Company: NPFD
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-045745
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Company: Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund
Filing Date: 2025-03-04
Form: DEF 14A
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| Notice of Annual Meeting      
 of Shareholders to be held on 
 April 17, 2025                |     | 333 West Wacker Drive   
 Chicago, Illinois 60606 
 (800) 257-8787          |

March 4, 2025

Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (JCE)

Nuveen Core Plus Impact Fund (NPCT)

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (JQC)

Nuveen Dow 30 SMDynamic Overwrite Fund (DIAX)

Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund (JFR)

Nuveen Global High Income Fund (JGH)

Nuveen Minnesota Quality Municipal Income Fund (NMS)

Nuveen Missouri Quality Municipal Income Fund (NOM)

Nuveen Mortgage and Income Fund (JLS)

Nuveen Multi-Asset Income Fund (NMAI)

Nuveen Multi-Market Income Fund (JMM)

Nuveen Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund (NMCO)

Nuveen NASDAQ 100 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (QQQX)

Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund (JPC)

Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund (JRI)

Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund (JRS)

Nuveen S&P 500 Buy-WriteIncome Fund (BXMX)

Nuveen S&P 500 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (SPXX)

Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund (NPFD)

Nuveen Virginia Quality Municipal Income Fund (NPV)

To the Shareholders of the Above Funds:

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of each of Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (“Core Equity Alpha”), Nuveen Core Plus Impact Fund
(“Core Plus Impact”), Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund (“Credit Strategies”), Nuveen Dow 30 Dynamic Overwrite Fund (“Dow Dynamic Overwrite”), Nuveen Floating
Rate Income Fund (“Floating Rate Income”),