FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-21293
Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Cedric H. Antosiewicz – Chief Administrative Officer
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 312-917-7700
Date of fiscal year-end: July 31
Date of reporting period: June 30, 2017
Item 1. Proxy Voting Record
Institutional Account Name | Company Name | Ticker | Provider | Meeting Date | Proponent | Proposal Text | Management Recommendation | Vote Instruction | Vote cast “for” or | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Hercules Capital Inc. | HTGC | 427096508 | 07-Jul-16 | Management | Elect Director Manuel A. Henriquez | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Hercules Capital Inc. | HTGC | 427096508 | 07-Jul-16 | Management | Elect Director Joseph F. Hoffman | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Hercules Capital Inc. | HTGC | 427096508 | 07-Jul-16 | Management | Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Hercules Capital Inc. | HTGC | 427096508 | 07-Jul-16 | Management | Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gladstone Investment Corporation | GAIN | 376546206 | 04-Aug-16 | Management | Elect Director Paul W. Adelgren | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gladstone Investment Corporation | GAIN | 376546206 | 04-Aug-16 | Management | Elect Director David Gladstone | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gladstone Investment Corporation | GAIN | 376546206 | 04-Aug-16 | Management | Elect Director John H. Outland | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gladstone Investment Corporation | GAIN | 376546206 | 04-Aug-16 | Management | Approve Issuance of Shares Below Net Asset Value (NAV) | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director Jeffrey S. Berg | For | Withhold | AGAINST | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director H. Raymond Bingham | For | Withhold | AGAINST | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director Michael J. Boskin | For | Withhold | AGAINST | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director Safra A. Catz | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director Bruce R. Chizen | For | Withhold | AGAINST | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director George H. Conrades | For | Withhold | AGAINST | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director Lawrence J. Ellison | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director Hector Garcia-Molina | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director Jeffrey O. Henley | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director Mark V. Hurd | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director Renee J. James | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director Leon E. Panetta | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Elect Director Naomi O. Seligman | For | Withhold | AGAINST | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation | For | Against | AGAINST | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Management | Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Oracle Corporation | ORCL | 68389X105 | 16-Nov-16 | Share Holder | Report on Lobbying Payments and Policy | Against | Against | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Ares Capital Corporation | ARCC | 04010L103 | 15-Dec-16 | Management | Approve Authority to Issue Shares Below Net Asset Value | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Ares Capital Corporation | ARCC | 04010L103 | 15-Dec-16 | Management | Issue Shares in Connection with Merger | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Ares Capital Corporation | ARCC | 04010L103 | 15-Dec-16 | Management | Adjourn Meeting | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. | ENH | 29267H406 | 27-Jan-17 | Management | Approve Merger Agreement | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. | ENH | 29267H406 | 27-Jan-17 | Management | Adjourn Meeting | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Siemens AG | SIE | 826197501 | 01-Feb-17 | Management | Receive Financial Statements and Statutory Reports for Fiscal 2015/2016 (Non-Voting) | AGAINST | |||||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Siemens AG | SIE | 826197501 | 01-Feb-17 | Management | Approve Allocation of Income and Dividends of EUR 3.60 per Share | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Siemens AG | SIE | 826197501 | 01-Feb-17 | Management | Approve Discharge of Management Board for Fiscal 2015/2016 | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Siemens AG | SIE | 826197501 | 01-Feb-17 | Management | Approve Discharge of Supervisory Board for Fiscal 2015/2016 | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Siemens AG | SIE | 826197501 | 01-Feb-17 | Management | Ratify Ernst & Young GmbH as Auditors for Fiscal 2016/2017 | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gladstone Capital Corporation | GLAD | 376535308 | 09-Feb-17 | Management | Elect Director Michela English | For | Withhold | AGAINST | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gladstone Capital Corporation | GLAD | 376535308 | 09-Feb-17 | Management | Elect Director Anthony W. Parker | For | Withhold | AGAINST | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gladstone Capital Corporation | GLAD | 376535308 | 09-Feb-17 | Management | Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Elect Director John F. Cogan | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Elect Director Kelly A. Kramer | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Elect Director Kevin E. Lofton | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Elect Director John C. Martin | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Elect Director John F. Milligan | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Elect Director Nicholas G. Moore | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Elect Director Richard J. Whitley | For | For | FOR |
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Elect Director Gayle E. Wilson | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Elect Director Per Wold-Olsen | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Ratify Ernst & Young LLP as Auditors | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Amend Omnibus Stock Plan | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers’ Compensation | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Management | Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency | One Year | One Year | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Share Holder | Provide Right to Act by Written Consent | Against | For | AGAINST | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | GILD | 375558103 | 10-May-17 | Share Holder | Require Independent Board Chairman | Against | For | AGAINST | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. | TSLX | 87265K102 | 18-May-17 | Management | Approve Issuance of Shares Below Net Asset Value (NAV) | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. | TSLX | 87265K102 | 18-May-17 | Management | Elect Director Joshua Easterly | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. | TSLX | 87265K102 | 18-May-17 | Management | Elect Director Michael Fishman | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. | TSLX | 87265K102 | 18-May-17 | Management | Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Ares Capital Corporation | ARCC | 04010L103 | 22-May-17 | Management | Elect Director Michael J. Arougheti | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Ares Capital Corporation | ARCC | 04010L103 | 22-May-17 | Management | Elect Director Ann Torre Bates | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Ares Capital Corporation | ARCC | 04010L103 | 22-May-17 | Management | Elect Director Steven B. McKeever | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Ares Capital Corporation | ARCC | 04010L103 | 22-May-17 | Management | Ratify KPMG LLP as Auditors | For | For | FOR | |||||||||
| Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund | Ares Capital Corporation | ARCC | 04010L103 | 22-May-17 | Management | Approve Issuance of Shares Below Net Asset Value (NAV) | For | Against | AGAINST |
SIGNATURES:
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Nuveen Preferred Income Opportunities Fund
| By | /s/ Cedric H. Antosiewicz | |
| Cedric H. Antosiewicz – Chief Administrative Officer | ||
Date | ||
August 29, 2017