,962   
  1,000     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Limited Tax Supported Development Revenue Bonds, Common Bond Fund Series 2013-1, 4.000%, 6/01/28

        6/21 at 100.00        A+        1,048,760   
  3,525     

Total Industrials

                            3,854,874   
      Long-Term Care – 6.7%                      
  1,000     

Center City, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Project, Series 2014, 5.000%, 11/01/25

      11/24 at 100.00        A3        1,187,860   
  565     

Center City, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Hazelden Foundation Project, Series 2011, 4.550%, 11/01/26

      11/19 at 100.00        A3        602,714   
  800     

Chisago City, Minnesota, Housing and Health Care Revenue Bonds, CDL Homes, LLC Project, Series 2013B, 6.000%, 8/01/33

      8/23 at 100.00        N/R        883,528   
  1,435     

Lake Crystal, Minnesota, Housing and Health Care Revenue Bonds, Ecumen – Second Century & Owatonna Senior Living Project, Refunding Series 2014A, 4.500%, 9/01/44 (Mandatory put 9/01/24) (WI/DD, Settling 12/18/14)

      9/18 at 100.00        N/R        1,445,275   
 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Walker Minneapolis Campus Project, Refunding Series 2012:

       
  1,400     

5.000%, 11/15/24

      11/22 at 100.00        N/R        1,483,874   
  1,650     

4.750%, 11/15/28

      11/22 at 100.00        N/R        1,680,640   
  1,500     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority Minnesota, Senior Housing and Health Care Revenue Bonds, Episcopal Homes Project, Series 2013, 5.000%, 5/01/33

      5/23 at 100.00        N/R        1,547,805   
  1,000     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Senior Housing and Health Care Revenue Bonds, Episcopal Homes Project, Refunding Series 2012A, 4.000%, 11/01/22

      No Opt. Call        N/R        1,007,330   
  2,000     

Saint Paul Port Authority, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Project, Series 2010-3, 5.000%, 12/01/24

      12/20 at 100.00        A1        2,221,020   
  1,000     

Sartell, Minnesota, Health Care and Housing Facilities Revenue Bonds, Country Manor Campus LLC Project, Series 2012A, 5.250%, 9/01/27

      9/22 at 100.00        N/R        1,061,360   
  2,270     

Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, Health Care and Housing Facilities Revenue Bonds, Good Shepherd Luthran Home, Refunding Series 2013, 5.125%, 1/01/39

      1/23 at 100.00        N/R        2,293,109   
 

Wayzata, Minnesota, Senior Housing Revenue Bonds, Folkestone Senior Living Community, Series 2012A:

       
  625     

5.100%, 5/01/24 – AGM Insured

      5/19 at 102.00        N/R        684,806   
  310     

5.300%, 5/01/27

      5/19 at 102.00        N/R        338,749   
  500     

5.300%, 11/01/27

      5/19 at 102.00        N/R        546,370   
  515     

5.500%, 11/01/32

      5/19 at 102.00        N/R        561,705   
  445     

Worthington, Minnesota, Housing Revenue Refunding Bonds, Meadows of Worthington Project, Series 2007A, 5.000%, 11/01/17

        5/15 at 100.00        N/R        450,153   
  17,015     

Total Long-Term Care

                        17,996,298   

 

  36       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Tax Obligation/General – 15.6%                      
$ 500     

Anoka County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Improvement, Series 2007D, 5.000%, 2/01/24

      2/17 at 100.00        Aa1      $ 544,340   
  1,000     

Anoka County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Improvement, Series 2008A, 5.000%, 2/01/20

      2/18 at 100.00        Aa1        1,121,740   
 

Anoka County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Improvement, Series 2008C:

       
  285     

4.100%, 2/01/18

      No Opt. Call        Aa1        314,985   
  595     

4.200%, 2/01/19

      2/18 at 100.00        Aa1        653,649   
 

Bemidji, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Sales Tax Series 2011:

       
  635     

5.500%, 2/01/23

      2/21 at 100.00        Aa3        757,498   
  750     

5.500%, 2/01/24

      2/21 at 100.00        Aa3        888,218   
  875     

5.500%, 2/01/25

      2/21 at 100.00        Aa3            1,030,277   
  1,010     

5.500%, 2/01/26

      2/21 at 100.00        Aa3        1,185,548   
  1,150     

5.500%, 2/01/27

      2/21 at 100.00        Aa3        1,346,351   
  2,835     

Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Independent School District 877, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A, 4.000%, 2/01/23

      2/22 at 100.00        Aa2        3,198,645   
  350     

Burnsville Independent School District 191, Dakota and Scott Counties, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007A, 4.200%, 2/01/25 – AGM Insured

      2/17 at 100.00        Aa2        371,360   
  1,200     

Burnsville Independent School District 191, Dakota and Scott Counties, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2008A, 4.250%, 2/01/20

      2/18 at 100.00        Aa2        1,312,572   
  1,000     

Chaska Independent School District 112, Carver County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007A, 4.250%, 2/01/19 – NPFG Insured

      2/17 at 100.00        Aa2        1,067,400   
  450     

Chatfield Independent School District 227, Olmstead County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007A, 4.000%, 2/01/18 – AGM Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA+        494,892   
 

Dakota County Community Agency, Minnesota, Governmental Housing Development General Obligation Bonds, Senior Housing Facilities, Series 2007A:

       
  510     

4.375%, 1/01/19

      7/17 at 100.00        AAA        552,983   
  215     

4.500%, 1/01/20

      7/17 at 100.00        AAA        233,460   
  1,185     

Duluth Independent School District 709, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2008A, 4.250%, 2/01/22 – AGM Insured

      2/18 at 100.00        Aa2        1,269,265   
 

Duluth, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, DECC Improvement Series 2008A:

       
  1,160     

4.500%, 2/01/21

      2/18 at 100.00        AA        1,274,770   
  465     

4.500%, 2/01/22

      2/18 at 100.00        AA        511,007   
  1,100     

4.625%, 2/01/24

      2/18 at 100.00        AA        1,207,327   
  455     

Greenway Independent School District 316, Itasca County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Alternate Facilities, Series 2011C, 4.250%, 2/01/25

      2/19 at 100.00        AA+        486,723   
  2,025     

Independent School District 833, South Washington County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Crossover Refunding School Building Series 2010A, 4.000%, 2/01/22

      2/19 at 100.00        AA+        2,206,825   
 

Jordan Independent School District 717, Scott County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, School Building Series 2014A:

       
  1,000     

4.000%, 2/01/26

      2/23 at 100.00        Aa2        1,105,640   
  1,275     

4.000%, 2/01/27

      2/23 at 100.00        Aa2        1,400,894   
  1,000     

Mahtomedi Independent School District 832, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding School Building Series 2014A, 5.000%, 2/01/28

      2/25 at 100.00        AA+        1,210,660   
  1,135     

Minneapolis Special School District 1, Hennepin County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007, 4.000%, 2/01/18

      2/15 at 100.00        AA+        1,141,958   
  1,000     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Limited Tax Supported Development Revenue Bonds, Common Bond Fund Series 2007-2A, 5.125%, 6/01/22 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      6/17 at 100.00        A+        1,053,700   

 

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Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Tax Obligation/General (continued)                      
$ 1,000     

Minnesota State, General Obligation Bonds, Various Purpose Refunding Series 2013F, 4.000%, 10/01/25

      10/23 at 100.00        AA+      $ 1,137,210   
  2,000     

Minnesota State, General Obligation Bonds, Various Purpose Series 2013A, 5.000%, 8/01/25

      8/23 at 100.00        AA+        2,449,600   
  2,000     

Minnesota State, General Obligation Bonds, Various Purpose Series 2013D, 3.500%, 10/01/28

      10/23 at 100.00        AA+        2,087,380   
 

Minnetonka Independent School District 276, Hennepin County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2013H:

       
  525     

4.000%, 2/01/25

      2/23 at 100.00        Aaa        589,034   
  600     

4.000%, 2/01/26

      2/23 at 100.00        Aaa        667,128   
  620     

OtterTail County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Disposal System – Prairie Lakes Municipal Authority, Series 2011, 4.750%, 5/01/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      5/21 at 100.00        AA+        694,053   
  500     

Robbinsdale Independent School District 281, Hennepin County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2008B, 4.500%, 2/01/21

      2/18 at 100.00        Aa2        543,330   
  1,140     

Rochester, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Waste Water Series 2007A, 4.000%, 12/01/18

      6/17 at 100.00        AAA            1,229,080   
  1,000     

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Library Sales Tax Series 2006B, 4.000%, 2/01/18 – AGM Insured

      2/16 at 100.00        AA+        1,037,470   
  600     

Saint Louis County Independent School District 2142, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding School Building Series 2014A, 3.500%, 2/01/23

      2/22 at 100.00        AA+        647,898   
  1,000     

Shakopee Independent School District 720, Scott County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 2/01/23

      No Opt. Call        Aa2        1,215,350   
  1,230     

South Washington County Independent School District 833, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Alternate Facilities Series 2014A, 3.500%, 2/01/27

      2/24 at 100.00        Aa2        1,289,200   
  640     

Wright County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Jail Series 2007A, 4.500%, 12/01/20

        12/17 at 100.00        AA+        700,525   
  38,015     

Total Tax Obligation/General

                        42,229,945   
      Tax Obligation/Limited – 5.1%                      
  1,910     

Duluth Independent School District 709, Minnesota, Certificates of Participation, Series 2008B, 4.000%, 2/01/19

      No Opt. Call        AA+        2,129,956   
  780     

Government of Guam, Business Privilege Tax Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 1/01/31

      1/22 at 100.00        A        867,641   
 

Hennepin County, Minnesota, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Ballpark Project, Second Lien Series 2008B:

       
  690     

4.375%, 12/15/22

      12/17 at 100.00        AA+        755,433   
  1,000     

5.000%, 12/15/29

      12/17 at 100.00        AA+        1,103,000   
 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Grant Park Project, Series 2006:

       
  1,000     

5.200%, 2/01/22

      2/15 at 100.00        N/R        1,000,300   
  400     

5.350%, 2/01/30

      2/15 at 100.00        N/R        400,032   
  810     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Village at St. Anthony Falls Project, Refunding Series 2004, 5.000%, 2/01/17

      2/15 at 100.00        N/R        811,588   
  570     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Village at St. Anthony Falls Project, Refunding Series 2005, 5.300%, 2/01/21

      2/15 at 100.00        N/R        570,632   
  1,185     

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Nonprofit Housing Bonds, State Appropriation Series 2011, 5.250%, 8/01/27

      8/21 at 100.00        AA        1,362,750   
 

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Recreational Faility Lease Revenue Bonds, Jimmy Lee Recreational Center, Series 2008:

       
  190     

4.500%, 12/01/19

      12/17 at 100.00        AA+        207,662   
  290     

4.500%, 12/01/20

      12/17 at 100.00        AA+        314,461   

 

  38       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Tax Obligation/Limited (continued)                      
$ 500     

Saint Paul, Minnesota, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2014G, 5.000%, 11/01/29 (WI/DD, Settling 12/09/14)

      11/24 at 100.00        A+      $ 583,175   
 

Stevens County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Public Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A:

       
  325     

4.000%, 2/01/19

      No Opt. Call        AA–        356,505   
  340     

4.100%, 2/01/20

      No Opt. Call        AA–        378,821   
  1,895     

University of Minnesota, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, State Supported Biomedical Science Research Facilities Funding Program, Series 2011B, 5.000%, 8/01/23

      8/21 at 100.00        AA        2,224,389   
  640     

Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Matching Fund Loan Notes Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2010A, 5.000%, 10/01/20

        No Opt. Call        BBB        724,851   
  12,525     

Total Tax Obligation/Limited

                            13,791,196   
      Transportation – 7.6%                      
 

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2009A:

       
  1,000     

4.000%, 1/01/19

      No Opt. Call       AA–        1,118,050   
  1,000     

5.000%, 1/01/20

      1/19 at 100.00        AA–        1,151,060   
  500     

5.000%, 1/01/21

      1/19 at 100.00        AA–        575,530   
  2,145     

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien Series 2005B, 5.000%, 1/01/20 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      1/15 at 100.00        A        2,154,331   
  1,510     

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien Series 2010D, 4.000%, 1/01/23 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      1/20 at 100.00        A        1,603,136   
  2,330     

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien, Refunding Series 2011A, 5.000%, 1/01/25

      1/21 at 100.00        A        2,673,512   
 

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien, Refunding Series 2012B:

       
  2,550     

5.000%, 1/01/29

      1/22 at 100.00        A        2,900,599   
  2,750     

5.000%, 1/01/30

      1/22 at 100.00        A        3,122,433   
  1,500     

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 1/01/30

      1/24 at 100.00        A        1,742,970   
 

St Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Parking Revenue Bonds, Parking Facilities Project, Refunding Series 2010A:

       
  805     

4.000%, 8/01/21

      8/18 at 102.00        A+        876,645   
  895     

4.125%, 8/01/23

      8/18 at 102.00        A+        971,863   
  935     

4.250%, 8/01/24

      8/18 at 102.00        A+        1,027,874   
  575     

4.250%, 8/01/25

        8/18 at 102.00        A+        625,048   
  18,495     

Total Transportation

                        20,543,051   
      U.S. Guaranteed – 1.8% (4)                      
  500     

Bemidji, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities First Mortgage Revenue Bonds, North Country Health Services, Refunding Series 2006, 5.000%, 9/01/17 (Pre-refunded 9/01/16)

      9/16 at 100.00        N/R (4)        539,930   
  1,155     

Marshall, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center, Series 2006, 4.750%, 11/01/20 (Pre-refunded 11/01/15)

      11/15 at 100.00        N/R (4)        1,198,682   
  2,000     

Moorhead, Minnesota, Senior Housing Facility Revenue Bonds, Sheyenne Crossings Project, Series 2006, 5.600%, 4/01/25 (Pre-refunded 12/31/14)

      12/14 at 101.00        N/R (4)        2,022,340   
  465     

Pine County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Public Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A, 4.500%, 2/01/16 (ETM)

      No Opt. Call        AA– (4)        487,097   

 

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Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      U.S. Guaranteed (4) (continued)                      
$ 385     

Pine County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Public Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A, 4.500%, 2/01/17 (Pre-refunded 2/01/16)

      2/16 at 100.00        AA– (4)      $ 403,295   
  200     

Zumbrota-Mazeppa Independent School District 2805, Wabasha County, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Alternate Facilities Series 2008A, 4.000%, 2/01/19 (Pre-refunded 2/01/18)

        2/18 at 100.00        AA+ (4)        217,868   
  4,705     

Total U.S. Guaranteed

                            4,869,212   
      Utilities – 15.4%                      
 

Brainerd, Minnesota, Electric Utility Revenue Bonds, Series 2014A:

       
  475     

4.000%, 12/01/28

      12/24 at 100.00        AA        507,951   
  495     

4.000%, 12/01/29

      12/24 at 100.00        AA        525,413   
  1,010     

Chaska, Minnesota, Electric Revenue Bonds, Generating Facility Project, Refunding Series 2005A, 4.200%, 10/01/15

      No Opt. Call        A2        1,041,997   
  1,140     

Guam Power Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/25 – AGM Insured

      10/22 at 100.00        AA        1,338,884   
 

Hutchinson, Minnesota, Public Utility Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A:

       
  500     

5.000%, 12/01/25

      12/22 at 100.00        A1        580,495   
  670     

5.000%, 12/01/26

      12/22 at 100.00        A1        771,063   
  500     

Litchfield, Minnesota, Electric Utility Revenue Bonds, Series 2009C, 5.000%, 2/01/29 – AGC Insured

      2/18 at 100.00        AA        549,555   
  340     

Marshall, Minnesota, Public Utility Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A, 3.750%, 7/01/18 – AGC Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA        369,322   
 

Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Electric Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2007:

       
  420     

4.125%, 10/01/17

      No Opt. Call        A2        459,215   
  1,000     

5.250%, 10/01/22

      10/17 at 100.00        A2        1,116,170   
 

Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Electric Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2014A:

       
  600     

5.000%, 10/01/27 (WI/DD, Settling 12/17/14)

      10/24 at 100.00        A2        704,100   
  1,000     

3.500%, 10/01/28 (WI/DD, Settling 12/17/14)

      10/24 at 100.00        A2        1,003,100   
  600     

5.000%, 10/01/29 (WI/DD, Settling 12/17/14)

      10/24 at 100.00        A2        696,312   
 

Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Electric Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2014:

       
  500     

5.000%, 10/01/29

      10/24 at 100.00        A2        580,260   
  500     

5.000%, 10/01/30

      10/24 at 100.00        A2        577,050   
 

Northern Municipal Power Agency, Minnesota, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2007A:

       
  460     

5.000%, 1/01/17 – AMBAC Insured

      No Opt. Call        A–        501,349   
  1,050     

5.000%, 1/01/19 – AGC Insured

      1/18 at 100.00        AA        1,170,561   
 

Northern Municipal Power Agency, Minnesota, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2008A:

       
  1,715     

5.000%, 1/01/18 – AGC Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA        1,930,867   
  2,155     

5.000%, 1/01/21 – AGC Insured

      1/18 at 100.00        AA        2,390,628   
  2,940     

Northern Municipal Power Agency, Minnesota, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A-1, 5.000%, 1/01/20

      No Opt. Call        A–        3,443,357   
  1,430     

Northern Municipal Power Agency, Minnesota, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 1/01/30

      1/23 at 100.00        A–        1,628,026   
 

Rochester, Minnesota, Electric Utility Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2013B:

       
  570     

5.000%, 12/01/33

      12/23 at 100.00        Aa3        665,036   
  625     

5.000%, 12/01/43

      12/23 at 100.00        Aa3        713,756   

 

  40       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Utilities (continued)                      
$ 295     

Shakopee Public Utilities Commission, Minnesota, Public Utilities Crossover Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A, 4.250%, 2/01/18 – AGM Insured

      2/15 at 100.00        A2      $ 296,959   
 

Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds, Series 1994A:

       
  3,500     

0.000%, 1/01/20 – NPFG Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA–        3,180,310   
  5,000     

0.000%, 1/01/21 – NPFG Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA–        4,381,350   
  1,250     

Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 1/01/29

      1/23 at 100.00        Aa3        1,456,213   
 

Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply Revenue Bonds, Series 2014A:

       
  2,850     

5.000%, 1/01/29

      1/24 at 100.00        Aa3        3,371,465   
  2,750     

5.000%, 1/01/30

      1/24 at 100.00        Aa3        3,233,780   
  1,000     

5.000%, 1/01/31

      1/24 at 100.00        Aa3        1,172,420   
  1,250     

5.000%, 1/01/32

        1/24 at 100.00        Aa3        1,462,250   
  38,590     

Total Utilities

                        41,819,214   
      Water and Sewer – 1.8%                      
 

Buffalo, Minnesota, Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2014A:

       
  1,905     

4.000%, 11/01/24 – BAM Insured

      11/23 at 100.00        AA        2,132,514   
  2,000     

4.000%, 11/01/28 – BAM Insured

      11/23 at 100.00        AA        2,145,020   
  500     

Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewerage Authority, Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2008A, 5.000%, 7/01/16 – AGC Insured

        No Opt. Call        AA        511,365   
  4,405     

Total Water and Sewer

                        4,788,899   
$ 245,855     

Total Long-Term Investments (cost $250,902,521)

                        267,849,426   
Shares     Description (1)                      Value  
 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 1.8%

       
      Money Market Funds – 1.8%                      
  4,970,532     

Federated Minnesota Municipal Cash Trust, 0.010% (5)

                      $ 4,970,532   
 

Total Short-Term Investments (cost $4,970,532)

                        4,970,532   
 

Total Investments (cost $255,873,053) – 100.7%

                        272,819,958   
 

Other Assets Less Liabilities – (0.7)%

                        (1,942,931
 

Net Assets – 100%

                      $ 270,877,027   

 

(1) All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets.

