Company Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund

Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and total return. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a portfolio of variable rate preferred securities and other variable rate income-producing securities from companies such as banks, utilities, and insurance companies. The Fund invests up to 20% of Managed Assets in contingent capital securities or contingent convertible securities (CoCos) and up to 15% in companies located in emerging market countries but will only invest in United States dollar-denominated securities. More than 25% of Managed Assets will be invested in securities of companies in the financial services sector. The investment adviser of the Fund is Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC.