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 811-10345

Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Nuveen Investments
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Gifford R. Zimmerman
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: October 31

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2017

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

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Table of Contents

 

Chairman’s Letter to Shareholders 4
   
Portfolio Managers’ Comments 5
   
Fund Leverage 11
   
Common Share Information 13
   
Risk Considerations 15
   
Performance Overview and Holding Summaries 16
   
Shareholder Meeting Report 22
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 23
   
Portfolios of Investments 24
   
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 124
   
Statement of Operations 125
   
Statement of Changes in Net Assets 126
   
Statement of Cash Flows 127
   
Financial Highlights 128
   
Notes to Financial Statements 134
   
Additional Fund Information 153
   
Glossary of Terms Used in this Report 154
   
Reinvest Automatically, Easily and Conveniently 156
   
Annual Investment Management Agreement Approval Process 157
   
Board Members and Officers 164

 

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Chairman’s Letter to Shareholders

Dear Shareholders,

Asset prices have steadily climbed this year, propelled by a “Goldilocks” economic scenario that enabled markets to sidestep geopolitical tensions, natural disasters, terrorism events and political noise. The U.S. economy continued to run not too hot, not too cold, with steady growth and low levels of unemployment, inflation and interest rates. Corporate earnings have been healthy and recession risk appeared low. At the same time, growth across the rest of the world has improved as well, leading to upward revisions in global growth projections.

Yet, a global synchronized recovery also brings the prospect of higher inflation. Central banks have to manage the delicate balance between too-loose financial conditions, which risks economies overheating, and too-tight conditions, which could trigger recession. The nomination of Jerome Powell for Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) is largely expected to maintain the course set by Chair Janet Yellen after her term expires in February 2018, and the much anticipated tax overhaul, passed at the end of December, may likely boost economic growth but could complicate the Fed’s job of managing interest rates in the years ahead.

Meanwhile, politics will remain in the forefront. A budget showdown is expected in 2018, as Congress sets to debate the U.S. debt ceiling limit and spending related to the military, disaster relief, the Children’s Health Insurance Program and immigration policy. In addition, the ongoing “Brexit” negotiations and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks may impact key trade and political partnerships. Tensions with North Korea may continue to flare.

The magnitude of the market’s bullishness this year has been somewhat surprising, but gains may not be so easy in the coming years. Nobody can predict market shifts, and that is why Nuveen encourages you to talk to your financial advisor to ensure your investment portfolio is appropriately diversified for your objectives, time horizon and risk tolerance. 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,

William J. Schneider
Chairman of the Board
December 22, 2017

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments

Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund (NVG)
Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund (NZF)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (NMZ)

These Funds feature portfolio management by Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, an affiliate of Nuveen, LLC. Portfolio managers John V. Miller, CFA, Paul L. Brennan, CFA, and Scott R. Romans, PhD discuss U.S. economic and market conditions, key investment strategies and the twelve-month performance of these three national Funds. Paul has managed NVG since 2006, Scott assumed portfolio management responsibility for NZF in 2016 and John has managed NMZ since its inception in 2003.

On September 24, 2017, the Nuveen Fund Board approved that the Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (NMZ), under its updated investment policies, invest up to 75% of its portfolio in municipal securities rated BBB and below, up from 50%. No more than 10% percent of the Fund’s managed assets may be invested in municipal securities rated at or below B3/B-.

On March 14, 2017, the Nuveen Fund Board approved a change in the primary benchmark for NMZ from the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index to the S&P Municipal Yield Index. The primary benchmark was changed to better reflect the Fund’s mandate in conjunction with how the Fund is being managed.

What factors affected the U.S. economy and the national municipal market during the twelve-month reporting period ended October 31, 2017?

The U.S. economy continued to expand at a below-trend pace in the reporting period overall but did mark two consecutive quarters of above 3% growth in the second and third quarters of 2017. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported its “second” estimate of third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) at an annualized rate of 3.3%, an increase from 3.1% in the second quarter, alleviating concerns that Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria depressed the nation’s output. GDP is the value of goods and services produced by the nation’s economy less the value of the goods and services used up in production, adjusted for price changes. Despite some softening in shopping and dining out activity due to the hurricanes, consumer spending remained the main driver of demand in the economy. Business investment had been muted for most of the recovery but has accelerated in 2017, with the “hard” data now falling more in line with the highly optimistic business sentiment levels, or “soft” data, seen after President Trump won the election.

 
This material is not intended to be a recommendation or investment advice, does not constitute a solicitation to buy or sell securities, and is not provided in a fiduciary capacity. The information provided does not take into account the specific objectives or circumstances of any particular investor, or suggest any specific course of action. Investment decisions should be made based on an investor’s objectives and circumstances and in consultation with his or her advisors.

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.

The ratings disclosed are the lowest 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, while 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)

Elsewhere in the economy, the labor market continued to tighten, with unemployment staying below 5% over the course of the reporting period. As reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate fell to 4.1% in October 2017 from 4.8% in October 2016 and job gains averaged around 167,000 per month for the past twelve months. Higher energy prices, especially gasoline, helped drive a steady increase in inflation over this reporting period. The twelve-month change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 2.0% over the twelve-month reporting period ended October 31, 2017 on a seasonally adjusted basis, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The core CPI (which excludes food and energy) increased 1.8% during the same period, slightly below the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) unofficial longer term inflation objective of 2.0%. The housing market also continued to improve, with historically low mortgage rates and low inventory driving home prices higher. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, which covers all nine U.S. census divisions, recorded a 6.2% annual gain in September 2017 (most recent data available at the time this report was prepared). The 10-City and 20-City Composites reported year-over-year increases of 5.7% and 6.2%, respectively.

With the U.S. economy delivering a sustainable, albeit muted, growth rate, the Fed’s policy making committee raised its main benchmark interest rate in December 2016, March 2017 and June 2017. These moves were widely expected by the markets, as were the Fed’s decisions to leave rates unchanged at the July, September and October/November 2017 meetings. (There was no August meeting.) The Fed also announced it would begin reducing its balance sheet in October 2017 by allowing a small amount of maturing Treasury and mortgage securities to roll off without reinvestment. The market expects the pace to remain moderate and predictable, with minimal market disruption. The Fed also signaled its intention to raise its target interest rate one more time in 2017.

While the markets remained comfortable with the course of monetary policy during this reporting period, the political environment was frequently a source of uncertainty. Markets were initially highly optimistic about pricing in the new administration’s “pro-growth” fiscal agenda after Donald Trump won the election. However, several attempts at health care reform were unable to pass in Congress, which weakened the outlook for the remainder of President Trump’s agenda. The hurricanes caused enormous devastation in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, which will require federal aid. The debt ceiling vote, expected to be a protracted showdown in Congress, turned out to be a non-event after the Republican president and Congressional Democrats reached a compromise in early September (although the debate will resume when the current extension expires in December 2017). As the reporting period ended, legislators were refocusing their efforts on tax reform and President Trump nominated Jerome Powell to replace Fed Chair Janet Yellen when her term ends in February 2018. Although both events were initially considered market friendly, the specifics of a tax reform bill, its implications for the economic and corporate landscapes, and whether it passes remain to be seen and could pose challenges to the Fed’s ability to manage interest rates in the future (subsequent to the close of the reporting period, the tax bill was signed into law). Geopolitical risks also remained prominent throughout the reporting period, with the ongoing renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); the start of “Brexit” talks between the U.K. and European Union; closely watched elections in the Netherlands, France and Germany; and escalating tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.

After a sell-off in response to the U.S. presidential election in November 2016, the municipal bond market rallied for the remainder of the reporting period. Donald Trump’s unexpected win launched a wave of speculation that his legislative agenda would drive interest rates and inflation higher as well as introduce tax reforms that might be unfavorable to municipal bonds. A sharp rise in interest rates after the election fueled a reversal in municipal bond fund flow, with the largest outflows from the high yield municipal segment. Volatility intensified as mutual fund managers rushed to sell positions to help meet investor redemptions. At the same time, new issuance spiked in October 2016, further contributing to excess supply and exacerbating falling prices and credit spread widening.

Conditions began to stabilize after the municipal market bottomed on December 1, 2016. Although interest rates ended the reporting period slightly higher, municipal bond relative valuations had returned to their pre-election levels, as economic conditions remained steady, much of Trump’s agenda has yet to be passed and the initial tax reform proposals circulating in Congress did not modify the current municipal bond tax exemption. Fundamental credit conditions continued to be favorable overall, while the ongoing high-profile difficulties in Puerto Rico, Illinois and New Jersey were contained.

 

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The balance of municipal bond supply and demand remained advantageous for prices. In the reporting period overall, municipal bond issuance nationwide totaled $372.4 billion, a 15.5% drop from the issuance for the twelve-month reporting period ended October 31, 2016. The robust pace of issuance seen since the low volume depths of 2011 began to moderate in 2017 as interest rates have risen and are expected to move higher. Despite the increase, the overall level of interest rates still remained low, encouraging issuers to continue to actively refund their outstanding debt. In these transactions the issuers are issuing new bonds and taking the bond proceeds and redeeming (calling) old bonds. These refunding transactions have ranged from 40%-60% of total issuance over the past few years. Thus, the net issuance (all bonds issued less bonds redeemed) is actually much lower than the gross issuance. In fact, the total municipal bonds outstanding has actually declined in four of the past seven calendar years. So, while gross issuance volume has been strong the net has not, and this was an overall positive technical factor on municipal bond investment performance in recent years. However, the pace of refinancing has slowed somewhat in 2017.

Demand remained robust and continued to outstrip supply. Low global interest rates have continued to drive investors toward higher yielding assets, including U.S. municipal bonds. The Fed’s clearly stated intentions have met with market approval, which kept market volatility low, and fiscal policy expectations have moderated since the post-election frenzy, improving investor confidence. As a result, municipal bond fund inflows have steadily increased in 2017 so far.

What key strategies were used to manage these Funds during the twelve-month reporting period ended October 31, 2017?

While the first two months of the reporting period saw widening credit spreads along with rising yields and falling prices (as prices and yields move in opposite directions), the municipal market recovered over the following ten months. Interest rates moderated, credit spreads narrowed and liquidity improved, which helped the broad municipal market post a modest gain for the reporting period overall. During this time, we continued to take a bottom-up approach to discovering sectors that appeared undervalued as well as individual credits that we believed had the potential to perform well over the long term.

Our trading activity continued to focus on pursuing the Funds’ investment objectives. Generally speaking, throughout this reporting period, the Funds maintained their overall positioning strategies in terms of duration and yield curve positioning, credit quality exposures and sector allocations.

NVG and NZF were active buyers throughout the reporting period, adding bonds from both the new issue and secondary markets across a range of sectors and increasing exposure to bonds rated BBB and lower. Early in the reporting period, both Funds executed numerous trades to take advantage of the prevailing market conditions that provided attractive opportunities for tax loss swapping. This strategy involves selling bonds that were bought when interest rates were lower and using the proceeds to buy other bonds (typically at higher yield levels) to capitalize on the tax loss (which can be used to offset future taxable gains) and boost the Funds’ income distribution capabilities. The opportunity for tax loss swapping waned as the municipal market rallied and credit spreads tightened.

Purchases in NVG included several lower rated or non-rated tax-supported credits, including land-secured bonds (which are bonds secured by real estate values) issued in areas where household formation and/or commercial activity were accelerating, such as Florida, Colorado and Texas. NVG also bought bonds issued for the American Dream Meadowlands Project, a new mega-mall shopping and entertainment complex currently under construction in New Jersey, which we believed were undervalued by the marketplace and subsequently performed well during the reporting period. NVG’s exposure to both state and local general obligation (GO) bonds slightly increased over this reporting period, with additional purchases in Chicago Board of Education, Chicago and Illinois-related credits. We also bought lower rated and below investment grade charter school credits, tobacco securitization bonds and long-term care bonds for NVG. NZF added to positions across many of the same sectors as NVG, including credits issued for airports, hospitals, tollroads, land-secured, charter schools, tobacco securitization, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago and Illinois-related sectors. Later in the reporting period, NZF focused on buying higher grade bonds, including those issued for the water

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

sewer, GO and sales tax sectors. We consider these bonds to be short-term placeholders, which help keep the Fund fully invested, continue to earn coupon income in the meantime and can be sold easily if interest rates rise.

Outside of the one-for-one tax loss bond swaps, elevated call activity provided most of the proceeds for NVG’s and NZF’s buying activity. In addition, NVG sold some pre-refunded bonds and higher rated hospital bonds during the reporting period, while NZF trimmed some insured Puerto Rico GOs.

For NMZ, cash for new purchases was generated mainly from call activity in the portfolio, as well as some inflows from an equity shelf program (in which new shares of the Fund are offered on the secondary market) and the reinvestment of shareholder income distributions. We reinvested these proceeds across many of the longstanding investment themes in the portfolio, including the education sector and land-secured bonds. Two notable purchases in the second half of the reporting period were issues for the American Dream Meadowlands Project (which was also added to NVG) and Chicago Board of Education (and were also bought by NVG and NZF).

As of October 31, 2017, the Funds continued to use inverse floating rate securities. We employ inverse floaters for a variety of reasons, including duration management and income and total return enhancement. As part of our duration management strategies, NVG continued to invest in forward interest rates swaps to help reduce price volatility risk due to movements in U.S. interest rates relative to the Fund’s benchmark. The interest rate swaps had a positive impact on performance during this reporting period.

How did the Funds perform during the twelve-month reporting period ended October 31, 2017?

The tables in each Fund’s Performance Overview and Holding Summaries section of this report provide the Funds’ total returns for the one-year, five-year and ten-year periods ended October 31, 2017. Each Fund’s total returns at net asset value (NAV) are compared with the performance of a corresponding market index.

For the twelve months ended October 31, 2017, the total returns at NAV for all three of these Funds exceeded the return for the national S&P Municipal Bond Index. NVG and NZF outperformed the return for the secondary benchmark (composed of 60% S&P Municipal Bond Investment Grade Index and 40% S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index), and NMZ beat the return on the S&P Municipal Yield Index.

Credit ratings allocation was the main driver of NVG and NZF’s relative outperformance in this reporting period. Lower quality bonds led high quality bonds over the reporting period, which was especially beneficial to NVG’s overweight to credits rated BBB and lower and NZF’s overweight allocations to bonds rated BBB and lower and overweight to non-rated bonds. The two Funds were also underweight the highest grade bonds (AAA and AA rated), which was advantageous to relative performance.

Yield curve and duration positioning contributed positively to NVG’s and NZF’s relative returns but to a lesser extent than credit ratings positioning. Both Funds maintained longer durations than the benchmark indexes and heavier weightings in the longest duration segments (including meaningful exposure to zero coupon bonds in NVG and NZF), which were unfavorable earlier in the reporting period when the yield curve steepened and caused longer bonds to underperform shorter bonds. However, a reversal of those trends later in the reporting period was beneficial to the Funds’ duration positioning, which helped overcome the earlier underperformance.

Sector allocation was not a major factor influencing the performance of NVG and NZF in this reporting period. Generally, the Funds held a bias toward sectors that performed well, which were those with predominantly lower rated credits, and were underweight in higher quality segments of the market. Tobacco, industrial development revenue (IDR), health care and transportation were among the better-performing sectors, while pre-refunded bonds, water and sewer, and tax-backed sectors lagged. Additionally, the Funds’ exposures to Chicago and Illinois-related bonds were meaningful contributors in this reporting period, driven by the state’s budget approval and a meaningful improvement in the Chicago Public School’s (CPS) financial outlook. In addition, the use of regulatory leverage was an important factor affecting performance of the three Funds. Leverage is discussed in more detail later in the Fund Leverage section of this report.

 

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The performance of NMZ, which is primarily compared to the S&P Municipal Yield Index, was largely driven by individual credits that delivered strong gains in this reporting period. Like NVG and NZF, NMZ benefited strongly from its holdings in Chicago Board of Education credits and Chicago GOs. In July 2017, the State of Illinois passed education funding reform that helped alleviate the underfunding of CPS relative to other school districts in the state. A stabilizing picture for CPS, in turn, bodes well for the City of Chicago’s financial condition. These events helped Chicago Board of Education and Chicago GO bonds outperform the broad market during this reporting period. NMZ’s position in the American Dreams Meadowlands Project also contributed strongly to performance as the bonds appreciated in the reporting period. We bought the issue when it was out of favor due to investors’ concerns about the recent decline in shopping malls. However, we believe the project’s entertainment and amusement facilities, as well as the strength of the developers, the tenants that have pre-leased and the financing package, support an attractive long-term growth opportunity.

At the sector level, NMZ’s heavier weightings in the land-secured, health care and IDR sectors added to performance. An IDR credit issued for Cook County Recovery Zone for Navistar International Corporation was a standout performer for the Fund in this reporting period, as Navistar’s partnership with Volkswagen and a restructuring of its debt were well received by the market. Elsewhere, Puerto Rico bonds strongly underperformed in this reporting period, but the Fund did not hold any of the Commonwealth’s bonds, which was favorable to relative performance. However, a smaller weighting versus the benchmark index in tobacco securitization bonds detracted from performance. We remain comfortable with the Fund’s lower allocation to tobacco bonds because we consider the high yield benchmark’s weight to be too high for NMZ given our current assessment of the sector.

An Update Involving Puerto Rico

As noted in the Funds’ previous shareholder reports, we continue to monitor situations in the broader municipal market for any impact on the Funds’ holdings and performance: Puerto Rico’s ongoing debt restructuring is one such case. Puerto Rico began warning investors in 2014 the island’s debt burden might prove to be unsustainable and the Commonwealth pursued various strategies to deal with this burden.

In June 2016, President Obama signed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) into law. The legislation established an independent Financial Oversight and Management Board charged with restructuring Puerto Rico’s financial operations and encouraging economic development. In addition to creating an oversight board, PROMESA also provides a legal framework and court-supervised debt restructuring process that enables Puerto Rico to adjust its debt obligations. In March 2017, the oversight board certified a ten-year fiscal plan projecting revenues, expenditures and a primary fiscal surplus available for debt service over the plan’s horizon. The fiscal plan was considered quite detrimental to creditors, identifying available resources to pay only about 24% of debt service due over the ten-year term. In May 2017, the oversight board initiated a bankruptcy-like process for the general government, general obligation debt, the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation (COFINA), the Highways and Transportation Authority (HTA), and the Employee Retirement System. Officials have indicated more public corporations could follow. As of October 2017, Puerto Rico has defaulted on many of its debt obligations, including General Obligation bonds.

In mid-September 2017, Puerto Rico was severely impacted by two hurricanes within the span of just two weeks causing massive destruction. Rebuilding is expected to take months and some parts of Puerto Rico may need years to fully recover. Puerto Rico’s Oversight Board has said it will approve budgetary adjustments up to an amount of $1 billion to fund emergency relief efforts. Though it’s too early to accurately assess the long-term economic impact of the storms, recovering from the tragic damage caused by the hurricanes will likely prolong the restructuring process that was already underway under PROMESA.

In terms of Puerto Rico holdings, shareholders should note that, as of the end of this reporting period, NVG and NZF had limited exposure, which was either insured or investment grade, to Puerto Rico debt, 0.38% and 0.11%, respectively, and NMZ did not hold any Puerto Rico bonds. The Puerto Rico credits offered higher yields, added diversification and triple exemption (i.e., exemption from most federal, state and local taxes). Puerto Rico general obligation debt is currently in default and rated Caa3/D/D by Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, respectively, with negative outlooks.

 

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

Note About Investment Valuations

The municipal securities held by the Funds are valued by the Funds’ pricing service using a range of market-based inputs and assumptions. A different municipal pricing service might incorporate different assumptions and inputs into its valuation methodology, potentially resulting in different values for the same securities. Thus, the current net asset value of a Fund’s shares might be impacted, higher or lower, if the Fund were to use a different pricing service, or if its pricing service were to materially change its valuation methodology. On October 4, 2016, the Fund’s then-current municipal bond pricing service was acquired by the parent company of another pricing service, and the combination of the valuation methodologies used by the two organizations took place on October 16, 2017. The change of valuation methodologies due to that combination had little or no impact on the net asset value of each Fund’s shares.

 

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Fund Leverage

IMPACT OF THE FUNDS’ LEVERAGE STRATEGIES ON PERFORMANCE

One important factor impacting the returns of the Funds relative to their comparative benchmarks was the Funds’ use of leverage through their issuance of preferred shares and/or investments in inverse floating rate securities, which represent leveraged investments in underlying bonds. The Funds use leverage because our research has shown that, over time, leveraging provides opportunities for additional income, particularly in the recent market environment where short-term market rates are at or near historical lows, meaning that the short-term rates the Fund has been paying on its leveraging instruments have been much lower than the interest the Fund has been earning on its portfolio of long-term bonds that it has bought with the proceeds of that leverage. However, use of leverage also can expose the Fund to additional price volatility. When a Fund uses leverage, the Fund will experience a greater increase in its net asset value if the municipal bonds acquired through the use of leverage increase in value, but it will also experience a correspondingly larger decline in its net asset value if the bonds acquired through leverage decline in value, which will make the Fund’s net asset value more volatile, and its total return performance more variable over time. In addition, income in levered funds will typically decrease in comparison to unlevered funds when short-term interest rates increase and increase when short-term interest rates decrease. Leverage had a positive impact on the performance of these Funds over this reporting period.

As of October 31, 2017, the Funds’ percentages of leverage are as shown in the accompanying table.

 

  NVG NZF NMZ  
Effective Leverage* 37.20% 36.16% 37.42%  
Regulatory Leverage* 33.23% 34.74% 9.25%  

 

* Effective Leverage is a Fund’s effective economic leverage, and includes both regulatory leverage and the leverage effects of certain derivative and other investments in a Fund’s portfolio that increase the Fund’s investment exposure. Currently, the leverage effects of Tender Option Bond (TOB) inverse floater holdings are included in effective leverage values, in addition to any regulatory leverage. Regulatory leverage consists of preferred shares issued or borrowings of a Fund. Both of these are part of a Fund’s capital structure. A Fund, however, may from time to time borrow on a typically transient basis in connection with its day-to-day operations, primarily in connection with the need to settle portfolio trades. Such incidental borrowings are excluded from the calculation of a Fund’s effective leverage ratio. Regulatory leverage is subject to asset coverage limits set forth in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

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Fund Leverage (continued)

THE FUNDS’ REGULATORY LEVERAGE

As of October 31, 2017, the Funds have issued and outstanding preferred shares as shown in the accompanying table.

 

            Variable Rate        
      Variable Rate     Remarketed        
      Preferred *   Preferred **      
      Shares Issued     Shares Issued at        
      at Liquidation     at Liquidation        
      Preference     Preference     Total  
NVG   $ 599,400,000   $ 1,052,600,000   $ 1,652,000,000  
NZF   $ 486,000,000   $ 727,000,000   $ 1,213,000,000  
NMZ   $ 87,000,000   $   $ 87,000,000  

 

* Preferred shares of the Fund featuring a floating rate dividend based on a predetermined formula or spread to an index rate. Includes the following preferred shares iMTP, VMTP, MFP-VRM and VRDP in Special Rate Mode, where applicable. See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 4 – Fund Shares, Preferred Shares for further details.
   
** Preferred shares of the Fund featuring floating rate dividends set by a remarketing agent via a regular remarketing. Includes the following preferred shares VRDP not in special rate mode, MFP-VRRM and MFP-VRDM, where applicable. See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 4 – Fund Shares, Preferred Shares for further details.

Refer to Notes to Financial Statements, Note 4 – Fund Shares, Preferred Shares and Note 10 – Subsequent Events, Preferred Shares for further details on preferred shares and each Funds’ respective transactions.

 

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Common Share Information

COMMON SHARE DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

The following information regarding the Funds’ distributions is current as of October 31, 2017. Each Fund’s distribution levels may vary over time based on each Fund’s investment activity and portfolio investments value changes.

During the current reporting period, each Fund’s distributions to common shareholders were as shown in the accompanying table.

 

    Per Common Share Amounts  
Monthly Distributions (Ex-Dividend Date)     NVG     NZF     NMZ  
November 2016   $ 0.0760   $ 0.0760   $ 0.0695  
December     0.0725     0.0740     0.0675  
January     0.0725     0.0740     0.0675  
February     0.0725     0.0740     0.0675  
March     0.0725     0.0740     0.0675  
April     0.0725     0.0740     0.0675  
May     0.0725     0.0740     0.0675  
June     0.0725     0.0740     0.0675  
July     0.0725     0.0740     0.0675  
August     0.0725     0.0740     0.0675  
September     0.0725     0.0740     0.0650  
October 2017     0.0725     0.0740     0.0650  
Total Monthly Per Share Distributions   $ 0.8735   $ 0.8900   $ 0.8070  
Ordinary Income Distribution*   $ 0.0011   $ 0.0020   $ 0.0053  
Total Distributions from Net Investment Income   $ 0.8746   $ 0.8920   $ 0.8123  
Total Distributions from Long-Term Capital Gains*   $ 0.0292   $ 0.0018   $  
Total Distributions   $ 0.9038   $ 0.8938   $ 0.8123  
                     
Yields                    
Market Yield**     5.74 %   5.92 %   5.76 %
Taxable-Equivalent Yield**     7.97 %   8.22 %   8.00 %

 

* Distribution paid in December 2016.
   
** Market Yield is based on the Fund’s current annualized monthly dividend divided by the Fund’s current market price as of the end of the reporting period. 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. It is based on a federal income tax rate of 28.0%. When comparing a Fund to investments that generate qualified dividend income, the Taxable-Equivalent Yield would be lower.

Each Fund in this report 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 each Fund to maintain a more stable monthly dividend, the Fund may pay dividends at a rate that may be more or less than the amount of net income actually earned by the Fund during the period. If a 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 a 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 October 31, 2017, all the Funds had positive UNII balances for both tax and financial reporting purposes.

 

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Common Share Information (continued)

All monthly dividends paid by each Fund during the current reporting period were paid from net investment income. If a portion of the 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, shareholders would have received a notice to that effect. For financial reporting purposes, the composition and per share amounts of each Fund’s dividends for the reporting period are presented in this report’s Statement of Changes in Net Assets and Financial Highlights, respectively. For income tax purposes, distribution information for each Fund as of its most recent tax year end is presented in Note 6 — Income Tax Information within the Notes to Financial Statements of this report.

COMMON SHARE EQUITY SHELF PROGRAM

During the current reporting period, NMZ was authorized by the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue additional common shares through an equity shelf program (Shelf Offering). Under this program, NMZ, subject to market conditions, may raise additional capital from time to time in varying amounts and offering methods at a net price at or above the Fund’s NAV per common share. During the current fiscal period, the Fund was authorized to issue additional common shares under one or more shelf offerings. The total amount of common shares under these Shelf Offerings, are as shown in the accompanying table.

 

  NMZ  
Additional authorized common shares 21,200,000  

During the current reporting period, NMZ sold common shares through its Shelf Offering at a weighted average premium to its NAV per common share as shown in the accompanying table.

 

      NMZ  
Common shares sold through Shelf Offering     5,696,100  
Weighted average premium to NAV per common share sold     1.30 %

Refer to Notes to Financial Statements, Note 4 – Fund Shares, Common Shares Equity Shelf Programs and Offering Costs for further details of Shelf Offerings and the Fund’s transactions.

COMMON SHARE REPURCHASES

During August 2017, the Funds’ Board of Trustees reauthorized an open-market share repurchase program, allowing each Fund to repurchase an aggregate of up to approximately 10% of its outstanding shares.

As of October 31, 2017, and since the inception of the Funds’ repurchase programs, the Funds have cumulatively repurchased and retired their outstanding common shares as shown in the accompanying table.

 

  NVG NZF NMZ  
Common shares cumulatively repurchased and retired 202,500 47,500 0  
Common shares authorized for repurchase 20,255,000 14,215,000 6,235,000  

During the current reporting period, the Funds did not repurchase any of their outstanding common shares.

OTHER COMMON SHARE INFORMATION

As of October 31, 2017, and during the current reporting period, the Funds’ common share prices were trading at a premium/(discount) to their common share NAVs as shown in the accompanying table.

 

      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Common share NAV   $ 16.39   $ 16.03   $ 13.47  
Common share price   $ 15.17   $ 15.01   $ 13.53  
Premium/(Discount) to NAV     (7.44 )%   (6.36 )%   0.45 %
12-month average premium/(discount) to NAV     (6.60 )%   (6.04 )%   0.77 %

 

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Risk Considerations

Fund shares are not guaranteed or endorsed by any bank or other insured depository institution, and are not federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund (NVG)
Investing in closed-end funds involves risk; principal loss is possible. There is no guarantee the Fund’s investment objectives will be achieved. Closed-end fund shares may frequently trade at a discount or premium to their net asset value. Debt or fixed income securities such as those held by the Fund, are subject to market risk, credit risk, interest rate risk, derivatives risk, liquidity risk, and income risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall. Lower credit debt securities may be more likely to fail to make timely interest or principal payments. Leverage increases return volatility and magnifies the Fund’s potential return and its risks; there is no guarantee a fund’s leverage strategy will be successful. These and other risk considerations such as inverse floater risk and tax risk are described in more detail on the Fund’s web page at www.nuveen.com/NVG.

Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund (NZF)
Investing in closed-end funds involves risk; principal loss is possible. There is no guarantee the Fund’s investment objectives will be achieved. Closed-end fund shares may frequently trade at a discount or premium to their net asset value. Debt or fixed income securities such as those held by the Fund, are subject to market risk, credit risk, interest rate risk, derivatives risk, liquidity risk, and income risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall. Lower credit debt securities may be more likely to fail to make timely interest or principal payments. Leverage increases return volatility and magnifies the Fund’s potential return and its risks; there is no guarantee a fund’s leverage strategy will be successful. These and other risk considerations such as inverse floater risk and tax risk are described in more detail on the Fund’s web page at www.nuveen.com/NZF.

Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (NMZ)
Investing in closed-end funds involves risk; principal loss is possible. There is no guarantee the Fund’s investment objectives will be achieved. Closed-end fund shares may frequently trade at a discount or premium to their net asset value. Debt or fixed income securities such as those held by the Fund, are subject to market risk, credit risk, interest rate risk, derivatives risk, liquidity risk, and income risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall. Lower credit debt securities may be more likely to fail to make timely interest or principal payments. Leverage increases return volatility and magnifies the Fund’s potential return and its risks; there is no guarantee a fund’s leverage strategy will be successful. These and other risk considerations such as inverse floater risk and tax risk are described in more detail on the Fund’s web page at www.nuveen.com/NMZ.

 

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NVG  
  Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund
  Performance Overview and Holding Summaries as of October 31, 2017

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

Average Annual Total Returns as of October 31, 2017

 

  Average Annual
  1-Year 5-Year 10-Year  
NVG at Common Share NAV 4.25% 5.55% 6.47%  
NVG at Common Share Price 7.10% 5.18% 7.16%  
S&P Municipal Bond Index 1.80% 3.04% 4.43%  
NVG Custom Blended Fund Performance Benchmark 1.21% 3.29% 4.55%  

Past performance is not predictive of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the data shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders may have to pay on Fund distributions or upon the sale of Fund shares. Returns at NAV are net of Fund expenses, and assume reinvestment of distributions. Comparative index return information is provided for the Fund’s shares at NAV only. Indexes are not available for direct investment.

 

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

The ratings disclosed are the lowest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s Group, 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.

 

Fund Allocation  
(% of net assets)  
Long-Term Municipal Bonds 152.4%
Corporate Bonds 0.0%
Short-Term Municipal Bonds 0.8%
Other Assets Less Liabilities 2.2%
Net Assets Plus Floating Rate Obligations, VMTP Shares, net of deferred offering costs & VRDP Shares, net of deferred offering costs 155.4%
Floating Rate Obligations (5.8)%
VMTP Shares, net of deferred offering costs (7.2)%
VRDP Shares, net of deferred offering costs (42.4)%
Net Assets 100%

 

Portfolio Credit Quality  
(% of total investment exposure)  
AAA/U.S. Guaranteed 12.7%
AA 13.3%
A 26.9%
BBB 20.4%
BB or Lower 19.5%
N/R (not rated) 7.2%
Total 100%

 

Portfolio Composition  
(% of total investments)  
Health Care 19.4%
Tax Obligation/Limited 17.9%
Transportation 13.2%
U.S. Guaranteed 9.6%
Tax Obligation/General 9.2%
Education and Civic Organizations 8.6%
Consumer Staples 7.3%
Utilities 7.1%
Other 7.7%
Total 100%

 

States and Territories  
(% of total municipal bonds)  
Illinois 16.3%
California 11.4%
Texas 7.8%
Ohio 6.3%
Colorado 6.1%
New Jersey 4.6%
Florida 4.4%
Pennsylvania 4.0%
New York 3.1%
Indiana 2.6%
Georgia 2.5%
Wisconsin 2.4%
Iowa 2.1%
Michigan 1.9%
Arizona 1.9%
Kentucky 1.8%
South Carolina 1.8%
Other 19.0%
Total 100%

 

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NZF  
  Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund
  Performance Overview and Holding Summaries as of October 31, 2017

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

Average Annual Total Returns as of October 31, 2017

 

  Average Annual
  1-Year 5-Year 10-Year  
NZF at Common Share NAV 3.88% 5.31% 6.66%  
NZF at Common Share Price 7.61% 4.81% 7.27%  
S&P Municipal Bond Index 1.80% 3.04% 4.43%  
NZF Custom Blended Fund Performance Benchmark 1.21% 3.29% 4.55%  

Past performance is not predictive of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the data shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders may have to pay on Fund distributions or upon the sale of Fund shares. Returns at NAV are net of Fund expenses, and assume reinvestment of distributions. Comparative index return information is provided for the Fund’s shares at NAV only. Indexes are not available for direct investment.

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

The ratings disclosed are the lowest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s Group, 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.

 

Fund Allocation  
(% of net assets)  
Long-Term Municipal Bonds 153.0%
Corporate Bonds 0.0%
Investment Companies 0.2%
Short-Term Municipal Bonds 0.1%
Other Assets Less Liabilities 1.4%
Net Assets Plus Floating Rate Obligations, MFP Shares, net of deferred offering costs, VMTP Shares, net of deferred offering costs & VRDP Shares, net of deferred offering costs 154.7%
Floating Rate Obligations (1.7)%
MFP Shares, net of deferred  
offering costs (6.6)%
VMTP Shares, net of deferred  
offering costs (14.7)%
VRDP Shares, net of deferred  
offering costs (31.7)%
Net Assets 100%

 

Portfolio Credit Quality  
(% of total investment exposure)  
AAA/U.S. Guaranteed 10.6%
AA 13.4%
A 23.7%
BBB 23.3%
BB or Lower 20.7%
N/R (not rated) 8.2%
N/A (not applicable) 0.1%
Total 100%

 

Portfolio Composition  
(% of total investments)  
Tax Obligation/Limited 17.6%
Tax Obligation/General 14.8%
Transportation 14.4%
Health Care 13.3%
U.S. Guaranteed 9.6%
Consumer Staples 8.1%
Utilities 7.4%
Education and Civic Organizations 5.8%
Other 9.0%
Total 100%

 

States and Territories  
(% of total municipal bonds)  
Illinois 18.8%
California 12.8%
Texas 10.3%
New York 10.1%
Ohio 5.4%
Colorado 4.4%
Florida 3.3%
Pennsylvania 2.9%
Indiana 2.9%
New Jersey 2.8%
Massachusetts 2.1%
Arizona 2.0%
Michigan 1.8%
Nevada 1.7%
Other 18.7%
Total 100%

 

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NMZ  
  Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund
  Performance Overview and Holding Summaries as of October 31, 2017

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

Average Annual Total Returns as of October 31, 2017

 

  Average Annual
  1-Year 5-Year 10-Year  
NMZ at Common Share NAV 4.73% 6.87% 6.55%  
NMZ at Common Share Price 8.04% 5.86% 6.16%  
S&P Municipal Yield Index 1.77% 4.65% 4.99%  
S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index 0.14% 4.81% 5.03%  
S&P Municipal Bond Index 1.80% 3.04% 4.43%  

Past performance is not predictive of future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the data shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders may have to pay on Fund distributions or upon the sale of Fund shares. Returns at NAV are net of Fund expenses, and assume reinvestment of distributions. Comparative index return information is provided for the Fund’s shares at NAV only. Indexes are not available for direct investment.

 

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

The ratings disclosed are the lowest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s Group, 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.

 

Fund Allocation  
(% of net assets)  
Long-Term Municipal Bonds 134.2%
Common Stocks 1.2%
Corporate Bonds 1.2%
Short-Term Municipal Bonds 0.5%
Other Assets Less Liabilities 4.5%
Net Assets Plus Floating Rate Obligations & VMTP Shares, net of deferred offering costs 141.6%
Floating Rate Obligations (31.4)%
VMTP Shares, net of deferred offering costs (10.2)%
Net Assets 100%

 

Portfolio Credit Quality  
(% of total investment exposure)  
AAA/U.S. Guaranteed 10.1%
AA 16.4%
A 12.6%
BBB 17.1%
BB or Lower 17.7%
N/R (not rated) 25.3%
N/A (not applicable) 0.8%
Total 100%

 

Portfolio Composition  
(% of total investments)  
Tax Obligation/Limited 23.4%
Health Care 19.3%
Education and Civic Organizations 12.9%
Tax Obligation/General 8.0%
U.S. Guaranteed 6.6%
Consumer Staples 6.3%
Industrials 5.4%
Transportation 4.9%
Other 13.2%
Total 100%

 

States and Territories  
(% of total municipal bonds)  
California 14.7%
Illinois 12.3%
Florida 10.4%
New York 8.8%
Colorado 5.9%
Kentucky 4.9%
Texas 4.5%
Ohio 4.3%
New Jersey 3.9%
Wisconsin 3.0%
Tennessee 2.9%
Arizona 2.4%
Washington 1.8%
Indiana 1.7%
Other 18.5%
Total 100%

 

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Shareholder Meeting Report

The annual meeting of shareholders was held in the offices of Nuveen on August 2, 2017 for NVG, NZF and NMZ; at this meeting the shareholders were asked to elect Board Members.

 

                                       
      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
      Common and           Common and           Common and        
      Preferred     Preferred     Preferred     Preferred     Preferred        
      shares voting     shares voting     shares voting     shares voting     shares voting        
      together     together     together     together     together     Preferred  
      as a class     as a class     as a class     as a class     as a class     Shares  
Approval of the Board Members was reached as follows:                          
David J. Kundert                                      
For     171,093,931         121,946,546         52,539,222      
Withhold     6,036,833         3,291,455         2,148,256      
Total     177,130,764         125,238,001         54,687,478      
John K. Nelson                                      
For     172,158,592         122,840,778         52,734,157      
Withhold     4,972,172         2,397,223         1,953,321      
Total     177,130,764         125,238,001         54,687,478      
Terence J. Toth                                      
For     172,145,943         122,783,497         52,668,724      
Withhold     4,984,821         2,454,504         2,018,754      
Total     177,130,764         125,238,001         54,687,478      
Robert L. Young                                      
For     172,148,564         122,843,677         52,776,571      
Withhold     4,982,200         2,394,324         1,910,907      
Total     177,130,764         125,238,001         54,687,478      
William C. Hunter                                      
For         16,520         11,903         870  
Withhold                          
Total         16,520         11,903         870  
William J. Schneider                                      
For         16,520         11,903         870  
Withhold                          
Total         16,520         11,903         870  

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of
Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund
Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund, Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund, and Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (the “Funds”) as of October 31, 2017, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, the statements of cash flows for the year then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the four-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. The financial highlights for the year ended October 31, 2013 were audited by other auditors whose reports dated December 27, 2013 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of October 31, 2017, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, their cash flows for the year then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the four-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

/s/ KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
December 27, 2017

 

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NVG    
  Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund  
  Portfolio of Investments October 31, 2017

 

 

  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS – 152.4% (99.5% of Total Investments)            
      MUNICIPAL BONDS – 152.4% (99.5% of Total Investments)            
      Alabama – 1.7% (1.1% of Total Investments)            
$ 3,645   Alabama Private Colleges and University Facilities Authority, Limited Obligation Bonds, University of Mobile Project, Series 2015A, 6.000%, 9/01/45 9/25 at 100.00   N/R $ 3,690,016  
  30,355   Lower Alabama Gas District, Alabama, Gas Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 9/01/46 No Opt. Call   A3   38,192,661  
  8,100   Mobile Spring Hill College Educational Building Authority, Alabama, Revenue Bonds, Spring Hill College Project, Series 2015, 5.875%, 4/15/45 4/25 at 100.00   N/R   8,179,056  
      Opelika Utilities Board, Alabama, Utility Revenue Bonds, Series 2011B:            
  1,250   4.000%, 6/01/29 – AGM Insured 6/21 at 100.00   Aa3   1,307,700  
  1,000   4.250%, 6/01/31 – AGM Insured 6/21 at 100.00   Aa3   1,048,710  
      The Improvement District of the City of Mobile – McGowin Park Project, Alabama, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A:            
  1,000   5.250%, 8/01/30 8/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,032,480  
  1,300   5.500%, 8/01/35 8/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,336,764  
  46,650   Total Alabama         54,787,387  
      Alaska – 0.6% (0.4% of Total Investments)            
      Northern Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Alaska, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2006A:            
  7,010   5.000%, 6/01/32 12/17 at 100.00   B3   6,867,627  
  13,965   5.000%, 6/01/46 12/17 at 100.00   B3   13,386,849  
  20,975   Total Alaska         20,254,476  
      Arizona – 2.9% (1.9% of Total Investments)            
  4,230   Apache County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, Tucson Electric Power Company, Series 20102A, 4.500%, 3/01/30 3/22 at 100.00   A–   4,618,695  
  1,475   Arizona Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, Basis Schools, Inc. Projects, Series 2017D, 5.000%, 7/01/47 7/27 at 100.00   BB   1,524,014  
  10,000   Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority, Tax Revenue Bonds, Multipurpose Stadium Facility Project, Refunding Senior Series 2012A, 5.000%, 7/01/31 7/22 at 100.00   A   10,859,500  
  3,000   Arizona State, Certificates of Participation, Department of Administration Series 2010B, 5.000%, 10/01/29 – AGC Insured 4/20 at 100.00   Aa3   3,244,260  
      Arizona State, Certificates of Participation, Series 2010A:            
  1,200   5.250%, 10/01/28 – AGM Insured 10/19 at 100.00   Aa3   1,290,012  
  1,500   5.000%, 10/01/29 – AGM Insured 10/19 at 100.00   Aa3   1,603,665  
  7,070   Arizona State, State Lottery Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 7/01/29 – AGC Insured 1/20 at 100.00   A1   7,623,086  
  3,390   Cahava Springs Revitalization District, Cave Creek, Arizona, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2017A, 7.000%, 7/01/41 7/27 at 100.00   N/R   3,463,495  
  7,780   Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Arizona, Airport Revenue Bonds, Junior Lien Series 2010A, 5.000%, 7/01/40 7/20 at 100.00   A+   8,466,974  
  2,350   Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Arizona, Airport Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2008A, 5.000%, 7/01/33 7/18 at 100.00   AA–   2,410,113  
      Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Arizona, Revenue Bonds, Civic Plaza Expansion Project, Series 2005B:            
  6,000   5.500%, 7/01/37 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   AA   7,806,000  
  8,755   5.500%, 7/01/39 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   AA   11,477,280  
      Phoenix Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, Basis Schools, Inc. Projects, Series 2016A:            
  620   5.000%, 7/01/35 7/25 at 100.00   BB   648,458  
  1,025   5.000%, 7/01/46 7/25 at 100.00   BB   1,058,517  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Arizona (continued)            
$ 2,065   Phoenix Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Deer Valley Veterans Assisted Living Project, Series 2016A, 5.125%, 7/01/36 7/24 at 101.00   N/R $ 2,075,841  
      Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Edkey Charter Schools Project, Series 2013:            
  490   6.000%, 7/01/33 7/20 at 102.00   BB   430,646  
  610   6.000%, 7/01/43 7/20 at 102.00   BB   522,087  
  350   6.000%, 7/01/48 7/20 at 102.00   BB   294,553  
  1,425   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, Edkey Charter Schools Project, Series 2014A, 7.375%, 7/01/49 7/20 at 102.00   BB   1,292,489  
      Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, Edkey Charter Schools Project, Series 2016:            
  1,130   5.250%, 7/01/36 7/26 at 100.00   BB   985,044  
  1,850   5.375%, 7/01/46 7/26 at 100.00   BB   1,549,504  
  2,135   5.500%, 7/01/51 7/26 at 100.00   BB   1,769,595  
  885   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, San Tan Montessori School Project, Series 2016, 6.500%, 2/01/48 2/24 at 100.00   N/R   880,248  
  105   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Revenue Bonds, Noah Webster Schools ? Pima Project, Series 2014A, 7.250%, 7/01/39 7/20 at 102.00   BB   98,163  
  1,000   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Revenue Bonds, Tucson Electric Power Company, Series 2010A, 5.250%, 10/01/40 10/20 at 100.00   A–   1,084,720  
      Salt Verde Financial Corporation, Arizona, Senior Gas Revenue Bonds, Citigroup Energy Inc. Prepay Contract Obligations, Series 2007:            
  7,930   5.000%, 12/01/32 No Opt. Call   BBB+   9,616,235  
  5,135   5.000%, 12/01/37 No Opt. Call   BBB+   6,281,081  
  800   The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa, Arizona, Education Revenue Bonds, Reid Traditional School Projects, Series 2016, 5.000%, 7/01/47 7/26 at 100.00   Baa3   843,727  
  2,000   Yavapai County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Yavapai Regional Medical Center, Series 2013A, 5.250%, 8/01/33 8/23 at 100.00   Baa1   2,195,960  
  86,305   Total Arizona         96,013,962  
      Arkansas – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
      Arkansas Development Finance Authority, Tobacco Settlement Revenue Bonds, Arkansas Cancer Research Center Project, Series 2006:            
  2,500   0.000%, 7/01/36 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   Aa2   1,249,000  
  20,460   0.000%, 7/01/46 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   Aa2   6,229,252  
  22,960   Total Arkansas         7,478,252  
      California – 17.5% (11.4% of Total Investments)            
  45   Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Subordinate Lien Series 2004A, 0.000%, 10/01/20 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   Baa2   41,761  
  2,120   Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Subordinate Lien Series 2004A, 0.000%, 10/01/20 – AMBAC Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   Aaa   2,044,401  
  6,135   Alhambra Unified School District, Los Angeles County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Appreciation Series 2009B, 0.000%, 8/01/30 – AGC Insured No Opt. Call   AA   4,191,984  
  12,550   Anaheim Public Financing Authority, California, Lease Revenue Bonds, Public Improvement Project, Series 1997C, 0.000%, 9/01/35 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A2   6,447,939  
  4,100   Antelope Valley Healthcare District, California, Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 3/01/41 3/26 at 100.00   Ba3   4,130,299  
  5,000   Bay Area Toll Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, San Francisco Bay Area Toll Bridge, Series 2013S-4, 5.000%, 4/01/38 (Pre-refunded 4/01/23) 4/23 at 100.00   A1 (4)   5,929,550  
      California County Tobacco Securitization Agency, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Los Angeles County Securitization Corporation, Series 2006A:            
  3,275   5.450%, 6/01/28 12/18 at 100.00   B2   3,336,799  
  2,975   5.650%, 6/01/41 12/18 at 100.00   B2   3,002,132  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      California (continued)            
$ 10,040   California Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Stanford University, Series 2007, 5.000%, 3/15/39 (UB) (5) No Opt. Call   AAA $ 13,115,654  
  25,085   California Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Stanford University, Series 2014U-6, 5.000%, 5/01/45 (UB) (5) No Opt. Call   AAA   33,579,534  
  13,465   California Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Stanford University, Series 2016U-7, 5.000%, 6/01/46 (UB) (5) No Opt. Call   AAA   18,104,904  
  10,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 8/15/51 8/22 at 100.00   A+   11,047,500  
  1,600   California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint Joseph Health System, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 7/01/37 7/23 at 100.00   AA–   1,816,304  
  6,665   California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 8/15/54 (UB) (5) 8/25 at 100.00   AA–   7,486,528  
      California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0049:            
  1,650   8.403%, 8/15/51 (IF) (5) 8/22 at 100.00   AA–   2,105,219  
  4,075   8.403%, 8/15/51 (IF) (5) 8/22 at 100.00   AA–   5,199,252  
  1,555   8.397%, 8/15/51 (IF) (5) 8/22 at 100.00   AA–   1,983,636  
  5,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sutter Health, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 8/15/52 8/23 at 100.00   AA–   5,624,700  
      California Municipal Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Palmdale Aerospace Academy Project, Series 2016A:            
  3,065   5.000%, 7/01/31 7/26 at 100.00   BB   3,290,186  
  1,000   5.000%, 7/01/36 7/26 at 100.00   BB   1,056,690  
  555   5.000%, 7/01/41 7/26 at 100.00   BB   573,487  
  195   5.000%, 7/01/46 7/26 at 100.00   BB   200,651  
      California Municipal Finance Authority, Education Revenue Bonds, American Heritage Foundation Project, Series 2016A:            
  260   5.000%, 6/01/36 6/26 at 100.00   BBB–   288,278  
  435   5.000%, 6/01/46 6/26 at 100.00   BBB–   476,573  
  2,335   California Municipal Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Eisenhower Medical Center, Series 2010A, 5.750%, 7/01/40 (Pre-refunded 7/01/20) 7/20 at 100.00   Baa2 (4)   2,613,986  
  4,500   California Pollution Control Financing Authority, Water Furnishing Revenue Bonds, San Diego County Water Authority Desalination Project Pipeline, Series 2012, 5.000%, 11/21/45 1/18 at 100.00   Baa3   4,524,165  
  2,050   California Public Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Series 2017, 5.000%, 10/15/47 10/26 at 100.00   BBB–   2,254,774  
  735   California School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Downtown College Prep – Obligated Group, Series 2016, 5.000%, 6/01/46 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   758,255  
  715   California School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Rocketship Education – Obligated Group, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 6/01/36 6/25 at 100.00   N/R   730,809  
  895   California School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Rocketship Education ? Obligated Group, Series 2017A, 5.125%, 6/01/47 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   907,700  
  80   California State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2002, 5.000%, 10/01/32 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   AA–   80,276  
  5   California State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004, 5.000%, 4/01/31 – AMBAC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   AA–   5,017  
      California State, General Obligation Bonds, Various Purpose Series 2010:            
  3,500   5.250%, 3/01/30 3/20 at 100.00   AA–   3,823,050  
  10,000   5.500%, 11/01/35 11/20 at 100.00   AA–   11,255,900  
  12,710   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Series 2014A, 5.500%, 12/01/54 12/24 at 100.00   BB   13,990,278  
  62,605   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Series 2016A, 5.250%, 12/01/56 6/26 at 100.00   BB   68,191,870  
  4,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Refunding Series 2014B, 4.000%, 7/01/39 7/24 at 100.00   A–   4,164,000  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      California (continued)            
$ 7,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sutter Health, Series 2011A, 6.000%, 8/15/42 8/20 at 100.00   AA– $ 7,876,680  
      California Statewide Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Daughters of Charity Health System, Series 2005A:            
  1,535   5.750%, 7/01/30 (6) 1/18 at 100.00   CCC   1,535,507  
  4,430   5.750%, 7/01/35 (6) 1/18 at 100.00   CCC   4,430,310  
  3,600   California Statewide Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, St. Joseph Health System, Series 2007A, 5.750%, 7/01/47 (Pre-refunded 7/01/18) – FGIC Insured 7/18 at 100.00   AA– (4)   3,713,796  
  5,000   Clovis Unified School District, Fresno County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2001A, 0.000%, 8/01/25 – NPFG Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   A3 (4)   4,308,700  
  3,400   Coachella Valley Unified School District, Riverside County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election 2005 Series 2010C, 0.000%, 8/01/33 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A2   1,974,822  
  14,375   Corona-Norco Unified School District, Riverside County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Appreciation, Election 2006 Refunding Series 2009C, 0.000%, 8/01/39 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   AA   6,203,962  
      El Rancho Unified School District, Los Angeles County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election 2010 Series 2011A:            
  2,615   0.000%, 8/01/31 – AGM Insured (7) 8/28 at 100.00   A1   2,553,731  
  3,600   0.000%, 8/01/34 – AGM Insured (7) 8/28 at 100.00   A1   3,494,376  
      Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, California, Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2015A:            
  3,960   0.000%, 1/15/34 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   2,141,568  
  5,000   0.000%, 1/15/35 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   2,581,500  
      Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, California, Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2013A:            
  910   0.000%, 1/15/42 (7) 1/31 at 100.00   BBB–   798,161  
  3,610   5.750%, 1/15/46 1/24 at 100.00   BBB–   4,203,412  
  6,610   6.000%, 1/15/49 1/24 at 100.00   BBB–   7,810,508  
  2,425   Fullerton Public Financing Authority, California, Tax Allocation Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, 5.000%, 9/01/27 – AMBAC Insured 3/18 at 100.00   A   2,455,264  
      Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007A-1:            
  25,950   5.000%, 6/01/33 12/17 at 100.00   B3   25,865,403  
  8,830   5.750%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B3   8,829,823  
  8,565   5.125%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B–   8,462,049  
      Kern Community College District, California, General Obligation Bonds, Safety, Repair & Improvement, Election 2002 Series 2006:            
  5,600   0.000%, 11/01/24 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   AA   4,841,760  
  5,795   0.000%, 11/01/25 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   AA   4,826,424  
  1,195   Lincoln Public Financing Authority, Placer County, California, Twelve Bridges Limited Obligation Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2011A, 4.375%, 9/02/25 – AGM Insured 9/21 at 100.00   AA   1,294,137  
  7,575   Mount San Antonio Community College District, Los Angeles County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election of 2008, Series 2013A, 0.000%, 8/01/43 (7) 8/35 at 100.00   AA   6,091,133  
  3,310   M-S-R Energy Authority, California, Gas Revenue Bonds, Citigroup Prepay Contracts, Series 2009B, 6.500%, 11/01/39 No Opt. Call   BBB+   4,702,881  
      Oceanside Unified School District, San Diego County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Appreciation, 2008 Election Series 2009A:            
  5,905   0.000%, 8/01/26 – AGC Insured No Opt. Call   Aa3   4,767,992  
  2,220   0.000%, 8/01/28 – AGC Insured No Opt. Call   Aa3   1,650,037  
  2,340   Ontario Redevelopment Financing Authority, San Bernardino County, California, Revenue Bonds, Redevelopment Project 1, Series 1993, 5.850%, 8/01/22 – NPFG Insured (ETM) 1/18 at 100.00   A (4)   2,461,212  
  4,000   Orange County, California, Special Tax Bonds, Community Facilities District 2015-1 Esencia Village, Series 2015A, 4.250%, 8/15/38 8/25 at 100.00   N/R   4,175,000  
  5,000   Palomar Pomerado Health Care District, California, Certificates of Participation, Series 2010, 6.000%, 11/01/30 11/20 at 100.00   Ba1   5,450,900  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      California (continued)            
$ 3,700   Palomar Pomerado Health, California, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Appreciation, Election of 2004, Series 2007A, 0.000%, 8/01/25 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BB+ $ 3,026,600  
  7,875   Palomar Pomerado Health, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009A, 0.000%, 8/01/38 – AGC Insured (7) 8/29 at 100.00   BB+   9,656,325  
  9,145   Pittsburg Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Los Medanos Community Development Project, Series 1999, 0.000%, 8/01/30 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A   5,942,878  
  4,150   Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, Orange County, California, Certificates of Participation, Refunding Series 2011, 6.000%, 10/01/28 – AGM Insured 10/25 at 100.00   A2   4,889,613  
  6,000   Redlands Unified School District, San Bernardino County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2003, 5.000%, 7/01/26 – AGM Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A2   6,019,980  
  670   Riverside County Transportation Commission, California, Toll Revenue Senior Lien Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.750%, 6/01/48 6/23 at 100.00   BBB–   751,211  
      San Clemente, California, Special Tax Revenue Bonds, Community Facilities District 2006-1 Marblehead Coastal, Series 2015:            
  495   5.000%, 9/01/40 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   541,193  
  920   5.000%, 9/01/46 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   998,660  
  1,830   San Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority, California, Water Utility Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0098, 17.094%, 8/01/39 (Pre-refunded 8/01/19) (IF) 8/19 at 100.00   AA– (4)   2,392,194  
  4,000   San Francisco Airports Commission, California, Revenue Bonds, San Francisco International Airport, Governmental Purpose, Second Series 2013B, 5.000%, 5/01/43 5/23 at 100.00   A+   4,484,440  
  66,685   San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency, Orange County, California, Senior Lien Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Series 1993, 0.000%, 1/01/21 (ETM) No Opt. Call   AA+ (4)   63,966,253  
      San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency, Orange County, California, Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2014A:            
  2,680   5.000%, 1/15/44 1/25 at 100.00   BBB   2,960,784  
  8,275   5.000%, 1/15/50 1/25 at 100.00   BBB   9,097,535  
  7,210   San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency, Orange County, California, Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 1997A, 0.000%, 1/15/23 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB   6,325,982  
  37,040   San Jose Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Merged Area Redevelopment Project, Series 2006C, 4.250%, 8/01/30 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A   37,113,710  
  3,515   San Mateo County Community College District, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006C, 0.000%, 9/01/30 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   AAA   2,456,247  
  4,325   San Ysidro School District, San Diego County, California, General Obligation Bonds, 1997 Election Series 2012G, 0.000%, 8/01/34 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   AA   2,410,971  
  5,690   San Ysidro School District, San Diego County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2015, 0.000%, 8/01/42 No Opt. Call   A1   1,791,269  
  5,625   Santa Ana Financing Authority, California, Lease Revenue Bonds, Police Administration and Housing Facility, Series 1994A, 6.250%, 7/01/24 No Opt. Call   A3   6,828,244  
  5,625   Santa Ana Financing Authority, California, Lease Revenue Bonds, Police Administration and Housing Facility, Series 1994A, 6.250%, 7/01/24 – NPFG Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   A3 (4)   6,796,463  
  3,500   Saugus Union School District, Los Angeles County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006, 0.000%, 8/01/23 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A+   3,146,535  
  4,495   Stockton-East Water District, California, Certificates of Participation, Refunding Series 2002B, 0.000%, 4/01/28 – FGIC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A3   2,406,308  
  610   Temecula Public Financing Authority, California, Special Tax Bonds, Community Facilities District 16-01, Series 2017, 6.250%, 9/01/47 9/27 at 100.00   N/R   619,784  
      Tobacco Securitization Authority of Northern California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2005A-1:            
  1,175   4.750%, 6/01/23 12/17 at 100.00   B+   1,175,211  
  1,500   5.500%, 6/01/45 12/17 at 100.00   B–   1,499,955  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      California (continued)            
      Tobacco Securitization Authority of Southern California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed            
      Bonds, San Diego County Tobacco Asset Securitization Corporation, Senior Series 2006A:            
$ 1,105   4.750%, 6/01/25 12/17 at 100.00   BBB $ 1,105,685  
  5,865   5.125%, 6/01/46 12/17 at 100.00   B2   5,875,027  
  583,035   Total California         582,154,146  
      Colorado – 9.3% (6.1% of Total Investments)            
      Arkansas River Power Authority, Colorado, Power Revenue Bonds, Series 2006:            
  750   5.250%, 10/01/32 – SYNCORA GTY Insured 1/18 at 100.00   BBB–   751,492  
  1,080   5.250%, 10/01/40 – SYNCORA GTY Insured 1/18 at 100.00   BBB–   1,080,065  
      Base Village Metropolitan District 2, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2016A:            
  890   5.500%, 12/01/36 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   928,617  
  1,175   5.750%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   1,229,085  
  1,100   Belleview Station Metropolitan District 2, Denver City and County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited Tax Refunding & Improvement Series 2017, 5.000%, 12/01/36 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   1,126,290  
  3,410   Canyons Metropolitan District 5, Douglas County, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation and Special Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2017A, 6.125%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   3,456,376  
  1,690   Canyons Metropolitan District 6, Douglas County, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation and Special Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2017A, 6.125%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   1,693,633  
      Centerra Metropolitan District 1, Loveland, Colorado, Special Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2017:            
  1,140   5.000%, 12/01/37 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   1,183,696  
  5,265   5.000%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   5,412,736  
  195   Central Platte Valley Metropolitan District, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2014, 5.000%, 12/01/43 12/23 at 100.00   BB   207,591  
  1,200   Clear Creek Station Metropolitan District 2, Adams County, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation Refunding & Improvement Series 2017A, 5.000%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   1,220,700  
  1,180   Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Flagstaff Academy Project, Refunding Series 2016, 3.625%, 8/01/46 8/26 at 100.00   A   1,126,121  
  1,165   Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, The Classical Academy Project, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 12/01/38 12/24 at 100.00   A   1,292,218  
  5,090   Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Vanguard School Project, Refunding & Improvement Series 2016, 3.750%, 6/15/47 6/26 at 100.00   A   4,946,666  
  1,750   Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Weld County School District 6 – Frontier Academy, Refunding & Improvement Series 2016, 3.250%, 6/01/46 6/26 at 100.00   A   1,580,215  
      Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society Project, Refunding Series 2017:            
  2,460   5.000%, 6/01/42 6/27 at 100.00   BBB   2,730,600  
  10,915   5.000%, 6/01/47 6/27 at 100.00   BBB   12,050,487  
      Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series 2006A:            
  1,500   5.000%, 9/01/36 1/18 at 100.00   BBB+   1,515,795  
  3,680   4.500%, 9/01/38 1/18 at 100.00   BBB+   3,684,931  
  3,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 2/01/41 2/21 at 100.00   BBB+   3,131,220  
  11,520   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series 2013A, 5.250%, 1/01/45 1/23 at 100.00   BBB+   12,391,027  
      Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Covenant Retirement Communities Inc., Refunding Series 2012B:            
  1,640   5.000%, 12/01/22 No Opt. Call   BBB+   1,851,986  
  2,895   5.000%, 12/01/23 12/22 at 100.00   BBB+   3,254,414  
  4,200   5.000%, 12/01/24 12/22 at 100.00   BBB+   4,695,852  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Colorado (continued)            
      Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society Project, Series 2013A:            
$ 1,410   5.000%, 6/01/32 6/25 at 100.00   BBB $ 1,582,626  
  2,000   5.000%, 6/01/33 6/25 at 100.00   BBB   2,234,860  
  5,855   5.000%, 6/01/40 6/25 at 100.00   BBB   6,402,560  
  5,145   5.000%, 6/01/45 6/25 at 100.00   BBB   5,608,307  
      Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society Project, Series 2013:            
  765   5.500%, 6/01/33 6/23 at 100.00   BBB   876,109  
  720   5.625%, 6/01/43 6/23 at 100.00   BBB   817,618  
  2,035   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Frasier Meadows Project, Refunding & Improvement Series 2017A, 5.250%, 5/15/47 5/27 at 100.00   BB+   2,181,601  
  1,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Poudre Valley Health System, Series 2005C, 5.250%, 3/01/40 – AGM Insured 9/18 at 102.00   Aa3   1,042,990  
  11,830   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Services Corporation, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 1/01/40 1/20 at 100.00   AA–   12,551,157  
      Colorado High Performance Transportation Enterprise, C-470 Express Lanes Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2017:            
  635   5.000%, 12/31/47 12/24 at 100.00   BBB   694,442  
  4,000   5.000%, 12/31/51 12/24 at 100.00   BBB   4,361,200  
  500   Copperleaf Metropolitan District 2, Arapahoe County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited Tax Series 2015, 5.750%, 12/01/45 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   528,005  
  500   Copperleaf Metropolitan District 2, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2006, 5.250%, 12/01/30 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   529,100  
  1,480   Cornerstar Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited Tax, Refunding Series 2017A , 5.250%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   1,538,179  
  1,275   Cornerstar Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited Tax, Refunding Series 2017B , 5.250%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   1,320,772  
  500   Crystal Crossing Metropolitan District, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Refunding Series 2016, 5.250%, 12/01/40 12/25 at 100.00   N/R   506,875  
  10,640   Denver City and County, Colorado, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien Series 2013B, 5.000%, 11/15/43 11/23 at 100.00   A   11,812,954  
  505   Denver Connection West Metropolitan District, City and County of Denver, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Convertible to Unlimited Tax Series 2017A, 5.375%, 8/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   507,439  
  11,700   E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado, Senior Revenue Bonds, Capital Appreciation Series 2010A, 0.000%, 9/01/41 No Opt. Call   BBB+   4,345,146  
      E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado, Senior Revenue Bonds, Series 1997B:            
  35,995   0.000%, 9/01/23 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   31,592,811  
  6,525   0.000%, 9/01/26 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   5,042,520  
      E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado, Senior Revenue Bonds, Series 2000B:            
  17,030   0.000%, 9/01/25 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   13,740,315  
  9,915   0.000%, 9/01/32 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   5,918,065  
  43,090   0.000%, 9/01/33 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   24,571,211  
      E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado, Toll Revenue Bonds, Series 2004A:            
  20,000   0.000%, 9/01/27 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   14,852,400  
  1,150   0.000%, 9/01/28 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   818,892  
  7,000   0.000%, 9/01/34 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   3,808,140  
  500   Erie Highlands Metropolitan District No. 1 (In the Town of Erie), Weld County, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2015A, 5.750%, 12/01/45 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   509,980  
  500   Flatiron Meadows Metropolitan District, Boulder County, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2016, 5.125%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   493,650  
  590   Foothills Metropolitan District, Fort Collins, Colorado, Special Revenue Bonds, Series 2014, 6.000%, 12/01/38 12/24 at 100.00   N/R   606,726  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Colorado (continued)            
$ 825   Forest Trace Metropolitan District 3, Aurora City, Arapahoe County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited Tax, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R $ 811,297  
  1,355   Great Western Park Metropolitan District 2, Broomfield City and County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 100.00   N/R   1,365,393  
  750   Green Gables Metropolitan District No. 1, Jefferson County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.300%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   757,897  
  700   Harmony Technology Park Metropolitan District 2, Fort Collins, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited Tax Series 2017, 5.000%, 9/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   700,882  
  1,435   High Plains Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2017, 4.000%, 12/01/47 – NPFG Insured 12/27 at 100.00   Baa2   1,479,456  
  3,740   Jefferson Center Metropolitan District 1, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015, 5.500%, 12/01/45 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   3,718,645  
      Johnstown Plaza Metropolitan District, Colorado, Special Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A:            
  2,325   5.250%, 12/01/36 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   2,248,740  
  8,955   5.375%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   8,604,949  
      Lambertson Farms Metropolitan District 1, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2015:            
  1,005   5.750%, 12/15/46 12/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,013,683  
  5,355   6.000%, 12/15/50 12/23 at 100.00   N/R   5,400,892  
  980   Leyden Rock Metropolitan District No. 10, In the City of Arvada, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Refunding and Improvement Series 20016A, 5.000%, 12/01/45 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   995,709  
  500   Littleton Village Metropolitan District No. 2, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation and Special Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, 5.375%, 12/01/45 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   503,455  
  860   Mountain Shadows Metropolitan District, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Refunding Series 2016, 5.000%, 12/01/35 12/25 at 100.00   N/R   890,005  
  6,050   North Range Metropolitan District 1, Adams County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2016B, 3.500%, 12/01/45 12/25 at 100.00   Baa1   5,551,903  
      North Range Metropolitan District No. 2 , In the City of Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation and Special Revenue and Improvement Bonds, Refunding Series 2017A:            
  1,000   5.625%, 12/01/37 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   1,010,610  
  1,000   5.750%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   1,010,880  
  585   Overlook Metropolitan District in the Town of Parker, Douglas County, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.500%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   569,258  
      Park 70 Metropolitan District, City of Aurora, Colorado, General Obligation Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2016:            
  660   5.000%, 12/01/36 12/26 at 100.00   Baa3   702,577  
  1,060   5.000%, 12/01/46 12/26 at 100.00   Baa3   1,121,798  
  660   Park Creek Metropolitan District, Colorado, Senior Limited Property Tax Supported Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 12/01/45 12/25 at 100.00   BBB   710,358  
  880   Park Creek Metropolitan District, Colorado, Senior Limited Property Tax Supported Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2011, 6.125%, 12/01/41 (Pre-refunded 12/01/20) – AGM Insured 12/20 at 100.00   A2 (4)   1,009,527  
  5,435   Poudre Tech Metro District, Colorado, Unlimited Property Tax Supported Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2010A, 5.000%, 12/01/39 – AGM Insured 12/20 at 100.00   AA   5,775,503  
  2,760   Prairie Center Metropolitan District No. 3, In the City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado, Limited Property Tax Supported Primary Improvements Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2017A, 5.000%, 12/15/41 12/26 at 100.00   N/R   2,788,014  
  1,180   Regional Transportation District, Colorado, Certificates of Participation, Series 2010A, 5.375%, 6/01/31 6/20 at 100.00   A   1,284,324  
      Regional Transportation District, Colorado, Denver Transit Partners Eagle P3 Project Private Activity Bonds, Series 2010:            
  6,500   6.500%, 1/15/30 7/20 at 100.00   Baa3   7,289,360  
  3,750   6.000%, 1/15/41 7/20 at 100.00   Baa3   4,112,475  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Colorado (continued)            
$ 1,280   Sierra Ridge Metropolitan District 2, Douglas County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Series 2016A, 5.500%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R $ 1,316,173  
  930   SouthGlenn Metropolitan District, Colorado, Special Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2016, 5.000%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   939,346  
      Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board, Douglas County, Colorado, Limited Tax Supported Revenue Bonds, Senior Series 2015A:            
  500   5.500%, 12/01/35 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   499,405  
  1,000   5.750%, 12/01/45 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   1,000,450  
  500   Table Mountain Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.250%, 12/01/45 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   523,430  
  8,500   University of Colorado Hospital Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 11/15/42 11/22 at 100.00   AA–   9,545,071  
  346,695   Total Colorado         309,189,928  
      Connecticut – 0.5% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
      Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Healthcare Facility Expansion Church Home of Hartford Inc. Project, Series 2016A:            
  590   5.000%, 9/01/46 9/26 at 100.00   BB   606,502  
  740   5.000%, 9/01/53 9/26 at 100.00   BB   756,924  
  10,105   Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Quinnipiac University, Refunding Series 2015L, 4.125%, 7/01/41 7/25 at 100.00   A–   10,581,350  
  3,250   Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Wesleyan University, Series 2010G, 5.000%, 7/01/39 (Pre-refunded 7/01/20) 7/20 at 100.00   Aa3 (4)   3,576,397  
  14,685   Total Connecticut         15,521,173  
      Delaware – 0.1% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  2,615   Delaware Economic Development Authority, Exempt Facility Revenue Bonds, Indian River Power LLC Project, Series 2010, 5.375%, 10/01/45 10/20 at 100.00   Baa3   2,703,413  
  225   Delaware Economic Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Newark Charter School, Refunding Series 2016A, 5.000%, 9/01/36 9/26 at 100.00   BBB+   247,761  
  2,840   Total Delaware         2,951,174  
      District of Columbia – 1.2% (0.8% of Total Investments)            
  3,780   District of Columbia Student Dormitory Revenue Bonds, Provident Group – Howard Properties LLC Issue, Series 2013, 5.000%, 10/01/45 10/22 at 100.00   BB+   3,819,161  
  7,310   District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Corporation, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2001, 6.500%, 5/15/33 No Opt. Call   BBB   8,238,882  
  181,000   District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Corporation, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2006A, 0.000%, 6/15/46 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   26,407,900  
  1,500   District of Columbia, Revenue Bonds, Ingleside at Rock Creek Project, Series 2017A, 5.000%, 7/01/42 7/24 at 103.00   N/R   1,579,800  
  193,590   Total District of Columbia         40,045,743  
      Florida – 6.1% (4.0% of Total Investments)            
  990   Bexley Community Development District, Pasco County, Florida, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2016, 4.700%, 5/01/36 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   977,962  
  19,000   Cape Coral, Florida, Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2011, 5.000%, 10/01/41 – AGM Insured 10/21 at 100.00   A   21,211,220  
      Capital Trust Agency, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Odyssey Charter School Project, Series 2017A:            
  1,065   5.375%, 7/01/37 7/27 at 100.00   BB   1,080,549  
  1,470   5.500%, 7/01/47 7/27 at 100.00   BB   1,490,786  
      Capital Trust Agency, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Renaissance Charter School Project, Series 2017A:            
  6,050   5.125%, 6/15/37 6/27 at 100.00   N/R   5,921,437  
  1,390   5.250%, 6/15/47 6/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,357,265  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Florida (continued)            
$ 4,670   City of Miami Beach, Florida, Stormwater Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, 5.000%, 9/01/41 9/25 at 100.00   AA– $ 5,373,582  
  1,025   Cityplace Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment and Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012, 5.000%, 5/01/26 No Opt. Call   A   1,158,035  
  1,480   Collier County Educational Facilities Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Hodges University, Refunding Series 2013, 6.125%, 11/01/43 11/23 at 100.00   BBB–   1,617,374  
      Creekside at Twin Creeks Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Area 1 Project, Series 2016A-1:            
  245   5.250%, 11/01/37 11/28 at 100.00   N/R   253,276  
  320   5.600%, 11/01/46 11/28 at 100.00   N/R   334,794  
  405   Creekside at Twin Creeks Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Area 1 Project, Series 2016A-2, 5.625%, 11/01/35 No Opt. Call   N/R   427,882  
      Davie, Florida, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Nova Southeastern University Project, Refunding Series 2013A:            
  3,445   6.000%, 4/01/42 4/23 at 100.00   Baa1   3,987,622  
  1,720   5.625%, 4/01/43 4/23 at 100.00   Baa1   1,936,703  
  4,000   Davie, Florida, Water and Sewerage Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 5.000%, 10/01/41 – AGM Insured 10/21 at 100.00   Aa3   4,353,400  
      Downtown Doral Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2015:            
  280   5.250%, 5/01/35 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   286,549  
  315   5.300%, 5/01/36 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   322,135  
  475   5.500%, 5/01/45 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   480,139  
  655   5.500%, 5/01/46 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   661,642  
      Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Classical Preparatory Incorporated Project, Series 2017A:            
  255   6.000%, 6/15/37 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   259,093  
  415   6.125%, 6/15/46 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   421,486  
      Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Florida Charter Foundation Inc. Projects, Series 2016A:            
  1,485   6.250%, 6/15/36 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,548,112  
  2,075   4.750%, 7/15/36 7/26 at 100.00   N/R   2,019,680  
  3,770   6.375%, 6/15/46 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   3,928,076  
  1,335   5.000%, 7/15/46 7/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,279,971  
      Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Renaissance Charter School Income Projects, Series 2015A:            
  3,090   6.000%, 6/15/35 6/25 at 100.00   N/R   3,295,794  
  1,890   6.125%, 6/15/46 6/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,988,998  
  550   Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Renaissance Charter School, Inc. Projects, Series 2014A, 6.125%, 6/15/44 6/24 at 100.00   N/R   579,326  
  1,750   Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Southwest Charter Foundation Inc. Projects, Series 2017A, 6.125%, 6/15/47 6/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,773,327  
      Florida Municipal Loan Council, Revenue Bonds, Series 2003B:            
  165   5.250%, 12/01/17 No Opt. Call   A3   165,581  
  100   5.250%, 12/01/18 1/18 at 100.00   A3   100,367  
  2,550   Florida State Board of Education, Public Education Capital Outlay Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XF2347, 15.462%, 6/01/38 – AGC Insured (IF) (5) 6/18 at 101.00   Aa1   2,885,453  
  1,710   Grand Bay at Doral Community Development District, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, South Parcel Assessment Area Project, Series 2016, 4.750%, 5/01/36 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,727,869  
  1,915   Halifax Hospital Medical Center, Daytona Beach, Florida, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Series 2006, 5.500%, 6/01/38 (Pre-refunded 6/01/18) – AGM Insured 6/18 at 100.00   AA (4)   1,962,703  
  1,090   Hillsborough County Industrial Development Authority, Florida, Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, University Community Hospital, Series 1994, 6.500%, 8/15/19 – NPFG Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   A (4)   1,159,433  
      Indian Trace Development District, Florida, Water Management Special Benefit Assessment Bonds, Series 2005:            
  1,645   5.000%, 5/01/25 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A3   1,647,155  
  1,830   5.000%, 5/01/27 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A3   1,832,013  