 

(2) Optional Call Provisions: 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: 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) 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.

 

(5) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day effective yield as of the end of the reporting period.

 

(ETM) Escrowed to maturity.

 

WI/DD Investment, or portion of investment, purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS – 98.8%

       
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS – 98.8%

       
      Consumer Staples – 0.9%                      
$ 1,800     

Moorhead, Minnesota, Recovery Zone Facility Revenue Bonds, American Crystal Sugar Company Project, Series 2010, 5.650%, 6/01/27

        7/20 at 100.00        BBB+      $ 2,012,616   
      Education and Civic Organizations – 24.8%                      
  660     

Anoka County, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Spectrum Building Company, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 6/01/43

      No Opt. Call        BBB–        674,810   
  1,600     

Anoka County, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Spectrum Building Company, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 6/01/47

      6/20 at 102.00        BBB–        1,630,832   
  1,500     

Baytown Township, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, Saint Croix Preparatory Academy Project, Series 2008A, 7.000%, 8/01/38

      8/16 at 102.00        BB        1,573,995   
  2,000     

Baytown Township, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, Saint Croix Preparatory Academy Project, Series 2008, 5.750%, 8/01/42

      8/16 at 102.00        BB        2,031,040   
  800     

Chaska, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, World Learner School Project, Series, 8.000%, 12/01/43

      12/21 at 100.00        BB+        947,176   
  1,350     

City of Woodbury, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Math and Science Academy Building Company, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 12/01/43

      No Opt. Call        BBB–            1,394,591   
  1,135     

Deephaven, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Eagle Ridge Academy PRoject, Series 2013A, 5.500%, 7/01/43

      7/23 at 100.00        BBB–        1,211,272   
 

Duluth Housing & Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, Duluth Public Schools Academy, Series 2010A:

       
  1,750     

5.600%, 11/01/30

      11/18 at 102.00        BBB–        1,865,500   
  875     

5.875%, 11/01/40

      11/20 at 100.00        BBB–        932,347   
  950     

Forest Lake, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Lakes International Language Academy, Series 2014A, 5.750%, 8/01/44

      8/22 at 100.00        BBB–        1,040,241   
  375     

Granite Falls, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014C, 3.250%, 2/01/29

      2/24 at 100.00        A+        381,405   
  500     

Hugo, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Noble Academy Project, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 7/01/44

      7/24 at 100.00        BBB–        517,755   
 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Yinghua Academy Charter School, Series 2013A:

       
  2,675     

6.000%, 7/01/43

      7/23 at 100.00        BB        2,848,313   
  1,260     

6.125%, 7/01/48

      7/23 at 100.00        BB        1,336,394   
 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, National Marrow Donor Program Project, Series 2010:

       
  150     

4.250%, 8/01/20

      8/18 at 100.00        BBB+        156,393   
  4,100     

4.875%, 8/01/25

      8/18 at 100.00        BBB+        4,258,670   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Augsburg College, Series 2014-8-C:

       
  440     

3.350%, 5/01/22

      5/21 at 100.00        Baa3        447,093   
  395     

3.500%, 5/01/23

      5/21 at 100.00        Baa3        400,953   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Bethel University, Refunding Series 2007-6-R:

       
  1,725     

5.500%, 5/01/26

      5/17 at 100.00        N/R        1,784,616   
  820     

5.500%, 5/01/27

      5/17 at 100.00        N/R        848,339   
  1,500     

5.500%, 5/01/37

      5/17 at 100.00        N/R        1,543,440   

 

  42       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Education and Civic Organizations (continued)                      
$ 1,835     

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, College of St. Scholastica, Inc., Series 2011-7J , 6.300%, 12/01/40

      12/19 at 100.00        Baa2      $ 2,072,302   
  1,000     

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Gustavus Adolfus College, Series 2010-7B, 5.000%, 10/01/31

      10/19 at 100.00        A3        1,120,820   
 

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Hamline University, Series 2011-7K1:

       
  625     

6.000%, 10/01/32

      10/21 at 100.00        Baa2        701,319   
  2,000     

6.000%, 10/01/40

      10/21 at 100.00        Baa2        2,226,480   
  30     

Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Refunding Series 2006-6-K, 5.000%, 5/01/26

      5/15 at 100.00        Baa2        30,177   
  1,485     

Moorhead, Minnesota, Golf Course Revneue Refunding Bonds, Series 1998B, 5.875%, 12/01/21

      12/14 at 100.00        N/R        1,485,460   
  1,130     

Otsego, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Kaleidoscope Charter School Project, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 9/01/44

      9/24 at 100.00        BB+            1,135,119   
  550     

Ramsey, Anoka County, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, PACT Charter School Project, Series 2004A, 5.500%, 12/01/33

      12/21 at 100.00        BBB–        604,532   
 

Saint Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority , Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Hmong Education Reform Company, Series 2012A:

       
  1,560     

5.250%, 9/01/32

      No Opt. Call        BB+        1,617,065   
  1,695     

5.500%, 9/01/43

      9/20 at 101.00        BB+        1,756,444   
  1,500     

Saint Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Nova Classical Academy, Series 2011A, 6.625%, 9/01/42

      9/21 at 100.00        BBB–        1,703,715   
  1,450     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Twin Cities German Immersion School, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 7/01/44

      No Opt. Call        BB+        1,441,068   
  2,000     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Educational Facility Revenue Refunding Bonds, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School Project, Series 2007, 5.000%, 10/01/24

      10/17 at 100.00        A3        2,122,120   
  2,920     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, Community of Peace Academy Project, Series 2006A, 5.000%, 12/01/36

      12/15 at 100.00        BBB–        2,943,097   
 

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists Charter School Project, Series 2013A:

       
  185     

2.400%, 3/01/17

      No Opt. Call        BBB–        183,590   
  185     

2.600%, 3/01/18

      No Opt. Call        BBB–        183,294   
  1,300     

St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Higher Ground Academy Charter School, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 12/01/33

      12/22 at 100.00        BBB–        1,351,805   
 

St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Perfromaing Arts Facility Revenue Bonds, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Series 2012:

       
  330     

1.950%, 7/01/16

      No Opt. Call        N/R        330,155   
  200     

2.050%, 7/01/17

      No Opt. Call        N/R        200,064   
  1,035     

2.200%, 7/01/18

      No Opt. Call        N/R        1,035,217   
  1,540     

University of Minnesota, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 12/01/29

        12/20 at 100.00        Aa1        1,827,518   
  51,115     

Total Education and Civic Organizations

                        53,896,536   
      Health Care – 21.1%                      
  2,470     

Chippewa County, Minnesota, Gross Revenue Hospital Bonds, Montevideo Hospital Project, Series 2007, 5.500%, 3/01/37

      3/17 at 100.00        N/R        2,569,146   

 

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Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Health Care (continued)                      
 

Glencoe, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Glencoe Regional Health Services Project, Series 2013:

       
$ 375     

4.000%, 4/01/22

      No Opt. Call        BBB      $ 399,098   
  500     

4.000%, 4/01/27

      4/22 at 100.00        BBB        515,065   
  760     

4.000%, 4/01/31

      4/22 at 100.00        BBB        780,915   
  2,500     

Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, Hawaii Pacific Health Obligated Group, Series 2010B, 5.750%, 7/01/40

      7/20 at 100.00        A        2,799,500   
 

Maple Grove, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Maple Grove Hospital Corporation, Series 2007:

       
  25     

5.000%, 5/01/20

      5/17 at 100.00        Baa1        26,323   
  1,800     

4.500%, 5/01/23

      5/17 at 100.00        Baa1        1,843,866   
  1,000     

5.250%, 5/01/25

      5/17 at 100.00        Baa1        1,047,290   
 

Minneapolis Health Care System, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Fairview Hospital and Healthcare Services, Series 2008A:

       
  70     

6.000%, 11/15/18

      No Opt. Call        A        77,020   
  3,225     

6.625%, 11/15/28

      11/18 at 100.00        A        3,799,792   
  245     

6.750%, 11/15/32

      11/18 at 100.00        A        288,625   
  685     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Health Care System Revenue Bonds, Fairview Health Services, Series 2008B, 6.500%, 11/15/38 – AGC Insured

      11/18 at 100.00        AA        803,046   
  130     

Minneapolis-Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, Children’s Health Care, Series 2004A-1 Remarketed, 4.625%, 8/15/29 – AGM Insured

      8/20 at 100.00        AA        141,796   
  2,435     

Minneapolis-Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, Children’s Health Care, Series 2010A, 5.250%, 8/15/35

      8/20 at 100.00        A+            2,741,713   
  1,005     

Minnesota Agricultural and Economic Development Board, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Essentia Health Obligated Group, Series 2008C-1, 5.000%, 2/15/30 – AGC Insured

      2/20 at 100.00        AA        1,103,339   
  125     

Minnesota Agricultural and Economic Development Board, Healthcare System Revenue Bonds, Fairview Hospital and Healthcare Services, Series 2000A, 6.375%, 11/15/29

      5/15 at 100.00        A        125,540   
  1,700     

Rochester, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Olmsted Medical Center Project, Series 2010, 5.875%, 7/01/30

      7/20 at 100.00        A–        1,915,781   
 

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, CentraCare Health System Project, Series 2008D:

       
  25     

5.375%, 5/01/31 – AGC Insured

      5/19 at 100.00        A1        27,865   
  60     

5.500%, 5/01/39 – AGC Insured

      5/19 at 100.00        A1        66,604   
  1,045     

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, CentraCare Health System Project, Series 2010A, 5.125%, 5/01/30

      5/20 at 100.00        A1        1,171,226   
  1,235     

Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Park Nicollet Health Services, Series 2008C, 5.750%, 7/01/30

      7/18 at 100.00        A        1,376,309   
 

Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Park Nicollet Health Services, Series 2009:

       
  15     

5.500%, 7/01/29

      7/19 at 100.00        A        16,972   
  2,625     

5.750%, 7/01/39

      7/19 at 100.00        A        2,957,010   
  2,060     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Facility Revenue Bonds, HealthPartners Obligated Group, Series 2006, 5.250%, 5/15/36

      11/16 at 100.00        A        2,154,348   
  3,060     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, Allina Health System, Series 2009A-1, 5.250%, 11/15/29

      11/19 at 100.00        AA–        3,493,908   

 

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Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Health Care (continued)                      
$ 2,060     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare Project, Series 2009, 5.000%, 2/01/29

      2/19 at 100.00        A–      $ 2,175,669   
  900     

Saint Paul Port Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, HealthEast Midway Campus, Series 2005A, 5.875%, 5/01/30

      5/15 at 100.00        BB+        910,080   
  1,800     

Saint Paul Port Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, HealthEast Midway Campus, Series 2005B, 6.000%, 5/01/30

      5/15 at 100.00        N/R        1,821,186   
  1,375     

Saint Paul Port Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, Regions Hospital Parking Ramp Project, Series 2007-1, 5.000%, 8/01/36

      8/16 at 100.00        N/R        1,386,110   
 

Shakopee, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Saint Francis Regional Medical Center, Refunding Series 2014:

       
  1,980     

4.000%, 9/01/31

      9/24 at 100.00        A        2,061,160   
  1,365     

5.000%, 9/01/34

      9/24 at 100.00        A        1,542,586   
 

St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Healtheast Inc., Series 2005:

       
  170     

6.000%, 11/15/25

      11/15 at 100.00        BBB–        176,768   
  1,100     

6.000%, 11/15/30

      11/15 at 100.00        BBB–        1,144,099   
 

Winona, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Winona Health Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2012:

       
  500     

3.750%, 7/01/21

      No Opt. Call        BBB–        527,645   
  350     

4.000%, 7/01/22

      7/21 at 100.00        BBB–        368,116   
  1,270     

4.500%, 7/01/24

        7/21 at 100.00        BBB–        1,352,626   
  42,045     

Total Health Care

                            45,708,142   
      Housing/Multifamily – 1.6%                      
  840     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, GNMA Collateralized Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Vantage Flats Project, Series 2007, 5.200%, 10/20/48 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      10/15 at 100.00        Aa1        847,602   
  2,500     

Rochester, Minnesota, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Essex Place Apartments Project, Series 2012A, 3.750%, 6/01/29

        6/22 at 100.00        Aaa        2,607,250   
  3,340     

Total Housing/Multifamily

                        3,454,852   
      Housing/Single Family – 2.0%                      
  105     

Minneapolis-Saint Paul Housing Finance Board, Minnesota, Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, City Living Home Program, Market Series 2011B, 4.100%, 12/01/29

      6/21 at 100.00        AA+        111,750   
  83     

Minneapolis-Saint Paul Housing Finance Board, Minnesota, Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, City Living Series 2006A-4, 5.000%, 11/01/38 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      7/16 at 100.00        AA+        85,389   
  410     

Minneapolis-Saint Paul Housing Finance Board, Minnesota, Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, City Living Series 2007A-2, 5.520%, 3/01/41 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      5/17 at 102.00        AA+        437,486   
 

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Homeownership Finance Bonds, Mortgage-Backed Securities Program, Series 2011B:

       
  80     

4.000%, 7/01/21

      No Opt. Call        Aaa        88,225   
  5     

5.000%, 1/01/31

      7/21 at 100.00        Aaa        5,458   
 

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Homeownership Finance Bonds, Mortgage-Backed Securities Program, Series 2011D:

       
  45     

4.375%, 7/01/26

      7/21 at 100.00        Aaa        47,201   
  625     

4.700%, 1/01/31

      7/21 at 100.00        Aaa        682,050   
  25     

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Homeownership Finance Bonds, Mortgage-Backed Securities Program, Series 2011E, 4.000%, 7/01/26

      7/21 at 100.00        Aaa        25,246   

 

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Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Housing/Single Family (continued)                      
$ 20     

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Residential Housing Finance Bonds, Series 2006Q, 5.250%, 7/01/33 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      7/17 at 100.00        AA+      $ 20,624   
  2,665     

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Residential Housing Finance Bonds, Series 2007D, 4.700%, 7/01/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      7/16 at 100.00        AA+        2,711,104   
  60     

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Residential Housing Finance Bonds, Series 2007-I, 4.850%, 7/01/38 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      7/16 at 100.00        AA+        60,537   
  5     

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Residential Housing Finance Bonds, Series 2007L, 5.100%, 7/01/38 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

        1/17 at 100.00        AA+        5,176   
  4,128     

Total Housing/Single Family

                            4,280,246   
      Long-Term Care – 10.2%                      
  1,500     

Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Facility Care Center Project, Series 2010D, 6.750%, 11/01/36

      11/15 at 102.00        N/R        1,535,520   
  375     

Center City, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Project, Series 2014, 4.000%, 11/01/39

      11/24 at 100.00        A3        382,076   
  1,600     

Center City, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Hazelden Foundation Project, Series 2011, 5.000%, 11/01/41

      11/19 at 100.00        A3        1,709,168   
  1,500     

Chisago City, Minnesota, Housing and Health Care Revenue Bonds, CDL Homes, LLC Project, Series 2013B, 6.000%, 8/01/43

      8/23 at 100.00        N/R        1,628,595   
  1,125     

Cold Spring, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Assumption Home, Inc., Refunding Series 2013, 5.200%, 3/01/43

      7/20 at 100.00        N/R        1,147,961   
  785     

Cottage Grove, Minnesota, Senior Housing Revenue Bonds, PHS/Cottage Grove, Inc., Project, Series 2006A, 5.000%, 12/01/31

      12/14 at 100.00        N/R        785,377   
  1,185     

Lake Crystal, Minnesota, Housing and Health Care Revenue Bonds, Ecumen-Second Century & Owatonna Senior Living Project, Refunding Series 2014A, 4.500%, 9/01/44 (Mandatory put 9/01/24) (WI/DD, Settling 12/18/14)

      9/18 at 100.00        N/R        1,193,485   
 

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Walker Minneapolis Campus Project, Refunding Series 2012:

