Nuveen, an operating division of TIAA Global Asset Management, today announced that the Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund’s (NYSE: JRS) 19(a) Quarterly Distribution Notice is available. This informational notice provides further details on the sources of the fund’s quarterly distribution payable December 30, 2016, and follows its most recent quarterly distribution announcement. The full text of this notice is available below or on the Nuveen website via Distribution Source Estimates.

December 27, 2016: THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON YOUR PART.

If you would like to receive this notice and other shareholder information electronically, please visit www.investordelivery.com if you receive distributions and statements from your financial advisor or brokerage account. An electronic copy of this notice is also posted under distribution notices at www.nuveen.com/cef.

This notice provides shareholders with information regarding fund distributions, as required by current securities laws. You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s Managed Distribution Policy.

The following table provides estimates of the Fund’s distribution sources, reflecting year-to-date cumulative experience through the month-end prior to the latest distribution. The Fund attributes these estimates equally to each regular distribution throughout the year. Consequently, the estimated information as of the specified month-end shown below is for the current distribution, and also represents an updated estimate for all prior months in the year. The Fund may in certain periods distribute more than its income and net realized capital gains, although the Fund currently estimates that it has not done so for the fiscal year-to-date period. In such instances, a portion of the distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income.”

The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this 19(a) Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes. More details about the Fund’s distributions and the basis for these estimates are available on www.nuveen.com/cef.

 
Data as of 11/30/2016
    Estimated Per Share Sources of Distribution 1   Estimated Percentage of the Distribution
Per Share   Long-Term   Short-Term   Return of   Long-Term   Short-Term   Return of

JRS (FYE 12/31)

Distribution

NII

Gains

Gains

Capital

NII

Gains

Gains

Capital

Current Quarter .2500 .1244 .1256 .0000 .0000 49.7% 50.3% 0.0% 0.0%
 
Fiscal YTD .9800 .4875 .4925 .0000 .0000 49.7% 50.3% 0.0% 0.0%
 

1 Net investment income (NII) is a projection through the end of the current calendar quarter using actual data through the stated month-end date above. Capital gain amounts are as of the stated date above. JRS owns REIT securities which attribute their distributions to various sources including NII, gains, and return of capital. The estimated per share sources above include an allocation of the NII based on prior year attributions which can be expected to differ from the actual final attributions for the current year.

 

The following table provides information regarding JRS’ distributions and total return performance over various time periods. This information is intended to help you better understand whether returns for the specified time periods were sufficient to meet distributions.

 
Data as of 11/30/2016
                           
    Annualized Cumulative
JRS (FYE 12/31) Quarterly Fiscal YTD Net Asset 5-Year Fiscal YTD Fiscal YTD Fiscal YTD

Inception Date

Distribution

Distributions

Value

Return on NAV

Dist Rate on NAV1

Return on NAV

Dist Rate on NAV1

Nov 2001 .2500 .9800 11.18 12.59% 3.90% 1.36% 8.77%
 
1 As a percentage of 11/30/2016 NAV.
 

For more information on Nuveen closed-end funds, please visit www.nuveen.com/cef.

Nuveen provides investment solutions designed to help secure the long-term goals of individual investors and the advisors who serve them. Through the investment expertise of leading asset managers across traditional and alternative asset classes, Nuveen is committed to delivering consultative guidance that aligns with client needs. Funds are distributed by Nuveen Securities, LLC, a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. Nuveen is an operating division of TIAA Global Asset Management. For more information, please visit the Nuveen website at www.nuveen.com.

The information contained on the Nuveen website is not a part of this press release.

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