Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (JHAA) N-CSR Certified annual shareholder report (management investment company)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number   811-23381

Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Nuveen Investments

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Mark L. Winget

Nuveen Investments

333 West Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    (312) 917-7700                        

Date of fiscal year end:    December 31                                

Date of reporting period:    December 31, 2022                   

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Table of Contents

Chair’s Letter to Shareholders	4
Portfolio Managers’ Comments	5
Fund Leverage	7
Common Share Information	9
Performance Overview and Holding Summaries	12
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	14
Portfolio of Investments	15
Statement of Assets and Liabilities	20
Statement of Operations	21
Statement of Changes in Net Assets	22
Statement of Cash Flows	23
Financial Highlights	24
Notes to Financial Statements	26
Shareholder Update	34
Important Tax Information	52
Additional Fund Information	53
Glossary of Terms Used in this Report	54
Board Members & Officers	55

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Chair’s Letter to Shareholders

Dear Shareholders,

With more economic indicators pointing to a broadening contraction across the world’s economies, the conversation has shifted from debating whether a global recession would happen to considering how long and severe a recession would be. Higher than expected inflation has made the outcome more unpredictable, as it has dampened consumer sentiment, pushed central banks into raising interest rates more aggressively and contributed to considerable turbulence in the markets over the past year.

Inflation has surged partially due to pandemic-related supply chain bottlenecks, exacerbated by Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s recurring COVID-19 lockdowns throughout the year until China’s zero-COVID policy effectively ended in December 2022. This necessitated forceful responses from the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and other central banks, who signaled their intentions to slow inflation even if it meant tolerating materially slower economic growth and some softening in the labor market. In March 2022, the Fed began the fastest interest rate hiking cycle in its history, raising the target fed funds rate by 4.50% over a ten-month span to a range of 4.50% to 4.75% by January 2023. While inflation began to ease over the second half of 2022, it remains far higher than the Fed’s inflation target. Fed officials are closely monitoring inflation data and other economic measures to modify their rate setting policy based upon these factors and has more recently slowed the pace of monetary tightening. But additional rate hikes are expected until the Fed sees sustainable progress toward its inflation goals. Despite contracting in the first half of 2022, U.S. gross domestic product grew 2.1% in the year overall compared to 2021. Consumer spending remained relatively resilient in 2022, supported by a surprisingly strong labor market that suggested not all areas of the economy were weakening in unison.

While markets will likely continue fluctuating with the daily headlines, we encourage investors to keep a long-term perspective. To learn more about how well your portfolio is aligned to your time horizon, risk tolerance and investment goals, consider reviewing it with your financial professional.

On behalf of the other members of the Nuveen Fund Board, we look forward to continuing to earn your trust in the months and years ahead.

Sincerely,

Terence J. Toth

Chair of the Board

February 23, 2023

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments

Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (JHAA)

The Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (JHAA) features portfolio management by Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (NAM), an affiliate of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, the Fund’s investment adviser. The Fund’s portfolio managers are Kevin Lorenz, CFA, Jacob J. Fitzpatrick, CFA, and Christopher Williams.

Here the Fund’s portfolio management team reviews economic and financial market conditions, key investment strategies and the performance of the Fund for the twelve-month reporting period ended December 31, 2022. For more information on the Fund’s investment objectives and policies, please refer to the Shareholder Update section at the end of the report.

What factors affected the economy and financial markets during the twelve-month reporting period ended December 31, 2022?

In 2022, the U.S. economy grew at a pace of 2.1%, normalizing from its rapid post-pandemic recovery in 2021 when it expanded 5.9%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Although a moderation was largely expected, gross domestic product (GDP) unexpectedly contracted in the first half of the year. China’s Zero-COVID restrictions (later lifted in December 2022) and the Russia-Ukraine war worsened existing pandemic-related supply chain disruptions and drove food and energy prices higher. Inflation rose more than expected over much of 2022, which pressured global central banks to respond with more aggressive measures and increased recession risks.

Beginning in March 2022, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) raised its target fed funds rate seven times during the reporting period, bringing it from near zero at the start of the year to a range of 4.25% to 4.50%. In early 2023, after the close of the reporting period, the Fed raised its rate by 0.25% to a range of 4.50% to 4.75%. The Fed’s activity led to significant volatility in bond and stock markets in 2022. In addition, it contributed to a surge in the U.S. dollar’s value relative to major world currencies, which acts as a headwind to the profits of international companies and U.S. domestic companies with overseas earnings. Global currency and bond markets were further roiled in September 2022 by an unpopular fiscal spending proposal in the U.K. but recovered after the plans were abandoned.

Inflation and higher borrowing costs weighed on consumer confidence and spending and notably cooled the housing market in 2022. However, the labor market, another key gauge of the economy’s health, remained resilient. By July 2022, the economy had recovered the 22 million jobs lost since the beginning of the pandemic. As of December 2022, the unemployment rate remained near its pre-pandemic low of 3.5%, although monthly job growth appeared to be slowing. The strong labor market and wage gains helped U.S. GDP return to expansion in the third and fourth quarters of 2022, growing at an annualized rate of 3.2% and 2.9%, respectively.

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Portfolio Managers’ Comments (continued)

Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (JHAA)

What key strategies were used to manage the Fund during the twelve-month reporting period ended December 31, 2022?

The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income and to return the original $9.875 net asset value (NAV) per common share on or about December 1, 2023. The Fund invests in a portfolio of primarily corporate debt securities, including bonds and senior loans. The Fund may invest in other types of securities, including convertible securities and other types of debt instruments and derivatives that provide comparable economic exposure to the corporate debt market. In seeking to return the original NAV on or about December 1, 2023, the Fund intends to utilize various portfolio and cash flow management techniques, including setting aside a portion of its net investment income, possibly retaining gains, and limiting the longest maturity of any holding to no later than June 1, 2024. The Fund uses leverage. Leverage is discussed in more detail later in the Fund Leverage section of this report.

The Fund’s objective to return original NAV at term is not a guarantee and is dependent on a number of factors, including the extent of market recovery and the cumulative level of income retained in relation to cumulative portfolio gains net of losses. Based on market conditions as of the date of this report, management anticipates that the Fund’s objective of returning the original $9.875 NAV on December 1, 2023 will not be met.

During the reporting period, the Fund’s exposure to BBB-rated credit securities, cash and cash equivalents continued to increase, while the Fund’s B-rated credit exposure decreased.

How did the Fund perform during the twelve-month reporting period ended December 31, 2022?

For the twelve-month reporting period ended December 31, 2022, the Fund outperformed the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 1-5 Year Cash Pay 2% Issuer Capped Bond Index. For purposes of this Performance Commentary, references to relative performance are in comparison to the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 1-5 Year Cash Pay 2% Issuer Capped Bond Index.

During the reporting period’s volatile market backdrop, the Fund’s relative performance broadly benefited from the portfolio’s higher-quality, shorter-duration positioning as it approaches its termination date in December 2023. The Fund’s security selection in the communications, consumer non-cyclical, consumer cyclical and basic industry sectors also benefited relative performance. Additionally, the Fund’s overweight to senior secured loans aided relative performance because these securities, which typically have floating-rate coupons that adjust with interest rates, generally outperformed fixed-rate coupon securities during the reporting period.

The Fund’s use of leverage through bank borrowings detracted from relative performance during the reporting period. However, the Fund’s use of leverage was accretive to overall common share income.

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Fund Leverage

IMPACT OF THE FUND’S LEVERAGE STRATEGY ON PERFORMANCE

One important factor impacting the returns of the Fund’s common shares relative to its comparative benchmarks was the Fund’s use of leverage through the use of bank borrowings. The Fund uses leverage because our research has shown that, over time, leveraging provides opportunities for additional income. The opportunity arises when short-term rates that the Fund pays on its leveraging instruments are lower than the interest the Fund earns on its portfolio securities that it has bought with the proceeds of that leverage.

However, use of leverage can expose Fund common shares to additional price volatility. When a Fund uses leverage, the Fund’s common shares will experience a greater increase in their net asset value if the securities acquired through the use of leverage increase in value, but will also experience a correspondingly larger decline in their net asset value if the securities acquired through leverage decline in value. All this will make the shares’ total return performance more variable, over time.

In addition, common share income in levered funds will typically decrease in comparison to unlevered funds when short-term interest rates increase and increase when short-term interest rates decrease. In recent quarters, fund leverage expenses have generally tracked the overall movement of short-term interest rates. While fund leverage expenses are somewhat higher than their recent lows, leverage nevertheless continues to provide the opportunity for incremental common share income, particularly over longer-term periods.

The Fund’s use of leverage detracted from relative performance during the reporting period. However, the Fund’s use of leverage was accretive to overall common share income.

