Company: NMZ
Filing Date: 2025-09-29
Form Type: N-14 8C
Source: 0001999371-25-014188
Chunk: 193

Company: NUVEEN MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND
Filing Date: 2025-09-29
Form: N-14 8C
Chunk 193
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 a closed-end, management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940
Act”), and each Target Fund owns securities that generally are assets of the character in which the Acquiring Fund is permitted
to invest;

WHEREAS, the Acquiring
Fund is authorized to issue the Acquiring Fund Shares; and

WHEREAS, the Board
of Trustees of the Acquiring Fund (the “Acquiring Fund Board”) has determined that each Merger is in the best interests
of the Acquiring Fund and that the interests of the existing shareholders of the Acquiring Fund will not be diluted as a result
of the Mergers, and the Board of Trustees of each Target Fund (each, a “Target Fund Board”) has determined that its
Merger is in the best interests of such Target Fund and that the interests of the existing shareholders of such Target Fund will
not be diluted as a result of its Merger.

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto covenant and agree
as follows:

<div align='center'>Article I
merger</div>

1.1MERGER. With respect to each Merger, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein and on the basis of the representations
and warranties contained herein, and in accordance with Section 2 of Chapter 182 of the Massachusetts General Laws (“M.G.L.”)
and Section 59 of the M.G.L. Chapter 156C, at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 3.1), the Target Fund shall be merged with
and into the Merger Sub, the separate existence of the Target Fund shall cease and the Merger Sub shall be the surviving company
in the Merger (sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Company”) in accordance with such laws and shall continue
as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Acquiring Fund. The separate limited liability company existence of the Merger Sub shall continue
unaffected and unimpaired by the Merger and, as the Surviving Company, it shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.

(a)With respect to each Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the parties shall cause the
filing of one or more certificates of merger (a “Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth