ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC.

The undersigned officer of Nuveen Investment Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”), a Maryland corporation, hereby certifies that the following amendments to the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation have been advised by the Corporation’s Board of Directors and approved by the Corporation’s stockholders in the manner required by the Maryland General Corporation Law, such amendment to become effective October 13, 2017 at the Effective Time referred to below:

WHEREAS, the Corporation is registered as an open-end management investment company (i.e., a mutual fund) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and offers its shares to the public in several classes (i.e., series), each of which represents a separate and distinct portfolio of assets;

WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the best interests of the holders of the Class QQ shares of the Corporation (also known as “Nuveen Large Cap Growth Opportunities Fund”) that the assets belonging to such class be transferred to Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund, a series of Nuveen Investment Trust, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Trust”), in exchange for shares of beneficial interest in Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund, which are to be delivered to the Nuveen Large Cap Growth Opportunities Fund holders;

WHEREAS, Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund and Nuveen Large Cap Growth Opportunities Fund have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization providing for the foregoing transactions; and

WHEREAS, in order to bind all holders of shares of Nuveen Large Cap Growth Opportunities Fund to the foregoing transactions and as set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, and in particular to bind such holders to the exchange of their shares of Nuveen Large Cap Growth Opportunities Fund for shares of beneficial interest in Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund, it is necessary to adopt an amendment to the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that effective as of the Effective Time referred to below, the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation be, and the same hereby are, amended to add the following Article IV(JJ) immediately following Article IV(II) thereof:

Article IV(JJ). (a) For purposes of this Article IV(JJ), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Acquiring Fund” means Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund, a series of the Trust.

“Class A Acquiring Fund Shares” means the Acquiring Fund’s Class A shares of beneficial interest.

“Class C Acquiring Fund Shares” means the Acquiring Fund’s Class C shares of beneficial interest.

“Class R6 Acquiring Fund Shares” means the Acquiring Fund’s Class R6 shares of beneficial interest.

“Class I Acquiring Fund Shares” means the Acquiring Fund’s Class I shares of beneficial interest.

“Class A Target Fund Shares” means the Corporation’s Class QQ Common Shares.

“Class C Target Fund Shares” means the Corporation’s Class QQ, Series 3 Common Shares.

“Class R3 Target Fund Shares” means the Corporation’s Class QQ, Series 5 Common Shares.

“Class R6 Target Fund Shares” means the Corporation’s Class QQ, Series 6 Common Shares.

“Class I Target Fund Shares” means the Corporation’s Class QQ, Series 4 Common Shares.

“Closing” means the occurrence of the transactions set forth in (b) and (c) below on the Closing Date.

“Closing Date” means October 13, 2017.

“Corporation” means this corporation.

“Effective Time” means immediately after the Valuation Time on the Closing Date.

“Plan” means the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated June 15, 2017 on behalf of the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund.

“Target Fund” means the Corporation’s Nuveen Large Cap Growth Opportunities Fund, which is represented by the Corporation’s Class QQ shares.

“Trust” means Nuveen Investment Trust, a Massachusetts business trust.

“Valuation Time” means the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the Closing Date.

(b)    As of the Effective Time, the Target Fund will transfer all of its assets to the Acquiring Fund, including, without limitation, all cash, securities, commodities, interests in futures, dividends or interest receivables owned by the Target Fund and any deferred or prepaid expenses shown as an asset on the books of the Target Fund as of the Closing.

(c)    As of the Effective Time, the Acquiring Fund will: (i) deliver to the Target Fund the number of full and fractional Class A, Class C, Class R6 and Class I Acquiring Fund Shares, computed in the manner set forth in (d) below; and (ii) assume all the liabilities of the Target Fund not discharged by the Target Fund, which assumed

liabilities shall include all of the Target Fund’s liabilities, debts, obligations, and duties of whatever kind or nature, whether absolute, accrued, contingent, or otherwise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, whether or not determinable at the Closing, and whether or not specifically referred to in the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization or herein.

(d)    The number of Class A Acquiring Fund Shares, Class C Acquiring Fund Shares, Class A Acquiring Fund Shares, Class R6 Acquiring Fund Shares and Class I Acquiring Fund Shares to be delivered to holders of Class A Target Fund Shares, Class C Target Fund Shares, Class R3 Target Fund Shares, Class R6 Target Fund Shares and Class I Target Fund Shares, respectively, shall be determined as follows:

(i)    Acquiring Fund Shares to be issued (including fractional shares, if any) in consideration for the Target Fund’s net assets as described in (b) and (c) above, shall be determined with respect to Class A, Class C, Class R3, Class R6 and Class I of the Target Fund Shares by dividing the value of the assets net of liabilities with respect to each such class of shares determined in accordance with (ii) below by the net asset value of an Acquiring Fund share of the corresponding class as of the Valuation Time determined in accordance with (iv) below.

(ii)    The value of the Target Fund’s assets and liabilities shall be computed as of the Valuation Time, using the valuation procedures of the Nuveen open-end funds adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the Board of Trustees of the Trust or such other valuation procedures as shall be mutually agreed upon by the parties.

(iii)    The net assets per share per class of Acquiring Fund Shares shall be the net asset value per share for such class using the valuation procedures set forth in (d)(ii) above.

(iv)    As of the Effective Time, the Target Fund will distribute the Acquiring Fund Shares received pursuant to (c) above to its shareholders of record, determined as of the time of such distribution (the “Target Fund Shareholders”), on a pro rata basis within that class. Class A Acquiring Fund Shares to Class A Target Fund Shareholders, Class C Acquiring Fund Shares to Class C Target Fund Shareholders, Class A Acquiring Fund Shares to Class R3 Target Fund Shareholders, Class R6 Acquiring Fund Shares to Class R6 Target Fund Shareholders and Class I Acquiring Fund Shares to Class I Target Fund Shareholders. Such distribution will be accomplished with respect to Class A, Class C, Class R3, Class R6 and Class I Target Fund Shares by the transfer of the Acquiring Fund Shares then credited to the account of the Target Fund on the books of the Acquiring Fund to open accounts on the share records of the Acquiring Fund in the names of Target Fund Shareholders of such class. The Acquiring Fund shall not issue certificates representing Acquiring Fund Shares in connection with such transfer. As of the Effective Time, all issued and outstanding shares of the Target Fund shall be cancelled on the books of the Target Fund and retired.

(e)    From and after the Effective Time, the Target Fund shares cancelled and retired pursuant to paragraph (d)(iii) above shall have the status of authorized and unissued common shares of the Corporation, without designation as to series.

The undersigned officer of the Corporation hereby acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, the foregoing Articles of Amendment to be the corporate act of the Corporation and further certifies that, to the best of his or her knowledge, information and belief, the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to the approval thereof are true in all material respects, under the penalties of perjury.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President or a Vice President and witnessed by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary on October 11, 2017.

NUVEEN INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC.
By:	/s/ Kathleen Prudhomme
	Kathleen Prudhomme
Its:	Vice President and Secretary

Witness:

/s/ Mark Czarniecki

Assistant Secretary