Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions as well as individual investors, today announced that the Board of Trustees of the Nuveen Minnesota Municipal Income Fund (NYSE: NMS) has approved an open-market share repurchase program for the fund. NMS is now part of Nuveen Investments’ closed-end fund complex-wide share repurchase program. Upon completion of required shareholder notifications, NMS may repurchase an aggregate of up to approximately 10 percent of its outstanding common shares in open-market transactions at the fund management’s discretion.

More information on NMS and other Nuveen closed-end funds is posted on Nuveen’s web site at www.nuveen.com/cef.

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