 

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Florida (continued)            
$ 600   Jacksonville, Florida, Better Jacksonville Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012, 5.000%, 10/01/30 10/22 at 100.00   A+ $ 676,044  
  1,000   Lakeland, Florida, Hospital System Revenue Bonds, Lakeland Regional Health, Refunding Series 2011, 5.000%, 11/15/25 11/21 at 100.00   A2   1,113,710  
  625   Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District, Florida, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Del Webb Project, Series 2017, 5.000%, 5/01/37 5/27 at 100.00   N/R   653,856  
  4,125   Martin County Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Martin Memorial Medical Center, Series 2015, 5.000%, 11/15/45 11/24 at 100.00   Baa1   4,386,154  
      Miami Dade County Industrial Development Authority, Florida, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, South Florida Autism Charter School Project, Series 2017:            
  1,080   5.875%, 7/01/37 7/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,082,657  
  1,920   6.000%, 7/01/47 7/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,925,395  
  5,965   Miami Dade County, Florida, Rickenbacker Causeway Revenue Bonds, Series 2014, 5.000%, 10/01/43 10/24 at 100.00   BBB+   6,768,485  
  2,130   Miami Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Miami Jewish Health System Inc. Project, Series 2017, 5.125%, 7/01/46 7/27 at 100.00   BBB   2,262,443  
  1,545   Miami, Florida, Special Obligation Non-Ad Valorem Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2011A, 6.000%, 2/01/31 – AGM Insured 2/21 at 100.00   A1   1,753,451  
  5,000   Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority, Florida, Toll System Revenue Bonds, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 7/01/44 7/24 at 100.00   A   5,638,350  
  10,100   Miami-Dade County, Florida, Aviation Revenue Bonds, Miami International Airport, Series 2008B, 5.000%, 10/01/41 (Pre-refunded 10/01/18) – AGM Insured 10/18 at 100.00   A2 (4)   10,465,620  
  2,500   Miami-Dade County, Florida, Aviation Revenue Bonds, Miami International Airport, Series 2010A-1, 5.375%, 10/01/41 10/20 at 100.00   A   2,768,350  
  2,500   Miami-Dade County, Florida, Aviation Revenue Bonds, Miami International Airport, Series 2010B, 5.000%, 10/01/30 10/20 at 100.00   A   2,743,275  
  2,400   Miami-Dade County, Florida, Special Obligation Bonds, Refunding Subordinate Series 2012B, 5.000%, 10/01/37 10/22 at 100.00   A2   2,707,752  
  3,015   Miami-Dade County, Florida, Transit System Sales Surtax Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, 5.000%, 7/01/35 (Pre-refunded 7/01/18) – AGM Insured 7/18 at 100.00   A1 (4)   3,093,752  
  6,305   Miami-Dade County, Florida, Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 10/01/42 10/22 at 100.00   A+   7,104,096  
  4,785   Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District, Florida, Water Control and Improvement Bonds, Development Unit 53, Series 2015, 5.350%, 8/01/35 8/26 at 100.00   N/R   5,169,475  
  4,250   Orange County Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Orlando Health, Inc., Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/42 4/22 at 100.00   A   4,688,897  
  230   Palm Beach County Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Sinai Residences of Boca Raton Project, Series 2014A, 7.250%, 6/01/34 6/22 at 102.00   N/R   277,868  
  60   Pasco County, Florida, Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2006, 5.000%, 10/01/36 – AGM Insured 1/18 at 100.00   Aa2   60,200  
      Port St. Lucie, Florida, Utility System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009:            
  4,935   5.250%, 9/01/35 (Pre-refunded 9/01/18) – AGC Insured 9/18 at 100.00   A1 (4)   5,105,455  
  7,730   5.000%, 9/01/35 (Pre-refunded 9/01/18) – AGC Insured 9/18 at 100.00   A1 (4)   7,981,070  
      Port St. Lucie, Florida, Utility System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009:            
  515   5.250%, 9/01/35 – AGC Insured 9/18 at 100.00   A1   532,263  
  800   5.000%, 9/01/35 – AGC Insured 9/18 at 100.00   A1   824,832  
  840   Reunion West Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Area 3 Project, Series 2016, 5.000%, 11/01/46 11/26 at 100.00   N/R   852,768  
  2,745   Seminole County, Florida, Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 1992, 6.000%, 10/01/19 – NPFG Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   A (4)   2,915,108  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Florida (continued)            
      Six Mile Creek Community Development District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Assessment Area 2, Series 2016:            
$ 265   4.750%, 11/01/28 11/27 at 100.00   N/R $ 267,716  
  430   5.375%, 11/01/36 11/27 at 100.00   N/R   436,480  
  980   South Fork III Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2016, 5.375%, 5/01/37 5/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,002,618  
  1,000   South Miami Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Hospital Revenue, Baptist Health System Obligation Group, Series 2007, 5.000%, 8/15/42 (UB) (5) 1/18 at 100.00   AA–   1,002,100  
  1,200   St. Lucie County, Florida, Utility System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1993, 5.500%, 10/01/21 – FGIC Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   N/R (4)   1,384,752  
  8,060   Tallahassee, Florida, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Inc. Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 12/01/55 12/25 at 100.00   Baa1   8,680,781  
  400   Tamarac, Florida, Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2009, 5.000%, 10/01/39 (Pre-refunded 10/01/19) – AGC Insured 10/19 at 100.00   AA (4)   429,144  
  4,100   Tampa, Florida, Health System Revenue Bonds, Baycare Health System, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 11/15/33 5/22 at 100.00   Aa2   4,558,749  
  1,295   Tampa, Florida, Healthcare System Revenue Bonds, Allegany Health System – St. Joseph’s Hospital, Series 1993, 5.125%, 12/01/23 – NPFG Insured (ETM) 12/17 at 100.00   A (4)   1,298,807  
  10,095   Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2012B, 5.000%, 7/01/42 7/22 at 100.00   A2   11,336,382  
  2,000   Volusia County Educational Facilities Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Inc. Project, Refunding Series 2011, 5.000%, 10/15/29 (Pre-refunded 10/15/21) – AGM Insured 10/21 at 100.00   A– (4)   2,280,880  
  5,000   Volusia County Educational Facilities Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Stetson University Inc. Project, Series 2015, 5.000%, 6/01/40 6/25 at 100.00   A–   5,783,445  
  189,145   Total Florida         203,819,969  
      Georgia – 3.8% (2.5% of Total Investments)            
  11,085   Atlanta, Georgia, Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009B, 5.375%, 11/01/39 (Pre-refunded 11/01/19) – AGM Insured 11/19 at 100.00   Aa2 (4)   12,007,050  
  5,915   Atlanta, Georgia, Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009B, 5.375%, 11/01/39 – AGM Insured 11/19 at 100.00   A+   6,372,821  
  2,825   Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority, Georgia, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2007, 4.000%, 8/01/26 8/20 at 100.00   AA   2,979,895  
  2,000   City of Fairburn, Georgia, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011, 5.750%, 12/01/31 (Pre-refunded 12/01/21) – AGM Insured 12/21 at 100.00   A2 (4)   2,346,460  
  4,000   Cobb County Kennestone Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Refunding Series 2012, 5.000%, 4/01/28 4/23 at 100.00   A   4,500,760  
      Cobb County Kennestone Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Wellstar Health System, Series 2017A:            
  5,000   5.000%, 4/01/42 4/27 at 100.00   A   5,687,200  
  10,500   5.000%, 4/01/47 4/27 at 100.00   A   11,827,200  
  1,250   DeKalb County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Anticipation Certificates Revenue Bonds, DeKalb Medical Center, Inc. Project, Series 2010, 6.000%, 9/01/30 9/20 at 100.00   BB   1,371,300  
  5,340   Fulton County Development Authority, Georgia, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Wellstar Health System, Inc. Project, Series 2017A, 5.000%, 4/01/42 4/27 at 100.00   A   6,073,930  
      Gainesville and Hall County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Northeast Georgia Health Services Inc., Series 2010B:            
  1,180   5.250%, 2/15/37 2/20 at 100.00   AA–   1,255,874  
  960   5.125%, 2/15/40 2/20 at 100.00   AA–   1,015,507  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Georgia (continued)            
      Gainesville and Hall County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Northeast Georgia Health Services Inc., Series 2010B:            
$ 3,820   5.250%, 2/15/37 (Pre-refunded 2/15/20) 2/20 at 100.00   N/R (4) $ 4,166,856  
  3,090   5.125%, 2/15/40 (Pre-refunded 2/15/20) 2/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   3,361,889  
  15,305   Gainesville and Hall County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Northeast Georgia Health Services Inc., Series 2014A, 5.500%, 8/15/54 2/25 at 100.00   AA–   17,959,193  
  10,825   Georgia Municipal Electric Authority, Plant Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Project J Bonds, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/60 7/25 at 100.00   A2   11,831,617  
  2,250   Gwinnett County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Gwinnett Hospital System Inc. Project, Series 2007C, 5.500%, 7/01/39 – AGM Insured 7/19 at 100.00   A2   2,375,392  
  7,030   Gwinnett County School District, Georgia, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2008, 5.000%, 2/01/36 (Pre-refunded 2/01/18) 2/18 at 100.00   AAA   7,100,159  
  1,300   Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority, Georgia, Revenue Bonds, Academy for Classical Education, Series 2017, 5.750%, 6/15/37 6/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,361,516  
  4,000   Marietta Development Authority, Georgia, University Facilities Revenue Bonds, Life University, Inc. Project, Refunding Series 2017A, 5.000%, 11/01/37 11/27 at 100.00   Ba3   4,464,760  
  5,000   Medical Center Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc. Project, Series 2008, 6.500%, 8/01/38 (Pre-refunded 8/01/18) – AGC Insured 8/18 at 100.00   AA (4)   5,200,250  
  1,000   Private Colleges and Universities Authority, Georgia, Revenue Bonds, Mercer University, Refunding Series 2012C, 5.250%, 10/01/27 10/22 at 100.00   Baa2   1,110,270  
  10,090   Private Colleges and Universities Authority, Georgia, Revenue Bonds, Mercer University, Series 2015, 5.000%, 10/01/40 10/25 at 100.00   Baa2   10,796,199  
  1,710   Valdosta and Lowndes County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Certificates, South Georgia Medical Center Project, Series 2011B, 5.000%, 10/01/41 10/21 at 100.00   AA–   1,850,304  
  115,475   Total Georgia         127,016,402  
      Guam – 0.0% (0.0% of Total Investments)            
  650   Guam Government Waterworks Authority, Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bonds, Series 2013, 5.500%, 7/01/43 7/23 at 100.00   BBB–   719,050  
      Hawaii – 0.4% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
  1,500   Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 1/01/45 1/25 at 100.00   Ba2   1,452,270  
  5,000   Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, Hawaii Pacific Health Obligated Group, Series 2013A, 5.500%, 7/01/43 7/23 at 100.00   A1   5,636,750  
  170   Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, Hawaii Pacific University, Series 2013A, 6.875%, 7/01/43 7/23 at 100.00   BB   181,220  
  5,075   Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, Queens Health Systems, Series 2015A, 4.000%, 7/01/40 7/25 at 100.00   A1   5,230,549  
  11,745   Total Hawaii         12,500,789  
      Idaho – 0.3% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
  250   Idaho Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Madison Memorial Hospital Project, Refunding Series 2016, 5.000%, 9/01/37 9/26 at 100.00   BB+   268,047  
  8,730   Idaho Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint Luke’s Health System Project, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 3/01/47 – AGM Insured 3/22 at 100.00   A–   9,336,648  
  1,000   Idaho Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint Luke’s Health System Project, Series 2014A, 4.125%, 3/01/37 3/24 at 100.00   A–   1,032,670  
  9,980   Total Idaho         10,637,365  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Illinois – 24.7% (16.1% of Total Investments)            
$ 675   Bolingbrook, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2013A, 5.000%, 1/01/25 7/23 at 100.00   A2 $ 772,787  
  67,135   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, Dedicated Capital Improvement Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2016, 6.000%, 4/01/46 4/27 at 100.00   A   78,846,029  
      Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues Series 2011A:            
  6,210   5.500%, 12/01/39 12/21 at 100.00   B3   6,259,245  
  1,865   5.000%, 12/01/41 12/21 at 100.00   B3   1,849,446  
  4,905   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues Series 2012A, 5.000%, 12/01/42 12/22 at 100.00   B3   4,863,258  
  8,400   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Refunding Series 2017B, 7.000%, 12/01/42 12/27 at 100.00   B   10,011,204  
  2,720   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Series 2008C, 5.000%, 12/01/29 12/18 at 100.00   B3   2,710,126  
  38,905   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Series 2016A, 7.000%, 12/01/44 12/25 at 100.00   B   45,116,961  
  14,805   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Series 2016B, 6.500%, 12/01/46 12/26 at 100.00   B   16,837,726  
  19,585   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Series 2017A, 7.000%, 12/01/46 12/27 at 100.00   B   23,254,446  
  1,315   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Tax Revenues, Series 1998B-1, 0.000%, 12/01/30 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BB–   752,811  
  2,235   Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois, Capital Grant Receipts Revenue Bonds, Federal Transit Administration Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Funds, Refunding Series 2011, 5.250%, 6/01/26 – AGM Insured 6/21 at 100.00   A2   2,442,609  
  1,100   Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois, Sales Tax Receipts Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 5.250%, 12/01/40 12/21 at 100.00   A3   1,181,235  
  12,215   Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois, Sales Tax Receipts Revenue Bonds, Series 2014, 5.250%, 12/01/49 12/24 at 100.00   AA   13,528,845  
  7,700   Chicago, Illinois, General Airport Revenue Bonds, O’Hare International Airport, Third Lien Refunding Series 2010C, 5.250%, 1/01/35 – AGC Insured 1/20 at 100.00   A2   8,242,388  
      Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, City Colleges, Series 1999:            
  1,500   0.000%, 1/01/31 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   881,430  
  32,670   0.000%, 1/01/32 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   18,259,263  
  12,360   0.000%, 1/01/37 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   5,337,542  
  1,000   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project & Refunding Series 2007A, 5.000%, 1/01/27 – AMBAC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   Ba1   1,003,630  
  2,500   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project & Refunding Series 2014A, 5.250%, 1/01/33 1/24 at 100.00   Ba1   2,649,475  
  17,605   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project & Refunding Series 2017A, 6.000%, 1/01/38 1/27 at 100.00   BBB–   20,195,752  
  4,220   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project and Refunding Series 2009C, 5.000%, 1/01/34 1/19 at 100.00   Ba1   4,300,602  
  1,000   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project Series 2011A, 5.250%, 1/01/35 1/21 at 100.00   Ba1   1,030,450  
  10,200   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project Series 2012A, 5.000%, 1/01/33 1/22 at 100.00   Ba1   10,579,236  
  2,605   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2016C, 5.000%, 1/01/38 1/26 at 100.00   BBB–   2,777,295  
  7,750   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004A, 5.000%, 1/01/34 – AGM Insured 1/18 at 100.00   BBB–   7,768,910  
  3,000   Chicago, Illinois, Wastewater Transmission Revenue Bonds, Second Lien Series 2008C, 5.000%, 1/01/39 1/25 at 100.00   A   3,251,160  
  10,000   Cook County Community College District 508, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Chicago City Colleges, Series 2013, 5.250%, 12/01/43 12/23 at 100.00   BBB   10,470,500  
  6,160   De Witt, Ford, Livingston, Logan, Mc Lean and Tazewell Community College District 540, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007, 3.000%, 12/01/26 (Pre-refunded 12/01/17) – AGM Insured 12/17 at 100.00   Aa2 (4)   6,170,349  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Illinois (continued)            
      DeKalb, Kane, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago and Boone Counties Community College District 523, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Kishwaukee Community College, Series 2011B:            
$ 2,500   0.000%, 2/01/33 2/21 at 100.00   AA– $ 1,035,800  
  2,000   0.000%, 2/01/34 2/21 at 100.00   AA–   766,940  
      Illinois Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Field Museum of Natural History, Series 2002:            
  3,400   5.500%, 11/01/36 11/23 at 100.00   A   3,761,114  
  2,500   4.450%, 11/01/36 11/25 at 102.00   A   2,657,650  
  3,295   Illinois Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Robert Morris College, Series 2000, 5.800%, 6/01/30 – NPFG Insured 12/17 at 100.00   A3   3,315,099  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Intrinsic Charter Schools Belmont School Project, Series 2015A:            
  1,700   5.750%, 12/01/35 12/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,755,301  
  115   6.000%, 12/01/45 12/25 at 100.00   N/R   118,704  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Illinois, Rosalind Franklin University Revenue Bonds, Research Building Project, Series 2017C:            
  1,000   5.000%, 8/01/42 8/27 at 100.00   BBB+   1,102,930  
  1,000   5.000%, 8/01/46 8/27 at 100.00   BBB+   1,095,450  
  1,000   5.000%, 8/01/47 8/27 at 100.00   BBB+   1,095,400  
  6,500   Illinois Finance Authority, Recovery Zone Facility Revenue Bonds, Navistar International Corporation Project, Series 2010, 6.500%, 10/15/40 10/20 at 100.00   B–   7,032,870  
  6,750   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Centegra Health System, Series 2012, 5.000%, 9/01/38 9/22 at 100.00   BB+   7,079,737  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Centegra Health System, Series 2014A:            
  1,485   5.000%, 9/01/34 9/24 at 100.00   BB+   1,594,014  
  19,025   5.000%, 9/01/42 9/24 at 100.00   BB+   20,000,412  
  2,000   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Series 2008A, 5.250%, 8/15/47 – AGC Insured (UB) 8/18 at 100.00   AA–   2,056,400  
  1,340   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Edward Health Services Corporation, Series 2008A, 5.500%, 2/01/40 (Pre-refunded 2/01/18) – AMBAC Insured 2/18 at 100.00   A (4)   1,354,861  
  2,500   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Series 2008A, 5.625%, 1/01/37 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18) 1/18 at 100.00   A (4)   2,518,925  
  1,725   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ingalls Health System, Series 2013, 4.250%, 5/15/43 5/22 at 100.00   Baa1   1,749,857  
  4,300   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Memorial Health System, Series 2009, 5.500%, 4/01/34 4/19 at 100.00   A1   4,540,585  
  15,805   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Mercy Health Corporation, Series 2016, 5.000%, 12/01/46 6/26 at 100.00   A3   17,278,974  
  1,630   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, Series 2013, 5.000%, 8/15/37 8/22 at 100.00   Aa2   1,777,711  
  39,675   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Presence Health Network, Series 2016C, 4.000%, 2/15/41 2/27 at 100.00   BBB–   40,319,719  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Provena Health, Series 2009A:            
  25   7.750%, 8/15/34 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19) 8/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   27,894  
  2,475   7.750%, 8/15/34 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19) 8/19 at 100.00   BBB– (4)   2,761,481  
  1,435   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Series 2013A, 6.000%, 7/01/43 7/23 at 100.00   A–   1,616,226  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Resurrection Health Care System, Series 1999B:            
  320   5.000%, 5/15/24 (Pre-refunded 5/15/18) – AGM Insured 5/18 at 100.00   A2 (4)   326,790  
  4,680   5.000%, 5/15/24 (Pre-refunded 5/15/18) – AGM Insured 5/18 at 100.00   A2 (4)   4,779,310  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers, Refunding Series 2015C:            
  560   5.000%, 8/15/35 8/25 at 100.00   Baa1   610,411  
  6,140   5.000%, 8/15/44 8/25 at 100.00   Baa1   6,585,150  
  5,735   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers, Series 2009, 7.000%, 8/15/44 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19) 8/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   6,323,067  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Illinois (continued)            
$ 8,960   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, The Carle Foundation, Series 2011A, 6.000%, 8/15/41 – AGM Insured 8/21 at 100.00   A2 $ 10,141,914  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Series 2011C:            
  1,150   5.500%, 8/15/41 (Pre-refunded 2/15/21) 2/21 at 100.00   AA– (4)   1,306,457  
  4,500   5.500%, 8/15/41 (Pre-refunded 2/15/21) (UB) (5) 2/21 at 100.00   AA– (4)   5,112,225  
  19,975   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Chicago, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/51 10/21 at 100.00   AA–   21,523,662  
  20,000   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Chicago, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 10/01/46 (UB) (5) 10/25 at 100.00   AA–   22,543,400  
  3,665   Illinois Sports Facility Authority, State Tax Supported Bonds, Refunding Series 2014, 5.250%, 6/15/31 – AGM Insured 6/24 at 100.00   BBB–   4,077,496  
      Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, February Series 2014:            
  3,200   5.250%, 2/01/32 2/24 at 100.00   BBB–   3,440,960  
  2,000   5.250%, 2/01/33 2/24 at 100.00   BBB–   2,144,860  
  1,575   5.250%, 2/01/34 2/24 at 100.00   BBB–   1,684,573  
  7,500   5.000%, 2/01/39 2/24 at 100.00   BBB–   7,813,650  
  5,000   Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, June Series 2016, 4.000%, 6/01/35 6/26 at 100.00   BBB–   4,876,400  
      Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, May Series 2014:            
  510   5.000%, 5/01/36 5/24 at 100.00   BBB–   537,433  
  3,245   5.000%, 5/01/39 5/24 at 100.00   BBB–   3,402,545  
      Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, November Series 2016:            
  11,800   5.000%, 11/01/40 11/26 at 100.00   BBB–   12,330,292  
  13,200   5.000%, 11/01/41 11/26 at 100.00   BBB–   13,773,276  
  1,500   Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2008, 5.000%, 4/01/22 1/18 at 100.00   BBB–   1,503,105  
  2,625   Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2010, 5.000%, 1/01/24 1/20 at 100.00   BBB–   2,725,144  
      Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2012:            
  3,935   5.000%, 8/01/21 No Opt. Call   BBB–   4,216,116  
  1,725   5.000%, 8/01/22 No Opt. Call   BBB–   1,863,828  
  3,425   5.000%, 8/01/23 No Opt. Call   BBB–   3,719,892  
  1,190   5.000%, 8/01/25 8/22 at 100.00   BBB–   1,271,682  
      Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2013:            
  2,000   5.250%, 7/01/31 7/23 at 100.00   BBB–   2,157,000  
  2,990   5.500%, 7/01/38 7/23 at 100.00   BBB–   3,207,283  
  5,000   Illinois Toll Highway Authority, Toll Highway Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2013A, 5.000%, 1/01/35 1/23 at 100.00   AA–   5,607,000  
  18,920   Illinois Toll Highway Authority, Toll Highway Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2015A, 5.000%, 1/01/40 7/25 at 100.00   AA–   21,548,366  
  1,395   Illinois Toll Highway Authority, Toll Highway Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0051, 15.069%, 1/01/38 (IF) 1/23 at 100.00   AA–   2,041,345  
  7,400   Macon County School District 61 Decatur, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 1/01/37 – AGM Insured 1/21 at 100.00   A2   8,081,170  
  17,500   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, McCormick Place Expansion Project Bonds, Refunding Series 2012B, 5.000%, 6/15/52 6/22 at 100.00   BB+   17,470,425  
  540   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, McCormick Place Expansion Project Bonds, Refunding Series 2015B, 5.000%, 6/15/52 12/25 at 100.00   BB+   545,351  
      Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, McCormick Place Expansion Project Bonds, Series 2015A:            
  2,890   0.000%, 12/15/52 No Opt. Call   BB+   390,670  
  5,185   5.000%, 6/15/53 12/25 at 100.00   BB+   5,176,134  
  15,000   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, McCormick Place Expansion Project Refunding Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.500%, 6/15/50 6/20 at 100.00   BB+   15,500,700  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Illinois (continued)            
      Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Capital Appreciation Refunding Series 2010B-1:            
$ 25,000   0.000%, 6/15/44 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   BBB– $ 8,118,750  
  43,200   0.000%, 6/15/45 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   13,412,736  
  10,000   0.000%, 6/15/46 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   2,967,700  
  41,150   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Refunding Series 2010B-2, 5.000%, 6/15/50 6/20 at 100.00   BB+   41,388,258  
  8,750   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Series 1994B, 0.000%, 6/15/28 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   A3   5,915,875  
      Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Series 2002A:            
  18,000   0.000%, 12/15/24 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   14,398,920  
  20,045   0.000%, 12/15/35 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   9,693,762  
  694   Montgomery, Illinois, Lakewood Creek Project Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2007, 4.700%, 3/01/30 – RAAI Insured 1/18 at 100.00   AA   694,854  
  1,846   Plano, Illinois, Special Tax Bonds, Special Service Area 1 & 2 Lakewood Springs Project, Refunding Series 2014, 5.000%, 3/01/34 – AGM Insured 3/24 at 100.00   AA   2,015,075  
  2,600   Regional Transportation Authority, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2000A, 6.500%, 7/01/30 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   A2   3,489,330  
  3,900   Rosemont Village, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Corporate Purpose Series 2011A, 5.600%, 12/01/35 (Pre-refunded 12/01/20) – AGM Insured 12/20 at 100.00   A2 (4)   4,399,707  
  7,025   Southwestern Illinois Development Authority, Health Facility Revenue Bonds, Memorial Group, Inc., Series 2013, 7.625%, 11/01/48 (Pre-refunded 11/01/23) 11/23 at 100.00   N/R (4)   9,402,892  
  4,000   Southwestern Illinois Development Authority, School Revenue Bonds, Triad School District 2, Madison County, Illinois, Series 2006, 0.000%, 10/01/25 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   A3   3,089,600  
  12,125   Springfield, Illinois, Electric Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2015, 5.000%, 3/01/40 – AGM Insured 3/25 at 100.00   A2   13,507,007  
  2,550   Will County Community Unit School District 201U, Crete-Monee, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Appreciation Series 2004, 0.000%, 11/01/22 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   A3   2,256,724  
  780   Will County Community Unit School District 201U, Crete-Monee, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Appreciation Series 2004, 0.000%, 11/01/22 – NPFG Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   A3 (4)   718,864  
  6,415   Will County School District 122, New Lenox, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Appreciation School Series 2004D, 0.000%, 11/01/24 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   Aa3   5,332,084  
      Williamson & Johnson Counties Community Unit School District 2, Marion, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011:            
  930   7.000%, 12/01/21 – AGM Insured 12/20 at 100.00   A2   1,071,546  
  1,035   7.000%, 12/01/22 – AGM Insured 12/20 at 100.00   A2   1,188,501  
  1,155   7.000%, 12/01/23 – AGM Insured 12/20 at 100.00   A2   1,326,298  
  1,065   7.000%, 12/01/26 – AGM Insured 12/20 at 100.00   A2   1,216,092  
      Williamson & Johnson Counties Community Unit School District 2, Marion, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011:            
  2,085   7.250%, 12/01/29 (Pre-refunded 12/01/20) – AGM Insured 12/20 at 100.00   A2 (4)   2,462,552  
  2,295   7.250%, 12/01/30 (Pre-refunded 12/01/20) – AGM Insured 12/20 at 100.00   A2 (4)   2,710,575  
  861,100   Total Illinois         820,895,548  
      Indiana – 4.0% (2.6% of Total Investments)            
      Allen County, Indiana, Economic Development Revenue Bonds, Fort Wayne Project, Senior Series 2017A-1:            
  500   6.625%, 1/15/34 1/24 at 104.00   N/R   527,220  
  675   6.750%, 1/15/43 1/24 at 104.00   N/R   708,865  
  1,605   Chesterton, Indiana, Economic Development Revenue Bonds, Storypoint Chesterton Project, Series 2016, 6.250%, 1/15/43 1/24 at 104.00   N/R   1,668,542  
  2,640   Crown Point Multi-School Building Corporation, Indiana, First Mortgage Bonds, Crown Point Community School Corporation, Series 2000, 0.000%, 1/15/24 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   A3   2,307,782  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Indiana (continued)            
$ 12,040   Indiana Finance Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Valparaiso University Project, Series 2014, 5.000%, 10/01/44 10/24 at 100.00   A3 $ 13,209,927  
  365   Indiana Finance Authority, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, United States Steel Corporation Project, Refunding Series 2010, 6.000%, 12/01/26 6/20 at 100.00   Caa1   372,920  
  125   Indiana Finance Authority, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, United States Steel Corporation Project, Refunding Series 2011, 6.000%, 12/01/19 No Opt. Call   Caa1   129,332  
  10,750   Indiana Finance Authority, Health System Revenue Bonds, Franciscan Alliance, Inc. Obligated Group, Series 2016A, 4.000%, 11/01/51 11/25 at 100.00   Aa3   10,949,412  
  10,190   Indiana Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Community Health Network Project, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 5/01/42 5/23 at 100.00   A   11,120,755  
  4,500   Indiana Finance Authority, Midwestern Disaster Relief Revenue Bonds, Ohio Valley Electric Corporation Project, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 6/01/39 – AGM Insured 6/22 at 100.00   Ba1   4,571,550  
  5,000   Indiana Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Health Care Group, Refunding Series 2010B, 5.000%, 12/01/37 12/20 at 100.00   AA–   5,468,350  
  13,880   Indiana Finance Authority, Wastewater Utility Revenue Bonds, CWA Authority Project, Series 2011B, 5.000%, 10/01/41 10/21 at 100.00   A3   15,495,354  
  17,970   Indiana Finance Authority, Wastewater Utility Revenue Bonds, CWA Authority Project, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 10/01/44 10/24 at 100.00   A   20,768,827  
  2,250   Indiana Health and Educational Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sisters of Saint Francis Health Services Inc., Series 2006E, 5.250%, 5/15/41 (Pre-refunded 5/01/18) –AGM Insured 5/18 at 100.00   Aa3 (4)   2,297,092  
  5,000   Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank Bonds, Indiana, PILOT Infrastructure Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2010F, 5.000%, 1/01/35 – AGM Insured 1/20 at 100.00   AA   5,366,700  
      Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Indiana, Series 1999E:            
  10,000   0.000%, 2/01/26 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A   7,970,200  
  20,000   0.000%, 2/01/28 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A   14,725,600  
  2,855   Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Indiana, Waterworks Project Series 2009A, 5.500%, 1/01/38 (Pre-refunded 1/01/19) – AGC Insured 1/19 at 100.00   A1 (4)   3,001,890  
  11,760   Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Indiana, Waterworks Project Series 2009A, 5.500%, 1/01/38 – AGC Insured 1/19 at 100.00   A   12,332,710  
  132,105   Total Indiana         132,993,028  
      Iowa – 3.1% (2.1% of Total Investments)            
  10,000   Iowa Finance Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, UnityPoint Health Project, Series 2013A, 5.250%, 2/15/44 2/23 at 100.00   A1   11,012,200  
      Iowa Finance Authority, Iowa, Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue Bonds, Iowa Fertilizer Company Project, Series 2013:            
  21,280   5.000%, 12/01/19 No Opt. Call   B–   22,066,296  
  10,685   5.250%, 12/01/25 12/23 at 100.00   B–   11,405,169  
  18,290   Iowa Finance Authority, Iowa, Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue Bonds, Iowa Fertilizer Company Project, Series 2016, 5.875%, 12/01/27 6/19 at 105.00   B–   19,615,293  
      Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority, Asset Backed Settlement Revenue Bonds, Series 2005C:            
  8,285   5.375%, 6/01/38 1/18 at 100.00   B2   8,284,420  
  2,200   5.500%, 6/01/42 1/18 at 100.00   B2   2,209,416  
  21,325   5.625%, 6/01/46 1/18 at 100.00   B2   21,416,271  
  8,400   Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority, Tobacco Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Series 2005B, 5.600%, 6/01/34 1/18 at 100.00   B2   8,456,364  
  100,465   Total Iowa         104,465,429  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Kansas – 0.7% (0.5% of Total Investments)            
$ 1,240   Kansas Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Services Corporation, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 1/01/40 1/20 at 100.00   AA– $ 1,310,953  
  8,140   Kansas Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Services Corporation, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 1/01/40 (Pre-refunded 1/01/20) 1/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   8,798,607  
  1,000   Lenexa, Kansas, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Lakeview Village Inc., Series 2017A, 5.000%, 5/15/43 5/27 at 100.00   BB+   1,035,270  
      Wyandotte County-Kansas City Unified Government, Kansas, Sales Tax Special Obligation Bonds, Vacation Village Project Area 1 and 2A, Series 2015:            
  5,210   5.000%, 9/01/27 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   5,280,387  
  5,435   5.750%, 9/01/32 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   5,482,230  
  2,595   6.000%, 9/01/35 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   2,617,317  
  23,620   Total Kansas         24,524,764  
      Kentucky – 2.8% (1.8% of Total Investments)            
  4,565   Christian County, Kentucky, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Jennie Stuart Medical Center, Series 2016, 5.500%, 2/01/44 2/26 at 100.00   BB+   4,964,757  
  6,675   Kentucky Bond Development Corporation, Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Summit Lexington Project, Series 2016A, 4.400%, 10/01/24 No Opt. Call   N/R   6,441,508  
      Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Owensboro Health, Refunding Series 2017A:            
  7,850   5.000%, 6/01/37 6/27 at 100.00   Baa3   8,580,521  
  3,280   5.000%, 6/01/41 6/27 at 100.00   Baa3   3,552,404  
  5,240   Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Owensboro Medical Health System, Series 2010A, 6.000%, 6/01/30 (Pre-refunded 6/01/20) 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3 (4)   5,870,058  
  6,015   Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Owensboro Medical Health System, Series 2010B, 6.375%, 3/01/40 (Pre-refunded 6/01/20) 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3 (4)   6,795,326  
  1,000   Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Louisville Arena Project Revenue Bonds, Louisville Arena Authority, Inc., Series 2008-A1, 6.000%, 12/01/33 – AGC Insured 6/18 at 100.00   A3   1,015,770  
      Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Next Generation Kentucky Information Highway Project, Senior Series 2015A:            
  4,345   5.000%, 7/01/37 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   4,744,653  
  7,370   5.000%, 7/01/40 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   8,011,853  
  10,245   5.000%, 1/01/45 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   11,073,103  
      Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority, First Tier Toll Revenue Bonds, Downtown Crossing Project, Convertible Capital Appreciation Series 2013C:            
  4,360   0.000%, 7/01/43 (7) 7/31 at 100.00   Baa3   3,823,066  
  7,510   0.000%, 7/01/46 (7) 7/31 at 100.00   Baa3   6,609,551  
      Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority, First Tier Toll Revenue Bonds, Downtown Crossing Project, Series 2013A:            
  2,390   5.750%, 7/01/49 7/23 at 100.00   Baa3   2,669,200  
  480   6.000%, 7/01/53 7/23 at 100.00   Baa3   541,670  
  715   Kentucky State Property and Buildings Commission, Revenue Bonds, Project 93, Refunding Series 2009, 5.250%, 2/01/20 – AGC Insured 2/19 at 100.00   AA   752,287  
      Kentucky State Property and Buildings Commission, Revenue Bonds, Project 93, Refunding Series 2009:            
  5,560   5.250%, 2/01/20 (Pre-refunded 2/01/19) – AGC Insured 2/19 at 100.00   AA (4)   5,841,392  
  8,865   5.250%, 2/01/24 (Pre-refunded 2/01/19) – AGC Insured 2/19 at 100.00   AA (4)   9,313,658  
  1,135   5.250%, 2/01/24 (Pre-refunded 2/01/19) – AGC Insured 2/19 at 100.00   AA (4)   1,192,442  
  87,600   Total Kentucky         91,793,219  
      Louisiana – 2.1% (1.4% of Total Investments)            
  3,080   Ascension Parish Industrial development Board, Louisiana, Revenue Bonds, Impala Warehousing (US) LLC Project, Series 2013, 6.000%, 7/01/36 7/23 at 100.00   N/R   3,313,279  
  4,330   Jefferson Parish Hospital District1, Louisiana, Hospital Revenue Bonds, West Jefferson Medical Center, Refunding Series 2011A, 6.000%, 1/01/39 (Pre-refunded 1/01/21) – AGM Insured 1/21 at 100.00   A2 (4)   4,958,716  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Louisiana (continued)            
$ 5,000   Lafayette Public Trust Financing Authority, Louisiana, Revenue Bonds, Ragin’ Cajun Facilities Inc. Housing & Parking Project, Series 2010, 5.500%, 10/01/41 (Pre-refunded 10/01/20) –AGM Insured 10/20 at 100.00   AA (4) $ 5,609,200  
  13,500   Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Womans Hospital Foundation Project, Refunding Series 2017A, 5.000%, 10/01/41 10/27 at 100.00   A   15,173,730  
  10,000   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Series 1998A, 5.750%, 7/01/25 – AGM Insured (UB) No Opt. Call   A   11,802,900  
  11,000   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Loyola University Project, Refunding Series 2017, 0.000%, 10/01/46 (7) 10/33 at 100.00   BBB+   9,207,880  
      Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ochsner Clinic Foundation Project, Series 2015:            
  1,000   4.250%, 5/15/40 5/25 at 100.00   A3   1,051,400  
  6,970   5.000%, 5/15/47 5/25 at 100.00   A3   7,770,714  
  1,000   New Orleans, Louisiana, Sewerage Service Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2014, 4.250%, 6/01/34 6/24 at 100.00   A–   1,050,320  
  10,185   St John Baptist Parish, Louisiana, Revenue Bonds, Marathon Oil Corporation, Series 2007A, 5.125%, 6/01/37 (Pre-refunded 12/18/17) 12/17 at 100.00   Ba1 (4)   10,215,249  
  66,065   Total Louisiana         70,153,388  
      Maine – 0.9% (0.6% of Total Investments)            
  7,530   Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Eastern Maine Medical Center Obligated Group Issue, Series 2013, 5.000%, 7/01/43 7/23 at 100.00   Ba1   7,780,523  
      Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Eastern Maine Medical Center Obligated Group Issue, Series 2016A:            
  5,280   4.000%, 7/01/41 7/26 at 100.00   Ba1   4,727,448  
  5,565   4.000%, 7/01/46 7/26 at 100.00   Ba1   4,859,692  
  1,050   Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Maine General Medical Center, Series 2011, 6.750%, 7/01/41 7/21 at 100.00   Ba3   1,140,720  
  10,000   Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Mainehealth Issue, Series 2015, 5.000%, 7/01/39 7/24 at 100.00   A+   11,042,400  
  29,425   Total Maine         29,550,783  
      Maryland – 1.4% (0.9% of Total Investments)            
  1,000   Howard County, Maryland, Special Obligation Bonds, Downtown Columbia Project, Series 2017A, 4.375%, 2/15/39 2/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,013,480  
  2,500   Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Adventist Healthcare, Series 2011A, 6.000%, 1/01/26 1/22 at 100.00   Baa3   2,858,750  
  13,315   Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Adventist Healthcare, Series 2016A, 5.500%, 1/01/46 1/27 at 100.00   Baa3   15,274,169  
  10,000   Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, LifeBridge Health System, Series 2015, 5.000%, 7/01/47 7/25 at 100.00   A+   11,208,900  
  2,500   Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Peninsula Regional Medical Center Issue, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 7/01/45 7/24 at 100.00   A3   2,723,025  
  3,000   Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Maryland Medical System Issue, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 7/01/43 7/22 at 100.00   A–   3,274,980  
      Prince George’s County Revenue Authority, Maryland, Special Obligation Bonds, Suitland-Naylor Road Project, Series 2016:            
  2,000   4.750%, 7/01/36 1/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,956,280  
  2,300   5.000%, 7/01/46 1/26 at 100.00   N/R   2,285,970  
      Rockville Mayor and Council, Maryland, Economic Development Revenue Bonds, Series 2017B:            
  1,335   4.250%, 11/01/37 (WI/DD, Settling 11/01/17) 11/24 at 103.00   BB   1,355,666  
  1,250   4.500%, 11/01/43 (WI/DD, Settling 11/01/17) 11/24 at 103.00   BB   1,281,388  
  1,950   5.000%, 11/01/47 (WI/DD, Settling 11/01/17) 11/24 at 103.00   BB   2,116,082  
  41,150   Total Maryland         45,348,690  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Massachusetts – 2.4% (1.6% of Total Investments)            
$ 9,500   Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Highway System Revenue Bonds, Commonwealth Contract Assistance Secured, Refunding Series 2010B, 5.000%, 1/01/35 1/20 at 100.00   AA $ 10,222,000  
  3,125   Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Highway System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2010B, 5.000%, 1/01/37 1/20 at 100.00   A3   3,341,750  
      Massachusetts Development Finance Agency Revenue Bonds, Lawrence General Hospital Issue, Series 2014A:            
  2,245   5.250%, 7/01/34 7/24 at 100.00   BB+   2,413,038  
  6,195   5.500%, 7/01/44 7/24 at 100.00   BB+   6,673,440  
  14,555   Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Resource Recovery Revenue Refunding Bonds, Covanta Energy Project, Series 2012B, 4.875%, 11/01/42 11/17 at 100.00   BB–   14,559,658  
      Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Emerson College, Series 2015:            
  2,950   5.000%, 1/01/45 1/25 at 100.00   Baa2   3,291,551  
  4,020   4.500%, 1/01/45 1/25 at 100.00   Baa2   4,299,229  
  6,000   Massachusetts Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, WGBH Educational Foundation, Series 2002A, 5.750%, 1/01/42 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A+   8,220,720  
  500   Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, CareGroup Inc., Series 2008E-1 &2, 5.125%, 7/01/38 (Pre-refunded 7/01/18) 7/18 at 100.00   A– (4)   513,470  
  5,330   Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Harvard University, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XL0017, 11.890%, 12/15/34 (Pre-refunded 12/15/19) (IF) (5) 12/19 at 100.00   AAA   6,633,025  
  1,000   Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Series 2010C, 5.375%, 7/01/35 7/20 at 100.00   BBB–   1,057,960  
  7,405   Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Series 2002K, 5.500%, 7/01/32 (UB) (5) No Opt. Call   AAA   10,041,550  
  770   Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Suffolk University, Refunding Series 2009A, 5.750%, 7/01/39 7/19 at 100.00   BBB   820,011  
  1,530   Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Suffolk University, Refunding Series 2009A, 5.750%, 7/01/39 (Pre-refunded 7/01/19) 7/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   1,646,158  
  4,560   Massachusetts School Building Authority, Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Senior Series 2013A, 5.000%, 5/15/43 5/23 at 100.00   Aa2   5,188,915  
  425   Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust, Revenue Bonds, MWRA Loan Program, Subordinate Series 1999A, 5.750%, 8/01/29 1/18 at 100.00   AAA   426,632  
  1,245   Springfield Water and Sewer Commission, Massachusetts, General Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2010B, 5.000%, 11/15/30 (Pre-refunded 11/15/20) – AGC Insured 11/20 at 100.00   A3 (4)   1,384,452  
  71,355   Total Massachusetts         80,733,559  
      Michigan – 2.9% (1.9% of Total Investments)            
  5,490   Detroit City School District, Wayne County, Michigan, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2001A, 6.000%, 5/01/29 – AGM Insured (UB) No Opt. Call   AA–   6,752,590  
  2,985   Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Michigan, Sewage Disposal System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2012A, 5.250%, 7/01/39 7/22 at 100.00   A–   3,312,216  
  895   Kalamazoo Hospital Finance Authority, Michigan, Hospital Revenue Refunding Bonds, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Series 2010, 5.250%, 5/15/36 – AGM Insured 5/20 at 100.00   A2   956,585  
  1,105   Kalamazoo Hospital Finance Authority, Michigan, Hospital Revenue Refunding Bonds, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Series 2010, 5.250%, 5/15/36 (Pre-refunded 5/15/20) – AGM Insured 5/20 at 100.00   A2 (4)   1,213,831  
      Michigan Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Sparrow Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2015:            
  4,495   4.000%, 11/15/35 5/25 at 100.00   A+   4,688,420  
  2,550   4.000%, 11/15/36 5/25 at 100.00   A+   2,652,841  
  3,240   Michigan Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Health Credit Group, Refunding Series 2011, 5.000%, 12/01/39 12/21 at 100.00   AA–   3,573,882  
  10   Michigan Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Health Credit Group, Refunding Series 2011, 5.000%, 12/01/39 (Pre-refunded 12/01/21) 12/21 at 100.00   N/R (4)   11,414  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Michigan (continued)            
$ 10,000   Michigan Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Health Credit Group, Series 2016MI, 5.000%, 12/01/45 (UB) (5) 6/26 at 100.00   AA– $ 11,310,800  
  4,000   Michigan Public Power Agency, AFEC Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 1/01/43 1/22 at 100.00   BBB   4,220,880  
      Michigan State Building Authority, Revenue Bonds, Facilities Program, Refunding Series 2011-II-A:            
  2,750   5.375%, 10/15/36 10/21 at 100.00   A+   3,130,215  
  8,260   5.375%, 10/15/41 10/21 at 100.00   A+   9,385,095  
      Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Henry Ford Health System, Refunding Series 2009:            
  5,500   5.625%, 11/15/29 (Pre-refunded 11/15/19) 11/19 at 100.00   A3 (4)   5,993,900  
  10,585   5.750%, 11/15/39 (Pre-refunded 11/15/19) 11/19 at 100.00   A3 (4)   11,562,101  
  13,855   Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Health Care Group, Series 2009C, 5.000%, 12/01/48 6/22 at 100.00   AA–   14,875,144  
  3,050   Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 6.875%, 6/01/42 6/18 at 100.00   B2   3,120,455  
  1,150   Royal Oak Hospital Finance Authority, Michigan, Hospital Revenue Bonds, William Beaumont Hospital, Refunding Series 2009V, 8.250%, 9/01/39 (Pre-refunded 9/01/18) 9/18 at 100.00   Aaa   1,218,160  
      Wayne County Airport Authority, Michigan, Revenue Bonds, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Series 2015D:            
  3,550   5.000%, 12/01/40 12/25 at 100.00   A   4,064,252  
  3,600   5.000%, 12/01/45 12/25 at 100.00   A   4,099,320  
  87,070   Total Michigan         96,142,101  
      Minnesota – 0.8% (0.5% of Total Investments)            
      Baytown Township, Minnesota Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Saint Croix Preparatory Academy, Refunding Series 2016A:            
  155   4.000%, 8/01/36 8/26 at 100.00   BB+   144,502  
  440   4.000%, 8/01/41 8/26 at 100.00   BB+   399,705  
  2,000   Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Prairie Seeds Academy Project, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 3/01/34 3/25 at 100.00   BB+   2,136,360  
  1,720   Deephaven, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Eagle Ridge Academy Project, Series 2015A, 5.500%, 7/01/50 7/25 at 100.00   BB+   1,872,547  
  1,410   Minneapolis, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Hiawatha Academies Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 7/01/47 7/24 at 102.00   N/R   1,418,643  
  4,625   Minneapolis, Minnesota, Health Care System Revenue Bonds, Fairview Health Services, Series 2008B, 6.500%, 11/15/38 – AGC Insured 11/18 at 100.00   A2   4,861,337  
  840   Minneapolis, Minnesota, Health Care System Revenue Bonds, Fairview Health Services, Series 2008B, 6.500%, 11/15/38 (Pre-refunded 11/15/18) – AGC Insured 11/18 at 100.00   A2 (4)   886,956  
  1,000   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   A2   1,062,570  
  1,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Bethel University, Refunding Series 2017, 5.000%, 5/01/47 5/27 at 100.00   BBB–   1,108,370  
      Saint Cloud, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Stride Academy Project, Series 2016A:            
  405   5.000%, 4/01/36 4/26 at 100.00   CCC–   303,564  
  605   5.000%, 4/01/46 4/26 at 100.00   CCC–   417,026  
  2,500   Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Facility Revenue Bonds, HealthPartners Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2015A, 4.000%, 7/01/35 7/25 at 100.00   A   2,616,025  
  235   Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, 2700 University at Westgate Station, Series 2015B, 4.250%, 4/01/25 4/23 at 100.00   N/R   239,705  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Minnesota (continued)            
      St. Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Hospital Revenue Bonds, HealthEast Inc., Series 2015A:            
$ 900   5.250%, 11/15/35 (Pre-refunded 11/15/20) 11/20 at 100.00   A+ (4) $ 1,006,065  
  2,785   5.000%, 11/15/40 (Pre-refunded 11/15/25) 11/25 at 100.00   A+ (4)   3,425,606  
  3,190   5.000%, 11/15/44 (Pre-refunded 11/15/25) 11/25 at 100.00   A+ (4)   3,923,763  
  23,810   Total Minnesota         25,822,744  
      Mississippi – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  5,445   Mississippi Development Bank, Special Obligation Bonds, Gulfport Water and Sewer System Project, Series 2005, 5.250%, 7/01/24 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A2   6,314,076  
      Missouri – 1.7% (1.1% of Total Investments)            
  2,820   Chesterfield Valley Transportation Development District, Missouri, Transportation Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, 3.625%, 5/15/31 5/23 at 100.00   A–   2,856,011  
      Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Ward Parkway Center Community Improvement District, Senior Refunding & Improvement Series 2016:            
  400   5.000%, 4/01/36 4/26 at 100.00   N/R   415,000  
  1,520   5.000%, 4/01/46 4/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,549,214  
  15,000   Kansas City Municipal Assistance Corporation, Missouri, Leasehold Revenue Bonds, Series 2004B-1, 0.000%, 4/15/28 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A1   10,920,300  
  3,345   Kirkwood Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Retirement Community Revenue Bonds, Aberdeen Heights Project, Refunding Series 2017A, 5.250%, 5/15/50 5/27 at 100.00   BB   3,500,743  
      Liberty, Missouri, Special Obligation Tax Increment and Special Districts Bonds, Liberty Commons Project, Series 2015A:            
  1,575   5.750%, 6/01/35 6/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,550,965  
  1,055   6.000%, 6/01/46 6/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,046,391  
  2,460   Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Saint Louis College of Pharmacy, Series 2013, 5.500%, 5/01/43 5/23 at 100.00   BBB   2,689,961  
      Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Saint Louis College of Pharmacy, Series 2015B:            
  1,410   5.000%, 5/01/40 11/23 at 100.00   BBB   1,519,684  
  2,000   5.000%, 5/01/45 11/23 at 100.00   BBB   2,147,840  
  7,040   Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, CoxHealth, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 11/15/48 11/23 at 100.00   A2   7,673,530  
  2,250   Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Heartland Regional Medical Center, Series 2012, 5.000%, 2/15/43 2/22 at 100.00   A1   2,435,850  
  1,010   Plaza at Noah’s Ark Community Improvement District, Saint Charles, Missouri, Tax Increment and Improvement District Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, 5.000%, 5/01/30 5/21 at 100.00   N/R   1,016,424  
  4,125   Saint Louis, Missouri, Airport Revenue Bonds, Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, Series 2005, 5.500%, 7/01/29 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   A3   5,331,397  
  15,350   Springfield Public Building Corporation, Missouri, Lease Revenue Bonds, Jordan Valley Park Projects, Series 2000A, 0.000%, 6/01/30 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   N/R   9,249,756  
  405   St. Louis County Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Revenue Bonds, Friendship Village of Sunset Hills, Series 2013A, 5.875%, 9/01/43 9/23 at 100.00   BBB+   464,972  
      St. Louis County Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Revenue Bonds, Saint Andrew’s Resources for Seniors, Series 2015A:            
  1,550   5.000%, 12/01/35 12/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,637,435  
  455   5.125%, 12/01/45 12/25 at 100.00   N/R   479,743  
  1,200   The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Saint Louis, Missouri, Development Financing Revenue Bonds, Ballpark Village Development Project, Series 2017A, 4.375%, 11/15/35 11/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,228,330  
  64,970   Total Missouri         57,713,546  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Montana – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
      Kalispell, Montana, Housing and Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds, Immanuel Lutheran Corporation, Series 2017A:            
$ 1,175   5.250%, 5/15/37 5/25 at 102.00   N/R $ 1,245,500  
  375   5.250%, 5/15/47 5/25 at 102.00   N/R   393,049  
  3,000   Montana Facility Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Benefis Health System Obligated Group, Series 2011A, 5.750%, 1/01/31 (Pre-refunded 1/01/21) – AGM Insured 1/21 at 100.00   A2 (4)   3,417,450  
  4,550   Total Montana         5,055,999  
      Nebraska – 0.8% (0.5% of Total Investments)            
  4,435   Central Plains Energy Project, Nebraska, Gas Project 3 Revenue Bonds, Series 2012, 5.000%, 9/01/32 9/22 at 100.00   BBB+   4,896,018  
  580   Douglas County Hospital Authority 2, Nebraska, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Nebraska Methodist Health System, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 11/01/45 11/25 at 100.00   A–   642,872  
      Douglas County Hospital Authority 3, Nebraska, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Nebraska Methodist Health System, Refunding Series 2015:            
  2,090   4.125%, 11/01/36 11/25 at 100.00   A–   2,175,356  
  2,325   5.000%, 11/01/48 11/25 at 100.00   A–   2,566,730  
  4,010   Lincoln County Hospital Authority 1, Nebraska, Hospital Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Great Plains Regional Medical Center Project, Series 2012, 5.000%, 11/01/42 11/21 at 100.00   A–   4,287,492  
  5,000   Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, Power Supply System Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Series 2009A, 5.375%, 4/01/39 (Pre-refunded 4/01/19) – BHAC Insured 4/19 at 100.00   A (4)   5,294,650  
  6,000   Scotts Bluff County Hospital Authority 1, Nebraska, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Regional West Medical Center Project, Refunding & Improvement Series 2016A, 5.250%, 2/20/37 2/27 at 100.00   BBB+   6,407,100  
  24,440   Total Nebraska         26,270,218  
      Nevada – 1.5% (1.0% of Total Investments)            
  5,350   Clark County, Nevada, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien Series 2009C, 5.000%, 7/01/26 – AGM Insured 7/19 at 100.00   Aa3   5,682,930  
      Clark County, Nevada, Passenger Facility Charge Revenue Bonds, Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, Series 2010A:            
  24,020   5.250%, 7/01/39 – AGM Insured 1/20 at 100.00   Aa3   25,940,879  
  14,515   5.250%, 7/01/42 1/20 at 100.00   A+   15,640,348  
  1,000   Las Vegas, Nevada, Sales Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Symphony Park Tourism Improvement District, Series 2016, 4.375%, 6/15/35 6/21 at 100.00   N/R   935,100  
  500   Nevada State Director of the Department of Business and Industry, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Doral Academy of Nevada, Series 2017A, 5.000%, 7/15/37 7/25 at 100.00   BB+   515,760  
  1,140   North Las Vegas, Nevada, General Obligation Bonds, Wastewater Reclamation System Series 2006, 5.000%, 10/01/25 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   B+   1,141,436  
  1,100   Washoe County, Nevada, Highway Revenue, Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Bonds, Series 2013, 5.000%, 2/01/38 2/19 at 100.00   A+   1,146,530  
  47,625   Total Nevada         51,002,983  
      New Hampshire – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  5,000   New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Elliot Hospital Obligated Group Issue, Series 2009A, 6.125%, 10/01/39 (Pre-refunded 10/01/19) 10/19 at 100.00   BBB (4)   5,470,500  
  500   New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Kendal at Hanover, Series 2016, 5.000%, 10/01/40 10/26 at 100.00   BBB+   541,450  
  5,500   Total New Hampshire         6,011,950  
      New Jersey – 7.0% (4.6% of Total Investments)            
      New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction Bonds, Refunding Series 2016BBB:            
  34,310   5.500%, 6/15/29 12/26 at 100.00   BBB+   40,240,827  
  2,110   5.500%, 6/15/30 12/26 at 100.00   BBB+   2,467,476  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      New Jersey (continued)            
      New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction Bonds, Series 2005N-1:            
$ 6,835   5.500%, 9/01/24 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+ $ 7,942,543  
  5,000   5.500%, 9/01/28 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   A3   6,050,450  
  11,975   New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction Bonds, Series 2015WW, 5.250%, 6/15/40 6/25 at 100.00   BBB+   13,006,526  
  2,335   New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction Financing Program Bonds, Series 2012K-K, 5.000%, 3/01/23 9/22 at 100.00   BBB+   2,578,844  
  600   New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, New Jersey, Revenue Bonds, Saint Peters University Hospital, Refunding Series 2011, 6.000%, 7/01/26 7/21 at 100.00   BB+   654,360  
  1,500   New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, New Jersey, Revenue Bonds, Saint Peters University Hospital, Series 2007, 5.750%, 7/01/37 7/18 at 100.00   BB+   1,529,640  
  2,325   New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Barnabas Health, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 7/01/44 7/24 at 100.00   A+   2,555,640  
      New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Federal Highway Reimbursement Revenue Notes, Series 2016A-1:            
  5,945   5.000%, 6/15/27 6/26 at 100.00   Baa1   6,764,518  
  4,000   5.000%, 6/15/28 6/26 at 100.00   Baa1   4,516,000  
  2,015   New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Capital Appreciation Series 2010A, 0.000%, 12/15/26 No Opt. Call   BBB+   1,421,865  
  2,150   New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Refunding Series 2006A, 5.250%, 12/15/20 No Opt. Call   BBB+   2,354,766  
  20,000   New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Refunding Series 2006C, 0.000%, 12/15/33 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A–   10,714,000  
  3,000   New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Series 2011B, 5.000%, 6/15/42 6/21 at 100.00   BBB+   3,123,630  
  20,040   New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Series 2014AA, 5.000%, 6/15/44 6/24 at 100.00   BBB+   21,302,320  
      New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Series 2015AA:            
  13,680   4.750%, 6/15/38 6/25 at 100.00   BBB+   14,430,348  
  5,245   5.250%, 6/15/41 6/25 at 100.00   BBB+   5,725,704  
  8,230   5.000%, 6/15/45 6/25 at 100.00   BBB+   8,787,912  
  33,200   New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2005D-1, 5.250%, 1/01/26 –AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A2   40,715,152  
  200   New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XF1057, 14.189%, 1/01/43 (IF) (5) 7/22 at 100.00   A   293,274  
  1,135   Rutgers State University, New Jersey, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2013L, 5.000%, 5/01/43 5/23 at 100.00   A+   1,283,628  
      Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, New Jersey, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007-1A:            
  1,430   4.500%, 6/01/23 12/17 at 100.00   Baa2   1,455,011  
  1,580   4.625%, 6/01/26 12/17 at 100.00   Ba3   1,586,399  
  19,210   5.000%, 6/01/29 12/17 at 100.00   B2   19,252,262  
  11,495   4.750%, 6/01/34 12/17 at 100.00   B3   11,160,610  
  1,330   Washington Township Board of Education, Mercer County, New Jersey, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005, 5.250%, 1/01/26 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A2   1,622,693  
  220,875   Total New Jersey         233,536,398  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      New York – 4.8% (3.1% of Total Investments)            
$ 5,810   Build NYC Resource Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc., Series 2015, 5.500%, 9/01/45 9/25 at 100.00   N/R $ 6,382,401  
  2,250   Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Insured Revenue Bonds, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Series 1994A, 5.150%, 7/01/24 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   A3   2,655,202  
  9,700   Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Revenue Bonds, Columbia University, Series 2017A, 5.000%, 10/01/47 (UB) (5) No Opt. Call   AAA   13,206,259  
  4,070   Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Revenue Bonds, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/45 7/25 at 100.00   A–   4,511,717  
  7,225   Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Revenue Bonds, Non State Supported Debt, Cornell University, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 7/01/35 7/20 at 100.00   AA   7,930,594  
      Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Revenue Bonds, Orange Regional Medical Center Obligated Group, Series 2015:            
  2,700   5.000%, 12/01/40 6/25 at 100.00   BB+   2,907,900  
  5,600   5.000%, 12/01/45 6/25 at 100.00   BB+   6,000,736  
  5   Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, State Personal Income Tax Revenue Bonds, General Purpose, Series 2009A, 5.000%, 2/15/39 (Pre-refunded 2/15/19) 2/19 at 100.00   Aa1 (4)   5,247  
      Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, State Personal Income Tax Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XF0525:            
  1,998   11.843%, 2/15/39 (IF) 2/19 at 100.00   AA+   2,291,712  
  1,335   11.834%, 2/15/39 (IF) 2/19 at 100.00   AA+   1,531,365  
  2,695   Hempstead Town Local Development Corporation, New York, Education Revenue Bonds, The Academy Charter School Project, Series 2017A, 6.240%, 2/01/47 2/27 at 100.00   N/R   2,704,055  
      Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Senior Fiscal 2012 Series 2011A:            
  340   5.750%, 2/15/47 2/21 at 100.00   AA–   387,566  
  2,400   5.250%, 2/15/47 2/21 at 100.00   AA–   2,660,544  
  510   Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Senior Fiscal 2012 Series 2011A, 5.750%, 2/15/47 (Pre-refunded 2/15/21) 2/21 at 100.00   Aa3 (4)   584,006  
  6,075   Long Island Power Authority, New York, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 5/01/36 – AGM Insured 5/21 at 100.00   A–   6,717,978  
  10,000   Long Island Power Authority, New York, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 9/01/42 9/22 at 100.00   A–   11,015,700  
  4,315   Monroe County Industrial Development Corporation, New York, FHA Insured Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Unity Hospital of Rochester Project, Series 2010, 5.500%, 8/15/40 2/21 at 100.00   AA   4,833,836  
  1,000   Nassau County Local Economic Assistance Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Services of Long Island Obligated Group Project, Series 2014, 5.000%, 7/01/31 7/24 at 100.00   Baa1   1,121,870  
  1,665   Nassau County Tobacco Settlement Corporation, New York, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2006A-3, 5.000%, 6/01/35 12/17 at 100.00   B–   1,649,565  
  4,050   New York City Industrial Development Agency, New York, Revenue Bonds, Yankee Stadium Project PILOT, Series 2009A, 7.000%, 3/01/49 – AGC Insured 3/19 at 100.00   A3   4,352,333  
  11,570   New York City Municipal Water Authority, Water and Sewer System Second General Resolution Revenue Bonds, Fiscal 2016, Series 2015BB-1, 5.000%, 6/15/46 (UB) 6/25 at 100.00   AA+   13,313,830  
  75   New York City, New York, General Obligation Bonds, Fiscal Series 2002G, 5.750%, 8/01/18 1/18 at 100.00   AA   75,307  
  5   New York City, New York, General Obligation Bonds, Fiscal Series 2005M, 5.000%, 4/01/26 – FGIC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   AA–   5,017  
  28,615   New York Liberty Development Corporation, New York, Liberty Revenue Bonds, 3 World Trade Center Project, Class 1 Series 2014, 5.000%, 11/15/44 11/24 at 100.00   N/R   31,159,446  
  30   New York State Housing Finance Agency, Mortgage Revenue Refunding Bonds, Housing Project, Series 1996A, 6.125%, 11/01/20 – AGM Insured 11/17 at 100.00   A2   30,095  

 

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  Portfolio of Investments (continued) October 31, 2017

 

  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      New York (continued)            
$ 5,655   Onondaga Civic Development Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Saint Joseph’s Hospital Health Center Project, Series 2012, 5.000%, 7/01/42 (Pre-refunded 7/01/22) 7/22 at 100.00   N/R (4) $ 6,568,169  
      Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Special Project Bonds, JFK International Air Terminal LLC Project, Eighth Series 2010:            
  8,550   5.500%, 12/01/31 12/20 at 100.00   BBB   9,419,364  
  3,155   6.000%, 12/01/36 12/20 at 100.00   BBB   3,516,593  
  10,360   TSASC Inc., New York, Tobacco Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2006, 5.000%, 6/01/48 6/27 at 100.00   N/R   10,445,781  
  141,758   Total New York         157,984,188  
      North Carolina – 0.8% (0.6% of Total Investments)            
  3,000   Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, North Carolina, Health Care Revenue Bonds, DBA Carolinas HealthCare System, Series 2008A, 5.000%, 1/15/47 (Pre-refunded 1/15/18) 1/18 at 100.00   AA– (4)   3,024,630  
  1,255   North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Duke University Health System, Series 2009A, 5.000%, 6/01/39 (Pre-refunded 6/01/19) 6/19 at 100.00   Aa2 (4)   1,331,066  
  10,000   North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Duke University Health System, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 6/01/42 6/22 at 100.00   AA   11,078,500  
  4,715   North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Vidant Health, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 6/01/36 6/22 at 100.00   A+   5,238,742  
  2,150   North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, WakeMed, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/38 10/22 at 100.00   A2   2,433,951  
  2,150   North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Retirement Facilities First Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Aldersgate United Retirement Community Inc., Refunding Series 2017A, 5.000%, 7/01/47 7/27 at 100.00   N/R   2,306,542  
  1,690   North Carolina Turnpike Authority, Monroe Expressway Toll Revenue Bonds, Series 2017A, 5.000%, 7/01/54 7/26 at 100.00   BBB–   1,848,877  
  540   Oak Island, North Carolina, Enterprise System Revenue Bonds, Series 2009, 6.000%, 6/01/34 (Pre-refunded 6/01/19) – AGC Insured 6/19 at 100.00   A2 (4)   581,163  
  25,500   Total North Carolina         27,843,471  
      North Dakota – 0.7% (0.4% of Total Investments)            
      Grand Forks, North Dakota, Health Care System Revenue Bonds, Altru Health System Obligated Group, Series 2012:            
  7,000   5.000%, 12/01/29 12/21 at 100.00   Baa1   7,589,750  
  3,000   5.000%, 12/01/32 12/21 at 100.00   Baa1   3,227,550  
  2,245   5.000%, 12/01/35 12/21 at 100.00   Baa1   2,400,152  
  4,525   Grand Forks, North Dakota, Health Care System Revenue Bonds, Altru Health System Obligated Group, Series 2017A, 5.000%, 12/01/42 12/27 at 100.00   Baa1   5,048,362  
  1,000   Grand Forks, North Dakota, Senior Housing & Nursing Facilities Revenue Bonds, Valley Homes and Services Obligated Group, Series 2017, 5.000%, 12/01/36 12/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,003,580  
      Williston Parks and Recreation District, North Dakota, Sales Tax & Gross Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A:            
  300   3.000%, 3/01/18 No Opt. Call   B   299,277  
  970   4.000%, 3/01/19 No Opt. Call   B   972,076  
  1,085   5.000%, 3/01/21 No Opt. Call   B   1,116,411  
  2,535   Williston, North Dakota, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Eagle Crest Apartments LLC Project, Series 2013, 7.750%, 9/01/38 (8) 9/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,014,000  
  22,660   Total North Dakota         22,671,158  
      Ohio – 9.6% (6.3% of Total Investments)            
  4,185   Akron, Bath and Copley Joint Township Hospital District, Ohio, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Improvement & Refunding Series 2012, 5.000%, 11/15/42 5/22 at 100.00   A1   4,472,342  
      Allen County, Ohio, Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Partners, Refunding and Improvement Series 2012A:            
  1,930   5.000%, 5/01/33 5/22 at 100.00   A2   2,114,759  
  2,540   4.000%, 5/01/33 5/22 at 100.00   A2   2,612,873  
  3,405   5.000%, 5/01/42 5/22 at 100.00   A2   3,684,346  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Ohio (continued)            
$ 9,405   American Municipal Power Ohio Inc., Prairie State Energy Campus Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 5.250%, 2/15/43 (Pre-refunded 2/15/18) 2/18 at 100.00   N/R (4) $ 9,518,989  
  595   American Municipal Power Ohio Inc., Prairie State Energy Campus Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 5.250%, 2/15/43 2/18 at 100.00   A   601,605  
  100,000   Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Ohio, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Second Subordinate Capital Appreciation Turbo Term Series 2007C, 0.000%, 6/01/52 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   3,002,000  
      Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Ohio, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2007A-2:            
  17,305   5.375%, 6/01/24 12/17 at 100.00   Caa1   16,452,556  
  45,260   5.125%, 6/01/24 12/17 at 100.00   Caa1   42,431,250  
  20,820   5.875%, 6/01/30 12/17 at 100.00   Caa1   19,797,738  
  28,135   5.750%, 6/01/34 12/17 at 100.00   Caa1   26,472,784  
  2,715   6.000%, 6/01/42 12/17 at 100.00   B–   2,588,943  
  19,115   5.875%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B–   17,968,100  
  10,000   Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Ohio, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2007A-3, 6.250%, 6/01/37 6/22 at 100.00   Caa1   9,954,700  
  1,000   Butler County Port Authority, Ohio, Revenue Bonds, StoryPoint Fairfield Project, Senior Series 2017A-1, 6.250%, 1/15/34 1/24 at 104.00   N/R   1,039,590  
      Centerville, Ohio Health Care Improvement Revenue Bonds, Graceworks Lutheran Services, Refunding & Improvement Series 2017:            
  2,750   5.250%, 11/01/37 11/27 at 100.00   N/R   2,960,485  
  3,200   5.250%, 11/01/47 11/27 at 100.00   N/R   3,396,800  
  10,000   Chillicothe, Ohio, Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds, Adena Health System Obligated Group Project, Refunding & Improvement Series 2017, 4.000%, 12/01/42 12/27 at 100.00   A–   10,099,100  
  8,310   Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District, Ohio, General Obligation Bonds, School Improvement Series 2014, 5.000%, 12/01/51 6/23 at 100.00   Aa3   9,316,673  
  7,870   Franklin County, Ohio, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Project, Improvement Series 2012A, 5.000%, 11/01/42 5/22 at 100.00   Aa2   8,526,043  
  6,425   JobsOhio Beverage System, Ohio, Statewide Senior Lien Liquor Profits Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 1/01/38 (UB) (5) 1/23 at 100.00   Aa3   7,185,206  
      JobsOhio Beverage System, Ohio, Statewide Senior Lien Liquor Profits Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0052:            
  1,250   15.251%, 1/01/38 (IF) (5) 1/23 at 100.00   Aa3   1,841,588  
  2,000   15.251%, 1/01/38 (IF) (5) 1/23 at 100.00   Aa3   2,946,540  
  625   15.251%, 1/01/38 (IF) (5) 1/23 at 100.00   Aa3   920,794  
  1,725   15.251%, 1/01/38 (IF) (5) 1/23 at 100.00   Aa3   2,541,391  
  1,750   15.243%, 1/01/38 (IF) (5) 1/23 at 100.00   Aa3   2,577,750  
  390   15.146%, 1/01/38 (IF) (5) 1/23 at 100.00   Aa3   573,164  
  2,885   Lucas County, Ohio, Hospital Revenue Bonds, ProMedica Healthcare Obligated Group, Series 2011A, 6.000%, 11/15/41 11/21 at 100.00   A1   3,358,313  
      Middletown City School District, Butler County, Ohio, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2007:            
  4,380   5.250%, 12/01/27 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A2   5,359,850  
  6,000   5.250%, 12/01/31 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A2   7,420,140  
  12,000   Muskingum County, Ohio, Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds, Genesis HealthCare System Obligated Group Project, Series 2013, 5.000%, 2/15/48 2/23 at 100.00   Ba2   12,490,560  
  1,260   Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, Ohio, Air Quality Development Revenue Bonds, FirstEnergy Generation Corporation Project, Series 2009A, 5.700%, 8/01/20 No Opt. Call   C   609,714  
  19,920   Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, Ohio, Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Project, Refunding Series 2009A, 4.375%, 6/01/33 (Mandatory put 6/01/22) No Opt. Call   CCC+   19,713,031  
  4,975   Ohio Turnpike Commission, Turnpike Revenue Bonds, Infrastructure Project, Junior Lien Series 2013A-1, 5.000%, 2/15/48 2/23 at 100.00   A+   5,534,986  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Ohio (continued)            
$ 1,240   Ohio Turnpike Commission, Turnpike Revenue Bonds, Infrastructure Projects, Junior Lien Convertible Series 2013A-3, 0.000%, 2/15/36 (7) 2/31 at 100.00   A+ $ 1,205,057  
  20,405   Ohio Water Development Authority, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generating Corporation Project, Series 2009A, 4.375%, 6/01/33 (Mandatory put 6/01/22) No Opt. Call   CCC+   20,192,992  
  20,010   Ohio Water Development Authority, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generating Corporation Project, Series 2010B, 4.375%, 6/01/33 (Mandatory put 6/01/22) No Opt. Call   CCC+   19,802,096  
      Southeastern Ohio Port Authority, Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds, Memorial Health System Obligated Group Project, Refunding and Improvement Series 2012:            
  1,095   5.750%, 12/01/32 12/22 at 100.00   BB   1,203,920  
  870   6.000%, 12/01/42 12/22 at 100.00   BB   956,252  
  1,365   Toledo Lucas County Port Authority, Ohio, Revenue Bonds, Storypoint Waterville Project, Series 2016A-1, 6.125%, 1/15/34 1/24 at 104.00   N/R   1,426,835  
  1,330   Tuscarawas County Economic Development and Finance Alliance, Ohio, Higher Education Facilities Revenue Bonds, Ashland University, Refunding & Improvement Series 2015, 6.000%, 3/01/45 3/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,366,334  
  2,000   University of Akron, Ohio, General Receipts Bonds, Federally Taxable Build America Bonds, Series 2010B, 5.000%, 1/01/29 – AGM Insured 1/20 at 100.00   A1   2,151,560  
  412,440   Total Ohio         318,389,749  
      Oklahoma – 0.4% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
  1,400   Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Economic Development Authority, Gaming Enterprise Revenue Bonds, Fort Sill Apache Casino, Series 2011A, 8.500%, 8/25/26 8/21 at 100.00   N/R   1,631,448  
  3,500   Grand River Dam Authority, Oklahoma, Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.250%, 6/01/40 (Pre-refunded 6/01/20) 6/20 at 100.00   A1 (4)   3,854,375  
      Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, Oklahoma, Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2011:            
  1,000   5.375%, 7/01/40 7/21 at 100.00   AAA   1,127,320  
  1,500   5.000%, 7/01/40 7/21 at 100.00   AAA   1,664,910  
  1,675   Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, Health System Revenue Bonds, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Series 2008B, 5.250%, 8/15/38 (Pre-refunded 8/15/18) 8/18 at 100.00   N/R (4)   1,729,237  
  2,340   Tulsa County Industrial Authority, Oklahoma, Senior Living Community Revenue Bonds, Montereau, Inc. Project, Refunding Series 2017, 5.250%, 11/15/45 11/25 at 102.00   BBB–   2,604,163  
  11,415   Total Oklahoma         12,611,453  
      Oregon – 0.3% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
      Multnomah County Hospital Facilities Authority, Oregon, Revenue Bonds, Mirabella South Waterfront, Refunding Series 2014A:            
  1,000   5.400%, 10/01/44 10/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,074,430  
  800   5.500%, 10/01/49 10/24 at 100.00   N/R   861,816  
  555   Oregon Department of Administrative Services, State Lottery Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 4/01/31 4/21 at 100.00   Aa2   624,791  
  3,445   Oregon Department of Administrative Services, State Lottery Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 4/01/31 (Pre-refunded 4/01/21) 4/21 at 100.00   N/R (4)   3,900,395  
  3,000   Oregon State Department of Transportation, Highway User Tax Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2009A, 5.000%, 11/15/33 (Pre-refunded 5/15/19) 5/19 at 100.00   Aa1 (4)   3,177,240  
  8,800   Total Oregon         9,638,672  
      Pennsylvania – 6.1% (4.0% of Total Investments)            
      Allegheny Country Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, United States Steel Corporation Project, Refunding Series 2009:            
  170   6.750%, 11/01/24 11/19 at 100.00   Caa1   175,947  
  195   6.875%, 5/01/30 11/19 at 100.00   Caa1   199,674  
  2,000   Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Series 2009A, 5.625%, 8/15/39 8/19 at 100.00   A+   2,134,460  
  3,335   Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, Pennsylvania, Sewer Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2010, 5.000%, 6/01/40 – AGM Insured 12/20 at 100.00   A1   3,664,965  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Pennsylvania (continued)            
$ 2,540   Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Tax Revenue Bonds, City Center Refunding Project, Series 2017, 5.000%, 5/01/42 5/27 at 100.00   Ba1 $ 2,728,671  
  7,750   Beaver County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Generation Project, Series 2008B, 4.250%, 10/01/47 (Mandatory put 4/01/21) No Opt. Call   CCC+   7,670,253  
      Beaver County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Project, Series 2006A:            
  13,235   4.375%, 1/01/35 (Mandatory put 7/01/22) No Opt. Call   CCC+   13,097,488  
  690   3.500%, 4/01/41 (Mandatory put 6/01/20) No Opt. Call   C   334,167  
      Bucks County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, School Lane Charter School Project, Series 2016:            
  2,410   5.125%, 3/15/36 3/27 at 100.00   BBB–   2,567,614  
  6,420   5.125%, 3/15/46 3/27 at 100.00   BBB–   6,763,791  
  1,580   Chester County Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Pennsylvania, Health System Revenue Bonds, Jefferson Health System, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 5/15/40 5/20 at 100.00   AA   1,713,289  
  4,435   Chester County Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Pennsylvania, Health System Revenue Bonds, Jefferson Health System, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 5/15/40 (Pre-refunded 5/15/20) 5/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   4,855,882  
  1,000   Cumberland County Municipal Authority, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries Project, Series 2015, 5.000%, 1/01/29 1/25 at 100.00   BBB+   1,121,180  
  7,630   Dauphin County General Authority, Pennsylvania, Health System Revenue Bonds, Pinnacle Health System Project, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 6/01/42 6/22 at 100.00   A+   8,464,569  
  8,750   Delaware River Port Authority, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Series 2010E, 5.000%, 1/01/40 – AGM Insured 1/20 at 100.00   A2   9,411,150  
  1,250   Lancaster County Hospital Authority, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Landis Homes Retirement Community Project, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/45 7/25 at 100.00   BBB–   1,336,000  
  1,500   Lehigh County Authority, Pennsylvania, Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Allentown Concession, Series 2013A, 5.125%, 12/01/47 12/23 at 100.00   A   1,702,680  
      Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, FHA Insured Mortgage Revenue Bonds, New Regional Medical Center Project, Series 2010:            
  7,970   5.250%, 8/01/33 (Pre-refunded 8/01/20) 8/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   8,837,295  
  5,295   5.375%, 8/01/38 (Pre-refunded 8/01/20) 8/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   5,889,046  
      Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Health System Revenue Bonds, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Issue, Series 2015A:            
  10,450   5.250%, 1/15/45 1/25 at 100.00   Baa3   11,286,732  
  1,150   5.250%, 1/15/46 1/25 at 100.00   Baa3   1,241,356  
  11,810   Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Exempt Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, PPL Energy Supply, LLC Project, Series 2009A, 6.400%, 12/01/38 9/25 at 100.00   B+   12,070,883  
  3,255   Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2016-120, 3.200%, 4/01/40 10/25 at 100.00   Aa2   3,128,641  
  3,705   Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Turnpike Revenue Bonds, Series 2015A-1, 5.000%, 12/01/45 6/25 at 100.00   A   4,187,910  
  11,000   Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Turnpike Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Series 2009C, 6.250%, 6/01/33 – AGM Insured 6/26 at 100.00   A2   13,982,430  
  15,000   Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Turnpike Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Series 2015B-1, 5.000%, 12/01/45 12/25 at 100.00   A–   16,627,050  
  10,080   Philadelphia Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority, Pennsylvania, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Temple University Health System Obligated Group, Series 2012A, 5.625%, 7/01/42 7/22 at 100.00   Ba1   11,100,499  
      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Airport Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A:            
  5,000   5.000%, 6/15/35 – AGM Insured 6/20 at 100.00   A2   5,416,850  
  17,850   5.000%, 6/15/40 – AGM Insured 6/20 at 100.00   A2   19,290,495  
  7,055   Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Sports and Exhibition Authority, Pennsylvania, Hotel Room Excise Tax Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2010, 5.000%, 2/01/35 – AGC Insured 8/20 at 100.00   A2   7,629,630  
  5,180   Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Sports and Exhibition Authority, Pennsylvania, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2010, 5.000%, 2/01/31 – AGM Insured 8/20 at 100.00   A1   5,619,316  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Pennsylvania (continued)            
      Scranton, Pennsylvania, Sewer Authority Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A:            
$ 1,125   5.250%, 12/01/31 (Pre-refunded 12/01/21) – AGM Insured 12/21 at 100.00   AA (4) $ 1,295,224  
  1,000   5.500%, 12/01/35 (Pre-refunded 12/01/21) – AGM Insured 12/21 at 100.00   AA (4)   1,161,190  
  5,790   Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority, Pennsylvania, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Series 2012B, 4.000%, 1/01/33 1/23 at 100.00   BB+   5,847,668  
  187,605   Total Pennsylvania         202,553,995  
      Puerto Rico – 0.6% (0.4% of Total Investments)            
  590   Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, Highway Revenue Bonds, Series 2004J, 5.000%, 7/01/29 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A3   568,736  
      Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A:            
  50,000   0.000%, 8/01/47 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   D   8,607,000  
  86,250   0.000%, 8/01/54 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   D   10,004,138  
  136,840   Total Puerto Rico         19,179,874  
      Rhode Island – 0.9% (0.6% of Total Investments)            
  1,725   Providence Housing Development Corporation, Rhode Island, FHA-Insured Section 8 Assisted Mortgage Revenue Refunding Bonds, Barbara Jordan Apartments, Series 1994A, 6.750%, 7/01/25 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A3   1,731,176  
  1,000   Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corporation, Revenue Bonds, Care New England Health System, Series 2013A, 6.000%, 9/01/33 (Pre-refunded 9/01/23) 9/23 at 100.00   BB– (4)   1,240,840  
  283,930   Rhode Island Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007A, 0.000%, 6/01/52 1/18 at 100.00   CCC+   27,955,748  
  286,655   Total Rhode Island         30,927,764  
      South Carolina – 2.7% (1.8% of Total Investments)            
  7,600   Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, South Carolina, Electric Revenue Bonds, Series 2004A-2, 0.000%, 1/01/31 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A–   4,895,008  
  3,600   Saint Peters Parish/Jasper County Public Facilities Corporation, South Carolina, Installment Purchase Revenue Bonds, County Office Building Projects, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 4/01/44 (Pre-refunded 4/01/21) – AGC Insured 4/21 at 100.00   A2 (4)   4,075,884  
  1,250   South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Palmetto Health, Refunding Series 2011A, 6.500%, 8/01/39 – AGM Insured 8/21 at 100.00   BBB+   1,442,950  
  34,000   South Carolina Public Service Authority, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Santee Cooper, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 12/01/50 (UB) (5) 6/25 at 100.00   A+   37,655,340  
  20   South Carolina Public Service Authority, Revenue Obligation Bonds, Santee Cooper Electric System, Series 2008A, 5.500%, 1/01/38 (Pre-refunded 1/01/19) 1/19 at 100.00   A+ (4)   21,029  
      South Carolina Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper Revenue Obligations, Refunding & Improvement Series 2015A:            
  5,000   5.000%, 12/01/50 6/25 at 100.00   A+   5,537,550  
  6,000   5.000%, 12/01/55 6/25 at 100.00   A+   6,640,860  
  5,000   South Carolina Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper Revenue Obligations, Refunding Series 2014C, 5.000%, 12/01/46 12/24 at 100.00   A+   5,519,400  
  1,310   South Carolina Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper Revenue Obligations, Series 2013A, 5.125%, 12/01/43 12/23 at 100.00   A+   1,445,258  
  10,195   South Carolina Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper Revenue Obligations, Series 2014A, 5.500%, 12/01/54 6/24 at 100.00   A+   11,518,107  
  10,250   Spartanburg Regional Health Services District, Inc., South Carolina, Hospital Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 4/15/32 4/22 at 100.00   A   11,387,340  
  84,225   Total South Carolina         90,138,726  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      South Dakota – 0.3% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
      South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Avera Health, Series 2012A:            
$ 250   5.000%, 7/01/27 7/21 at 100.00   A1 $ 274,920  
  4,350   5.000%, 7/01/42 7/21 at 100.00   A1   4,685,255  
  3,765   South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Regional Health, Refunding Series 2017, 5.000%, 9/01/40 9/27 at 100.00   A1   4,292,326  
  8,365   Total South Dakota         9,252,501  
      Tennessee – 1.0% (0.6% of Total Investments)            
  12,795   Chattanooga Health, Educational and Housing Facility Board, Tennessee, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series 2013A, 5.250%, 1/01/45 1/23 at 100.00   BBB+   13,762,430  
  2,350   Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority, Tennessee, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Erlanger Health System, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 10/01/39 10/24 at 100.00   Baa2   2,560,231  
  4,900   Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County Health and Educational Facilities Board, Tennessee, Revenue Bonds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 7/01/40 7/26 at 100.00   A3   5,515,195  
  10,000   The Health and Educational Facilities Board of the City of Franklin, Tennessee, Revenue Bonds, Provision Cares Proton Therapy Center, Nashville Project, Series 2017A, 7.500%, 6/01/47 6/27 at 100.00   N/R   10,623,500  
  30,045   Total Tennessee         32,461,356  
      Texas – 12.0% (7.8% of Total Investments)            
  735   Arlington Higher Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Education Revenue Bonds, Wayside Schools, Series 2016A, 4.375%, 8/15/36 8/21 at 100.00   BB+   728,914  
  3,855   Aubrey, Denton County, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Jackson Ridge Public Improvement District Phase 1 Project, Series 2015, 7.250%, 9/01/45 3/23 at 103.00   N/R   3,963,441  
  3,450   Aubrey, Denton County, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Jackson Ridge Public Improvement District Phases 2-3 Major Improvements Project, Series 2015, 8.250%, 9/01/40 3/23 at 103.00   N/R   3,549,360  
  5,480   Austin, Texas, Electric Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 11/15/45 (UB) (5) 11/25 at 100.00   AA–   6,265,832  
  6,685   Bexar County, Texas, Venue Project Revenue Bonds, Refunding Combined Venue Tax Series 2010, 5.500%, 8/15/49 – AGM Insured 8/19 at 100.00   A–   7,143,324  
  2,500   Board of Managers, Joint Guadalupe County-Seguin City Hospital, Texas, Hospital Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2015, 5.000%, 12/01/45 12/25 at 100.00   BB   2,570,100  
  2,440   Celina, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Sutton Fields II Public Improvement District Neighborhood Improvement Area 1 Project, Series 2015, 7.250%, 9/01/45 3/23 at 103.00   N/R   2,430,972  
  4,300   Celina, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Sutton Fields II Public Improvement District Neighborhood Improvement Areas 2-5 Major Improvement Project, Series 2015, 8.250%, 9/01/40 3/23 at 103.00   N/R   4,290,454  
  405   Celina, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Wells South Public Improvement District Neighborhood Improvement Area 1 Project, Series 2015, 6.250%, 9/01/45 9/24 at 100.00   N/R   419,965  
      Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2011:            
  1,500   5.750%, 1/01/31 (Pre-refunded 1/01/21) 1/21 at 100.00   Baa2 (4)   1,708,725  
  1,700   6.250%, 1/01/46 (Pre-refunded 1/01/21) 1/21 at 100.00   Baa2 (4)   1,962,837  
  13,685   Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 1/01/45 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   15,248,374  
  13,375   Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2016, 3.375%, 1/01/41 1/26 at 100.00   Baa2   12,622,523  
  1,270   Clifton Higher Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Education Revenue Bonds, Idea Public Schools, Series 2012, 3.750%, 8/15/22 No Opt. Call   BBB+   1,369,124  
      Clifton Higher Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Education Revenue Bonds, Uplift Education Charter School, Series 2013A:            
  765   4.350%, 12/01/42 12/22 at 100.00   BBB–   769,483  
  685   4.400%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 100.00   BBB–   690,562  
  4,000   Clifton Higher Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Education Revenue Bonds, Uplift Education Charter School, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 12/01/45 6/25 at 100.00   BBB–   4,363,080  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Texas (continued)            
      Club Municipal Management District 1, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Improvement Area 1 Project, Series 2016:            
$ 765   5.750%, 9/01/28 9/23 at 103.00   N/R $ 745,699  
  770   6.500%, 9/01/46 9/23 at 103.00   N/R   731,770  
  11,735   Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, Joint Revenue Bonds, Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2012C, 5.000%, 11/01/45 – AGM Insured 11/21 at 100.00   A   13,047,560  
  2,330   Decatur Hospital Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Wise Regional Health System, Series 2013A, 6.375%, 9/01/42 9/23 at 100.00   N/R   2,620,248  
  400   Decatur Hospital Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Wise Regional Health System, Series 2014A, 5.250%, 9/01/44 9/24 at 100.00   BB+   425,916  
  1,255   Fort Bend County Industrial Development Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, NRG Energy Inc. Project, Series 2012A. RMKT, 4.750%, 5/01/38 11/22 at 100.00   Baa3   1,300,707  
  8,920   Fort Bend County Industrial Development Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, NRG Energy Inc. Project, Series 2012B, 4.750%, 11/01/42 11/22 at 100.00   Baa3   9,212,130  
      Grand Parkway Transportation Corporation, Texas, System Toll Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien Series 2013B:            
  20,000   5.250%, 10/01/51 10/23 at 100.00   AA   22,958,400  
  10,000   5.000%, 4/01/53 (UB) 10/23 at 100.00   AA   11,354,500  
  5,470   Grand Parkway Transportation Corporation, Texas, System Toll Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0228, 15.188%, 4/01/53 (IF) 10/23 at 100.00   AA   8,434,412  
  4,255   Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Houston Methodist Hospital System, Series 2015, 5.000%, 12/01/45 6/25 at 100.00   AA   4,779,003  
  1,545   Harris County Metropolitan Transit Authority, Texas, Sales and Use Tax Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0054, 11.825%, 11/01/41 (IF) (5) 11/21 at 100.00   Aa2   2,090,570  
  4,080   Harris County, Texas, General Obligation Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0074, 12.446%, 8/15/32 – AGM Insured (IF) No Opt. Call   AAA   7,707,161  
  6,000   Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Capital Appreciation Refunding Senior Lien Series 2014A, 0.000%, 11/15/48 11/31 at 44.13   A2   1,475,520  
  6,000   Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2014A, 5.000%, 11/15/53 11/24 at 100.00   A–   6,671,520  
  14,055   Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Third Lien Series 2004A-3, 0.000%, 11/15/34 – NPFG Insured 11/24 at 55.69   A3   6,026,784  
  1,940   Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Third Lien Series 2004A-3, 0.000%, 11/15/34 (Pre-refunded 11/15/24) – NPFG Insured 11/24 at 55.69   A3 (4)   946,468  
  5,000   Houston Higher Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Education Revenue Bonds, KIPP, Inc., Refunding Series 2015, 4.000%, 8/15/44 8/25 at 100.00   AAA   5,193,100  
      Houston, Texas, Hotel Occupancy Tax and Special Revenue Bonds, Convention and Entertainment Facilities Department, Refunding Series 2011B:            
  495   5.125%, 9/01/32 (Pre-refunded 12/19/17) – AGM Insured 12/17 at 100.00   A2 (4)   496,673  
  290   5.125%, 9/01/33 (Pre-refunded 12/19/17) – AGM Insured 12/17 at 100.00   A2 (4)   290,980  
      Houston, Texas, Hotel Occupancy Tax and Special Revenue Bonds, Convention and Entertainment Project, Series 2001B:            
  4,130   0.000%, 9/01/26 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A2   3,208,391  
  4,865   0.000%, 9/01/27 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A2   3,633,912  
  4,715   Houston, Texas, Hotel Occupancy Tax and Special Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 9/01/40 9/24 at 100.00   A–   5,265,523  
  17,000   Houston, Texas, Water and Sewerage System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Junior Lien Series 2002A, 5.750%, 12/01/32 – AGM Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   A2 (4)   23,853,210  
  6,700   Hutto Independent School District, Williamson County, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 8/01/46 8/21 at 100.00   A   7,388,827  
  3,500   Irving, Texas, Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2014B, 5.000%, 8/15/43 8/19 at 100.00   BBB+   3,539,655  
  940   Kerrville Health Facilities Development Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital Project, Series 2015, 5.000%, 8/15/30 8/25 at 100.00   BBB+   1,053,684  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Texas (continued)            
$ 1,000   Lower Colorado River Authority, Texas, Transmission Contract Revenue Bonds, LCRA Transmission Services Corporation Project, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 5/15/45 5/25 at 100.00   A $ 1,135,440  
      McCamey County Hospital District, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2013:            
  3,095   5.750%, 12/01/33 12/25 at 100.00   B1   3,281,381  
  3,125   6.125%, 12/01/38 12/25 at 100.00   B1   3,336,938  
      New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Retirement Facility Revenue Bonds, Legacy at Willow Bend Project, Series 2016:            
  2,335   5.000%, 11/01/46 11/23 at 103.00   BBB–   2,443,461  
  6,015   5.000%, 11/01/51 11/23 at 103.00   BBB–   6,271,660  
  745   New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Retirement Facility Revenue Bonds, Wesleyan Homes, Inc. Project, Series 2014, 5.500%, 1/01/43 1/25 at 100.00   N/R   779,002  
  210   New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, CHF-Collegiate Housing Corpus Christi II, L.L.C.-Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 4/01/48 4/26 at 100.00   BBB–   224,759  
  4,530   New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, CHF-Collegiate Housing Foundation – College Station I LLC – Texas A&M University Project, Series 2014A, 4.100%, 4/01/34 – AGM Insured 4/24 at 100.00   A2   4,687,463  
  820   New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, CHF-Collegiate Housing Foundation – San Antonio 1, L.L.C. – Texas A&M University –San Antonio Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 4/01/48 4/26 at 100.00   BBB–   864,280  
      New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, CHF-Collegiate Housing Foundation – Stephenville II, L.L.C. – Tarleton State University Project, Series 2014A:            
  1,000   5.000%, 4/01/34 4/24 at 100.00   BBB–   1,070,770  
  2,200   5.000%, 4/01/39 4/24 at 100.00   BBB–   2,299,638  
  1,600   5.000%, 4/01/46 4/24 at 100.00   BBB–   1,658,016  
  5,540   New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, CHF-Collegiate Housing Galveston-Texas A&M University at Galveston Project, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 4/01/39 4/24 at 100.00   Baa3   5,873,009  
  3,220   North Fort Bend Water Authority, Texas, Water System Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 5.000%, 12/15/36 – AGM Insured 12/21 at 100.00   A2   3,538,458  
      North Texas Tollway Authority, Special Projects System Revenue Bonds, Convertible Capital Appreciation Series 2011C:            
  2,590   0.000%, 9/01/43 (Pre-refunded 9/01/31) (7) 9/31 at 100.00   AA (4)   2,906,887  
  3,910   0.000%, 9/01/45 (Pre-refunded 9/01/31) (7) 9/31 at 100.00   AA (4)   4,789,750  
  3,000   North Texas Tollway Authority, Special Projects System Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.500%, 9/01/41 (Pre-refunded 9/01/21) (UB) (5) 9/21 at 100.00   AA (4)   3,447,450  
  6,155   North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding First Tier, Series 2015B, 5.000%, 1/01/40 1/23 at 100.00   A   6,927,699  
  2,000   North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Second Tier, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 1/01/38 1/25 at 100.00   A–   2,264,320  
  610   Reagan Hospital District of Reagan County, Texas, Limited Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2014A, 5.125%, 2/01/39 2/24 at 100.00   Ba2   636,254  
  1,715   Red River Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Higher Education Revenue Bonds, Saint Edward’s University Project, Series 2016, 4.000%, 6/01/41 6/26 at 100.00   Baa2   1,725,050  
  2,410   Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Baylor Health Care System, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 11/15/30 11/21 at 100.00   AA–   2,648,132  
  1,870   Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Hendrick Medical Center, Refunding Series 2013, 5.500%, 9/01/43 9/23 at 100.00   A   2,079,608  
      Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Scott & White Healthcare Project, Series 2010:            
  215   5.500%, 8/15/45 (Pre-refunded 8/15/20) 8/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   239,876  
  2,675   5.500%, 8/15/45 (Pre-refunded 8/15/20) 8/20 at 100.00   AA– (4)   2,988,403  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Texas (continued)            
$ 17,640   Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Scott & White Healthcare Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 11/15/45 (UB) 5/26 at 100.00   AA– $ 19,984,357  
  7,430   Texas City Industrial Development Corporation, Texas, Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, NRG Energy, Inc. Project, Fixed Rate Series 2012, 4.125%, 12/01/45 2/25 at 100.00   Baa3   7,399,166  
      Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition and Supply Corporation III, Gas Supply Revenue Bonds, Series 2012:            
  3,635   5.000%, 12/15/22 No Opt. Call   BBB   4,277,305  
  2,500   5.000%, 12/15/26 12/22 at 100.00   BBB   2,854,025  
  2,500   5.000%, 12/15/29 12/22 at 100.00   BBB   2,812,600  
  4,355   5.000%, 12/15/30 12/22 at 100.00   BBB   4,892,843  
  2,975   5.000%, 12/15/32 12/22 at 100.00   BBB   3,321,141  
  3,150   Texas Transportation Commission, Central Texas Turnpike System Revenue Bonds, First Tier Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 8/15/41 8/22 at 100.00   A–   3,498,516  
      Texas Transportation Commission, Central Texas Turnpike System Revenue Bonds, First Tier Refunding Series 2015B:            
  11,280   0.000%, 8/15/36 8/24 at 59.60   A–   5,182,709  
  10,000   0.000%, 8/15/37 8/24 at 56.94   A–   4,377,800  
      Texas Transportation Commission, Central Texas Turnpike System Revenue Bonds, Second Tier Refunding Series 2015C:            
  5,000   5.000%, 8/15/37 8/24 at 100.00   BBB   5,596,600  
  31,810   5.000%, 8/15/42 8/24 at 100.00   BBB   35,358,406  
  4,400   Texas Turnpike Authority, Central Texas Turnpike System Revenue Bonds, First Tier Series 2002A, 0.000%, 8/15/25 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A–   3,648,480  
  1,840   Ysleta Independent School District Public Facility Corporation, Texas, Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2001, 5.375%, 11/15/24 – AMBAC Insured 11/17 at 100.00   AA–   1,845,778  
  385,085   Total Texas         397,716,823  
      Utah – 0.7% (0.5% of Total Investments)            
  15,000   Utah Transit Authority, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 5.000%, 6/15/32 (Pre-refunded 6/15/18) – AGM Insured (UB) (5) 6/18 at 100.00   Aa2 (4)   15,366,600  
  4,865   Utah Transit Authority, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0258, 12.189%, 6/15/36 (Pre-refunded 6/15/18) – AGM Insured (IF) (5) 6/18 at 100.00   Aa2 (4)   5,221,459  
  3,615   Utah Transit Authority, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0023, 11.057%, 6/15/32 (Pre-refunded 6/15/18) – AGM Insured (IF) 6/18 at 100.00   Aa2 (4)   3,863,350  
  23,480   Total Utah         24,451,409  
      Virginia – 1.4% (0.9% of Total Investments)            
      Embrey Mill Community Development Authority, Virginia, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2015:            
  1,200   5.300%, 3/01/35 3/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,223,268  
  1,085   5.600%, 3/01/45 3/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,109,760  
  14,945   Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Virginia, Dulles Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Dulles Metrorail & Capital Improvement Project, Refunding Second Senior Lien Series 2014A, 5.000%, 10/01/53 4/22 at 100.00   BBB+   15,891,766  
  10,000   Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Virginia, Dulles Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Dulles Metrorail Capital Appreciation, Second Senior Lien Series 2010B, 0.000%, 10/01/44 (7) 10/28 at 100.00   BBB+   12,060,200  
  11,000   Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Virginia, Dulles Toll Road Second Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2009C, 6.500%, 10/01/41 – AGC Insured 10/26 at 100.00   A3   14,251,160  
  985   Roanoke Industrial Development Authority, Virginia, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Carilion Health System Obligated Group, Series 2005B, 5.000%, 7/01/38 7/20 at 100.00   A1   1,045,735  
  15   Roanoke Industrial Development Authority, Virginia, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Carilion Health System Obligated Group, Series 2005B, 5.000%, 7/01/38 (Pre-refunded 7/01/20) 7/20 at 100.00   A1 (4)   16,486  
  1,000   Virginia College Building Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Marymount University Project, Green Series 2015B, 5.250%, 7/01/35 7/25 at 100.00   BB+   1,095,530  
  40,230   Total Virginia         46,693,905  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Washington – 2.2% (1.4% of Total Investments)            
$ 9,665   Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Washington, Sales Tax and Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Bonds, Green Bonds, Series 2016S-1, 5.000%, 11/01/46 (UB) No Opt. Call   Aa1 $ 13,014,599  
  5,000   Energy Northwest, Washington, Electric Revenue Bonds, Columbia Generating Station, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/38 (UB) (5) 7/25 at 100.00   AA–   5,783,650  
  3,750   FYI Properties, Washington, Lease Revenue Bonds, Washington State Department of Information Services Project, Series 2009, 5.500%, 6/01/39 (UB) (5) 6/19 at 100.00   AA   3,976,688  
  7,500   King County, Washington, Sewer Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XL0009, 8.858%, 1/01/39 (Pre-refunded 1/01/19) – AGC Insured (IF) (5) 1/19 at 100.00   AAA   8,228,475  
  5,750   Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Series 2011A, 5.625%, 1/01/35 1/21 at 100.00   A3   6,229,435  
  1,250   Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Providence Health & Services, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0148, 15.633%, 10/01/44 (IF) (5) 10/24 at 100.00   AA–   1,818,250  
  6,540   Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/42 10/22 at 100.00   Aa2   7,226,373  
      Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Non-profit Housing Revenue Bonds, Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest Project, Refunding Series 2016A:            
  5,450   5.000%, 1/01/46 1/25 at 102.00   BB+   5,731,929  
  3,650   5.000%, 1/01/51 1/25 at 102.00   BB+   3,824,726  
  21,510   Washington State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2002C, 0.000%, 6/01/28 – NPFG Insured (UB) (5) No Opt. Call   Aa1   16,263,711  
  70,065   Total Washington         72,097,836  
      West Virginia – 1.9% (1.2% of Total Investments)            
  1,900   Monongalia County Commission, West Virginia, Special District Excise Tax Revenue, University Town Centre Economic Opportunity Development District, Refunding & Improvement Series 2017A, 5.500%, 6/01/37 6/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,954,055  
  3,145   Pleasants County, West Virginia, Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC Pleasants Station Project, Series 2007F, 5.250%, 10/15/37 1/18 at 100.00   B1   3,061,500  
  10,000   West Virginia Economic Development Authority, State Lottery Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 6/15/40 6/20 at 100.00   A1   10,847,100  
  40,855   West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, West Virginia United Health System Obligated Group, Refunding & Improvement Series 2013A, 5.500%, 6/01/44 6/23 at 100.00   A   45,854,426  
  55,900   Total West Virginia         61,717,081  
      Wisconsin – 3.7% (2.4% of Total Investments)            
      Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Cornerstone Charter Academy, North Carolina, Series 2016A:            
  1,750   5.000%, 2/01/36 2/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,682,993  
  305   5.125%, 2/01/46 2/26 at 100.00   N/R   286,182  
  1,480   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Envision Science Academy Project, Series 2016A, 5.125%, 5/01/36 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,454,840  
  6,000   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Phoenix Academy Charter School, North Carolina, Series 2017A, 5.625%, 6/15/37 6/24 at 100.00   N/R   5,925,900  
  31,100   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Limited Obligation PILOT Revenue Bonds, American Dream Meadowlands Project, Series 2017, 7.000%, 12/01/50 12/27 at 100.00   N/R   35,949,734  
  2,500   Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin, Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, Celanese Project, Refunding Series 2016C, 4.050%, 11/01/30 5/26 at 100.00   BBB–   2,568,800  
  1,000   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, American Baptist Homes of the Midwest Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2017, 5.000%, 8/01/37 8/24 at 103.00   N/R   1,009,920  
  8,460   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Aurora Health Care, Inc., Series 2012A, 5.000%, 7/15/25 7/21 at 100.00   A2   9,378,925  
  2,500   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Aurora Health Care, Inc., Series 2013A, 5.125%, 4/15/31 4/23 at 100.00   A2   2,775,300  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Wisconsin (continued)            
$ 6,620   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Froedtert Health Inc. Obligated Group, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 4/01/42 10/22 at 100.00   AA– $ 7,168,533  
  16,190   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Gundersen Lutheran, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 10/15/39 10/21 at 100.00   A+   17,650,176  
      Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Marshfield Clinic, Series 2012B:            
  1,485   5.000%, 2/15/40 2/22 at 100.00   A–   1,600,459  
  3,490   4.500%, 2/15/40 2/22 at 100.00   A–   3,653,611  
      Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Mercy Alliance, Inc., Series 2012:            
  11,000   5.000%, 6/01/32 6/22 at 100.00   A3   11,971,850  
  1,500   5.000%, 6/01/39 6/22 at 100.00   A3   1,608,510  
  1,250   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Meriter Hospital, Inc., Series 2011A, 5.750%, 5/01/35 (Pre-refunded 5/01/21) 5/21 at 100.00   N/R (4)   1,437,725  
  5,000   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, ProHealth Care, Inc. Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2015, 3.375%, 8/15/29 8/24 at 100.00   A+   5,150,650  
  1,450   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Rocket Education Obligated Group, Series 2017C, 5.250%, 6/01/40 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,486,163  
  1,000   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Rogers Memorial Hospital, Inc., Series 2014A, 5.000%, 7/01/34 7/24 at 100.00   A–   1,099,650  
      Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint John’s Communities Inc., Series 2015B:            
  550   5.000%, 9/15/37 9/22 at 100.00   BBB+   585,101  
  1,000   5.000%, 9/15/45 9/22 at 100.00   BBB+   1,056,940  
  1,000   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Three Pillars Senior Living Communities, Refunding Series 2013, 5.000%, 8/15/33 8/23 at 100.00   A   1,092,690  
      Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Woodland Hills Senior Housing Project, Series 2014:            
  2,565   5.000%, 12/01/44 12/22 at 102.00   N/R   2,687,864  
  1,775   5.250%, 12/01/49 12/22 at 102.00   N/R   1,882,494  
      Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin, Revenue Bonds, Dickson Hollow Project. Series 2014:            
  1,000   5.375%, 10/01/44 10/22 at 102.00   N/R   1,062,430  
  1,500   5.500%, 10/01/49 10/22 at 102.00   N/R   1,598,430  
  113,470   Total Wisconsin         123,825,870  
      Wyoming – 0.3% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
  2,035   Campbell County, Wyoming Solid Waste Facilities Revenue Bonds, Basin Electric Power Cooperative – Dry Fork Station Facilities, Series 2009A, 5.750%, 7/15/39 7/19 at 100.00   A3   2,158,175  
      Teton County Hospital District, Wyoming, Hospital Revenue Bonds, St. John’s Medical Center Project, Series 2011B:            
  1,000   5.500%, 12/01/27 12/21 at 100.00   BBB+   1,095,720  
  1,000   6.000%, 12/01/36 12/21 at 100.00   BBB+   1,108,710  
  4,000   Wyoming Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 5.375%, 1/01/42 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18) 1/18 at 100.00   A– (4)   4,028,640  
  8,035   Total Wyoming         8,391,245  
$ 5,594,473   Total Municipal Bonds (cost $4,643,881,485)         5,059,965,315  

 

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  Principal                  
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Coupon Maturity   Ratings (3)   Value  
      CORPORATE BONDS – 0.0% (0.0% of Total Investments)              
      Transportation – 0.0% (0.0% of Total Investments)              
$ 1,265   Las Vegas Monorail Company, Senior Interest Bonds (9), (10) 5.500% 7/15/19   N/R $ 795,657  
  344   Las Vegas Monorail Company, Senior Interest Bonds (9), (10) 5.500% 7/15/55   N/R   175,575  
$ 1,609   Total Corporate Bonds (cost $116,810)           971,232  
      Total Long-Term Investments (cost $4,643,998,295)           5,060,936,547  

 

  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.8% (0.5% of Total Investments)            
      MUNICIPAL BONDS – 0.8% (0.5% of Total Investments)            
      Florida – 0.6% (0.4% of Total Investments)            
$ 19,880   Miami-Dade County School Board, Florida, Variable Rate Demand Obligations, Certificates of Participation, Tender Option Bond Floater 2013-005, 1.150%, 5/01/37 (11) 1/18 at 100.00   A-2 $ 19,880,000  
      Illinois – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  6,000   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, Variable Rate Demand Obligations, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Refunding SIFMA Index Series 2013A-2, 9.000%, 3/01/35 (Mandatory put 6/02/17) (Pre-refunded 12/18/17) (11) 12/17 at 100.00   B (4)   6,035,340  
$ 25,880   Total Short-Term Investments (cost $25,880,000)         25,915,340  
      Total Investments (cost $4,669,878,295) – 153.2%         5,086,851,887  
      Floating Rate Obligations – (5.8)%         (193,305,000 )
      Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs – (7.2)% (12)         (240,391,058 )
      Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs – (42.4)% (13)         (1,407,547,877 )
      Other Assets Less Liabilities – 2.2% (14)         74,167,479  
      Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100%       $ 3,319,775,431  

Investments in Derivatives as of October 31, 2017

Interest Rate Swaps – OTC Cleared

 

                    Variation  
  Fund     Fixed Rate       Premiums Unrealized Margin  
Notional Pay/Receive Floating Rate Fixed Rate Payment Effective Maturity   Paid Appreciation Receivable/  
Amount Floating Rate Index (Annualized) Frequency Date (15) Date Value (Received) (Depreciation) (Payable)  
$79,400,000 Receive 3-Month LIBOR 2.363% Semi-Annually 9/10/18 9/10/28 $641,275 $1,065 $640,210 $(407,570)  

 

Interest Rate Swaps – OTC Uncleared

 

    Fund Floating   Fixed Rate   Optional     Unrealized  
  Notional Pay/Receive Rate Fixed Rate Payment Effective Termination Maturity   Appreciation  
Counterparty Amount Floating Rate Index (Annualized) Frequency Date (15) Date Date Value (Depreciation)  
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. $43,000,000 Receive Weekly SIFMA 1.841% Quarterly 8/24/18 9/24/18 8/24/28 $507,863 $507,863  

 

 
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(1) All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to common shares unless otherwise noted.
(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. Optional Call Provisions are not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm.
(3) For financial reporting purposes, the ratings disclosed are the lowest of Standard & Poor’s Group ("Standard & Poor’s"), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) rating. This treatment of split-rated securities may differ from that used for other purposes, such as for Fund investment policies. 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. Ratings are not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm.
(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) Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged to collateralize the net payment obligations for investments in inverse floating rate transactions.
(6) The coupon for this security increased 0.25% effective January 1, 2016 and increased an additional 0.25% effective May 11, 2016.
(7) Step-up coupon bond, a bond with a coupon that increases (“steps up”), usually at regular intervals, while the bond is outstanding. The rate shown is the coupon as of the end of the reporting period.
(8) As of, or subsequent to, the end of the reporting period, this security is non-income producing. Non-income producing, in the case of a fixed-income security, generally denotes that the issuer has (1) defaulted on the payment of principal or interest, (2) is under the protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court or (3) the Fund’s Adviser has concluded that the issue is not likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and has ceased accruing additional income on the Fund’s records.
(9) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by, or at the discretion of, the Board. For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, investment classified as Level 3. See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 2 – Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements for more information.
(10) During January 2010, Las Vegas Monorail Company (“Las Vegas Monorail”) filed for federal bankruptcy protection. During March 2012, Las Vegas Monorail emerged from federal bankruptcy with the acceptance of a reorganization plan assigned by the Federal Bankruptcy Court. Under the reorganization plan, the Fund surrendered its Las Vegas Monorail Project Revenue Bonds, First Tier, Series 2000 and in turn received two senior interest corporate bonds: the first with an annual coupon rate of 5.500% maturing on July 15, 2019 and the second with an annual coupon rate of 3.000% (5.500% after December 31, 2015) maturing on July 15, 2055. The Fund was not accruing income for either senior interest corporate bond. On January 18, 2017, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was likely that this senior interest corporate bond would fulfill its obligation on the security maturing on July 15, 2019, and therefore began accruing income on the Fund’s records.
(11) Investment has a maturity of greater than one year, but has variable rate and/or demand features which qualify it as a short-term investment. The rate disclosed, as well as the reference rate and spread, where applicable, is that in effect as of the end of the reporting period. This rate changes periodically based on market conditions or a specified market index.
(12) Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs as a percentage of Total Investments is 4.7%.
(13) Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs as a percentage of Total Investments is 27.7%.
(14) Other assets less liabilities includes the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of certain over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives as presented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, when applicable. The unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of OTC cleared and exchange-traded derivatives is recognized as part of the cash collateral at brokers and/or the receivable or payable for variation margin as presented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, when applicable.
(15) Effective date represents the date on which both the Fund and counterparty commence interest payment accruals on each contract.
ETM Escrowed to maturity.
IF Inverse floating rate security issued by a tender option bond (“TOB”) trust, the interest rate on which varies inversely with the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) short-term rate, which resets weekly, or a similar short-term rate, and is reduced by the expenses related to the TOB trust.
LIBOR London Inter-Bank Offered Rate
SIFMA Securities Industry and Financial Market Association
UB Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction. See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 3 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives, Inverse Floating Rate Securities for more information.
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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NZF    
  Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund  
  Portfolio of Investments October 31, 2017

 

 

  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS – 153.2% (99.9% of Total Investments)            
      MUNICIPAL BONDS – 153.0% (99.8% of Total Investments)            
      Alabama – 1.3% (0.8% of Total Investments)            
$ 8,585   Alabama Private Colleges and University Facilities Authority, Limited Obligation Bonds, University of Mobile Project, Series 2015A, 6.000%, 9/01/45 9/25 at 100.00   N/R $ 8,691,025  
  9,425   Alabama Special Care Facilities Financing Authority, Birmingham, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Daughters of Charity National Health System – Providence Hospital and St. Vincent’s Hospital, Series 1995, 5.000%, 11/01/25 (ETM) 1/18 at 100.00   Aaa   10,084,467  
  5,835   Lower Alabama Gas District, Alabama, Gas Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 9/01/46 No Opt. Call   A3   7,341,597  
  2,375   Selma Industrial Development Board, Alabama, Gulf Opportunity Zone Revenue Bonds, International Paper Company Project, Series 2010A, 5.800%, 5/01/34 5/20 at 100.00   BBB   2,609,650  
  26,220   Total Alabama         28,726,739  
      Alaska – 0.6% (0.4% of Total Investments)            
      Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, Power Revenue Bonds, Snettisham Hydroelectric Project, Refunding Series 2015:            
  1,000   5.000%, 1/01/31 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   1,094,390  
  2,950   5.000%, 1/01/33 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   3,203,729  
  2,900   5.000%, 1/01/34 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   3,137,365  
      Northern Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Alaska, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2006A:            
  455   4.625%, 6/01/23 12/17 at 100.00   Ba2   467,999  
  7,010   5.000%, 6/01/46 12/17 at 100.00   B3   6,719,786  
  14,315   Total Alaska         14,623,269  
      Arizona – 3.1% (2.0% of Total Investments)            
  1,300   Apache County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, Tucson Electric Power Company, Series 20102A, 4.500%, 3/01/30 3/22 at 100.00   A–   1,419,457  
  2,820   Arizona Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Scottsdale Lincoln Hospitals Project, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 12/01/39 12/24 at 100.00   A2   3,168,326  
  10,450   Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority, Tax Revenue Bonds, Multipurpose Stadium Facility Project, Refunding Senior Series 2012A, 5.000%, 7/01/30 7/22 at 100.00   A   11,376,601  
  3,390   Arizona State Transportation Board, Highway Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2017-XG0131, 11.534%, 7/01/33 (Pre-refunded 7/01/18) (IF) 7/18 at 100.00   Aa1 (4)   3,654,556  
  2,300   Cahava Springs Revitalization District, Cave Creek, Arizona, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2017A, 7.000%, 7/01/41 7/27 at 100.00   N/R   2,349,864  
  3,185   Eastmark Community Facilities District 1, Mesa, Arizona, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2015, 5.000%, 7/15/39 7/25 at 100.00   N/R   3,180,573  
  4,500   Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Arizona, Airport Revenue Bonds, Junior Lien Series 2010A, 5.000%, 7/01/40 7/20 at 100.00   A+   4,897,350  
  10,700   Phoenix Civic Improvement Corporation, Arizona, Airport Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2008A, 5.000%, 7/01/38 7/18 at 100.00   AA–   10,970,817  
  4,360   Phoenix Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, Legacy Traditional Schools East Mesa and Cadence, Nevada Campuses, Series 2017A, 4.000%, 7/01/22 7/19 at 101.00   N/R   4,303,233  
  3,065   Phoenix Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, Legacy Traditional Schools Phoenix/East Mesa and Cadence, Nevada Campuses, Series 2017B, 4.000%, 7/01/22 7/19 at 101.00   N/R   3,031,469  
      Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport Authority, Arizona, Special Facility Revenue Bonds, Mesa Project, Series 2012:            
  400   5.000%, 7/01/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/22 at 100.00   A1   447,868  
  950   5.000%, 7/01/32 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/22 at 100.00   A1   1,051,260  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Arizona (continued)            
      Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Edkey Charter Schools Project, Series 2013:            
$ 335   6.000%, 7/01/33 7/20 at 102.00   BB $ 294,421  
  365   6.000%, 7/01/43 7/20 at 102.00   BB   312,396  
  205   6.000%, 7/01/48 7/20 at 102.00   BB   172,524  
  1,390   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, Edkey Charter Schools Project, Series 2014A, 7.375%, 7/01/49 7/20 at 102.00   BB   1,260,744  
      Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, Edkey Charter Schools Project, Series 2016:            
  1,790   5.375%, 7/01/46 7/26 at 100.00   BB   1,499,250  
  2,140   5.500%, 7/01/51 7/26 at 100.00   BB   1,773,739  
  595   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, San Tan Montessori School Project, Series 2016, 6.500%, 2/01/48 2/24 at 100.00   N/R   591,805  
  865   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Revenue Bonds, Noah Webster Schools ? Pima Project, Series 2014A, 7.250%, 7/01/39 7/20 at 102.00   BB   808,680  
  650   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Revenue Bonds, Paradise Education Center Project, Series 2010, 6.100%, 6/01/45 (Pre-refunded 6/01/19) 6/19 at 100.00   BB+ (4)   700,030  
  3,710   Pinal County Electrical District 3, Arizona, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2011, 5.250%, 7/01/41 (Pre-refunded 7/01/21) 7/21 at 100.00   A (4)   4,231,179  
  7,235   Salt Verde Financial Corporation, Arizona, Senior Gas Revenue Bonds, Citigroup Energy Inc. Prepay Contract Obligations, Series 2007, 5.000%, 12/01/37 No Opt. Call   BBB+   8,849,780  
  66,700   Total Arizona         70,345,922  
      California – 19.6% (12.8% of Total Investments)            
  1,500   ABAG Finance Authority for Non-Profit Corporations, California, Cal-Mortgage Insured Revenue Bonds, Channing House, Series 2010, 6.000%, 5/15/30 (Pre-refunded 5/15/20) 5/20 at 100.00   AA– (4)   1,682,925  
  2,000   ABC Unified School District, Los Angeles County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2000B, 0.000%, 8/01/23 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A+   1,793,020  
  4,225   Alameda Unified School District, Alameda County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005B, 0.000%, 8/01/28 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   AA   3,150,245  
  8,000   Anaheim Public Financing Authority, California, Lease Revenue Bonds, Public Improvement Project, Refunding Series 2007A-1, 4.375%, 3/01/37 – FGIC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   BBB+   8,014,880  
  535   Antelope Valley Healthcare District, California, Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 3/01/41 3/26 at 100.00   Ba3   538,954  
  1,900   Blythe Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Redevelopment Project 1, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 5/01/38 11/25 at 100.00   N/R   2,051,886  
      Calexico Unified School District, Imperial County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005B:            
  4,070   0.000%, 8/01/32 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A3   2,479,118  
  6,410   0.000%, 8/01/34 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A3   3,544,025  
  1,295   California County Tobacco Securitization Agency, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Golden Gate Tobacco Funding Corporation, Turbo, Series 2007A, 5.000%, 6/01/36 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   1,294,974  
      California County Tobacco Securitization Agency, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Los Angeles County Securitization Corporation, Series 2006A:            
  3,280   5.450%, 6/01/28 12/18 at 100.00   B2   3,341,894  
  13,500   5.600%, 6/01/36 12/18 at 100.00   B2   13,760,145  
  12,025   5.650%, 6/01/41 12/18 at 100.00   B2   12,134,668  
  525   California County Tobacco Securitization Agency, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Merced County Tobacco Funding Corporation, Series 2005A, 5.000%, 6/01/26 1/18 at 100.00   Baa1   525,210  
  3,400   California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Providence Health & Services, Series 2009B, 5.500%, 10/01/39 10/19 at 100.00   AA–   3,651,362  
      California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint Joseph Health System, Series 2013A:            
  3,840   5.000%, 7/01/33 7/23 at 100.00   AA–   4,391,923  
  710   5.000%, 7/01/37 7/23 at 100.00   AA–   805,985  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      California (continued)            
$ 7,040   California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sutter Health, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0078, 12.041%, 11/15/48 (Pre-refunded 5/15/18) (IF) 5/18 at 100.00   AA– (4) $ 8,834,918  
  825   California Municipal Finance Authority, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Santa Rosa Academy Project, Series 2015, 5.375%, 7/01/45 7/25 at 100.00   BB+   879,277  
  1,350   California Municipal Finance Authority, Mobile Home Park Revenue Bonds, Caritas Projects Series 2010A, 6.400%, 8/15/45 8/20 at 100.00   BBB   1,457,028  
  10,250   California Pollution Control Financing Authority, Water Furnishing Revenue Bonds, San Diego County Water Authority Desalination Project Pipeline, Series 2012, 5.000%, 11/21/45 1/18 at 100.00   Baa3   10,305,043  
  2,000   California School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Downtown College Prep – Obligated Group, Series 2016, 5.000%, 6/01/51 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   2,043,300  
  2,000   California State Public Works Board, Lease Revenue Bonds, Judicial Council of California, Various Projects Series 2013A, 5.000%, 3/01/38 3/23 at 100.00   A+   2,267,240  
  1,220   California State Public Works Board, Lease Revenue Bonds, Various Capital Projects, Series 2009-I, 6.375%, 11/01/34 (Pre-refunded 11/01/19) 11/19 at 100.00   A+ (4)   1,348,832  
  1,500   California State Public Works Board, Lease Revenue Bonds, Various Capital Projects, Series 2010A-1, 5.750%, 3/01/30 (Pre-refunded 3/01/20) 3/20 at 100.00   A+ (4)   1,660,395  
  4,500   California State Public Works Board, Lease Revenue Bonds, Various Capital Projects, Series 2011A, 5.125%, 10/01/31 10/21 at 100.00   A+   5,072,040  
      California State, General Obligation Bonds, Various Purpose Series 2010:            
  1,000   5.500%, 3/01/40 3/20 at 100.00   AA–   1,097,060  
  8,500   5.250%, 11/01/40 11/20 at 100.00   AA–   9,499,770  
  3,000   California State, General Obligation Bonds, Various Purpose Series 2011, 5.250%, 10/01/32 10/21 at 100.00   AA–   3,440,820  
  19,320   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Series 2014A, 5.500%, 12/01/54 12/24 at 100.00   BB   21,266,104  
      California Statewide Communities Development Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Series 2016A:            
  8,905   5.000%, 12/01/36 6/26 at 100.00   BB   9,742,337  
  12,045   5.000%, 12/01/46 6/26 at 100.00   BB   12,953,916  
  17,040   5.250%, 12/01/56 6/26 at 100.00   BB   18,560,650  
  1,030   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, American Baptist Homes of the West, Series 2010, 6.250%, 10/01/39 10/19 at 100.00   BBB+   1,102,121  
  1,050   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, School Facility Revenue Bonds, Aspire Public Schools, Series 2010, 6.000%, 7/01/40 (Pre-refunded 1/01/19) 1/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   1,111,089  
  1,000   California Statewide Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Daughters of Charity Health System, Series 2005A, 5.500%, 7/01/39 (5) 1/18 at 100.00   CCC   1,000,020  
  755   California Statewide Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Daughters of Charity Health System, Series 2005H, 5.250%, 7/01/25 (5) 1/18 at 100.00   CCC   756,797  
  2,455   California Statewide Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Methodist Hospital Project, Series 2009, 6.750%, 2/01/38 (Pre-refunded 8/01/19) 8/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   2,696,597  
  20   California, General Obligation Veterans Welfare Bonds, Series 2001BZ, 5.350%, 12/01/21 – NPFG Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax) 12/17 at 100.00   AA–   20,056  
  9,955   Capistrano Unified School District, Orange County, California, Special Tax Bonds, Community Facilities District 98-2, Series 2005, 0.000%, 9/01/31 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A3   6,102,415  
  3,000   Clovis Unified School District, Fresno County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election 2012 Series 2013B, 5.000%, 8/01/38 8/23 at 100.00   AA   3,466,860  
  4,000   Coast Community College District, Orange County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005, 0.000%, 8/01/22 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   AA+   3,698,080  
  3,795   Colton Joint Unified School District, San Bernardino County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006C, 0.000%, 2/01/37 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A+   1,863,345  
  3,635   Contra Costa County, California, GNMA Mortgage-Backed Securities Program Home Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 1989, 7.750%, 5/01/22 (Alternative Minimum Tax) (ETM) No Opt. Call   AA+ (4)   4,140,774  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      California (continued)            
$ 1,320   Davis, California, Special Tax Bonds, Community Facilities District 2015-1 Series 2015, 5.000%, 9/01/40 9/25 at 100.00   N/R $ 1,454,534  
  2,510   Folsom Cordova Unified School District, Sacramento County, California, General Obligation Bonds, School Facilities Improvement District 1, Series 2004B, 0.000%, 10/01/28 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   AA–   1,853,008  
  3,360   Folsom Cordova Unified School District, Sacramento County, California, General Obligation Bonds, School Facilities Improvement District 2, Series 2002A, 0.000%, 7/01/27 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   AA–   2,630,242  
  3,725   Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, California, Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2015A, 0.000%, 1/15/34 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   2,014,480  
      Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, California, Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2013A:            
  3,000   0.000%, 1/15/26 (6) No Opt. Call   BBB–   2,529,690  
  1,560   5.750%, 1/15/46 1/24 at 100.00   BBB–   1,816,433  
  3,560   6.000%, 1/15/49 1/24 at 100.00   BBB–   4,206,567  
  4,505   Foothill-De Anza Community College District, Santa Clara County, California, Election of 1999 General Obligation Bonds, Series A, 0.000%, 8/01/30 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   AAA   3,125,389  
  2,315   Gateway Unified School District, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004B, 0.000%, 8/01/32 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A+   1,420,368  
  1,000   Gavilan Joint Community College District, Santa Clara and San Benito Counties, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election of 2004 Series 2011D, 5.750%, 8/01/35 8/21 at 100.00   AA–   1,143,660  
  3,170   Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California, Enhanced Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A, 0.000%, 6/01/26 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A1   2,587,576  
      Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007A-1:            
  13,420   5.000%, 6/01/33 12/17 at 100.00   B3   13,376,251  
  2,825   5.750%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B3   2,824,944  
  13,550   5.125%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B–   13,387,129  
  7,150   Grossmont Healthcare District, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011B, 6.125%, 7/15/40 (Pre-refunded 7/15/21) 7/21 at 100.00   Aaa   8,427,133  
  3,190   Hillsborough City School District, San Mateo County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006B, 0.000%, 9/01/27 No Opt. Call   AAA   2,515,762  
  5,000   Huntington Beach Union High School District, Orange County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2005, 0.000%, 8/01/31 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   A   3,275,750  
  2,500   Huntington Beach Union High School District, Orange County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007, 0.000%, 8/01/32 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   AA–   1,560,825  
  14,000   Inland Empire Tobacco Securitization Authority, California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007C-2, 0.000%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 14.16   N/R   1,892,940  
  10,600   Inland Empire Tobacco Securitization Authority, California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007, 0.000%, 6/01/36 12/17 at 30.06   N/R   3,081,950  
  2,750   Los Angeles Regional Airports Improvement Corporation, California, Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds, LAXFUEL Corporation at Los Angeles International Airport, Series 2012, 4.500%, 1/01/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/22 at 100.00   A   2,969,533  
  540   Madera County, California, Certificates of Participation, Children’s Hospital Central California, Series 2010, 5.375%, 3/15/36 3/20 at 100.00   A1   579,064  
  2,000   Martinez Unified School District, Contra Costa County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011, 5.875%, 8/01/31 8/24 at 100.00   AA   2,514,120  
  1,000   Mendocino-Lake Community College District, Mendocino and Lake Counties, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election 2006, Series 2011B, 5.600%, 8/01/31 – AGM Insured 8/26 at 100.00   A1   1,248,400  
      Mount San Antonio Community College District, Los Angeles County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election of 2008, Series 2013A:            
  1,030   0.000%, 8/01/28 (6) 2/28 at 100.00   AA   1,003,416  
  2,320   0.000%, 8/01/43 (6) 8/35 at 100.00   AA   1,865,535  
  5,420   M-S-R Energy Authority, California, Gas Revenue Bonds, Citigroup Prepay Contracts, Series 2009B, 6.500%, 11/01/39 No Opt. Call   BBB+   7,700,790  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      California (continued)            
      M-S-R Energy Authority, California, Gas Revenue Bonds, Citigroup Prepay Contracts, Series 2009C:            
$ 2,700   7.000%, 11/01/34 No Opt. Call   BBB+ $ 3,868,155  
  2,200   6.500%, 11/01/39 No Opt. Call   BBB+   3,125,782  
      North Orange County Community College District, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election of 2002 Series 2003B:            
  7,735   0.000%, 8/01/25 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   AA+   6,518,981  
  4,180   0.000%, 8/01/26 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   AA+   3,392,697  
  10,885   Norwalk La Mirada Unified School District, Los Angeles County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election of 2002 Series 2005B, 0.000%, 8/01/25 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A+   9,117,711  
  3,000   Palomar Pomerado Health Care District, California, Certificates of Participation, Series 2009, 6.625%, 11/01/29 (Pre-refunded 11/01/19) 11/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   3,328,440  
  770   Palomar Pomerado Health Care District, California, Certificates of Participation, Series 2010, 5.250%, 11/01/21 11/20 at 100.00   Ba1   819,557  
  6,000   Palomar Pomerado Health, California, General Obligation Bonds, Capital Appreciation, Election of 2004, Series 2007A, 0.000%, 8/01/24 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BB+   5,080,740  
  12,210   Palomar Pomerado Health, California, General Obligation Bonds, Convertible Capital Appreciation, Election 2004 Series 2010A, 0.000%, 8/01/40 (6) 8/30 at 100.00   BB+   14,005,481  
  5,000   Palomar Pomerado Health, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2009A, 0.000%, 8/01/38 – AGC Insured (6) 8/29 at 100.00   BB+   6,131,000  
  1,750   Paramount Unified School District, Los Angeles County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2001B, 0.000%, 9/01/23 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A1   1,565,498  
  9,315   Perris, California, GNMA Mortgage-Backed Securities Program Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 1989A, 7.600%, 1/01/23 (Alternative Minimum Tax) (ETM) No Opt. Call   AA+ (4)   12,160,453  
  2,500   Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2011, 5.500%, 5/01/32 (Pre-refunded 5/01/21) 5/21 at 100.00   A1 (4)   2,866,175  
  3,850   Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, Orange County, California, Certificates of Participation, Refunding Series 2011, 6.000%, 10/01/28 – AGM Insured 10/25 at 100.00   A2   4,536,147  
  3,200   Redlands Unified School District, San Bernardino County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2003, 0.000%, 7/01/27 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A2   2,495,424  
  2,000   Ridgecrest Redevelopment Agency, California, Ridgecrest Redevelopment Project Tax Allocation Bonds, Refunding Series 2010, 6.125%, 6/30/37 6/20 at 100.00   A–   2,177,620  
  205   Riverside County Transportation Commission, California, Toll Revenue Senior Lien Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.750%, 6/01/44 6/23 at 100.00   BBB–   230,291  
  2,755   Sacramento City Unified School District, Sacramento County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2007, 0.000%, 7/01/25 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A+   2,285,989  
  3,550   San Buenaventura, California, Revenue Bonds, Community Memorial Health System, Series 2011, 7.500%, 12/01/41 12/21 at 100.00   Ba2   4,130,958  
  165   San Clemente, California, Special Tax Revenue Bonds, Community Facilities District 2006-1 Marblehead Coastal, Series 2015, 5.000%, 9/01/40 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   180,398  
  3,000   San Diego Community College District, California, General Obligation Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0053, 11.832%, 8/01/41 (Pre-refunded 8/01/21) (IF) (7) 8/21 at 100.00   AA+ (4)   4,252,890  
  1,830   San Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority, California, Water Utility Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0098, 17.094%, 8/01/39 (Pre-refunded 8/01/19) (IF) 8/19 at 100.00   AA– (4)   2,392,194  
  670   San Francisco Redevelopment Finance Authority, California, Tax Allocation Revenue Bonds, Mission Bay North Redevelopment Project, Series 2009C, 6.500%, 8/01/39 (Pre-refunded 8/01/19) 8/19 at 100.00   A– (4)   733,657  
  4,150   San Joaquin Delta Community College District, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election 2004 Series 2008B, 0.000%, 8/01/29 – AGM Insured 8/18 at 53.32   AA–   2,192,611  
  2,700   San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency, Orange County, California, Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Refunding Junior Lien Series 2014B, 5.250%, 1/15/44 1/25 at 100.00   BBB–   2,962,332  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      California (continued)            
      San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency, Orange County, California, Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2014A:            
$ 6,630   5.000%, 1/15/44 1/25 at 100.00   BBB $ 7,324,625  
  3,160   5.000%, 1/15/50 1/25 at 100.00   BBB   3,474,104  
  7,205   San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency, Orange County, California, Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 1997A, 0.000%, 1/15/23 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB   6,321,595  
  201   San Luis Obispo County Financing Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Nacimiento Water Project, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF2185, 15.385%, 9/01/38 – BHAC Insured (IF) (7) 1/18 at 100.00   A+   204,512  
  5,760   San Ysidro School District, San Diego County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2015, 0.000%, 8/01/45 No Opt. Call   A1   1,530,374  
  690   Semitrophic Improvement District of Semitrophic Water Storage District, Kern County, California, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009A, 5.000%, 12/01/38 (Pre-refunded 12/01/19) 12/19 at 100.00   A+ (4)   744,896  
  37,555   Silicon Valley Tobacco Securitization Authority, California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Santa Clara County Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Series 2007A, 0.000%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 19.11   N/R   5,792,483  
      Tobacco Securitization Authority of Southern California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, San Diego County Tobacco Asset Securitization Corporation, Senior Series 2006A:            
  11,595   5.000%, 6/01/37 12/17 at 100.00   B2   11,631,756  
  3,090   5.125%, 6/01/46 12/17 at 100.00   B2   3,095,284  
  1,800   Walnut Valley Unified School District, Los Angeles County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election 2000 Series 2003D, 0.000%, 8/01/27 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   AA–   1,404,990  
  4,005   Wiseburn School District, Los Angeles County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011B, 0.000%, 8/01/36 – AGM Insured (6) 8/31 at 100.00   Aa3   3,410,378  
  3,900   Wiseburn School District, Los Angeles County, California, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011B, 5.625%, 5/01/41 (Pre-refunded 8/01/21) – AGM Insured 8/21 at 100.00   Aa3 (4)   4,524,192  
  3,000   Yuba Community College District, California, General Obligation Bonds, Election 2006 Series 2011C, 5.250%, 8/01/47 8/21 at 100.00   Aa2   3,382,650  
  500,636   Total California         445,946,607  
      Colorado – 6.7% (4.4% of Total Investments)            
  1,250   Adams County School District 1, Mapleton Public Schools, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2010, 6.250%, 12/01/35 (Pre-refunded 12/01/20) 12/20 at 100.00   AA– (4)   1,438,688  
  1,500   Anthem West Metropolitan District, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 12/01/35 – BAM Insured 12/25 at 100.00   A3   1,675,035  
  1,600   Arkansas River Power Authority, Colorado, Power Revenue Bonds, Series 2006, 5.250%, 10/01/40 – SYNCORA GTY Insured 1/18 at 100.00   BBB–   1,600,096  
  1,215   Base Village Metropolitan District 2, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2016A, 5.500%, 12/01/36 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   1,267,719  
  700   Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District 4, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited Tax, Refunding Series 2013, 7.000%, 12/01/23 7/18 at 100.00   N/R   702,828  
      Canyons Metropolitan District 5, Douglas County, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation and Special Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2017A:            
  775   6.000%, 12/01/37 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   785,339  
  2,320   6.125%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   2,351,552  
  685   Canyons Metropolitan District 6, Douglas County, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation and Special Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2017A, 6.125%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   686,473  
  500   Castle Oaks Metropolitan District 3, Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2016, 5.500%, 12/01/45 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   505,375  
      Centerra Metropolitan District 1, Loveland, Colorado, Special Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2017:            
  770   5.000%, 12/01/37 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   799,514  
  2,210   5.000%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   2,272,013  
  625   Central Platte Valley Metropolitan District, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2013A, 6.000%, 12/01/38 12/23 at 100.00   BBB–   726,981  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Colorado (continued)            
$ 1,000   Cherry Creek Corporate Center Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2015A, 5.000%, 6/01/37 12/25 at 100.00   N/R $ 1,005,240  
  1,240   Colorado City Metropolitan District, Oueblo county, Colorado, Water and Wastewater Enterprise Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2012, 4.500%, 12/01/34 12/19 at 100.00   BBB+   1,272,922  
  1,000   Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Pinnacle Charter School, Inc. High School Project, Series 2010, 5.000%, 12/01/29 12/19 at 100.00   BBB–   1,040,850  
  2,135   Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Montessori Peaks Academy, Series 2006A, 5.400%, 5/01/26 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   2,130,687  
  9,440   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series 2006A, 4.500%, 9/01/38 1/18 at 100.00   BBB+   9,452,650  
  3,335   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series 2009A, 5.500%, 7/01/34 7/19 at 100.00   BBB+   3,510,354  
  9,335   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series 2013A, 5.250%, 1/01/45 1/23 at 100.00   BBB+   10,040,819  
  2,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Children’s Hospital Colorado Project, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 12/01/36 12/23 at 100.00   A+   2,233,020  
  2,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Craig Hospital Project, Series 2012, 4.000%, 12/01/42 12/22 at 100.00   A   2,043,440  
  3,655   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society Project, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 6/01/45 6/25 at 100.00   BBB   3,984,133  
  585   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society Project, Series 2013, 5.625%, 6/01/43 6/23 at 100.00   BBB   664,314  
  1,150   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Poudre Valley Health System, Series 2005C, 5.250%, 3/01/40 – AGM Insured 9/18 at 102.00   Aa3   1,199,439  
  11,500   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Services Corporation, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 1/01/40 1/20 at 100.00   AA–   12,201,040  
  2,250   Colorado Springs, Colorado, Utilities System Revenue Bonds, Improvement Series 2013B-1, 5.000%, 11/15/38 11/23 at 100.00   AA   2,598,773  
  20   Colorado State Board of Governors, Colorado State University Auxiliary Enterprise System Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A, 5.000%, 3/01/34 3/19 at 100.00   AA–   20,943  
      Colorado State Board of Governors, Colorado State University Auxiliary Enterprise System Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A:            
  1,175   5.000%, 3/01/34 (Pre-refunded 3/01/19) 3/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   1,234,549  
  5   5.000%, 3/01/34 (Pre-refunded 3/01/19) 3/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   5,253  
  1,945   Commerce City, Colorado, Sales and Use Tax Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 8/01/36 – BAM Insured 8/25 at 100.00   A1   2,242,546  
  5,000   Compark Business Campus Metropolitan District, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2007A, 5.600%, 12/01/34 – RAAI Insured 12/17 at 100.00   AA   5,003,550  
  1,000   Concord Metropolitan District, Douglas County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2010, 5.375%, 12/01/40 12/20 at 100.00   BBB+   1,039,150  
  500   Copperleaf Metropolitan District 2, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2006, 5.250%, 12/01/30 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   529,100  
  2,200   Denver City and County, Colorado, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Series 2012B, 5.000%, 11/15/32 11/22 at 100.00   A+   2,519,220  
  3,870   Denver City and County, Colorado, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien Series 2013B, 5.000%, 11/15/43 11/23 at 100.00   A   4,296,629  
  10,000   E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado, Senior Revenue Bonds, Capital Appreciation Series 2010A, 0.000%, 9/01/41 No Opt. Call   BBB+   3,713,800  
  8,845   E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado, Senior Revenue Bonds, Series 1997B, 0.000%, 9/01/26 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   6,835,416  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Colorado (continued)            
      E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado, Senior Revenue Bonds, Series 2000B:            
$ 7,550   0.000%, 9/01/29 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+ $ 5,143,891  
  11,100   0.000%, 9/01/31 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   6,934,947  
  10,000   0.000%, 9/01/32 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   5,968,800  
  8,135   E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado, Toll Revenue Bonds, Series 2004B, 0.000%, 9/01/28 – NPFG Insured 9/20 at 63.98   BBB+   4,904,998  
      Eaton Area Park and Recreation District, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2015:            
  475   5.500%, 12/01/30 12/22 at 100.00   N/R   516,316  
  180   5.250%, 12/01/34 12/22 at 100.00   N/R   191,095  
  500   Erie Highlands Metropolitan District No. 1 (In the Town of Erie), Weld County, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2015A, 5.750%, 12/01/45 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   509,980  
  985   Flatiron Meadows Metropolitan District, Boulder County, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2016, 5.125%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   972,491  
      Foothills Metropolitan District, Fort Collins, Colorado, Special Revenue Bonds, Series 2014:            
  1,125   5.750%, 12/01/30 12/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,166,603  
  1,000   6.000%, 12/01/38 12/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,028,350  
  770   Great Western Park Metropolitan District 2, Broomfield City and County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 100.00   N/R   775,906  
      Johnstown Plaza Metropolitan District, Colorado, Special Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A:            
  1,590   5.250%, 12/01/36 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   1,537,848  
  6,130   5.375%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   5,890,378  
      Maher Ranch Metropolitan District 4, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2007:            
  950   5.125%, 12/01/27 (Pre-refunded 12/01/17) – RAAI Insured 12/17 at 100.00   A3 (4)   953,221  
  2,000   5.250%, 12/01/36 (Pre-refunded 12/01/17) – RAAI Insured 12/17 at 100.00   A3 (4)   2,006,980  
  1,000   Meridian Metropolitan District, Douglas County, Colorado, General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 12/01/41 12/21 at 100.00   A–   1,100,470  
  825   North Range Metropolitan District No. 2 , In the City of Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation and Special Revenue and Improvement Bonds, Refunding Series 2017A, 5.750%, 12/01/47 12/22 at 103.00   N/R   833,976  
  1,870   Park Creek Metropolitan District, Colorado, Senior Limited Property Tax Supported Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 12/01/45 12/25 at 100.00   BBB   2,012,681  
  3,015   Park Creek Metropolitan District, Colorado, Senior Limited Property Tax Supported Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2011, 6.125%, 12/01/41 (Pre-refunded 12/01/20) – AGM Insured 12/20 at 100.00   A2 (4)   3,458,778  
  500   Parker Automotive Metropolitan District (In the Town of Parker, Colorado), General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2016, 5.000%, 12/01/45 12/26 at 100.00   N/R   473,305  
  1,590   Regional Transportation District, Colorado, Certificates of Participation, Series 2010A, 5.375%, 6/01/31 6/20 at 100.00   A   1,730,572  
      Regional Transportation District, Colorado, Denver Transit Partners Eagle P3 Project Private Activity Bonds, Series 2010:            
  4,355   6.000%, 1/15/34 7/20 at 100.00   Baa3   4,792,808  
  2,365   6.000%, 1/15/41 7/20 at 100.00   Baa3   2,593,601  
  1,045   Reserve Metropolitan District 2, Mount Crested Butte, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2016A, 5.000%, 12/01/45 12/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,057,122  
  525   Sierra Ridge Metropolitan District 2, Douglas County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Series 2016A, 5.500%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   539,832  
  650   Thompson Crossing Metropolitan District No. 6 in the Town of Johnstown, Larimer County, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds Series 2015A, 6.000%, 12/01/44 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   660,101  
  55   Water Valley Metropolitan District 1, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2016, 5.250%, 12/01/40 12/26 at 100.00   N/R   58,340  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Colorado (continued)            
$ 105   Water Valley Metropolitan District 2, Windsor, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2016, 5.250%, 12/01/40 12/26 at 100.00   N/R $ 113,002  
  169,725   Total Colorado         153,555,842  
      Connecticut – 0.1% (0.0% of Total Investments)            
  1,500   Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Hartford HealthCare, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 7/01/41 7/21 at 100.00   A   1,606,380  
      District of Columbia – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  5,000   Washington Convention Center Authority, District of Columbia, Dedicated Tax Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Refunding Series 2007A, 4.500%, 10/01/30 – AMBAC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A   5,011,400  
      Florida – 5.1% (3.3% of Total Investments)            
  1,250   Bay County, Florida, Educational Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Bay Haven Charter Academy, Inc. Project, Series 2010A, 6.000%, 9/01/40 9/20 at 100.00   BBB–   1,311,763  
      Bay County, Florida, Educational Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Bay Haven Charter Academy, Inc. Project, Series 2013A:            
  1,005   5.000%, 9/01/43 9/23 at 100.00   BBB–   1,029,944  
  865   5.000%, 9/01/45 9/23 at 100.00   BBB–   885,578  
  755   Belmont Community Development District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.375%, 11/01/36 11/27 at 100.00   N/R   785,819  
  535   Belmont Community Development District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2016B, 5.625%, 11/01/35 No Opt. Call   N/R   543,191  
  665   Bexley Community Development District, Pasco County, Florida, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2016, 4.700%, 5/01/36 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   656,914  
  2,115   Brevard County Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Health First, Inc. Project, Series 2009B, 7.000%, 4/01/39 (Pre-refunded 4/01/19) 4/19 at 100.00   A (4)   2,287,690  
  3,430   Broward County, Florida, Airport Facility Revenue Bonds, Learjet Inc., Series 2000, 7.500%, 11/01/20 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/18 at 100.00   Caa1   3,431,578  
  5,005   Broward County, Florida, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009O, 5.375%, 10/01/29 10/19 at 100.00   A+   5,391,236  
  1,480   Broward County, Florida, Fuel System Revenue Bonds, Fort Lauderdale Fuel Facilities LLC Project, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 4/01/33 – AGM Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax) 4/23 at 100.00   AA   1,616,042  
  4,390   Capital Trust Agency, Florida, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, The Gardens Apartments Project, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/04/50 7/25 at 100.00   A   4,594,706  
      Creekside at Twin Creeks Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Area 1 Project, Series 2016A-1:            
  125   5.250%, 11/01/37 11/28 at 100.00   N/R   129,223  
  160   5.600%, 11/01/46 11/28 at 100.00   N/R   167,397  
  405   Creekside at Twin Creeks Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Area 1 Project, Series 2016A-2, 5.625%, 11/01/35 No Opt. Call   N/R   427,883  
      Downtown Doral Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2015:            
  555   5.250%, 5/01/35 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   567,981  
  615   5.300%, 5/01/36 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   628,930  
  955   5.500%, 5/01/45 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   965,333  
  1,305   5.500%, 5/01/46 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,318,233  
      Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Florida Charter Foundation Inc. Projects, Series 2016A:            
  1,015   6.250%, 6/15/36 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,058,138  
  1,420   4.750%, 7/15/36 7/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,382,143  
  2,575   6.375%, 6/15/46 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   2,682,970  
  1,465   5.000%, 7/15/46 7/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,404,613  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Florida (continued)            
      Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Pepin Academies Inc., Series 2016A:            
$ 1,000   5.000%, 7/01/36 7/26 at 100.00   N/R $ 962,350  
  6,785   5.125%, 7/01/46 7/26 at 100.00   N/R   6,466,512  
      Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Renaissance Charter School Income Projects, Series 2015A:            
  900   6.000%, 6/15/35 6/25 at 100.00   N/R   959,940  
  560   6.125%, 6/15/46 6/25 at 100.00   N/R   589,333  
  1,100   Florida Higher Educational Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Nova Southeastern University, Refunding Series 2011, 6.375%, 4/01/31 4/21 at 100.00   Baa1   1,251,382  
  385   Grand Bay at Doral Community Development District, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, South Parcel Assessment Area Project, Series 2016, 4.750%, 5/01/36 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   389,023  
  4,695   Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Tampa International Airport, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 10/01/44 10/24 at 100.00   A–   5,261,687  
  1,750   Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Tampa International Airport, Subordinate Lien Series 2015B, 5.000%, 10/01/40 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 10/24 at 100.00   A+   1,935,938  
  2,490   Miami-Dade County, Florida, Special Obligation Bonds, Refunding Subordinate Series 2012B, 5.000%, 10/01/37 10/22 at 100.00   A2   2,809,293  
  7,045   Miami-Dade County, Florida, Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 10/01/42 10/22 at 100.00   A+   7,937,883  
  2,140   Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District, Florida, Water Control and Improvement Bonds, Development Unit 53, Series 2015, 5.350%, 8/01/35 8/26 at 100.00   N/R   2,311,949  
  2,185   Orange County Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Orlando Health, Inc., Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/42 4/22 at 100.00   A   2,410,645  
  2,335   Orlando, Florida, Capital Improvement Special Revenue Bonds, Series 2014B, 5.000%, 10/01/46 10/24 at 100.00   AA   2,673,178  
  85   Palm Beach County Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Sinai Residences of Boca Raton Project, Series 2014A, 7.250%, 6/01/34 6/22 at 102.00   N/R   102,690  
  560   Reunion West Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Area 3 Project, Series 2016, 5.000%, 11/01/46 11/26 at 100.00   N/R   568,512  
      Six Mile Creek Community Development District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Assessment Area 2, Series 2016:            
  180   4.750%, 11/01/28 11/27 at 100.00   N/R   181,845  
  295   5.375%, 11/01/36 11/27 at 100.00   N/R   299,446  
  590   South Broward Hospital District, Florida, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Memorial Health System, Refunding Series 2008, 5.000%, 5/01/28 (Pre-refunded 5/01/18) 5/18 at 100.00   Aa3 (4)   601,617  
  25,640   South Miami Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Baptist Health Systems of South Florida, Series 2007, 5.000%, 8/15/42 (UB) (7) 1/18 at 100.00   AA–   25,693,845  
  375   South Village Community Development District, Clay County, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2016A1, 3.625%, 5/01/35 5/26 at 100.00   BBB   356,063  
      South Village Community Development District, Clay County, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2016A2:            
  150   4.350%, 5/01/26 No Opt. Call   N/R   151,923  
  100   4.875%, 5/01/35 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   101,635  
  1,350   Sumter County Industrial Development Authority, Florida, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Central Florida Health Alliance Projects, Series 2014A, 5.125%, 7/01/34 1/24 at 100.00   A–   1,493,775  
  11,000   Sunrise, Florida, Utility System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1998, 5.000%, 10/01/28 – AMBAC Insured 10/18 at 100.00   AA–   11,377,630  
  3,300   Tampa, Florida, Health System Revenue Bonds, Baycare Health System, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 11/15/33 5/22 at 100.00   Aa2   3,669,237  
  70   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible, Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-2, 6.610%, 5/01/39 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   69,996  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Florida (continued)            
$ 200   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible, Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-3, 0.000%, 5/01/40 (6) 5/19 at 100.00   N/R $ 184,368  
  85   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible, Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-4, 0.000%, 5/01/40 (6) 5/22 at 100.00   N/R   65,843  
  110   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Hope Note, Series 2007-3, 6.650%, 5/01/40 (8) 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   1  
  10   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Non Performing Parcel Series 2007-1. RMKT, 6.650%, 5/01/40 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   9,795  
  190   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A-1, 6.650%, 5/01/40 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   190,072  
  295   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2015-1, 0.000%, 5/01/40 (8) 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   237,059  
  180   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2015-2, 0.000%, 5/01/40 (8) 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   119,158  
  195   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2015-3, 6.610%, 5/01/40 (8) 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   2  
  300   Union Park Community Development District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A-1, 5.375%, 11/01/37 11/27 at 100.00   N/R   309,480  
  280   Union Park Community Development District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A-2, 5.625%, 11/01/35 No Opt. Call   N/R   287,042  
  111,000   Total Florida         115,297,452  
      Georgia – 2.5% (1.6% of Total Investments)            
  2,725   Atlanta Development Authority, Georgia, Revenue Bonds, New Downtown Atlanta Stadium Project, Senior Lien Series 2015A-1, 5.250%, 7/01/40 7/25 at 100.00   A+   3,178,413  
  15,000   Atlanta, Georgia, Airport General Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2010C, 5.250%, 1/01/30 1/21 at 100.00   Aa3   16,810,650  
  980   Atlanta, Georgia, Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009B, 5.250%, 11/01/34 (Pre-refunded 11/01/19) – AGM Insured 11/19 at 100.00   Aa2 (4)   1,059,106  
  520   Atlanta, Georgia, Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009B, 5.250%, 11/01/34 – AGM Insured 11/19 at 100.00   A+   559,510  
  4,400   Atlanta, Georgia, Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds, Series 1999A, 5.500%, 11/01/22 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A+   5,090,052  
  3,250   DeKalb County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Anticipation Certificates Revenue Bonds, DeKalb Medical Center, Inc. Project, Series 2010, 6.000%, 9/01/30 9/20 at 100.00   BB   3,565,380  
  590   Gainesville and Hall County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Northeast Georgia Health Services Inc., Series 2010A, 5.000%, 2/15/30 2/20 at 100.00   A   628,810  
  1,910   Gainesville and Hall County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Northeast Georgia Health Services Inc., Series 2010A, 5.000%, 2/15/30 (Pre-refunded 2/15/20) 2/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   2,072,694  
      Gainesville and Hall County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Northeast Georgia Health Services Inc., Series 2010B:            
  475   5.250%, 2/15/37 2/20 at 100.00   AA–   505,543  
  1,180   5.125%, 2/15/40 2/20 at 100.00   AA–   1,248,228  
      Gainesville and Hall County Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Northeast Georgia Health Services Inc., Series 2010B:            
  1,525   5.250%, 2/15/37 (Pre-refunded 2/15/20) 2/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   1,663,470  
  3,820   5.125%, 2/15/40 (Pre-refunded 2/15/20) 2/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   4,156,122  
  4,810   Georgia Municipal Electric Authority, General Power Revenue Bonds, Series 1993B, 5.700%, 1/01/19 – FGIC Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   N/R (4)   5,021,111  
  4,010   Georgia Municipal Electric Authority, Plant Vogtle Units 3 & 4 Project J Bonds, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/60 7/25 at 100.00   A2   4,382,890  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Georgia (continued)            
$ 840   Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority, Georgia, Revenue Bonds, Academy for Classical Education, Series 2017, 5.875%, 6/15/47 6/27 at 100.00   N/R $ 878,556  
  3,000   Marietta Development Authority, Georgia, University Facilities Revenue Bonds, Life University, Inc. Project, Refunding Series 2017A, 5.000%, 11/01/47 11/27 at 100.00   Ba3   3,161,700  
  2,500   Medical Center Hospital Authority, Georgia, Revenue Anticipation Certificates, Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc. Project, Series 2008, 6.500%, 8/01/38 (Pre-refunded 8/01/18) – AGC Insured 8/18 at 100.00   AA (4)   2,600,125  
  51,535   Total Georgia         56,582,360  
      Guam – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  4,000   Guam Government Waterworks Authority, Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bonds, Series 2010, 5.500%, 7/01/30 7/20 at 100.00   BBB–   4,254,000  
  810   Guam Government Waterworks Authority, Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bonds, Series 2013, 5.500%, 7/01/43 7/23 at 100.00   BBB–   896,046  
  4,810   Total Guam         5,150,046  
      Hawaii – 0.2% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
  1,000   Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, Hawaii Pacific Health Obligated Group, Series 2010A, 5.500%, 7/01/40 7/20 at 100.00   A1   1,078,550  
  3,000   Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, Hawaii Pacific Health Obligated Group, Series 2013A, 5.500%, 7/01/43 7/23 at 100.00   A1   3,382,050  
  1,175   Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, Hawaii Pacific University, Series 2013A, 6.625%, 7/01/33 7/23 at 100.00   BB   1,256,710  
  5,175   Total Hawaii         5,717,310  
      Idaho – 0.0% (0.0% of Total Investments)            
  175   Idaho Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Madison Memorial Hospital Project, Refunding Series 2016, 5.000%, 9/01/37 9/26 at 100.00   BB+   187,633  
  595   Idaho Water Resource Board, Water Resource Loan Program Revenue, Ground Water Rights Mitigation Series 2012A, 5.000%, 9/01/32 9/22 at 100.00   A3   662,556  
  770   Total Idaho         850,189  
      Illinois – 28.7% (18.7% of Total Investments)            
  50,000   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, Dedicated Capital Improvement Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2016, 6.000%, 4/01/46 4/27 at 100.00   A   58,722,000  
  1,000   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues Series 2011A, 5.500%, 12/01/39 12/21 at 100.00   B3   1,007,930  
  8,400   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Refunding Series 2017B, 7.000%, 12/01/42 12/27 at 100.00   B   10,011,204  
      Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Series 2016A:            
  1,800   7.000%, 12/01/26 12/25 at 100.00   B   2,096,640  
  51,780   7.000%, 12/01/44 12/25 at 100.00   B   60,047,713  
  6,210   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Series 2017A, 7.000%, 12/01/46 12/27 at 100.00   B   7,373,506  
  450   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 1999A, 0.000%, 12/01/26 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BB–   317,444  
  2,950   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Refunding Series 2004A, 5.000%, 12/01/20 (Pre-refunded 12/18/17) – NPFG Insured 12/17 at 100.00   B (4)   2,959,234  
      Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Tax Revenues, Series 1998B-1:            
  1,715   0.000%, 12/01/26 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BB–   1,209,812  
  10,060   0.000%, 12/01/28 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   BB–   6,388,603  
  1,765   0.000%, 12/01/30 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BB–   1,010,427  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Illinois (continued)            
      Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Tax Revenues, Series 1999A:            
$ 2,585   0.000%, 12/01/27 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BB– $ 1,727,245  
  7,240   0.000%, 12/01/31 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   BB–   3,949,854  
  4,300   Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois, Sales Tax Receipts Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 5.250%, 12/01/40 12/21 at 100.00   A3   4,617,555  
  3,220   Chicago, Illinois, FHA/GNMA Collateralized Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Stone Terrace Apartments, Series 2001A, 5.750%, 12/20/42 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 12/17 at 100.00   AA   3,225,345  
      Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, City Colleges, Series 1999:            
  25,755   0.000%, 1/01/29 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   16,770,368  
  8,765   0.000%, 1/01/34 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   4,413,528  
  17,310   0.000%, 1/01/37 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   7,475,150  
  670   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Neighborhoods Alive 21 Program, Series 2002B, 5.500%, 1/01/31 1/25 at 100.00   Ba1   738,159  
  2,695   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project & Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 1/01/35 1/24 at 100.00   Ba1   2,836,272  
  27,095   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project & Refunding Series 2017A, 6.000%, 1/01/38 1/27 at 100.00   BBB–   31,082,300  
  2,000   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project and Refunding Series 2005D, 5.500%, 1/01/40 1/25 at 100.00   Ba1   2,158,020  
      Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project and Refunding Series 2009C:            
  1,450   5.000%, 1/01/34 1/19 at 100.00   Ba1   1,477,695  
  590   5.000%, 1/01/40 1/19 at 100.00   Ba1   601,540  
  4,930   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project Series 2011A, 5.250%, 1/01/35 1/21 at 100.00   Ba1   5,080,119  
  550   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project Series 2012A, 5.000%, 1/01/34 1/22 at 100.00   Ba1   570,449  
      Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2007E:            
  10,115   5.500%, 1/01/35 1/25 at 100.00   Ba1   11,011,998  
  5,890   5.500%, 1/01/42 1/25 at 100.00   Ba1   6,340,232  
  295   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2008A, 5.250%, 1/01/37 – FGIC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   Ba1   295,401  
  765   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2016C, 5.000%, 1/01/35 1/26 at 100.00   BBB–   816,148  
  1,610   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 1999, 0.000%, 1/01/30 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A2   1,011,241  
      Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2015A:            
  1,000   5.500%, 1/01/35 1/25 at 100.00   BBB–   1,088,680  
  9,800   5.500%, 1/01/39 1/25 at 100.00   BBB–   10,637,312  
  5,630   Chicago, Illinois, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 1/01/38 1/22 at 100.00   Ba1   5,990,433  
  1,250   Cook County Forest Preserve District, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Personal Property Replacement Tax Alternate Source, Series 2012C, 5.000%, 12/15/37 – AGM Insured 6/22 at 100.00   A2   1,328,738  
  25,375   Cook County, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2010A, 5.250%, 11/15/33 11/20 at 100.00   A2   27,279,394  
  800   Illinois Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Intrinsic Charter Schools Belmont School Project, Series 2015A, 5.500%, 12/01/30 12/25 at 100.00   N/R   831,368  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Uno Charter School Network, Refunding and Improvement Series 2011A:            
  1,525   6.875%, 10/01/31 10/21 at 100.00   BB+   1,646,421  
  2,535   7.125%, 10/01/41 10/21 at 100.00   BB+   2,676,833  
  1,500   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Central DuPage Health, Series 2009B, 5.500%, 11/01/39 11/19 at 100.00   Aa2   1,617,180  
  1,000   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Central DuPage Health, Series 2009, 5.250%, 11/01/39 11/19 at 100.00   Aa2   1,059,480  
  2,000   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Series 2008A, 5.250%, 8/15/47 – AGC Insured (UB) 8/18 at 100.00   AA–   2,056,400  
  2,675   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Columbia College Chicago, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 12/01/37 12/25 at 100.00   BBB+   2,825,843  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Illinois (continued)            
$ 5,220   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, DePaul University, Series 2011A, 5.750%, 10/01/27 (Pre-refunded 4/01/21) 4/21 at 100.00   A (4) $ 5,996,945  
  8,000   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Series 2008A, 5.625%, 1/01/37 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18) 1/18 at 100.00   A (4)   8,060,560  
  845   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Illinois Wesleyan University, Refunding Series 2016, 5.000%, 9/01/46 9/26 at 100.00   Baa1   918,439  
  5,015   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ingalls Health System, Series 2013, 5.000%, 5/15/43 5/22 at 100.00   Baa1   5,319,310  
  920   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, OSF Healthcare System, Refunding Series 2010A, 6.000%, 5/15/39 5/20 at 100.00   A   987,510  
  2,030   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, OSF Healthcare System, Refunding Series 2010A, 6.000%, 5/15/39 (Pre-refunded 5/15/20) 5/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   2,262,394  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Provena Health, Series 2009A:            
  5   7.750%, 8/15/34 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19) 8/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   5,579  
  495   7.750%, 8/15/34 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19) 8/19 at 100.00   BBB– (4)   552,296  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Series 2013A:            
  415   5.500%, 7/01/28 7/23 at 100.00   A–   474,698  
  905   6.000%, 7/01/43 7/23 at 100.00   A–   1,019,292  
  100   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Resurrection Health Care Corporation, Refunding Series 2009, 6.125%, 5/15/25 (Pre-refunded 5/15/19) 5/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   107,537  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Resurrection Health Care Corporation, Refunding Series 2009:            
  90   6.125%, 5/15/25 (Pre-refunded 5/15/19) 5/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   96,783  
  2,810   6.125%, 5/15/25 (Pre-refunded 5/15/19) 5/19 at 100.00   BBB– (4)   3,021,790  
  1,665   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Rush University Medical Center Obligated Group, Series 2009C, 6.625%, 11/01/39 (Pre-refunded 5/01/19) 5/19 at 100.00   Aaa   1,799,665  
  4,000   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers, Refunding Series 2008A, 6.000%, 8/15/23 8/18 at 100.00   BBB+   4,098,320  
  1,050   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers, Refunding Series 2015C, 5.000%, 8/15/44 8/25 at 100.00   Baa1   1,126,125  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers, Series 2009:            
  7,000   6.875%, 8/15/38 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19) 8/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   7,702,380  
  2,000   7.000%, 8/15/44 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19) 8/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   2,205,080  
  500   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Southern Illinois Healthcare Enterprises, Inc., Series 2005 Remarketed, 5.250%, 3/01/30 (Pre-refunded 3/01/20) – AGM Insured 3/20 at 100.00   A2 (4)   546,760  
  2,500   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Series 2011C, 5.500%, 8/15/41 (Pre-refunded 2/15/21) (UB) (7) 2/21 at 100.00   AA– (4)   2,840,125  
  4,125   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Chicago, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/51 10/21 at 100.00   AA–   4,444,811  
  3,000   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Chicago, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 10/01/46 (UB) (7) 10/25 at 100.00   AA–   3,381,510  
      Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, April Series 2014:            
  6,165   5.000%, 4/01/38 4/24 at 100.00   BBB–   6,464,311  
  5,000   5.000%, 4/01/39 4/24 at 100.00   BBB–   5,239,850  
      Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, February Series 2014:            
  3,435   5.250%, 2/01/33 2/24 at 100.00   BBB–   3,683,797  
  3,745   5.250%, 2/01/34 2/24 at 100.00   BBB–   4,005,540  
  6,000   5.000%, 2/01/39 2/24 at 100.00   BBB–   6,250,920  
  8,565   Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, June Series 2016, 5.000%, 6/01/26 No Opt. Call   BBB–   9,350,667  
      Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, November Series 2016:            
  3,100   5.000%, 11/01/35 11/26 at 100.00   BBB–   3,277,072  
  3,000   5.000%, 11/01/37 11/26 at 100.00   BBB–   3,155,310  
  2,400   5.000%, 11/01/40 11/26 at 100.00   BBB–   2,507,856  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Illinois (continued)            
$ 4,900   Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, October Series 2016, 5.000%, 2/01/26 No Opt. Call   BBB– $ 5,352,564  
  30,020   Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2013, 5.500%, 7/01/38 7/23 at 100.00   BBB–   32,201,553  
  7,250   Illinois Toll Highway Authority, Toll Highway Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2013A, 5.000%, 1/01/38 1/23 at 100.00   AA–   8,089,188  
  2,755   Illinois Toll Highway Authority, Toll Highway Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2015A, 5.000%, 1/01/40 7/25 at 100.00   AA–   3,137,725  
  560   Illinois Toll Highway Authority, Toll Highway Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0051, 15.069%, 1/01/38 (IF) 1/23 at 100.00   AA–   819,465  
  2,500   Kane & DeKalb Counties Community Unit School District 301, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006, 0.000%, 12/01/23 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   Aa2   2,149,475  
  9,795   Lake, Cook, Kane and McHenry Counties Community Unit School District 220, Barrington, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2002, 5.250%, 12/01/19 – AGM Insured (UB) No Opt. Call   A2   10,576,053  
  7,000   Lombard Public Facilities Corporation, Illinois, First Tier Conference Center and Hotel Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A-1, 7.125%, 1/01/36 (9) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   2,730,000  
      Mc Henry and Lake Counties Community Consolidated School District 26, Cary, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011B:            
  1,160   6.250%, 2/01/21 (Pre-refunded 2/01/20) – AGM Insured 2/20 at 100.00   A1 (4)   1,290,570  
  85   6.250%, 2/01/21 (Pre-refunded 2/01/20) – AGM Insured 2/20 at 100.00   A1 (4)   94,568  
  1,315   McHenry and Kane Counties Community Consolidated School District 158, Huntley, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2003, 0.000%, 1/01/21 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A3   1,227,434  
  930   McHenry and Lake Counties Community Consolidated School District 26, Cary, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011A, 6.000%, 2/01/24 (Pre-refunded 2/01/20) – AGM Insured 2/20 at 100.00   A1 (4)   1,029,538  
      McHenry and Lake Counties Community Consolidated School District 26, Cary, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011A:            
  70   6.000%, 2/01/24 (Pre-refunded 2/01/20) – AGM Insured 2/20 at 100.00   A1 (4)   77,492  
  960   6.000%, 2/01/25 (Pre-refunded 2/01/20) – AGM Insured 2/20 at 100.00   A1 (4)   1,062,749  
  70   6.000%, 2/01/25 (Pre-refunded 2/01/20) – AGM Insured 2/20 at 100.00   A1 (4)   77,492  
  13,785   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, McCormick Place Expansion Project Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 6/15/42 – NPFG Insured 6/22 at 100.00   BB+   13,994,256  
  2,500   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, McCormick Place Expansion Project Bonds, Refunding Series 2012B, 5.000%, 6/15/52 6/22 at 100.00   BB+   2,495,775  
  5,400   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, McCormick Place Expansion Project Bonds, Refunding Series 2015B, 5.000%, 6/15/52 12/25 at 100.00   BB+   5,453,514  
      Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, McCormick Place Expansion Project Bonds, Series 2015A:            
  23,110   0.000%, 12/15/52 No Opt. Call   BB+   3,124,010  
  2,455   5.000%, 6/15/53 12/25 at 100.00   BB+   2,450,802  
  12,000   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, McCormick Place Expansion Project Refunding Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.500%, 6/15/50 6/20 at 100.00   BB+   12,400,560  
  45,000   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Capital Appreciation Refunding Series 2010B-1, 0.000%, 6/15/43 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   15,282,900  
  2,680   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Refunding Series 1998A, 5.500%, 6/15/29 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   A3   3,187,619  
  145   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Refunding Series 1998B, 5.500%, 6/15/29 – NPFG Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   Ba1 (4)   179,665  
  1,730   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Refunding Series 2002B, 5.550%, 6/15/21 – NPFG Insured 6/18 at 100.50   BBB–   1,753,459  
  5,960   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Refunding Series 2010B-2, 5.250%, 6/15/50 6/20 at 100.00   BB+   6,048,387  
  1,165   Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Series 1993A, 0.000%, 6/15/21 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A3   1,062,154  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Illinois (continued)            
      Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, McCormick Place Expansion Project, Series 2002A:            
$ 9,500   5.700%, 6/15/24 – NPFG Insured 6/22 at 101.00   BBB– $ 10,932,125  
  10,000   0.000%, 12/15/29 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   6,321,700  
  8,400   0.000%, 12/15/30 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   5,073,684  
  17,985   0.000%, 6/15/33 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   9,599,853  
  21,915   0.000%, 6/15/34 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   11,127,341  
  13,805   0.000%, 12/15/34 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   6,867,988  
  1,905   0.000%, 6/15/36 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   876,986  
  10,000   0.000%, 12/15/36 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   4,508,700  
  10,000   0.000%, 6/15/38 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   4,184,600  
  36,040   0.000%, 6/15/40 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   13,615,912  
  3,720   0.000%, 6/15/41 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB–   1,336,894  
  2,742   Montgomery, Illinois, Lakewood Creek Project Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2007, 4.700%, 3/01/30 – RAAI Insured 1/18 at 100.00   AA   2,745,373  
      Quad Cities Regional Economic Development Authority, Illinois, Revenue Bonds, Augustana College, Series 2012:            
  480   5.000%, 10/01/25 10/22 at 100.00   Baa1   539,909  
  400   5.000%, 10/01/26 10/22 at 100.00   Baa1   449,576  
      Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority, Illinois, Tobacco Settlement Revenue Bonds, Series 2010:            
  780   5.250%, 6/01/21 No Opt. Call   A   880,129  
  2,000   6.250%, 6/01/24 12/17 at 100.00   A   2,115,420  
  2,695   Regional Transportation Authority, Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 1990A, 7.200%, 11/01/20 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A2   2,934,397  
  3,815   Southwestern Illinois Development Authority, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, US Steel Corporation Project, Series 2012, 5.750%, 8/01/42 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 8/22 at 100.00   Caa1   3,774,866  
  1,580   University of Illinois, Health Services Facilities System Revenue Bonds, Series 2013, 6.000%, 10/01/32 10/23 at 100.00   Baa1   1,839,720  
  11,350   Will County Community High School District 210 Lincoln-Way, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006, 0.000%, 1/01/24 – AGM Insured No Opt. Call   A2   9,010,533  
  767,562   Total Illinois         653,369,119  
      Indiana – 4.4% (2.9% of Total Investments)            
      Carmel Redevelopment Authority, Indiana, Lease Rent Revenue Bonds, Series 2005:            
  1,950   0.000%, 2/01/24 No Opt. Call   Aa3   1,695,623  
  2,705   0.000%, 2/01/25 No Opt. Call   Aa3   2,278,773  
  4,400   Crown Point Multi-School Building Corporation, Indiana, First Mortgage Bonds, Crown Point Community School Corporation, Series 2000, 0.000%, 1/15/24 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   A3   3,846,304  
  680   Indiana Finance Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Butler University Project, Refunding Series 2012B, 5.000%, 2/01/29 2/22 at 100.00   A–   743,478  
  1,050   Indiana Finance Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Drexel Foundation For Educational Excellence, Inc., Series 2009A, 7.000%, 10/01/39 10/19 at 100.00   B–   1,059,786  
  520   Indiana Finance Authority, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, United States Steel Corporation Project, Refunding Series 2010, 6.000%, 12/01/26 6/20 at 100.00   Caa1   531,284  
  1,230   Indiana Finance Authority, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, United States Steel Corporation Project, Series 2012, 5.750%, 8/01/42 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 8/22 at 100.00   Caa1   1,217,060  
  11,000   Indiana Finance Authority, Health System Revenue Bonds, Franciscan Alliance, Inc. Obligated Group, Series 2016A, 4.000%, 11/01/51 11/25 at 100.00   Aa3   11,204,050  
  4,465   Indiana Finance Authority, Health System Revenue Bonds, Sisters of Saint Francis Health Services, Inc. Obligated Group, Series 2009, 5.250%, 11/01/39 11/19 at 100.00   Aa3   4,788,757  
  1,815   Indiana Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Community Health Network Project, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 5/01/42 5/23 at 100.00   A   1,980,782  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Indiana (continued)            
$ 1,500   Indiana Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services Project, Refunding Series 2010, 5.125%, 3/01/30 (Pre-refunded 3/02/20) 3/20 at 100.00   N/R (4) $ 1,634,325  
  1,875   Indiana Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Indiana University Health Obligation Group, Refunding 2015A, 4.000%, 12/01/40 6/25 at 100.00   AA   1,930,688  
  9,300   Indiana Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Major Hospital Project, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 10/01/44 10/23 at 100.00   Baa2   9,987,735  
      Indiana Finance Authority, Private Activity Bonds, Ohio River Bridges East End Crossing Project, Series 2013A:            
  5,380   5.000%, 7/01/44 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/23 at 100.00   BBB   5,799,694  
  5,100   5.000%, 7/01/48 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/23 at 100.00   BBB   5,481,582  
  5,370   5.250%, 1/01/51 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/23 at 100.00   BBB   5,825,806  
  6,730   Indiana Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Health Care Group, Refunding Series 2009A, 5.250%, 12/01/38 12/19 at 100.00   AA–   7,207,965  
  6,700   Indiana Finance Authority, Wastewater Utility Revenue Bonds, CWA Authority Project, Series 2011B, 5.000%, 10/01/41 10/21 at 100.00   A3   7,479,746  
  13,000   Indiana Finance Authority, Water Utility Revenue Bonds, Citizens Energy Group Project, First Lien Series 2014A, 5.000%, 10/01/44 10/24 at 100.00   A   14,909,310  
  10,000   Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Indiana, Series 1999E, 0.000%, 2/01/26 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A   7,970,200  
  1,000   Merrillville, Indiana, Economic Development Revenue Bonds, Belvedere Housing Project, Series 2016, 5.750%, 4/01/36 4/24 at 102.00   N/R   967,980  
  1,250   Shoals, Indiana, Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, National Gypsum Company Project, Series 2013, 7.250%, 11/01/43 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 11/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,424,000  
  830   Valparaiso, Indiana, Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, Pratt Paper LLC Project, Series 2013, 7.000%, 1/01/44 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/24 at 100.00   N/R   989,252  
  97,850   Total Indiana         100,954,180  
      Iowa – 1.6% (1.1% of Total Investments)            
      Iowa Finance Authority, Iowa, Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue Bonds, Iowa Fertilizer Company Project, Series 2013:            
  1,710   5.000%, 12/01/19 No Opt. Call   B–   1,773,185  
  7,055   5.500%, 12/01/22 12/18 at 100.00   B–   7,226,578  
  1,255   5.250%, 12/01/25 12/23 at 100.00   B–   1,339,587  
  1,470   Iowa Finance Authority, Iowa, Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue Bonds, Iowa Fertilizer Company Project, Series 2016, 5.875%, 12/01/27 6/19 at 105.00   B–   1,576,516  
  1,630   Iowa Higher Education Loan Authority, Private College Facility Revenue Bonds, University of Dubuque Project, Refunding Series 2011, 6.000%, 10/01/31 10/21 at 100.00   BBB   1,771,566  
  1,900   Iowa Higher Education Loan Authority, Private College Facility Revenue Bonds, Upper Iowa University Project, Series 2012, 5.000%, 9/01/43 (Pre-refunded 9/01/23) 9/23 at 100.00   N/R (4)   2,258,207  
  2,000   Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation, Student Loan Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009-2, 5.500%, 12/01/25 12/19 at 100.00   A   2,114,180  
      Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority, Asset Backed Settlement Revenue Bonds, Series 2005C:            
  6,425   5.375%, 6/01/38 1/18 at 100.00   B2   6,424,550  
  525   5.500%, 6/01/42 1/18 at 100.00   B2   527,247  
  5,045   5.625%, 6/01/46 1/18 at 100.00   B2   5,066,593  
  6,590   Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority, Tobacco Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Series 2005B, 5.600%, 6/01/34 1/18 at 100.00   B2   6,634,219  
  35,605   Total Iowa         36,712,428  
      Kansas – 0.7% (0.5% of Total Investments)            
      Johnson and Miami Counties Unified School District 230, Kansas, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2011A:            
  2,000   5.000%, 9/01/26 (Pre-refunded 9/01/21) 9/21 at 100.00   Aa3 (4)   2,250,040  
  1,000   5.000%, 9/01/27 (Pre-refunded 9/01/21) 9/21 at 100.00   Aa3 (4)   1,125,020  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Kansas (continued)            
$ 2,000   Kansas Development Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Adventist Health System/Sunbelt Obligated Group, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 11/15/28 5/22 at 100.00   AA $ 2,261,320  
  1,485   Kansas State Power Pool, Electric Utility Revenue Bonds, Dogwood Energy Facility, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 12/01/31 (Pre-refunded 12/01/20) 12/20 at 100.00   A3 (4)   1,653,236  
  2,415   Overland Park Development Corporation, Kansas, First Tier Revenue Bonds, Overland Park Convention Center, Series 2007A, 5.125%, 1/01/22 – AMBAC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   BB+   2,418,936  
  485   Overland Park Transportation Development District, Kansas, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Oak Park Mall Project, Series 2010, 5.900%, 4/01/32 4/20 at 100.00   BBB   508,033  
      Wyandotte County-Kansas City Unified Government, Kansas, Sales Tax Special Obligation Bonds, Vacation Village Project Area 1 and 2A, Series 2015:            
  3,865   5.750%, 9/01/32 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   3,898,587  
  1,840   6.000%, 9/01/35 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,855,824  
  15,090   Total Kansas         15,970,996  
      Kentucky – 2.0% (1.3% of Total Investments)            
      Christian County, Kentucky, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Jennie Stuart Medical Center, Series 2016:            
  5,000   5.375%, 2/01/36 2/26 at 100.00   BB+   5,463,900  
  435   5.500%, 2/01/44 2/26 at 100.00   BB+   473,093  
  1,500   Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Baptist Healthcare System Obligated Group, Series 2009A, 5.375%, 8/15/24 8/18 at 100.00   Baa2   1,546,650  
  1,000   Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Owensboro Medical Health System, Series 2010A, 6.000%, 6/01/30 (Pre-refunded 6/01/20) 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3 (4)   1,120,240  
  6,015   Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Owensboro Medical Health System, Series 2010B, 6.375%, 3/01/40 (Pre-refunded 6/01/20) 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3 (4)   6,795,326  
      Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Kentucky, Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds, Rosedale Green Project, Refunding Series 2015:            
  500   5.750%, 11/15/45 11/25 at 100.00   N/R   508,020  
  2,250   5.750%, 11/15/50 11/25 at 100.00   N/R   2,278,800  
      Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Louisville Arena Project Revenue Bonds, Louisville Arena Authority, Inc., Series 2008-A1:            
  1,000   6.000%, 12/01/33 – AGC Insured 6/18 at 100.00   A3   1,015,770  
  1,000   6.000%, 12/01/38 – AGC Insured 6/18 at 100.00   A3   1,014,670  
  1,100   6.000%, 12/01/42 – AGC Insured 6/18 at 100.00   A3   1,115,631  
      Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Next Generation Kentucky Information Highway Project, Senior Series 2015A:            
  2,130   5.000%, 7/01/40 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   2,315,502  
  2,940   5.000%, 1/01/45 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   3,177,640  
      Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority, First Tier Toll Revenue Bonds, Downtown Crossing Project, Convertible Capital Appreciation Series 2013C:            
  1,335   0.000%, 7/01/43 (6) 7/31 at 100.00   Baa3   1,170,595  
  2,295   0.000%, 7/01/46 (6) 7/31 at 100.00   Baa3   2,019,830  
      Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority, First Tier Toll Revenue Bonds, Downtown Crossing Project, Series 2013A:            
  3,080   5.750%, 7/01/49 7/23 at 100.00   Baa3   3,439,806  
  615   6.000%, 7/01/53 7/23 at 100.00   Baa3   694,015  
  5,400   Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Public Facilities Corporation, Kentucky State Lease Revenue Bonds, Eastern State Hospital Project, Series 2011A, 5.250%, 6/01/29 6/21 at 100.00   A   5,972,238  
  5,000   Pikeville, Kentucky, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Pikeville Medical Center, Inc. Project, Improvement and Refunding Series 2011, 6.250%, 3/01/31 3/21 at 100.00   A3   5,613,200  
  215   Warren County, Kentucky, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Bowling Green-Warren County Community Hospital Corporation, Series 2012A, 4.000%, 10/01/29 10/22 at 100.00   A+   226,266  
  42,810   Total Kentucky         45,961,192  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Louisiana – 2.2% (1.4% of Total Investments)            
$ 2,000   Jefferson Parish Hospital Service District 2, Louisiana, Hospital Revenue Bonds, East Jefferson General Hospital, Refunding Series 2011, 6.375%, 7/01/41 7/21 at 100.00   B3 $ 2,060,520  
  7,310   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Dock and Wharf Revenue Bonds, Impala Warehousing (US) LLC Project, Series 2013, 6.500%, 7/01/36 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/23 at 100.00   N/R   8,102,550  
  1,460   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/39 7/25 at 100.00   A   1,636,499  
  16,190   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ochsner Clinic Foundation Project, Refunding Series 2017, 5.000%, 5/15/46 5/27 at 100.00   A3   18,186,227  
  4,425   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Ochsner Clinic Foundation Project, Series 2011, 6.750%, 5/15/41 (Pre-refunded 5/15/21) 5/21 at 100.00   A3 (4)   5,257,475  
  1,060   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy Foundation Project, Series 2013A, 8.375%, 12/15/43 12/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,127,087  
  2,235   Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District, Revenue Refunding Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2013A, 5.000%, 7/01/36 7/23 at 100.00   A2   2,523,270  
  5,100   New Orleans Aviation Board, Louisiana, General Airport Revenue Bonds, North Terminal Project, Series 2015B, 5.000%, 1/01/45 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/25 at 100.00   A–   5,669,517  
  2,560   New Orleans, Louisiana, Sewerage Service Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2014, 5.000%, 6/01/44 6/24 at 100.00   A–   2,825,037  
  2,145   St John Baptist Parish, Louisiana, Revenue Bonds, Marathon Oil Corporation, Series 2007A, 5.125%, 6/01/37 (Pre-refunded 12/18/17) 12/17 at 100.00   Ba1 (4)   2,151,371  
  44,485   Total Louisiana         49,539,553  
      Maine – 0.4% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
  4,965   Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Eastern Maine Medical Center Obligated Group Issue, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 7/01/46 7/26 at 100.00   Ba1   5,159,231  
      Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Maine General Medical Center, Series 2011:            
  2,000   6.750%, 7/01/36 7/21 at 100.00   Ba3   2,183,440  
  1,050   6.750%, 7/01/41 7/21 at 100.00   Ba3   1,140,720  
  1,250   Maine Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.000%, 7/01/40 7/20 at 100.00   A1   1,348,800  
  9,265   Total Maine         9,832,191  
      Maryland – 0.5% (0.4% of Total Investments)            
  2,000   Maryland Economic Development Corporation, Revenue Bonds, Chesapeake Bay Hyatt Conference Center, Series 2006A, 5.000%, 12/01/31 (8) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,200,000  
  7,145   Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Adventist Healthcare, Series 2016A, 5.500%, 1/01/46 1/27 at 100.00   Baa3   8,196,315  
  555   Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Mercy Ridge Retirement Community, Series 2007, 4.750%, 7/01/34 12/17 at 100.00   A–   555,633  
  2,000   Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Peninsula Regional Medical Center Issue, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 7/01/45 7/24 at 100.00   A3   2,178,420  
  355   Prince George’s County Revenue Authority, Maryland, Special Obligation Bonds, Suitland-Naylor Road Project, Series 2016, 5.000%, 7/01/46 1/26 at 100.00   N/R   352,835  
  12,055   Total Maryland         12,483,203  
      Massachusetts – 3.1% (2.1% of Total Investments)            
  8,825   Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Highway System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2010B, 5.000%, 1/01/32 1/20 at 100.00   A3   9,487,846  
  475   Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Boston Medical Center Issue, Green Bonds, Series 2015D, 5.000%, 7/01/44 7/25 at 100.00   BBB   522,177  
  1,525   Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Emerson College, Series 2015, 4.500%, 1/01/45 1/25 at 100.00   Baa2   1,630,927  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Massachusetts (continued)            
$ 2,375   Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, Revenue Bonds, Orchard Cove, Series 2007, 5.250%, 10/01/26 4/18 at 100.00   N/R $ 2,380,154  
  31,120   Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, Education Loan Revenue Bonds, Series 2016J, 3.500%, 7/01/33 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/24 at 100.00   A   30,565,753  
  1,500   Massachusetts Health and Education Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Partners HealthCare System, Series 2010J-1, 5.000%, 7/01/39 7/19 at 100.00   AA–   1,578,180  
  620   Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, CareGroup Inc., Series 2008E-1 &2, 5.125%, 7/01/33 (Pre-refunded 7/01/18) 7/18 at 100.00   A– (4)   636,703  
  1,940   Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Suffolk University, Refunding Series 2009A, 5.750%, 7/01/39 7/19 at 100.00   BBB   2,066,003  
  3,860   Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Suffolk University, Refunding Series 2009A, 5.750%, 7/01/39 (Pre-refunded 7/01/19) 7/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   4,153,051  
  400   Massachusetts Port Authority, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, ConRac Project, Series 2011A, 5.125%, 7/01/41 7/21 at 100.00   A3   434,920  
  5,000   Massachusetts Port Authority, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, Delta Air Lines Inc., Series 2001A, 5.500%, 1/01/18 – AMBAC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax) 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   5,022,800  
  4,560   Massachusetts School Building Authority, Dedicated Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Senior Series 2013A, 5.000%, 5/15/43 5/23 at 100.00   Aa2   5,188,915  
  7,175   Metropolitan Boston Transit Parking Corporation, Massachusetts, Systemwide Senior Lien Parking Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 5.000%, 7/01/41 7/21 at 100.00   A+   7,996,179  
  69,375   Total Massachusetts         71,663,608  
      Michigan – 2.8% (1.8% of Total Investments)            
      Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences, Michigan, Public School Academy Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2013:            
  955   6.000%, 10/01/33 10/23 at 100.00   N/R   937,686  
  1,250   6.000%, 10/01/43 10/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,173,100  
  15,000   Detroit City School District, Wayne County, Michigan, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2001A, 6.000%, 5/01/29 – AGM Insured (UB) No Opt. Call   AA–   18,449,700  
  1,930   Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Michigan, Sewage Disposal System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2012A, 5.250%, 7/01/39 7/22 at 100.00   A–   2,141,567  
  5   Detroit, Michigan, Second Lien Sewerage Disposal System Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A, 4.500%, 7/01/35 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A3   5,010  
  3,000   Detroit, Michigan, Senior Lien Sewerage Disposal System Revenue Bonds, Series 2001B, 5.500%, 7/01/29 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A3   3,624,840  
  5   Detroit, Michigan, Sewer Disposal System Revenue Bonds, Second Lien, Series 2006B, 5.000%, 7/01/36 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A3   5,014  
  2,000   Detroit, Michigan, Water Supply System Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2011A, 5.250%, 7/01/41 7/21 at 100.00   A–   2,177,440  
  2,000   Grand Traverse County Hospital Financial Authority, Michigan, Revenue Bonds, Munson Healthcare, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 7/01/47 7/24 at 100.00   A1   2,184,640  
  1,500   Jackson County Hospital Finance Authority, Michigan, Hospital Revenue Bonds, W.A. Foote Memorial Hospital, Refunding Series 2006B-2, 5.000%, 6/01/27 (Pre-refunded 6/01/20) – AGM Insured 6/20 at 100.00   AA (4)   1,642,380  
  3,080   Kalamazoo Hospital Finance Authority, Michigan, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Refunding Series 2010, 5.500%, 5/15/36 5/20 at 100.00   A2   3,342,662  
  3,800   Kalamazoo Hospital Finance Authority, Michigan, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Bronson Methodist Hospital, Refunding Series 2010, 5.500%, 5/15/36 (Pre-refunded 5/15/20) 5/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   4,197,860  
  3,580   Lansing Board of Water and Light, Michigan, Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.500%, 7/01/41 7/21 at 100.00   AA–   4,052,990  
  1,000   Michigan Finance Authority, Local Government Loan Program Revenue Bonds, Detroit Water & Sewerage Department Water Supply System Local Project, Series 2014D-6, 5.000%, 7/01/36 – NPFG Insured 7/24 at 100.00   A3   1,109,300  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Michigan (continued)            
$ 4,980   Michigan Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Health Credit Group, Refunding Series 2011, 5.000%, 12/01/39 12/21 at 100.00   AA– $ 5,493,189  
  20   Michigan Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Health Credit Group, Refunding Series 2011, 5.000%, 12/01/39 (Pre-refunded 12/01/21) 12/21 at 100.00   N/R (4)   22,829  
  2,500   Michigan State Building Authority, Revenue Bonds, Facilities Program, Refunding Series 2009-I, 5.000%, 10/15/23 – AGC Insured 10/19 at 100.00   AA–   2,679,275  
  2,250   Michigan State Building Authority, Revenue Bonds, Facilities Program, Refunding Series 2011-I-A, 5.375%, 10/15/41 10/21 at 100.00   A+   2,556,473  
  3,220   Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Henry Ford Health System, Refunding Series 2009, 5.750%, 11/15/39 (Pre-refunded 11/15/19) 11/19 at 100.00   A3 (4)   3,517,238  
  1,525   Michigan Tobacco Settlement Finance Authority, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 6.875%, 6/01/42 6/18 at 100.00   B2   1,560,228  
  2,000   Wayne County Airport Authority, Michigan, Revenue Bonds, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 12/01/37 12/22 at 100.00   A   2,213,980  
  55,600   Total Michigan         63,087,401  
      Minnesota – 1.2% (0.8% of Total Investments)            
  700   City of Ham Lake, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, DaVinci Academy Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 7/01/47 7/24 at 102.00   N/R   700,441  
  1,955   Dakota County Community Development Agency, Minnesota, GNMA Collateralized Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Rose Apartments Project, Series 2001, 6.350%, 10/20/37 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 4/18 at 100.00   Aa1   1,959,008  
  1,000   Duluth Housing & Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, Duluth Public Schools Academy, Series 2010A, 5.875%, 11/01/40 11/18 at 102.00   BB+   1,033,590  
  1,500   Forest Lake, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Lakes International Language Academy, Series 2014A, 5.750%, 8/01/44 8/22 at 102.00   BB+   1,625,670  
  795   Minneapolis, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Hiawatha Academies Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 7/01/36 7/24 at 102.00   N/R   807,561  
  4,230   Minneapolis, Minnesota, Health Care System Revenue Bonds, Fairview Health Services, Series 2008B, 6.500%, 11/15/38 – AGC Insured 11/18 at 100.00   A2   4,446,153  
  770   Minneapolis, Minnesota, Health Care System Revenue Bonds, Fairview Health Services, Series 2008B, 6.500%, 11/15/38 (Pre-refunded 11/15/18) – AGC Insured 11/18 at 100.00   A2 (4)   813,043  
      Saint Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Hmong College Prep Academy Project, Series 2016A:            
  750   5.750%, 9/01/46 9/26 at 100.00   BB+   780,825  
  4,000   6.000%, 9/01/51 9/26 at 100.00   BB+   4,209,480  
  5,265   Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Health Care Facility Revenue Bonds, HealthPartners Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/33 7/25 at 100.00   A   6,020,896  
  4,250   Saint Paul Port Authority, Minnesota, Lease Revenue Bonds, Regions Hospital Parking Ramp Project, Series 2007-1, 5.000%, 8/01/36 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   4,257,310  
  25,215   Total Minnesota         26,653,977  
      Mississippi – 0.3% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
  620   Mississippi Business Finance Corporation, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, System Energy Resources Inc. Project, Series 1998, 5.875%, 4/01/22 4/18 at 100.00   Baa3   621,959  
  5,215   Mississippi State, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2002A, 5.500%, 12/01/18 No Opt. Call   AA   5,464,225  
  1,000   Warren County, Mississippi, Gulf Opportunity Zone Revenue Bonds, International Paper Company Project, Series 2008A, 6.500%, 9/01/32 9/18 at 100.00   BBB   1,042,030  
  6,835   Total Mississippi         7,128,214  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Missouri – 2.1% (1.4% of Total Investments)            
$ 1,400   Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District, Mass Transit Sales Tax Appropriation Bonds, Refunding Combined Lien Series 2013A, 5.000%, 10/01/44 10/22 at 100.00   Aa2 $ 1,592,794  
  1,240   Cape Girardeau County Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Southeasthealth, Series 2016A, 6.000%, 3/01/33 3/23 at 103.00   BBB–   1,436,924  
  1,000   Clinton County Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Cameron Regional Medical Center, Series 2007B, 5.000%, 12/01/32 (Pre-refunded 12/01/17) 12/17 at 100.00   N/R (4)   1,003,240  
  1,000   Hanley Road Corridor Transportation Development District, Brentwood and Maplewood, Missouri, Transportation Sales Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009A, 5.875%, 10/01/36 10/19 at 100.00   A–   1,045,450  
  135   Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Ward Parkway Center Community Improvement District, Senior Refunding & Improvement Series 2016, 5.000%, 4/01/46 4/26 at 100.00   N/R   137,595  
  12,005   Kansas City Municipal Assistance Corporation, Missouri, Leasehold Revenue Bonds, Series 2004B-1, 0.000%, 4/15/29 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A1   8,392,816  
  1,000   Liberty Public School District 53, Clay County, Missouri, Lease Participation Certificates, School Boards Association, Series 2014, 5.000%, 4/01/31 4/22 at 100.00   AA–   1,110,030  
      Liberty, Missouri, Special Obligation Tax Increment and Special Districts Bonds, Liberty Commons Project, Series 2015A:            
  1,560   5.125%, 6/01/25 No Opt. Call   N/R   1,554,602  
  3,810   5.750%, 6/01/35 6/25 at 100.00   N/R   3,751,859  
  3,695   6.000%, 6/01/46 6/25 at 100.00   N/R   3,664,849  
      Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Series 2013A:            
  1,590   5.000%, 6/01/30 6/23 at 100.00   A1   1,761,720  
  2,700   5.000%, 6/01/33 6/23 at 100.00   A1   2,963,871  
  665   Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Saint Louis College of Pharmacy, Series 2013, 5.250%, 5/01/33 5/23 at 100.00   BBB   738,735  
  505   Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, University of Central Missouri, Series 2013C-2, 5.000%, 10/01/34 10/23 at 100.00   A+   573,402  
      Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, CoxHealth, Series 2013A:            
  50   5.000%, 11/15/44 11/23 at 100.00   A2   54,569  
  6,930   5.000%, 11/15/48 11/23 at 100.00   A2   7,553,631  
  2,000   Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Mercy Health, Series 2014F, 5.000%, 11/15/45 11/24 at 100.00   AA–   2,237,600  
  2,500   Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Washington University, Series 2011B, 5.000%, 11/15/37 11/21 at 100.00   AA+   2,797,650  
      Saint Louis County Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Ranken-Jordan Project, Refunding & Improvement Series 2016:            
  1,275   5.000%, 11/15/41 11/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,285,047  
  1,105   5.000%, 11/15/46 11/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,108,602  
  430   St. Louis County Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Revenue Bonds, Friendship Village of Sunset Hills, Series 2013A, 5.875%, 9/01/43 9/23 at 100.00   BBB+   493,674  
      St. Louis County Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Revenue Bonds, Saint Andrew’s Resources for Seniors, Series 2015A:            
  450   5.000%, 12/01/35 12/25 at 100.00   N/R   475,385  
  130   5.125%, 12/01/45 12/25 at 100.00   N/R   137,069  
  980   Stoddard County Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Health Facility Revenue Bonds, Southeasthealth, Series 2016B, 6.000%, 3/01/37 3/23 at 103.00   BBB–   1,126,735  
  700   The Industrial Development Authority of the City of Saint Louis, Missouri, Development Financing Revenue Bonds, Ballpark Village Development Project, Series 2017A, 4.750%, 11/15/47 11/26 at 100.00   N/R   718,095  
  48,855   Total Missouri         47,715,944  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Nebraska – 0.4% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
$ 580   Douglas County Hospital Authority 2, Nebraska, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Nebraska Methodist Health System, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 11/01/45 11/25 at 100.00   A– $ 642,872  
      Douglas County Hospital Authority 2, Nebraska, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Project, Series 2014:            
  1,930   5.000%, 5/15/27 5/24 at 100.00   BBB+   2,177,059  
  3,000   5.000%, 5/15/36 5/24 at 100.00   BBB+   3,257,190  
      Douglas County Hospital Authority 3, Nebraska, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Nebraska Methodist Health System, Refunding Series 2015:            
  650   5.000%, 11/01/45 11/25 at 100.00   A–   720,460  
  2,110   5.000%, 11/01/48 11/25 at 100.00   A–   2,329,377  
  500   Lincoln County Hospital Authority 1, Nebraska, Hospital Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Great Plains Regional Medical Center Project, Series 2012, 5.000%, 11/01/42 11/21 at 100.00   A–   534,600  
  8,770   Total Nebraska         9,661,558  
      Nevada – 2.7% (1.7% of Total Investments)            
  29,000   Clark County, Nevada, Airport Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien Series 2010B, 5.750%, 7/01/42 1/20 at 100.00   A+   31,862,010  
  6,000   Clark County, Nevada, Passenger Facility Charge Revenue Bonds, Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, Series 2010A, 5.250%, 7/01/42 1/20 at 100.00   A+   6,465,180  
  1,700   Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency, Nevada, Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A, 8.000%, 6/15/30 (Pre-refunded 6/15/19) 6/19 at 100.00   BBB+ (4)   1,884,229  
  10,000   Las Vegas Valley Water District, Nevada, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2011C, 5.000%, 6/01/38 6/21 at 100.00   AA   11,071,700  
  4,000   Las Vegas Valley Water District, Nevada, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 6/01/39 12/24 at 100.00   AA   4,656,440  
  5,000   North Las Vegas, Nevada, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2006, 5.000%, 5/01/36 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   B+   5,004,850  
  55,700   Total Nevada         60,944,409  
      New Hampshire – 0.1% (0.0% of Total Investments)            
  1,500   New Hampshire Business Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Elliot Hospital Obligated Group Issue, Series 2009A, 6.125%, 10/01/39 (Pre-refunded 10/01/19) 10/19 at 100.00   BBB (4)   1,641,150  
      New Jersey – 4.3% (2.8% of Total Investments)            
  615   Gloucester County Pollution Control Financing Authority, New Jersey, Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, Logan Project, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 12/01/24 (Alternative Minimum Tax) No Opt. Call   Ba1   669,575  
  1,100   New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Private Activity Bonds, The Goethals Bridge Replacement Project, Series 2013, 5.125%, 7/01/42 – AGM Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/24 at 100.00   BBB   1,221,451  
  17,580   New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction Bonds, Refunding Series 2016BBB, 5.500%, 6/15/31 12/26 at 100.00   BBB+   20,558,404  
      New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction Bonds, Series 2016AAA:            
  1,000   5.000%, 6/15/36 12/26 at 100.00   BBB+   1,082,890  
  10,000   5.000%, 6/15/41 12/26 at 100.00   BBB+   10,717,900  
  2,000   New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction Bonds, Series 2017DDD, 5.000%, 6/15/35 6/27 at 100.00   BBB+   2,183,360  
  3,050   New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction Financing Program Bonds, Refunding Series 2011GG, 5.000%, 9/01/24 3/21 at 100.00   BBB+   3,259,840  
      New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, Provident Group-Montclair Properties LLC, Montclair State University Student Housing Project, Series 2010A:            
  835   5.750%, 6/01/31 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3   906,760  
  3,000   5.875%, 6/01/42 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3   3,234,270  
  1,120   New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Seton Hall University, Series 2013D, 5.000%, 7/01/33 7/23 at 100.00   A–   1,253,168  

 

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  Portfolio of Investments (continued) October 31, 2017

 

