Minnesota Municipal Income Portfolio Inc. & First American Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. Announce Board Approval o...
April 30 2014 - 6:00PM
Business Wire
Minnesota Municipal Income Portfolio Inc. (NYSE MKT: MXA) and
First American Minnesota Municipal Income Fund II, Inc. (NYSE MKT:
MXN) (each a "Fund" and, collectively, the "Funds") today announced
that their Board of Directors has approved a proposal to merge the
Funds into a newly organized closed-end fund (the “Combined Fund”)
managed by Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC and sub-advised by Nuveen
Asset Management, LLC, both current sub-advisors of the Funds. The
proposal will be submitted to shareholders of each Fund for a vote
at a Special Meeting of Shareholders anticipated to be held during
the third quarter of 2014. The Board recommends that shareholders
of each Fund vote in favor of the merger for their Fund, which
would allow shareholders to maintain their investments in a fund
that would have a larger asset base.
If the mergers are approved, the Nuveen entities will become
advisor and sub-advisor to the Combined Fund with responsibility
for all investment management, fund administration and marketing
functions and the Combined Fund will move to the Nuveen Funds
closed-end funds platform. For a period of two years following the
closing of the mergers, Nuveen has agreed to waive fees so that
expenses of the Combined Fund, excluding leverage costs, will not
exceed the lower of the two Funds' expense ratios, excluding
leverage costs, in effect prior to the closing. The Combined Fund’s
principal investment strategies would not differ materially from
the Funds’ current principal strategies. The Combined Fund would be
managed by Doug White and Chris Drahn.
Completion of the proposed merger is subject to a number of
conditions and other factors, including approval by each Fund’s
shareholders. At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, shareholders
will consider the election of each Fund’s current Directors who
will serve until consummation of the merger (the current Directors
of Nuveen’s closed-end funds will serve as Directors of the
Combined Fund following consummation of the merger). Further
announcements regarding the Annual and Special Meetings of
Shareholders will be made in the upcoming months.
For more information about the Funds, visit
www.firstamericanfunds.com or call 800.677.3863.
Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc. serves as
investment advisor to the First American Closed-End Funds. A
subsidiary of U.S. Bank National Association, U.S. Bancorp Asset
Management focuses on providing investment management services to
institutional clients, including corporations, public entities and
nonprofits. It has combined assets under management of more than
$52 billion as of March 31, 2014. First American Closed-End Funds
are subadvised by Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC and Nuveen Asset
Management, LLC.
Investment products, including shares of closed-end funds, are
not obligations of, or guaranteed by, any bank, including U.S. Bank
or any U.S. Bancorp affiliate, nor are they insured by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, or any
other agency. An investment in such products involves investment
risk, including possible loss of principal.
Please remember, you could lose money with this investment.
Neither safety of principal nor stability of income is guaranteed.
Past performance does not guarantee future results.
U.S. Bank National Association is a separate entity and wholly
owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, the fifth-largest commercial bank
in the United States, and provides a comprehensive line of banking,
brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment
services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. Visit
U.S. Bancorp on the web at www.usbank.com.
U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, Inc.Investor Services,
800-677-3863
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