       
  450     

5.000%, 11/15/24

      11/22 at 100.00        N/R        476,959   
  1,500     

4.750%, 11/15/28

      11/22 at 100.00        N/R        1,527,855   
  1,000     

Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, Senior Housing Revenue Bonds, Oakgreen Commons Project ? Memory Care Building, Series 2013, 6.500%, 8/01/43

      8/20 at 102.00        N/R        1,088,340   
  1,100     

Saint Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Revenue Bonds, Rossy & Richard Shaller Family Sholom East Campus, Series 2007A, 5.250%, 10/01/42

      10/17 at 100.00        N/R        1,111,044   
  2,001     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Nursing Home Revneue Bonds, Episcopal Homes of Minnesota, Series 2006, 5.630%, 10/01/33

      4/17 at 100.00        N/R        2,050,220   
  1,000     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Senior Housing and Health Care Revenue Bonds, Episcopal Homes Project, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.150%, 11/01/42

      No Opt. Call        N/R        1,019,320   
  700     

Sartell, Minnesota, Health Care and Housing Facilities Revenue Bonds, Country Manor Campus LLC Project, Series 2012A, 5.250%, 9/01/30

      9/22 at 100.00        N/R        735,182   
  2,365     

Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, Health Care and Housing Facilities Revenue Bonds, Good Shepherd Luthran Home, Refunding Series 2013, 5.125%, 1/01/39

      1/23 at 100.00        N/R        2,389,076   
 

Wayzata, Minnesota, Senior Housing Revenue Bonds, Folkestone Senior Living Community, Series 2012A:

       
  260     

5.000%, 5/01/23

      5/19 at 102.00        N/R        284,926   
  680     

5.000%, 11/01/23

      5/19 at 102.00        N/R        745,192   
  700     

5.500%, 11/01/32

      5/19 at 102.00        N/R        763,483   
  330     

6.000%, 5/01/47

      5/19 at 102.00        N/R        362,713   

 

  46       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Long-Term Care (continued)                      
$ 1,200     

West St. Paul, Minnesota, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Walker Thompson Hill LLC Project, Series 2011A, 7.000%, 9/01/46

        9/19 at 100.00        N/R      $ 1,285,632   
  21,356     

Total Long-Term Care

                            22,222,124   
      Materials – 0.9%                      
  2,000     

Saint Paul Port Authority, Minnesota, Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Gerdau Saint Paul Steel Mill Project, Series 2012-7, 4.500%, 10/01/37 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

        10/22 at 100.00        BBB–        2,005,800   
      Tax Obligation/General – 9.3%                      
  10,000     

Bemidji, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Sales Tax Series 2011, 6.000%, 2/01/41

      2/21 at 100.00        Aa3        11,787,100   
  1,000     

Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Independent School District 877, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A, 4.000%, 2/01/23

      2/22 at 100.00        Aa2        1,128,270   
  400     

Hinckley, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Improvement Plan, Series 2014A, 4.000%, 2/01/44 (WI/DD, Settling 12/01/14)

      2/22 at 100.00        A+        409,132   
 

Mahtomedi Independent School District 832, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding School Building Series 2014A:

       
  615     

5.000%, 2/01/22

      No Opt. Call        AA+        742,323   
  1,000     

5.000%, 2/01/26

      2/25 at 100.00        AA+        1,225,430   
  2,000     

Mankato Independent School District 77, Minnesota, General Obligation Bonds, School Building Series 2014A, 4.000%, 2/01/28

      2/24 at 100.00        AA+        2,202,020   
  2,150     

Minnesota State, General Obligation Bonds, Various Purpose Series 2013A, 5.000%, 8/01/21

        No Opt. Call        AA+        2,610,530   
  17,165     

Total Tax Obligation/General

                        20,104,805   
      Tax Obligation/Limited – 2.7%                      
  2,000     

Duluth Independent School District 709, Minnesota, Certificates of Participation, Series 2008B, 4.000%, 2/01/19

      No Opt. Call        AA+        2,230,320   
  585     

Lakeville Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, Ice Arena Project, Series 2006, 4.625%, 2/01/32

      2/17 at 100.00        Aa3        606,803   
  400     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Village at St. Anthony Falls Project, Refunding Series 2005, 5.650%, 2/01/27

      2/15 at 100.00        N/R        400,308   
  1,015     

Northeast Metropolitan Intermediate School District 916, White Bear Lake, Minnesota, Certificates of Participation, Series 2013A, 4.000%, 2/01/22

      No Opt. Call        A1        1,122,935   
  500     

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Recreational Faility Lease Revenue Bonds, Jimmy Lee Recreational Center, Series 2008, 4.750%, 12/01/26

      12/17 at 100.00        AA+        538,355   
 

Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Upper Landing Project Tax Increment Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2012:

       
  150     

5.000%, 9/01/26

      No Opt. Call        N/R        156,936   
  800     

5.000%, 3/01/29

      No Opt. Call        N/R        831,928   
  25     

Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Matching Fund Loan Notes Revenue Bonds, Series 2009B, 5.000%, 10/01/25

        10/19 at 100.00        BBB        27,302   
  5,475     

Total Tax Obligation/Limited

                        5,914,887   
      Transportation – 6.4%                      
  1,000     

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Recovery Zone Facility Revenue Bonds, Mozaic Parking, LLC Project, Series 2010A, 8.500%, 1/01/41

      1/21 at 100.00        N/R        1,009,570   
  4,000     

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2009B, 5.000%, 1/01/20 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      1/19 at 100.00        AA–        4,562,960   

 

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Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Transportation (continued)                      
$ 100     

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien Series 2010D, 4.000%, 1/01/23 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      1/20 at 100.00        A      $ 106,168   
  110     

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien, Refunding Series 2011A, 3.500%, 1/01/24

      1/21 at 100.00        A        116,019   
  275     

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien, Refunding Series 2012B, 5.000%, 1/01/28

      No Opt. Call        A        313,376   
 

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien, Refunding Series 2014A:

       
  2,000     

5.000%, 1/01/31

      1/24 at 100.00        A        2,311,860   
  1,400     

5.000%, 1/01/32

      1/24 at 100.00        A        1,614,704   
  750     

Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien, Refunding Series 2014B, 5.000%, 1/01/26 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      1/24 at 100.00        A        868,890   
 

St Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Parking Revenue Bonds, Parking Facilities Project, Refunding Series 2010A:

       
  1,070     

5.000%, 8/01/30

      8/18 at 102.00        A+        1,199,598   
  1,500     

5.000%, 8/01/35

        8/18 at 102.00        A+        1,681,680   
  12,205     

Total Transportation

                            13,784,825   
      U.S. Guaranteed – 2.3% (4)                      
 

Pine County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Public Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A:

       
  1,000     

5.000%, 2/01/28 (Pre-refunded 2/01/16)

      2/16 at 100.00        AA– (4)        1,053,980   
  1,890     

5.000%, 2/01/31 (Pre-refunded 2/01/16)

      2/16 at 100.00        AA– (4)        1,992,022   
  1,620     

Moorhead, Minnesota, Senior Housing Facility Revenue Bonds, Sheyenne Crossings Project, Series 2006, 5.650%, 4/01/41 (Pre-refunded 12/31/14)

      12/14 at 101.00        N/R (4)        1,637,204   
  410     

Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply Revenue Bonds, Series 1983A, 9.750%, 1/01/16 – NPFG Insured (ETM)

        No Opt. Call        Aaa        436,810   
  4,920     

Total U.S. Guaranteed

                        5,120,016   
      Utilities – 16.6%                      
  250     

Brainerd, Minnesota, Electric Utility Revenue Bonds, Series 2014A, 3.250%, 12/01/27

      12/24 at 100.00        AA        254,680   
  15     

Chaska, Minnesota, Electric Revenue Bonds, Generating Facility Project, Refunding Series 2005A, 5.000%, 10/01/30

      10/15 at 100.00        A2        15,471   
  45     

Chaska, Minnesota, Electric Revenue Bonds, Generating Facility Project, Series 2000A, 6.100%, 10/01/30

      4/15 at 100.00        A2        45,188   
  235     

Guam Power Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/34

      10/22 at 100.00        BBB        261,109   
  5,045     

Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Electric Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2010A, 5.000%, 10/01/30

      10/20 at 100.00        A2        5,637,687   
 

Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Electric Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2014A:

       
  1,000     

4.000%, 10/01/31 (WI/DD, Settling 12/17/14)

      10/24 at 100.00        A2        1,038,330   
  1,000     

4.000%, 10/01/32 (WI/DD, Settling 12/17/14)

      10/24 at 100.00        A2        1,033,280   
  2,000     

Northern Municipal Power Agency, Minnesota, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2007A, 5.000%, 1/01/26 – AMBAC Insured

      1/18 at 100.00        A–        2,214,840   
 

Rochester, Minnesota, Electric Utility Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2013B:

       
  805     

5.000%, 12/01/20

      No Opt. Call        Aa3        960,969   
  250     

5.000%, 12/01/26

      12/23 at 100.00        Aa3        300,560   

 

  48       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Utilities (continued)                      
 

Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds, Series 1994A:

       
$ 1,510     

0.000%, 1/01/19 – NPFG Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA–      $ 1,410,672   
  1,825     

0.000%, 1/01/21 – NPFG Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA–        1,599,193   
  65     

0.000%, 1/01/22 – NPFG Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA–        55,114   
  3,055     

0.000%, 1/01/23 – NPFG Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA–        2,486,678   
  10,530     

0.000%, 1/01/24 – NPFG Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA–        8,221,929   
  4,795     

0.000%, 1/01/25 – NPFG Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA–        3,600,230   
  6,230     

0.000%, 1/01/26 – NPFG Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA–        4,531,827   
  2,000     

Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply Revenue Bonds, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 1/01/46

        1/24 at 100.00        Aa3        2,272,700   
  40,655     

Total Utilities

                        35,940,457   
$ 206,204     

Total Long–Term Investments (cost $197,056,305)

                        214,445,306   
Shares     Description (1)                      Value  
 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 1.7%

       
      Money Market Funds – 1.7%                      
  3,790,004     

Federated Minnesota Municipal Cash Trust, 0.010% (5)

                      $ 3,790,004   
 

Total Short-Term Investments (cost $3,790,004)

                        3,790,004   
 

Total Investments (cost $200,846,309 ) – 100.5%

                        218,235,310   
 

Other Assets Less Liabilities – (0.5)%

                        (1,174,945
 

Net Assets – 100%

                      $ 217,060,365   

 

(1) All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets.

 

(2) Optional Call Provisions: 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: 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) 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.

 

(5) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day effective yield as of the end of the reporting period.

 

(ETM) Escrowed to maturity.

 

WI/DD Investment, or portion of investment, purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

Nuveen Investments     49   


Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS – 93.9%

       
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS – 93.9%

       
      Consumer Staples – 0.8%                      
$ 500     

Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Ohio, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2007A-2, 5.125%, 6/01/24

        6/17 at 100.00        B–      $ 425,750   
      Education and Civic Organizations – 12.7%                      
  990     

Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Academy of Charter Schools Project, Series 2008, 5.625%, 5/01/40

      5/18 at 100.00        A        1,101,791   
  1,000     

Douglas County, Nebraska, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Creighton University Projects, Refunding Series 2010A, 5.500%, 7/01/30

      7/20 at 100.00        A2          1,157,900   
 

Lincoln, Nebraska, Educational Facilities Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Nebraska Wesleyan University Project, Series 2012:

       
  685     

3.300%, 4/01/25

      4/22 at 100.00        A–        701,467   
  410     

4.000%, 4/01/32

      4/22 at 100.00        A–        425,121   
  500     

Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Washington University, Series 2008A, 5.375%, 3/15/39

      3/18 at 100.00        AAA        556,635   
  525     

Nebraska Educational Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Clarkson College Project, Refunding Series 2011, 5.450%, 9/01/35

      5/21 at 100.00        Aa3        601,445   
 

University of Nebraska, Revenue Bonds, Lincoln Student Fees and Facilities Refunding Series 2011:

       
  30     

4.000%, 7/01/32

      1/22 at 100.00        Aa1        31,755   
  1,000     

5.000%, 7/01/42

      1/22 at 100.00        Aa1        1,114,370   
  1,020     

University of Nebraska, Revenue Bonds, Omaha Health & Recreation Project, Series 2008, 5.000%, 5/15/33

      5/18 at 100.00        Aa1        1,120,858   
  350     

University of Nebraska, Revenue Bonds, Omaha Student Facilities Project, Series 2007, 5.000%, 5/15/32

        5/17 at 100.00        Aa1        380,562   
  6,510     

Total Education and Civic Organizations

                        7,191,904   
      Health Care – 13.0%                      
  565     

Douglas County Hospital Authority 2, Nebraska, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Children’s Hospital Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2008B, 6.000%, 8/15/28

      1/20 at 100.00        A2        616,161   
  775     

Douglas County Hospital Authority 2, Nebraska, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Project, Series 2014, 5.000%, 5/15/44

      5/24 at 100.00        BBB+        838,728   
 

Douglas County Hospital Authority 3, Nebraska, Health Facilities Refunding and Revenue Bonds, Nebraska Methodist Health System, Series 2008:

       
  345     

5.750%, 11/01/28

      11/18 at 100.00        A–        377,064   
  1,210     

5.500%, 11/01/38

      11/18 at 100.00        A–        1,295,704   
 

Lincoln County Hospital Authority 1, Nebraska, Hospital Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Great Plains Regional Medical Center Project, Series 2012:

       
  1,220     

4.000%, 11/01/37

      No Opt. Call        A–        1,226,576   
  2,775     

5.000%, 11/01/42

        No Opt. Call        A–        2,979,490   
  6,890     

Total Health Care

                        7,333,723   

 

  50       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Housing/Single Family – 1.3%                      
 

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Residential Housing Finance Bonds, Series 2013C:

       
$ 540     

2.550%, 1/01/22

      No Opt. Call        AA+      $ 552,161   
  185     

2.750%, 7/01/23

        1/23 at 100.00        AA+        187,285   
  725     

Total Housing/Single Family

                        739,446   
      Long-Term Care – 9.5%                      
  100     

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Christian Living Communities Project, Series 2006A, 5.750%, 1/01/26

      1/17 at 100.00        N/R        102,705   
  900     

Douglas County Hospital Authority 2, Nebraska, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Immanuel Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2010, 5.625%, 1/01/40

      1/20 at 100.00        AA–        999,090   
  240     

Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Three Crowns Park Plaza, Series 2006A, 5.875%, 2/15/26

      2/16 at 100.00        N/R        243,994   
  3,385     

Lancaster County Hospital Authority 1, Nebraska, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Immanuel Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2010, 5.625%, 1/01/40

      1/20 at 100.00        AA–        3,757,688   
  220     

Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Three Pillars Senior Living Communities, Refunding Series 2013, 5.000%, 8/15/23

        No Opt. Call        A–        249,680   
  4,845     

Total Long-Term Care

                        5,353,157   
      Tax Obligation/General – 9.7%                      
  705     

Adams County School District 18, Nebraska, General Obligation Bonds, Hastings Public Schools, Series 2014, 4.000%, 12/15/44

      7/19 at 100.00        Aa3        744,790   
  350     

Douglas County School District 059, Nebraska, General Obligation Bonds, School Building Series 2011B, 4.700%, 12/15/32

      5/16 at 100.00        Aa2        362,652   
  1,350     

Douglas County School District 1, Nebraska, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2012, 5.000%, 6/15/24

      No Opt. Call        AAA        1,680,290   
  400     

Hall County School District 2, Grand Island Public Schools, Nebraska, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014, 3.000%, 12/15/15 (WI/DD, Settling 12/01/14)

      No Opt. Call        AA–        411,620   
 

Omaha, Nebraska, General Obligation Bonds, Convention Center Project, Series 2004:

       
  50     

5.250%, 4/01/24

      No Opt. Call        AA+        62,394   
  220     

5.250%, 4/01/26

      No Opt. Call        AA+        280,298   
 

Omaha, Nebraska, General Obligation Bonds, Various Purpose & Refunding Series 2013A:

       
  715     

4.500%, 11/15/28

      11/23 at 100.00        AA+        814,106   
  365     

4.500%, 11/15/29

      11/23 at 100.00        AA+        413,421   
  650     

Omaha, Nebraska, Special Tax Redevelopment Bonds, Redevelopment 2008, 5.250%, 10/15/28

        10/18 at 100.00        AA+        733,837   
  4,805     

Total Tax Obligation/General

                        5,503,408   
      Tax Obligation/Limited – 11.2%                      
  265     

Government of Guam, Business Privilege Tax Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.125%, 1/01/42

      1/22 at 100.00        A        289,481   
  2,460     

Lincoln- West Haymarket Joint Public Agency, Nebraska, General Obligation Facility Bonds, Series 2011, 5.000%, 12/15/42

      12/21 at 100.00        AAA        2,777,906   
 

Nebraska Cooperative Republican Platte Enhancement, Middle Republica Natural Resources District, Platte River Flow Revenue, Series 2013:

       
  2,000     

5.125%, 12/15/33

      9/18 at 100.00        A+        2,199,860   
  520     

5.000%, 12/15/38

      9/18 at 100.00        A+        561,631   
  500     

Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District, Nebraska, Flood Protection and Water Quality Enhancement Revenue Bonds, Series 2013, 4.250%, 12/15/33

        7/18 at 100.00        AA–        517,895   
  5,745     

Total Tax Obligation/Limited

                        6,346,773   

 

Nuveen Investments     51   


Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Transportation – 0.3%                      
$ 165     

Guam International Airport Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2013C, 6.375%, 10/01/43 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

        10/23 at 100.00        BBB      $ 189,950   
      U.S. Guaranteed – 3.4% (4)                      
  250     

Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan, Series 2009B, 5.000%, 6/01/39 (Pre-refunded 12/01/14)

      12/14 at 100.00        A3 (4)        250,100   
  435     

Douglas County Hospital Authority 2, Nebraska, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Children’s Hospital Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2008B, 6.000%, 8/15/28 (Pre-refunded 8/15/17)