  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      New Jersey (continued)            
$ 600   New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, New Jersey, Revenue Bonds, Saint Peters University Hospital, Refunding Series 2011, 6.000%, 7/01/26 7/21 at 100.00   BB+ $ 654,360  
  405   New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, University Hospital Issue, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/46 – AGM Insured 7/25 at 100.00   BBB   452,142  
      New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Capital Appreciation Series 2010A:            
  3,130   0.000%, 12/15/28 No Opt. Call   BBB+   2,001,917  
  3,000   0.000%, 12/15/31 No Opt. Call   BBB+   1,652,130  
  12,715   0.000%, 12/15/33 No Opt. Call   BBB+   6,304,224  
  610   0.000%, 12/15/34 No Opt. Call   BBB+   286,670  
  2,480   0.000%, 12/15/40 No Opt. Call   BBB+   852,996  
      New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Series 2008A:            
  19,175   0.000%, 12/15/35 No Opt. Call   BBB+   8,546,298  
  5,600   0.000%, 12/15/36 No Opt. Call   BBB+   2,369,248  
  17,215   New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Series 2009A, 0.000%, 12/15/39 No Opt. Call   BBB+   6,241,126  
  5,000   New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Series 2009C, 5.250%, 6/15/32 12/24 at 100.00   BBB+   5,480,950  
  6,305   New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Series 2015AA, 5.000%, 6/15/45 6/25 at 100.00   BBB+   6,732,416  
  12,870   Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, New Jersey, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007-1A, 5.000%, 6/01/41 12/17 at 100.00   B3   12,387,375  
  129,405   Total New Jersey         99,049,470  
      New Mexico – 0.3% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
  1,500   New Mexico Hospital Equipment Loan Council, First Mortgage Revenue Bonds, La Vida LLena Project, Series 2010A, 6.125%, 7/01/40 7/20 at 100.00   BBB   1,592,160  
  4,180   Winrock Town Center Tax Increment Development District, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Gross Receipts Tax Increment Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2015, 5.750%, 5/01/30 5/20 at 103.00   N/R   4,240,861  
  5,680   Total New Mexico         5,833,021  
      New York – 15.4% (10.1% of Total Investments)            
  1,755   Albany Industrial Development Agency, New York, Revenue Bonds, Brighter Choice Charter Schools, Series 2007A, 5.000%, 4/01/32 1/18 at 100.00   B   1,617,408  
      Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corporation, New York, Payment in Lieu of Taxes Revenue Bonds, Barclays Center Project, Series 2009:            
  3,400   0.000%, 7/15/44 No Opt. Call   BBB–   1,168,512  
  12,020   0.000%, 7/15/46 No Opt. Call   BBB–   3,792,070  
      Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corporation, New York, Payment in Lieu of Taxes Revenue Bonds, Barclays Center Project, Series 2009:            
  3,220   6.000%, 7/15/30 (Pre-refunded 1/15/20) 1/20 at 100.00   AA+ (4)   3,564,637  
  3,065   6.250%, 7/15/40 (Pre-refunded 1/15/20) 1/20 at 100.00   AA+ (4)   3,409,659  
  450   Buffalo and Erie County Industrial Land Development Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health System, Inc. Project, Series 2015, 5.250%, 7/01/35 7/25 at 100.00   BBB+   507,996  
  200   Build New York City Resource Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Metropolitan College of New York, Series 2014, 5.000%, 11/01/39 11/24 at 100.00   BB   202,826  
  3,170   Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Revenue Bonds, New School University, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/50 7/25 at 100.00   A–   3,622,074  
  15,270   Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Revenue Bonds, Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology, Series 2016A, 5.500%, 12/01/46 12/26 at 100.00   BB–   15,094,395  
  4,675   Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, State Personal Income Tax Revenue Bonds, General Purpose Series 2011C, 5.000%, 3/15/41 3/21 at 100.00   Aa1   5,176,441  
  13,065   Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, State Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2017A, 5.000%, 3/15/39 3/27 at 100.00   Aa1   15,360,129  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      New York (continued)            
$ 69,130   Erie County Tobacco Asset Securitization Corporation, New York, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, 1st Subordinate Series 2005B, 0.000%, 6/01/47 1/18 at 18.22   N/R $ 8,777,436  
  81,270   Erie County Tobacco Asset Securitization Corporation, New York, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2005C, 0.000%, 6/01/50 1/18 at 13.09   N/R   7,085,931  
      Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Senior Fiscal 2012 Series 2011A:            
  835   5.750%, 2/15/47 2/21 at 100.00   AA–   951,817  
  6,160   5.250%, 2/15/47 2/21 at 100.00   AA–   6,828,730  
  1,265   Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Senior Fiscal 2012 Series 2011A, 5.750%, 2/15/47 (Pre-refunded 2/15/21) 2/21 at 100.00   Aa3 (4)   1,448,564  
  3,000   Long Island Power Authority, New York, Electric System General Revenue Bonds, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 9/01/39 9/24 at 100.00   A–   3,405,630  
  1,200   Long Island Power Authority, New York, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 5/01/36 – AGM Insured 5/21 at 100.00   A–   1,327,008  
  6,000   Long Island Power Authority, New York, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 9/01/42 9/22 at 100.00   A–   6,609,420  
  1,070   Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, Dedicated Tax Fund Bonds, Series 2009B, 5.000%, 11/15/34 (Pre-refunded 11/15/19) 11/19 at 100.00   AA (4)   1,153,342  
  750   Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, Transportation Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 11/15/41 11/21 at 100.00   A1   839,295  
  2,500   Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, Transportation Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 11/15/38 5/23 at 100.00   A1   2,843,400  
  16,290   New York City Industrial Development Agency, New York, PILOT Revenue Bonds, Queens Baseball Stadium Project, Series 2006, 5.000%, 1/01/46 – AMBAC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   Baa3   16,553,572  
  4,375   New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, New York, Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Second Generation Resolution, Fiscal 2011 Series EE, 5.375%, 6/15/43 12/20 at 100.00   AA+   4,896,806  
  3,750   New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, New York, Water and Sewer System Second General Resolution Revenue Bonds, Fiscal 2015 Series AA, 4.000%, 6/15/44 6/24 at 100.00   AA+   4,006,050  
  10,045   New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, New York, Water and Sewer System Second General Resolution Revenue Bonds, Fiscal 2018 Series AA, 5.000%, 6/15/38 6/27 at 100.00   AA+   11,896,997  
  10,000   New York City Transitional Finance Authority, New York, Future Tax Secured Bonds, Subordinate Fiscal 2013 Series I, 5.000%, 5/01/38 5/23 at 100.00   Aa1   11,442,300  
  10,000   New York City, New York, General Obligation Bonds, Fiscal 2018 Series B-1, 5.250%, 10/01/30 10/27 at 100.00   AA   12,511,000  
  10   New York City, New York, General Obligation Bonds, Fiscal Series 2002G, 5.625%, 8/01/20 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   AA   10,039  
  67,290   New York Liberty Development Corporation, New York, Liberty Revenue Bonds, 3 World Trade Center Project, Class 1 Series 2014, 5.000%, 11/15/44 11/24 at 100.00   N/R   73,273,427  
      New York Liberty Development Corporation, New York, Liberty Revenue Bonds, 4 World Trade Center Project, Series 2011:            
  1,870   5.000%, 11/15/44 11/21 at 100.00   A   2,063,526  
  2,000   5.750%, 11/15/51 11/21 at 100.00   A   2,307,880  
  3,000   New York State Power Authority, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 11/15/38 11/21 at 100.00   AA   3,359,670  
  5,000   New York State Thruway Authority, General Revenue Junior Indebtedness Obligations, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 1/01/51 1/26 at 100.00   A–   5,645,750  
      New York Transportation Development Corporation, New York, Special Facility Revenue Bonds, American Airlines, Inc. John F Kennedy International Airport Project, Refunding Series 2016:            
  3,500   5.000%, 8/01/26 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 8/21 at 100.00   BB–   3,768,065  
  15,265   5.000%, 8/01/31 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 8/21 at 100.00   BB–   16,305,157  
      New York Transportation Development Corporation, Special Facilities Bonds, LaGuardia Airport Terminal B Redevelopment Project, Series 2016A:            
  10,680   5.000%, 7/01/41 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/24 at 100.00   Baa3   11,777,797  
  21,810   5.000%, 7/01/46 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/24 at 100.00   Baa3   23,887,839  
  24,150   5.250%, 1/01/50 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/24 at 100.00   Baa3   26,815,677  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      New York (continued)            
$ 10,000   Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Consolidated Revenue Bonds, Two Hundredth Series 2017, 5.250%, 10/15/57 4/27 at 100.00   AA– $ 11,794,700  
      Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Special Project Bonds, JFK International Air Terminal LLC Project, Eighth Series 2010:            
  6,065   6.500%, 12/01/28 1/18 at 100.00   BBB   6,348,599  
  3,430   6.000%, 12/01/36 12/20 at 100.00   BBB   3,823,112  
  795   6.000%, 12/01/42 12/20 at 100.00   BBB   882,100  
  2,500   Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, New York, General Purpose Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015A, 5.000%, 11/15/50 5/25 at 100.00   AA–   2,847,650  
  465,295   Total New York         351,004,433  
      North Carolina – 0.5% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
  1,710   Charlotte-Mecklenberg Hospital Authority, North Carolina, Carolinas HealthCare System Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0005, 11.707%, 1/15/47 (Pre-refunded 1/15/18) (IF) (7) 1/18 at 100.00   AA– (4)   1,752,100  
  3,500   North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, Duke University Health System, Series 2009A, 5.000%, 6/01/42 (Pre-refunded 6/01/19) 6/19 at 100.00   Aa2 (4)   3,712,135  
  3,300   North Carolina Medical Care Commission, Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds, WakeMed, Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/31 10/22 at 100.00   A2   3,777,708  
  1,900   North Carolina Turnpike Authority, Triangle Expressway System Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A, 5.750%, 1/01/39 (Pre-refunded 1/01/19) – AGC Insured 1/19 at 100.00   BBB– (4)   2,002,087  
  10,410   Total North Carolina         11,244,030  
      North Dakota – 0.5% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
  1,000   Burleigh County, North Dakota, Health Care Revenue Bonds, Saint Alexius Medical Center Project, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 7/01/35 (Pre-refunded 7/01/21) 7/21 at 100.00   N/R (4)   1,125,830  
      Fargo, North Dakota, Health System Revenue Bonds, Sanford Health, Refunding Series 2011:            
  1,500   6.000%, 11/01/28 11/21 at 100.00   A+   1,748,520  
  2,190   6.250%, 11/01/31 11/21 at 100.00   A+   2,558,095  
      Grand Forks, North Dakota, Health Care System Revenue Bonds, Altru Health System Obligated Group, Series 2012:            
  3,000   5.000%, 12/01/29 12/21 at 100.00   Baa1   3,252,750  
  1,875   5.000%, 12/01/32 12/21 at 100.00   Baa1   2,017,219  
  9,565   Total North Dakota         10,702,414  
      Ohio – 8.3% (5.4% of Total Investments)            
  800   Allen County, Ohio, Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Partners, Refunding and Improvement Series 2012A, 5.000%, 5/01/42 5/22 at 100.00   A2   865,632  
  9,405   American Municipal Power Ohio Inc., Prairie State Energy Campus Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 5.250%, 2/15/43 (Pre-refunded 2/15/18) 2/18 at 100.00   N/R (4)   9,518,989  
  595   American Municipal Power Ohio Inc., Prairie State Energy Campus Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 5.250%, 2/15/43 2/18 at 100.00   A   601,605  
      Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Ohio, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2007A-2:            
  685   5.375%, 6/01/24 12/17 at 100.00   Caa1   651,257  
  500   5.125%, 6/01/24 12/17 at 100.00   Caa1   468,750  
  16,555   5.875%, 6/01/30 12/17 at 100.00   Caa1   15,742,150  
  22,985   5.750%, 6/01/34 12/17 at 100.00   Caa1   21,627,046  
  5,240   6.000%, 6/01/42 12/17 at 100.00   B–   4,996,707  
  44,590   6.500%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B–   44,586,433  
  24,975   5.875%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B–   23,476,500  
  17,550   Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Ohio, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2007A-3, 6.250%, 6/01/37 6/22 at 100.00   Caa1   17,470,499  
  2,000   Butler County, Ohio, Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds, UC Health, Series 2010, 5.250%, 11/01/29 11/20 at 100.00   A   2,192,820  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Ohio (continued)            
$ 3,000   Butler County, Ohio, Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds, UC Health, Series 2010, 5.750%, 11/01/40 (Pre-refunded 11/01/20) 11/20 at 100.00   A (4) $ 3,393,090  
  3,040   Franklin County, Ohio, Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds, Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services, Improvement Series 2010A, 5.625%, 7/01/26 7/20 at 100.00   BBB–   3,245,930  
  5,800   Franklin County, Ohio, Hospital Revenue Bonds, OhioHealth Corporation, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 11/15/41 11/21 at 100.00   Aa2   6,289,984  
  4,615   Lucas County, Ohio, Hospital Revenue Bonds, ProMedica Healthcare Obligated Group, Series 2011A, 6.000%, 11/15/41 11/21 at 100.00   A1   5,372,137  
  1,000   Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, Ohio, Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Project, Refunding Series 2008C, 3.950%, 11/01/32 (Mandatory put 5/01/20) (Alternative Minimum Tax) No Opt. Call   C   484,430  
  10   Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, Ohio, Revenue Bonds, AK Steel Holding Corporation, Refunding Series 2012A, 6.750%, 6/01/24 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 2/22 at 100.00   B–   10,390  
  7,850   Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, Ohio, Revenue Bonds, Ohio Valley Electric Corporation Project, Series 2009E, 5.625%, 10/01/19 No Opt. Call   Ba1   8,127,969  
  2,000   Ohio Turnpike Commission, Turnpike Revenue Bonds, Infrastructure Project, Junior Lien Series 2013A-1, 5.250%, 2/15/33 2/23 at 100.00   A+   2,338,680  
  330   Ohio Water Development Authority, Ohio, Environmental Improvement Bonds, United States Steel Corporation Project, Refunding Series 2011, 6.600%, 5/01/29 11/21 at 100.00   Caa1   342,986  
  3,000   Ohio Water Development Authority, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generating Corporation Project, Series 2008C, 3.950%, 11/01/32 (Mandatory put 5/01/20) (Alternative Minimum Tax) No Opt. Call   C   1,453,290  
  13,350   Ohio Water Development Authority, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generating Corporation Project, Series 2009A, 4.375%, 6/01/33 (Mandatory put 6/01/22) No Opt. Call   CCC+   13,211,294  
  2,500   Ohio Water Development Authority, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generating Corporation Project, Series 2010B, 4.375%, 6/01/33 (Mandatory put 6/01/22) No Opt. Call   CCC+   2,474,025  
  192,375   Total Ohio         188,942,593  
      Oklahoma – 0.4% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
  2,000   Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Economic Development Authority, Gaming Enterprise Revenue Bonds, Fort Sill Apache Casino, Series 2011A, 8.500%, 8/25/26 8/21 at 100.00   N/R   2,330,640  
  3,500   Grand River Dam Authority, Oklahoma, Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 5.250%, 6/01/40 (Pre-refunded 6/01/20) 6/20 at 100.00   A1 (4)   3,854,375  
  1,675   Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, Health System Revenue Bonds, Integris Baptist Medical Center, Series 2008B, 5.250%, 8/15/38 (Pre-refunded 8/15/18) 8/18 at 100.00   N/R (4)   1,729,237  
  2,055   Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust, Oklahoma, General Airport Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A, 5.375%, 6/01/33 – BAM Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax) 6/23 at 100.00   Baa1   2,335,672  
  9,230   Total Oklahoma         10,249,924  
      Oregon – 0.1% (0.0% of Total Investments)            
  1,270   Forest Grove, Oregon, Campus Improvement Revenue Bonds, Pacific University Project, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 5/01/40 5/22 at 100.00   BBB   1,348,638  
      Pennsylvania – 4.5% (2.9% of Total Investments)            
      Allegheny Country Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, United States Steel Corporation Project, Refunding Series 2009:            
  120   6.750%, 11/01/24 11/19 at 100.00   Caa1   124,198  
  95   6.875%, 5/01/30 11/19 at 100.00   Caa1   97,277  
  380   Allegheny Country Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, United States Steel Corporation Project, Series 2012, 5.750%, 8/01/42 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 8/22 at 100.00   Caa1   376,002  
  5,000   Allegheny County Hospital Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Series 2009A, 5.625%, 8/15/39 8/19 at 100.00   A+   5,336,150  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Pennsylvania (continued)            
$ 1,355   Allentown Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Tax Revenue Bonds, City Center Refunding Project, Series 2017, 5.000%, 5/01/42 5/27 at 100.00   Ba1 $ 1,455,649  
  10,650   Beaver County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Project, Series 2006A, 4.375%, 1/01/35 (Mandatory put 7/01/22) No Opt. Call   CCC+   10,539,347  
  32,785   Beaver County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Project, Series 2006B, 3.500%, 12/01/35 (Mandatory put 6/01/20) No Opt. Call   C   15,877,776  
  100   Cumberland County Municipal Authority Revenue Bonds, Pennsylvania, Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries Project, Series 2009, 6.125%, 1/01/29 1/19 at 100.00   BBB+   104,826  
  900   Cumberland County Municipal Authority Revenue Bonds, Pennsylvania, Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries Project, Series 2009, 6.125%, 1/01/29 (Pre-refunded 1/01/19) 1/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   951,705  
  2,080   Cumberland County Municipal Authority, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries Project, Series 2015, 5.000%, 1/01/38 1/25 at 100.00   BBB+   2,255,510  
      Erie Water Authority, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2008:            
  605   5.000%, 12/01/43 (Pre-refunded 12/01/18) – AGM Insured 12/18 at 100.00   A2 (4)   630,537  
  3,160   5.000%, 12/01/43 (Pre-refunded 12/01/18) – AGM Insured 12/18 at 100.00   A2 (4)   3,293,384  
  960   Erie Water Authority, Erie County, Pennsylvania, Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, 5.000%, 12/01/43 – AGM Insured 12/18 at 100.00   A2   996,288  
      Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Health System Revenue Bonds, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network Issue, Series 2015A:            
  6,190   5.250%, 1/15/36 1/25 at 100.00   Baa3   6,758,737  
  3,535   5.250%, 1/15/45 1/25 at 100.00   Baa3   3,818,047  
  2,206   Northampton County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Recovery Revenue Bonds, Northampton Generating Project, Senior Lien Series 2013A0 & AE2, 5.000%, 12/01/23, (cash 5.000%, PIK 5.000%) (8) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   661,717  
  276   Northampton County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Recovery Revenue Bonds, Northampton Generating Project, Senior Lien Taxable Series 2013B, 5.000%, 12/31/23, (cash 5.000%, PIK 5.000%) (10) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   82,722  
  4,135   Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, National Gypsum Company, Refunding Series 2014, 5.500%, 11/01/44 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 11/24 at 100.00   N/R   4,388,517  
  11,750   Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Exempt Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, PPL Energy Supply, LLC Project, Series 2009A, 6.400%, 12/01/38 9/25 at 100.00   B+   12,009,558  
  1,085   Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Private Activity Revenue Bonds, Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement Project, Series 2015, 5.000%, 12/31/38 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 6/26 at 100.00   BBB   1,217,706  
  600   Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Edinboro University Foundation Student Housing Project, Series 2010, 6.000%, 7/01/43 (Pre-refunded 7/01/20) 7/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   674,262  
  1,435   Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Motor License Fund-Enhanced Turnpike Special Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Series 2010A1&2, 5.500%, 12/01/34 (Pre-refunded 12/01/20) 12/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   1,589,291  
  315   Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Motor License Fund-Enhanced Turnpike Special Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Series 2010A1&2, 5.500%, 12/01/34 (Pre-refunded 12/01/20) 12/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   354,923  
  5,140   Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Motor License Fund-Enhanced Turnpike Special Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Series 2011B, 5.000%, 12/01/34 12/21 at 100.00   A2   5,643,823  
  5,660   Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Turnpike Revenue Bonds, Series 2015A-1, 5.000%, 12/01/45 6/25 at 100.00   A   6,397,724  
  3,170   Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Turnpike Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Series 2016A-1, 5.000%, 12/01/46 12/25 at 100.00   A3   3,511,472  
  1,595   Philadelphia Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority, Pennsylvania, Health System Revenue Bonds, Jefferson Health System, Series 2010B, 5.000%, 5/15/40 (Pre-refunded 5/15/20) 5/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   1,742,171  
      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2011:            
  5,445   6.000%, 8/01/36 (Pre-refunded 8/01/20) 8/20 at 100.00   A– (4)   6,147,514  
  1,425   6.500%, 8/01/41 (Pre-refunded 8/01/20) 8/20 at 100.00   A– (4)   1,628,048  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Pennsylvania (continued)            
      The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Scranton, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, Guaranteed Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A:            
$ 705   5.000%, 11/15/21 No Opt. Call   BB+ $ 730,761  
  1,255   5.000%, 11/15/28 5/24 at 100.00   BB+   1,280,903  
  1,670   Union County Hospital Authority, Pennsylvania, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Evangelical Community Hospital Project, Refunding & Improvement Series 2011, 5.250%, 8/01/19 No Opt. Call   A–   1,771,887  
  115,782   Total Pennsylvania         102,448,432  
      Puerto Rico – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  215   Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority, Highway Revenue Bonds, Series 2007N, 5.500%, 7/01/29 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   D   215,535  
  30,000   Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A, 0.000%, 8/01/54 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   D   3,479,700  
  30,215   Total Puerto Rico         3,695,235  
      Rhode Island – 0.1% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  21,570   Rhode Island Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007A, 0.000%, 6/01/52 1/18 at 13.08   CCC+   2,123,782  
      South Carolina – 2.4% (1.6% of Total Investments)            
  5,000   Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, South Carolina, Electric Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 1991, 6.250%, 1/01/21 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A3   5,736,100  
      Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, South Carolina, Electric Revenue Bonds, Series 2004A-2:            
  1,220   0.000%, 1/01/23 – FGIC Insured No Opt. Call   A3   1,089,106  
  21,570   0.000%, 1/01/30 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A–   14,537,964  
  5,560   0.000%, 1/01/31 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A3   3,632,459  
      South Carolina Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper Revenue Obligations, Refunding & Improvement Series 2015A:            
  5,000   5.000%, 12/01/50 6/25 at 100.00   A+   5,537,550  
  5,000   5.000%, 12/01/55 6/25 at 100.00   A+   5,534,050  
  6,930   South Carolina Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper Revenue Obligations, Refunding Series 2014C, 5.000%, 12/01/46 12/24 at 100.00   A+   7,649,888  
  9,155   South Carolina Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper Revenue Obligations, Series 2014A, 5.500%, 12/01/54 6/24 at 100.00   A+   10,343,136  
  59,435   Total South Carolina         54,060,253  
      South Dakota – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  4,455   South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sanford Health, Series 2014B, 5.000%, 11/01/44 11/24 at 100.00   A+   4,881,744  
      Tennessee – 1.4% (0.9% of Total Investments)            
  8,890   Chattanooga Health, Educational and Housing Facility Board, Tennessee, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health Initiatives, Series 2013A, 5.250%, 1/01/45 1/23 at 100.00   BBB+   9,562,173  
  2,395   Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority, Tennessee, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Erlanger Health System, Refunding Series 2014A, 5.000%, 10/01/44 10/24 at 100.00   Baa2   2,590,887  
  1,000   Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County Health and Educational Facilities Board, Tennessee, Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Meharry Medical College, Series 1996, 6.000%, 12/01/19 – AMBAC Insured 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   1,033,610  
  16,380   Tennessee State School Bond Authority, Higher Educational Facilities Second Program Bonds, Series 2017A, 5.000%, 11/01/42 11/27 at 100.00   AA+   19,409,153  
  28,665   Total Tennessee         32,595,823  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Texas – 15.8% (10.3% of Total Investments)            
$ 495   Arlington Higher Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Education Revenue Bonds, Wayside Schools, Series 2016A, 4.375%, 8/15/36 8/21 at 100.00   BB+ $ 490,901  
      Arlington Higher Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Education Revenue Bonds, Uplift Education, Series 2016A:            
  165   5.000%, 12/01/36 12/26 at 100.00   BBB–   182,569  
  130   5.000%, 12/01/46 12/26 at 100.00   BBB–   140,739  
  760   5.000%, 12/01/51 12/26 at 100.00   BBB–   816,172  
  975   Aubrey, Denton County, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Jackson Ridge Public Improvement District Phase 1 Project, Series 2015, 7.250%, 9/01/45 3/23 at 103.00   N/R   1,002,427  
  870   Aubrey, Denton County, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Jackson Ridge Public Improvement District Phases 2-3 Major Improvements Project, Series 2015, 8.250%, 9/01/40 3/23 at 103.00   N/R   895,056  
      Board of Managers, Joint Guadalupe County-Seguin City Hospital, Texas, Hospital Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2015:            
  3,135   5.250%, 12/01/35 12/25 at 100.00   BB   3,387,462  
  3,340   5.000%, 12/01/40 12/25 at 100.00   BB   3,451,957  
  6,000   Brazos River Authority, Texas, Revenue Refunding Bonds, Houston Lighting and Power Company, Series 1998, 5.050%, 11/01/18 – AMBAC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax) No Opt. Call   A   6,156,360  
  2,000   Capital Area Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, The Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin, Series 2005B. Remarketed, 6.125%, 4/01/45 4/20 at 100.00   Baa1   2,173,180  
  1,075   Celina, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Sutton Fields II Public Improvement District Neighborhood Improvement Area 1 Project, Series 2015, 7.250%, 9/01/45 3/23 at 103.00   N/R   1,071,023  
  1,885   Celina, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Sutton Fields II Public Improvement District Neighborhood Improvement Areas 2-5 Major Improvement Project, Series 2015, 8.250%, 9/01/40 3/23 at 103.00   N/R   1,880,815  
      Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2011:            
  3,250   6.000%, 1/01/41 (Pre-refunded 1/01/21) 1/21 at 100.00   Baa2 (4)   3,727,360  
  2,700   6.250%, 1/01/46 (Pre-refunded 1/01/21) 1/21 at 100.00   Baa2 (4)   3,117,447  
      Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2015A:            
  2,000   5.000%, 1/01/40 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   2,239,980  
  3,625   5.000%, 1/01/45 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   4,039,120  
      Club Municipal Management District 1, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Improvement Area 1 Project, Series 2016:            
  550   6.250%, 9/01/35 9/23 at 103.00   N/R   529,936  
  520   6.500%, 9/01/46 9/23 at 103.00   N/R   494,182  
  4,500   Colorado River Municipal Water District, Texas, Water System Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 5.000%, 1/01/36 1/21 at 100.00   A1   4,933,530  
  4,000   Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, Joint Revenue Bonds, Improvement Series 2013C, 5.000%, 11/01/38 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 11/22 at 100.00   A   4,459,080  
  2,600   Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Texas, Joint Revenue Bonds, Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2012C, 5.000%, 11/01/45 – AGM Insured 11/21 at 100.00   A   2,890,810  
  1,000   Fort Bend County Industrial Development Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, NRG Energy Inc. Project, Series 2012A. RMKT, 4.750%, 5/01/38 11/22 at 100.00   Baa3   1,036,420  
  2,335   Grand Parkway Transportation Corporation, Texas, System Toll Revenue Bonds, First Tier Series 2013A, 5.125%, 10/01/43 10/23 at 100.00   BBB   2,599,322  
  17,000   Grand Parkway Transportation Corporation, Texas, System Toll Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien Series 2013B, 5.250%, 10/01/51 10/23 at 100.00   AA   19,514,640  
  1,140   Grand Parkway Transportation Corporation, Texas, System Toll Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0228, 15.188%, 4/01/53 (IF) 10/23 at 100.00   AA   1,757,812  
  10,000   Gulf Coast Industrial Development Authority, Texas, Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Citgo Petroleum Corporation Project, Series 1998, 8.000%, 4/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/18 at 100.00   B3   10,000,200  
      Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Houston Methodist Hospital System, Series 2015:            
  3,480   5.000%, 12/01/45 6/25 at 100.00   AA   3,908,562  
  1,895   4.000%, 12/01/45 6/25 at 100.00   AA   1,944,933  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Texas (continued)            
      Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Capital Appreciation Refunding Senior Lien Series 2014A:            
$ 295   0.000%, 11/15/41 – AGM Insured 11/31 at 62.66   A2 $ 104,280  
  590   0.000%, 11/15/42 – AGM Insured 11/31 at 59.73   A2   198,275  
  1,000   0.000%, 11/15/43 – AGM Insured 11/31 at 56.93   A2   319,420  
  2,000   0.000%, 11/15/44 – AGM Insured 11/31 at 54.25   A2   607,940  
  2,600   0.000%, 11/15/45 – AGM Insured 11/31 at 51.48   A2   748,852  
  4,180   0.000%, 11/15/53 – AGM Insured 11/31 at 33.96   A2   782,329  
  1,920   Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Junior Lien Series 2001H, 0.000%, 11/15/37 – NPFG Insured 11/31 at 69.08   A3   755,558  
  4,565   Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Third Lien Series 2004A-3, 0.000%, 11/15/35 – NPFG Insured 11/24 at 52.47   A3   1,840,380  
  40,500   Harris County-Houston Sports Authority, Texas, Special Revenue Bonds, Refunding Senior Lien Series 2001A, 0.000%, 11/15/40 – NPFG Insured 11/30 at 54.04   A2   13,501,890  
  3,855   Houston, Texas, Airport System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Subordinate Lien Series 2012A, 5.000%, 7/01/32 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/22 at 100.00   A   4,265,904  
  235   Houston, Texas, Airport System Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, United Airlines, Inc. Terminal E Project, Refunding Series 2014, 5.000%, 7/01/29 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/24 at 100.00   BB–   257,976  
  10,000   Houston, Texas, First Lien Combined Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2011D, 5.000%, 11/15/40 11/21 at 100.00   AA   11,182,400  
  705   Houston, Texas, Hotel Occupancy Tax and Special Revenue Bonds, Convention and Entertainment Facilities Department, Refunding Series 2011B, 5.250%, 9/01/27 (Pre-refunded 12/19/17) 12/17 at 100.00   A– (4)   707,305  
      Houston, Texas, Hotel Occupancy Tax and Special Revenue Bonds, Convention and Entertainment Project, Series 2001B:            
  28,305   0.000%, 9/01/28 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A–   20,306,290  
  5,000   0.000%, 9/01/30 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A–   3,264,700  
  5,765   0.000%, 9/01/31 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A–   3,592,056  
  6,000   Houston, Texas, Water and Sewerage System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Junior Lien Series 2001B, 5.500%, 12/01/29 – NPFG Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   AA+ (4)   7,784,040  
  7,500   Houston, Texas, Water and Sewerage System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Junior Lien Series 2002A, 5.750%, 12/01/32 – AGM Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   A2 (4)   10,523,475  
  720   Kerrville Health Facilities Development Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital Project, Series 2015, 5.000%, 8/15/35 8/25 at 100.00   BBB+   788,386  
  8,000   Lower Colorado River Authority, Texas, Transmission Contract Revenue Bonds, LCRA Transmission Services Corporation Project, Refunding & Improvement Series 2010, 5.000%, 5/15/40 5/20 at 100.00   A   8,615,280  
  2,750   Lower Colorado River Authority, Texas, Transmission Contract Revenue Bonds, LCRA Transmission Services Corporation Project, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 5/15/40 5/25 at 100.00   A   3,138,383  
  1,750   Martin County Hospital District, Texas, Combination Limited Tax and Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 7.250%, 4/01/36 4/21 at 100.00   BBB   1,920,363  
  2,505   Matagorda County Navigation District 1, Texas, Collateralized Revenue Refunding Bonds, Houston Light and Power Company, Series 1997, 5.125%, 11/01/28 – AMBAC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax) No Opt. Call   A   3,003,094  
  1,955   Mission Economic Development Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Natgasoline Project, Series 2016B, 5.750%, 10/01/31 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 10/18 at 103.00   BB–   2,054,255  
  15,600   Mission Economic Development Corporation, Texas, Water Supply Revenue Bonds, Enviro Water Minerals Project, Green Bonds, Series 2015, 7.750%, 1/01/45 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/26 at 102.00   N/R   13,799,448  
  150   New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, CHF-Collegiate Housing Corpus Christi II, L.L.C.-Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 4/01/48 4/26 at 100.00   BBB–   160,542  
  565   New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, CHF-Collegiate Housing Foundation – San Antonio 1, L.L.C. – Texas A&M University – San Antonio Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 4/01/48 4/26 at 100.00   BBB–   595,510  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Texas (continued)            
      North Texas Tollway Authority, Special Projects System Revenue Bonds, Convertible Capital Appreciation Series 2011C:            
$ 6,330   0.000%, 9/01/43 (Pre-refunded 9/01/31) (6) 9/31 at 100.00   AA (4) $ 7,104,476  
  9,130   0.000%, 9/01/45 (Pre-refunded 9/01/31) (6) 9/31 at 100.00   AA (4)   11,184,250  
  205   North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, First Tier Series 2009A, 6.250%, 1/01/39 1/19 at 100.00   A   216,115  
  895   North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, First Tier Series 2009A, 6.250%, 1/01/39 (Pre-refunded 1/01/19) 1/19 at 100.00   N/R (4)   947,716  
      North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding First Tier Capital Appreciation Series 2008I:            
  2,555   6.200%, 1/01/42 – AGC Insured 1/25 at 100.00   A1   3,205,733  
  7,000   6.500%, 1/01/43 1/25 at 100.00   A   8,810,130  
      North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding First Tier, Series 2008A:            
  545   5.750%, 1/01/40 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18) – AGC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A1 (4)   549,235  
  415   5.750%, 1/01/40 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18) – AGC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A1 (4)   418,225  
  140   5.750%, 1/01/40 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18) – AGC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A1 (4)   141,088  
  10,000   North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding First Tier, Series 2008D, 0.000%, 1/01/28 – AGC Insured No Opt. Call   A1   7,477,900  
      North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding First Tier, Series 2015B:            
  2,870   5.000%, 1/01/40 1/23 at 100.00   A   3,230,300  
  4,880   5.000%, 1/01/45 1/25 at 100.00   A   5,464,722  
  9,250   North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding First Tier, Series 2017A, 5.000%, 1/01/48 (WI/DD, Settling 11/01/17) 1/28 at 100.00   A   10,649,895  
  8,400   North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Second Tier, Series 2008F, 5.750%, 1/01/38 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18) 1/18 at 100.00   A– (4)   8,465,268  
      North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Second Tier, Series 2015A:            
  7,855   5.000%, 1/01/33 1/25 at 100.00   A–   8,996,803  
  2,205   5.000%, 1/01/34 1/25 at 100.00   A–   2,519,367  
  1,000   5.000%, 1/01/35 1/25 at 100.00   A–   1,141,870  
  2,345   5.000%, 1/01/38 1/25 at 100.00   A–   2,654,915  
  1,570   Reagan Hospital District of Reagan County, Texas, Limited Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 2/01/34 2/24 at 100.00   Ba2   1,669,303  
  3,500   Southwest Higher Education Authority Inc., Texas, Revenue Bonds, Southern Methodist University, Series 2010, 5.000%, 10/01/41 10/20 at 100.00   AA–   3,820,670  
      Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Scott & White Healthcare Project, Series 2010:            
  425   5.500%, 8/15/45 (Pre-refunded 8/15/20) 8/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   474,173  
  5,410   5.500%, 8/15/45 (Pre-refunded 8/15/20) 8/20 at 100.00   AA– (4)   6,043,836  
  1,980   Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition and Supply Corporation I, Gas Supply Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2008D, 6.250%, 12/15/26 No Opt. Call   BBB+   2,427,916  
      Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition and Supply Corporation III, Gas Supply Revenue Bonds, Series 2012:            
  2,500   5.000%, 12/15/27 12/22 at 100.00   BBB   2,837,100  
  4,835   5.000%, 12/15/28 12/22 at 100.00   BBB   5,459,440  
  13,235   5.000%, 12/15/29 12/22 at 100.00   BBB   14,889,904  
  435   5.000%, 12/15/32 12/22 at 100.00   BBB   485,612  
  1,620   Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corporation, Revenue Bonds, NTE Mobility Partners LLC North Tarrant Express Managed Lanes Project, Senior Lien Series 2009, 6.875%, 12/31/39 12/19 at 100.00   BBB–   1,797,682  
      Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corporation, Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, LBJ Infrastructure Group LLC IH-635 Managed Lanes Project, Series 2010:            
  2,000   7.000%, 6/30/34 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3   2,269,540  
  500   7.000%, 6/30/40 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3   564,735  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Texas (continued)            
$ 2,000   Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corporation, Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, NTE Mobility Partners Segments 3 Segments 3A & 3B Facility, Series 2013, 7.000%, 12/31/38 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 9/23 at 100.00   BBB– $ 2,356,940  
  5,355   Texas Transportation Commission, Central Texas Turnpike System Revenue Bonds, First Tier Refunding Series 2012A, 5.000%, 8/15/41 8/22 at 100.00   A–   5,947,477  
      Texas Transportation Commission, Central Texas Turnpike System Revenue Bonds, Second Tier Refunding Series 2015C:            
  4,000   5.000%, 8/15/32 8/24 at 100.00   BBB   4,542,920  
  1,875   5.000%, 8/15/37 8/24 at 100.00   BBB   2,098,725  
  4,590   5.000%, 8/15/42 8/24 at 100.00   BBB   5,102,015  
      Texas Turnpike Authority, Central Texas Turnpike System Revenue Bonds, First Tier Series 2002A:            
  1,020   0.000%, 8/15/21 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A–   954,169  
  3,600   0.000%, 8/15/25 – AMBAC Insured No Opt. Call   A–   2,985,120  
  300   Texas Turnpike Authority, Central Texas Turnpike System Revenue Bonds, First Tier Series 2002A, 0.000%, 8/15/21 – AMBAC Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   A3 (4)   283,284  
  5,300   Travis County Health Facilities Development Corporation, Texas, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Daughters of Charity National Health System, Series 1993B, 6.000%, 11/15/22 (ETM) 1/18 at 100.00   Aaa   5,559,488  
  382,505   Total Texas         359,408,383  
      Utah – 0.3% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
  2,030   Box Elder County, Utah, Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Promontory Point Res, LLC, Senior Series 2017A , 8.000%, 12/01/39 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 12/27 at 100.00   N/R   2,022,712  
  3,000   Riverton, Utah, Hospital Revenue Bonds, IHC Health Services, Inc., Series 2009, 5.000%, 8/15/41 8/19 at 100.00   AA+   3,163,740  
  810   Utah State Charter School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, North Davis Preparatory Academy, Series 2010, 6.375%, 7/15/40 7/20 at 100.00   BBB–   866,911  
  1,555   Utah State Charter School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Paradigm High School, Series 2010A, 6.375%, 7/15/40 7/20 at 100.00   BB   1,613,064  
  7,395   Total Utah         7,666,427  
      Virginia – 1.2% (0.8% of Total Investments)            
  540   Embrey Mill Community Development Authority, Virginia, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, 5.600%, 3/01/45 3/25 at 100.00   N/R   552,323  
  1,800   Henrico County Economic Development Authority, Virginia, Revenue Bonds, Bon Secours Health System Obligated Group, Series 2013, 5.000%, 11/01/30 11/22 at 100.00   A   2,008,764  
  3,390   Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Virginia, Dulles Toll Road Revenue Bonds, Dulles Metrorail & Capital Improvement Project, Refunding Second Senior Lien Series 2014A, 5.000%, 10/01/53 4/22 at 100.00   BBB+   3,604,757  
  6,000   Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation of Virginia, Tobacco Settlement Asset Backed Bonds, Series 2007B1, 5.000%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B–   5,793,180  
  2,855   Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation of Virginia, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007B2, 5.200%, 6/01/46 6/21 at 100.00   B–   2,768,151  
  1,810   Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, 95 Express Lanes LLC Project, Series 2012, 5.000%, 1/01/40 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/22 at 100.00   BBB   1,944,031  
      Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, Elizabeth River Crossing, Opco LLC Project, Series 2012:            
  1,885   5.250%, 1/01/32 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/22 at 100.00   BBB   2,082,058  
  4,480   6.000%, 1/01/37 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/22 at 100.00   BBB   5,071,091  
  3,810   5.500%, 1/01/42 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/22 at 100.00   BBB   4,219,766  
  26,570   Total Virginia         28,044,121  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Washington – 2.1% (1.4% of Total Investments)            
$ 1,260   Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Washington, Sales Tax and Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Bonds, Series 1999, 4.750%, 2/01/28 – FGIC Insured 2/18 at 100.00   AAA $ 1,368,473  
  6,000   Energy Northwest, Washington, Electric Revenue Bonds, Columbia Generating Station, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/38 (UB) (7) 7/25 at 100.00   AA–   6,940,380  
  2,500   King County, Washington, Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 2009, 5.250%, 1/01/42 (Pre-refunded 1/01/19) 1/19 at 100.00   AA+ (4)   2,619,925  
  10,000   Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Catholic Health, Series 2011A, 5.000%, 2/01/41 2/21 at 100.00   BBB+   10,437,400  
  6,065   Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Central Washington Health Services Association, Refunding Series 2015, 4.000%, 7/01/36 7/25 at 100.00   Baa1   6,124,619  
  7,190   Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Series 2011A, 5.625%, 1/01/35 1/21 at 100.00   A3   7,789,502  
  2,940   Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Series 2010, 5.500%, 12/01/39 (Pre-refunded 12/01/20) 12/20 at 100.00   N/R (4)   3,312,616  
  2,185   Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 10/01/42 10/22 at 100.00   Aa2   2,414,316  
  4,000   Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Series 2009A, 6.000%, 1/01/33 (Pre-refunded 7/01/19) 7/19 at 100.00   A3 (4)   4,320,120  
  2,000   Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center of Seattle, Series 2007, 5.700%, 12/01/32 (Pre-refunded 12/01/17) 12/17 at 100.00   N/R (4)   2,008,400  
  1,410   Washington State, Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax General Obligation Bonds, Series 2003F, 0.000%, 12/01/24 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   AA+   1,216,125  
  45,550   Total Washington         48,551,876  
      West Virginia – 0.5% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
  2,950   West Virginia Economic Development Authority, Solid Waste Disposal Facilities Revenue Bonds, Appalachian Power Company Amos Project, Series 2010, 5.375%, 12/01/38 12/20 at 100.00   Baa1   3,222,816  
  1,950   West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Charleston Area Medical Center, Series 2009A, 5.625%, 9/01/32 9/19 at 100.00   Baa1   2,057,660  
  5,160   West Virginia Hospital Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, West Virginia United Health System Obligated Group, Refunding & Improvement Series 2013A, 5.500%, 6/01/44 6/23 at 100.00   A   5,791,429  
  10,060   Total West Virginia         11,071,905  
      Wisconsin – 1.7% (1.1% of Total Investments)            
  815   Monroe Redevelopment Authority, Wisconsin, Development Revenue Bonds, The Monroe Clinic, Inc., Series 2009, 5.875%, 2/15/39 (Pre-refunded 2/15/19) 2/19 at 100.00   A– (4)   864,006  
  1,000   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Envision Science Academy Project, Series 2016A, 5.125%, 5/01/36 5/26 at 100.00   N/R   983,000  
      Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Charter School Revenue Bonds, North Carolina Charter Educational Foundation Project, Series 2016A:            
  5,375   5.000%, 6/15/36 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   5,291,526  
  4,440   5.000%, 6/15/46 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   4,225,859  
  1,055   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, National Gypsum Company Project, Refunding Series 2014, 5.250%, 4/01/30 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 11/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,139,474  
  1,200   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, National Gypsum Company Project, Refunding Series 2016, 4.000%, 8/01/35 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 8/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,167,192  
  1,000   Public Finance Authority, Wisconsin, Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, Celanese Project, Refunding Series 2016C, 4.300%, 11/01/30 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 5/26 at 100.00   BBB–   1,027,240  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Wisconsin (continued)            
$ 3,000   Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District, Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1998A, 5.500%, 12/15/19 – NPFG Insured (ETM) No Opt. Call   A2 (4) $ 3,272,430  
  1,400   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Beloit Health System, Inc., Series 2010B, 5.000%, 4/01/30 4/20 at 100.00   A–   1,471,022  
  1,250   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Marshfield Clinic, Series 2012B, 5.000%, 2/15/32 2/22 at 100.00   A–   1,364,350  
      Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Mercy Alliance, Inc., Series 2012:            
  2,105   5.000%, 6/01/32 6/22 at 100.00   A3   2,290,977  
  2,500   5.000%, 6/01/39 6/22 at 100.00   A3   2,680,850  
  4,000   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, ProHealth Care, Inc. Obligated Group, Refunding Series 2015, 5.000%, 8/15/39 8/24 at 100.00   A+   4,434,080  
      Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Rogers Memorial Hospital, Inc., Series 2014A:            
  1,415   5.000%, 7/01/27 7/24 at 100.00   A–   1,592,002  
  1,310   5.000%, 7/01/29 7/24 at 100.00   A–   1,463,781  
  3,000   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Rogers Memorial Hospital, Inc., Series 2014B, 5.000%, 7/01/44 7/24 at 100.00   A–   3,255,990  
  1,120   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Wisconsin, Revenue Bonds, Dickson Hollow Project. Series 2014, 5.250%, 10/01/39 10/22 at 102.00   N/R   1,189,888  
  35,985   Total Wisconsin         37,713,667  
$ 3,845,375   Total Municipal Bonds (cost $3,198,970,836)         3,487,368,810  

 

  Principal                  
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Coupon Maturity   Ratings (3)   Value  
      CORPORATE BONDS – 0.0% (0.0% of Total Investments)              
      Transportation – 0.0% (0.0% of Total Investments)              
$ 587   Las Vegas Monorail Company, Senior Interest Bonds (11), (12) 5.500% 7/15/19   N/R $ 369,241  
  160   Las Vegas Monorail Company, Senior Interest Bonds (11), (12) 5.500% 7/15/55   N/R   81,483  
$ 747   Total Corporate Bonds (cost $54,199)           450,724  

 

  Shares   Description (1), (13)   Value  
      INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)      
  6,266   BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund Inc. $ 103,953  
  131,278   Deutsche Municipal Income Trust   1,559,583  
  26,880   Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Fund   233,318  
  43,020   Invesco VK Investment Grade Municipal Trust   559,260  
  30,000   Invesco VK Municipal Opportunity Trust   376,200  
  43,420   PIMCO Municipal Income Fund II   567,065  
      Total Investment Companies (cost $3,325,133)   3,399,379  
      Total Long-Term Investments (cost $3,202,350,168)   3,491,218,913  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.1% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
      MUNICIPAL BONDS – 0.1% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
      Illinois – 0.1% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
$ 2,170   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, Variable Rate Demand Obligations, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues Series 2011C-1, 9.000%, 3/01/32 (Pre-refunded 12/18/17) (14) 12/17 at 100.00   B3 (4) $ 2,181,913  
$ 2,170   Total Short-Term Investments (cost $2,170,000)         2,181,913  
      Total Investments (cost $3,204,520,168) – 153.3%         3,493,400,826  
      Floating Rate Obligations – (1.7)%         (39,430,000 )
      MuniFund Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs – (6.6)% (15)         (149,672,303 )
      Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs – (14.7)% (16)         (335,972,236 )
      Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs – (31.7)% (17)         (721,835,422 )
      Other Assets Less Liabilities – 1.4%         32,412,649  
      Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100%       $ 2,278,903,514  

 

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(1) All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to common shares unless otherwise noted.
(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. Optional Call Provisions are not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm.
(3) For financial reporting purposes, the ratings disclosed are the lowest of Standard & Poor’s Group ("Standard & Poor’s"), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody’s") or Fitch, Inc. ("Fitch") rating. This treatment of split-rated securities may differ from that used for other purposes, such as for Fund investment policies. 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. Ratings are not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm.
(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 coupon for this security increased 0.25% effective January 1, 2016 and increased an additional 0.25% effective May 11, 2016.
(6) Step-up coupon bond, a bond with a coupon that increases ("steps up"), usually at regular intervals, while the bond is outstanding. The rate shown is the coupon as of the end of the reporting period.
(7) Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged to collateralize the net payment obligations for investments in inverse floating rate transactions.
(8) As of, or subsequent to, the end of the reporting period, this security is non-income producing. Non-income producing, in the case of a fixed-income security, generally denotes that the issuer has (1) defaulted on the payment of principal or interest, (2) is under the protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court or (3) the Fund’s Adviser has concluded that the issue is not likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and has ceased accruing additional income on the Fund’s records.
(9) On January 7, 2015, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was unlikely that this borrower would fulfill its entire obligation on this security, and therefore reduced the security’s interest rate of accrual from 7.125% to 5.700% and again on November 11, 2015, further reduced the security’s interest rate of accrual from 5.700% to 4.275%.
(10) On July 1, 2017, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was unlikely that this borrower would fulfill its entire obligation on this security, and therefore reduced the security’s interest rate of accrual from 5.000% to 2.000%.
(11) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by, or at the discretion of, the Board. For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, investment classified as Level 3. See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 2 – Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements for more information.
(12) During January 2010, Las Vegas Monorail Company ("Las Vegas Monorail") filed for federal bankruptcy protection. During March 2012, Las Vegas Monorail emerged from federal bankruptcy with the acceptance of a reorganization plan assigned by the Federal Bankruptcy Court. Under the reorganization plan, the Fund surrendered its Las Vegas Monorail Project Revenue Bonds, First Tier, Series 2000 and in turn received two senior interest corporate bonds: the first with an annual coupon rate of 5.500% maturing on July 15, 2019 and the second with an annual coupon rate of 3.000% (5.500% after December 31, 2015) maturing on July 15, 2055. The Fund was not accruing income for either senior interest corporate bond. On January 18, 2017, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was likely that this senior interest corporate bond would fulfill its obligation on the security maturing on July 15, 2019, and therefore began accruing income on the Fund’s records.
(13) A copy of the most recent financial statements for these investment companies can be obtained directly from the Securities and Exchange Commission on its website at http://www.sec.gov.
(14) Investment has a maturity of greater than one year, but has variable rate and/or demand features which qualify it as a short-term investment. The rate disclosed, as well as the reference rate and spread, where applicable, is that in effect as of the end of the reporting period. This rate changes periodically based on market conditions or a specified market index.
(15) MuniFund Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs as a percentage of Total Investments is 4.3%.
(16) Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs as a percentage of Total Investments is 9.6%.
(17) Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs as a percentage of Total Investments is 20.7%.
ETM Escrowed to maturity.
IF Inverse floating rate security issued by a tender option bond (“TOB”) trust, the interest rate on which varies inversely with the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) short-term rate, which resets weekly, or a similar short-term rate, and is reduced by the expenses related to the TOB trust.
PIK Payment-in-kind (“PIK”) security. Depending on the terms of the security, income may be received in the form of cash, securities, or a combination of both. The PIK rate shown, where applicable, represents the annualized rate of the last PIK payment made by the issuer as of the end of the reporting period.
UB Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction. See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 3 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives, Inverse Floating Rate Securities for more information.
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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  Portfolio of Investments October 31, 2017

 

 

