Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund Completes Preferred Share Action

Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund NZF has completed the issuance of Series C MuniFund Preferred Shares (MFP Series C Shares) in a privately negotiated exchange, with a qualified institutional buyer, as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act). Through the exchange, the Fund refinanced its existing $336.0 million of Series 2019 Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred (VMTP) shares on a one-for-one basis with the new MFP Series C Shares.

The MFP Series C Shares were issued with terms establishing an initial Variable Rate Mode ending June 26, 2019, and a term redemption date of June 1, 2048. During the Variable Rate Mode, the dividend will be set weekly based on a predetermined formula. The MFP Series C Shares are preferred securities of the Fund and are senior, with priority in all respects, to the Fund's common shares in liquidation and as to payments of dividends.

No MFP Series C Shares have been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. Unless so registered, no MFP Series C Shares may be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities.

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