As of December 31, 2022, the Fund’s percentages of leverage are shown in the accompanying table.

Effective Leverage*	25.15	%
Regulatory Leverage*	25.15	%

* Effective Leverage is a Fund’s effective economic leverage, and includes both regulatory leverage and the leverage effects of reverse repurchase agreements, certain derivative and other investments in a Fund’s portfolio that increase the Fund’s investment exposure. Regulatory leverage consists of preferred shares issued or borrowings of a Fund. Both of these are part of a Fund’s capital structure. A Fund, however, may from time to time borrow on a typically transient basis in connection with its day-to-day operations, primarily in connection with the need to settle portfolio trades. Such incidental borrowings are excluded from the calculation of a Fund’s effective leverage ratio. Regulatory leverage is subject to asset coverage limits set forth in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

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Fund Leverage (continued)

THE FUND’S LEVERAGE

Bank Borrowings

As noted previously, JHAA employs leverage through the use of bank borrowings. The Fund’s bank borrowing activities are as shown in the accompanying table.

	Current Reporting Period											Subsequent to the Close of the Reporting Period
Fund	Outstanding Balance as of January 1, 2022		Draws		Paydowns			Outstanding Balance as of December 31, 2022		Average Balance Outstanding		Draws		Paydowns			Outstanding Balance as of February 23, 2023
JHAA	$	24,525,000	$	—	$	(25,000	)	$	24,500,000	$	24,512,877	$	—	$	(2,500,000	)	$	22,000,000

Refer to Notes to Financial Statements, Note 8 – Fund Leverage, for further details.

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Common Share Information

COMMON SHARE DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

The following information regarding the Fund’s distributions is current as of December 31, 2022. The Fund’s distribution levels may vary over time based on the Fund’s investment activity and portfolio investment value changes.

During the current reporting period, the Fund’s distributions to common shareholders were as shown in the accompanying table.

Monthly Distributions (Ex-Dividend Date)
January 2022	$	0.0315
February		0.0315
March		0.0315
April		0.0315
May		0.0315
June		0.0250
July		0.0250
August		0.0250
September		0.0250
October		0.0250
November		0.0250
December 2022		0.0250
Total Distributions from Net Investment Income	$	0.3325
Current Distribution Rate*		3.31	%

* Current distribution rate is based on the Fund’s current annualized monthly distribution divided by the Fund’s current market price. The Fund’s monthly distributions to its shareholders may be comprised of ordinary income, net realized capital gains and, if at the end of the fiscal year the Fund’s cumulative net ordinary income and net realized gains are less than the Fund’s distributions, a return of capital for tax purposes.

The Fund seeks to pay regular monthly dividends out of its net investment income at a rate that reflects its past and projected net income performance. To permit the Fund to maintain a more stable monthly dividend, the Fund may pay dividends at a rate that may be more or less than the amount of net income actually earned by the Fund during the period. Distributions to common shareholders are determined on a tax basis, which may differ from amounts recorded in the accounting records. In instances where the monthly dividend exceeds the earned net investment income, the Fund would report a negative undistributed net ordinary income. Refer to Note 6 – Income Tax Information for additional information regarding the amounts of undistributed net ordinary income and undistributed net long-term capital gains and the character of the actual distributions paid by the Fund during the period.

All monthly dividends paid by the Fund during the current reporting period were paid from net investment income. If a portion of the Fund’s monthly distributions is sourced or comprised of elements other than net investment income, including capital gains and/or a return of capital, shareholders will be notified of those sources. For financial reporting purposes, the per share amounts of each Fund’s distributions for the reporting period are presented in this report’s Financial Highlights. For income tax purposes, distribution information for the Fund as of its most recent tax year end is presented in Note 6 – Income Tax Information within the Notes to Financial Statements of this report.

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Common Share Information (continued)

COMMON SHARE REPURCHASES

During August 2022, the Fund’s Board of Trustees reauthorized an open-market share repurchase program, allowing the Fund to repurchase an aggregate of up to approximately 10% of its outstanding shares.

As of December 31, 2022 (and since the inception of the Fund’s repurchase program), the Fund has cumulatively repurchased and retired its outstanding common shares as shown in the accompanying table.

	JHAA
Common shares cumulatively repurchased and retired		68,300
Common shares authorized for repurchase		780,000

OTHER COMMON SHARE INFORMATION

During the current reporting period, the Fund repurchased and retired its common shares at a weighted average price per share and a weighted average discount per share as shown in the following table.