      8/17 at 100.00        A2 (4)        497,979   
 

Indiana Health Facility Financing Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Jackson County, Schneck Memorial Hospital, Series 2006A:

       
  250     

5.250%, 2/15/30 (Pre-refunded 2/15/16)

      2/16 at 100.00        A (4)        263,795   
  350     

5.250%, 2/15/30 (Pre-refunded 2/15/16)

      2/16 at 100.00        A (4)        360,255   
  450     

Omaha, Nebraska, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2008, 5.750%, 10/15/28 (Pre-refunded 10/15/18)

        10/18 at 100.00        AA+ (4)        532,877   
  1,735     

Total U.S. Guaranteed

                          1,905,006   
      Utilities – 27.6%                      
 

Central Plains Energy Project, Nebraska, Gas Project 1 Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A:

       
  20     

5.250%, 12/01/19

      No Opt. Call        A        22,868   
  800     

5.250%, 12/01/21

      No Opt. Call        A        926,696   
  2,550     

Central Plains Energy Project, Nebraska, Gas Project 3 Revenue Bonds, Series 2012, 5.000%, 9/01/42

      9/22 at 100.00        A        2,752,011   
  585     

Forsyth, Rosebud County, Montana, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, Northwestern Corporation Colstrip Project, Series 2006, 4.650%, 8/01/23 – AMBAC Insured

      8/16 at 100.00        A1        620,773   
  1,500     

Fremont, Nebraska, Combined Utilities System Revenue Bonds, Series 2014B, 5.000%, 7/15/34

      7/21 at 100.00        AA–        1,713,855   
  235     

Guam Power Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/34

      10/22 at 100.00        BBB        261,109   
  75     

Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, Power Supply System Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Series 2009A, 5.000%, 4/01/19 – BHAC Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA+        87,247   
 

Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A:

       
  100     

5.000%, 4/01/22

      No Opt. Call        A        119,373   
  110     

5.000%, 4/01/31

      4/22 at 100.00        A        122,669   
  500     

Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2013A, 5.000%, 4/01/19

      No Opt. Call        A        576,480   
  520     

Nebraska Public Power District, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2008B, 5.000%, 1/01/33

      1/18 at 100.00        A1        566,124   
  1,850     

Nebraska Public Power District, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 1/01/34

      1/22 at 100.00        A1        2,077,827   
  500     

Nebraska Utility Corporation, Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2010, 5.000%, 1/01/22

      1/21 at 100.00        Aa1        588,600   
 

Omaha Public Power District, Nebraska, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A:

       
  1,010     

5.500%, 2/01/33

      2/18 at 100.00        AA        1,126,281   
  1,200     

5.500%, 2/01/35

      2/18 at 100.00        AA        1,338,156   
  10     

Omaha Public Power District, Nebraska, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien Series 2005, 4.250%, 2/01/35 – BHAC Insured

      8/15 at 100.00        AA+        10,075   
  1,500     

Southern Nebraska Public Power District, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, 5.250%, 12/15/28

      12/18 at 100.00        AA–        1,707,990   

 

  52       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Utilities (continued)                      
$ 1,000     

Twin Valleys Public Power District, Nebraska, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 5.000%, 9/15/35

        6/16 at 100.00        N/R      $ 1,025,060   
  14,065     

Total Utilities

                        15,643,194   
      Water and Sewer – 4.4%                      
  1,395     

Omaha, Nebraska, Sanitary Sewage System Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 4.250%, 11/15/41

      11/21 at 100.00        AA        1,475,505   
  1,000     

Omaha, Nebraska, Sanitary Sewage System Revenue Bonds, Series 2014, 4.000%, 11/15/44 (WI/DD, Settling 12/04/14)

        11/24 at 100.00        AA        1,021,870   
  2,395     

Total Water and Sewer

                        2,497,375   
$ 48,380     

Total Long-Term Investments (cost $49,437,232)

                        53,129,686   
Shares     Description (1)                      Value  
 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 7.6%

       
      Money Market Funds – 7.6%                      
  4,283,590     

First American Tax Free Obligations Fund, Class Z, 0.000% (5)

                      $ 4,283,590   
 

Total Short-Term Investments (cost $4,283,590)

                        4,283,590   
 

Total Investments (cost $53,720,822 ) – 101.5%

                        57,413,276   
 

Other Assets Less Liabilities – (1.5)%

                        (823,737
 

Net Assets – 100%

                      $ 56,589,539   

 

(1) All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets.

 

(2) Optional Call Provisions: 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: 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) 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.

 

(5) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day effective yield as of the end of the reporting period.

 

WI/DD Investment, or portion of investment, purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

Nuveen Investments     53   


Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS – 97.9%

       
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS – 97.9%

       
      Education and Civic Organizations – 9.0%                      
$ 2,350     

Forest Grove, Oregon, Campus Improvement Revenue Bonds, Pacific University Project, Refunding Series 2005A, 5.000%, 5/01/22 – RAAI Insured

      5/15 at 100.00        BBB      $ 2,375,615   
  940     

Forest Grove, Oregon, Campus Improvement Revenue Bonds, Pacific University Project, Refunding Series 2014A, 4.500%, 5/01/29

      5/22 at 100.00        BBB        1,012,765   
  1,250     

Oregon Department of Administrative Services, State Lottery Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2014B, 5.000%, 4/01/27

      4/24 at 100.00        AAA        1,522,263   
  1,040     

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Concordia University Project, Series 2010A, 6.125%, 9/01/30

      9/20 at 100.00        BB+        1,112,987   
 

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Lewis & Clark College Project, Refunding Series 2011A:

       
  625     

4.000%, 10/01/17

      No Opt. Call        A–        669,919   
  500     

5.250%, 10/01/24

      10/21 at 100.00        A–        582,625   
  1,000     

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Linfield College, Refunding Series 2005A, 5.000%, 10/01/25

      10/15 at 100.00        Baa1        1,033,020   
  500     

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Linfield College, Series 2010A, 4.750%, 10/01/28

      10/20 at 100.00        Baa1        544,450   
  1,000     

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Reed College, Refunding Series 2011A, 5.000%, 7/01/29

      7/20 at 100.00        Aa2            1,145,990   
 

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Portland Projects, Series 2007A:

       
  250     

5.000%, 4/01/17

      No Opt. Call        BBB+        269,668   
  2,000     

4.500%, 4/01/21

      4/18 at 100.00        BBB+        2,115,740   
  210     

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Willamette University, Refunding Series 2010A, 4.000%, 10/01/24

      4/20 at 100.00        A        224,406   
  1,085     

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Willamette University, Series 2007A, 4.300%, 10/01/21

        10/17 at 100.00        A        1,134,194   
  12,750     

Total Education and Civic Organizations

                        13,743,642   
      Health Care – 17.6%                      
  1,035     

Astoria Hospital Facilities Authority, Oregon, Hospital Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Columbia Memorial Hospital, Series 2012, 5.000%, 8/01/23

      8/22 at 100.00        BBB–        1,140,974   
  1,000     

Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Legacy Health System, Series 2009A, 5.000%, 7/15/21

      7/19 at 100.00        A+        1,137,570   
  250     

Deschutes County Hospital Facility Authority, Oregon, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Cascade Healthcare Community, Inc., Series 2005B, 5.000%, 1/01/16 – AMBAC Insured

      No Opt. Call        A2        259,130   
  1,500     

Deschutes County Hospital Facility Authority, Oregon, Hospital Revenue Refunding Bonds, Cascade Healthcare Community, Inc., Series 2008, 7.375%, 1/01/23

      1/19 at 100.00        A2        1,789,125   
  750     

Klamath Falls Intercommunity Hospital Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Merle West Medical Center Project, Series 2006, 4.750%, 9/01/20 – AGC Insured

      9/16 at 100.00        AA        782,647   
  500     

Klamath Falls Intercommunity Hospital Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Sky Lakes Medical Center Project, Series 2012, 4.000%, 9/01/24

      No Opt. Call        A–        521,440   

 

  54       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Health Care (continued)                      
$ 1,900     

Medford Hospital Facilities Authority, Oregon, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Asante Health System, Refunding Series 2010, 5.500%, 8/15/28 – AGM Insured

      8/20 at 100.00        AA      $ 2,197,825   
 

Multnomah County Hospital Facilities Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Adventist Health System/West, Series 2009A:

       
  1,940     

5.000%, 9/01/21

      9/19 at 100.00        A            2,212,783   
  855     

4.500%, 9/01/21

      9/19 at 100.00        A        941,184   
 

Oregon Health and Science University, Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A:

       
  1,225     

5.000%, 7/01/25

      7/22 at 100.00        A+        1,439,265   
  1,195     

5.000%, 7/01/26

      7/22 at 100.00        A+        1,396,358   
  1,000     

Oregon Health and Science University, Revenue Bonds, Series 2012E, 4.000%, 7/01/29

      No Opt. Call        A+        1,061,490   
 

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Legacy Health System, Refunding Series 2010A:

       
  2,000     

4.250%, 3/15/17

      No Opt. Call        A+        2,146,260   
  1,020     

4.750%, 3/15/24

      3/20 at 100.00        A+        1,107,608   
  1,000     

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Peacehealth System, Refunding Series 2009A, 5.000%, 11/01/20

      11/19 at 100.00        A+        1,165,270   
  690     

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Peacehealth System, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 11/15/25

      5/24 at 100.00        A+        830,456   
  375     

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Providence Health & Services, Series 2011C, 5.000%, 10/01/20

      No Opt. Call        AA        438,919   
  1,815     

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Providence Health & Services, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 10/01/23

      No Opt. Call        AA        2,147,998   
 

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Samaritan Health Services, Refunding Series 2010A:

       
  1,250     

5.000%, 10/01/19

      No Opt. Call        BBB+        1,429,638   
  500     

5.000%, 10/01/24

      10/20 at 100.00        BBB+        555,960   
  450     

Salem Hospital Facility Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Salem Hospital Project, Series 2006A, 5.000%, 8/15/27

      8/16 at 100.00        A        467,627   
  1,500     

Salem Hospital Facility Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Salem Hospital Project, Series 2008A, 5.750%, 8/15/23

        8/18 at 100.00        A        1,686,645   
  23,750     

Total Health Care

                        26,856,172   
      Housing/Multifamily – 5.3%                      
 

Clackamas County Housing Authority, Oregon, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Easton Ridge Apartments Project, Series 2013A:

       
  285     

4.000%, 9/01/22

      No Opt. Call        Aa3        313,523   
  195     

4.000%, 9/01/23

      3/23 at 100.00        Aa3        212,614   
 

Oregon Housing and Community Services Department, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2010A:

       
  750     

4.000%, 7/01/19 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      No Opt. Call        Aaa        804,247   
  500     

4.250%, 7/01/21 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      1/20 at 100.00        Aaa        534,065   
 

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, CHF Ashland Southern Oregon University Project Series 2012:

       
  1,185     

4.350%, 7/01/27 – AGM Insured

      7/22 at 100.00        AA        1,268,756   
  400     

4.700%, 7/01/33 – AGM Insured

      7/22 at 100.00        AA        428,852   
  1,000     

Oregon State Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, College Housing Northwest Projects, Refunding Series 2013, 5.000%, 10/01/24

      10/23 at 100.00        BBB–        1,102,260   

 

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Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Housing/Multifamily (continued)                      
$ 705     

Portland Housing Authority, Oregon, Housing Revenue Refundign Bonds, Yards at Union Station Project, Series 2007, 4.750%, 5/01/22 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      5/17 at 100.00        Aa2      $ 733,531   
 

Portland, Oregon, Economic Development Revenue Refunding Bonds, Broadway Project, Series 2008A:

       
  880     

5.125%, 4/01/16

      No Opt. Call        A1        933,187   
  1,455     

6.250%, 4/01/23

        4/18 at 100.00        A1        1,688,047   
  7,355     

Total Housing/Multifamily

                        8,019,082   
      Housing/Single Family – 0.1%                      
  150     

Oregon Housing and Community Services Department, Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2008D, 4.750%, 7/01/22

        1/18 at 100.00        Aa2        159,245   
      Long-Term Care – 4.0%                      
  1,000     

Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority, Oregon, Revenue Refunding Bonds, Robison Jewish Home, DBA Cedar Sinia Park, Series 2005, 5.125%, 10/01/24

      10/15 at 100.00        N/R        1,005,090   
 

Medford Hospital Facilities Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Rogue Valley Manor, Series 2013:

       
  250     

5.000%, 10/01/19

      No Opt. Call        A–        284,002   
  450     

5.000%, 10/01/24

      10/23 at 100.00        A–        512,951   
  500     

Multnomah County Hospital Facilities Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Mirabella South Waterfront, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 10/01/24

      No Opt. Call        N/R        529,875   
  1,000     

Multnomah County Hospital Facilities Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Terwilliger Plaza Project, Series 2009, 5.250%, 12/01/26

      12/16 at 100.00        BBB        1,032,180   
  1,500     

Multnomah County Hospital Facilities Authority, Oregon, Revenue Refunding Bond, Terwilliger Plaza, Inc., Series 2012, 5.000%, 12/01/29

      12/22 at 100.00        BBB        1,620,045   
 

Salem Hospital Facility Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Capital Manor, Inc., Refunding Series 2012:

       
  550     

5.000%, 5/15/22

      No Opt. Call        N/R        589,210   
  550     

5.750%, 5/15/27

        5/22 at 100.00        N/R        606,347   
  5,800     

Total Long-Term Care

                            6,179,700   
      Tax Obligation/General – 27.7%                      
  1,105     

Beaverton School District 48J, Washington and Multnomah Counties, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014B, 5.000%, 6/15/27

      6/24 at 100.00        AA+        1,346,387   
 

Blue Mountain Hospital District, Grant County, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2010:

       
  605     

4.250%, 2/01/19

      No Opt. Call        Baa3        661,828   
  655     

4.500%, 2/01/20

      No Opt. Call        Baa3        731,963   
  280     

5.000%, 2/01/21

      No Opt. Call        Baa3        321,031   
 

Central Oregon Community College District, Crook, Jefferson, Deschutes, Klamath, Lake, and Wasco Counties, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2010:

       
  1,000     

4.000%, 6/15/19

      No Opt. Call        AA+        1,126,650   
  810     

4.500%, 6/15/20

      No Opt. Call        AA+        944,525   
  500     

Central Oregon Community College District, Crook, Jefferson, Deschutes, Klamath, Lake, and Wasco Counties, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014, 5.000%, 6/01/29

      6/24 at 100.00        AA–        589,210   
  1,100     

Chemeketa Community College District, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2014, 5.000%, 6/15/26

      6/24 at 100.00        AA+        1,339,822   

 

  56       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Tax Obligation/General (continued)                      
$ 1,145     

Clackamas Community College District, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006, 5.000%, 5/01/19 – NPFG Insured

      5/16 at 100.00        AA      $ 1,218,429   
 

Clackamas County School District 12, North Clackamas, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007B:

       
  685     

5.000%, 6/15/19 – AGM Insured

      6/17 at 100.00        AA+        757,240   
  3,665     

5.000%, 6/15/21 – AGM Insured

      6/17 at 100.00        AA+        4,042,678   
  3,135     

5.000%, 6/15/22 – AGM Insured

      6/17 at 100.00        AA+        3,453,046   
  1,000     

Clackamas County School District 46 Oregon Trail, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009A, 5.000%, 6/15/24

      6/19 at 100.00        AA+            1,149,290   
  580     

Clackamas County School District 62, Oregon City, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2014, 5.000%, 6/01/29 (WI/DD, Settling 12/04/14) – AGM Insured

      6/24 at 100.00        AA        677,173   
  525     

Clackamas County School District 86, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 6/15/25

      6/22 at 100.00        AA+        620,429   
  1,000     

David Douglas School District 40, Multnomah County, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012B, 0.000%, 6/15/25

      No Opt. Call        AA+        737,200   
  1,770     

Deschutes County Administrative School District 1, Bend-La Pine, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2013, 4.000%, 6/15/21

      No Opt. Call        Aa1        2,028,385   
  3,055     

Deshutes and Jefferson Counties School District 2J Redmond, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Deffered Imterest Series 2008, 0.000%, 6/15/22

      No Opt. Call        Aa1        2,600,752   
  965     

Forest Grove School District 15, Washington County, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012, 0.000%, 6/15/25

      No Opt. Call        AA+        714,785   
  1,000     

Josephine County Unit School District Three Rivers, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2005, 5.000%, 12/15/19 – FGIC Insured

      No Opt. Call        Aa1        1,179,890   
  660     

Keizer, Oregon, General Obligation Assessment Bonds, Keizer Station Area A Local Improvement District, Series 2008, 5.200%, 6/01/31

      6/18 at 100.00        A1        727,333   
  200     

Lake Oswego School District 7J, Clackamas County, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2005, 5.250%, 6/01/25 – AGM Insured

      No Opt. Call        Aa1        255,140   
  300     

Marion-Clackamas Counties School District 4J Silver Falls, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2013, 5.000%, 6/15/24

      6/23 at 100.00        Aa1        361,338   
  1,015     

Multnomah-Clackamas Counties, Oregon, School District 10JT, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005, 5.250%, 6/15/17 – AGM Insured

      No Opt. Call        AA+        1,135,034   
  125     

North Lincoln Fire and Rescue District 1, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007, 4.250%, 2/01/18 – AGM Insured

      2/17 at 100.00        AA        133,199   
  1,500     

Oregon Department of Administrative Services, General Obligation Bonds, Oregon Opportunity, Refunding Series 2010F, 5.000%, 12/01/20

      6/20 at 100.00        AA+        1,771,830   
 

Oregon State, General Obligation Bonds, Alterrnative Energy Series 2011B:

       
  540     

5.000%, 1/01/20 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      No Opt. Call        AA+        622,712   
  560     

5.000%, 1/01/21 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      No Opt. Call        AA+        651,179   
  100     