  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS – 136.6% (99.7% of Total Investments)            
      MUNICIPAL BONDS – 134.2% (97.9% of Total Investments)            
      Alabama – 0.6% (0.5% of Total Investments)            
$ 1,000   Adamsville Solid Waste Disposal Authority, Alabama, Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Green Mountain Management LLC Project, Series 2010, 8.750%, 8/01/30 (4) 8/20 at 100.00   N/R $ 900,000  
  1,000   Alabama Industrial Development Authority, Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Pine City Fiber Co. Project, Series 1993, 6.450%, 12/01/23 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/18 at 100.00   B3   1,002,760  
  2,000   Alabama Private Colleges and University Facilities Authority, Limited Obligation Bonds, University of Mobile Project, Series 2015A, 6.000%, 9/01/45 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   2,024,700  
  1,000   Jefferson County, Alabama, Sewer Revenue Warrants, Senior Lien Series 2013C, 0.000%, 10/01/38 – AGM Insured 10/23 at 105.00   BB+   864,710  
  950   Selma Industrial Development Board, Alabama, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, Zilkha Biomass Selma LLC Project, Series 2015, 7.500%, 5/01/25 (Alternative Minimum Tax) (4) No Opt. Call   N/R   684,000  
  5,950   Total Alabama         5,476,170  
      Arizona – 3.3% (2.4% of Total Investments)            
  1,760   Arizona Health Facilities Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Banner Health Systems, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XF0393, 16.641%, 1/01/32 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18) (IF) (5) 1/18 at 100.00   AA– (6)   1,810,208  
  1,420   Arizona Health Facilities Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Banner Health Systems, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF2046, 15.245%, 1/01/35 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18) (IF) (5) 1/18 at 100.00   AA– (6)   1,457,110  
  192   Estrella Mountain Ranch Community Facilities District, Goodyear, Arizona, Special Assessment Lien Bonds, Series 2001A, 7.875%, 7/01/25 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   192,355  
  3,000   Phoenix Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Lease Revenue Bonds, Rowan University Project, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XF2337, 14.901%, 6/01/42 (IF) (5) 6/22 at 100.00   A   3,950,375  
  440   Phoenix Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Deer Valley Veterans Assisted Living Project, Series 2016A, 5.125%, 7/01/36 7/24 at 101.00   N/R   442,310  
  1,000   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Desert Heights Charter School, Series 2014, 7.250%, 5/01/44 5/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,095,100  
  100   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, Edkey Charter Schools Project, Series 2014A, 6.875%, 7/01/34 7/20 at 102.00   BB   91,701  
      Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, Edkey Charter Schools Project, Series 2016:            
  245   5.250%, 7/01/36 7/26 at 100.00   BB   213,571  
  400   5.375%, 7/01/46 7/26 at 100.00   BB   335,028  
  475   5.500%, 7/01/51 7/26 at 100.00   BB   393,704  
  2,000   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Facility Revenue Bonds, San Tan Montessori School Project, Series 2014A , 9.000%, 2/01/44 2/24 at 100.00   N/R   2,309,580  
  470   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Revenue Bonds Legacy Traditional School Project, Series 2009, 8.500%, 7/01/39 (Pre-refunded 7/01/19) 7/19 at 100.00   N/R (6)   521,601  
  2,500   Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Revenue Bonds, Carden Traditional Schools Project, Series 2012, 7.500%, 1/01/42 1/22 at 100.00   B   2,314,325  
      Pima County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Education Revenue Bonds, Paradise Education Center Project, Series 2010:            
  1,315   6.000%, 6/01/40 (Pre-refunded 6/01/19) 6/19 at 100.00   BB+ (6)   1,414,164  
  500   6.100%, 6/01/45 (Pre-refunded 6/01/19) 6/19 at 100.00   BB+ (6)   538,485  
  1,150   Pinal County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Correctional Facilities Contract Revenue Bonds, Florence West Prison LLC, Series 2002A, 5.250%, 10/01/22 – ACA Insured 1/18 at 100.00   BBB–   1,150,794  
  3,575   Quechan Indian Tribe of the Fort Yuma Reservation, Arizona, Government Project Bonds, Series 2008, 7.000%, 12/01/27 12/17 at 102.00   B   3,499,103  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Arizona (continued)            
$ 1,835   Quechan Indian Tribe of the Fort Yuma Reservation, Arizona, Tribal Economic Development Bonds, Series 2012A, 9.750%, 5/01/25 5/22 at 100.00   BB– $ 2,098,855  
  2,500   Salt Verde Financial Corporation, Arizona, Senior Gas Revenue Bonds, Citigroup Energy Inc. Prepay Contract Obligations, Series 2007, 5.500%, 12/01/37 No Opt. Call   Ba1   3,081,125  
  1,000   Yuma County Industrial Development Authority, Arizona, Exempt Revenue Bonds, Far West Water & Sewer Inc. Refunding, Series 2007A, 6.375%, 12/01/37 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   974,320  
  25,877   Total Arizona         27,883,814  
      California – 19.7% (14.4% of Total Investments)            
  1,470   Bay Area Toll Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, San Francisco Bay Area Toll Bridge, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF2179, 15.277%, 4/01/34 (Pre-refunded 4/01/18) (IF) (5) 4/18 at 100.00   Aa3 (6)   1,568,490  
  1,000   California Enterprise Development Authority, Recovery Zone Facility Revenue Bonds, SunPower Corporation – Headquarters Project, Series 2010, 8.500%, 4/01/31 4/21 at 100.00   N/R   1,086,320  
  2,205   California County Tobacco Securitization Agency, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Sonoma County Tobacco Securitization Corporation, Series 2005, 5.125%, 6/01/38 1/18 at 100.00   B–   2,205,022  
  10,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Sutter Health, Series 2016B, 5.000%, 11/15/46 (UB) (5) 11/26 at 100.00   AA–   11,538,400  
      California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Refunding Revenue Bonds, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XF2353:            
  1,875   17.353%, 11/15/40 (IF) (5) 11/21 at 100.00   Aa3   3,051,983  
  1,250   16.363%, 11/15/40 (IF) (5) 11/21 at 100.00   Aa3   1,962,634  
      California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Children’s Hospital ,Series 2017A:            
  5,165   5.000%, 8/15/42 (UB) (5) 8/27 at 100.00   Baa2   5,829,426  
  22,115   5.000%, 8/15/47 (UB) (5) 8/27 at 100.00   Baa2   24,842,664  
  12,500   California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Kaiser Permanente System, Series 2017A-2, 4.000%, 11/01/44 (UB) (5) 11/27 at 100.00   A+   13,142,625  
      California Health Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0049:            
  250   15.341%, 8/15/51 (IF) (5) 8/22 at 100.00   AA–   387,946  
  1,000   15.337%, 8/15/51 (IF) (5) 8/22 at 100.00   AA–   1,551,625  
  1,020   California Municipal Finance Authority, Mobile Home Park Revenue Bonds, Caritas Affordable Housing Inc. Projects, Series 2014B, 5.875%, 8/15/49 8/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,125,560  
  980   California Municipal Finance Authority, Mobile Home Park Revenue Bonds, Caritas Projects Series 2010B, 7.250%, 8/15/45 8/20 at 100.00   N/R   1,066,887  
  500   California Municipal Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, California Baptist University, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 11/01/36 11/26 at 100.00   N/R   542,190  
  1,000   California Municipal Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Harbor Regional Center Project, Series 2009, 8.500%, 11/01/39 (Pre-refunded 11/01/19) 11/19 at 100.00   A3 (6)   1,144,280  
  400   California Pollution Control Financing Authority, Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Aemerge Redpak Services Southern California, LLC Project, Subordinate Series 2017, 8.000%, 12/01/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax) No Opt. Call   N/R   401,572  
  1,950   California School Finance Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Tri-Valley Learning Corporation, Series 2012A, 7.000%, 6/01/47 (4) 6/20 at 102.00   N/R   1,462,500  
  1,300   California State, General Obligation Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0039, 17.400%, 3/01/40 – AGM Insured (IF) (5) 3/20 at 100.00   Aa3   1,804,704  
      California Statewide Communities Development Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Series 2014A:            
  800   5.250%, 12/01/44 12/24 at 100.00   BB   874,512  
  1,000   5.500%, 12/01/54 12/24 at 100.00   BB   1,100,730  
  6,940   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Series 2016A, 5.250%, 12/01/56 6/26 at 100.00   BB   7,559,326  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      California (continued)            
$ 520   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, American Baptist Homes of the West, Series 2010, 6.250%, 10/01/39 10/19 at 100.00   BBB+ $ 556,410  
  500   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Lancer Educational Student Housing Project, Refunding Series 2016A, 5.000%, 6/01/46 6/26 at 100.00   N/R   524,510  
  1,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Special Tax Bonds, Community Facilities District 2012-01, Fancher Creek, Series 2013A, 5.700%, 9/01/43 9/22 at 100.00   N/R   1,069,860  
  1,605   California Statewide Communities Development Authority, Statewide Community Infrastructure Program Revenue Bonds, Series 2011A, 8.000%, 9/02/41 9/21 at 100.00   N/R   1,695,875  
  500   California Statewide Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, California Baptist University, Series 2011A, 7.500%, 11/01/41 (Pre-refunded 11/01/21) 11/21 at 100.00   N/R (6)   619,705  
  1,500   California Statewide Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Daughters of Charity Health System, Series 2005A, 5.500%, 7/01/39 (7) 1/18 at 100.00   CCC   1,500,030  
  1,250   California Statewide Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, St. Joseph Health System, Series 2007C, 5.750%, 7/01/47 (Pre-refunded 7/01/18) – FGIC Insured 7/18 at 100.00   AA– (6)   1,289,512  
  515   California Statewide Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sutter Health, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF2186, 14.927%, 11/15/38 (Pre-refunded 5/15/18) (IF) (5) 5/18 at 100.00   AA– (6)   559,071  
      California Statewide Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Sutter Health, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XF2351:            
  745   15.303%, 11/15/38 (Pre-refunded 5/15/18) (IF) (5) 5/18 at 100.00   AA– (6)   809,212  
  1,000   16.363%, 11/15/48 (Pre-refunded 5/15/18) (IF) (5) 5/18 at 100.00   AA– (6)   1,091,961  
  1,865   Daly City Housing Development Finance Agency, California, Mobile Home Park Revenue Bonds, Franciscan Mobile Home Park Project, Refunding Third Tier Series 2007C, 6.500%, 12/15/47 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   1,869,327  
  2,000   Daly City Housing Development Finance Agency, California, Mobile Home Park Revenue Bonds, Franciscan Mobile Home Park, Refunding Series 2007A, 5.000%, 12/15/37 12/17 at 100.00   A+   2,005,500  
  500   Fontana Public Financing Authority, California, Tax Allocation Revenue Bonds, North Fontana Redevelopment Project, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0095, 16.415%, 9/01/32 (Pre-refunded 12/11/17) – AMBAC Insured (IF) (5) 12/17 at 100.00   A2 (6)   506,761  
  1,000   Fontana, California, Special Tax Bonds, Community Facilities District 31 Citrus Heights North, Series 2006, 5.000%, 9/01/26 3/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,003,380  
  3,500   Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Senior Convertible Series 2007A-2, 5.300%, 6/01/37 6/22 at 100.00   B3   3,533,180  
      Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007A-1:            
  6,635   5.000%, 6/01/33 12/17 at 100.00   B3   6,613,370  
  11,330   5.750%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B3   11,329,769  
  3,690   5.125%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B–   3,645,646  
      Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2015A:            
  2,000   5.000%, 6/01/40 (UB) (5) 6/25 at 100.00   A+   2,294,200  
  2,000   5.000%, 6/01/45 (UB) (5) 6/25 at 100.00   A+   2,282,480  
  860   Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corporation, California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF1038, 14.721%, 6/01/45 (IF) (5) 6/25 at 100.00   A+   1,345,818  
  1,500   Grossmont Healthcare District, California, General Obligation Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2017-XF2453, 19.874%, 7/15/40 (Pre-refunded 7/15/21) (IF) (5) 7/21 at 100.00   Aaa   2,571,739  
      Hercules Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Merged Project Area, Series 2005:            
  1,000   5.000%, 8/01/25 – AMBAC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,016,090  
  1,000   5.000%, 8/01/35 – AMBAC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,003,150  
      Lancaster Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Combined Redevelopment Project Areas Housing Programs, Series 2009:            
  190   6.875%, 8/01/39 (Pre-refunded 8/01/19) 8/19 at 100.00   N/R (6)   208,932  
  145   6.875%, 8/01/39 (Pre-refunded 8/01/19) 8/19 at 100.00   BBB (6)   159,448  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      California (continued)            
$ 390   Lee Lake Public Financing Authority, California, Junior Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2013B, 5.250%, 9/01/32 9/23 at 100.00   N/R $ 426,664  
  850   Los Angeles County, California, Community Development Commission Headquarters Office Building, Lease Revenue Bonds, Community Development Properties Los Angeles County Inc., Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XL0022, 15.994%, 9/01/42 (IF) (5) 9/21 at 100.00   Aa3   1,282,926  
  1,825   Los Angeles Department of Airports, California, Revenue Bonds, Los Angeles International Airport, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XL0005, 15.311%, 5/15/40 (IF) (5) 5/20 at 100.00   Aa3   2,462,244  
  1,000   Lynwood Redevelopment Agency, California, Project A Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Lien Series 2011A, 7.000%, 9/01/31 9/21 at 100.00   A–   1,203,970  
      March Joint Powers Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Revenue Bonds, March Air Force Base Redevelopment Project, Series 2011A:            
  1,000   7.000%, 8/01/26 (Pre-refunded 8/01/21) 8/21 at 100.00   N/R (6)   1,208,190  
  1,500   7.500%, 8/01/41 (Pre-refunded 8/01/21) 8/21 at 100.00   N/R (6)   1,839,645  
  470   Moreno Valley Unified School District, Riverside County, California, Special Tax Bonds, Community Facilities District 2005-3, Series 2007, 5.000%, 9/01/37 3/18 at 100.00   N/R   472,143  
  500   National City Community Development Commission, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, National City Redevelopment Project, Series 2011, 7.000%, 8/01/32 (Pre-refunded 8/01/21) 8/21 at 100.00   A (6)   605,195  
  330   Novato Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Hamilton Field Redevelopment Project, Series 2011, 6.750%, 9/01/40 9/21 at 100.00   BBB+   379,507  
      Palomar Pomerado Health Care District, California, Certificates of Participation, Series 2010:            
  385   5.250%, 11/01/21 11/20 at 100.00   Ba1   409,779  
  1,000   6.000%, 11/01/41 11/20 at 100.00   Ba1   1,075,860  
  1,000   Pittsburg Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Los Medanos Community Development Project, Refunding Series 2008A, 6.500%, 9/01/28 (Pre-refunded 9/01/18) 9/18 at 100.00   N/R (6)   1,045,100  
  733   River Rock Entertainment Authority, California, Revenue Bonds, Senior Notes Series 2011B, 8.000%, 11/01/18 (4) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   219,900  
  1,200   Riverside County Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Jurupa Valley Project Area, Series 2011B, 6.750%, 10/01/30 10/21 at 100.00   A   1,438,080  
      Sacramento City Financing Authority California, Lease Revenue Bonds, Master Lease Program Facilities Projects, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0100:            
  750   15.615%, 12/01/30 – AMBAC Insured (IF) (5) No Opt. Call   A+   1,476,235  
  2,015   15.717%, 12/01/33 – AMBAC Insured (IF) (5) No Opt. Call   A+   4,271,194  
      San Buenaventura, California, Revenue Bonds, Community Memorial Health System, Series 2011:            
  960   8.000%, 12/01/26 12/21 at 100.00   Ba2   1,164,010  
  1,000   8.000%, 12/01/31 12/21 at 100.00   Ba2   1,200,450  
  4,095   San Francisco City and County Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency, California, Tax 8/21 at 61.78   N/R   1,992,340  
      Allocation Bonds, Mission Bay South Redevelopment Project, Subordinate Series 2016D, 0.000%, 8/01/31            
  1,000   Santa Margarita Water District, California, Special Tax Bonds, Community Facilities District 2013-1 Village of Sendero, Series 2013, 5.625%, 9/01/43 9/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,099,520  
  1,000   Santee Community Development Commission, California, Santee Redevelopment Project Tax Allocation Bonds, Series 2011A, 7.000%, 8/01/41 (Pre-refunded 2/01/21) 2/21 at 100.00   A (6)   1,184,850  
  1,065   Temecula Public Financing Authority, California, Special Tax Bonds, Community Facilities District 16-01, Series 2017, 6.250%, 9/01/47 9/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,082,083  
  1,000   Temecula Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Revenue Bonds, Redevelopment Project 1, Series 2002, 5.250%, 8/01/36 (Pre-refunded 1/02/18) – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   BBB+ (6)   1,020,820  
  1,890   Tobacco Securitization Authority of Northern California, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2005A-1, 5.500%, 6/01/45 12/17 at 100.00   B–   1,889,943  
  650   Twentynine Palms Redevelopment Agency, California, Tax Allocation Bonds, Four Corners Project Area, Series 2011A, 7.650%, 9/01/42 9/21 at 100.00   BBB+   777,575  
  1,250   University of California, General Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XL0001, 15.410%, 5/15/39 (IF) (5) 5/23 at 100.00   Aa2   2,006,883  
  151,928   Total California         168,589,438  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Colorado – 8.0% (5.8% of Total Investments)            
$ 2,000   Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District 4, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited Tax, Refunding Series 2013, 7.000%, 12/01/23 7/18 at 100.00   N/R $ 2,008,080  
  500   Cherry Creek Corporate Center Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Subordinate Lien Series 2016B, 8.000%, 6/15/37 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   476,140  
  750   Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Community Leadership Academy Project, Series 2008, 6.250%, 7/01/28 7/18 at 100.00   BB   760,553  
  1,000   Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Jefferson County School District R-1 – Compass Montessori Secondary School, Series 2006, 5.625%, 2/15/36 2/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,000,170  
  2,255   Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Mountain Phoenix Community School, Series 2012, 7.000%, 10/01/42 10/22 at 100.00   N/R   2,396,794  
  560   Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Skyview Academy Project, Series 2014, 5.375%, 7/01/44 7/24 at 100.00   BB+   573,009  
  1,750   Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Pikes Peak School of Expeditionary Learning Charter School, Series 2008, 6.625%, 6/01/38 (Pre-refunded 6/01/18) 6/18 at 102.00   N/R (6)   1,840,772  
  5,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Adventist Health System/Sunbelt Obligated Group, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 11/15/41 (UB) 5/26 at 100.00   Aa2   5,696,650  
  2,500   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, American Baptist Homes of the Midwest Obligated Group, Series 2013, 8.000%, 8/01/43 2/24 at 100.00   N/R   2,899,350  
  1,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, American Baptist Homes Project, Series 2016, 6.125%, 2/01/46 2/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,007,320  
  1,350   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Colorado Senior Residences Project, Series 2012, 6.750%, 6/01/32 (4) 6/22 at 100.00   N/R   944,325  
  750   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health Services Corporation, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0054, 16.079%, 1/01/30 (IF) 1/20 at 100.00   AA–   976,004  
  1,285   Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Craig Hospital Project, Series 2012, 5.000%, 12/01/32 (UB) (5) 12/22 at 100.00   A   1,418,319  
  518   Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Confluence Energy LLC Project, Series 2007, 5.000%, 12/01/17 (Alternative Minimum Tax) (8) No Opt. Call   N/R   566,633  
      Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Confluence Energy LLC Project, Series 2017:            
  5,045   6.750%, 4/01/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax) No Opt. Call   N/R   4,483,794  
  2,224   6.875%, 10/01/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax) No Opt. Call   N/R   1,976,380  
  2,000   Compark Business Campus Metropolitan District, Douglas County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012A, 6.750%, 12/01/39 – RAAI Insured 12/22 at 100.00   N/R   2,096,760  
      Confluence Metropolitan District, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2007:            
  1,000   5.400%, 12/01/27 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   937,790  
  1,500   5.450%, 12/01/34 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   1,298,505  
  2,000   E-470 Public Highway Authority, Colorado, Toll Revenue Bonds, Series 2004A, 0.000%, 9/01/27 – NPFG Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   1,485,240  
  708   Erie Highlands Metropolitan District No. 1 (In the Town of Erie), Weld County, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2015B, 7.750%, 12/15/45 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   709,798  
  961   Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District 1, Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, Tax Increment Public Improvement Fee Supported Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, 7.500%, 3/01/40 3/20 at 100.00   N/R   1,007,628  
  1,000   Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District 3, Arapahoe County, Colorado, Tax Increment/Public Improvement Fee Supported Revenue Bonds, Series 2014A, 6.000%, 3/01/44 3/20 at 100.00   N/R   998,590  
      Foothills Metropolitan District, Fort Collins, Colorado, Special Revenue Bonds, Series 2014:            
  1,000   5.750%, 12/01/30 12/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,036,980  
  1,080   6.000%, 12/01/38 12/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,110,618  
  1,989   Great Western Metropolitan District 5, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2009A-1, 9.000%, 8/01/39 (9) 12/19 at 100.00   N/R   2,006,603  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Colorado (continued)            
$ 2,000   Heritage Todd Creek Metropolitan District, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds Limited Tax, Refunding & Improvement Series 2015, 6.125%, 12/01/44 12/24 at 100.00   N/R $ 2,047,680  
  952   Heritage Todd Creek Metropolitan District, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds Limited Tax, Series 2007A, 5.500%, 12/01/37 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   951,914  
  1,000   Iliff Commons Metropolitan District 2, Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited Tax Series 2015, 6.250%, 12/01/44 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   1,017,100  
  305   Iliff Commons Metropolitan District 2, Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Subordinated Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited Tax Series 2016B, 8.000%, 12/15/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   310,569  
  2,000   Jefferson Center Metropolitan District 1, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2015, 5.500%, 12/01/45 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   1,988,580  
      Johnstown Plaza Metropolitan District, Colorado, Special Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A:            
  675   5.250%, 12/01/36 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   652,860  
  1,265   5.375%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   1,215,551  
  3,145   Kit Carson County Health Service District, Colorado, Health Care Facility Revenue Bonds, Series 2007, 6.750%, 1/01/34 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   3,155,001  
  1,250   Lewis Pointe Metropolitan District, Thornton, Colorado, Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Series 2015A, 6.000%, 12/01/44 12/20 at 100.00   N/R   1,260,738  
  500   Leyden Rock Metropolitan District No. 10, In the City of Arvada, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Refunding and Improvement Series 20016A, 5.000%, 12/01/45 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   508,015  
  500   Leyden Rock Metropolitan District No. 10, In the City of Arvada, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Refunding and Improvement Series 20016B, 7.250%, 12/15/45 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   495,205  
  5   Maher Ranch Metropolitan District 4, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2007, 5.250%, 12/01/36 (Pre-refunded 12/01/17) – RAAI Insured 12/17 at 100.00   A3 (6)   5,017  
  500   Midcities Metropolitan District No. 2, In the City and County of Broomfield, Colorado, Subordinate Special Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2016B, 7.750%, 12/15/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   499,275  
  2,000   Murphy Creek Metropolitan District 3, Aurora, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding & Improvement Series 2006, 6.125%, 12/01/35 (10) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,350,000  
  1,000   Pinon Pines Metropolitan District No. 1, El Paso County, Colorado, General Obligation Limited Tax Bonds, Series 2016, 5.375%, 12/01/46 12/21 at 103.00   N/R   920,870  
  1,080   Promenade at Castle Rock Metropolitan District 1, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Series 2015A, 5.750%, 12/01/39 12/20 at 103.00   N/R   1,142,132  
      Regional Transportation District, Colorado, Denver Transit Partners Eagle P3 Project Private Activity Bonds, Series 2010:            
  1,000   6.500%, 1/15/30 7/20 at 100.00   Baa3   1,121,440  
  1,000   6.000%, 1/15/41 7/20 at 100.00   Baa3   1,096,660  
  1,440   Rendezous Residential Metropolitan District, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2007, 5.375%, 12/01/21 (Pre-refunded 12/01/17) 12/17 at 100.00   N/R (6)   1,445,098  
  1,000   STC Metropolitan District 2, Superior, Boulder County, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Series 2015A, 6.000%, 12/01/38 12/19 at 103.00   N/R   1,033,920  
  875   STC Metropolitan District 2, Superior, Boulder County, Colorado, Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, Series 2015B, 7.750%, 12/15/38 12/19 at 103.00   N/R   892,553  
  3,000   Stone Ridge Metropolitan District 2, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Limited Tax Convertible to Unlimited, Series 2007, 7.250%, 12/01/31 (11) 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   450,000  
  1,815   Three Springs Metropolitan District 3, Durango, La Plata County, Colorado, Property Tax Supported Revenue Bonds, Series 2010, 7.750%, 12/01/39 12/20 at 100.00   N/R   1,882,899  
  965   VDW Metropolitan District 2, Larimer County, Colorado, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Limited Tax Series 2016B, 7.250%, 12/15/45 No Opt. Call   A2   933,502  
  70,997   Total Colorado         68,089,384  
      Connecticut – 1.1% (0.8% of Total Investments)            
  4,000   Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Health Credit Group, Series 2016CT, 5.000%, 12/01/45 (UB) 6/26 at 100.00   AA–   4,527,520  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Connecticut (continued)            
$ 2,500   Harbor Point Infrastructure Improvement District, Connecticut, Special Obligation Revenue Bonds, Harbor Point Project, Series 2010A, 7.875%, 4/01/39 4/20 at 100.00   N/R $ 2,723,675  
  5,697   Mashantucket Western Pequot Tribe, Connecticut, Special Revenue Bonds, Subordinate Series 2013A, 6.050%, 7/01/31 (cash 4.000%, PIK 2.050%) (4) No Opt. Call   N/R   227,875  
  1,000   Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, Gaming Authority Priority Distribution Payment Public Improvement Bonds, Series 2003, 5.250%, 1/01/33 1/18 at 100.00   B   1,001,390  
  1,000   Stamford, Connecticut, Special Obligation Revenue Bonds, Mill River Corridor Project, Series 2011aA, 7.000%, 4/01/41 (Pre-refunded 4/01/21) 4/21 at 100.00   N/R (6)   1,188,610  
  14,197   Total Connecticut         9,669,070  
      Delaware – 0.3% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
  2,500   Delaware Economic Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Odyssey Charter School Inc. Project, Series 2015A, 7.000%, 9/01/45 3/25 at 100.00   N/R   2,522,425  
      District of Columbia – 0.6% (0.4% of Total Investments)            
  195   District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Corporation, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2001, 6.500%, 5/15/33 No Opt. Call   BBB   219,779  
  1,000   District of Columbia, Revenue Bonds, Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy, Series 2011, 7.500%, 11/15/31 11/20 at 100.00   BB   1,093,720  
  2,500   District of Columbia, Revenue Bonds, Howard University, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0094, 20.233%, 10/01/37 (IF) (5) 4/21 at 100.00   Ba2   3,343,664  
  250   District of Columbia, Revenue Bonds, KIPP DC Issue, Series 2013A, 6.000%, 7/01/33 7/23 at 100.00   BBB+   289,775  
  3,945   Total District of Columbia         4,946,938  
      Florida – 14.1% (10.2% of Total Investments)            
  1,500   Alachua County Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Terraces at Bonita Springs Project, Series 2011A, 8.125%, 11/15/46 11/21 at 100.00   N/R   1,702,155  
  840   Ave Maria Stewardship Community District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2006A, 5.125%, 5/01/38 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   797,605  
  1,870   Ave Maria Stewardship Community District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2012, 6.700%, 5/01/42 5/22 at 100.00   N/R   1,925,371  
  1,735   Ave Maria Stewardship Community District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, 5.375%, 5/01/45 5/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,682,915  
  1,000   Babcock Ranch Community Independent Special District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2015, 5.250%, 11/01/46 11/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,014,340  
  990   Beeline Community Development District, Palm Beach County, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2008A, 7.000%, 5/01/37 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,008,840  
  905   Belmont Community Development District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Phase 1 Project, Series 2013A, 6.125%, 11/01/33 11/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,042,659  
  1,895   Boggy Creek Improvement District, Orlando, Florida, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2013, 5.125%, 5/01/43 5/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,917,152  
  2,700   Brevard County, Florida, Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, TUFF Florida Tech Project, Series 2009, 6.500%, 11/01/29 11/19 at 100.00   BB+   2,832,030  
  700   Broward County, Florida, Airport Facility Revenue Bonds, Learjet Inc., Series 2000, 7.500%, 11/01/20 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/18 at 100.00   Caa1   700,322  
  1,435   Capital Projects Finance Authority, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, Capital Projects Loan Program – Florida Universities, Series 2001F, 5.000%, 10/01/31 – NPFG Insured 1/18 at 100.00   A3   1,452,163  
  1,000   Capital Trust Agency, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Tuscan Gardens Palm Coast Senior Living Community Project, Series 2017A, 7.000%, 10/01/49 4/24 at 103.00   N/R   978,710  
  1,000   Capital Trust Agency, Florida, Senior Living Facilities Revenue Bonds, Elim Senior Housing, Inc. Project, Series 2017, 5.875%, 8/01/52 8/24 at 103.00   N/R   1,025,630  
  1,000   Celebration Pointe Community Development District 1, Alachua County, Florida, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2014, 5.125%, 5/01/45 5/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,010,730  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Florida (continued)            
$ 2,000   Collier County Industrial Development Authority, Florida, Continuing Care Community Revenue Bonds, Arlington of Naples Project, Series 2014A, 7.750%, 5/15/35 5/24 at 100.00   N/R $ 2,221,060  
  970   Copperstone Community Development District, Manatee County, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2007, 5.200%, 5/01/38 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   970,058  
  995   Cordoba Ranch Community Development District, Hillsborough County, Florida, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2006, 5.550%, 5/01/37 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   972,991  
  800   Fishhawk Community Development District IV, Hillsborough County, Florida, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2013A, 7.000%, 5/01/33 5/23 at 100.00   N/R   843,872  
  1,850   Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Downtown Doral Charter Elementary School Project, Series 2014A, 6.500%, 7/01/44 7/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,905,111  
  1,000   Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Downtown Doral Charter Elementary School Project, Series 2017A, 5.750%, 7/01/44 7/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,013,500  
  565   Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Florida Charter Foundation Inc. Projects, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 7/15/46 7/26 at 100.00   N/R   541,711  
  1,000   Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Renaissance Charter School, Inc. Projects, Series 2010A, 6.000%, 9/15/40 9/20 at 100.00   BB+   1,043,380  
  2,000   Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Renaissance Charter School, Inc. Projects, Series 2011A, 7.625%, 6/15/41 6/21 at 100.00   BB   2,231,220  
  4,000   Florida Development Finance Corporation, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Renaissance Charter School, Inc. Projects, Series 2013A, 8.500%, 6/15/44 6/23 at 100.00   N/R   4,682,440  
  2,500   Grand Bay at Doral Community Development District, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Doral Breeze Project Series 2012, 5.500%, 11/01/32 11/22 at 100.00   N/R   2,716,675  
  1,000   Grand Bay at Doral Community Development District, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Special Assessment Improvement Bonds, Assessment Area Two Project, Refunding Series 2014A-2, 6.500%, 5/01/39 5/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,056,250  
  1,950   Harmony Community Development District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Special Assessment, Refunding Series 2014, 5.250%, 5/01/32 5/24 at 100.00   N/R   2,028,253  
  1,000   Jacksonville Economic Development Commission, Florida, Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc. Project, Series 2007, 5.300%, 5/01/37 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 5/18 at 100.00   Ba3   1,000,010  
  1,000   Lakes by the Bay South Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2012, 5.750%, 11/01/42 11/22 at 100.00   N/R   1,045,400  
  665   Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District, Florida, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Lakewood Centre North Project, Series 2015, 4.875%, 5/01/45 5/25 at 100.00   N/R   670,194  
  2,000   Lee County Industrial Development Authority, Florida, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Lee County Community Charter Schools, Series 2007A, 5.375%, 6/15/37 1/18 at 100.00   BB   2,000,320  
  12,190   Miami Beach, Florida, Resort Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 9/01/45 (UB) 9/25 at 100.00   AA–   13,897,941  
  750   Miami Dade County Industrial Development Authority, Florida, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, South Florida Autism Charter School Project, Series 2017, 6.000%, 7/01/47 7/27 at 100.00   N/R   752,108  
  1,085   Miami World Center Community Development District, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2017, 5.250%, 11/01/49 11/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,151,890  
  750   Miami-Dade County Industrial Development Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Youth Co-Op Charter Schools Project, Series 2015A, 6.000%, 9/15/45 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   770,265  
  1,000   Miami-Dade County, Florida, Aviation Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0010, 15.875%, 10/01/38 (Pre-refunded 10/01/18) – AGC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax) (IF) (5) 10/18 at 100.00   A2 (6)   1,145,445  
  12,430   Miami-Dade County, Florida, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2015D, 5.000%, 7/01/45 (UB) 7/26 at 100.00   Aa2   14,242,418  
  1,250   Miami-Dade County, Florida, Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0030, 15.295%, 10/01/39 – AGM Insured (IF) 10/20 at 100.00   A+   1,708,110  
  930   Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District, Florida, Water Control and Improvement Bonds, Development Unit 53, Series 2015, 5.500%, 8/01/46 8/26 at 100.00   N/R   975,310  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Florida (continued)            
      Palm Beach County Health Facilities Authority, Florida, Revenue Bonds, Sinai Residences of Boca Raton Project, Series 2014A:            
$ 620   7.000%, 6/01/29 6/22 at 102.00   N/R $ 744,496  
  3,110   7.500%, 6/01/49 6/22 at 102.00   N/R   3,778,432  
  3,835   Pine Island Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Bella Collina, Series 2004, 5.750%, 5/01/35 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   3,818,241  
  1,760   Reunion West Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2004A-1, 6.250%, 5/01/36 5/22 at 100.00   N/R   1,905,710  
  2,500   Rolling Oaks Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2016, 6.000%, 11/01/47 11/27 at 100.00   N/R   2,658,400  
  990   Shingle Creek Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, 5.400%, 11/01/45 11/25 at 100.00   N/R   999,593  
  1,135   Stoneybrook Venice Community Development District, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2007, 6.750%, 5/01/38 (Pre-refunded 5/01/18) 5/18 at 100.00   N/R (6)   1,166,882  
  955   Sweetwater Creek Community Development District, Saint John’s County, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A, 5.500%, 5/01/38 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   955,095  
  1,250   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible, Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-2, 6.610%, 5/01/39 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,249,925  
  2,515   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible, Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-3, 0.000%, 5/01/40 (12) 5/19 at 100.00   N/R   2,318,428  
  1,540   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Convertible, Capital Appreciation, Series 2012A-4, 0.000%, 5/01/40 (12) 5/22 at 100.00   N/R   1,192,915  
      Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Hope Note, Series 2007-3:            
  120   6.375%, 5/01/18 (4) No Opt. Call   N/R   1  
  1,360   6.650%, 5/01/40 (4) 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   14  
  2,845   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Hope Note, Series 2007A-2, 5.250%, 5/01/39 (4) 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   28  
  120   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Non Performing Parcel Series 2007-1. RMKT, 6.650%, 5/01/40 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   117,535  
  615   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Non Performing Parcel Series 2007A-1. RMKT, 5.250%, 5/01/39 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   544,792  
      Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2012A-1:            
  510   5.250%, 5/01/39 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   507,399  
  2,230   6.650%, 5/01/40 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   2,230,847  
  3,740   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2015-1, 0.000%, 5/01/40 (4) 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   3,005,427  
  2,300   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2015-2, 0.000%, 5/01/40 (4) 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,522,577  
  2,505   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Refunding Series 2015-3, 6.610%, 5/01/40 (4) 5/18 at 100.00   N/R   25  
  3,805   Tolomato Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2006, 5.400%, 5/01/37 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   3,809,109  
  3,500   Twin Creeks North Community Development District, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Master Infrastructure Improvements, Series 2016A-2, 6.375%, 11/01/47 11/31 at 100.00   N/R   3,474,520  
  1,000   Venetian Parc Community Development District, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Area One Project, Series 2013, 6.500%, 11/01/43 11/28 at 100.00   N/R   1,320,280  
  1,000   Waterset North Community Development District, Hillsborough County, Florida, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2014, 5.500%, 11/01/45 11/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,041,190  
  1,000   Windsor at Westside Community Development District, Osceola County, Florida, Special Assessment Bonds, Area 1 Project, Series 2015, 5.125%, 11/01/45 11/25 at 100.00   N/R   990,460  
  121,110   Total Florida         120,028,875  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Georgia – 1.0% (0.7% of Total Investments)            
$ 1,000   Atlanta Urban Residential Finance Authority, Georgia, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Trestletree Village Apartments, Series 2013A, 5.000%, 11/01/48 11/23 at 100.00   BBB+ $ 1,016,370  
  830   Atlanta, Georgia, Tax Allocation Bonds, Beltline Project Series 2008A. Remarketed, 7.500%, 1/01/31 (Pre-refunded 1/01/19) 1/19 at 100.00   A2 (6)   888,341  
  1,250   Clayton County Development Authority, Georgia, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, Delta Air Lines, Inc. Project, Series 2009A, 8.750%, 6/01/29 6/20 at 100.00   BB+   1,440,625  
  1,880   Douglas County Development Authority, Georgia, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Brighten Academy Project, Series 2013A, 7.125%, 10/01/43 10/23 at 100.00   N/R   2,005,979  
  1,000   Fulton County Development Authority, Georgia, Revenue Bonds, Amana Academy Project, Series 2013A, 6.500%, 4/01/43 4/23 at 100.00   N/R   980,450  
      Liberty County Industrial Authority, Georgia, Revenue Bonds, Series 2014:            
  392   5.500%, 7/15/23 7/21 at 100.00   N/R   395,979  
  767   5.500%, 7/15/30 7/21 at 100.00   N/R   774,341  
  842   5.500%, 1/15/36 7/21 at 100.00   N/R   850,360  
  7,961   Total Georgia         8,352,445  
      Guam – 0.4% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
  2,445   Guam Government, General Obligation Bonds, 2009 Series A, 7.000%, 11/15/39 (Pre-refunded 11/15/19) 11/19 at 100.00   N/R (6)   2,728,327  
  330   Guam International Airport Authority, Revenue Bonds, Series 2013C, 6.375%, 10/01/43 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 10/23 at 100.00   BBB   375,949  
  2,775   Total Guam         3,104,276  
      Hawaii – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  1,655   Hawaii Department of Budget and Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. and Subsidiary Projects, Series 2009, 6.500%, 7/01/39 7/19 at 100.00   BBB–   1,790,131  
      Idaho – 0.1% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  500   Idaho Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint Luke’s Health System Project, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0066, 14.206%, 3/01/47 (IF) (5) 3/22 at 100.00   A–   638,989  
      Illinois – 16.1% (11.8% of Total Investments)            
  825   Bolingbrook, Illinois, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, 6.250%, 1/01/24 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   820,133  
  10,670   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Capital Improvement Revenues, Series 2017, 6.000%, 4/01/46 (UB) (5) 4/27 at 100.00   A   12,531,275  
  1,000   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Refunding Series 2010F, 5.000%, 12/01/31 12/20 at 100.00   B3   987,030  
  15,385   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Series 2016A, 7.000%, 12/01/44 12/25 at 100.00   B   17,841,519  
  2,025   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Series 2016B, 6.500%, 12/01/46 12/26 at 100.00   B   2,303,032  
  9,910   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Series 2017A, 7.000%, 12/01/46 12/27 at 100.00   B   11,766,734  
  3,000   Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 12/01/44 (UB) 12/24 at 100.00   AA+   3,317,610  
  7,500   Chicago Transit Authority, Illinois, Sales Tax Receipts Revenue Bonds, Series 2011, 5.250%, 12/01/40 (UB) (5) 12/21 at 100.00   A3   8,053,875  
  1,676   Chicago, Illinois, Certificates of Participation Tax Increment Bonds, 35th and State Redevelopment Project, Series 2012, 6.100%, 1/15/29 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   1,675,404  
  2,571   Chicago, Illinois, Certificates of Participation, Tax Increment Allocation Revenue Bonds, Diversey-Narragansett Project, Series 2006, 7.460%, 2/15/26 (4) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,849,888  
  2,000   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project & Refunding Series 2014A, 5.250%, 1/01/30 1/24 at 100.00   Ba1   2,146,560  
  9,400   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project & Refunding Series 2017A, 6.000%, 1/01/38 1/27 at 100.00   BBB–   10,783,300  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Illinois (continued)            
$ 1,000   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Project and Refunding Series 2005D, 5.500%, 1/01/37 1/25 at 100.00   Ba1 $ 1,086,090  
  2,000   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2008A, 5.250%, 1/01/37 – FGIC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   Ba1   2,002,720  
  130   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Refunding Series 2016C, 5.000%, 1/01/38 1/26 at 100.00   BBB–   138,598  
  1,500   Chicago, Illinois, General Obligation Bonds, Variable Rate Demand Series 2007F, 5.500%, 1/01/42 1/25 at 100.00   Ba1   1,614,660  
  4,000   Cook County, Illinois, Recovery Zone Facility Revenue Bonds, Navistar International Corporation Project, Series 2010, 6.500%, 10/15/40 10/20 at 100.00   B–   4,327,920  
  2,180   Evanston, Illinois, Educational Facility Revenue Bonds, Roycemore School Project, Series 2011, 8.250%, 7/01/41 (4) 7/21 at 100.00   N/R   1,526,000  
  5,000   Illinois Finance Authority Revenue Bonds, Ness Healthcare NFP, Series 2016A, 6.375%, 11/01/46 11/26 at 100.00   N/R   4,787,200  
  1,000   Illinois Finance Authority, Recovery Zone Facility Revenue Bonds, Navistar International Corporation Project, Series 2010, 6.500%, 10/15/40 10/20 at 100.00   B–   1,081,980  
  1,100   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare, Series 2008A, 5.625%, 1/01/37 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18) 1/18 at 100.00   A (6)   1,108,327  
  1,000   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Lake Forest College, Series 2012A, 6.000%, 10/01/48 10/22 at 100.00   BBB–   1,049,700  
  11,175   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Presence Health Network, Series 2016C, 4.000%, 2/15/41 (UB) 2/27 at 100.00   Baa3   11,356,594  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Provena Health, Series 2009A:            
  25   7.750%, 8/15/34 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19) 8/19 at 100.00   N/R (6)   27,894  
  2,875   7.750%, 8/15/34 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19) 8/19 at 100.00   BBB– (6)   3,207,781  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers, Series 2009:            
  2,000   6.875%, 8/15/38 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19) 8/19 at 100.00   N/R (6)   2,200,680  
  3,850   7.000%, 8/15/44 (Pre-refunded 8/15/19) 8/19 at 100.00   N/R (6)   4,244,779  
      Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, The Carle Foundation, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0121:            
  250   18.747%, 8/15/41 – AGM Insured (IF) (5) 8/21 at 100.00   A2   381,913  
  1,685   18.734%, 8/15/41 – AGM Insured (IF) (5) 8/21 at 100.00   A2   2,573,431  
  5,000   Illinois Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Series 2016B, 4.000%, 8/15/41 (UB) (5) 2/27 at 100.00   AA–   5,085,350  
      Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, November Series 2016:            
  1,000   5.000%, 11/01/35 11/26 at 100.00   BBB–   1,057,120  
  1,000   5.000%, 11/01/37 11/26 at 100.00   BBB–   1,051,770  
  630   Illinois State, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2012A, 5.000%, 3/01/36 3/22 at 100.00   BBB–   652,000  
  5,820   Illinois State, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Build Illinois, Series 2016C, 4.000%, 6/15/32 (UB) (5) 6/26 at 100.00   AA–   6,043,546  
  1,105   Lombard Public Facilities Corporation, Illinois, First Tier Conference Center and Hotel Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A-1, 7.125%, 1/01/36 (13) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   430,950  
  2,000   Lombard Public Facilities Corporation, Illinois, First Tier Conference Center and Hotel Revenue Bonds, Series 2005A-2, 5.500%, 1/01/36 – ACA Insured (4) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,842,360  
      Lombard Public Facilities Corporation, Illinois, Second Tier Conference Center and Hotel Revenue Bonds, Series 2005B:            
  285   5.250%, 1/01/25 (14) 1/18 at 100.00   D   79,800  
  1,175   5.250%, 1/01/36 (14) 1/18 at 100.00   D   329,000  
  1,431   Lombard Public Facilities Corporation, Illinois, Third Tier Conference Center and Hotel Revenue Bonds, Series 2005C-3, 12.000%, 1/01/36 (4) 7/18 at 100.00   N/R   14  
  800   Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority, Illinois, Tobacco Settlement Revenue Bonds, Series 2010, 6.000%, 6/01/28 6/21 at 100.00   A–   902,336  
  955   Rantoul, Champaign County, Illinois, Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Evans Road Series 2013B, 7.000%, 12/01/33 12/23 at 100.00   N/R   986,811  
  1,000   Southwestern Illinois Development Authority, Health Facility Revenue Bonds, Memorial Group, Inc., Series 2013, 7.125%, 11/01/43 (Pre-refunded 11/01/23) 11/23 at 100.00   N/R (6)   1,310,070  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Illinois (continued)            
$ 750   Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, Special Service Area, Legacy Pointe, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2009, 7.875%, 3/01/32 3/19 at 100.00   N/R $ 766,463  
  895   Yorkville United City Business District, Illinois, Storm Water and Water Improvement Project Revenue Bonds, Series 2007, 6.000%, 1/01/26 (15) 1/19 at 100.00   N/R   474,350  
  130,578   Total Illinois         137,804,567  
      Indiana – 2.3% (1.7% of Total Investments)            
  4,760   Carmel Redevelopment District, Indiana, Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Series 2004A, 6.650%, 1/15/24 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   4,735,200  
  1,000   Indiana Bond Bank, Special Program Bonds, Hendricks Regional Health Project, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XL0019, 15.890%, 4/01/30 – AMBAC Insured (IF) (5) No Opt. Call   AA   2,048,736  
  1,250   Indiana Bond Bank, Special Program Gas Revenue Bonds, JP Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation Guaranteed, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0115, 15.297%, 10/15/20 (IF) (5) No Opt. Call   A3   1,762,070  
  1,000   Indiana Finance Authority, Educational Facilities Revenue Bonds, Discovery Charter School Project, Series 2015A, 7.250%, 12/01/45 12/25 at 100.00   BB–   1,023,800  
  1,000   Indiana Finance Authority, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, United States Steel Corporation Project, Refunding Series 2011, 6.000%, 12/01/19 No Opt. Call   Caa1   1,034,660  
  2,000   Indiana Finance Authority, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, United States Steel Corporation Project, Series 2012, 5.750%, 8/01/42 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 8/22 at 100.00   Caa1   1,978,960  
  500   Indiana Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, King’s Daughters’ Hospital and Health Services, Series 2010, 5.500%, 8/15/45 8/20 at 100.00   Baa2   527,115  
      Indiana Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Trinity Health Care Group Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0106:            
  1,290   15.158%, 12/01/37 (IF) (5) 12/20 at 100.00   AA–   1,773,352  
  1,250   16.152%, 12/01/38 (IF) (5) 12/19 at 100.00   AA–   1,605,086  
  1,000   Shoals, Indiana, Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, National Gypsum Company Project, Series 2013, 7.250%, 11/01/43 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 11/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,139,200  
  985   St. Joseph County, Indiana, Economic Development Revenue Bonds, Chicago Trail Village Apartments, Series 2005A, 7.500%, 7/01/35 7/18 at 100.00   N/R   987,177  
  1,375   Terre Haute, Indiana, Economic Development Solid Waste Facility Revenue Bonds, Pyrolyx USA Indiana, LLC Project, Series 2017A, 7.250%, 12/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax) No Opt. Call   N/R   1,377,269  
  17,410   Total Indiana         19,992,625  
      Iowa – 0.8% (0.6% of Total Investments)            
  1,020   Iowa Finance Authority, Iowa, Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue Bonds, Alcoa Inc. Project, Series 2012, 4.750%, 8/01/42 8/22 at 100.00   Ba2   1,033,770  
  2,000   Iowa Finance Authority, Iowa, Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue Bonds, Iowa Fertilizer Company Project, Series 2013, 5.250%, 12/01/25 12/23 at 100.00   B–   2,134,800  
      Iowa Tobacco Settlement Authority, Asset Backed Settlement Revenue Bonds, Series 2005C:            
  1,000   5.375%, 6/01/38 1/18 at 100.00   B2   999,930  
  2,900   5.625%, 6/01/46 1/18 at 100.00   B2   2,912,412  
  6,920   Total Iowa         7,080,912  
      Kansas – 0.7% (0.5% of Total Investments)            
  5,305   University of Kansas Hospital Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, KU Health System, Refunding & Improvement, Series 2015, 5.000%, 9/01/45 (UB) (5) 9/25 at 100.00   AA–   5,946,905  
      Kentucky – 6.6% (4.8% of Total Investments)            
  565   Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Owensboro Health, Refunding Series 2017A, 5.000%, 6/01/41 6/27 at 100.00   Baa3   611,923  
  12,665   Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Owensboro Health, Series 2017A, 5.000%, 6/01/45 (UB) (5) 6/27 at 100.00   Baa3   13,580,933  
  500   Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Owensboro Medical Health System, Series 2010A, 6.000%, 6/01/30 (Pre-refunded 6/01/20) 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3 (6)   560,120  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Kentucky (continued)            
      Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Next Generation Kentucky Information Highway Project, Series 2015A:            
$ 11,000   5.000%, 7/01/37 (UB) 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2 $ 12,011,780  
  9,295   5.000%, 7/01/40 (UB) 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   10,104,502  
  16,800   5.000%, 1/01/45 (UB) 7/25 at 100.00   Baa2   18,157,944  
  1,000   Kentucky Housing Corporation, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Heritage Green Apartments Project, Series 2015, 5.625%, 5/01/45 5/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,015,890  
  51,825   Total Kentucky         56,043,092  
      Louisiana – 1.9% (1.4% of Total Investments)            
  2,280   Ascension Parish Industrial development Board, Louisiana, Revenue Bonds, Impala Warehousing (US) LLC Project, Series 2013, 6.000%, 7/01/36 7/23 at 100.00   N/R   2,452,687  
      Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Southgate Suites Retail Project, Series 2007A:            
  7,000   6.750%, 12/15/37 (4) 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   4,900,000  
  1,115   6.000%, 12/15/37 (4) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   780,500  
  100   Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Southgate Suites Retail Project, Series 2007B, 9.000%, 12/15/17 (4) No Opt. Call   N/R   70,000  
  500   Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Westlake Chemical Corporation Projects, Series 2010A-1, 6.500%, 11/01/35 11/20 at 100.00   Baa3   564,360  
      Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities and Community Development Authority, Revenue Bonds, Womans Hospital Foundation Project, Tender Option Bonds Trust 2016-XF2336:            
  750   18.502%, 10/01/40 (Pre-refunded 10/01/20) (IF) (5) 10/20 at 100.00   A2 (6)   1,143,008  
  750   18.491%, 10/01/40 (Pre-refunded 10/01/20) (IF) (5) 10/20 at 100.00   A2 (6)   1,142,766  
  1,000   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Dock and Wharf Revenue Bonds, Impala Warehousing (US) LLC Project, Series 2013, 6.500%, 7/01/36 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,108,420  
  1,900   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Lake Charles Charter Academy Foundation Project, Series 2011A, 7.750%, 12/15/31 12/21 at 100.00   N/R   2,079,626  
  2,110   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy Foundation Project, Series 2013A, 8.125%, 12/15/33 12/23 at 100.00   N/R   2,298,022  
  2,000   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority, Solid Waste Disposal Facility Revenue Bonds, Louisiana Pellets Inc. Project, Series 2015, 7.000%, 7/01/24 (Alternative Minimum Tax) (4) No Opt. Call   N/R   20,000  
  19,505   Total Louisiana         16,559,389  
      Maine – 0.4% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
  3,155   Portland Housing Development Corporation, Maine, Section 8 Assisted Senior Living Revenue Bonds, Avesta Housing Development Corporation, Series 2004A, 6.000%, 2/01/34 1/18 at 100.00   Baa2   3,159,796  
      Maryland – 0.8% (0.6% of Total Investments)            
  3,000   Maryland Economic Development Corporation, Port Facilities Revenue Bonds, CNX Marine Terminals Inc. Port of Baltimore Facility, Refunding Series 2010, 5.750%, 9/01/25 9/20 at 100.00   B+   3,171,120  
  4,000   Maryland Economic Development Corporation, Revenue Bonds, Chesapeake Bay Hyatt Conference Center, Series 2006A, 5.000%, 12/01/31 (4) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   2,400,000  
  2,500   Maryland Economic Development Corporation, Revenue Bonds, Chesapeake Bay Hyatt Conference Center, Series 2006B, 5.250%, 12/01/31 (4) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,500,000  
  9,500   Total Maryland         7,071,120  
      Massachusetts – 1.5% (1.1% of Total Investments)            
  3,485   Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority, Education Loan Revenue Bonds, Series 2017B, 4.250%, 7/01/46 (Alternative Minimum Tax) (UB) 7/26 at 100.00   A   3,494,863  
  480   Massachusetts Port Authority, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, Delta Air Lines Inc., Series 2001A, 5.000%, 1/01/27 – AMBAC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   488,846  
  5,000   Massachusetts State, General Obligation Bonds, Consolidated Loan, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 3/01/46 (UB) (5) 3/24 at 100.00   AA   5,730,650  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Massachusetts (continued)            
$ 2,985   Massachusetts State, General Obligation Bonds, Consolidated Loan, Series 2016E, 4.000%, 4/01/33 (UB) 4/25 at 100.00   AA $ 3,214,964  
  11,950   Total Massachusetts         12,929,323  
      Michigan – 1.3% (1.0% of Total Investments)            
  630   Detroit Local Development Finance Authority, Michigan, Tax Increment Bonds, Series 1998A, 5.500%, 5/01/21 11/17 at 100.00   B–   624,091  
  10   Detroit Local Development Finance Authority, Michigan, Tax Increment Bonds, Series 1998A, 5.500%, 5/01/21 – ACA Insured 1/18 at 100.00   B–   9,906  
  87   Detroit, Michigan, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2003A, 5.250%, 4/01/22 – SYNCORA GTY Insured 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   84,880  
  116   Detroit, Michigan, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2004A-1, 5.250%, 4/01/19 – AMBAC Insured 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   115,105  
  945   Michigan Finance Authority, Public School Academy Limited Obligation Revenue Bonds, Hope Academy Project, Series 2011, 8.125%, 4/01/41 4/21 at 100.00   B   812,823  
  1,250   Michigan Finance Authority, Public School Academy Limited Obligation Revenue Bonds, Voyageur Academy Project, Refunding Series 2017. Private Placement of 2017, 5.900%, 7/15/46 7/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,061,525  
  1,670   Michigan Public Educational Facilities Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, American Montessori Academy, Series 2007, 6.500%, 12/01/37 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   1,670,067  
  1,000   Michigan Public Educational Facilities Authority, Limited Obligation Revenue Bonds, Chandler Park Academy Project, Series 2008, 6.500%, 11/01/35 1/18 at 100.00   BBB   1,001,370  
  1,000   Michigan Public Educational Facilities Authority, Limited Obligation Revenue Bonds, Richfield Public School Academy, Series 2007, 5.000%, 9/01/36 1/18 at 100.00   BBB–   999,970  
  845   Michigan Public Educational Facilities Authority, Limited Obligation Revenue Bonds, David Ellis Academy-West Charter School Project, Series 2007, 5.875%, 6/01/37 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   844,915  
  920   Michigan Strategic Fund, Limited Obligation Revenue Bonds, Detroit Thermal LLC Project, Series 2013, 8.500%, 12/01/30 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 12/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,021,835  
  1,000   Royal Oak Hospital Finance Authority, Michigan, Hospital Revenue Bonds, William Beaumont Hospital, Refunding Series 2009V, 8.250%, 9/01/39 (Pre-refunded 9/01/18) 9/18 at 100.00   Aaa   1,059,270  
  500   Summit Academy, Michigan, Revenue Bonds, Public School Academy Series 2005, 6.375%, 11/01/35 1/18 at 100.00   BB–   500,405  
  1,200   University of Michigan, General Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, 5.000%, 4/01/46 (UB) (5) 4/26 at 100.00   AAA   1,391,772  
  11,173   Total Michigan         11,197,934  
      Minnesota – 0.8% (0.6% of Total Investments)            
  665   Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Athlos Leadership Academy Project, Series 2015A, 5.500%, 7/01/35 7/25 at 100.00   N/R   667,421  
  1,000   Columbus, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, New Millennium Academy Project, Series 2015A, 6.000%, 7/01/45 7/25 at 100.00   CCC+   863,730  
  505   Greenwood, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Main Street School of Performing Arts Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 7/01/47 7/26 at 100.00   N/R   480,265  
  2,000   Saint Paul Housing & Redevelopment Authority, Minnesota, Charter School Lease Revenue Bonds, Community School of Excellence, Series 2016A, 5.750%, 7/01/47 7/26 at 100.00   N/R   1,901,740  
  3,000   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   Ba3   2,734,380  
  7,170   Total Minnesota         6,647,536  
      Mississippi – 0.2% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  664   Mississippi Home Corporation, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Tupelo Personal Care Apartments, Series 2004-2, 6.125%, 9/01/34 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 10/19 at 100.00   N/R   635,285  
  1,000   Warren County, Mississippi, Gulf Opportunity Zone Revenue Bonds, International Paper Company Project, Series 2008A, 6.500%, 9/01/32 9/18 at 100.00   BBB   1,042,030  
  1,664   Total Mississippi         1,677,315  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Missouri – 2.3% (1.7% of Total Investments)            
$ 1,000   Hanley Road Corridor Transportation Development District, Brentwood and Maplewood, Missouri, Transportation Sales Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2009A, 5.875%, 10/01/36 10/19 at 100.00   A– $ 1,045,450  
  2,000   Joplin Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Joplin Recovery TIF Redevelopment Project, Series 2013B, 5.875%, 4/01/36 4/23 at 100.00   N/R   2,049,620  
  655   Kansas City Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Ward Parkway Center Community Improvement District, Senior Refunding & Improvement Series 2016, 5.000%, 4/01/46 4/26 at 100.00   N/R   667,589  
  2,000   Liberty, Missouri, Special Obligation Tax Increment and Special Districts Bonds, Liberty Commons Project, Subordinate Lien Series 2015B, 8.500%, 6/15/46 6/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,997,540  
  10,000   Missouri Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Mercy Health, Series 2017C, 4.000%, 11/15/49 (WI/DD, Settling 11/14/17) (UB) (5) 11/27 at 100.00   AA–   10,248,900  
  1,100   Saint Louis Industrial Development Authority, Missouri, Confluence Academy Project, Series 2007A, 5.350%, 6/15/32 6/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,085,667  
  850   Saint Louis Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority, Missouri, Tax-Exempt Recovery Zone Facilities Improvement, Special Revenue Bonds, Kiel Opera House Project, Series 2010B, 7.000%, 9/01/35 9/20 at 100.00   N/R   872,244  
  1,390   Saint Louis, Missouri, Tax Increment Financing Revenue Bonds, Fashion Square Redevelopment Project, Series 2008A, 6.300%, 8/22/26 3/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,387,053  
  732   Saint Louis, Missouri, Tax Increment Financing Revenue Bonds, Grace Lofts Redevelopment Projects, Series 2007A, 6.000%, 3/27/26 6/18 at 100.00   N/R   387,960  
  19,727   Total Missouri         19,742,023  
      Nevada – 0.6% (0.4% of Total Investments)            
  2,500   Clark County, Nevada, General Obligation Bank Bonds, Southern Nevada Water Authority Loan, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0031, 15.127%, 6/01/33 (Pre-refunded 6/01/18) (IF) 6/18 at 100.00   AA+ (6)   2,732,071  
      Sparks Tourism Improvement District 1, Legends at Sparks Marina, Nevada, Senior Sales Tax Revenue Bonds Series 2008A:            
  435   6.500%, 6/15/20 6/18 at 100.00   Ba3   442,421  
  1,500   6.750%, 6/15/28 6/18 at 100.00   Ba3   1,524,990  
  4,435   Total Nevada         4,699,482  
      New Jersey – 5.3% (3.9% of Total Investments)            
  9,500   New Jersey Economic Development Authority, School Facilities Construction Bonds, Series 2017DDD, 5.000%, 6/15/42 (UB) (5) 6/27 at 100.00   Baa1   10,197,015  
  2,100   New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, Continental Airlines Inc., Series 1999, 5.250%, 9/15/29 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 8/22 at 101.00   BB–   2,302,167  
  1,080   New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, Continental Airlines Inc., Series 2000A & 2000B, 5.625%, 11/15/30 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 3/24 at 101.00   BB–   1,229,353  
  1,000   New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, Provident Group-Montclair Properties LLC, Montclair State University Student Housing Project, Series 2010A, 5.875%, 6/01/42 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3   1,078,090  
  600   New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Refunding Series 2009B, 7.500%, 12/01/32 (Pre-refunded 6/01/19) 6/19 at 100.00   N/R (6)   659,298  
  5,200   New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, New Jersey, Revenue Bonds, Saint Peters University Hospital, Series 2007, 5.750%, 7/01/37 7/18 at 100.00   BB+   5,302,752  
  730   New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint Joseph’s Healthcare System Obligated Group Issue, Refunding Series 2016, 5.000%, 7/01/41 7/26 at 100.00   BBB–   799,759  
  355   New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint Joseph’s Healthcare System Obligated Group Issue, Series 2008, 6.000%, 7/01/18 (ETM) No Opt. Call   Baa3 (6)   366,612  
  2,000   New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Revenue Bonds, Saint Joseph’s Healthcare System Obligated Group Issue, Series 2008, 6.625%, 7/01/38 (Pre-refunded 7/01/18) 7/18 at 100.00   Baa3 (6)   2,073,680  
  540   New Jersey Higher Education Assistance Authority, Student Loan Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 6.125%, 6/01/30 – AGC Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax) 6/18 at 100.00   AA   551,043  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      New Jersey (continued)            
$ 40,000   New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, Transportation System Bonds, Series 2006C, 0.000%, 12/15/36 – AMBAC Insured (UB) (5) No Opt. Call   Baa1 $ 17,800,000  
  3,000   Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, New Jersey, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007-1A, 5.000%, 6/01/41 12/17 at 100.00   B3   2,887,500  
  66,105   Total New Jersey         45,247,269  
      New Mexico – 0.7% (0.5% of Total Investments)            
  375   Mariposa East Public Improvement District, New Mexico, Revenue Bonds, Capital Appreciation Taxable Series 2015D, 0.000%, 9/01/32 (4) 3/18 at 48.87   N/R   56,250  
  60   Mariposa East Public Improvement District, New Mexico, Special Levy Revenue Bonds, Series 2015A, 5.900%, 9/01/32 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   59,936  
  285   Mariposa East Public Improvement District, New Mexico, Special Levy Revenue Bonds, Series 2015B, 5.900%, 9/01/32 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   284,695  
  435   Mariposa East Public Improvement District, New Mexico, Special Levy Revenue Bonds, Series 2015C, 5.900%, 9/01/32 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   414,320  
  1,210   Mesa Del Sol Public Improvement District 1, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Special Levy Revenue Bonds, Series 2013, 7.250%, 10/01/43 10/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,260,493  
  965   New Mexico Hospital Equipment Loan Council, First Mortgage Revenue Bonds, La Vida LLena Project, Series 2010A, 5.875%, 7/01/30 7/20 at 100.00   BBB   1,026,046  
  1,020   Volterra Public Improvement District, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Special Levy Revenue Bonds, Series 2014, 6.750%, 10/01/33 10/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,050,508  
  1,575   Winrock Town Center Tax Increment Development District, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Gross Receipts Tax Increment Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2015, 6.000%, 5/01/40 5/20 at 103.00   N/R   1,602,216  
  5,925   Total New Mexico         5,754,464  
      New York – 11.8% (8.6% of Total Investments)            
  1,130   Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corporation, New York, Payment in Lieu of Taxes Revenue Bonds, Barclays Center Project, Refunding Series 2016A, 5.000%, 7/15/42 1/27 at 100.00   BBB–   1,264,210  
  1,000   Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corporation, New York, Payment in Lieu of Taxes Revenue Bonds, Barclays Center Project, Series 2009, 6.375%, 7/15/43 (Pre-refunded 1/15/20) 1/20 at 100.00   AA+ (6)   1,115,170  
  4,000   Build NYC Resource Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc., Series 2015, 5.500%, 9/01/45 9/25 at 100.00   N/R   4,394,080  
  200   Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Revenue Bonds, Orange Regional Medical Center Obligated Group, Series 2017, 5.000%, 12/01/36 6/27 at 100.00   BB+   217,942  
      Dutchess County Local Development Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Health Quest Systems, Inc. Project, Series 2016B:            
  5,000   4.000%, 7/01/41 (UB) (5) 7/26 at 100.00   A–   5,185,500  
  5,000   5.000%, 7/01/46 (UB) (5) 7/26 at 100.00   A–   5,647,850  
  10,000   Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, Transportation Revenue Bonds, Series 2016C-1, 5.000%, 11/15/56 (UB) 11/26 at 100.00   A1   11,428,000  
      New York City Industrial Development Agency, New York, Civic Facility Revenue Bonds, Bronx Parking Development Company, LLC Project, Series 2007:            
  1,500   5.750%, 10/01/37 (4) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   465,000  
  5,000   5.875%, 10/01/46 (4) 10/37 at 100.00   N/R   1,550,000  
  650   New York City Industrial Development Agency, New York, Civic Facility Revenue Bonds, Special Needs Facilities Pooled Program, Series 2008A-1, 5.800%, 7/01/23 1/18 at 100.50   N/R   640,211  
  17,000   New York City Transitional Finance Authority, New York, Building Aid Revenue Bonds, Series 2016S-1, 5.000%, 7/15/43 (UB) 1/26 at 100.00   Aa2   19,521,950  
  7,075   New York City, New York, General Obligation Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 8/01/38 (UB) 8/26 at 100.00   Aa2   8,256,950  
  500   New York Liberty Development Corporation, Liberty Revenue Bonds, Secured by Port Authority Consolidated Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0062, 15.440%, 12/15/41 (IF) (5) 12/21 at 100.00   AA–   747,889  
  3,000   New York Liberty Development Corporation, New York, Liberty Revenue Bonds, 3 World Trade Center Project, Class 1 Series 2014, 5.000%, 11/15/44 11/24 at 100.00   N/R   3,266,760  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      New York (continued)            
$ 3,250   New York Liberty Development Corporation, New York, Liberty Revenue Bonds, 3 World Trade Center Project, Class 2 Series 2014, 5.150%, 11/15/34 11/24 at 100.00   N/R $ 3,598,920  
  6,000   New York Liberty Development Corporation, New York, Liberty Revenue Bonds, 3 World Trade Center Project, Class 3 Series 2014, 7.250%, 11/15/44 11/24 at 100.00   N/R   7,238,640  
  1,375   New York Liberty Development Corporation, New York, Liberty Revenue Bonds, Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park Project, Second Priority Refunding Series 2010, 6.375%, 7/15/49 1/20 at 100.00   BBB–   1,478,922  
      New York Liberty Development Corporation, Second Priority Liberty Revenue Refunding Bonds, Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park Project, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0018:            
  625   15.806%, 1/15/44 (IF) (5) 1/20 at 100.00   AA   810,982  
  250   15.806%, 1/15/44 (IF) (5) 1/20 at 100.00   AA   324,393  
  1,900   New York Transportation Development Corporation, New York, Special Facility Revenue Bonds, American Airlines, Inc. John F Kennedy International Airport Project, Refunding Series 2016, 5.000%, 8/01/26 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 8/21 at 100.00   BB–   2,045,521  
  1,000   New York Transportation Development Corporation, Special Facilities Bonds, LaGuardia Airport Terminal B Redevelopment Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 7/01/46 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/24 at 100.00   Baa3   1,095,270  
  4,985   New York Transportation Development Corporation, Special Facilities Bonds, LaGuardia Airport Terminal Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 7/01/46 – AGM Insured (Alternative Minimum Tax) (UB) (5) 7/24 at 100.00   Baa3   5,519,442  
  3,265   Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Consolidated Revenue Bonds, Series 2017, 5.000%, 4/15/57 (UB) (5) 4/27 at 100.00   AA–   3,749,689  
  530   Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Special Project Bonds, JFK International Air Terminal LLC Project, Eighth Series 2010, 6.000%, 12/01/42 12/20 at 100.00   BBB   588,067  
  9,975   Westchester County Local Development Corporation, New York, Revenue Bonds, Westchester Medical Center Obligated Group Project, Series 2016, 5.000%, 11/01/46 (UB) (5) 11/25 at 100.00   Baa2   10,827,464  
  94,210   Total New York         100,978,822  
      North Carolina – 0.4% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
  940   Charlotte-Mecklenberg Hospital Authority, North Carolina, Health Care Revenue Bonds, DBA Carolinas HealthCare System, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XF2222, 16.149%, 1/15/42 (IF) 1/21 at 100.00   AA–   1,341,052  
  970   North Carolina Capital Facilities Financing Agency, Educational Facilities Revenue Bond, Meredith College, Series 2008A, 6.000%, 6/01/31 6/18 at 100.00   BBB+   995,007  
      North Carolina Capital Facilities Financing Agency, Educational Facilities Revenue Bond, Meredith College, Series 2008A:            
  30   6.000%, 6/01/31 (Pre-refunded 6/01/18) 6/18 at 100.00   N/R (6)   30,852  
  1,000   6.125%, 6/01/35 (Pre-refunded 6/01/18) 6/18 at 100.00   BBB+ (6)   1,029,110  
  2,940   Total North Carolina         3,396,021  
      North Dakota – 0.1% (0.1% of Total Investments)            
  2,000   Williston, North Dakota, Multifamily Housing Revenue Bonds, Eagle Crest Apartments LLC Project, Series 2013, 7.750%, 9/01/38 (4) 9/23 at 100.00   N/R   800,000  
      Ohio – 5.8% (4.2% of Total Investments)            
      Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Ohio, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2007A-2:            
  10,000   5.875%, 6/01/30 12/17 at 100.00   Caa1   9,509,000  
  6,875   5.750%, 6/01/34 12/17 at 100.00   Caa1   6,468,825  
  2,005   6.500%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B–   2,004,840  
  10,500   5.875%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B–   9,870,000  
  5,455   Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, Ohio, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien, Series 2007A-3, 6.250%, 6/01/37 6/22 at 100.00   Caa1   5,430,289  
  1,500   Butler County Port Authority, Ohio, Public Infrastructure Revenue Bonds, Liberty Center Project, Liberty Community Authority, Series 2014C, 6.000%, 12/01/43 12/22 at 100.00   N/R   1,482,375  
  1,270   Medina County Port Authority, Ohio, Development Revenue Bond, Fiber Network Project, Series 2010B, 6.000%, 12/01/30 12/20 at 100.00   A+   1,347,419  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Ohio (continued)            
$ 2,800   Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, Ohio, Air Quality Development Revenue Bonds, FirstEnergy Generation Corporation Project, Series 2009A, 5.700%, 8/01/20 No Opt. Call   C $ 1,354,920  
  2,000   Ohio Air Quality Development Authority, Ohio, Pollution Control Revenue Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Project, Refunding Series 2008C, 3.950%, 11/01/32 (Mandatory put 5/01/20) (Alternative Minimum Tax) No Opt. Call   C   968,860  
  1,250   Ohio State, Hospital Facility Revenue Refunding Bonds, Cleveland Clinic Health System Obligated Group, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0105, 17.068%, 1/01/39 (Pre-refunded 1/01/19) (IF) 1/19 at 100.00   Aa2 (6)   1,504,246  
  3,000   Ohio Water Development Authority, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generating Corporation Project, Series 2005B, 4.000%, 1/01/34 (Mandatory put 7/01/21) No Opt. Call   C   1,449,240  
  255   Ohio Water Development Authority, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generating Corporation Project, Series 2008B, 3.625%, 10/01/33 (Mandatory put 4/01/20) No Opt. Call   C   123,537  
  3,000   Ohio Water Development Authority, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generating Corporation Project, Series 2010B, 4.375%, 6/01/33 (Mandatory put 6/01/22) No Opt. Call   CCC+   2,968,830  
  3,000   State of Ohio, Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds (USG Corporation Project) Series 1997 Remarketed, 5.600%, 8/01/32 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 2/18 at 100.00   B1   3,004,980  
  2,000   Tuscarawas County Economic Development and Finance Alliance, Ohio, Higher Education Facilities Revenue Bonds, Ashland University, Refunding & Improvement Series 2015, 6.000%, 3/01/45 3/25 at 100.00   N/R   2,054,640  
  6,000   Western Reserve Port Authority, Ohio, Solid Waste Facility Revenue Bonds, Central Waste Inc., Series 2007A, 6.350%, 7/01/27 (Alternative Minimum Tax) (4) 7/19 at 100.00   N/R   60  
  60,910   Total Ohio         49,542,061  
      Oklahoma – 0.3% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
  2,000   Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Economic Development Authority, Gaming Enterprise Revenue Bonds, Fort Sill Apache Casino, Series 2011A, 8.500%, 8/25/26 8/21 at 100.00   N/R   2,330,640  
      Pennsylvania – 2.1% (1.5% of Total Investments)            
      Allegheny Country Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds, United States Steel Corporation Project, Refunding Series 2009:            
  500   6.750%, 11/01/24 11/19 at 100.00   Caa1   517,490  
  2,000   6.875%, 5/01/30 11/19 at 100.00   Caa1   2,047,940  
  2,500   Beaver County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Project, Series 2006A, 3.500%, 4/01/41 (Mandatory put 6/01/20) No Opt. Call   C   1,210,750  
  1,000   Beaver County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Project, Series 2006B, 3.500%, 12/01/35 (Mandatory put 6/01/20) No Opt. Call   C   484,300  
  1,410   Chester County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, Avon Grove Charter School Revenue Bonds, Series 2007A, 6.375%, 12/15/37 (Pre-refunded 12/15/17) 12/17 at 100.00   BBB– (6)   1,419,080  
  185   Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority, Pennsylvania, FHA Insured Mortgage Revenue Bonds, New Regional Medical Center Project, Tender Option Bond Trust 2017-XF2454, 17.078%, 8/01/38 (Pre-refunded 8/01/20) (IF) (5) 8/20 at 100.00   N/R (6)   268,019  
  4,250   Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Exempt Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, PPL Energy Supply, LLC Project, Series 2009A, 6.400%, 12/01/38 9/25 at 100.00   B+   4,343,883  
  4,115   Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority, Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, USG Corporation Project, Series 1999, 6.000%, 6/01/31 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 12/17 at 100.00   B1   4,123,395  
  2,500   Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, Pennsylvania, Revenue Bonds, Nueva Esperanza, Inc. – Esperanza Academy Charter School, Series 2013, 8.000%, 1/01/33 1/23 at 100.00   N/R   2,828,875  
  510   Philadelphia Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority, Pennsylvania, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Temple University Health System Obligated Group, Series 2012A, 5.625%, 7/01/36 7/22 at 100.00   Ba1   565,264  
  180   The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Scranton, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, Guaranteed Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 11/15/28 5/24 at 100.00   BB+   183,715  
  19,150   Total Pennsylvania         17,992,711  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Rhode Island – 0.5% (0.3% of Total Investments)            
$ 1,000   Rhode Island Health & Educational Building Corporation, Health Facilities Revenue Bonds, Tockwotton Home, Series 2011, 8.375%, 1/01/46 (Pre-refunded 1/01/21) 1/21 at 100.00   Aaa $ 1,220,320  
  1,000   Rhode Island Student Loan Authority, Student Loan Program Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 6.750%, 12/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 12/17 at 100.00   A   1,004,410  
  18,260   Rhode Island Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds, Series 2007A, 0.000%, 6/01/52 1/18 at 13.09   CCC+   1,797,880  
  20,260   Total Rhode Island         4,022,610  
      South Carolina – 2.3% (1.7% of Total Investments)            
  4,000   Lancaster County, South Carolina, Special Assessment Bonds, Edgewater II Improvement District, Series 2007A, 7.750%, 11/01/39 (4) 11/17 at 100.00   N/R   840,000  
  3,477   Lancaster County, South Carolina, Special Assessment Bonds, Edgewater II Improvement District, Series 2007B, 7.700%, 11/01/17 (4) No Opt. Call   N/R   730,170  
  1,000   South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, Economic Development Revenue Bonds, Midland Valley Preparatory School Project, Series 2014, 7.750%, 11/15/45 11/24 at 100.00   N/R   1,111,930  
  1,250   South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Palmetto Health, Refunding Series 2011A, 6.500%, 8/01/39 – AGM Insured 8/21 at 100.00   BBB+   1,442,950  
  5,000   South Carolina Public Service Authority Santee Cooper Revenue Obligations, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 12/01/49 (UB) (5) 6/24 at 100.00   A+   5,477,300  
  9,250   South Carolina Public Service Authority, Electric System Revenue Bonds, Santee Cooper, Federally Taxable Build America Series 2016B, 5.000%, 12/01/46 (UB) 12/26 at 100.00   A+   10,367,030  
  23,977   Total South Carolina         19,969,380  
      Tennessee – 3.9% (2.8% of Total Investments)            
  3,000   Johnson City Health and Educational Facilities Board, Tennessee, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Mountain States Health Alliance, Refunding Series 2010A, 6.500%, 7/01/38 7/20 at 100.00   BBB+   3,287,730  
  14,835   Metropolitan Government of Nashville-Davidson County Health and Educational Facilities Board, Tennessee, Revenue Bonds, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 7/01/46 (UB) (5) 7/26 at 100.00   A3   16,543,695  
  5,000   The Health and Educational Facilities Board of the City of Franklin, Tennessee, Revenue Bonds, Provision Cares Proton Therapy Center, Nashville Project, Series 2017A, 7.500%, 6/01/47 6/27 at 100.00   N/R   5,311,750  
  6,024   The Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corporation, Gas Revenue Bonds, Series 2006B, 5.625%, 9/01/26 No Opt. Call   BBB   7,139,765  
  960   Wilson County Health and Educational Facilities Board, Tennessee, Senior Living Revenue Bonds, Rutland Place Inc. Project, Series 2015A, 5.500%, 1/01/46 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   893,818  
  29,819   Total Tennessee         33,176,758  
      Texas – 6.0% (4.4% of Total Investments)            
  4,005   Brazos River Authority, Texas, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, TXU Electric Company, Series 2001D, 8.250%, 5/01/33 (Alternative Minimum Tax) (4) 7/18 at 100.00   N/R   40  
  1,000   Celina, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Creeks of Legacy Public Improvement District Phase 1 Project, Series 2014, 7.000%, 9/01/40 9/22 at 103.00   N/R   1,007,040  
      Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Revenue Bonds, Senior Lien Series 2011:            
  1,000   6.750%, 1/01/41 (Pre-refunded 1/01/21) 1/21 at 100.00   Baa3 (6)   1,170,070  
  250   6.000%, 1/01/41 (Pre-refunded 1/01/21) 1/21 at 100.00   Baa2 (6)   286,720  
      Clifton Higher Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Education Revenue Bonds, Tejano Center for Community Concerns, Inc.-Raul Yzaguirre School for Success, Refunding Series 2009A:            
  2,100   8.750%, 2/15/28 2/18 at 100.00   B+   2,124,108  
  2,000   9.000%, 2/15/38 2/18 at 100.00   B+   2,023,820  
  4,165   Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Texas, Sales Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 12/01/48 (UB) (5) 12/25 at 100.00   Aa2   4,784,460  
  2,910   Danbury Higher Education Authority Inc., Texas, Golden Rule Charter School Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, 6.500%, 8/15/38 (Pre-refunded 2/15/18) 2/18 at 100.00   BBB– (6)   2,955,192  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Texas (continued)            
      Decatur Hospital Authority, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Wise Regional Health System, Series 2013A:            
$ 430   6.625%, 9/01/31 9/23 at 100.00   N/R $ 499,798  
  1,000   6.375%, 9/01/42 9/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,124,570  
  1,500   Fort Bend County Industrial Development Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, NRG Energy Inc. Project, Series 2012A. RMKT, 4.750%, 5/01/38 11/22 at 100.00   Baa3   1,554,630  
  1,000   Gulf Coast Industrial Development Authority, Texas, Solid Waste Disposal Revenue Bonds, Citgo Petroleum Corporation Project, Series 1998, 8.000%, 4/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/18 at 100.00   B3   1,000,020  
  890   Heart of Texas Education Finance Corporation, Texas, Gateway Charter Academy, Series 2006A, 6.000%, 2/15/36 1/18 at 101.00   N/R   889,938  
  3,635   Jefferson County Industrial Development Corporation, Texas, Hurricane Ike Disaster Area Revenue Bonds, Port of Beaumont Petroleum Transload Terminal, LLC Project, Series 2012, 8.250%, 7/01/32 7/22 at 100.00   N/R   3,751,538  
  1,000   Mission Economic Development Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Natgasoline Project, Series 2016B, 5.750%, 10/01/31 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 10/18 at 103.00   BB–   1,050,770  
  2,000   Mission Economic Development Corporation, Texas, Water Supply Revenue Bonds, Enviro Water Minerals Project, Green Bonds, Series 2015, 7.750%, 1/01/45 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/26 at 102.00   N/R   1,769,160  
  1,000   New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, CHF-Collegiate Housing Corpus Christi I, L.L.C.-Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Project, Series 2014A, 5.000%, 4/01/44 4/24 at 100.00   BBB–   1,053,160  
  1,000   New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, CHF-Collegiate Housing Foundation – San Antonio 1, L.L.C. – Texas A&M University – San Antonio Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 4/01/48 4/26 at 100.00   BBB–   1,054,000  
  2,445   New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Student Housing Revenue Bonds, NCCD – College Station Properties LLC – Texas A&M University Project, Series 2015A, 5.000%, 7/01/47 7/25 at 100.00   Ba1   2,429,865  
  2,250   North Texas Tollway Authority, Special Projects System Revenue Bonds, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XG0036, 17.594%, 9/01/41 (Pre-refunded 9/01/21) (IF) 9/21 at 100.00   AA (6)   3,592,316  
  335   North Texas Tollway Authority, System Revenue Bonds, Refunding Second Tier, Series 2008F, 5.750%, 1/01/38 (Pre-refunded 1/01/18) 1/18 at 100.00   A– (6)   337,603  
  2,000   Red River Health Facilities Development Corporation, Texas, First Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Eden Home Inc., Series 2012, 7.000%, 12/15/32 (4) 12/21 at 100.00   N/R   1,160,000  
  300   Rowlett, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Bayside Public Improvement District North Improvement Area, Series 2016, 5.750%, 9/15/36 3/24 at 102.00   N/R   289,929  
  2,000   Sabine River Authority, Texas, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, TXU Energy Company LLC Project, Series 2003B, 6.150%, 8/01/22 (4) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   20  
  4,000   Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation, Texas, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Scott & White Healthcare Project, Series 2016A, 5.000%, 11/15/45 (UB) 5/26 at 100.00   AA–   4,531,600  
  2,810   Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corporation, Revenue Bonds, NTE Mobility Partners LLC North Tarrant Express Managed Lanes Project, Senior Lien Series 2009, 6.875%, 12/31/39 12/19 at 100.00   BBB–   3,118,201  
      Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corporation, Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, LBJ Infrastructure Group LLC IH-635 Managed Lanes Project, Series 2010:            
  1,000   7.000%, 6/30/34 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3   1,134,770  
  4,500   7.000%, 6/30/40 6/20 at 100.00   Baa3   5,082,615  
  860   Texas Public Finance Authority Charter School Finance Corporation, Charter School Revenue Bonds, School of Excellence Education Project, Series 2004A, 7.000%, 12/01/34 1/18 at 100.00   BB   862,761  
  85   Travis County Health Facilities Development Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Westminster Manor, Series 2010, 7.000%, 11/01/30 11/20 at 100.00   BBB   96,852  
  440   Travis County Health Facilities Development Corporation, Texas, Revenue Bonds, Westminster Manor, Series 2010, 7.000%, 11/01/30 (Pre-refunded 11/01/20) 11/20 at 100.00   N/R (6)   512,358  
  340   Trinity River Authority of Texas, Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, TXU Electric Company, Series 20003, 6.250%, 5/01/28 (Alternative Minimum Tax) (4) 1/18 at 100.00   C   3  
  54,250   Total Texas         51,247,927  

 

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NMZ Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund  
  Portfolio of Investments (continued) October 31, 2017

 

  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      Utah – 1.1% (0.8% of Total Investments)            
$ 1,690   Utah State Charter School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, North Davis Preparatory Academy, Series 2010, 6.375%, 7/15/40 7/20 at 100.00   BBB– $ 1,808,739  
  1,980   Utah State Charter School Finance Authority, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Summit Academy High School, Series 2011A, 8.125%, 5/15/31 5/21 at 100.00   N/R   2,188,336  
  5,550   Utah State Charter School Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, Summit Academy Project, Series 2007A, 5.800%, 6/15/38 12/17 at 100.00   BBB–   5,566,761  
  9,220   Total Utah         9,563,836  
      Vermont – 0.8% (0.6% of Total Investments)            
      Vermont Educational and Health Buildings Financing Agency, Revenue Bonds, University of Vermont Medical Center Project, Green Series 2016B:            
  1,605   5.000%, 12/01/46 6/26 at 100.00   A–   1,792,416  
  3,400   5.000%, 12/01/46 (UB) (5) 6/26 at 100.00   A–   3,797,018  
  1,155   Vermont Educational and Health Buildings Financing Agency, Revenue Bonds, Vermont Law School Project, Series 2011A, 6.250%, 1/01/41 (Pre-refunded 1/01/21) 1/21 at 100.00   N/R (6)   1,331,634  
  6,160   Total Vermont         6,921,068  
      Virginia – 0.7% (0.5% of Total Investments)            
  762   Celebrate Virginia North Community Development Authority, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2003B, 6.250%, 3/01/18 (16) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   525,780  
  9,400   Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Virginia, Dulles Toll Road Second Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, Series 2009B, 0.000%, 10/01/38 – AGC Insured No Opt. Call   BBB+   4,148,126  
  1,000   Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation of Virginia, Tobacco Settlement Asset Backed Bonds, Series 2007B1, 5.000%, 6/01/47 12/17 at 100.00   B–   965,530  
      Virginia Small Business Financing Authority, Senior Lien Revenue Bonds, Elizabeth River Crossing, Opco LLC Project, Series 2012:            
  80   6.000%, 1/01/37 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/22 at 100.00   BBB   90,555  
  130   5.500%, 1/01/42 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 7/22 at 100.00   BBB   143,982  
  11,372   Total Virginia         5,873,973  
      Washington – 2.4% (1.8% of Total Investments)            
  2,415   FYI Properties, Washington, Lease Revenue Bonds, Washington State Department of Information Services Project, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XL0006, 17.011%, 6/01/34 (IF) (5) 6/19 at 100.00   AA   3,014,618  
  500   FYI Properties, Washington, Lease Revenue Bonds, Washington State Department of Information Services Project, Tender Option Bond Trust 2016-XL0007, 17.011%, 6/01/39 (IF) (5) 6/19 at 100.00   AA   620,906  
  3,600   Kalispel Indian Tribe, Washington, Priority Distribution Bonds, Series 2008, 6.750%, 1/01/38 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   3,683,556  
  1,000   King County Public Hospital District 4, Washington, Hospital Revenue Bonds, Snoqualmie Valley Hospital, Series 2015A, 6.250%, 12/01/45 12/25 at 100.00   N/R   1,014,480  
  1,000   Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority, Washington, Pooled Tax Credit Housing Revenue Bonds, Series 2007, 5.600%, 6/01/37 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/18 at 100.00   N/R   1,000,890  
  315   Tacoma Consolidated Local Improvement District 65, Washington, Special Assessment Bonds, Series 2013, 5.750%, 4/01/43 12/17 at 100.00   N/R   315,372  
  2,215   Washington Economic Development Finance Authority, Environmental Facilities Revenue Bonds, Columbia Pulp I, LLC Project, Series 2017A, 7.500%, 1/01/32 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 1/28 at 100.00   N/R   2,455,283  
  7,330   Washington Health Care Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Series 2017, 4.000%, 8/15/42 (UB) 8/27 at 100.00   Baa2   7,359,100  
  1,000   Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Non-Profit Housing Revenue Bonds, Mirabella Project, Series 2012A, 6.750%, 10/01/47 10/22 at 100.00   N/R   1,099,080  
  19,375   Total Washington         20,563,285  
      West Virginia – 0.2% (0.2% of Total Investments)            
  1,422   Berkeley, Hardy and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia, as Joint Issuers, Commercial Development Revenue Bonds, Scattered Site Housing Projects, Series 2010, 5.750%, 12/01/44 12/23 at 100.00   N/R   1,462,314  

 

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  Principal     Optional Call          
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2)   Ratings (3)   Value  
      West Virginia (continued)            
$ 500   Monongalia County Commission, West Virginia, Special District Excise Tax Revenue, University Town Centre Economic Opportunity Development District, Refunding & Improvement Series 2017A, 5.750%, 6/01/43 6/27 at 100.00   N/R $ 512,180  
  1,922   Total West Virginia         1,974,494  
      Wisconsin – 4.1% (3.0% of Total Investments)            
  30   Green Bay Redevelopment Authority, Wisconsin, Industrial Development Revenue Bonds, Fort James Project, Series 1999, 5.600%, 5/01/19 (Alternative Minimum Tax) No Opt. Call   N/R   31,237  
  2,000   Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin, General Revenue Bonds, Refunding Series 2017, 6.750%, 6/01/32 12/27 at 100.00   N/R   1,976,140  
  1,650   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Charter School Revenue Bonds, Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy of Mooresboro, North Carolina, Series 2011, 7.125%, 7/01/42 7/19 at 100.00   BBB–   1,699,846  
  4,700   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Contract Revenue Bonds, Mercer Crossing Public Improvement District Project, Series 2017, 7.000%, 3/01/47 3/27 at 100.00   N/R   4,641,720  
  830   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Educational Facility Revenue Bonds, Cottonwood Classical Preparatory School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Series 2012A, 6.250%, 12/01/42 12/22 at 100.00   N/R   846,185  
  335   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, National Gypsum Company Project, Refunding Series 2016, 4.000%, 8/01/35 (Alternative Minimum Tax) 8/26 at 100.00   N/R   325,841  
  1,000   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Limited Obligation Grant Revenue Bonds, American Dream Meadowlands Project, Series 2017A, 6.750%, 8/01/31 No Opt. Call   N/R   1,079,170  
      Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Limited Obligation PILOT Revenue Bonds, American Dream Meadowlands Project, Series 2017:            
  2,000   6.750%, 12/01/42 12/27 at 100.00   N/R   2,296,620  
  14,000   7.000%, 12/01/50 12/27 at 100.00   N/R   16,183,156  
  1,060   Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin, Revenue Bonds, Roseman University of Health Sciences, Series 2015, 5.875%, 4/01/45 4/25 at 100.00   BB   1,160,053  
  1,000   Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds, Froedtert Community Health, Inc. Obligated Group, Tender Option Bond Trust 2015-XF0118, 16.287%, 4/01/39 (Pre-refunded 4/01/19) (IF) (5) 4/19 at 100.00   AA– (6)   1,231,634  
  2,000   Wisconsin Public Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, SearStone Retirement Community of Cary North Carolina, Series 2012A, 8.625%, 6/01/47 6/22 at 100.00   N/R   2,299,580  
  1,000   Wisconsin Public Finance Authority, Revenue Bonds, SearStone Retirement Community of Cary North Carolina, Series 2016, 6.000%, 6/01/49 6/22 at 104.00   N/R   983,250  
  31,605   Total Wisconsin         34,754,432  
$ 1,170,912   Total Municipal Bonds (cost $1,104,644,866)         1,145,753,725  

