Recent market conditions, including the sharp sell-off of energy and energy-related securities, have led management to take certain actions impacting Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund (NYSE: JMF) and Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund (NYSE: JMLP). Specifically, both funds are paying down a portion of their borrowings to reduce leverage ratios that have become elevated, especially in recent days, as a result of the sharp decline in value of portfolio holdings. In the coming weeks and months, management and the Funds’ Board of Directors will evaluate the impact of these recent market events, portfolio actions, and the reduction of leverage, on the funds, including the distribution level of each fund.
The following Nuveen closed-end funds (each, a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") announced today that each Fund’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") has been postponed and that the meeting will be held as a virtual meeting:
Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund (NYSE: JMF) and the Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund (NYSE: JMLP) previously announced that both funds intend to liquidate and distribute their net assets to shareholders. The funds now anticipate making a single liquidating distribution to shareholders in cash on or about May 8, 2020. As planned, the funds will continue trading on the New York Stock Exchange through May 4, 2020 and will be suspended from trading before the open of trading on May 5, 2020, after which time there will be no secondary market for the funds’ shares. The Board of Trustees have approved the liquidation and termination of both funds on or about May 8, 2020.
The Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund (NYSE: JMF) and the Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund (NYSE: JMLP) successfully completed their termination and liquidation following the close of business on May 8, 2020. The termination and liquidation was performed consistent with the funds’ previously announced liquidation plans.
Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund (NYSE: JMF) and the Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund (NYSE: JMLP) announced certain changes to the Funds’ strategies in response to recent market conditions, including the continued extreme volatility in the energy sector. JMF and JMLP have eliminated financial leverage. In addition, JMLP has removed a prohibition on purchasing the largest 10 constituents by market capitalization in the Alerian MLP Index.
Nuveen Energy MLP Total Return Fund (NYSE: JMF) and the Nuveen All Cap Energy MLP Opportunities Fund (NYSE: JMLP) announced that both funds intend to liquidate and distribute their net assets to shareholders. Upon completing a review of potential actions in response to the unprecedented downturn in the midstream MLP sector, each fund’s Board of Trustees concluded that liquidation and closure was in the best interest of shareholders.