5.000%, 1/01/23 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      1/21 at 100.00        AA+        113,589   
  455     

Pacific City Joint Water-Sanitary Authority, Tilamook County, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007, 4.650%, 7/01/22

      7/17 at 100.00        N/R        475,279   
  2,535     

Portland, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Sellwood Bridge Project, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 6/01/28

      6/24 at 100.00        Aa1        3,050,923   
  340     

Redmond, Oregon, Full Faith and Credit Obligations, Refunding Series 2012A, 4.000%, 6/01/25

      6/22 at 100.00        A1        371,049   

 

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Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Tax Obligation/General (continued)                      
$ 350     

Redmond, Oregon, Full Faith and Credit Obligations, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 6/01/25

      6/24 at 100.00        A1      $ 419,170   
 

Redmond, Oregon, Full Faith and Credit Obligations, Terminal Expansion Project, Series 2009:

       
  240     

4.000%, 6/01/21

      6/19 at 100.00        A1        261,420   
  200     

4.250%, 6/01/23

      6/19 at 100.00        A1        216,412   
  500     

4.625%, 6/01/29

      6/19 at 100.00        A1        531,960   
  655     

Salem-Keizer School District 24J, Marion and Polk Counties, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009B, 0.000%, 6/15/22

      No Opt. Call        AA+        557,608   
  1,525     

Washington County, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2006, 5.000%, 6/01/22

      6/16 at 102.00        Aa1        1,658,163   
  1,200     

Washington Multnomah & Yamhill Counties School District 1J Hillsboro, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012, 4.000%, 6/15/23

      No Opt. Call        Aa1        1,357,596   
  1,300     

Yamhill County School District 29J Newberg, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2005, 5.250%, 6/15/16 – FGIC Insured

        No Opt. Call        Aa1        1,398,514   
  38,880     

Total Tax Obligation/General

                            42,310,161   
      Tax Obligation/Limited – 16.1%                      
 

Local Oregon Capital Assets Program, Certificates of Participation, City of Cottage Grove, Oregon, Series 2013A:

       
  975     

4.000%, 9/15/19

      No Opt. Call        Baa2        1,046,877   
  1,105     

4.250%, 9/15/23

      9/21 at 100.00        Baa2        1,159,289   
  1,500     

Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Certificates of Participation, Series 2009A, 4.700%, 5/01/25

      5/19 at 100.00        AA        1,638,630   
  1,055     

Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Certificates of Participation, Series 2009C, 5.000%, 11/01/25

      11/19 at 100.00        AA        1,213,915   
 

Oregon State Department of Transportation, Highway User Tax Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2014A:

       
  1,980     

5.000%, 11/15/26

      11/24 at 100.00        AAA        2,440,469   
  1,000     

5.000%, 11/15/27

      11/24 at 100.00        AAA        1,227,210   
  1,000     

Portland, Oregon, River District Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Bonds, Series 2012B, 5.000%, 6/15/23

      6/22 at 100.00        A1        1,161,980   
  2,030     

Portland, Oregon, South Park Blocks Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Bonds, Series 2008B, 5.000%, 6/15/21

      6/18 at 101.00        Aa3        2,304,821   
  2,655     

Portland, Oregon, Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Revenue Bonds, North Macadam Series 2010B, 5.000%, 6/15/24

      6/20 at 100.00        A1        2,952,944   
 

Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District, Oregon, Capital Grant Receipt Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A:

       
  1,000     

5.000%, 10/01/25

      10/21 at 100.00        A        1,145,460   
  1,715     

5.000%, 10/01/26

      10/21 at 100.00        A        1,949,235   
  2,305     

Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Payroll Tax Series 2012A, 5.000%, 9/01/24

      9/22 at 100.00        AAA        2,802,327   
  2,085     

Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Gross Receipts Taxes Loan Note, Refunding Series 2012A, 4.000%, 10/01/22

      No Opt. Call        BBB+        2,192,106   
 

Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority, Matching Fund Loan Notes Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2010A:

       
  1,020     

5.000%, 10/01/20

      No Opt. Call        BBB        1,155,232   
  180     

5.000%, 10/01/29

        10/20 at 100.00        BBB        197,786   
  21,605     

Total Tax Obligation/Limited

                        24,588,281   

 

  58       Nuveen Investments


Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Transportation – 2.9%                      
$ 1,005     

Port of Portland, Oregon, International Airport Revenue Bonds, Series 2010-20C, 5.000%, 7/01/17 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      No Opt. Call        AA–      $ 1,113,731   
  350     

Port of Portland, Oregon, International Airport Revenue Bonds, Series 2011-21, 5.000%, 7/01/17 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      No Opt. Call        AA–        397,341   
  1,030     

Port of Portland, Oregon, International Airport Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 5.000%, 7/01/23 (Alternative Minimum Tax)

      7/21 at 100.00        AA–        1,206,758   
  1,500     

Port of Portland, Oregon, Portland International Airport Passenger Facility Charge Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 7/01/26

        7/21 at 100.00        A        1,674,390   
  3,885     

Total Transportation

                            4,392,220   
      U.S. Guaranteed – 7.3% (4)                      
  1,000     

Chemeketa Community College District, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2008, 5.500%, 6/15/24 (Pre-refunded 6/15/18)

      6/18 at 100.00        AA+ (4)        1,164,610   
  1,305     

Marion-Clackamas Counties School District 4J, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007, 4.500%, 6/15/22 (Pre-refunded 6/15/16) – NPFG Insured

      6/16 at 100.00        Aa1 (4)        1,388,559   
  1,635     

Metro, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007, 5.000%, 6/01/20 (Pre-refunded 6/01/17)

      6/17 at 100.00        AAA        1,817,809   
  1,060     

Oregon Department of Administrative Services, Certificates of Participation, Series 2006A, 5.000%, 11/01/18 (Pre-refunded 11/01/16) – NPFG Insured

      11/16 at 100.00        AA (4)        1,153,725   
  1,055     

Oregon State Department of Transportation, Highway User Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A, 5.000%, 11/15/21 (Pre-refunded 5/15/19)

      5/19 at 100.00        AAA        1,232,683   
  500     

Portland, Oregon, Water System Revenue Bonds, Second Lien Series 2006A, 4.375%, 10/01/24 (Pre-refunded 10/01/16) – NPFG Insured

      10/16 at 100.00        Aa1 (4)        536,670   
  2,490     

Washington Multnomah & Yamhill Counties School District 1J Hillsboro, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006, 5.000%, 6/15/19 (Pre-refunded 6/15/17) – NPFG Insured

      6/17 at 100.00        Aa2 (4)        2,772,167   
  1,040     

Yamhill County School District 40, McMinnville, Oregon, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007, 5.000%, 6/15/23 (Pre-refunded 6/15/17) – AGM Insured

        6/17 at 100.00        Aa1 (4)        1,157,291   
  10,085     

Total U.S. Guaranteed

                        11,223,514   
      Utilities – 0.5%                      
  500     

Emerald Peoples Utility District, Oregon, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2013, 5.000%, 11/01/22 – AGM Insured

      No Opt. Call        A1        595,345   
  175     

Guam Power Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/21 – AGM Insured

        No Opt. Call        AA        207,854   
  675     

Total Utilities

                        803,199   
      Water and Sewer – 7.4%                      
  1,295     

Albany, in the Counties of Linn and Benton, Oregon, General Obligation and Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2013, 5.000%, 8/01/25

      8/23 at 100.00        A1        1,534,303   
  820     

Lane County Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, Oregon, Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Series 2006, 5.000%, 11/01/21 – FGIC Insured

      11/16 at 100.00        AA        889,552   
  1,500     

Lane County Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission, Oregon, Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, 5.000%, 11/01/22

      11/18 at 100.00        AA        1,713,390   
  1,000     

Portland, Oregon, Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Refunding First Lien Series 2008A, 4.750%, 6/15/24

      6/18 at 100.00        AA        1,114,640   
  1,175     

Portland, Oregon, Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2006B, 5.000%, 6/15/23 – NPFG Insured

      6/16 at 100.00        AA–        1,256,216   

 

Nuveen Investments     59   


Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund (continued)

 

Portfolio of Investments   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount (000)
    Description (1)        Optional Call
Provisions (2)
    Ratings (3)     Value  
      Water and Sewer (continued)                      
 

Redmond, Oregon, Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2010:

       
$ 450     

4.500%, 6/01/25

      6/20 at 100.00        A1      $ 507,402   
  5     

4.500%, 6/01/30

      6/20 at 100.00        A1        5,562   
  1,000     

Sunrise Water Authority, Oregon, Water Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2014, 4.000%, 3/01/23

      No Opt. Call        AA–        1,138,230   
  325     

The Dalles, Oregon, Water Revenue Bonds, Series 200, 4.250%, 6/01/20 – AMBAC Insured

      6/17 at 100.00        N/R        340,376   
  1,435     

Tigard, Washington County, Oregon, Water System Revenue Bonds, Series 2012, 5.000%, 8/01/26

      8/22 at 100.00        AA–        1,680,342   
  900     

Woodburn, Marion County, Oregon, Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2011A, 5.000%, 3/01/20

        No Opt. Call        A2        1,042,245   
  9,905     

Total Water and Sewer

                        11,222,258   
$ 134,840     

Total Long-Term Investments (cost $140,114,977)

                        149,497,474   
Shares     Description (1)                      Value  
 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 1.3%

       
      Money Market Funds – 1.3%                      
  1,919,582     

First American Tax Free Obligations Fund, Class Z, 0.000% (5)

                      $ 1,919,582   
 

Total Short-Term Investments (cost $1,919,582)

                        1,919,582   
 

Total Investments (cost $142,034,559 ) – 99.2%

                        151,417,056   
 

Other Assets Less Liabilities – 0.8%

                        1,250,944   
 

Net Assets – 100%

                      $ 152,668,000   

 

(1) All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets.

 

(2) Optional Call Provisions: 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: 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) 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.

 

(5) The rate shown is the annualized seven-day effective yield as of the end of the reporting period.

 

WI/DD Investment, or portion of investment, purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

  60       Nuveen Investments


Statement of

  Assets and Liabilities   November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)
     

Minnesota

Intermediate

       Minnesota        Nebraska       

Oregon

Intermediate

 

Assets

                 

Long-term investments, at value (cost $250,902,521, $197,056,305, $49,437,232 and $140,114,977, respectively)

   $ 267,849,426         $ 214,445,306         $ 53,129,686         $ 149,497,474   

Short-term investments, at value (cost approximates value)

     4,970,532           3,790,004           4,283,590           1,919,582   

Receivable for:

                 

Interest

     3,176,604           2,621,783           701,901           1,966,127   

Shares sold

     149,531           399,567           49,280           314,429   

Other assets

     12,131           10,699           7,637           6,149   

Total assets

     276,158,224           221,267,359           58,172,094           153,703,761   

Liabilities

                 

Payable for:

                 

Dividends

     458,061           203,993           46,747           185,571   

Investments purchased

     4,462,972           3,649,097           1,419,564           673,635   

Shares redeemed

     155,101           153,826           52,299           53,363   

Accrued expenses:

                 

Management fees

     118,118           94,332           22,772           67,827   

Directors fees

     6,849           2,267           605           1,585   

12b-1 distribution and service fees

     20,109           34,894           8,502           14,223   

Other

     59,987           68,585           32,066           39,557   

Total liabilities

     5,281,197           4,206,994           1,582,555           1,035,761   

Net assets

   $ 270,877,027         $ 217,060,365         $ 56,589,539         $ 152,668,000   

Class A Shares

                 

Net assets

   $ 66,734,664         $ 109,308,565         $ 23,017,826         $ 45,482,864   

Shares outstanding

     6,341,587           9,295,450           2,121,491           4,378,052   

Net asset value (“NAV”) per share

   $ 10.52         $ 11.76         $ 10.85         $ 10.39   

Offering price per share (NAV per share plus maximum sales charge of 3.00%, 4.20%, 4.20% and 3.00%, respectively, of offering price)

   $ 10.85         $ 12.28         $ 11.33         $ 10.71   

Class C Shares

                 

Net assets

   $ 3,889,427         $ 3,789,717         $ 528,628         $ 1,348,292   

Shares outstanding

     371,874           322,505           48,866           130,530   

NAV and offering price per share

   $ 10.46         $ 11.75         $ 10.82         $ 10.33   

Class C1 Shares

                 

Net assets

   $ 2,479,006         $ 13,931,091         $ 2,954,559         $   

Shares outstanding

     234,934           1,189,590           274,449             

NAV and offering price per share

   $ 10.55         $ 11.71         $ 10.77         $   

Class C2 Shares

                 

Net assets

   $ 7,682,974         $ 11,027,840         $ 4,567,403         $ 9,253,478   

Shares outstanding

     733,019           937,438           420,803           893,342   

NAV and offering price per share

   $ 10.48         $ 11.76         $ 10.85         $ 10.36   

Class I Shares

                 

Net assets

   $ 190,090,956         $ 79,003,152         $ 25,521,123         $ 96,583,366   

Shares outstanding

     18,162,507           6,723,097           2,351,494           9,292,205   

NAV and offering price per share

   $ 10.47         $ 11.75         $ 10.85         $ 10.39   

Net assets consist of:

                                         

Capital paid-in

   $ 254,290,229         $ 205,370,832         $ 55,209,042         $ 144,689,680   

Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income

     328,588           698,068           13,689           153,491   

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

     (688,695        (6,397,536        (2,325,646        (1,557,668

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     16,946,905           17,389,001           3,692,454           9,382,497   

Net assets

   $ 270,877,027         $ 217,060,365         $ 56,589,539         $ 152,668,000   

Authorized shares – per class

     2 billion           2 billion           2 billion           2 billion   

Par value per share

   $ 0.0001         $ 0.0001         $ 0.0001         $ 0.0001   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

Nuveen Investments     61   


Statement of

  Operations   Six Months Ended November 30, 2014 (Unaudited)

 

      Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermediate
 

Investment Income

   $ 5,148,753         $ 4,799,570         $ 1,128,788         $ 2,687,767   

Expenses

                 

Management fees

     706,488           560,217           150,722           398,186   

12b-1 service fees – Class A Shares

     65,545           108,509           23,074           44,300   

12b-1 distribution and service fees – Class C Shares

     13,061           12,195           1,750           4,480   

12b-1 distribution and service fees – Class C1 Shares

     8,630           45,398           9,729             

12b-1 distribution and service fees – Class C2 Shares

     29,458           42,893           17,631           37,296   

Shareholder servicing agent fees and expenses

     37,415           35,993           11,327           18,299   

Custodian fees and expenses

     36,839           28,088           11,176           21,198   

Directors fees and expenses

     4,710           3,781           1,198           2,718   

Professional fees

     11,082           10,391           8,662           9,292   

Shareholder reporting expenses

     16,270           22,459           9,681           9,999   

Federal and state registration fees

     8,096           8,625           7,314           5,247   

Other expenses

     3,930           3,241           1,858           2,831   

Total expenses before fee waiver/expense reimbursement

     941,524           881,790           254,122           553,846   

Fee waiver/expense reimbursement

                         (9,199          

Net expenses

     941,524           881,790           244,923           553,846   

Net investment income (loss)

     4,207,229           3,917,780           883,865           2,133,921   

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

                 

Net realized gain (loss) from investments

     1,404           26,745           (36,189        237,479   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     1,034,574           2,282,549           866,017           269,624   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     1,035,978           2,309,294           829,828           507,103   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

   $ 5,243,207         $ 6,227,074         $ 1,713,693         $ 2,641,024   

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

  62       Nuveen Investments


Statement of

  Changes in Net Assets   (Unaudited)

 

     Minnesota Intermediate          Minnesota  
     

Six Months Ended

11/30/14

    

Year Ended

5/31/14

         

Six Months Ended

11/30/14

    

Year Ended

5/31/14

 

Operations

             

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 4,207,229       $ 8,453,186         $ 3,917,780       $ 8,185,379   

Net realized gain (loss) from investments

     1,404         (687,524        26,745         (6,283,207

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     1,034,574         (2,243,083          2,282,549         (465,861

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     5,243,207         5,522,579             6,227,074         1,436,311   

Distributions to Shareholders

             

From net investment income:

             

Class A

     (1,025,055      (1,749,127        (2,000,022      (4,265,355

Class C(1)

     (30,269      (4,538        (35,087      (5,922

Class C1

     (35,468      (83,087        (226,363      (501,353

Class C2(2)

     (101,207      (209,259        (178,691      (427,998

Class I

     (3,080,404      (6,085,893        (1,432,770      (2,748,471

From accumulated net realized gains:

             

Class A

             (93,033                (479,801

Class C(1)

                                 

Class C1

             (5,413                (62,324

Class C2(2)

             (14,521                (56,190

Class I

             (328,246                  (277,828

Decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders

     (4,272,403      (8,573,117          (3,872,933      (8,825,242

Fund Share Transactions

             

Proceeds from sale of shares

     37,775,949         54,016,934           26,262,617         31,542,304   

Proceeds from shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions

     1,549,679         2,616,752             2,657,235         6,051,857   
     39,325,628         56,633,686           28,919,852         37,594,161   

Cost of shares redeemed

     (23,113,232      (88,705,382          (20,171,741      (83,359,560

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

     16,212,396         (32,071,696          8,748,111         (45,765,399

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     17,183,200         (35,122,234        11,102,252         (53,154,330

Net assets at the beginning of period

     253,693,827         288,816,061             205,958,113         259,112,443   

Net assets at the end of period

   $ 270,877,027       $ 253,693,827           $ 217,060,365       $ 205,958,113   

Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income at the end of period

   $ 328,588       $ 393,762           $ 698,068       $ 653,221   

 

(1) Class C Shares were established and commenced operations on February 10, 2014.