 

  Shares   Description (1)         Value  
      COMMON STOCKS – 1.2% (0.9% of Total Investments)            
      Airlines – 1.2% (0.9% of Total Investments)            
  227,514   American Airlines Group Inc., (17)       $ 10,652,205  
      Total Common Stocks (cost $6,316,916)         10,652,205  

 

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NMZ Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund  
  Portfolio of Investments (continued) October 31, 2017

 

  Principal                  
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Coupon   Maturity Ratings (3)   Value  
      CORPORATE BONDS – 1.2% (0.9% of Total Investments)              
      Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts – 1.2% (0.9% of Total Investments)              
$ 9,772   AAF HLG/FIN, 144A, (cash 12.000%, PIK 12.750%) 12.750%   7/01/19 N/R $ 10,260,275  
      Transportation – 0.0% (0.0% of Total Investments)              
  26   Las Vegas Monorail Company, Senior Interest Bonds (8), (18) 5.500%   7/15/19 N/R   16,659  
  7   Las Vegas Monorail Company, Senior Interest Bonds (8), (18) 5.500%   7/15/55 N/R   3,676  
  33   Total Transportation           20,335  
$ 9,805   Total Corporate Bonds (cost $9,615,752)           10,280,610  
      Total Long-Term Investments (cost $1,120,577,534)           1,166,686,540  

 

 

  Principal     Optional Call        
  Amount (000)   Description (1) Provisions (2) Ratings (3)   Value  
      SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.5% (0.3% of Total Investments)          
      MUNICIPAL BONDS – 0.5% (0.3% of Total Investments)          
      Illinois – 0.5% (0.3% of Total Investments)          
$ 2,870   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, Variable Rate Demand Obligations, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Alternative Revenue, Project Series 2015G, 9.000%, 3/01/32 (Pre-refunded 12/18/17) (Mandatory put 3/01/17) (19) 12/17 at 100.00 B (6) $ 2,885,584  
  1,000   Chicago Board of Education, Illinois, Variable Rate Demand Obligations, General Obligation Bonds, Dedicated Revenues, Refunding SIFMA Index Series 2013A-2, 9.000%, 3/01/35 (Pre-refunded 12/18/17) (Mandatory put 6/02/17) (19) 12/17 at 100.00 B3 (6)   1,005,890  
$ 3,870   Total Short-Term Investments (cost $3,852,450)       3,891,474  
      Total Investments (cost $1,124,429,984) – 137.1%       1,170,578,014  
      Floating Rate Obligations – (31.4)%       (268,230,000 )
      Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs – (10.2)% (20)       (86,988,686 )
      Other Assets Less Liabilities – 4.5%       38,386,136  
      Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100%     $ 853,745,464  

 

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(1) All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to common shares unless otherwise noted.
(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. Optional Call Provisions are not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm.
(3) For financial reporting purposes, the ratings disclosed are the lowest of Standard & Poor’s Group (“Standard & Poor’s”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) rating. This treatment of split-rated securities may differ from that used for other purposes, such as for Fund investment policies. 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. Ratings are not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm.
(4) As of, or subsequent to, the end of the reporting period, this security is non-income producing. Non-income producing, in the case of a fixed-income security, generally denotes that the issuer has (1) defaulted on the payment of principal or interest, (2) is under the protection of the Federal Bankruptcy Court or (3) the Fund’s Adviser has concluded that the issue is not likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and has ceased accruing additional income on the Fund’s records.
(5) Investment, or portion of investment, has been pledged to collateralize the net payment obligations for investments in inverse floating rate transactions.
(6) 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 ratings of such securities.
(7) The coupon for this security increased 0.25% effective January 1, 2016 and increased an additional 0.25% effective May 11, 2016.
(8) Investment valued at fair value using methods determined in good faith by, or at the discretion of, the Board. For fair value measurement disclosure purposes, investment classified as Level 3. See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 2 – Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements for more information.
(9) On December 1, 2016, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was unlikely that this borrower would fulfill its entire obligation on this security, and therefore reduced the security’s interest rate of accrual from 9.000% to 6.750%.
(10) On July 28, 2015, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was unlikely that this borrower would fulfill its entire obligation on this security, and therefore reduced the security’s interest rate of accrual from 6.125% to 3.675%. On December 9, 2015, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was likely that this borrower would fulfill a greater portion of its obligation on this security, and therefore increased the security’s interest rate of accrual from 3.675% to 4.900%.
(11) On June 1, 2013, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was unlikely that this borrower would fulfill its entire obligation on the security, and therefore reduced the security’s interest rate of accrual from 7.250% to 1.813%. On May 7, 2015, the Fund’s Adviser has concluded that the issue is not likely to meet its future interest payment obligations and has ceased accruing additional income on the Fund’s records.
(12) Step-up coupon bond, a bond with a coupon that increases (“steps up”), usually at regular intervals, while the bond is outstanding. The rate shown is the coupon as of the end of the reporting period.
(13) On January 7, 2015, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was unlikely that this borrower would fulfill its entire obligation on this security, and therefore reduced the security’s interest rate of accrual from 7.125% to 5.700% and again on November 11, 2015, further reduced the security’s interest rate of accrual from 5.700% to 4.275%.
(14) On May 7, 2015, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was unlikely that this borrower would fulfill its entire obligation on this security, and therefore reduced the security’s interest rate of accrual from 5.250% to 2.100%.
(15) On July 1, 2014, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was unlikely that this borrower would fulfill its entire obligation on this security, and therefore reduced the security’s interest rate of accrual from 6.000% to 4.200%.
(16) On September 1, 2013, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was unlikely that this borrower would fulfill its entire obligation on this security, and therefore reduced the security’s interest rate of accrual from 6.250% to 4.688%.
(17) On November 28, 2011, AMR Corp. (“AMR”), the parent company of American Airlines Group, Inc. (“AAL”) filed for federal bankruptcy protection. On December 9, 2013, AMR emerged from federal bankruptcy with the acceptance of its reorganization plan by the bankruptcy court. Under the settlement agreement established to meet AMR’s unsecured bond obligations, the bondholders, including the Fund, received a distribution of AAL preferred stock which was converted to AAL common stock over a 120-day period. Every 30 days, a quarter of the preferred stock was converted to AAL common stock based on the 5-day volume-weighted average price and the amount of preferred shares tendered during the optional preferred conversion period.
(18) During January 2010, Las Vegas Monorail Company (“Las Vegas Monorail”) filed for federal bankruptcy protection. During March 2012, Las Vegas Monorail emerged from federal bankruptcy with the acceptance of a reorganization plan assigned by the Federal Bankruptcy Court. Under the reorganization plan, the Fund surrendered its Las Vegas Monorail Project Revenue Bonds, First Tier, Series 2000 and in turn received two senior interest corporate bonds: the first with an annual coupon rate of 5.500% maturing on July 15, 2019 and the second with an annual coupon rate of 3.000% (5.500% after December 31, 2015) maturing on July 15, 2055. The Fund was not accruing income for either senior interest corporate bond. On January 18, 2017, the Fund’s Adviser determined it was likely that this senior interest corporate bond would fulfill its obligation on the security maturing on July 15, 2019, and therefore began accruing income on the Fund’s records.
(19) Investment has a maturity of greater than one year, but has variable rate and/or demand features which qualify it as a short-term investment. The rate disclosed, as well as the reference rate and spread, where applicable, is that in effect as of the end of the reporting period. This rate changes periodically based on market conditions or a specified market index.
(20) Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, net of deferred offering costs as a percentage of Total Investments is 7.4%.
144A Investment is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These investments may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration, which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers.
ETM Escrowed to maturity.
IF Inverse floating rate security issued by a tender option bond (“TOB”) trust, the interest rate on which varies inversely with the Securities Industry Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) short-term rate, which resets weekly, or a similar short-term rate, and is reduced by the expenses related to the TOB trust.
PIK Payment-in-kind (“PIK”) security. Depending on the terms of the security, income may be received in the form of cash, securities, or a combination of both. The PIK rate shown, where applicable, represents the annualized rate of the last PIK payment made by the issuer as of the end of the reporting period.
UB Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction. See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 3 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives, Inverse Floating Rate Securities for more information.
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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Statement of    
  Assets and Liabilities October 31, 2017

 

 

      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Assets                    
Long-term investments, at value (cost $4,643,998,295, $3,202,350,168 and $1,120,577,534, respectively)   $ 5,060,936,547   $ 3,491,218,913   $ 1,166,686,540  
Short-term investments, at value (cost $25,880,000, $2,170,000 and $3,852,450, respectively)     25,915,340     2,181,913     3,891,474  
Cash     2,916,780     3,259,421     2,438,391  
Cash collateral at brokers for investments in swaps(1)     5,614,032          
Interest rate swaps premiums paid     1,065          
Unrealized appreciation on interest rate swaps     507,863          
Receivable for:                    
Dividends and interest     69,474,422     50,957,892     22,171,541  
Investments sold     17,764,404     6,318,522     21,004,250  
Other assets     1,615,689     1,143,010     299,551  
Total assets     5,184,746,142     3,555,079,671     1,216,491,747  
Liabilities                    
Floating rate obligations     193,305,000     39,430,000     268,230,000  
Payable for:                    
Dividends     13,969,114     10,019,548     4,016,154  
Interest     377,329     561,626     134,338  
Investments purchased     4,636,505     15,709,646     2,216,760  
Variation margin on swap contracts     407,570          
MuniFund Term Preferred (“MFP”) Shares, net of deferred offering costs (liquidation preference $—, $150,000,000 and $—, respectively)         149,672,303      
Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred (“VMTP”) Shares, net of deferred offering costs (liquidation preference $240,400,000, $336,000,000 and $87,000,000, respectively)     240,391,058     335,972,236     86,988,686  
Variable Rate Demand Preferred (“VRDP”) Shares, net of deferred offering costs (liquidation preference $1,411,600,000, $727,000,000 and $—, respectively)     1,407,547,877     721,835,422      
Accrued expenses:                    
Management fees     2,695,546     1,839,538     701,741  
Trustees fees     877,482     584,755     86,503  
Other     763,230     551,083     372,101  
Total liabilities     1,864,970,711     1,276,176,157     362,746,283  
Net assets applicable to common shares   $ 3,319,775,431   $ 2,278,903,514   $ 853,745,464  
Common shares outstanding     202,552,895     142,125,906     63,389,080  
Net asset value (“NAV”) per common share outstanding   $ 16.39   $ 16.03   $ 13.47  
Net assets applicable to common shares consist of:                    
Common shares, $0.01 par value per share   $ 2,025,529   $ 1,421,259   $ 633,891  
Paid-in surplus     2,906,079,428     2,009,183,235     806,144,986  
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income     5,099,022     4,424,727     2,297,858  
Accumulated net realized gain (loss)     (11,550,213 )   (25,006,365 )   (1,479,301 )
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     418,121,665     288,880,658     46,148,030  
Net assets applicable to common shares   $ 3,319,775,431   $ 2,278,903,514   $ 853,745,464  
Authorized shares:                    
Common     Unlimited     Unlimited     Unlimited  
Preferred     Unlimited     Unlimited     Unlimited  

 

(1) Cash pledged to collateralize the net payment obligations for investments in swaps.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of    
  Operations Year Ended October 31, 2017

 

 

      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Investment Income   $ 236,237,886   $ 170,941,416   $ 60,754,774  
Expenses                    
Management fees     31,397,444     21,519,805     7,672,666  
Interest expense and amortization of offering costs     22,911,639     16,515,175     3,838,765  
Liquidity fees     9,037,397     6,835,674      
Remarketing fees     1,067,219     737,097      
Custodian fees     479,936     363,366     121,074  
Trustees fees     156,311     109,711     28,014  
Professional fees     205,092     185,912     148,922  
Shareholder reporting expenses     290,027     209,017     76,605  
Shareholder servicing agent fees     143,617     88,605     16,820  
Stock exchange listing fees     51,629     37,637     1,448  
Investor relations expenses     354,176     253,516     69,332  
Other     263,676     241,224     238,206  
Total expenses before expense reimbursement     66,358,163     47,096,739     12,211,852  
Expense reimbursement     (402,784 )   (274,041 )    
Net expenses     65,955,379     46,822,698     12,211,852  
Net investment income (loss)     170,282,507     124,118,718     48,542,922  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)                    
Net realized gain (loss) from:                    
Investments     2,532,777     3,067,720     4,675,860  
Swaps     5,171,946          
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:                    
Investments     (45,476,888 )   (43,006,732 )   (15,666,329 )
Swaps     175,850          
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)     (37,596,315 )   (39,939,012 )   (10,990,469 )
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares from operations   $ 132,686,192   $ 84,179,706   $ 37,552,453  

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of  
  Changes in Net Assets

 

    NVG   NZF   NMZ  
      Year     Year     Year     Year     Year     Year  
      Ended     Ended     Ended     Ended     Ended     Ended  
      10/31/17     10/31/16     10/31/17     10/31/16     10/31/17     10/31/16  
Operations                                      
Net investment income (loss)   $ 170,282,507   $ 104,225,080   $ 124,118,718   $ 80,558,669   $ 48,542,922   $ 47,277,322  
Net realized gain (loss) from:                                      
Investments     2,532,777     20,447,922     3,067,720     6,482,506     4,675,860     1,958,045  
Swaps     5,171,946     (3,651,881 )                
Change in net unrealized appreciation                                      
(depreciation) of:                                      
Investments     (45,476,888 )   (22,499,538 )   (43,006,732 )   (1,079,635 )   (15,666,329 )   (330,726 )
Swaps     175,850     2,631,191                  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares from operations     132,686,192     101,152,774     84,179,706     85,961,540     37,552,453     48,904,641  
Distributions to Common Shareholders                                      
From net investment income     (177,152,759 )   (105,497,722 )   (126,776,305 )   (85,863,073 )   (48,660,423 )   (49,264,954 )
From accumulated net realized gains     (5,914,545 )   (759,429 )   (255,827 )            
Decrease in net assets applicable to common shares from distributions to common shareholders     (183,067,304 )   (106,257,151 )   (127,032,132 )   (85,863,073 )   (48,660,423 )   (49,264,954 )
Capital Share Transactions                                      
Common shares:                                      
Issued in the reorganizations         2,948,156,846         1,749,867,827          
Proceeds from shelf offering, net of offering costs                     75,368,774     103,621,513  
Net proceeds from shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions                     907,184     1,206,944  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares from capital share transactions         2,948,156,846         1,749,867,827     76,275,958     104,828,457  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares     (50,381,112 )   2,943,052,469     (42,852,426 )   1,749,966,294     65,167,988     104,468,144  
Net assets applicable to common shares at the beginning of period     3,370,156,543     427,104,074     2,321,755,940     571,789,646     788,577,476     684,109,332  
Net assets applicable to common shares at the end of period   $ 3,319,775,431   $ 3,370,156,543   $ 2,278,903,514   $ 2,321,755,940   $ 853,745,464   $ 788,577,476  
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income at the end of period   $ 5,099,022   $ 11,499,841   $ 4,424,727   $ 6,968,879   $ 2,297,858   $ 2,428,926  

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Statement of    
  Cash Flows Year Ended October 31, 2017

 

 

      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:                    
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Operations   $ 132,686,192   $ 84,179,706   $ 37,552,453  
Adjustments to reconcile the net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:                    
Purchases of investments     (929,479,689 )   (728,461,088 )   (282,933,628 )
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments     1,016,291,907     763,802,298     100,739,313  
Proceeds from (Purchases of) short-term investments, net     (25,880,000 )   180,000     (3,852,450 )
Proceeds from (Payments for) swap contracts     5,171,946          
Payment-in-kind distributions         (83,159 )   (576,218 )
Premiums received (paid) for interest rate swaps     (1,065 )        
Taxes paid     (198,146 )   (13,624 )   (1,678 )
Amortization (Accretion) of premiums and discounts, net     (13,864,732 )   (15,050,776 )   591,779  
Amortization of deferred offering costs     186,767     471,960     15,075  
(Increase) Decrease in:                    
Cash collateral at brokers for investments in swaps     (4,985,936 )        
Receivable for dividends and interest     263,829     520,591     (2,633,633 )
Receivable for investments sold     (3,102,425 )   25,677,115     (10,174,256 )
Other assets     (124,561 )   (57,889 )   (95,977 )
Increase (Decrease) in:                    
Payable for interest     777     26,658     2,535  
Payable for investments purchased     (19,140,357 )   5,222,044     (5,619,240 )
Payable for offering costs         (21,384 )    
Payable for variation margin on swap contracts     392,880          
Accrued management fees     70,589     19,805     50,215  
Accrued Trustees fees     95,412     64,723     13,783  
Accrued other expenses     78,940     47,845     11,130  
Net realized (gain) loss from:                    
Investments     (2,532,777 )   (3,067,720 )   (4,675,860 )
Swaps     (5,171,946 )        
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of:                    
Investments     45,476,888     43,006,732     15,666,329  
Swaps(1)     1,065,959          
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     197,300,452     176,463,837     (155,920,328 )
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:                    
Proceeds from borrowings     51,000,000          
Repayments of borrowings     (71,000,000 )        
(Payments for) iMTP Shares redeemed, at liquidation preference         (150,000,000 )    
Proceeds from MFP Shares issued, at liquidation preference         150,000,000      
Proceeds from shelf offering, net of offering costs             75,368,774  
(Payments for) deferred offering costs         (270,000 )    
Increase (Decrease) in:                    
Cash overdraft             (1,344,989 )
Floating rate obligations     (15,755,000 )   (45,731,000 )   131,970,000  
Cash distributions paid to common shareholders     (183,706,305 )   (127,310,222 )   (47,635,066 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities     (219,461,305 )   (173,311,222 )   158,358,719  
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash     (22,160,853 )   3,152,615     2,438,391  
Cash at the beginning of period     25,077,633     106,806      
Cash at the end of period   $ 2,916,780   $ 3,259,421   $ 2,438,391  

 

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information     NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Cash paid for interest (excluding amortization of offering costs)   $ 22,270,255   $ 15,976,023   $ 3,821,155  
Non-cash financing activities not included herein consists of reinvestments of common share distributions             907,184  

(1) Excluding over-the-counter cleared swaps.

See accompanying notes to financial statements. 

 

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Financial  
  Highlights

Selected data for a common share outstanding throughout each period:

 

                            Less Distributions to                          
          Investment Operations   Common Shareholders   Common Share  
                                                                     
                                                    Discount              
                                              Discount   Per              
                                    From           Per     Share              
    Beginning   Net   Net       From   Accumulated       Share   Repurchased              
    Common   Investment   Realized/       Net   Net       Repurchased   through       Ending  
    Share   Income   Unrealized       Investment   Realized       and   Tender   Ending   Share  
    NAV   (Loss ) Gain (Loss ) Total   Income   Gains   Total   Retired   Offer   NAV   Price  
NVG                                                                    
Year Ended 10/31:                                                      
2017   $ 16.64   $ 0.84   $ (0.19 ) $ 0.65   $ (0.87 ) $ (0.03 ) $ (0.90 ) $   $   $ 16.39   $ 15.17  
2016     16.03     0.73     0.77     1.50     (0.86 )   (0.03 )   (0.89 )           16.64     15.05  
2015     16.24     0.77     (0.13 )   0.64     (0.75 )   (0.10 )   (0.85 )   *       16.03     14.05  
2014     14.62     0.71     1.72     2.43     (0.70 )   (0.07 )   (0.77 )   (0.01 )   (0.03 )   16.24     14.14  
2013     16.33     0.60     (1.46 )   (0.86 )   (0.74 )   (0.11 )   (0.85 )   *       14.62     12.75  
                                                                     
NZF                                                                    
Year Ended 10/31:                                                      
2017     16.34     0.87     (0.29 )   0.58     (0.89 )   *   (0.89 )           16.03     15.01  
2016     15.75     0.72     0.74     1.46     (0.87 )       (0.87 )           16.34     14.82  
2015     15.82     0.83     (0.13 )   0.70     (0.78 )       (0.78 )   0.01         15.75     13.86  
2014     14.32     0.72     1.47     2.19     (0.72 )       (0.72 )   *   0.03     15.82     13.80  
2013     15.99     0.71     (1.63 )   (0.92 )   (0.75 )       (0.75 )           14.32     12.66  

 

(a)

Total Return Based on Common Share NAV is the combination of changes in common share NAV, reinvested dividend income at NAV and reinvested capital gains distributions at NAV, if any. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending NAV. The actual reinvest price for the last dividend declared in the period may often be based on the Fund’s market price (and not its NAV), and therefore may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.

 

  Total Return Based on Common Share Price is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending market price. The actual reinvestment for the last dividend declared in the period may take place over several days, and in some instances may not be based on the market price, so the actual reinvestment price may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.

 

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                Common Share Supplemental Data/  
                Ratios Applicable to Common Shares  
                                                   
    Common Share         Ratios to Average Net Assets   Ratio to Average Net Assets        
    Total Returns         Before Reimbursement(b)   After Reimbursement(b)(c)        
                                                   
                                                   
            Based     Ending                                
      Based     on     Net           Net           Net     Portfolio  
      on     Share     Assets           Investment           Investment     Turnover  
      NAV (a)   Price(a )   (000 )   Expenses (d)   Income (Loss )   Expenses (d)   Income (Loss )   Rate (e)
                                                   
                                                   
      4.25 %   7.10 % $ 3,319,775     2.05 %   5.26 %   2.04 (f)%   5.27 (f)%   18 %
      9.40     13.46     3,370,157     1.81     4.87     1.75 (f)   4.93 (f)   21  
      4.04     5.53     427,104     1.50     4.81     N/A     N/A     26  
      16.78     17.35     433,092     1.75     4.56     N/A     N/A     13  
      (5.46 )   (14.46 )   434,851     2.03     3.87     N/A     N/A     32  
                                                   
      3.88     7.61     2,278,904     2.12     5.58     2.11 (f)   5.59 (f)   21  
      9.36     13.26     2,321,756     1.86     5.03     1.81 (f)   5.08 (f)   20  
      4.57     6.21     571,790     1.48     5.24     N/A     N/A     26  
      15.90     15.07     574,721     1.73     4.78     N/A     N/A     14  
      (5.93 )   (15.08 )   578,508     1.71     4.66     N/A     N/A     14  

 

(b) Net Investment Income (Loss) ratios reflect income earned and expenses incurred on assets attributable to preferred shares issued by the Fund.
(c) After expense reimbursement from the Adviser, where applicable. As of March 31, 2012, the Adviser is no longer contractually reimbursing NVG for any fees or expenses.
(d) The expense ratios reflect, among other things, all interest expense and other costs related to preferred shares (as described in Note 4 – Fund Shares, Preferred Shares) and/or the interest expense deemed to have been paid by the Fund on the floating rate certificates issued by the special purpose trusts for the self-deposited inverse floaters held by the Fund (as described in Note 3 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives, Inverse Floating Rate Securities), where applicable, as follows:

 

NVG        
Year Ended 10/31:        
2017     1.02 %
2016     0.78  
2015     0.46  
2014     0.75  
2013     1.06  

 

NZF        
Year Ended 10/31:        
2017     1.09 %
2016     0.84  
2015     0.46  
2014     0.72  
2013     0.75  

 

(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) During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016, the Adviser voluntarily reimbursed the Fund for certain expenses incurred in connection with its reorganization as described in Note 7 – Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
N/A Fund does not have or no longer has a contractual reimbursement with the Adviser.
* Rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (continued)

Selected data for a common share outstanding throughout each period:

 

                            Less Distributions to                          
          Investment Operations   Common Shareholders   Common Share  
                                                                     
                                              Premium                    
                                              Per                    
                                    From           Share                    
    Beginning   Net   Net       From   Accumulated       Sold                  
    Common   Investment   Realized/       Net   Net       through   Shelf       Ending  
    Share   Income   Unrealized       Investment   Realized       Shelf   Offering   Ending   Share  
    NAV   (Loss ) Gain (Loss ) Total   Income   Gains   Total   Offering   Costs   NAV   Price  
NMZ                                                                    
Year Ended 10/31:                                                      
2017   $ 13.68   $ 0.80   $ (0.22 ) $ 0.58   $ (0.81 ) $   $ (0.81 ) $ 0.02   $   $ 13.47   $ 13.53  
2016     13.66     0.86     0.04     0.90     (0.91 )       (0.91 )   0.03         13.68     13.32  
2015     13.71     0.91     (0.04 )   0.87     (0.92 )       (0.92 )           13.66     13.76  
2014     12.36     0.93     1.33     2.26     (0.91 )       (0.91 )   *   *   13.71     13.21  
2013     13.45     0.94     (1.20 )   (0.26 )   (0.88 )       (0.88 )   0.05     *   12.36     11.99  

 

(a)

Total Return Based on Common Share NAV is the combination of changes in common share NAV, reinvested dividend income at NAV and reinvested capital gains distributions at NAV, if any. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending NAV. The actual reinvest price for the last dividend declared in the period may often be based on the Fund’s market price (and not its NAV), and therefore may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.

 

  Total Return Based on Common Share Price is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending market price. The actual reinvestment for the last dividend declared in the period may take place over several days, and in some instances may not be based on the market price, so the actual reinvestment price may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.

 

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                Common Share Supplemental Data/  
                Ratios Applicable to Common Shares  
                                       
    Common Share                          
    Total Returns         Ratios to Average Net Assets(b)        
                                       
                                       
            Based     Ending                    
      Based     on     Net           Net     Portfolio  
      on     Share     Assets           Investment     Turnover  
      NAV (a)   Price (a)   (000 )   Expenses (c)   Income (Loss )   Rate (d)
                                       
                                       
      4.73 %   8.04 % $ 853,745     1.54 %   6.14 %   10 %
      6.91     3.34     788,577     1.28     6.27     11  
      6.54     11.49     684,109     1.25     6.64     9  
      18.90     18.31     686,299     1.28     7.14     13  
      (1.71 )   (9.71 )   618,394     1.28     7.34     16  

 

(b) Net Investment Income (Loss) ratios reflect income earned and expenses incurred on assets attributable to preferred shares issued by the Fund.
(c) The expense ratios reflect, among other things, all interest expense and other costs related to preferred shares (as described in Note 4 – Fund Shares, Preferred Shares) and/or the interest expense deemed to have been paid by the Fund on the floating rate certificates issued by the special purpose trusts for the self-deposited inverse floaters held by the Fund (as described in Note 3 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives, Inverse Floating Rate Securities), where applicable, as follows:

 

NMZ        
Year Ended 10/31:        
2017     0.49 %
2016     0.24  
2015     0.17  
2014     0.19  
2013     0.20  

 

(d) 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.
* Rounds to less than $0.01 per share.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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    iMTP Shares
at the End of Period
  MFP Shares
at the End of Period
  MTP Shares
at the End of Period (a)
  VMTP Shares
at the End of Period
  VRDP Shares
at the End of Period
  iMTP, MFP,
MTP, VMTP
and /or
VRDP Shares
at the End
of the Period
 
                                                                  Asset  
    Aggregate   Aggregate   Aggregate   Asset   Aggregate   Asset   Aggregate   Asset   Aggregate   Asset   Coverage  
    Amount   Coverage   Amount   Coverage   Amount   Coverage   Amount   Coverage   Amount   Coverage   Per $1  
    Outstanding   Per $5,000   Outstanding   Per $100,000   Outstanding   Per $10   Outstanding   Per $100,000   Outstanding   Per $100,000   Liquidation  
    (000 ) Share   (000 ) Share   (000 ) Share   (000 ) Share   (000 ) Share   Preference  
NVG                                                                    
Year Ended 10/31:                                                
2017   $   $   $   $   $   $   $ 240,400   $ 300,955   $ 1,411,600   $ 300,955   $ 3.01  
2016                             240,400     304,005     1,411,600     304,005     3.04  
2015                                     179,000     338,606      
2014                                     179,000     341,951      
2013                     108,000     31.69     92,500     316,883             3.17  
                                                                     
NZF                                                                    
Year Ended 10/31:                                                
2017             150,000     287,873             336,000     287,873     727,000     287,873     2.88  
2016     150,000     14,570                     336,000     291,406     727,000     291,406     2.91  
2015     150,000     17,376                     81,000     347,528             3.48  
2014     150,000     17,440                     81,000     348,797             3.49  
2013                     70,000     34.19     169,200     341,851             3.42  

 

(a) The Ending and Average Market Value Per Share for each Series of the Fund’s MTP Shares were as follows:

 

      2014     2013  
NVG              
Series 2014 (NVG PRCCL)              
Ending Market Value per Share   $   $ 10.09  
Average Market Value per Share     10.05 ^   10.11  
               
NZF              
Series 2016 (NZF PRC)              
Ending Market Value per Share   $   $ 10.10  
Average Market Value per Share     10.05 ^^   10.10  

 

^ For the period November 1, 2013 through December 23, 2013.
^^ For the period November 1, 2013 through April 11, 2014.

 

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    VMTP Shares  
    at the End of Period  
               
    Aggregate   Asset  
    Amount   Coverage  
    Outstanding   Per $100,000  
    (000 ) Share  
NMZ              
Year Ended 10/31:              
2017   $ 87,000   $ 1,081,317  
2016     87,000     1,006,411  
2015     87,000     886,333  
2014     87,000     888,850  
2013     87,000     810,798  

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

1. General Information and Significant Accounting Policies

General Information

Fund Information
The funds covered in this report and their corresponding New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) symbols are as follows (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”):

 

  Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund (NVG)
  Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund (NZF)
  Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (NMZ)

The Funds are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as diversified closed-end management investment companies. NVG, NZF and NMZ were organized as Massachusetts business trusts on July 12, 1999, March 21, 2001 and October 8, 2003, respectively.

The end of the reporting period for the Funds is October 31, 2017, and the period covered by these Notes to Financial Statements is the fiscal year ended October 31, 2017 (the “current fiscal period”).

Investment Adviser
The Funds’ investment adviser is Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser”), a subsidiary of Nuveen, LLC (“Nuveen”). Nuveen is the investment management arm of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). The Adviser has overall responsibility for management of the Funds, oversees the management of the Funds’ portfolios, manages the Funds’ business affairs and provides certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services, and, if necessary, 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.

Investment Objectives and Principal Investment Strategies
Each Fund seeks to provide current income exempt from regular federal income tax by investing primarily in a portfolio of municipal obligations issued by state and local government authorities or certain U.S. territories.

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 U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“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 earmarked securities in their portfolios with a current value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments.

As of the end of the reporting period, the Funds’ outstanding when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments were as follows:

 

      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Outstanding when-issued/delayed delivery purchase commitments   $ 4,624,178   $ 10,658,775   $ 2,216,760  

 

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Investment Income
Dividend Income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Investment income is comprised of interest income, which reflects the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts for financial reporting purposes, and is recorded on an accrual basis. Investment income also reflects payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest and paydown gains and losses, if any. PIK interest represents income received in the form of securities in lieu of cash.

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 Common Shareholders
Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared monthly. Net realized capital gains and/or market discount from investment transactions, if any, are distributed to shareholders at least annually. Furthermore, capital gains are distributed only to the extent they exceed available capital loss carryforwards.

Distributions to common 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.

Compensation
The Funds pays no compensation directly to those of its trustees who are affiliated with the Adviser or to its officers, all of whom receive remuneration for their services to the Funds from the Adviser or its affiliates. The Funds’ Board of Trustees (“the Board”) has adopted a deferred compensation plan for independent trustees that enables trustees 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.

Indemnifications
Under the Funds’ organizational documents, their officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Funds have not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote.

Netting Agreements
In the ordinary course of business, the Funds may enter 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, when applicable, 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 applicable to common shares from operations during the current fiscal 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.

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

 

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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).

Prices of fixed income securities are provided by an independent pricing service (“pricing service”) approved by 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 observability of the significant inputs.

Prices of swap contracts are also provided by a pricing service approved by the Board using the same methods as described above and are generally classified as Level 2.

Investments in investment companies are valued at their respective net asset value (“NAV”) on valuation date and are generally classified as Level 1.

Common stocks and other equity-type securities are valued at the last sales price on the securities exchange on which such securities are primarily traded and are generally classified as Level 1. Securities primarily traded on the NASDAQ National Market (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price and are generally classified as Level 1. However, securities traded on a securities exchange or NASDAQ for which there were no transactions on a given day or securities not listed on a securities exchange or NASDAQ are valued at the quoted bid price and are generally classified as Level 2.

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 and/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 observability of the significant inputs. Regardless of the method employed to value a particular security, all valuations are subject to review by the Board and/or its appointee.

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:

 

NVG     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Long-Term Investments:                          
Municipal Bonds*   $   $ 5,059,965,315   $   $ 5,059,965,315  
Corporate Bonds**             971,232 ****   971,232  
Short-Term Investments:                          
Municipal Bonds*         25,915,340         25,915,340  
Investments in Derivatives:                          
Interest Rate Swaps***         1,148,073         1,148,073  
Total   $   $ 5,087,028,728   $ 971,232   $ 5,087,999,960  

 

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NZF     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Long-Term Investments:                          
Municipal Bonds*   $   $ 3,487,368,810   $   $ 3,487,368,810  
Corporate Bonds**             450,724 ****   450,724  
Investment Companies     3,399,379             3,399,379  
Short-Term Investments:                          
Municipal Bonds*         2,181,913         2,181,913  
Total   $ 3,399,379   $ 3,489,550,723   $ 450,724   $ 3,493,400,826  

 

NMZ                          
Long-Term Investments:                          
Municipal Bonds*   $   $ 1,145,187,092   $ 566,633 **** $ 1,145,753,725  
Common Stocks**     10,652,205             10,652,205  
Corporate Bonds**         10,260,275     20,335 ****   10,280,610  
Short-Term Investments:                          
Municipal Bonds*         3,891,474         3,891,474  
Total   $ 10,652,205   $ 1,159,338,841   $ 586,968   $ 1,170,578,014  

 

* Refer to the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments for state classifications.
** Refer to the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments for industry classifications.
*** Represents net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
**** Refer to the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments for securities classified as Level 3.

 

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.

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.

 

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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 (referred to as an “Underlying Bond”), typically with a fixed interest rate, into a special purpose tender option bond (“TOB”) trust (referred to as the “TOB Trust”) created by or at the direction of one or more Funds. In turn, the TOB Trust issues (a) floating rate certificates (referred to as “Floaters”) in face amounts equal to some fraction of the Underlying Bond’s par amount or market value, and (b) an inverse floating rate certificate (referred to as an “Inverse Floater”) that represents all remaining or residual interest in the TOB Trust. Floaters typically pay short-term tax-exempt interest rates to third parties who are also provided a right to tender their certificate and receive its par value, which may be paid from the proceeds of a remarketing of the Floaters, by a loan to the TOB Trust from a third party liquidity provider (“Liquidity Provider”), or by the sale of assets from the TOB Trust. The Inverse Floater is issued to a long term investor, such as one or more of the Funds. The income received by the Inverse Floater holder varies inversely with the short-term rate paid to holders of the Floaters, 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 value of an Inverse Floater 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 Floaters, and because the Inverse Floater essentially bears the risk of loss (and possible gain) of the greater face value of the Underlying Bond.

The Inverse Floater held by a Fund gives the Fund the right to (a) cause the holders of the Floaters to tender their certificates at par (or slightly more than par in certain circumstances), and (b) have the trustee of the TOB Trust (the “Trustee”) transfer the Underlying Bond held by the TOB Trust to the Fund, thereby collapsing the TOB Trust.

The Fund may acquire an Inverse Floater in a transaction where it (a) transfers an Underlying Bond that it owns to a TOB Trust created by a third party or (b) transfers an Underlying Bond that it owns, or that it has purchased in a secondary market transaction for the purpose of creating an Inverse Floater, to a TOB Trust created at its direction, and in return receives the Inverse Floater of the TOB Trust (referred to as a “self-deposited Inverse Floater”). A Fund may also purchase an Inverse Floater in a secondary market transaction from a third party creator of the TOB Trust without first owning the Underlying Bond (referred to as an “externally-deposited Inverse Floater”).

An investment in a self-deposited Inverse Floater is accounted for as a “financing” transaction (i.e., a secured borrowing). For a self-deposited Inverse Floater, the Underlying Bond deposited into the TOB Trust is identified in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments as “(UB) – Underlying bond of an inverse floating rate trust reflected as a financing transaction,” with the Fund recognizing as liabilities, labeled “Floating rate obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, (a) the liquidation value of Floaters issued by the TOB Trust, and (b) the amount of any borrowings by the TOB Trust from a Liquidity Provider to enable the TOB Trust to purchase outstanding Floaters in lieu of a remarketing. In addition, the Fund recognizes in “Investment Income” the entire earnings of the Underlying Bond, and recognizes (a) the interest paid to the holders of the Floaters or on the TOB Trust’s borrowings, and (b) other expenses related to remarketing, administration, trustee, liquidity and other services to a TOB Trust, as a component of “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs” on the Statement of Operations.

In contrast, an investment in an externally-deposited Inverse Floater is accounted for as a purchase of the Inverse Floater and is identified in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments as “(IF) – Inverse floating rate investment.” For an externally-deposited Inverse Floater, a Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities recognizes the Inverse Floater and not the Underlying Bond as an asset, and the Fund does not recognize the Floaters, or any related borrowings from a Liquidity Provider, as a liability. Additionally, the Fund reflects in “Investment Income” only the net amount of earnings on the Inverse Floater (net of the interest paid to the holders of the Floaters or the Liquidity Provider as lender, and the expenses of the Trust), and does not show the amount of that interest paid or the expenses of the TOB Trust as described above as interest expense on the Statement of Operations.

Fees paid upon the creation of a TOB Trust for self-deposited Inverse Floaters and externally-deposited Inverse Floaters are recognized as part of the cost basis of the Inverse Floater and are capitalized over the term of the TOB Trust.

As of the end of the reporting period, the aggregate value of Floaters issued by each Fund’s TOB Trust for self-deposited Inverse Floaters and externally-deposited Inverse Floaters was as follows:

 

Floating Rate Obligations Outstanding     NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Floating rate obligations: self-deposited Inverse Floaters   $ 193,305,000   $ 39,430,000   $ 268,230,000  
Floating rate obligations: externally-deposited Inverse Floaters     121,592,500     38,560,000     155,200,000  
Total   $ 314,897,500   $ 77,990,000   $ 423,430,000  

 

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During the current fiscal period, the average amount of Floaters (including any borrowings from a Liquidity Provider) outstanding, and the average annual interest rate and fees related to self-deposited Inverse Floaters, were as follows:

 

Self-Deposited Inverse Floaters     NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Average floating rate obligations outstanding   $ 199,195,904   $ 58,812,178   $ 176,593,589  
Average annual interest rate and fees     1.35 %   1.32 %   1.35 %

TOB Trusts are supported by a liquidity facility provided by a Liquidity Provider pursuant to which the Liquidity Provider agrees, in the event that Floaters are (a) tendered to the Trustee for remarketing and the remarketing does not occur, or (b) subject to mandatory tender pursuant to the terms of the TOB Trust agreement, to either purchase Floaters or to provide the Trustee with an advance from a loan facility to fund the purchase of Floaters by the TOB Trust. In certain circumstances, the Liquidity Provider may otherwise elect to have the Trustee sell the Underlying Bond to retire the Floaters that were tendered and not remarketed prior to providing such a loan. In these circumstances, the Liquidity Provider remains obligated to provide a loan to the extent that the proceeds of the sale of the Underlying Bond are not sufficient to pay the purchase price of the Floaters.

The size of the commitment under the loan facility for a given TOB Trust is at least equal to the balance of that TOB Trust’s outstanding Floaters plus any accrued interest. In consideration of the loan facility, fee schedules are in place and are charged by the Liquidity Provider(s). Any loans made by the Liquidity Provider will be secured by the purchased Floaters held by the TOB Trust. Interest paid on any outstanding loan balances will be effectively borne by the Fund that owns the Inverse Floaters of the TOB Trust that has incurred the borrowing and may be at a rate that is greater than the rate that would have been paid had the Floaters been successfully remarketed.

As described above, any amounts outstanding under a liquidity facility are recognized as a component of “Floating rate obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities by the Fund holding the corresponding Inverse Floaters issued by the borrowing TOB Trust. As of the end of the reporting period NVG and NMZ had outstanding borrowings under such liquidity facilities in the amount of $1,420,959 and $311,149, respectively, which is recognized as a component of “Floating rate obligations” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. There were no loans outstanding under such facilities for NZF as of the end of the reporting period.

Each Fund may also enter into shortfall and forbearance agreements (sometimes referred to as a “recourse arrangement”) (TOB Trusts involving such agreements are referred to herein as “Recourse Trusts”), under which a Fund agrees to reimburse the Liquidity Provider for the Trust’s Floaters, in certain circumstances, for the amount (if any) by which the liquidation value of the Underlying Bond held by the TOB Trust may fall short of the sum of the liquidation value of the Floaters issued by the TOB Trust plus any amounts borrowed by the TOB Trust from the Liquidity Provider, plus any shortfalls in interest cash flows. Under these agreements, a Fund’s potential exposure to losses related to or on an Inverse Floater may increase beyond the value of the Inverse Floater as a Fund may potentially be liable to fulfill all amounts owed to holders of the Floaters or the Liquidity Provider. Any such shortfall amount in the aggregate is recognized as “Unrealized depreciation on Recourse Trusts” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

As of the end of the reporting period, each Fund’s maximum exposure to the Floaters issued by Recourse Trusts for self-deposited Inverse Floaters and externally-deposited Inverse Floaters was as follows:

 

Floating Rate Obligations – Recourse Trusts     NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Maximum exposure to Recourse Trusts: self-deposited Inverse Floaters   $ 152,345,000   $ 15,405,000   $ 201,545,000  
Maximum exposure to Recourse Trusts: externally-deposited Inverse Floaters     80,665,000     16,635,000     145,450,000  
Total   $ 233,010,000   $ 32,040,000   $ 346,995,000  

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
In addition to the inverse floating rate securities in which each Fund may invest, which are considered portfolio securities for financial reporting purposes, each Fund is authorized to invest in certain derivative instruments such as futures, options and swap contracts. Each Fund limits its investments in futures, options on futures and swap contracts to the extent necessary for the Adviser to claim the exclusion from registration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a commodity pool operator with respect to the Fund. The Funds record 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.

 

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Interest Rate Swap Contracts
Interest rate swap contracts involve a Fund’s agreement with the counterparty to pay or receive a fixed rate payment in exchange for the counterparty receiving or paying a variable rate payment. Forward interest rate swap contracts involve a Fund’s agreement with a counterparty to pay, in the future, a fixed or variable rate payment in exchange for the counterparty paying the Fund a variable or fixed rate payment, the accruals for which would begin at a specified date in the future (the “effective date”).

The amount of the payment obligation for an interest rate swap is based on the notional amount and the termination date of the swap contract. Interest rate swap contracts do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets or principal. Accordingly, the risk of loss with respect to the swap counterparty on such transactions is limited to the net amount of interest payments that the Fund is to receive.

Interest rate swap contracts are valued daily. Upon entering into an interest rate swap contract (and beginning on the effective date for a forward interest rate swap contract), a Fund accrues the fixed rate payment expected to be paid or received and the variable rate payment expected to be received or paid on the interest rate swap contracts on a daily basis, and recognizes the daily change in the fair value of the Fund’s contractual rights and obligations under the contracts. For an over-the-counter (“OTC”) swap that is not cleared through a clearing house (“OTC Uncleared”), the amount recorded on these transactions is recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a component of “Unrealized appreciation or depreciation on interest rate swaps.”

Upon the execution of an OTC swap cleared through a clearing house (“OTC Cleared”), the Fund is obligated to deposit cash or eligible securities, also known as “initial margin,” into an account at its clearing broker equal to a specified percentage of the contract amount. Cash deposited by the Fund to cover initial margin requirements on open swap contracts, if any, is recognized as a component of “Cash collateral at brokers for investments in swaps” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Investments in OTC Cleared swaps obligate the Fund and the clearing broker to settle monies on a daily basis representing changes in the prior day’s “mark-to-market” of the swap contract. If the Fund has unrealized appreciation, the clearing broker will credit the Fund’s account with an amount equal to the appreciation. Conversely, if the Fund has unrealized depreciation, the clearing broker will debit the Fund’s account with an amount equal to the depreciation. These daily cash settlements are also known as “variation margin.” Variation margin for OTC Cleared swaps is recognized as a receivable and/or payable for “Variation margin on swap contracts” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Upon the execution of an OTC Uncleared swap, neither the Fund nor the counterparty is required to deposit initial margin as the trades are recorded bilaterally between both parties to the swap contract, and the terms of the variation margin are subject to a predetermined threshold negotiated by the Fund and the counterparty. Variation margin for OTC Uncleared swaps is recognized as a component of “Unrealized appreciation or depreciation on interest rate swaps” as described in the preceding paragraph.

The net amount of periodic payments settled in cash are recognized as a component of “Net realized gain (loss) from swaps” on the Statement of Operations, in addition to the net realized gain or loss recorded upon the termination of the swap contract. For tax purposes, payments expected to be received or paid on the swap contracts are treated as ordinary income or expense, respectively. Changes in the value of the swap contracts during the fiscal period are recognized as a component of “Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swaps” on the Statement of Operations. In certain instances, payments are made or received upon entering into the swap contract to compensate for differences between the stated terms of the swap agreements and prevailing market conditions (credit spreads, currency exchange rates, interest rates, and other relevant factors). Payments received or made at the beginning of the measurement period, if any, are recognized as “Interest rate swaps premiums paid and/or received” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

During the current fiscal period, NVG continued to invest in forward interest rate swap contracts, as part of its duration management strategies, to help reduce price volatility risk to movements in U.S. interest rates relative to the Fund’s benchmark.

The average notional amount of interest rate swap contracts outstanding during the current fiscal period was as follows:

 

      NVG  
Average notional amount of interest rate swap contracts outstanding*   $ 124,300,000  

 

* The average notional amount is calculated based on the outstanding notional at the beginning of the fiscal period and at the end of each fiscal quarter within the current fiscal period.

 

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The following table presents the fair value of all swap contracts held by NVG as of the end of the reporting period, the location of these instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the primary underlying risk exposure.

 

    Location on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities  
    Asset Derivatives   (Liability) Derivatives  
Underlying Derivative                    
Risk Exposure Instrument Location   Value   Location   Value  
NVG                  
Interest rate Swaps (OTC Unrealized appreciation   $ 507,863     $  
  Uncleared) on interest rate swaps                  
Interest rate Swaps (OTC       Payable for variation margin     640,210  
  Cleared)           on swap contracts*        
Total       $ 507,863         $ 640,210  

 

* Some swap contracts require a counterparty to pay or receive a premium, which is disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and is not reflected in the cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) presented above. Value represents the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swaps as reported in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments and not the asset and/or liability amount as described in the table above.

The following table presents the Fund’s swap contracts subject to netting agreements, and the collateral delivered related to those swap contracts as of the end of the reporting period.

 

                            Gross Amounts Not Offset  
                            on the Statement of  
                            Assets and Liabilities  
            Gross     Gross     Net Unrealized                    
            Unrealized     Unrealized     Appreciation           Collateral        
            Appreciation on   (Depreciation) on (Depreciation) on         Pledged        
            Interest Rate     Interest Rate     Interest Rate     Financial     to (from )   Net  
Fund   Counterparty   Swaps ** Swaps ** Swaps   Instruments *** Counterparty   Exposure  
NVG   JPMorgan Chase   $ 507,863   $   $ 507,863   $   $ (507,863 ) $  
    Bank, N.A.                                      

 

** Represents gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the counterparty as reported in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
*** Represents inverse floating rate securities available for offset, when applicable.

The following table presents the amount of net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) recognized on swap contracts on the Statement of Operations during the current fiscal period, and the primary underlying risk exposure. 

 

                      Change in Net  
                Net Realized   Unrealized Appreciation  
    Underlying   Derivative   Gain (Loss) from   (Depreciation) of
Fund   Risk Exposure   Instrument   Swaps   Swaps  
NVG     Interest rate     Swaps   $ 5,171,946   $ 175,850  
                           

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.

 

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4. Fund Shares

Common Shares

Common Shares Equity Shelf Programs and Offering Costs
NMZ has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) authorizing the Fund to issue additional common shares through one or more equity shelf programs (“Shelf Offering”), which became effective with the SEC during the current and prior fiscal period.

Under this Shelf Offering, the Fund, subject to market conditions, may raise additional equity capital by issuing additional common shares from time to time in varying amounts and by different offering methods at a net price at or above the Fund’s NAV per common share. In the event the Fund’s Shelf Offering registration statement is no longer current, the Fund may not issue additional common shares until a post-effective amendment to the registration statement has been filed with the SEC.

Additional authorized common shares, common shares sold and offering proceeds, net of offering costs under the Fund’s Shelf Offering during the Fund’s current and prior fiscal period were as follows:

 

    NMZ  
      Year     Year  
      Ended     Ended  
      10/31/17     10/31/16  
Additional authorized common shares     21,200,000     13,200,000  
Common shares sold     5,696,100     7,452,533  
Offering proceeds, net of offering costs   $ 75,368,774   $ 103,621,513  

Costs incurred by the Fund in connection with its Shelf Offering were recorded as a deferred charge and recognized as a component of “Deferred offering costs” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The deferred asset is reduced during the one-year period that additional shares are sold by reducing the proceeds from such sales and recognized as a component of “Proceeds from shelf offering, net of offering costs” on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. Any remaining deferred charges at the end of the one-year life of the Shelf Offering period will be expensed accordingly, as well as any additional Shelf Offering costs the Fund may incur. As Shelf Offering costs are expensed they are recognized as a component of “Other expenses” on the Statement of Operations.

During the current reporting period, the Fund was authorized to issue an additional 15.7 million common shares under a new Shelf Offering.

Common Share Transactions
Transactions in common shares for the Funds during the Funds’ current and prior fiscal period, where applicable, were as follows:

 

    NVG   NZF  
      Year     Year     Year     Year  
      Ended     Ended     Ended     Ended  
      10/31/17     10/31/16     10/31/17     10/31/16  
Common shares issued in reorganizations         175,906,265         105,813,381  

 

    NMZ  
      Year     Year  
      Ended     Ended  
      10/31/17     10/31/16  
Common shares:              
Issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions     68,955     86,810  
Sold through shelf offering     5,696,100     7,452,533  
               
Weighted average common share:              
Premium to NAV per shelf offering share sold     1.30 %   1.57 %

Preferred Shares

Institutional MuniFund Term Preferred Shares
During the current reporting period, NZF had issued and had outstanding Institutional MuniFund Term Preferred (“iMTP”) Shares, with a $5,000 liquidation preference per share. iMTP Shares are issued via private placement and are not publicly available.

On May 25, 2017, NZF redeemed all of its outstanding Series 2017 iMTP Shares. The Fund’s iMTP Shares were redeemed at their $5,000 liquidation value per share, plus dividend amounts owed, using proceeds from its issuance of MuniFund Preferred (“MFP”) Shares (as described below in MuniFund Preferred Shares).

 

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The average liquidation preference of iMTP Shares outstanding and annualized dividend rate for the Fund during the current fiscal period were as follows:

 

      NZF*  
Average liquidation preference of iMTP Shares outstanding   $ 150,000,000  
Annualized dividend rate     1.45 %

 

* For the period November 1, 2016 through May 25, 2017.

iMTP Shares are subject to restrictions on transfer and may only be sold or transferred to “qualified institutional buyers.” iMTP Shares are short-term or short/intermediate-term instruments that pay a variable dividend rate tied to a short-term index, plus an additional fixed “spread” amount established at the time of issuance. The fair value of iMTP Shares is expected to be approximately their liquidation preference so long as the fixed “spread” on the iMTP Shares remains roughly in line with the “spread” being demanded by investors on instruments having similar terms in the current market environment. In present market conditions, the Fund’s Adviser has determined that the fair value of iMTP Shares is approximately their liquidation preference, but their fair value could vary if market conditions change materially. For financial reporting purposes, the liquidation preference of iMTP Shares is recorded as a liability and recognized as a component of “Institutional MuniFund Term Preferred (“iMTP”) Shares, net of deferred offering costs” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Dividends on the iMTP Shares (which are treated as interest payments for financial reporting purposes) are set weekly. Unpaid dividends on iMTP Shares are recognized as a component of “Interest payable” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, when applicable. Dividends accrued on iMTP Shares are recognized as a component of “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs” on the Statement of Operations.

Costs incurred by the Fund in connection with its offering of iMTP Shares were recorded as a deferred charge, which are amortized over the life of the shares and are recognized as components of “Institutional MuniFund Term Preferred (“iMTP”) Shares, net of deferred offering costs” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs” on the Statement of Operations.

In conjunction with NZF’s redemption of iMTP Shares, the remaining deferred costs of $109,733, were fully expensed during the current fiscal period, as the redemptions were deemed an extinguishment of debt.

MuniFund Preferred Shares
NZF has issued and has outstanding MuniFund Preferred (“MFP”) Shares, with a $100,000 liquidation preference per share. These MFP Shares were issued via private placement and are not publically available.

The Fund is obligated to redeem its MFP Shares by the date as specified in its offering documents (“Term Redemption Date”), unless earlier redeemed by the Fund. MFP Shares are initially issued in a pre-specified mode, however, MFP Shares can be subsequently designated as an alternative mode at a later date at the discretion of the Fund. The modes within MFP Shares detail the dividend mechanics and are described as follows. At a subsequent date, the Fund may establish additional mode structures with the MFP Share.

 

Variable Rate Remarketed Mode (“VRRM”) – Dividends for MFP Shares within this mode will be established by a remarketing agent; therefore, market value of the MFP Shares is expected to approximate its liquidation preference. Shareholders have the ability to request a best-efforts tender of its shares upon seven days notice. If the remarketing agent is unable to identify an alternative purchaser, the shares will be retained by the shareholder requesting tender and the subsequent dividend rate will increase to its step-up dividend rate. If after one consecutive year of unsuccessful remarketing attempts, the Fund will be required to designate an alternative mode or redeem the shares.
   
  Each Fund will pay a remarketing fee on the aggregate principal amount of all MFP Shares while designated in VRRM. Payments made by the Fund to the remarketing agent are recognized as “Remarketing fees” on the Statement of Operations.
   
Variable Rate Mode (“VRM”) – Dividends for MFP Shares designated in this mode are based upon a short-term index plus an additional fixed “spread” amount established at the time of issuance or renewal / conversion of its mode. At the end of the period of the mode, the Fund will be required to either extend the term of the mode, designate an alternative mode or redeem the MFP Shares.
   
  The fair value of MFP Shares while in VRM are expected to approximate their liquidation preference so long as the fixed “spread” on the shares remains roughly in line with the “spread” being demanded by investors on instruments having similar terms in the current market. In current market conditions, the Adviser has determined that the fair value of the shares are approximately their liquidation preference, but their fair value could vary if market conditions change materially.
   
Variable Rate Demand Mode (“VRDM”) – Dividends for MFP Shares designated in this mode will be established by a remarketing agent; therefore, the market value of the MFP Shares is expected to approximate its liquidation preference. While in this mode, Shares will have an unconditional liquidity feature that enable its shareholders to require a liquidity provider, which the Fund has entered into a contractual agreement, to purchase shares in the event that the shares are not able to be successfully remarketed. In the event that shares within this mode are unable to be successfully remarketed and are purchased by the liquidity provider, the dividend rate will be the maximum rate which is designed to escalate according to a

 

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  specified schedule in order to enhance the remarketing agent’s ability to successfully remarket the shares. Each Fund is required redeem any shares that are still owned by a liquidity provider after six months of continuous, unsuccessful remarketing.
   
  The Fund will pay a liquidity and remarketing fee on the aggregate principal amount of all MFP shares while within VRDM. Payments made by the Fund to the liquidity provider and remarketing agent are recognized as “Liquidity fees” and “Remarketing fees”, respectively, on the Statement Operations.

For financial reporting purposes, the liquidation preference of MFP Shares is recorded as a liability and is recognized as a component of “MuniFund Preferred (“MFP”) Shares, net of deferred offering costs” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Dividends on the MFP shares are treated as interest payments for financial reporting purposes. Unpaid dividends on MFP shares are recognized as a component on “Interest payable” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Dividends accrued on MFP Shares are recognized as a component of “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs” on the Statement of Operations.

Subject to certain conditions, MFP Shares may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time at the option of the Fund. The Fund may also be required to redeem certain MFP shares if the Fund fails to maintain certain asset coverage requirements and such failures are not cured by the applicable cure date. The redemption price per share in all circumstances is equal to the liquidation preference per share plus any accumulated but unpaid dividends.

NZF incurred offering costs of $270,000 in connection with its offering of MFP Shares, which were recorded as a deferred charge and are being amortized over the life of the shares. These offering costs are recognized as a component of “MuniFund Preferred (“MFP”) Shares, net of deferred offering costs” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs” on the Statement of Operations.

As of the end of the reporting period, details of its MFP Shares outstanding were as follows:

 

            Shares     Liquidation     Term        
Fund     Series     Outstanding     Preference     Redemption Date     Mode  
NZF     A     1,500   $ 150,000,000     May 1, 2047     VRM  

The average liquidation preference of MFP Shares outstanding and annualized dividend rate for the Fund during the current fiscal period were as follows:

 

      NZF*  
Average liquidation preference of MFP Shares outstanding   $ 150,000,000  
Annualized dividend rate     1.70 %

 

* For the period May 15, 2017 (first issuance of shares) through October 31, 2017.

Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares
The Funds have issued and have outstanding Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred (“VMTP”) Shares, with a $100,000 liquidation preference per share. VMTP Shares are issued via private placement and are not publicly available.

As of the end of the reporting period, VMTP Shares outstanding, at liquidation preference, for each Fund were as follows:

 

            Shares     Liquidation  
Fund     Series     Outstanding     Preference  
NVG     2018     2,404   $ 240,400,000  
NZF     2019     3,360   $ 336,000,000  
NMZ     2018     870   $ 87,000,000  

Each Fund is obligated to redeem its VMTP Shares by the date as specified in its offering document (“Term Redemption Date”), unless earlier redeemed by the Fund. VMTP Shares are subject to optional and mandatory redemption in certain circumstances. The VMTP Shares may be redeemed at the option of each Fund, subject to payment of premium for approximately one year following the date of issuance (“Premium Expiration Date”), and at the redemption price per share thereafter. The redemption price per share is equal to the sum of the liquidation preference per share plus any accumulated but unpaid dividends. Each Fund may be obligated to redeem a certain amount of the VMTP Shares if the Fund fails to maintain certain asset coverage and leverage ratio requirements and such failures are not cured by the applicable cure date. The Term Redemption Date and Premium Expiration Date for each Fund’s VMTP Shares are as follows:

 

        Term   Premium  
Fund   Series   Redemption Date   Expiration Date  
NVG     2018     December 1, 2018     May 31, 2016  
NZF     2019     July 1, 2019     May 31, 2017  
NMZ     2018     August 1, 2018     June 30, 2016  

 

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The average liquidation preference of VMTP Shares outstanding and annualized dividend rate for each Fund during the current fiscal period were as follows:

 

      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Average liquidation preference of VMTP Shares outstanding   $ 240,400,000   $ 336,000,000   $ 87,000,000  
Annualized dividend rate     1.69 %   1.81 %   1.66 %

VMTP Shares are subject to restrictions on transfer, generally do not trade, and market quotations are generally not available. VMTP Shares are short-term or short/intermediate-term instruments that pay a variable dividend rate tied to a short-term index, plus an additional fixed “spread” amount established at the time of issuance. The fair value of VMTP Shares is expected to be approximately their liquidation preference so long as the fixed “spread” on the VMTP Shares remains roughly in line with the “spread” being demanded by investors on instruments having similar terms in the current market environment. In present market conditions, the Funds’ Adviser has determined that fair value of VMTP Shares is approximately their liquidation preference, but their fair value could vary if market conditions change materially. For financial reporting purposes, the liquidation preference of VMTP Shares is a liability and is recognized as a component of “Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred (“VMTP”) Shares, net of deferred offering costs” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Dividends on the VMTP shares (which are treated as interest payments for financial reporting purposes) are set weekly. Unpaid dividends on VMTP Shares are recognized as a component of “Interest payable” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Dividends accrued on VMTP Shares are recognized as a component of “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs” on the Statement of Operations.

Costs incurred in connection with each Fund’s offering of VMTP Shares were recorded as a deferred charges, which are amortized over the life of the shares and are recognized as components of “Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred (“VMTP”) Shares, net of deferred offering costs” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs” on the Statement of Operations.

Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares
The following Funds have issued and have outstanding Variable Rate Demand Preferred (“VRDP”) Shares, with a $100,000 liquidation preference per share. VRDP Shares are issued via private placement and are not publicly available.

As of the end of the reporting period, details of the Funds’ VRDP Shares outstanding were as follows:

 

            Shares     Liquidation        
Fund     Series     Outstanding     Preference     Maturity  
NVG     1     1,790   $ 179,000,000     December 1, 2043  
      2     3,854   $ 385,400,000     December 1, 2040  
      4     1,800   $ 180,000,000     June 1, 2046  
      5     3,405   $ 340,500,000     December 1, 2040  
      6     3,267   $ 326,700,000     December 1, 2040  
NZF     1     2,688   $ 268,800,000     March 1, 2040  
      2     2,622   $ 262,200,000     March 1, 2040  
      3     1,960   $ 196,000,000     June 1, 2040  

During the current fiscal period, NVG refinanced all of its outstanding Series 3 VRDP Shares with the issuance of new Series 5 and Series 6 VRDP Shares.

VRDP Shares include a liquidity feature that allows VRDP shareholders to have their shares purchased by a liquidity provider with whom each Fund has contracted in the event that the VRDP Shares are not able to be successfully remarketed. Each Fund is required to redeem any VRDP Shares that are still owned by the liquidity provider after six months of continuous, unsuccessful remarketing. Each Fund pays an annual remarketing fee of 0.10% on the aggregate principal amount of all VRDP Shares outstanding. Each Fund’s VRDP Shares have successfully remarketed since issuance.

NVG’s Series 1 and Series 4 VRDP Shares are considered to be Special Rate Period VRDP, which are sold to institutional investors. During the special rate period, the VRDP Shares will not be remarketed by a remarketing agent, be subject to optional or mandatory tender events, or be supported by a liquidity provider. During the special rate period, VRDP dividends will be set monthly as a floating rate based on the predetermined formula. Following the initial special rate period, Special Rate Period VRDP Shares will transition to traditional VRDP Shares with dividends set at weekly remarketings, and be supported by a designated liquidity provider, unless the Board approves a subsequent special rate period.

Dividends on the VRDP Shares (which are treated as interest payments for financial reporting purposes) are set at a rate established by a remarketing agent; therefore, the market value of the VRDP Shares is expected to approximate its liquidation preference. In the event that VRDP Shares are unable to be successfully remarketed, the dividend rate will be the maximum rate which is designed to escalate according to a specified schedule in order to enhance the remarketing agent’s ability to successfully remarket the VRDP Shares.

Subject to certain conditions, VRDP Shares may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time at the option of each Fund. Each Fund may also redeem certain of the VRDP Shares if the Fund fails to maintain certain asset coverage requirements and such failures are not cured by the applicable cure date. The redemption price per share is equal to the sum of the liquidation preference per share plus any accumulated but unpaid dividends.

 

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The average liquidation preference of VRDP Shares outstanding and annualized dividend rate for each Fund during the current fiscal period were as follows:

 

      NVG     NZF  
Average liquidation preference of VRDP Shares outstanding   $ 1,411,600,000   $ 727,000,000  
Annualized dividend rate     1.10 %   0.93 %

For financial reporting purposes, the liquidation preference of VRDP Shares is a liability and is recognized as a component of “Variable Rate Demand Preferred (“VRDP”) Shares, net of deferred offering costs” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Unpaid dividends on VRDP Shares are recognized as a component of “Interest payable” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, when applicable. Dividends accrued on VRDP Shares are recognized as a component of “Interest expense and amortization of offering costs” on the Statement of Operations. Costs incurred by the Funds in connection with their offerings of VRDP Shares were recorded as a deferred charge, which are amortized over the life of the shares and are recognized as a component of “Variable Rate Demand Preferred (“VRDP”) Shares, net of deferred offering costs” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and “Interest expense and amortization of offerings costs” on the Statement of Operations. In addition to interest expense, each Fund also pays a per annum liquidity fee to the liquidity provider, as well as a remarketing fee, which are recognized as “Liquidity fees” and “Remarketing fees,” respectively, on the Statement of Operations.

Preferred Share Transactions
Transactions in preferred shares for the Funds during the Funds’ current and prior fiscal period, where applicable, are noted in the following tables.

Transactions in iMTP Shares for the Funds, where applicable, were as follows:

 

    Year Ended  
    October 31, 2017  
NZF     Series     Shares     Amount  
iMTP Shares redeemed     2017     (30,000 ) $ (150,000,000 )

Transactions in MFP Shares for the Funds, where applicable, were as follows:

 

    Year Ended  
    October 31, 2017  
NZF     Series     Shares     Amount  
MFP Shares issued     A     1,500   $ 150,000,000  

Transactions in VMTP Shares for the Funds, where applicable, were as follows:

 

    Year Ended  
    October 31, 2016  
NVG     Series     Shares     Amount  
VMTP Shares issued in connection with the reorganization     2018     2,404   $ 240,400,000  

 

    Year Ended  
    October 31, 2016  
NZF     Series     Shares     Amount  
VMTP Shares issued     2019     3,360   $ 336,000,000  
VMTP Shares exchanged     2017     (810 )   (81,000,000 )
Net increase (decrease)           2,550   $ 255,000,000  

Transactions in VRDP Shares for the Funds, where applicable, were as follows:

 

    Year Ended  
    October 31, 2017  
NVG     Series     Shares     Amount  
VRDP Shares issued     5     3,405   $ 340,500,000  
      6     3,267     326,700,000  
VRDP Shares exchanged     3     (6,672 )   (667,200,000 )
Net increase (decrease)             $  

 

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    Year Ended  
    October 31, 2016  
NVG     Series     Shares     Amount  
VRDP Shares issued in connection with the reorganization     2     3,854   $ 385,400,000  
      3     6,672     667,200,000  
VRDP Shares issued     4     1,800     180,000,000  
Net increase (decrease)           12,326   $ 1,232,600,000  

 

    Year Ended  
    October 31, 2016  
NZF     Series     Shares     Amount  
VRDP Shares issued in connection with the reorganization     1     2,688   $ 268,800,000  
      2     2,622     262,200,000  
      3     1,960     196,000,000  
Total           7,270   $ 727,000,000  

5. Investment Transactions
Long-term purchases and sales (including maturities but excluding derivative transactions, where applicable) during the current fiscal period were as follows:

 

                     
      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Purchases   $ 929,479,689   $ 728,461,088   $ 282,933,628  
Sales and maturities     1,016,291,907     763,802,298     100,739,313  

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 income tax, 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.

The tables below present the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of each Fund’s investment portfolio, as determined on a federal income tax basis, as of October 31, 2017.

For purposes of this disclosure, derivative tax cost is generally the sum of any upfront fees or premiums exchanged and any amounts unrealized for income statement reporting but realized in income and/or capital gains for tax reporting. If a particular derivative category does not disclose any tax unrealized appreciation or depreciation, the change in value of those derivatives have generally been fully realized for tax purposes.

 

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      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Tax cost of investments   $ 4,467,287,044   $ 3,159,362,473   $ 851,409,063  
Gross unrealized:                    
Appreciation   $ 441,616,848   $ 329,623,435   $ 93,405,020  
Depreciation     (15,355,721 )   (35,015,090 )   (42,462,990 )
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments   $ 426,261,127   $ 294,608,345   $ 50,942,030  

 

      NVG  
Tax cost of swaps   $ 1,065  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swaps   $ 1,148,073  

Permanent differences, primarily due to federal taxes paid, nondeductible offering costs, nondeductible reorganization expenses, taxable market discount, distribution reallocations, and expiration of capital loss carryforwards, resulted in reclassifications among the Funds’ components of common share net assets as of October 31, 2017, the Funds’ tax year end, as follows:

 

      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Paid-in-surplus   $ (592,189 ) $ (483,872 ) $ (30,940,085 )
Undistributed (Over-distribution of) net investment income     469,433     113,435     (13,567 )
Accumulated net realized gain (loss)     122,756     370,437     30,953,652  

The tax components of undistributed net tax-exempt income, net ordinary income and net long-term capital gains as of October 31, 2017, the Funds’ tax year end, were as follows:

 

      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Undistributed net tax-exempt income1   $ 9,073,422   $ 7,707,977   $ 1,041,123  
Undistributed net ordinary income2     1,319,977     1,543,414     594,321  
Undistributed net long-term capital gains              

 

1 Undistributed net tax-exempt income (on a tax basis) has not been reduced for the dividend declared on October 2, 2017, and paid on November 1, 2017.
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’ tax years ended October 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016, was designated for purposes of the dividends paid deduction as follows:

 

2017     NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Distributions from net tax-exempt income3   $ 197,183,447   $ 141,959,988   $ 49,678,186  
Distributions from net ordinary income2     231,498     286,558     306,114  
Distributions from net long-term capital gains4     5,905,855     255,176      

 

2016     NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Distributions from net tax-exempt income   $ 99,983,479   $ 83,860,978   $ 49,588,685  
Distributions from net ordinary income2     381,678     196,088     477,534  
Distributions from net long-term capital gains     759,429          

 

2 Net ordinary income consists of taxable market discount income and net short-term capital gains, if any.
3 The Funds hereby designate these amounts paid during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2017, as Exempt Interest Dividends.
4 The Funds designate as long-term capital gain dividend, pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code Section 852(b)(3), the amount necessary to reduce earnings and profits of the Funds related to net capital gain to zero for the tax year ended October 31, 2017.