 

(2) Class C2 Shares (formerly Class C Shares and renamed to Class C2 Shares on February 10, 2014) are available only through exchanges from other Nuveen municipal bond funds or for purposes of dividend reinvestment, but Class C2 Shares are not available for new accounts or for additional investment into existing accounts.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) (continued)

 

     Nebraska          Oregon Intermediate  
     

Six Months Ended

11/30/14

    

Year Ended

5/31/14

         

Six Months Ended

11/30/14

    

Year Ended

5/31/14

 

Operations

             

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 883,865       $ 2,138,311         $ 2,133,921       $ 4,667,045   

Net realized gain (loss) from investments

     (36,189      (1,645,327        237,479         (1,470,676

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     866,017         (683,070          269,624         (1,794,293

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

     1,713,693         (190,086          2,641,024         1,402,076   

Distributions to Shareholders

             

From net investment income:

             

Class A

     (345,336      (826,833        (613,520      (1,322,552

Class C(1)

     (3,777      (624        (8,729      (1,277

Class C1

     (37,590      (87,032                  

Class C2(2)

     (57,311      (170,990        (109,548      (260,088

Class I

     (393,750      (1,068,631        (1,336,056      (2,885,290

From accumulated net realized gains:

             

Class A

                                 

Class C(1)

                                 

Class C1

                                 

Class C2(2)

                                 

Class I

                                   

Decrease in net assets from distributions to shareholders

     (837,764      (2,154,110          (2,067,853      (4,469,207

Fund Share Transactions

             

Proceeds from sale of shares

     3,588,164         5,291,415           20,920,999         21,931,008   

Proceeds from shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions

     561,096         1,426,704             954,586         1,892,820   
     4,149,260         6,718,119           21,875,585         23,823,828   

Cost of shares redeemed

     (6,706,772      (27,321,623          (12,707,575      (66,885,818

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

     (2,557,512      (20,603,504          9,168,010         (43,061,990

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     (1,681,583      (22,947,700        9,741,181         (46,129,121

Net assets at the beginning of period

     58,271,122         81,218,822             142,926,819         189,055,940   

Net assets at the end of period

   $ 56,589,539       $ 58,271,122           $ 152,668,000       $ 142,926,819   

Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income at the end of period

   $ 13,689       $ (32,412        $ 153,491       $ 87,423   

 

(1) Class C Shares were established and commenced operations on February 10, 2014.

 

(2) Class C2 Shares (formerly Class C Shares and renamed to Class C2 Shares on February 10, 2014) are available only through exchanges from other Nuveen municipal bond funds or for purposes of dividend reinvestment, but Class C2 Shares are not available for new accounts or for additional investment into existing accounts.

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial

Highlights (Unaudited)

 

Minnesota Intermediate

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period:

 

          Investment Operations         Less Distributions           
Class (Commencement Date)  

Beginning

NAV

   

Net

Investment

Income

(Loss)(a)

      

Net

Realized/

Unrealized

Gain (Loss)

      

Total

        

From

Net

Investment

Income

      

From

Accumulated

Net Realized

Gains

      

Total

      

Ending

NAV

 

Class A (02/94)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(j)

  $ 10.49      $ 0.16         $ 0.04         $ 0.20        $ (0.17      $         $ (0.17      $ 10.52   

2014

    10.56        0.33           (0.06        0.27          (0.32        (0.02        (0.34        10.49   

2013

    10.67        0.32           (0.08        0.24          (0.34        (0.01        (0.35        10.56   

2012

    10.20        0.36           0.47           0.83          (0.35        (0.01        (0.36        10.67   

2011(d)

    10.12        0.33           0.07           0.40          (0.32                  (0.32        10.20   

Year Ended 6/30

                                

2010

    9.67        0.36           0.46           0.82          (0.36        (0.01        (0.37        10.12   

2009

    9.75        0.38           (0.05        0.33            (0.38        (0.03        (0.41        9.67   

Class C (02/14)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(j)

    10.42        0.12           0.04           0.16          (0.12                  (0.12        10.46   

2014(f)

    10.27        0.06           0.16           0.22            (0.07                  (0.07        10.42   

Class C1 (10/09)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(j)

    10.52        0.14           0.03           0.17          (0.14                  (0.14        10.55   

2014

    10.59        0.29           (0.07        0.22          (0.27        (0.02        (0.29        10.52   

2013

    10.69        0.28           (0.08        0.20          (0.29        (0.01        (0.30        10.59   

2012

    10.22        0.31           0.48           0.79          (0.31        (0.01        (0.32        10.69   

2011(d)

    10.14        0.28           0.07           0.35          (0.27                  (0.27        10.22   

Year Ended 6/30

                                

2010(g)

    9.94        0.21           0.20           0.41            (0.20        (0.01        (0.21        10.14   

Class C2 (01/11)(h)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(j)

    10.44        0.13           0.05           0.18          (0.14                  (0.14        10.48   

2014

    10.51        0.28           (0.07        0.21          (0.26        (0.02        (0.28        10.44   

2013

    10.62        0.26           (0.09        0.17          (0.27        (0.01        (0.28        10.51   

2012

    10.14        0.29           0.49           0.78          (0.29        (0.01        (0.30        10.62   

2011(i)

    9.77        0.11           0.36           0.47            (0.10                  (0.10        10.14   

Class I (02/94)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(j)

    10.43        0.17           0.04           0.21          (0.17                  (0.17        10.47   

2014

    10.50        0.35           (0.06        0.29          (0.34        (0.02        (0.36        10.43   

2013

    10.61        0.34           (0.08        0.26          (0.36        (0.01        (0.37        10.50   

2012

    10.13        0.37           0.49           0.86          (0.37        (0.01        (0.38        10.61   

2011(d)

    10.06        0.34           0.06           0.40          (0.33                  (0.33        10.13   

Year Ended 6/30

                                

2010

    9.62        0.36           0.45           0.81          (0.36        (0.01        (0.37        10.06   

2009

    9.69        0.39           (0.04        0.35            (0.39        (0.03        (0.42        9.62   

 

  66       Nuveen Investments


               

Ratios/Supplemental Data

 
                          Ratios to Average
Net Assets Before
Waiver/Reimbursement
        Ratios to Average
Net Assets After
Waiver/Reimbursement(c)
          
Total
Return(b)
              

Ending
Net

Assets

(000)

         Expenses        Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
         Expenses        Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
       Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(e)
 
                                
                                
  1.87           $ 66,735          0.82 %*         3.07 %*        0.82 %*         3.07 %*         4
  2.68                65,375          0.84           3.25          0.84           3.25           12   
  2.25                62,493          0.82           3.03          0.82           3.03           11   
  8.32                52,039          0.80           3.41          0.76           3.44           9   
  4.00                37,175          0.92        3.40       0.74        3.60        12   
                                
  8.51                34,957          1.08           3.28          0.75           3.61           9   
  3.53                  23,019            1.07           3.68            0.75           4.00           18   
                                
                                
  1.57                3,889          1.62        2.24       1.62        2.24        4   
  2.19                  1,052            1.64        2.29         1.64        2.29        12   
                                
                                
  1.63                2,479          1.27        2.62       1.27        2.62        4   
  2.20                2,836          1.29           2.81          1.29           2.81           12   
  1.88                3,804          1.27           2.60          1.27           2.60           11   
  7.81                5,448          1.29           2.94          1.29           2.94           9   
  3.46                6,242          1.37        2.99       1.31        3.05        12   
                                
  4.15                  3,965            1.48        2.87         1.35        3.00        9   
                                
                                
  1.69                7,683          1.38        2.53       1.38        2.53        4   
  2.09                8,021          1.39           2.70          1.39           2.70           12   
  1.63                8,795          1.36           2.44          1.36           2.44           11   
  7.79                3,768          1.40           2.74          1.40           2.74           9   
  4.88                  623            1.41        3.10         1.37        3.14        12   
                                
                                
  2.07                190,091          0.63        3.28       0.63        3.28        4   
  2.88                176,410          0.64           3.45          0.64           3.45           12   
  2.42                213,723          0.62           3.23          0.62           3.23           11   
  8.60                196,568          0.64           3.58          0.64           3.58           9   
  4.00                191,516          0.72        3.60       0.66        3.67        12   
                                
  8.50                193,443          0.83           3.53          0.70           3.66           9   
  3.71                  172,440            0.82           3.92            0.70           4.04           18   

 

(a) Per share Net Investment Income (Loss) is calculated using the average daily shares method.  
(b) Total return is the combination of changes in NAV without any sales charge, reinvested dividend income at NAV and reinvested capital gains distributions at NAV, if any. Total returns are not annualized.  
(c) After fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement from the Adviser, where applicable.  
(d) For the eleven months ended May 31, 2011.  
(e) Portfolio Turnover Rate is calculated based on the lesser of long-term purchases or sales (as disclosed in Note 5 – Investment Transactions) divided by the average long-term market value during the period.  
(f) For the period February 10, 2014 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2014.  
(g) For the period October 28, 2009 (commencement of operations) through June 30, 2010.  
(h) Formerly Class C Shares and renamed to Class C2 Shares on February 10, 2014.  
(i) For the period January 18, 2011 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2011.  
(j) For the six months ended November 30, 2014.  
* Annualized.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

Nuveen Investments     67   


Financial Highlights (Unaudited) (continued)

 

Minnesota

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period:

 

          Investment Operations         Less Distributions           
Class (Commencement Date)   Beginning
NAV
    Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
       Net
Realized/
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
       Total          From
Net
Investment
Income
       From
Accumulated
Net Realized
Gains
       Total        Ending
NAV
 

Class A (07/88)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(i)

  $ 11.63      $ 0.22         $ 0.13         $ 0.35        $ (0.22      $         $ (0.22      $ 11.76   

2014

    11.87        0.44           (0.21        0.23          (0.42        (0.05        (0.47        11.63   

2013

    11.87        0.43           0.04           0.47          (0.45        (0.02        (0.47        11.87   

2012

    10.83        0.47           1.02           1.49          (0.45                  (0.45        11.87   

2011(d)

    10.87        0.39           (0.08        0.31          (0.35                  (0.35        10.83   

Year Ended 6/30

                                

2010

    9.98        0.41           0.89           1.30          (0.41                  (0.41        10.87   

2009

    10.48        0.43           (0.44        (0.01         (0.43        (0.06        (0.49        9.98   

Class C (02/14)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(i)

    11.63        0.17           0.12           0.29          (0.17                  (0.17        11.75   

2014(f)

    11.25        0.08           0.40           0.48            (0.10                  (0.10        11.63   

Class C1 (02/99)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(i)

    11.58        0.19           0.13           0.32          (0.19                  (0.19        11.71   

2014

    11.81        0.38           (0.19        0.19          (0.37        (0.05        (0.42        11.58   

2013

    11.82        0.38           0.02           0.40          (0.39        (0.02        (0.41        11.81   

2012

    10.78        0.41           1.03           1.44          (0.40                  (0.40        11.82   

2011(d)

    10.82        0.34           (0.08        0.26          (0.30                  (0.30        10.78   

Year Ended 6/30

                                

2010

    9.94        0.36           0.88           1.24          (0.36                  (0.36        10.82   

2009

    10.44        0.38           (0.44        (0.06         (0.38        (0.06        (0.44        9.94   

Class C2 (01/11)(g)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(i)

    11.63        0.19           0.12           0.31          (0.18                  (0.18        11.76   

2014

    11.86        0.37           (0.19        0.18          (0.36        (0.05        (0.41        11.63   

2013

    11.87        0.35           0.04           0.39          (0.38        (0.02        (0.40        11.86   

2012

    10.82        0.39           1.05           1.44          (0.39                  (0.39        11.87   

2011(h)

    10.23        0.15           0.56           0.71            (0.12                  (0.12        10.82   

Class I (08/97)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(i)

    11.62        0.23           0.13           0.36          (0.23                  (0.23        11.75   

2014

    11.85        0.46           (0.20        0.26          (0.44        (0.05        (0.49        11.62   

2013

    11.86        0.45           0.03           0.48          (0.47        (0.02        (0.49        11.85   

2012

    10.82        0.49           1.02           1.51          (0.47                  (0.47        11.86   

2011(d)

    10.86        0.41           (0.08        0.33          (0.37                  (0.37        10.82   

Year Ended 6/30

                                

2010

    9.97        0.42           0.90           1.32          (0.43                  (0.43        10.86   

2009

    10.47        0.44           (0.44                   (0.44        (0.06        (0.50        9.97   

 

  68       Nuveen Investments


             Ratios/Supplemental Data  
                         Ratios to Average
Net Assets Before
Waiver/Reimbursement
         Ratios to Average
Net Assets After
Waiver/Reimbursement(c)
           
Total
Return(b)
            Ending
Net
Assets
(000)
         Expenses        Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
         Expenses        Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
       Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(e)
 
                             
                             
  3.00        $ 109,309          0.84 %*         3.73 %*        0.84 %*         3.73 %*         7
  2.19             110,265          0.86           3.88          0.86           3.88           15   
  4.01             132,705          0.84           3.57          0.84           3.57           7   
  14.03             100,185          0.90           4.06          0.86           4.11           17   
  2.94             85,183          1.00        3.77       0.85        3.94        25   
                             
  13.19             91.922          1.11           3.60          0.85           3.86           34   
  0.07               87,218            1.11           4.06            0.85           4.32           28   
                             
                             
  2.52             3,790          1.63        2.88       1.63        2.88        7   
  4.32               1,242            1.66        2.75         1.66        2.75        15   
                             
                             
  2.77             13,931          1.29        3.29       1.29        3.29        7   
  1.79             14,398          1.31           3.43          1.31           3.43           15   
  3.43             19,234          1.30           3.15          1.30           3.15           7   
  13.56             21,453          1.35           3.63          1.35           3.64           17   
  2.48             22,190          1.43        3.33       1.33        3.43        25   
                             
  12.58             26,772          1.51           3.19          1.35           3.35           34   
  (0.42            20,489            1.51           3.66            1.35           3.82           28   
                             
                             
  2.71             11,028          1.39        3.18       1.39        3.18        7   
  1.67             12,473          1.41           3.33          1.41           3.33           15   
  3.32             16,833          1.39           2.96          1.39           2.96           7   
  13.48             4,927          1.47           3.37          1.45           3.39           17   
  6.99               618            1.50        3.91         1.43        3.98        25   
                             
                             
  3.11             79,003          0.64        3.93       0.64        3.93        7   
  2.45             67,580          0.66           4.07          0.66           4.07           15   
  4.08             90,341          0.65           3.78          0.65           3.78           7   
  14.23             66,016          0.71           4.26          0.70           4.27           17   
  3.09             51,116          0.77        4.01       0.68        4.11        25   
                             
  13.37             52,639          0.86           3.84          0.70           4.00           34   
  0.23               42,093            0.86           4.31            0.70           4.47           28   

 

(a) Per share Net Investment Income (Loss) is calculated using the average daily shares method.  
(b) Total return is the combination of changes in NAV without any sales charge, reinvested dividend income at NAV and reinvested capital gains distributions at NAV, if any. Total returns are not annualized.  
(c) After fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement from the Adviser, where applicable.  
(d) For the eleven months ended May 31, 2011.  
(e) Portfolio Turnover Rate is calculated based on the lesser of long-term purchases or sales (as disclosed in Note 5 – Investment Transactions) divided by the average long-term market value during the period.  
(f) For the period February 10, 2014 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2014.  
(g) Formerly Class C Shares and renamed to Class C2 Shares on February 10, 2014.  
(h) For the period January 18, 2011 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2011.  
(i) For the six months ended November 30, 2014.  
* Annualized.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

Nuveen Investments     69   


Financial Highlights (Unaudited) (continued)

 

Nebraska

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period:

 

          Investment Operations         Less Distributions           
Class (Commencement Date)   Beginning
NAV
    Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
       Net
Realized/
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
       Total          From
Net
Investment
Income
       From
Accumulated
Net Realized
Gains
       Return
of
Capital
       Total        Ending
NAV
 

Class A (02/01)

                                     

Year Ended 5/31

                                     

2015(i)

  $ 10.68      $ 0.17         $ 0.16         $ 0.33        $ (0.16      $   —         $         $ (0.16      $ 10.85   

2014

    10.87        0.34           (0.19        0.15          (0.34                            (0.34        10.68   

2013

    11.01        0.36           (0.13        0.23          (0.36                  (0.01        (0.37        10.87   

2012

    10.28        0.41           0.75           1.16          (0.43                            (0.43        11.01   

2011(d)

    10.34        0.39           (0.06        0.33          (0.39                            (0.39        10.28   

Year Ended 6/30

                                     

2010

    9.84        0.41           0.49           0.90          (0.40                            (0.40        10.34   

2009

    10.06        0.43           (0.21        0.22            (0.44                            (0.44        9.84   

Class C (02/14)

                                     

Year Ended 5/31

                                     

2015(i)

    10.65        0.12           0.17           0.29          (0.12                            (0.12        10.82   

2014(f)

    10.38        0.03           0.32           0.35            (0.08                            (0.08        10.65   

Class C1 (02/01)

                                     

Year Ended 5/31

                                     

2015(i)

    10.59        0.14           0.17           0.31          (0.13                            (0.13        10.77   

2014

    10.78        0.29           (0.19        0.10          (0.29                            (0.29        10.59   

2013

    10.92        0.32           (0.14        0.18          (0.31                  (0.01        (0.32        10.78   

2012

    10.19        0.38           0.73           1.11          (0.38                            (0.38        10.92   

2011(d)

    10.26        0.34           (0.06        0.28          (0.35                            (0.35        10.19   

Year Ended 6/30

                                     

2010

    9.76        0.38           0.48           0.86          (0.36                            (0.36        10.26   

2009

    9.99        0.39           (0.22        0.17            (0.40                            (0.40        9.76   

Class C2 (01/11)(g)

                                     

Year Ended 5/31

                                     

2015(i)

    10.68        0.14           0.16           0.30          (0.13                            (0.13        10.85   

2014

    10.88        0.28           (0.20        0.08          (0.28                            (0.28        10.68   

2013

    11.02        0.30           (0.13        0.17          (0.30                  (0.01        (0.31        10.88   

2012

    10.28        0.34           0.77           1.11          (0.37                            (0.37        11.02   

2011(h)

    9.86        0.14           0.42           0.56            (0.14                            (0.14        10.28   

Class I (02/01)

                                     

Year Ended 5/31

                                     

2015(i)

    10.68        0.18           0.16           0.34          (0.17                            (0.17        10.85   

2014

    10.88        0.36           (0.20        0.16          (0.36                            (0.36        10.68   

2013

    11.01        0.39           (0.13        0.26          (0.38                  (0.01        (0.39        10.88   

2012

    10.27        0.45           0.74           1.19          (0.45                            (0.45        11.01   

2011(d)

    10.34        0.41           (0.07        0.34          (0.41                            (0.41        10.27   

Year Ended 6/30

                                     

2010

    9.83        0.44           0.50           0.94          (0.43                            (0.43        10.34   

2009

    10.06        0.45           (0.22        0.23            (0.46                            (0.46        9.83   

 

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      Ratios/Supplemental Data  
                Ratios to Average
Net Assets Before
Waiver/Reimbursement
        Ratios to Average
Net Assets After
Waiver/Reimbursement(c)
          
Total
Return(b)
    Ending
Net
Assets
(000)
         Expenses        Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
         Expenses        Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
       Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(e)
 
                        
                        
  3.12   $ 23,018          0.92 %*         3.11 %*        0.89 %*         3.14 %*         14
  1.55        23,740          0.92           3.23          0.89           3.27           11   
  2.11        31,576          0.90           3.25          0.88           3.27           18   
  11.51        19,021          0.97           3.79          0.88           3.88           25   
  3.28        7,099          1.21        3.62       0.72        4.11        21   
                        
  9.26        6,333          1.46           3.30          0.75           4.01           18   
  2.33        5,847            1.50           3.66            0.75           4.41           34   
                        
                        
  2.72        529          1.71        2.27       1.69        2.30        14   
  3.36        172            1.72        1.96         1.69        1.98        11   
                        
                        
  2.98        2,955          1.37        2.67       1.34        2.70        14   
  1.03        3,013          1.37           2.78          1.34           2.81           11   
  1.63        3,897          1.36           2.85          1.33           2.87           18   
  11.08        4,132          1.43           3.49          1.33           3.59           25   
  2.80        4,201          1.64        3.19       1.14        3.69        21   
                        
  8.91        4,181          1.86           2.91          1.15           3.62           18   
  1.84        2,585            1.90           3.27            1.15           4.02           34   
                        
                        
  2.83        4,567          1.47        2.56       1.44        2.59        14   
  0.87        4,946          1.47           2.69          1.44           2.73           11   
  1.56        8,693          1.45           2.66          1.43           2.68           18   
  10.98        2,800          1.51           3.10          1.43           3.19           25   
  5.70        321            1.60        3.37         1.24        3.73        21   
                        
                        
  3.21        25,521          0.72        3.31       0.69        3.34        14   
  1.64        26,400          0.72           3.43          0.69           3.47           11   
  2.37        37,054          0.70           3.49          0.68           3.51           18   
  11.80        36,406          0.78           4.13          0.68           4.23           25   
  3.39        31,470          0.99        3.83       0.49        4.34        21   
                        
  9.65        31,757          1.21           3.55          0.50           4.26           18   
  2.48        30,689            1.25           3.92            0.50           4.67           34   

 

(a) Per share Net Investment Income (Loss) is calculated using the average daily shares method.  
(b) Total return is the combination of changes in NAV without any sales charge, reinvested dividend income at NAV and reinvested capital gains distributions at NAV, if any. Total returns are not annualized.  
(c) After fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement from the Adviser, where applicable.  
(d) For the eleven months ended May 31, 2011.  
(e) Portfolio Turnover Rate is calculated based on the lesser of long-term purchases or sales (as disclosed in Note 5 – Investment Transactions) divided by the average long-term market value during the period.  
(f) For the period February 10, 2014 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2014.  
(g) Formerly Class C Shares and renamed to Class C2 Shares on February 10, 2014.  
(h) For the period January 18, 2011 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2011.  
(i) For the six months ended November 30, 2014.  
* Annualized.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (Unaudited) (continued)

 

Oregon Intermediate

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period:

 

          Investment Operations         Less Distributions           
Class (Commencement Date)   Beginning
NAV
    Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
       Net
Realized/
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
       Total          From
Net
Investment
Income
       From
Accumulated
Net Realized
Gains
       Total        Ending
NAV
 

Class A (02/99)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(i)

  $ 10.35      $ 0.15         $ 0.03         $ 0.18        $ (0.14      $   —         $ (0.14      $ 10.39   

2014

    10.46        0.30           (0.12        0.18          (0.29                  (0.29        10.35   

2013

    10.60        0.30           (0.13        0.17          (0.31        **         (0.31        10.46   

2012

    10.17        0.33           0.44           0.77          (0.34        **         (0.34        10.60   

2011(d)

    10.11        0.29           0.05           0.34          (0.28                  (0.28        10.17   

Year Ended 6/30

                                

2010

    9.77        0.35           0.33           0.68          (0.34                  (0.34        10.11   

2009

    9.68        0.36           0.09           0.45            (0.36                  (0.36        9.77   

Class C (02/14)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(i)

    10.29        0.10           0.04           0.14          (0.10                  (0.10        10.33   

2014(g)

    10.16        0.04           0.15           0.19            (0.06                  (0.06        10.29   

Class C2 (01/11)(h)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(i)

    10.32        0.12           0.03           0.15          (0.11                  (0.11        10.36   

2014

    10.43        0.24           (0.12        0.12          (0.23                  (0.23        10.32   

2013

    10.56        0.24           (0.12        0.12          (0.25        **         (0.25        10.43   

2012

    10.15        0.27           0.43           0.70          (0.29        **         (0.29        10.56   

2011(e)

    9.78        0.09           0.40           0.49            (0.12                  (0.12        10.15   

Class I (08/97)

                                

Year Ended 5/31

                                

2015(i)

    10.35        0.16           0.03           0.19          (0.15                  (0.15        10.39   

2014

    10.47        0.32           (0.13        0.19          (0.31                  (0.31        10.35   

2013

    10.60        0.32           (0.12        0.20          (0.33        **         (0.33        10.47   

2012

    10.17        0.35           0.44           0.79          (0.36        **         (0.36        10.60   

2011(d)

    10.11        0.31           0.05           0.36          (0.30                  (0.30        10.17   

Year Ended 6/30

                                

2010

    9.77        0.35           0.35           0.70          (0.36                  (0.36        10.11   

2009

    9.68        0.37           0.10           0.47            (0.38                  (0.38        9.77   

 

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         Ratios/Supplemental Data  
                   Ratios to Average
Net Assets Before
Waiver/Reimbursement
        Ratios to Average
Net Assets After
Waiver/Reimbursement(c)
          
Total
Return(b)
       Ending
Net
Assets
(000)
         Expenses        Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
         Expenses        Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
       Portfolio
Turnover
Rate(f)
 
                           
                           
  1.79      $ 45,483          0.84 %*         2.84 %*        0.84 %*         2.84 %*         5
  1.79           45,231          0.85           2.94          0.85           2.94           4   
  1.61           57,578          0.83           2.81          0.83           2.81           9   
  7.71           42,819          0.85           3.18          0.85           3.18           9   
  3.46           31,399          0.97        3.04       0.82        3.18        12   
                           
  7.05           31,043          1.10           3.12          0.85           3.37           19   
  4.77           10,963            1.12           3.43            0.85           3.70           19   
                           
                           
  1.39           1,348          1.64        2.01       1.64        2.01        5   
  1.89           545            1.65        2.04         1.65        2.04        4   
                           
                           
  1.50           9,253          1.39        2.30       1.39        2.30        5   
  1.20           10,632          1.40           2.39          1.40           2.39           4   
  1.14           15,663          1.38           2.24          1.38           2.24           9   
  6.98           7,345          1.40           2.58          1.40           2.58           9   
  5.04           632            1.40        2.50         1.36        2.53        12   
                           
                           
  1.88           96,583          0.64        3.04       0.64        3.04        5   
  1.87           86,520          0.65           3.14          0.65           3.14           4   
  1.88           115,815          0.63           3.02          0.63           3.02           9   
  7.90           110,708          0.65           3.40          0.65           3.40           9   
  3.62           113,827          0.74        3.26       0.65        3.35        12   
                           
  7.21           133.,816          0.85           3.37          0.70           3.52           19   
  4.92           119,959            0.87           3.67            0.70           3.84           19   
(a) Per share Net Investment Income (Loss) is calculated using the average daily shares method.  
(b) Total return is the combination of changes in NAV without any sales charge, reinvested dividend income at NAV and reinvested capital gains distributions at NAV, if any. Total returns are not annualized.  
(c) After fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement from the Adviser, where applicable.  
(d) For the eleven months ended May 31, 2011.  
(e) For the period January 18, 2011 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2011.  
(f) Portfolio Turnover Rate is calculated based on the lesser of long-term purchases or sales (as disclosed in Note 5 – Investment Transactions) divided by the average long-term market value during the period.  
(g) For the period February 10, 2014 (commencement of operations) through May 31, 2014.  
(h) Formerly Class C Shares and renamed to Class C2 Shares on February 10, 2014.  
(i) For the six months ended November 30, 2014.  
* Annualized.  
** Round to less than $0.01 per share.  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

1. General Information and Significant Accounting Policies

General Information

Trust Information

Nuveen Investment Funds, Inc. (the “Trust”), is an open-end investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Trust is comprised of the Nuveen Minnesota Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund (“Minnesota Intermediate”), Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Bond Fund (“Minnesota”), Nuveen Nebraska Municipal Bond Fund (“Nebraska”) and Nuveen Oregon Intermediate Municipal Bond Fund (“Oregon Intermediate”), (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), as diversified funds, among others. The Trust was incorporated in the State of Maryland on August 20, 1987.

Investment Adviser

The Funds’ investment adviser is Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. (“Nuveen”). The Adviser is responsible for each Fund’s overall investment strategy and asset allocation decisions. The Adviser has entered into sub-advisory agreements with Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”), a subsidiary of the Adviser, under which the Sub-Adviser manages the investment portfolios of the Funds.

Purchase and Sale Agreement

On October 1, 2014, TIAA-CREF, a national financial services organization, completed its previously announced acquisition of Nuveen, the parent company of the Adviser. The transaction has not resulted in any change in the portfolio management of the Funds or in the Funds’ investment objectives or policies.

Because the consummation of the acquisition resulted in the “assignment” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) and automatic termination of the Funds’ investment management agreements and investment sub-advisory agreements, Fund shareholders were asked to approve new investment management agreements with the Adviser and new investment sub-advisory agreements with each Fund’s Sub-Adviser. These new agreements were approved by shareholders of each of the Funds, and went into effect on October 1, 2014. The terms of the new agreements, including the fees payable to each Fund’s Adviser and Sub-Adviser, are substantially identical to those of the investment management agreements and investment sub-advisory agreements in place immediately prior to the closing.

Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies

The investment objective of each Fund is to provide maximum current income that is exempt from both federal income tax and its respective state income tax to the extent consistent with prudent investment risk. Under normal market conditions, each Fund invests at least 80% of the sum of its net assets and the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes in municipal bonds that pay interest that is exempt from regular federal and its respective state personal income tax. These municipal bonds include obligations issued by each Fund’s respective state and its subdivisions, authorities, instrumentalities and corporations, as well as obligations issued by U.S. territories (such as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam) that pay interest that is exempt from regular federal and the Fund’s respective state personal income tax. Each Fund may invest without limit in securities that generate income subject to the alternative minimum tax. Each Fund normally may invest up to 20% of its net assets in taxable obligations. Each Fund invests mainly in securities that, at the time of purchase, are either rated investment grade or are unrated and determined to be of comparable quality by the Sub-Adviser. However, each Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in securities that, at the time of purchase, are rated lower than investment grade or are unrated and of comparable quality (securities commonly referred to as “high yield” securities or “junk bonds”). If the rating of a security is reduced or discontinued after purchase, the Funds are not required to sell the security, but may consider doing so.

Each Fund may invest in all types of municipal bonds, including general obligation bonds, revenue bonds and participation interests in municipal leases. Each Fund may invest in zero coupon bonds, which are issued at substantial discounts from their value at maturity and pay no cash income to their holders until they mature. Each Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in municipal securities whose interest payments vary inversely with changes in short-term tax-exempt interest rates (“inverse floaters”). Inverse floaters are derivative securities that provide leveraged exposure to underlying municipal bonds. Each Fund’s investments in inverse floaters are designed to increase the Funds’ income and returns through this leveraged exposure. These investments are speculative, however, and also create the possibility that income and returns will be diminished.

Minnesota Intermediate and Oregon Intermediate will each attempt to maintain the weighted average maturity of their portfolio securities at three to ten years under normal market conditions, while Minnesota and Nebraska will each attempt to maintain the weighted average maturity of their portfolio securities at ten to twenty-five years under normal market conditions.

 

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Each Fund may utilize futures contracts and options on futures contracts in an attempt to manage market risk, credit risk and yield curve risk, and to manage the effective maturity or duration of securities in the Fund’s portfolio. The Funds may not use such instruments to gain exposure to a security or type of security that they would be prohibited by their investment restrictions from purchasing directly.

The Funds’ most recent prospectus provides further descriptions of each Fund’s investment objective, principal investment strategies and principal risks.

Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 946 “Financial Services – Investment Companies.” The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).

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 November 30, 2014, the Funds’ outstanding when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments were as follows:

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermeditate
 
Outstanding when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments      $ 4,396,176         $ 3,649,097         $ 1,419,564         $ 673,635   

Investment Income

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, which reflects the amortization of premiums and includes accretion of discounts for financial reporting purposes, is recorded on an accrual basis. Interest income also reflects paydowns gains and losses, if any.

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. If a refund is received for workout expenditures paid in a prior reporting period, such amounts will be recognized as “Legal fee refund” on the Statement of Operations.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Dividends from net investment income are declared daily and distributed to shareholders monthly. Fund shares begin to accrue dividends on the business day after the day when the monies used to purchase Fund shares are collected by the transfer agent.

Net realized capital gains and/or market discount from investment transactions, if any, are declared and distributed to shareholders at least annually. Furthermore, capital gains are distributed only to the extent they exceed available capital loss carryforwards.

Distributions to 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.

Share Classes and Sales Charges

Class A Shares are generally sold with an up-front sales charge and incur a 0.20% annual 12b-1 service fee. Class A Share purchases of $1 million or more are sold at net asset value (“NAV”) without an up-front sales charge but may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) if redeemed within eighteen months of purchase. Class C Shares are sold without an up-front sales charge but incur a 0.75% annual 12b-1 distribution fee and a 0.20% annual 12b-1 service fee. Class C1 Shares of the Funds (except for Oregon Intermediate, which does not offer 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 were sold without an up-front sales charge, but incur a 0.40% annual 12b-1 distribution fee and a 0.25% annual 12b-1 service fee. The Funds will issue Class C2 Shares upon the exchange of Class C2 Shares from another Nuveen mutual fund or for the purpose of dividend reinvestment, but Class C2 Shares are not available for new accounts or for additional investment into existing accounts. Class C2 Shares incur a 0.55% annual 12b-1 distribution fee and a 0.20% annual 12b-1 service fee. Class C, Class C1 and Class C2 Shares are subject to a CDSC of 1% if redeemed within twelve months of purchase. Class I Shares are not subject to any sales charge or 12b-1 distribution or service fees.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)

 

Multiclass Operations and Allocations

Income and expenses of the Funds that are not directly attributable to a specific class of shares are prorated among the classes based on the relative settled shares of each class. Expenses directly attributable to a class of shares, which presently only include 12b-1 distribution and service fees, are recorded to the specific class.

Realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the Funds are prorated among the classes based on the relative net assets of each class.

Indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, the Trust has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

Netting Agreements

In the ordinary course of business, the Funds may have entered into transactions subject to enforceable International Swaps and Derivative Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) master agreements or other similar arrangements (“netting agreements”). Generally, the right to offset in netting agreements allows each Fund to offset certain securities and derivatives with a specific counterparty as well as any collateral received or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the agreements. Generally, each Fund manages its cash collateral and securities collateral on a counterparty basis.

The Funds’ investments subject to netting agreements as of the end of the reporting period, if any, are further described in Note 3 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives.

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 from operations during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

2. Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements

The fair valuation input levels as described below are for fair value measurement purposes.

Investment Valuation

Prices of fixed income securities are provided by a pricing service approved by the Funds’ Board of Directors (the “Board”). 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. These securities are generally classified as Level 2. 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.

Investments in investment companies are valued at their respective NAV on valuation date and are generally classified as Level 1.

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 Board or its appointee 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 NAV (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 such 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 Board or its appointee.

 

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Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received 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 unadjusted 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:

 

Minnesota Intermediate      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Long-Term Investments*:              

Municipal Bonds

     $       $ 267,849,426       $   —       $ 267,849,426   
Short-Term Investments:              

Money Market Funds

       4,970,532                         4,970,532   
Total      $ 4,970,532       $ 267,849,426       $       $ 272,819,958   
Minnesota                                  
Long-Term Investments*:              

Municipal Bonds

     $       $ 214,445,306       $       $ 214,445,306   
Short-Term Investments:              

Money Market Funds

       3,790,004                         3,790,004   
Total      $ 3,790,004       $ 214,445,306       $       $ 218,235,310   
Nebraska                                  
Long-Term Investments*:              

Municipal Bonds

     $       $ 53,129,686       $       $ 53,129,686   
Short-Term Investments:              

Money Market Funds

       4,283,590                         4,283,590   
Total      $ 4,283,590       $ 53,129,686       $       $ 57,413,276   
Oregon Intermediate                                  
Long-Term Investments*:              

Municipal Bonds

     $       $ 149,497,474       $       $ 149,497,474   
Short-Term Investments:              

Money Market Funds

       1,919,582                         1,919,582   
Total      $ 1,919,582       $ 149,497,474       $       $ 151,417,056   
* Refer to the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments for industry classifications.