 

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As of October 31, 2017, the Funds’ 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.

 

      NVG     NZF 5   NMZ 5
Expiration:                    
October 31, 2018   $   $   $ 1,362,739  
Not subject to expiration     11,069,711     24,481,773      
Total   $ 11,069,711   $ 24,481,773   $ 1,362,739  

 

5 A portion of NZF’s and NMZ’s capital loss carryforward is subject to an annual limitation under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations.

As of October 31, 2017, the Funds’ tax year end, the following Funds’ capital loss carryforwards expired as follows:

 

      NVG     NMZ  
Expired capital loss carryforwards   $ 322,087   $ 30,734,989  

 

During the Funds’ tax year ended October 31, 2017, the following Funds utilized capital loss carryforwards as follows:

 

      NVG     NMZ  
Utilized capital loss carryforwards   $ 624,345   $ 4,671,028  

7. Management Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Management Fees
Each Fund’s management fee compensates the Adviser for 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 Fund 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.

The annual Fund-level fee, payable monthly, for each Fund is calculated according to the following schedules:

 

  NVG
  NZF
Average Daily Managed Assets* Fund-Level Fee
For the first $125 million 0.5000 %
For the next $125 million 0.4875  
For the next $250 million 0.4750  
For the next $500 million 0.4625  
For the next $1 billion 0.4500  
For the next $3 billion 0.4250  
For managed assets over $5 billion 0.4125  

 

  NMZ
Average Daily Managed Assets* Fund-Level Fee
For the first $125 million 0.5500 %
For the next $125 million 0.5375  
For the next $250 million 0.5250  
For the next $500 million 0.5125  
For the next $1 billion 0.5000  
For the next $3 billion 0.4750  
For managed assets over $5 billion 0.4625  

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

The annual complex-level fee, payable monthly, for each Fund is calculated by multiplying the current complex-wide fee rate, determined according to the following schedule by the Fund’s daily managed assets:

 

Complex-Level Managed 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  

 

* For the complex-level fees, managed assets include closed-end fund assets managed by the Adviser that are attributable to certain types of leverage. For these purposes, leverage includes the 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 managed assets in certain circumstances. The complex-level fee is calculated based upon the aggregate daily managed assets of all Nuveen Funds that constitute “eligible assets.” Eligible assets do not include assets attributable to investments in other Nuveen Funds or assets in excess of a determined amount (originally $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. As of October 31, 2017, the complex-level fee for each Fund was 0.1595%.

During the prior fiscal period, the Adviser agreed to implement a fee waiver for NVG and NZF, which would begin on the effective date of the New Investment Management Agreement (the “Agreement”) and will be phased out over the first year following the effective date of the Agreement. The waiver would be applied according to the following schedule and annual rates: (i) 0.05% of managed assets for the first 90 day period following the effective date of the Agreement; (ii) 0.0375% of managed assets for the 91st through 180th day period following the effective date of the Agreement; (iii) 0.025% of managed assets for the 181st through 270th day period following the effective date of the Agreement; and (iv) 0.0125% of managed assets for the 271st through 365th day period following the effective date of the Agreement. The fee waiver agreement may not be discontinued prior to the expiration of the one-year period unless authorized by the Board or the Agreement terminates. The purpose of the fee waiver is to phase in the new management fee over a period of one year. The fee waiver expired on April 10, 2017.

Other Transactions with Affiliates
Each Fund is permitted to purchase or sell securities from or to certain other funds managed by the Adviser (“inter-fund trade”) under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. These procedures have been designed to ensure that any inter-fund trade of securities by the Fund from or to another fund that is, or could be, considered an affiliate of the Fund under certain limited circumstances by virtue of having a common investment adviser (or affiliated investment adviser), common officer and/or common trustee complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each inter-fund trade is effected at the current market price as provided by an independent pricing service. Unsettled inter-fund trades as of the end of the reporting period are recognized as a component of “Receivable for investments sold” and/or “Payable for investments purchased” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, when applicable.

During the current fiscal period, the following Funds engaged in inter-fund trades pursuant to these procedures as follows:

 

Inter-Fund Trades     NVG     NZF  
Purchases   $   $ 42,099,924  
Sales     5,983,894     40,251,366  

8. Borrowing Arrangements

Uncommitted Line of Credit
During the current fiscal period, the Funds participated in an unsecured bank line of credit (“Unsecured Credit Line”) under which outstanding balances would bear interest at a variable rate. On December 31, 2016, (the only date utilized during the current fiscal period), NVG borrowed $721,990 from the Unsecured Credit Line at an annualized interest rate of 2.02%. None of the other Funds participated in the Unsecured Credit Line during the current fiscal period.

The Unsecured Credit Line was not renewed after its scheduled termination date on July 27, 2017.

 

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Committed Line of Credit
The Funds, along with certain other funds managed by the Adviser (“Participating Funds”), have established a 364-day, approximately $3 billion standby credit facility with a group of lenders, under which the Participating Funds may borrow for various purposes other than leveraging for investment purposes. A large portion of this facility’s capacity (and its associated costs as described below) is currently dedicated for use by a small number of Participating Funds, which does not include any of the Funds covered by this shareholder report. The remaining capacity under the facility (and the corresponding portion of the facility’s annual costs) is separately dedicated to most of the other open-end funds in the Nuveen fund family, along with a number of Nuveen closed-end funds, including all of the Funds covered by this shareholder report. The credit facility expires in July 2018 unless extended or renewed.

The credit facility has the following terms: a fee of 0.15% per annum on unused commitment amounts, and interest at a rate equal to the higher of (a) one-month LIBOR (London Inter-Bank Offered Rate) plus 1.25% per annum or (b) the Fed Funds rate plus 1.25% per annum on amounts borrowed. Participating Funds paid administration, legal and arrangement fees, which are recognized as a component of “Other expenses” on the Statement of Operations, and along with commitment fees, have been allocated among such Participating Funds based upon the relative proportions of the facility’s aggregate capacity reserved for them and other factors deemed relevant by the Adviser and the Board of each Participating Fund.

During the current fiscal period, the following Funds utilized this facility. Each Fund’s maximum outstanding balance during the utilization period was as follows:

 

      NVG     NZF  
Maximum Outstanding Balance   $ 20,000,000   $ 30,000,000  

During the current fiscal period, and during each Fund’s utilization period, the average daily balance outstanding and average annual interest rate on the Borrowings were as follows:

 

      NVG     NZF  
Average daily balance outstanding   $ 16,354,839   $ 13,633,766  
Average annual interest rate     1.92 %   2.12 %

Borrowings outstanding as of the end of the reporting period are recognized as “Borrowings” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, where applicable. NMZ did not utilize this facility during the current fiscal period.

Inter-Fund Borrowing and Lending
The SEC has granted an exemptive order permitting registered open-end and closed-end Nuveen funds to participate in an inter-fund lending facility whereby the Nuveen funds may directly lend to and borrow money from each other for temporary purposes (e.g., to satisfy redemption requests or when a sale of securities “fails,” resulting in an unanticipated cash shortfall) (the “Inter-Fund Program”). The closed-end Nuveen funds, including the Funds covered by this shareholder report, will participate only as lenders, and not as borrowers, in the Inter-Fund Program because such closed-end funds rarely, if ever, need to borrow cash to meet redemptions. The Inter-Fund Program is subject to a number of conditions, including, among other things, the requirements that (1) no fund may borrow or lend money through the Inter-Fund Program unless it receives a more favorable interest rate than is typically available from a bank or other financial institution for a comparable transaction; (2) no fund may borrow on an unsecured basis through the Inter-Fund Program unless the fund’s outstanding borrowings from all sources immediately after the inter-fund borrowing total 10% or less of its total assets; provided that if the borrowing fund has a secured borrowing outstanding from any other lender, including but not limited to another fund, the inter-fund loan must be secured on at least an equal priority basis with at least an equivalent percentage of collateral to loan value; (3) if a fund’s total outstanding borrowings immediately after an inter-fund borrowing would be greater than 10% of its total assets, the fund may borrow through the inter-fund loan on a secured basis only; (4) no fund may lend money if the loan would cause its aggregate outstanding loans through the Inter-Fund Program to exceed 15% of its net assets at the time of the loan; (5) a fund’s inter-fund loans to any one fund shall not exceed 5% of the lending fund’s net assets; (6) the duration of inter-fund loans will be limited to the time required to receive payment for securities sold, but in no event more than seven days; and (7) each inter-fund loan may be called on one business day’s notice by a lending fund and may be repaid on any day by a borrowing fund. In addition, a Nuveen fund may participate in the Inter-Fund Program only if and to the extent that such participation is consistent with the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. The Board is responsible for overseeing the Inter-Fund Program.

The limitations detailed above and the other conditions of the SEC exemptive order permitting the Inter-Fund Program are designed to minimize the risks associated with Inter-Fund Program for both the lending fund and the borrowing fund. However, no borrowing or lending activity is without risk. When a fund borrows money from another fund, there is a risk that the loan could be called on one day’s notice or not renewed, in which case the fund may have to borrow from a bank at a higher rate or take other actions to payoff such loan if an inter-fund loan is not available from another fund. Any delay in repayment to a lending fund could result in a lost investment opportunity or additional borrowing costs.

During May 2017, the Board approved the Nuveen funds participation in the Inter-Fund Program. During the current reporting period, none of the Funds covered by this shareholder report have entered into any inter-fund loan activity.

 

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9. New Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2017-08 (“ASU 2017-08”) Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities
During March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2017-08, which shortens the premium amortization period for purchased non-contingently callable debt securities. ASU 2017-08 specifies that the premium amortization period ends at the earliest call date, for purchased non-contingently callable debt securities. ASU 2017-08 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the implications of ASU 2017-08, if any.

10. Subsequent Events

Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares
Subsequent to the close of the reporting period, NZF designated a special rate period until November 7, 2018 for its Series 1 and Series 2 VRDP Shares.

 

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Additional Fund Information (Unaudited)

 

Board of Trustees          
Margo Cook*
William J. Schneider
Jack B. Evans
Judith M. Stockdale
William C. Hunter
Carole E. Stone
David J. Kundert**
Terence J. Toth
Albin F. Moschner
Margaret L. Wolff
John K. Nelson
Robert L. Young

 

* Interested Board Member.
** Retired from the Fund’s Board of Trustees effective December 31, 2017.
   

 

Fund Manager
Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Custodian
State Street Bank
and Trust Company
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111
Legal Counsel
Chapman and Cutler LLP
Chicago, IL 60603
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
KPMG LLP
200 East Randolph Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Transfer Agent and
Shareholder Services
ComputerShare Trust
Company, N.A.
250 Royal Street
Canton, MA 02021
(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 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 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.

         


CEO Certification Disclosure
Each Fund’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has submitted to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) the annual CEO certification as required by Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. Each Fund has filed with the SEC the certification of its CEO and Chief Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.


 

         

Common Share Repurchases
Each Fund intends to repurchase, through its open-market share repurchase program, shares of its own common stock at such times and in such amounts as is deemed advisable. During the period covered by this report, each Fund repurchased shares of its common stock as shown in the accompanying table. Any future repurchases will be reported to shareholders in the next annual or semi-annual report.

 

      NVG     NZF     NMZ  
Common shares repurchased              

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 (Unaudited)



Auction Rate Bond: An auction rate bond is a security whose interest payments are adjusted periodically through an auction process, which process typically also serves as a means for buying and selling the bond. Auctions that fail to attract enough buyers for all the shares offered for sale are deemed to have “failed,” with current holders receiving a formula-based interest rate until the next scheduled auction.
   
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 market 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’s or fund’s duration, the more the price of the bond or fund will change as interest rates change.
   
Effective Leverage: Effective leverage is a fund’s effective economic leverage, and includes both regulatory leverage (see leverage) and the leverage effects of certain derivative investments in the fund’s portfolio. Currently, the leverage effects of Tender Option Bond (TOB) inverse floater holdings are included in effective leverage values, in addition to any regulatory leverage.
   
Forward Interest Rate Swap: A contractual agreement between two counterparties under which one party agrees to make periodic payments to the other for an agreed period of time based on a fixed rate, while the other party agrees to make periodic payments based on a floating rate of interest based on an underlying index. Alternatively, both series of cash flows to be exchanged could be calculated using floating rates of interest but floating rates that are based upon different underlying indexes.
   
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.
   
Industrial Development Revenue Bond (IDR): A unique type of revenue bond issued by a state or local government agency on behalf of a private sector company and intended to build or acquire factories or other heavy equipment and tools.
   
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.
   
NVG and NZF Custom Blended Fund Performance Benchmark: The Fund Performance Benchmark is an unleveraged index consisting of the returns of the S&P Municipal Bond Index prior to 4/11/16 and thereafter the returns of an 60%/40% blend of the S&P Municipal Bond Investment Grade Index and the S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index, respectively. The S&P Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged, market value-weighted index designed to measure the performance of tax-exempt municipal bonds. The S&P Municipal Bond Investment Grade Index is an unmanaged, market value-weighted index designed to measure the performance of tax-exempt municipal bonds rated investment grade by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and/or Fitch. The S&P Municipal Bond

 

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  High Yield Index is an unmanaged, market value-weighted index designed to measure the performance of the tax-exempt, high yield municipal bonds. Index returns assume compounding and do not include the effects of any fees or expenses.
   
Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share: A fund’s Net Assets is equal to its total assets (securities, cash, accrued earnings and receivables) less its total liabilities. NAV per share is equal to the fund’s Net Assets divided by its number of shares outstanding.
   
Pre-Refunding: Pre-Refunding, also known as advanced refundings or refinancings, is a procedure used by state and local governments to refinance municipal bonds to lower interest expenses. The issuer sells new bonds with a lower yield and uses the proceeds to buy U.S. Treasury securities, the interest from which is used to make payments on the higher-yielding bonds. Because of this collateral, pre-refunding generally raises a bond’s credit rating and thus its value.
   
Regulatory Leverage: Regulatory leverage consists of preferred shares issued by or borrowings of a fund. Both of these are part of a fund’s capital structure. Regulatory leverage is subject to asset coverage limits set in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
   
S&P Municipal Bond High Yield Index: An unleveraged, market value-weighted index designed to measure the performance of the tax-exempt, investment grade U.S. high yield municipal bond market. Index returns assume reinvestment of distributions, 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.
   
The S&P Municipal Yield Index: An unleveraged, market value-weighted index containing all bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond Index that are non-rated bonds or whose ratings are BB+ by S&P and BA-1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or lower. This index does not contain bonds that are pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity. Index returns assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not reflect any applicable sales charges or 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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Reinvest Automatically, Easily and Conveniently


Nuveen makes reinvesting easy. A phone call is all it takes to set up your reinvestment account.

         


Nuveen Closed-End Funds Automatic Reinvestment Plan


Nuveen Closed-End Fund allows you to conveniently reinvest distributions in additional Fund shares. By choosing to reinvest, you’ll be able to invest money regularly and automatically, and watch your investment grow through the power of compounding. Just like distributions in cash, there may be times when income or capital gains taxes may be payable on distributions that are reinvested. It is important to note that an automatic reinvestment plan does not ensure a profit, nor does it protect you against loss in a declining market.

Easy and convenient


To make recordkeeping easy and convenient, each month you’ll receive a statement showing your total distributions, the date of investment, the shares acquired and the price per share, and the total number of shares you own.

How shares are purchased


The shares you acquire by reinvesting will either be purchased on the open market or newly issued by the Fund. If the shares are trading at or above net asset value at the time of valuation, the Fund will issue new shares at the greater of the net asset value or 95% of the then-current market price. If the shares are trading at less than net asset value, shares for your account will be purchased on the open market. If the Plan Agent begins purchasing Fund shares on the open market while shares are trading below net asset value, but the Fund’s shares subsequently trade at or above their net asset value before the Plan Agent is able to complete its purchases, the Plan Agent may cease open-market purchases and may invest the uninvested portion of the distribution in newly-issued Fund shares at a price equal to the greater of the shares’ net asset value or 95% of the shares’ market value on the last business day immediately prior to the purchase date. Distributions received to purchase shares in the open market will normally be invested shortly after the distribution payment date. No interest will be paid on distributions awaiting reinvestment. Because the market price of the shares may increase before purchases are completed, the average purchase price per share may exceed the market price at the time of valuation, resulting in the acquisition of fewer shares than if the distribution had been paid in shares issued by the Fund. A pro rata portion of any applicable brokerage commissions on open market purchases will be paid by Plan participants. These commissions usually will be lower than those charged on individual transactions.

Flexible


You may change your distribution option or withdraw from the Plan at any time, should your needs or situation change. You can reinvest whether your shares are registered in your name, or in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee. Ask your investment advisor if his or her firm will participate on your behalf. Participants whose shares are registered in the name of one firm may not be able to transfer the shares to another firm and continue to participate in the Plan. The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time. Although the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants, there is no direct service charge to participants in the Plan at this time.

Call today to start reinvesting distributions


For more information on the Nuveen Automatic Reinvestment Plan or to enroll in or withdraw from the Plan, speak with your financial advisor or call us at (800) 257-8787.

 

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Annual Investment Management Agreement Approval Process (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees (each, a “Board,” and each Trustee, a “Board Member”) of each Fund, including the Board Members who are not parties to the applicable advisory or sub-advisory agreements or “interested persons” of any such parties (the “Independent Board Members”), oversees the management of its respective Fund, including the performance of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, the Funds’ investment adviser (the “Adviser”), and Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, the Funds’ sub-adviser (the “Sub-Adviser”). As required by applicable law, after the initial term of the respective Fund following commencement of its operations, the Board is required to consider annually whether to renew the Fund’s management agreement with the Adviser (the “Investment Management Agreement”) and its sub-advisory agreement with the Sub-Adviser (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement” and, together with the Investment Management Agreement, the “Advisory Agreements”). Accordingly, the Board met in person on April 11-12, 2017 (the “April Meeting”) and May 23-25, 2017 (the “May Meeting”) to consider the approval of each Advisory Agreement that was up for renewal for an additional one-year period.

The Board considered its review of the Advisory Agreements as an ongoing process encompassing the information received and the deliberations the Board and its committees have had throughout the year. The Board met regularly during the year and received materials and discussed topics that were relevant to the annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Agreements, including, among other things, overall market performance and developments; fund investment performance; investment team review; valuation of securities; compliance, regulatory and risk management matters; and other developments. The Board had also established several standing committees, including the Open-end Fund Committee and Closed-end Fund Committee, which met regularly throughout the year to permit the Board Members to delve deeper into the topics particularly relevant to the respective product line. The Board further continued its practice of seeking to meet periodically with the Sub-Adviser and its investment team. The accumulated information, knowledge, and experience the Board Members had gained during their tenure on the Board governing the Funds and working with the Fund Advisers (as defined below) were taken into account in their review of the Advisory Agreements.

In addition to the materials received by the Board or its committees throughout the year, the Board reviewed extensive additional materials prepared specifically for its annual review of the Advisory Agreements in response to a request by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Board Members. The materials addressed a variety of topics, including, but not limited to, a description of the services provided by the Adviser and Sub-Adviser (the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser are each a “Fund Adviser”); an analysis of fund performance including comparative industry data and a detailed focus on any performance outliers; an analysis of the Sub-Adviser; an analysis of the fees and expense ratios of the Nuveen funds in absolute terms and in comparison to the fees and expenses of peers with a focus on any expense outliers; an assessment of shareholder services for the Nuveen funds and of the performance of certain service providers; a review of initiatives instituted or continued during the past year; a review of premium/discount trends and leverage management for the closed-end funds as well as information regarding the profitability of the Fund Advisers, the compensation of portfolio managers, and compliance and risk matters. The materials provided in connection with the annual review included information compiled and prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge” or “Lipper”), an independent provider of investment company data, comparing, in relevant part, each Fund’s fees and expenses with those of a comparable universe of funds (the “Peer Universe”), as selected by Broadridge (the “Broadridge Report”). The Independent Board Members also received a memorandum from independent legal counsel outlining their fiduciary duties and legal standards in reviewing the Advisory Agreements.

As part of its annual review, the Board met at the April Meeting to review the investment performance of the Funds and to consider the Adviser’s analysis of the Sub-Adviser evaluating, among other things, the Sub-Adviser’s assets under management, investment team, performance, organizational stability, and investment approach. During the review, the Independent Board Members requested and received additional information from management. At the May Meeting, the Board, including the Independent Board Members, continued its review and ultimately approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreements for an additional year. Throughout the year and throughout their review of the Advisory Agreements, the Independent Board Members were assisted by independent legal counsel and met with counsel separately without management present. In deciding to renew the Advisory

 

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Agreements, the Independent Board Members did not identify a particular factor as determinative, but rather the decision reflected the comprehensive consideration of all the information presented, and each Board Member may have attributed different weights to the various factors and information considered in connection with the approval process. The following summarizes the principal factors, but not all the factors, the Board considered in its review of the Advisory Agreements and its conclusions.

 

A. Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
  In evaluating the renewal of the Advisory Agreements, the Independent Board Members received and considered information regarding the nature, extent and quality of the applicable Fund Adviser’s services provided to the respective Fund and the resulting performance of each Fund. The Board recognized the myriad of services the Adviser and its affiliates provided to manage and operate the Nuveen funds, including (a) product management (such as managing distributions, positioning the product in the marketplace, maintaining and enhancing shareholder communications and reporting to the Board); (b) investment oversight, risk management and securities valuation (such as overseeing the sub-advisers and other service providers, analyzing investment performance and risks, overseeing risk management and disclosure, executing the daily valuation of securities, and analyzing trade execution); (c) fund administration (such as helping to prepare fund tax returns and complete other tax compliance matters and helping to prepare regulatory filings and shareholder reports); (d) fund board administration (such as preparing board materials and organizing and providing assistance for board meetings); (e) compliance (such as helping to devise and maintain the Nuveen funds’ compliance program and test for adherence); (f) legal support (such as helping to prepare registration statements and proxy statements, interpreting regulations and policies and overseeing fund activities); (g) with respect to certain closed-end funds, providing leverage, capital and distribution management services; and (h) with respect to certain open-end funds with portfolios that have a leverage component, providing such leverage management services.
   
  The Board further noted the Adviser’s continued dedication to investing in its business to enhance the quality and breadth of the services provided to the Funds. The Board recognized the Adviser’s investment in staffing over recent years to support the services provided to the Nuveen funds in key areas, including in investment services, product management, retail distribution and information technology, closed-end funds and structured products, as well as in fund administration, operations and risk management. The Board further noted the Adviser’s continued commitment to enhancing its compliance program by, among other things, restructuring the compliance organization, developing a unified compliance program, adding compliance staff, and developing and/or revising policies and procedures as well as building further infrastructure to address new regulatory requirements or guidance and the growth of the complex. The Board also considered the enhancements to Nuveen’s cybersecurity capabilities, systems and processes to value securities, stress test reporting and risk and control self-assessments.
   
  In addition, the Independent Board Members considered information highlighting the various initiatives that the Adviser had implemented or continued over recent years to benefit the open-end fund and closed-end fund product lines and/or particular Nuveen funds. The Board noted the Adviser’s continued efforts to rationalize the open-end fund and closed-end fund product lines through, among other things, mergers, liquidations and repositionings in seeking to provide enhanced shareholder value over the years through increased efficiency, reduced costs, improved performance and revised investment approaches that are more relevant to current shareholder needs. With respect to closed-end Nuveen funds, such initiatives included (a) an increased level of leverage management activities in 2016 and 2017 resulting from the rollover of existing facilities, the negotiation of improved terms and pricing to reduce leverage costs, the innovation of new leverage structures, the rebalancing of leverage of various funds as a result of mergers or new investment mandates, and the restructuring of tender option bonds to be compliant with new regulatory requirements; (b) an increased level of capital management activities (i.e., the management of the issuance and repurchase of shares of certain closed-end funds) during 2016 as a result of market demand as well as an implementation of a cross department review system for shares trading at certain discount levels; (c) continued refinements to a database to permit further analysis of the closed-end fund marketplace and shareholder base; (d) the development of enhanced secondary market board reporting and commentary; (e) the reconfiguration of the framework for determining and maintaining closed-end fund benchmarks to permit more consistency across the complex; and (f) the development of product innovations for new

 

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  closed-end offerings, including target term funds. The Board also recognized the Adviser’s continued commitment to supporting the closed-end product line through its award winning investor relations support program through which Nuveen seeks to educate investors and financial advisers regarding closed-end funds.
   
  With respect to municipal funds, the Independent Board Members also appreciated, in particular, the astute portfolio management of the municipal funds with respect to the Puerto Rico debt crisis.
   
  In its review, the Board recognized that initiatives that attracted assets to the Nuveen family of funds generally benefited the Nuveen funds in the complex as fixed costs would be spread over a larger asset base and, as described below, through the complex-wide fee arrangement which generally provides that the management fees of the Nuveen funds (subject to limited exceptions) are reduced as asset levels in the complex reach certain breakpoints in the fee schedule.
   
  Similarly, the Board considered the sub-advisory services provided by the Sub-Adviser to the Funds. The Sub-Adviser generally provided portfolio advisory services for the Funds. The Board reviewed the Adviser’s analysis of the Sub-Adviser which evaluated, among other things, the investment team and any changes thereto, the stability and history of the organization, the assets under management, the investment approach and the performance of the Nuveen funds it sub-advises. The Board noted that the Adviser recommended the renewal of the Sub-Advisory Agreements.
   
  Based on its review, the Board determined, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, that it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the respective Funds under each applicable Advisory Agreement.
   
B. The Investment Performance of the Funds and Fund Advisers
  As part of its evaluation of the services provided by the Fund Advisers, the Board reviewed Fund performance over the quarter, one-, three- and five-year periods ending December 31, 2016 as well as performance data for the first quarter of 2017 ending March 31, 2017. The Board reviewed performance on an absolute basis and in comparison to the performance of peer funds (the “Performance Peer Group”) and recognized and/or customized benchmarks (i.e., generally benchmarks derived from multiple recognized benchmarks). For closed-end funds, the Board (or the Closed-end Fund Committee) also reviewed, among other things, the premium or discount to net asset value of the Nuveen closed-end funds as of a specified date and over various periods as well as in comparison to the premium/discount average in their respective Lipper peer category. The Independent Board Members continued to recognize the importance of secondary market trading for the shares of the closed-end funds and the evaluation of the premium and discount levels was a continuing priority for them. The review and analysis of performance information during the annual review of Advisory Agreements incorporated the discussions and performance information the Board Members have had at each of their quarterly meetings throughout the year.
   
  In evaluating performance data, the Independent Board Members recognized some of the limitations of such data and the difficulty in establishing appropriate peer groups and benchmarks for certain of the Nuveen funds. They recognized that each fund operates pursuant to its own investment objective(s), parameters and restrictions which may differ from that of the Performance Peer Group or benchmark. Certain funds may also utilize leverage which may provide benefits or risks to their portfolio compared to an unlevered benchmark. The Independent Board Members had noted that management had classified the Performance Peer Groups as low, medium and high in relevancy to the applicable fund as a result of these differences or other factors. The Independent Board Members recognized that the variations between the Performance Peer Group or benchmark and the applicable Fund will lead to differing performance results and may limit the value of the comparative performance data in assessing the particular Fund’s performance.
   
  In addition, the Independent Board Members recognized that the performance data is a snapshot in time, in this case as of the end of the 2016 calendar year or end of the first quarter of 2017. A different period may generate significantly different results and longer term performance can be adversely affected by even one period of significant underperformance. Further, a shareholder’s experience in a Fund depends on his or her own holding period which may differ from that reviewed by the Independent Board Members.

 

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  In their review of performance, the Independent Board Members focused, in particular, on the Adviser’s analysis of Nuveen funds determined to be underperforming performance outliers and the factors contributing to the respective fund’s performance and any efforts to address performance concerns. With respect to any Nuveen funds for which the Board has identified performance issues, the Board monitors such funds closely until performance improves, discusses with the Adviser the reasons for such results, considers any steps necessary or appropriate to address such issues, and reviews the results of any efforts undertaken. The Board, however, acknowledged that shareholders chose to invest or remain invested in a fund knowing that the Adviser and applicable sub-adviser manage the fund, knowing the fund’s investment strategy and seeking exposure to that strategy (even if the strategy was “out of favor” in the marketplace) and knowing the fund’s fee structure.
   
  In reviewing the performance of the Nuveen municipal funds, the Board recognized the challenged and volatile conditions of the municipal market in the fourth quarter of 2016 which impacted the performance of many of the municipal funds. The Board further considered that the municipal market had generally rebounded in the first quarter of 2017. In reviewing the performance of the municipal funds, the Board considered the impact of the market conditions.
   
  For Nuveen AMT-Free Municipal Credit Income Fund (the “AMT-Free Fund”), the Board noted that, although the Fund ranked in its Performance Peer Group in the fourth quartile in the one- and five-year periods, the Fund ranked in the third quartile in the three-year period. In addition, although the Fund underperformed its benchmark and blended benchmark in the one-year period, the Fund outperformed such benchmarks in the three- and five-year periods. In the first quarter of 2017, the Fund’s relative performance improved, ranking in the first quartile of its Performance Peer Group and outperforming its benchmarks for such period. The Board was satisfied with the Fund’s overall performance.
   
  For Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund (the “Credit Fund”), the Board noted that, although the Fund ranked in the fourth quartile in the one-year period, the Fund ranked in the third quartile in the three- and five-year periods. Although the Fund underperformed its benchmark and blended benchmark in the one-year period, the Fund outperformed such benchmarks in the three- and five-year periods. In considering performance, the Board recognized that the Performance Peer Group was classified as low for relevancy. The Board further considered that the Fund’s overweight in municipal securities rated BBB and below compared to its peers detracted from the Fund’s relative peer performance. In the first quarter of 2017, the Fund’s relative performance improved, ranking in the first quartile of its Performance Peer Group and outperforming its benchmarks for such period. The Board was satisfied with the Adviser’s explanation of the Fund’s performance.
   
  For Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (the “High Income Fund”), the Board noted that although the Fund ranked in its Performance Peer Group in the fourth quartile and underperformed its benchmark for the one-year period, the Fund ranked in the first quartile and outperformed its benchmark in the three- and five-year periods. In the first quarter of 2017, the Fund’s relative performance improved, ranking in the second quartile in its Performance Peer Group and outperforming its benchmark for such period. The Board was satisfied with the Fund’s overall performance.
   
C. Fees, Expenses and Profitability
   
  1. Fees and Expenses
  The Board evaluated the management fees and other fees and expenses of each Fund. The Board reviewed and considered, among other things, the gross and net management fees paid by the Funds. The Board further considered the net total expense ratio of each Fund (expressed as a percentage of average net assets) as the expense ratio is most reflective of the investors’ net experience in a Fund as it directly reflected the costs of investing in the respective Fund.
   
  In addition, the Board reviewed the Broadridge Report comparing, in relevant part, each Fund’s gross and net advisory fees and net total expense ratio with those of a Peer Universe. The Independent Board Members also reviewed the methodology regarding the construction of the applicable Peer Universe by Broadridge. In reviewing the comparative data, the Board was aware that various factors may limit some of the usefulness of the data, such as differences in size of the peers; the composition of the

 

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  Peer Universe; changes each year of funds comprising the Peer Universe; levels of expense reimbursements and fee waivers; and differences in the type and use of leverage. Nevertheless, in reviewing a fund’s fees and expenses compared to the fees and expenses of its peers (excluding leverage costs and leveraged assets), the Board generally considered a fund’s expenses and fees to be higher if they were over 10 basis points higher, slightly higher if they were 6 to 10 basis points higher, in line if they were within approximately 5 basis points higher than the peer average and below if they were below the peer average of the Peer Universe. The Board noted that the substantial majority of the Nuveen funds had a net expense ratio that was near or below their respective peer average.
   
  The Independent Board Members noted that the AMT-Free Fund had a net management fee in line with its peer average and a net expense ratio below its peer average, the Credit Fund had a net management fee and a net expense ratio in line with the peer average, and the High Income Fund had a net management fee slightly higher than its peer average but a net expense ratio in line with its peer average.
   
  In their evaluation of the management fee schedule, the Independent Board Members also reviewed the fund-level and complex-wide breakpoint schedules, as described in further detail below. With respect to closed-end funds, the Board considered the effects of leverage on fees and expenses, including the calculation of management fees for funds with tender option bonds.
   
  Based on their review of the information provided, the Board determined that each Fund’s management fees (as applicable) to a Fund Adviser were reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund.
   
  2. Comparisons with the Fees of Other Clients
  The Board also reviewed information regarding the respective Fund Adviser’s fee rates for providing advisory services to other types of clients. For the Adviser and/or the Sub-Adviser, such other clients may include municipal separately managed accounts and passively managed exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) sub-advised by the Sub-Adviser but that are offered by another fund complex.
   
  The Board recognized that each Fund had an affiliated sub-adviser. In reviewing the fee rates assessed to other clients, with respect to affiliated sub-advisers, the Board reviewed, among other things, the range of fees and average fee rates assessed for managed accounts.
   
  The Board recognized the inherent differences between the Nuveen funds and the other types of clients. The Board considered information regarding these various differences which included, among other things, the services required, average account sizes, types of investors targeted, legal structure and operations, and applicable laws and regulations. The Independent Board Members recognized that the foregoing variations resulted in different economics among the product structures and culminated in varying management fees among the types of clients and the Nuveen funds. In general, the Board noted that higher fee levels reflected higher levels of service provided by the Fund Adviser, increased investment management complexity, greater product management requirements and higher levels of business risk or some combination of the foregoing. The Board recognized the breadth of services the Adviser provided to support the Nuveen funds as summarized above and noted that many of such administrative services may not be required to the same extent or at all for the institutional clients or other clients. The Board further recognized the passive management of ETFs compared to the active management required of other Nuveen funds would contribute to differing fee levels.
   
  The Independent Board Members noted that the sub-advisory fees paid by the Adviser to the Sub-Adviser, however, were generally for portfolio management services. With respect to affiliated sub-advisers, the Board noted such sub-advisory fees were more comparable to the fees of retail wrap accounts and other external sub-advisory mandates.
   
  Given the inherent differences in the various products, particularly the extensive services provided to the Funds, the Board concluded that such facts justify the different levels of fees.

 

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  3. Profitability of Fund Advisers
  In conjunction with their review of fees, the Independent Board Members also considered Nuveen’s level of profitability for its advisory services to the Nuveen funds for the calendar years 2016 and 2015. In considering profitability, the Independent Board Members considered the level of profitability realized by Nuveen before the imposition of any distribution and marketing expenses incurred by the firm from its own resources. In evaluating the profitability, the Independent Board Members evaluated the analysis employed in developing the profitability figures, including the assumptions and methodology employed in allocating expenses. The Independent Board Members recognized the inherent limitations to any cost allocation methodology as different and reasonable approaches may be used and yet yield differing results. The Independent Board Members further reviewed an analysis of the history of the profitability methodology used explaining any changes to the methodology over the years. The Board has appointed two Independent Board Members, who along with independent legal counsel, helped to review and discuss the methodology employed to develop the profitability analysis each year and any proposed changes thereto and to keep the Board apprised of such changes during the year.
   
  In their review, the Independent Board Members evaluated, among other things, Nuveen’s adjusted operating margins, the gross and net revenue margins (pre-tax and after-tax) for advisory activities for the Nuveen funds, and the revenues, expenses, and net income (pre-tax and after-tax) of Nuveen for each of the last two calendar years. The Independent Board Members also reviewed an analysis of the key drivers behind the changes in revenues and expenses that impacted profitability in 2016 versus 2015. The Board, however, observed that Nuveen’s operating margins for its advisory activities in 2016 were similar to that of 2015.
   
  In addition to reviewing Nuveen’s profitability in absolute terms, the Independent Board Members also reviewed the adjusted total company margins of other advisory firms that had publicly available information and comparable assets under management (based on asset size and asset composition). The Independent Board Members, however, noted that the usefulness of the comparative data may be limited as the other firms may have a different business mix and their profitability data may be affected by numerous other factors such as the types of funds managed, the cost allocation methodology used, and their capital structure. Nevertheless, the Board noted that Nuveen’s adjusted operating margins appeared comparable to the adjusted margins of the peers.
   
  Further, the Adviser is a subsidiary of Nuveen, LLC, the investment management arm of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”). To have a fuller picture of the financial condition and strength of the TIAA complex, together with Nuveen, the Board reviewed a balance sheet for TIAA reflecting its assets, liabilities and capital and contingency reserves for the 2016 and 2015 calendar years.
   
  In addition to the Adviser’s profitability, the Independent Board Members also considered the profitability of the Sub-Adviser from its relationship with the Nuveen funds. The Independent Board Members reviewed the Sub-Adviser’s revenues, expenses and revenue margins (pre- and post-tax) for its advisory activities for the calendar year ended December 31, 2016. The Independent Board Members also reviewed a profitability analysis reflecting the revenues, expenses and revenue margin (pre- and post-tax) by asset type for the Sub-Adviser for the calendar year ending December 31, 2016.
   
  In evaluating the reasonableness of the compensation, the Independent Board Members also considered other amounts paid to a Fund Adviser for its services to the Funds as well as indirect benefits (such as soft dollar arrangements), if any, the Fund Adviser and its affiliates received or were expected to receive that were directly attributable to the management of a Fund. See Section E below for additional information on indirect benefits a Fund Adviser may receive as a result of its relationship with the Funds.
   
  Based on a consideration of all the information provided, the Board noted that Nuveen’s and the Sub-Adviser’s level of profitability was acceptable and not unreasonable in light of the services provided.

 

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  D. Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale
  When evaluating the level of the advisory fees, the Independent Board Members considered whether there will be any economies of scale that may be realized by the Fund Adviser as a Fund grows and the extent to which these economies were shared with the Funds and shareholders. The Board recognized that economies of scale are difficult to measure with precision; however, the Board considered that there were several ways the Fund Adviser may share the benefits of economies of scale with the Nuveen funds, including through breakpoints in the management fee schedule reducing the fee rates as asset levels grow, fee waivers and/or expense limitation agreements and the Adviser’s investment in its business which can enhance the services provided to the Nuveen funds. With respect to the fee structure, the Independent Board Members have recognized that economies of scale may be realized when a particular fund grows, but also when the total size of the fund complex grows (even if the assets of a particular fund in the complex have not changed or have decreased). Accordingly, subject to certain exceptions, the funds in the Nuveen complex pay a management fee to the Adviser which is generally comprised of a fund-level component and complex-level component, each of which has a breakpoint schedule. Subject to certain exceptions, the fund-level fee component declines as the assets of the particular fund grow and the complex-level fee component declines when eligible assets of all the funds (except for Nuveen ETFs which are subject to a unitary fee) in the Nuveen complex combined grow. In addition, with respect to closed-end funds, the Independent Board Members noted that, although such funds may from time-to-time make additional share offerings, the growth of their assets would occur primarily through the appreciation of such funds’ investment portfolios.
   
  The Independent Board Members reviewed the breakpoint and complex-wide schedules and any savings achieved from fee reductions as a result of the fund-level and complex-level breakpoints for the 2016 calendar year. In addition, the Independent Board Members recognized the Adviser’s ongoing investment in its business to expand or enhance the services provided to the benefit of all of the Nuveen funds.
   
  Based on their review, the Board concluded that the current fee structure was acceptable and reflected economies of scale to be shared with shareholders when assets under management increase.
   
  E. Indirect Benefits
  The Independent Board Members received and considered information regarding other benefits the respective Fund Adviser or its affiliates may receive as a result of their relationship with the Nuveen funds, including compensation paid to affiliates of a Fund Adviser for services rendered to the funds and research services received by a Fund Adviser from broker-dealers that execute fund trades. The Independent Board Members noted that affiliates of the Adviser may receive compensation for serving as a co-manager for initial public offerings of new Nuveen closed-end funds and as underwriter on shelf offerings for certain existing funds. The Independent Board Members considered the compensation paid for such services in 2016.
   
  In addition to the above, the Independent Board Members considered that the Funds’ portfolio transactions are allocated by the Sub-Adviser and the Sub-Adviser may benefit from research received from broker-dealers that execute Fund portfolio transactions. The Board noted, however, that with respect to transactions in fixed income securities, such securities generally trade on a principal basis and do not generate soft dollar credits. Although the Board recognized the Sub-Adviser may benefit from a soft dollar arrangement if it does not have to pay for this research out of its own assets, the Board also recognized that the research may benefit the Funds to the extent it enhances the ability of the Sub-Adviser to manage the Funds.
   
  Based on their review, the Board concluded that any indirect benefits received by a Fund Adviser as a result of its relationship with the Funds were reasonable and within acceptable parameters.
   
  F. Other Considerations
  The Board Members did not identify any single factor discussed previously as all-important or controlling. The Board Members, including the Independent Board Members, concluded that the terms of each Advisory Agreement were fair and reasonable, that the respective Fund Adviser’s fees were reasonable in light of the services provided to each Fund and that the Advisory Agreements be renewed.

 

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Board Members & Officers (Unaudited)

The management of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed for the Funds by the Adviser, is the responsibility of the Board of Trustees of the Funds. The number of trustees of the Funds is set at twelve. None of the trustees who are not “interested” persons of the Funds (referred to herein as “independent board members”) has ever been a director or employee of, or consultant to, Nuveen or its affiliates. The names and business addresses of the trustees and officers of the Funds, their principal occupations and other affiliations during the past five years, the number of portfolios each oversees and other directorships they hold are set forth below. 

 

  Name,
Year of Birth
& Address

  Position(s) Held
with the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed
and Term(1)
  Principal
Occupation(s)
Including other
Directorships
During Past 5 Years
  Number
of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Board Member
Independent Board Members:            
                 
WILLIAM J. SCHNEIDER
1944
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Chairman and
Board Member
 

1996
Class III
  Chairman of Miller-Valentine Partners, a real estate investment company; Board Member of WDPR Public Radio station; formerly, Senior Partner and Chief Operating Officer (retired (2004) of Miller-Valentine Group; formerly, Board member, Business Advisory Council of the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank and University of Dayton Business School Advisory Council; past Chair and Director, Dayton Development Coalition.  

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JACK B. EVANS
1948
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Board Member
 

1999
Class III
  President, The Hall-Perrine Foundation, a private philanthropic corporation (since 1996); Director and Chairman, United Fire Group, a publicly held company; Director, Public Member, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (since 2015); Life Trustee of Coe College and the Iowa College Foundation; formerly, President Pro-Tem of the Board of Regents for the State of Iowa University System; formerly, Director, Alliant Energy; formerly, Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; formerly, President and Chief Operating Officer, SCI Financial Group, Inc., a regional financial services firm.  

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WILLIAM C. HUNTER
1948
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Board Member
 

2003
Class I
  Dean Emeritus, formerly, Dean, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa (2006-2012); Director (since 2004) of Xerox Corporation; past Director (2005- 2015), and past President (2010-2014) Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc., The International Business Honor Society; Director of Wellmark, Inc. (since 2009); formerly, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Finance, School of Business at the University of Connecticut (2003-2006); previously, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1995-2003); formerly, Director (1997-2007), Credit Research Center at Georgetown University.  

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DAVID J. KUNDERT(1)
1942
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Board Member
 

2005
Class II
  Formerly, Director, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company (2006-2013), retired (since 2004) as Chairman, JPMorgan Fleming Asset Management, President and CEO, Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation, and President, One Group Mutual Funds; prior thereto, Executive Vice President, Banc One Corporation and Chairman and CEO, Banc One Investment Management Group; Regent Emeritus, Member of Investment Committee, Luther College; member of the Wisconsin Bar Association; member of Board of Directors and Chair of Investment Committee, Greater Milwaukee Foundation; member of the Board of Directors (Milwaukee), College Possible; Board member of Milwaukee Repertory Theatre (since 2016).  

176

  

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  Name,
Year of Birth
& Address

  Position(s) Held
with the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed
and Term(1)
  Principal
Occupation(s)
Including other
Directorships
During Past 5 Years
  Number
of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Board Member
                   
Independent Board Members (continued):            
                   
ALBIN F. MOSCHNER
1952
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

 

Board Member
 

2016
Class III
  Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Northcroft Partners, LLC, a management consulting firm (since 2012); previously, held positions at Leap Wireless International, Inc., including Consultant (2011-2012), Chief Operating Officer (2008-2011), and Chief Marketing Officer (2004-2008); formerly, President, Verizon Card Services division of Verizon Communications, Inc. (2000-2003); formerly, President, One Point Services at One Point Communications (1999- 2000); formerly, Vice Chairman of the Board, Diba, Incorporated (1996-1997); formerly, various executive positions with Zenith Electronics Corporation (1991- 1996). Director, USA Technologies, Inc., a provider of solutions and services to facilitate electronic payment transactions (since 2012); formerly, Director, Wintrust Financial Corporation (1996-2016).  

176
                   
JOHN K. NELSON
1962
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Board Member
 

2013
Class II
  Member of Board of Directors of Core12 LLC (since 2008), a private firm which develops branding, marketing and communications strategies for clients; Director of The Curran Center for Catholic American Studies (since 2009) and The President’s Council, Fordham University (since 2010); formerly, senior external advisor to the financial services practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP (2012- 2014): formerly, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Marian University (2010 as trustee, 2011-2014 as Chairman); formerly, Chief Executive Officer of ABN AMRO N.V. North America, and Global Head of its Financial Markets Division (2007-2008); prior senior positions held at ABN AMRO include Corporate Executive Vice President and Head of Global Markets-the Americas (2006-2007), CEO of Wholesale Banking North America and Global Head of Foreign Exchange and Futures Markets (2001-2006), and Regional Commercial Treasurer and Senior Vice President Trading-North America (1996-2001); formerly, Trustee at St. Edmund Preparatory School in New York City.  

176
                   
JUDITH M. STOCKDALE
1947
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Board Member
 

1997
Class I
  Board Member, Land Trust Alliance (since 2013) and U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (since 2013); formerly, Executive Director (1994- 2012), Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation; prior thereto, Executive Director, Great Lakes Protection Fund (1990-1994).  

176
                   
CAROLE E. STONE
1947
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Board Member
 

2007
Class I
  Director, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc. (since 2006); Director, C2 Options Exchange, Incorporated (since 2009); Director, CBOE Holdings, Inc.(since 2010); formerly, Commissioner, New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform (2005-2010).  

176
                   
TERENCE J. TOTH
1959
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Board Member
 

2008
Class II
  Co-Founding Partner, Promus Capital (since 2008); Director, Fulcrum IT Service LLC (since 2010) and Quality Control Corporation (since 2012); member: Catalyst Schools of Chicago Board (since 2008) and Mather Foundation Board (since 2012), and chair of its Investment Committee; formerly, Director, Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc.(2008-2013); formerly, CEO and President, Northern Trust Global Investments (2004-2007): Executive Vice President, Quantitative Management & Securities Lending (2000- 2004); prior thereto, various positions with Northern Trust Company (since 1994); formerly, Member, Northern Trust Mutual Funds Board (2005-2007), Northern Trust Global Investments Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Japan Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Securities Inc. Board (2003- 2007) and Northern Trust Hong Kong Board (1997-2004).  

176

 

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Board Members & Officers (Unaudited) (continued)

 

  Name,
Year of Birth
& Address

  Position(s) Held
with the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed
and Term(1)
  Principal
Occupation(s)
Including other
Directorships
During Past 5 Years
  Number
of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Board Member
                   
Independent Board Members (continued):            
                   
MARGARET L. WOLFF
1955
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Board Member
 

2016
Class I
  Formerly, member of the Board of Directors (2013-2017) of Travelers Insurance Company of Canada and The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (each, a part of Travelers Canada, the Canadian operation of The Travelers Companies, Inc.); formerly, Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Mergers & Acquisitions Group) (2005-2014); Member of the Board of Trustees of New York- Presbyterian Hospital (since 2005); Member (since 2004) and Chair (since 2015) of the Board of Trustees of The John A. Hartford Foundation (a philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults); formerly, Member (2005-2015) and Vice Chair (2011-2015) of the Board of Trustees of Mt. Holyoke College.  

176
                   
ROBERT L. YOUNG(2)
1963
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606

 

Board Member
 

2017
Class II
  Formerly, Chief Operating Officer and Director, J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (2010-2016); formerly, President and Principal Executive Officer (2013-2016), and Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2005-2010), of J.P. Morgan Funds; formerly, Director and various officer positions for J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (formerly, JPMorgan Funds Management, Inc. and formerly, One Group Administrative Services) and JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc. (formerly, One Group Dealer Services, Inc.) (1999-2017).  

174
                   
Interested Board Member:            
                   
MARGO L. COOK(3)(4)
1964
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Board Member
 

2016
Class III
  President (since April 2017), formerly, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-President (2016-2017), formerly, Senior Executive Vice President of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; President, Global Products and Solutions (since July 2017), and, Co-Chief Executive Officer (since 2015), formerly, Executive Vice President (2013-2015), of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Executive Vice President (since February 2017) of Nuveen, LLC; President (since August 2017), formerly Co-President (October 2016- August 2017), formerly, Senior Executive Vice President of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (Executive Vice President since 2011); President (since 2017), Nuveen Alternative Investments, LLC; Chartered Financial Analyst.  

176
                   
  Name,
Year of Birth
& Address

  Position(s) Held
with the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed(4)
  Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number
of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen
by Officer
                 
Officers of the Funds:            
                 
CEDRIC H. ANTOSIEWICZ
1962
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6
 
Chief
Administrative
Officer
 

2007
  Senior Managing Director (since January 2017), formerly, Managing Director (2004-2017) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Senior Managing Director (since February 2017), formerly, Managing Director (2014-2017) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC.  

75
                   
LORNA C. FERGUSON
1945
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6
 

Vice President
 

1998
  Senior Managing Director (since February 2017), formerly, Managing Director (2004-2017) of Nuveen.  

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  Name,
Year of Birth
& Address

  Position(s) Held
with the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed(4)
  Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number
of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen
by Officer
                   
Officers of the Funds (continued):          
                   
STEPHEN D. FOY
1954
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6
 
Vice President
and Controller
 

1998
  Managing Director (since 2014), formerly, Senior Vice President (2013- 2014) and Vice President (2005-2013) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Managing Director (since 2016) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Certified Public Accountant.  

176
                   
NATHANIEL T. JONES
1979
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 
Vice President
and Treasurer
 

2016
  Managing Director (since January 2017), formerly, Senior Vice President (2016-2017), formerly, Vice President (2011-2016) of Nuveen.; Chartered Financial Analyst.  

176
                   
WALTER M. KELLY
197o
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 
Chief Compliance
Officer and
Vice President
 

2003
  Managing Director (since January 2017), formerly, Senior Vice President (2008-2017) of Nuveen.  

176
                   
DAVID J. LAMB
1963
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6
 


Vice President
 


2015
  Managing Director (since January 2017), formerly, Senior Vice President of Nuveen (since 2006), Vice President prior to 2006.  

75
                   
TINA M. LAZAR
1961
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6
 

Vice President
 

2002
  Managing Director (since January 2017), formerly, Senior Vice President (2014-2017) of Nuveen Securities, LLC.  

176
                   
KEVIN J. MCCARTHY
1966
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Vice President and
Assistant Secretary
 

2007
  Senior Managing Director (since February 2017) and Secretary and General Counsel (since 2016) of Nuveen Investments, Inc., formerly, Executive Vice President (2016-2017) and Managing Director and Assistant Secretary (2008-2016); Senior Managing Director (since January 2017) and Assistant Secretary (since 2008) of Nuveen Securities, LLC, formerly Executive Vice President (2016-2017) and Managing Director (2008-2016); Senior Managing Director (since February 2017), Secretary (since 2016) and Co-General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, formerly, Executive Vice President (2016-2017), Managing Director (2008-2016) and Assistant Secretary (2007-2016); Senior Managing Director (since February 2017), Secretary (since 2016) and Associate General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, formerly Executive Vice President (2016-2017) and Managing Director and Assistant Secretary (2011-2016); Senior Managing Director (since February 2017) and Secretary (since 2016) of Nuveen Investments Advisers, LLC, formerly Executive Vice President (2016-2017); Vice President (since 2007) and Secretary (since 2016), formerly, Assistant Secretary, of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC and Winslow Capital Management, LLC (since 2010).  

176
                   
MICHAEL A. PERRY
1967
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Vice President
 

2017
  Executive Vice President since February 2017, previously Managing Director from October 2016), of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC and Nuveen Alternative Investments, LLC; Executive Vice President (since 2017), formerly, Managing Director (2015-2017), of Nuveen Securities, LLC; formerly, Managing Director (2010-2015) of UBS Securities, LLC.  

75

 

 

 

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Board Members & Officers (Unaudited) (continued)

 

  Name,
Year of Birth
& Address

  Position(s) Held
with the Funds
  Year First
Elected or
Appointed(4)
  Principal
Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
  Number
of Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen
by Officer
                   
Officers of the Funds (continued):            
                   
KATHLEEN L. PRUDHOMME
1953
9o1 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 554o2

 

Vice President and
Assistant Secretary
 

2011
  Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Co-General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; Managing Director and Assistant Secretary (since 2011) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; formerly, Deputy General Counsel, FAF Advisors, Inc. (2004-2010).  

176
                   
CHRISTOPHER M. ROHRBACHER
1971
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Vice President and
Assistant Secretary
 

2008
  Managing Director (since January 2017) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Managing Director (since January 2017), formerly, Senior Vice President (2016-2017) and Assistant Secretary (since October 2016) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC.  

176
                   
WILLIAM A. SIFFERMANN
1975
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 

Vice President
 

2017
  Managing Director (since February 2017), formerly Senior Vice President (2016-2017) and Vice President (2011-2016) of Nuveen.  

176
                   
JOEL T. SLAGER
1978
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 
Vice President and
Assistant Secretary
 

2013
  Fund Tax Director for Nuveen Funds (since 2013); previously, Vice President of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc., Assistant Treasurer of the Morgan Stanley Funds (from 2010 to 2013).  

176
                   
GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN
1956
333 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 6o6o6

 
Vice President and
Secretary
 

1988
  Managing Director (since 2002), and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Managing Director (since 2004) and Assistant Secretary (since 1994) of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Managing Director (since 2002), Assistant Secretary (since 1997) and Co-General Counsel (since 2011) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (since 2011); Vice President (since February 2017), formerly, Managing Director (2003-2017) and Assistant Secretary (since 2003) of Symphony Asset Management LLC; Managing Director and Assistant Secretary (since 2002) of Nuveen Investments Advisers, LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC (since 2002), Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC (since 2006), and of Winslow Capital Management, LLC, (since 2010); Chartered Financial Analyst.  

176

 

(1) The Board of Trustees is divided into three classes, Class I, Class II, and Class III, with each being elected to serve until the third succeeding annual shareholders’ meeting subsequent to its election or thereafter in each case when its respective successors are duly elected or appointed, except two board members are elected by the holders of Preferred Shares, when applicable, to serve until the next annual shareholders’ meeting subsequent to its election or thereafter in each case when its respective successors are duly elected or appointed. The year first elected or appointed represents the year in which the board member was first elected or appointed to any fund in the Nuveen Complex. Mr. Kundert will retire from the Board as of December 31, 2017.
   
(2) On May 25, 2017, Mr. Young was appointed as a Board Member, effective July 1, 2017. He is a Board Member of each of the Nuveen Funds, except Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund and Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund.
   
(3) “Interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, by reason of her position with Nuveen, LLC. and certain of its subsidiaries, which are affiliates of the Nuveen Funds.
   
(4) Officers serve one year terms through August of each year. The year first elected or appointed represents the year in which the Officer was first elected or appointed to any fund in the Nuveen Complex.

 

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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. There were no amendments to or waivers from the Code during the period covered by this report. The registrant has posted the code of ethics on its website at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Shareholder/FundGovernance.aspx. (To view the code, click on Code of Conduct.)

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant’s Board of Directors or Trustees (“Board”) determined that the registrant has at least one “audit committee financial expert” (as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR) serving on its Audit Committee. The registrant’s audit committee financial experts are Carole E. Stone and Jack B. Evans, who are “independent” for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.
Ms. Stone served for five years as Director of the New York State Division of the Budget. As part of her role as Director, Ms. Stone was actively involved in overseeing the development of the State’s operating, local assistance and capital budgets, its financial plan and related documents; overseeing the development of the State’s bond-related disclosure documents and certifying that they fairly presented the State’s financial position; reviewing audits of various State and local agencies and programs; and coordinating the State’s system of internal audit and control. Prior to serving as Director, Ms. Stone worked as a budget analyst/examiner with increasing levels of responsibility over a 30 year period, including approximately five years as Deputy Budget Director. Ms. Stone has also served as Chair of the New York State Racing Association Oversight Board, as Chair of the Public Authorities Control Board, as a Commissioner on the New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform and as a member of the Boards of Directors of several New York State public authorities. These positions have involved overseeing operations and finances of certain entities and assessing the adequacy of project/entity financing and financial reporting. Currently, Ms. Stone is on the Board of Directors of CBOE Holdings, Inc., of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and of C2 Options Exchange. Ms. Stone’s position on the boards of these entities and as a member of both CBOE Holdings’ Audit Committee and its Finance Committee has involved, among other things, the oversight of audits, audit plans and preparation of financial statements.
 
Mr. Evans was formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of SCI Financial Group, Inc., a full service registered broker-dealer and registered investment adviser (“SCI”). As part of his role as President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Evans actively supervised the Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”) and actively supervised the CFO’s preparation of financial statements and other filings with various regulatory authorities. In such capacity, Mr. Evans was actively involved in the preparation of SCI’s financial statements and the resolution of issues raised in connection therewith. Mr. Evans has also served on the audit committee of various reporting companies. At such companies, Mr. Evans was involved in the oversight of audits, audit plans, and the preparation of financial statements. Mr. Evans also formerly chaired the audit committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
 
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund

The following tables show the amount of fees that KPMG LLP, the Fund’s auditor, billed to the Fund during the Fund’s last two full fiscal years. For engagements with KPMG LLP the Audit Committee approved in advance all audit services and non-audit services that KPMG LLP provided to the Fund, except for those non-audit services that were subject to the pre-approval exception under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X (the “pre-approval exception”). The pre-approval exception for services provided directly to the Fund waives the pre-approval requirement for services other than audit, review or attest services if: (A) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid by the Fund to its accountant during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; (B) the Fund did not recognize the services as non-audit services at the time of the engagement; and (C) the services are promptly brought to the Audit Committee’s attention, and the Committee (or its delegate) approves the services before the audit is completed.

The Audit Committee has delegated certain pre-approval responsibilities to its Chairman (or, in his absence, any other member of the Audit Committee).
 
SERVICES THAT THE FUND’S AUDITOR BILLED TO THE FUND
 
   
Audit Fees Billed
   
Audit-Related Fees
   
Tax Fees
   
All Other Fees
 
Fiscal Year Ended
 
to Fund 1
   
Billed to Fund 2
   
Billed to Fund 3
   
Billed to Fund 4
 
October 31, 2017
 
$
23,950
   
$
0
   
$
0
   
$
0
 
                                 
Percentage approved
   
0
%
   
0
%
   
0
%
   
0
%
pursuant to
                               
pre-approval
                               
exception
                               
                                 
October 31, 2016
 
$
33,770
   
$
10,500
   
$
0
   
$
0
 
                                 
Percentage approved
   
0
%
   
0
%
   
0
%
   
0
%
pursuant to
                               
pre-approval
                               
exception
                               
                                 
1 “Audit Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for the audit of the Fund’s annual financial statements and services provided in
 
connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.
                         
                                 
2 “Audit Related Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of
 
financial statements that are not reported under “Audit Fees”. These fees include offerings related to the Fund’s common shares and leverage.
 
                                 
3 “Tax Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for tax advice, tax compliance, and tax planning. These fees include: all global
 
withholding tax services; excise and state tax reviews; capital gain, tax equalization and taxable basis calculation performed by the principal accountant.
 
                                 
4 “All Other Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for products and services other than “Audit Fees”, “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees”. These fees
 
represent all “Agreed-Upon Procedures” engagements pertaining to the Fund’s use of leverage.
                 

SERVICES THAT THE FUND’S AUDITOR BILLED TO THE ADVISER AND AFFILIATED FUND SERVICE PROVIDERS

The following tables show the amount of fees billed by KPMG LLP to Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (formerly Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc.) (the “Adviser”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Fund Service Provider”), for engagements directly related to the Fund’s operations and financial reporting, during the Fund’s last two full fiscal years.

The tables also show the percentage of fees subject to the pre-approval exception. The pre-approval exception for services provided to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider (other than audit, review or attest services) waives the pre-approval requirement if: (A) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to KPMG LLP by the Fund, the Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee; (B) the Fund did not recognize the services as non-audit services at the time of the engagement; and (C) the services are promptly brought to the Audit Committee’s attention, and the Committee (or its delegate) approves the services before the Fund’s audit is completed.
 
 
Audit-Related Fees
Tax Fees Billed to
All Other Fees
 
Billed to Adviser and
Adviser and
Billed to Adviser
 
Affiliated Fund
Affiliated Fund
and Affiliated Fund
Fiscal Year Ended
Service Providers
Service Providers
Service Providers
October 31, 2017
 $                            0
 $                                  0
 $                                0
       
Percentage approved
0%
0%
0%
pursuant to
     
pre-approval
     
exception
     
October 31, 2016
 $                            0
 $                                  0
 $                                0
       
Percentage approved
0%
0%
0%
pursuant to
     
pre-approval
     
exception
     

NON-AUDIT SERVICES

The following table shows the amount of fees that KPMG LLP billed during the Fund’s last two full fiscal years for non-audit services. The Audit Committee is required to pre-approve non- audit services that KPMG LLP provides to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Services Provider, if the engagement related directly to the Fund’s operations and financial reporting (except for those subject to the pre-approval exception described above). The Audit Committee requested and received information from KPMG LLP about any non-audit services that KPMG LLP rendered during the Fund’s last fiscal year to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider. The Committee considered this information in evaluating KPMG LLP’s independence.

   
Total Non-Audit Fees
   
   
billed to Adviser and
   
   
Affiliated Fund Service
Total Non-Audit Fees
 
   
Providers (engagements
billed to Adviser and
 
   
related directly to the
Affiliated Fund Service
 
 
Total Non-Audit Fees
operations and financial
Providers (all other
 
Fiscal Year Ended
Billed to Fund
reporting of the Fund)
engagements)
Total
October 31, 2017
 $                            0
 $                                  0
 $                                0
 $                        0
October 31, 2016
 $                            0
 $                                  0
 $                                0
 $                        0
         
“Non-Audit Fees billed to Fund” for both fiscal year ends represent “Tax Fees” and “All Other Fees” billed to Fund in their respective
amounts from the previous table.
       
         
Less than 50 percent of the hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent
fiscal year were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. Generally, the Audit Committee must approve (i) all non-audit services to be performed for the Fund by the Fund’s independent accountants and (ii) all audit and non-audit services to be performed by the Fund’s independent accountants for the Affiliated Fund Service Providers with respect to operations and financial reporting of the Fund. Regarding tax and research projects conducted by the independent accountants for the Fund and Affiliated Fund Service Providers (with respect to operations and financial reports of the Fund) such engagements will be (i) pre-approved by the Audit Committee if they are expected to be for amounts greater than $10,000; (ii) reported to the Audit Committee chairman for his verbal approval prior to engagement if they are expected to be for amounts under $10,000 but greater than $5,000; and (iii) reported to the Audit Committee at the next Audit Committee meeting if they are expected to be for an amount under $5,000.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
 
The registrant’s Board has a separately designated Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)). As of the end of the period covered by this report the members of the audit committee are Jack B. Evans, David J. Kundert, John K. Nelson, Carole E. Stone and Terence J. Toth.
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.

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC is the registrant’s investment adviser (referred to herein as the “Adviser”). The Adviser is responsible for the on-going monitoring of the Fund’s investment portfolio, managing the Fund’s business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services. The Adviser has engaged Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (“Sub-Adviser”) as Sub-Adviser to provide discretionary investment advisory services. As part of these services, the Adviser has delegated to the Sub-Adviser the full responsibility for proxy voting on securities held in the registrant’s portfolio and related duties in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s policies and procedures. The Adviser periodically monitors the Sub-Adviser’s voting to ensure that it is carrying out its duties. The Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures are attached to this filing as an exhibit and incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC is the registrant's investment adviser (also referred to as the "Adviser").  The Adviser is responsible for the selection and on-going monitoring of the Fund's investment portfolio, managing the Fund's business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services.  The Adviser has engaged Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (“Nuveen Asset Management” or “Sub-Adviser”) as Sub-Adviser to provide discretionary investment advisory services. The following section provides information on the portfolio manager at the Sub-Adviser:

Item 8(a)(1). PORTFOLIO MANAGER BIOGRAPHY

Scott R. Romans, PhD, Senior Vice President of Nuveen Asset Management, joined Nuveen Investments in 2000 as a senior analyst in the education sector. In 2003, he was assigned management responsibility for several closed- and open-ended municipal bond funds.  Currently, he manages investments for 14 Nuveen-sponsored investment companies.

Item 8(a)(2). OTHER ACCOUNTS MANAGED BY THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER

In addition to managing the registrant, the portfolio manager is also primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the following accounts:
 
Portfolio Manager
Type of Account
Managed
Number of
Accounts
Assets*
Scott R. Romans
Registered Investment Company
13
$10.36 billion
 
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles
0
$0
 
Other Accounts
2
$.81  million
*
Assets are as of October 31, 2017.  None of the assets in these accounts are subject to an advisory fee based on performance.

POTENTIAL MATERIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Actual or apparent conflicts of interest may arise when a portfolio manager has day-to-day management responsibilities with respect to more than one account. More specifically, portfolio managers who manage multiple accounts are presented a number of potential conflicts, including, among others, those discussed below.
The management of multiple accounts may result in a portfolio manager devoting unequal time and attention to the management of each account. Nuveen Asset Management seeks to manage such competing interests for the time and attention of portfolio managers by having portfolio managers focus on a particular investment discipline. Most accounts managed by a portfolio manager in a particular investment strategy are managed using the same investment models.
If a portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity which may be suitable for more than one account, an account may not be able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to an allocation of filled purchase or sale orders across all eligible accounts. To deal with these situations, Nuveen Asset Management has adopted procedures for allocating limited opportunities across multiple accounts.
With respect to many of its clients’ accounts, Nuveen Asset Management determines which broker to use to execute transaction orders, consistent with its duty to seek best execution of the transaction. However, with respect to certain other accounts, Nuveen Asset Management may be limited by the client with respect to the selection of brokers or may be instructed to direct trades through a particular broker. In these cases, Nuveen Asset Management may place separate, non-simultaneous, transactions for a Fund and other accounts which may temporarily affect the market price of the security or the execution of the transaction, or both, to the detriment of the Fund or the other accounts.
Some clients are subject to different regulations. As a consequence of this difference in regulatory requirements, some clients may not be permitted to engage in all the investment techniques or transactions or to engage in these transactions to the same extent as the other accounts managed by the portfolio manager. Finally, the appearance of a conflict of interest may arise where Nuveen Asset Management has an incentive, such as a performance-based management fee, which relates to the management of some accounts, with respect to which a portfolio manager has day-to-day management responsibilities.
Nuveen Asset Management has adopted certain compliance procedures which are designed to address these types of conflicts common among investment managers. However, there is no guarantee that such procedures will detect each and every situation in which a conflict arises.

Item 8(a)(3). FUND MANAGER COMPENSATION

Portfolio manager compensation consists primarily of base pay, an annual cash bonus and long term incentive payments.

Base pay. Base pay is determined based upon an analysis of the portfolio manager’s general performance, experience, and market levels of base pay for such position.

Annual cash bonus.  The Fund’s portfolio managers are eligible for an annual cash bonus based on investment performance, qualitative evaluation and financial performance of Nuveen Asset Management.

A portion of each portfolio manager’s annual cash bonus is based on the Fund’s pre-tax investment performance, generally measured over the past one- and three or five-year periods unless the portfolio manager’s tenure is shorter. Investment performance for the Fund generally is determined by evaluating the Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark(s) and/or Lipper industry peer group.

A portion of the cash bonus is based on a qualitative evaluation made by each portfolio manager’s supervisor taking into consideration a number of factors, including the portfolio manager’s team collaboration, expense management, support of personnel responsible for asset growth, and his or her compliance with Nuveen Asset Management‘s policies and procedures.
 
The final factor influencing a portfolio manager’s cash bonus is the financial performance of Nuveen Asset Management based on its operating earnings.

Long-term incentive compensation. Certain key employees of Nuveen Asset Management, including certain portfolio managers, have received profits interests in Nuveen Asset Management which entitle their holders to participate in the firm’s growth over time.

There are generally no differences between the methods used to determine compensation with respect to the Fund and the Other Accounts shown in the table above.

Item 8(a)(4). OWNERSHIP OF NZF SECURITIES AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2017

Name of Portfolio Manager
None
$1 - $10,000
$10,001-$50,000
$50,001-$100,000
$100,001-$500,000
$500,001-$1,000,000
Over $1,000,000
Scott R. Romans
 
 
X
       
 
ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

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 because the code is posted on registrant’s website at www.nuveen.com/CEF/Shareholder/FundGovernance.aspx and there were no amendments during the period covered by this report. (To view the code, click on Code of Conduct.)

(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: 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.

(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 registrant specifically incorporates it by reference. 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 Municipal Credit Income Fund

By (Signature and Title) /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
Gifford R. Zimmerman
Vice President and Secretary
 
Date: January 8, 2018

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/ Cedric H. Antosiewicz
Cedric H. Antosiewicz
Chief Administrative Officer
(principal executive officer)
 
Date: January 8, 2018
 
By (Signature and Title) /s/ Stephen D. Foy
Stephen D. Foy
Vice President and Controller
(principal financial officer)

Date: January 8, 2018