The Board is responsible for the valuation process and has appointed 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, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Funds’ pricing policies and reporting to the Board. 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.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)

 

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, 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.

3. Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives

Portfolio Securities

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.

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.

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”).

An investment in an externally-deposited inverse floater is identified in the Portfolio of Investments as “(IF) – Inverse floating rate investment.” The Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities shows only the inverse floaters and not the underlying bonds as an asset, and does not reflect the short-term floating rate certificates as liabilities. Also, the Fund reflects in “Investment Income” only the net amount of earnings on its inverse floater investment (net of the interest paid to the holders of the short-term floating rate certificates and the expenses of the trust), and does not show the amount of that interest paid as an interest expense on the Statement of Operations.

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” on the Statement of Operations.

During the six months ended November 30, 2014, the Funds did not have any transactions in self-deposited inverse floaters and/or externally-deposited inverse floaters.

 

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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.

Investments in Derivatives

Each Fund is authorized to invest in certain derivative instruments. The Funds records 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 derivative instruments, and may do so in the future, they did not make any such investments during the six months ended November 30, 2014.

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.

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.

4. Fund Shares

Transactions in Fund shares were as follows:

 

       Six Months Ended
11/30/2014
       Year Ended
5/31/2014
 
Minnesota Intermediate     

Shares

      

Amount

      

Shares

      

Amount

 
Shares sold:                    

Class A

       1,269,539         $ 13,305,339           2,150,102         $ 22,158,961   

Class C

       276,607           2,880,539           102,694           1,058,079   

Class C1 – exchanges

       66           690           6,768           69,320   

Class C2

       3,565           37,014           225,667           2,300,130   

Class I

       2,068,975           21,552,367           2,781,911           28,430,444   
Shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions:                    

Class A

       95,166           999,789           175,051           1,799,955   

Class C

       2,867           29,971           420           4,356   

Class C1

       3,279           34,546           8,075           83,165   

Class C2

       9,379           98,142           21,128           216,168   

Class I

       37,044           387,231           50,223           513,108   
         3,766,487           39,325,628           5,522,039           56,633,686   
Shares redeemed:                    

Class A

       (1,256,561        (13,158,085        (2,008,275        (20,599,301

Class C

       (8,514        (88,750        (2,200        (22,776

Class C1

       (38,148        (400,900        (104,465        (1,073,549

Class C2

       (47,886        (500,385        (315,370        (3,209,497

Class I

       (858,799        (8,965,112        (6,267,033        (63,800,259
         (2,209,908        (23,113,232        (8,697,343        (88,705,382
Net increase (decrease)        1,556,579         $ 16,212,396           (3,175,304      $ (32,071,696

 

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       Six Months Ended
11/30/2014
       Year Ended
5/31/2014
 
Minnesota      Shares        Amount       

Shares

      

Amount

 
Shares sold:                    

Class A

       727,624         $ 8,525,165           1,288,452         $ 14,454,975   

Class C

       216,597           2,530,139           111,289           1,268,646   

Class C1 – exchanges

       1,007           11,737           2,443           27,242   

Class C2

       2,999           35,204           110,375           1,232,580   

Class I

       1,297,875           15,160,372           1,300,089           14,558,861   
Shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions:                    

Class A

       164,379           1,923,771           406,108           4,544,281   

Class C

       2,945           34,497           493           5,692   

Class C1

       17,962           209,322           46,772           521,014   

Class C2

       14,672           171,721           41,332           462,337   

Class I

       27,155           317,924           46,377           518,533   
         2,473,215           28,919,852           3,353,730           37,594,161   
Shares redeemed:                    

Class A

       (1,080,094        (12,618,998        (3,394,828        (37,833,422

Class C

       (3,860        (45,314        (4,959        (56,399

Class C1

       (72,979        (843,751        (433,604        (4,829,436

Class C2

       (152,724        (1,777,711        (498,561        (5,570,309

Class I

       (418,473        (4,885,967        (3,150,499        (35,069,994
         (1,728,130        (20,171,741        (7,482,451        (83,359,560
Net increase (decrease)        745,085         $ 8,748,111           (4,128,721      $ (45,765,399
       Six Months Ended
11/30/2014
       Year Ended
5/31/2014
 
Nebraska      Shares        Amount       

Shares

      

Amount

 
Shares sold:                    

Class A

       111,920         $ 1,201,888           173,830         $ 1,802,032   

Class C

       32,433           346,537           16,145           169,221   

Class C1 – exchanges

       53           562           116           1,179   

Class C2

       75           814           90,607           928,259   

Class I

       189,739           2,038,363           231,279           2,390,724   
Shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions:                    

Class A

       31,779           341,709           79,463           817,686   

Class C

       325           3,491           42           438   

Class C1

       3,262           34,810           7,937           81,069   

Class C2

       5,253           56,516           16,429           168,932   

Class I

       11,582           124,570           34,815           358,579   
         386,421           4,149,260           650,663           6,718,119   
Shares redeemed:                    

Class A

       (245,196        (2,627,847        (934,443        (9,537,832

Class C

       (60        (640        (19        (197

Class C1

       (13,316        (141,754        (84,953        (866,076

Class C2

       (47,539        (508,030        (443,051        (4,547,662

Class I

       (321,441        (3,428,501        (1,201,321        (12,369,856
         (627,552        (6,706,772        (2,663,787        (27,321,623
Net increase (decrease)        (241,131      $ (2,557,512        (2,013,124      $ (20,603,504

 

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       Six Months Ended
11/30/2014
       Year Ended
5/31/2014
 
Oregon Intermediate      Shares        Amount       

Shares

      

Amount

 
Shares sold:                    

Class A

       480,323         $ 4,974,709           937,271         $ 9,508,175   

Class C

       88,995           916,775           53,807           550,732   

Class C2

       130           1,347           203,948           2,057,461   

Class I

       1,448,420           15,028,168           964,857           9,814,640   
Shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions:                    

Class A

       57,331           594,522           125,282           1,272,776   

Class C

       822           8,478           110           1,125   

Class C2

       10,175           105,195           24,807           251,143   

Class I

       23,743           246,391           36,183           367,776   
         2,109,939           21,875,585           2,346,265           23,823,828   
Shares redeemed:                    

Class A

       (530,540        (5,478,078        (2,194,436        (22,221,275

Class C

       (12,216        (126,173        (988        (10,112

Class C2

       (147,641        (1,523,323        (700,401        (7,069,278

Class I

       (538,243        (5,580,001        (3,709,297        (37,585,153
         (1,228,640        (12,707,575        (6,605,122        (66,885,818
Net increase (decrease)        881,299         $ 9,168,010           (4,258,857      $ (43,061,990

5. Investment Transactions

Long-term purchases and sales (including maturities) during the six months ended November 30, 2014, were as follows:

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
     Minnesota      Nebraska      Oregon
Intermediate
 
Purchases      $ 29,021,572       $ 23,738,825       $ 7,378,729       $ 15,323,228   
Sales and maturities        10,260,572         13,457,146         10,341,590         7,167,038   

6. Income Tax Information

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, 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.

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 NAVs of the Funds.

As of November 30, 2014, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments, as determined on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermediate
 
Cost of investments      $ 255,738,598         $ 200,140,959         $ 53,662,311         $ 142,025,402   
Gross unrealized:                    

Appreciation

     $ 17,121,427         $ 18,149,336         $ 3,764,173         $ 9,429,893   

Depreciation

       (40,067        (54,985        (13,208        (38,239
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments      $ 17,081,360         $ 18,094,351         $ 3,750,965         $ 9,391,654   

 

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Permanent differences, primarily due to federal taxes paid, taxable market discount and distribution character reclassifications, resulted in reclassifications among the Funds’ components of net assets as of May 31, 2014, the Funds’ last tax year end, as follows:

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermediate
 
Capital paid-in      $         $         $         $ 2   
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income        5,865           (13,349        (31,032        (1,079
Accumulated net realized gain (loss)        (5,865        13,349           31,032           1,077   

The tax components of undistributed net tax-exempt income, net ordinary income and net long-term capital gains as of May 31, 2014, the Funds’ last tax year end, were as follows:

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermediate
 
Undistributed net tax-exempt income1      $ 949,363         $ 592,919         $         $ 358,985   
Undistributed net ordinary income2                            73,598           68,340   
Undistributed net long-term capital gains                                        
1  Undistributed net tax exempt income (on a tax basis) has not been reduced for the dividends declared during the period May 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014 and paid on June 2, 2014.
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’ last tax year ended May 31, 2014, was designated for purposes of the dividends paid deduction as follows:

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermediate
 
Distributions from net tax-exempt income      $ 8,190,118         $ 8,039,302         $ 2,096,287         $ 4,568,666   
Distributions from net ordinary income2        126,897           211,734           115,522             
Distributions from net long-term capital gains        320,180           688,918                       
2  Net ordinary income consists of taxable market discount income and net short-term capital gains, if any.

As of May 31, 2014, the Funds’ last tax year end, the 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 will be utilized first by a Fund.

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermediate
 
Expiration:                    

May 31, 2017

     $         $         $ 199,025         $   

May 31, 2018

                           36,230             
Not subject to expiration        560,283           5,152,998           1,977,541           1,351,021   
Total      $ 560,283         $ 5,152,998         $ 2,212,796         $ 1,351,021   

The Funds have elected to defer late-year loses in accordance with federal income tax rules. These losses are treated as having arisen on the first day of the current fiscal year. The Funds have elected to defer losses as follows:

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermediate
 
Post-October capital losses3      $ 129,826         $ 1,113,871         $ 76,672         $ 446,271   
Late-year ordinary losses4                                        
3  Capital losses incurred from November 1, 2013 through May 31, 2014, the Funds’ last tax year end.
4  Ordinary losses incurred from January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014, and specified losses incurred from November 1, 2013 through May 31, 2014.

7. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Each Fund’s management fee compensates the Adviser for the overall investment advisory and administrative services and general office facilities. The

Sub-Adviser is compensated for its services to the Funds from the management fees paid to the Adviser.

Each Fund’s management fee consists of two components – a fund-level fee, based only on the amount of assets within each individual Fund, and a complex-level fee, based on the aggregate amount of all eligible fund assets managed by the Adviser. This pricing structure enables each Fund’s 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.

 

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The annual fund-level fee for each Fund, payable monthly, is calculated according to the following schedule:

 

Average Daily Net Assets      Fund-Level Fee Rate  
For the first $125 million        0.3500
For the next $125 million        0.3375   
For the next $250 million        0.3250   
For the next $500 million        0.3125   
For the next $1 billion        0.3000   
For net assets over $2 billion        0.2750   

The annual complex-level fee for each Fund, payable monthly, is determined by taking the complex-level free rate, which is based on the aggregate

amount of “eligible assets” of all Nuveen funds as set forth in the schedule below, and making, as appropriate, an upward adjustment to that rate

based upon the percentage of the particular fund’s assets that are not “eligible assets”. The complex-level fee schedule for each Fund is as follows:

 

Complex-Level Asset Breakpoint Level*      Effective Rate at Breakpoint Level  
$55 billion        0.2000
$56 billion        0.1996   
$57 billion        0.1989   
$60 billion        0.1961   
$63 billion        0.1931   
$66 billion        0.1900   
$71 billion        0.1851   
$76 billion        0.1806   
$80 billion        0.1773   
$91 billion        0.1691   
$125 billion        0.1599   
$200 billion        0.1505   
$250 billion        0.1469   
$300 billion        0.1445   
* The complex-level fee is calculated based upon the aggregate daily “eligible assets” of all Nuveen funds. 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. Eligible assets include closed-end fund assets managed by the Adviser that are attributable to certain types of leverage. For these purposes, leverage includes the closed-end 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 eligible assets in certain circumstances. As of November 30, 2014, the complex-level fee rate for each of these Funds was as follows:

 

Fund      Complex-Level Fee Rate  

Minnesota Intermediate

       0.1913

Minnesota

       0.1876   

Nebraska

       0.1872   

Oregon Intermediate

       0.1960   

The Adviser has agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses of Nebraska through September 30, 2016 so that total annual Fund operating expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses), do not exceed 0.90%, 1.70%, 1.35%, 1.45% and 0.70% for Class A, Class C, Class C1, Class C2 and Class I Shares, respectively.

The Trust pays no compensation directly to those of its directors who are affiliated with the Adviser or to its officers, all of whom receive remuneration for their services to the Trust from the Adviser or its affiliates. The Board has adopted a deferred compensation plan for independent directors that enable directors 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.

During the six months ended November 30, 2014, Nuveen Securities, LLC, (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen, collected sales charges on purchases of Class A Shares, the majority of which were paid out as concessions to financial intermediaries as follows:

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermediate
 
Sales charges collected      $ 63,498         $ 83,828         $ 35,798         $ 14,513   
Paid to financial intermediaries        53,453           71,274           30,793           11,457   

The Distributor also received 12b-1 service fees on Class A Shares, substantially all of which were paid to compensate financial intermediaries for providing services to shareholders relating to their investments.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)

 

During the six months ended November 30, 2014, the Distributor compensated financial intermediaries directly with commission advances at the time of purchase as follows:

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermediate
 
Commission advances      $ 43,238         $ 26,219         $ 3,395         $ 9,196   

To compensate for commissions advanced to financial intermediaries, all 12b-1 service and distribution fees collected on Class C, Class C1 and Class C2 Shares during the first year following a purchase are retained by the Distributor. During the six months ended November 30, 2014, the Distributor retained such 12b-1 fees as follows:

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermediate
 
12b-1 fees retained      $ 16,477         $ 12,496         $ 3,387         $ 9,921   

The remaining 12b-1 fees charged to the Funds were paid to compensate financial intermediaries for providing services to shareholders relating to their investments.

The Distributor also collected and retained CDSC on share redemptions during the six months ended November 30, 2014, as follows:

 

        Minnesota
Intermediate
       Minnesota        Nebraska        Oregon
Intermediate
 
CDSC retained      $   —         $ 729         $   —         $ 393   

 

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Additional

Fund Information

 

 

Fund Manager

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

 

Sub-Adviser

Nuveen Asset Management, LLC

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

  

Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chicago, IL 60606

 

Custodian

State Street Bank & Trust
Company

Boston, MA 02111

  

Legal Counsel

Chapman and Cutler LLP

Chicago, IL 60603

  

Transfer Agent and
Shareholder Services

Boston Financial
Data Services, Inc.

Nuveen Investor Services

P.O. Box 8530

Boston, MA 02266-8530

(800) 257-8787

  

 

             
  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.  

 

        
 

FINRA BrokerCheck: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) provides information regarding the disciplinary history of FINRA member firms and associated investment professionals. This information as well as an investor brochure describing FINRA BrokerCheck is available to the public by calling the FINRA BrokerCheck Hotline number at (800) 289-9999 or by visiting www.FINRA.org.

 

 

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Glossary of Terms

Used in this Report

 

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 offer 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 or fund’s duration, the more the price of the bond or fund will change as interest rates change.

Effective Leverage (Effective Leverage Ratio): Effective leverage is investment exposure created either through borrowings or indirectly through inverse floaters, divided by the assets invested, including those assets that were purchased with the proceeds of the leverage, or referenced by the levered instrument.

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. 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: Leverage is created whenever a fund has investment exposure (both reward and/or risk) equivalent to more than 100% of the investment capital.

Lipper Minnesota Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average: Represents the average annualized total return for all reporting funds in the Lipper Minnesota Municipal Debt Funds Classification. Lipper returns account for the effects of management fees and assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not reflect any applicable sales charge.

Lipper Other States Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average: Represents the average annualized total return for all reporting funds in the Lipper Other States Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds Classification. Shareholders should note that the performance of the Lipper Other States Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average represents the overall average of returns for funds from multiple states with a wide variety of municipal market conditions, making direct comparisons less meaningful. Lipper returns account for the effects of management fees and assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not reflect any applicable sales charge.

Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average: Represents the average annualized total return for all reporting funds in the Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Classification. Shareholders should note that the performance of the Lipper Other States Municipal Debt Funds Classification Average represents the overall average of returns for funds from multiple states with a wide variety of municipal market conditions, making direct comparisons less meaningful. Lipper returns account for the effects of management fees and assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not reflect any applicable sales charge.

 

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Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share: A fund’s Net Assets is equal to its total assets (securities, cash and accrued earnings) less its total liabilities. For funds with multiple classes, Net Assets are determined separately for each share class. NAV per share is equal to the fund’s (or share class’) Net Assets divided by its number of shares outstanding.

Pre-Refundings: Pre-Refundings, also known as advance refundings or refinancings, occur when an issuer sells new bonds and uses the proceeds to fund principal and interest payments of older existing bonds. This process often results in lower borrowing costs for bond issuers.

S&P Municipal Bond Intermediate Index: Contains all bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond Index that mature between 3 and 14.999 years. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends 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.

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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LOGO

 

    

 

     

 

           
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 $229 billion as of September 30, 2014.

    

 

        

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/mf

 

                 
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MSA-FTFI-1114D        5390-INV-B01/16


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable to this filing.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable to this filing.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable to this filing.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to this registrant.

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.

Not applicable to this registrant.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to this registrant.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable to this registrant.

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 to this filing.

(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: See 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 to this registrant.

(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 registration specifically incorporates it by reference: See 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 Investment Funds, Inc.

 

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

Kevin J. McCarthy

Vice President and Secretary

 

Date: February 5, 2015

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: February 5, 2015

 

By   (Signature and Title)   /s/ Stephen D. Foy  
   

Stephen D. Foy

Vice President and Controller

(principal financial officer)

 

Date: February 5, 2015