Common shares repurchased and retired		68,300
Weighted average price per common share repurchased and retired	$	9.05
Weighted average discount per common share repurchased and retired		3.74	%

As of December 31, 2022, the Fund’s common share prices were trading at a premium/(discount) to their common share NAVs and trading at an average premium/(discount) to NAV during the current reporting period, as follows:

Common share NAV	$	9.39
Common share price	$	9.07
Premium/(Discount) to NAV		(3.41	)%
Average premium/(discount) to NAV		(2.74	)%

JHAA has an investment objective to return $9.875 (the original net asset value following the Fund’s initial public offering (the “Original NAV”)) to shareholders on or about the end of the Fund’s term. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to return the Original NAV to shareholders, and such return is not backed or otherwise guaranteed by the Fund’s investment adviser, Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser”), or any other entity.

In connection with the objective of returning Original NAV, the Fund currently intends to set aside and retain in its net assets a portion of its net investment income and possibly all or a portion of its gains. This will reduce the amounts otherwise available for distribution prior to the liquidation of the Fund, and the Fund may incur taxes on such retained amount, which will reduce the overall amounts that the Fund would have otherwise been able to distribute. Such retained income or gains, net of any taxes, would constitute a portion of the liquidating distribution returned to investors at the end of the Fund’s term. In addition, the Fund’s investment in shorter term and lower yielding securities, especially as the Fund nears the end of its term, may reduce investment income and, therefore, the monthly dividends during the period prior to termination. Investors that purchase shares in the secondary market (particularly if their purchase price differs meaningfully from the Original NAV) may receive more or less than their original investment.

As noted above, the Fund’s objective to return Original NAV to common shareholders on or about the termination date is not a guarantee and will depend on a number of factors, including market conditions and the success of various portfolio and cash flow management techniques such as the cumulative level of income retained in relation to cumulative portfolio gains net of losses. Based on market conditions as of the date of this report, management anticipates that the Fund’s objective of returning the original $9.875 NAV on December 1, 2023 will not be met.

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JHAA Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund Performance Overview and Holding Summaries as of December 31, 2022

Refer to the Glossary of Terms Used in this Report for further definition of the terms used within this section.

Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2022*

	Average Annual
	1-Year		Since Inception
JHAA at Common Share NAV		(2.77)%		3.48%
JHAA at Common Share Price		(5.82)%		2.35%
Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 1-5 Year Cash Pay 2% Issuer Capped Bond Index		(5.90)%		3.09%

* For purposes of Fund performance, relative results are measured against the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 1-5 Year Cash Pay 2% Issuer Capped Bond Index.

Since inception returns are from 12/18/18. Performance data shown represents past performance and does not predict or guarantee future results. Current performance may be higher or lower than the data shown. Returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that shareholders may have to pay on Fund distributions or upon the sale of Fund shares. Returns at NAV are net of Fund expenses, and assume reinvestment of distributions. Comparative index return information is provided for the Fund’s shares at NAV only. Indexes are not available for direct investment.

Daily Common Share NAV and Share Price

Growth of an Assumed $10,000 Investments as of December 31, 2022 — Common Share Price

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This data relates to the securities held in the Fund’s portfolio of investments as of the end of the reporting period. It should not be construed as a measure of performance for the Fund itself. Holdings are subject to change.

For financial reporting purposes, the ratings disclosed are the highest rating given by one of the following national rating agencies: Standard & Poor’s Group, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Fitch, Inc. This treatment of split-rated securities may differ from that used for other purposes, such as for Fund investment policies. Credit ratings are subject to change. AAA, AA, A and BBB are investment grade ratings; BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D are below-investment grade ratings. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by these national rating agencies.

Fund Allocation

(% of net assets)

Corporate Bonds	119.1%
Variable Rate Senior Loan Interests	5.5%
Convertible Bonds	4.3%
Repurchase Agreements	9.2%
Other Assets Less Liabilities	(4.5)%
Net Assets Plus Borrowings	133.6%
Borrowings	(33.6)%
Net Assets	100%

Country Allocation¹

(% of total investments)

United States	85.3%
Israel	4.2%
Canada	3.9%
Australia	3.0%
Mexico	1.5%
Ireland	1.0%
Luxembourg	1.0%
Ukraine	0.1%
Total	100%

Portfolio Composition²

(% of total investments)

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels	10.8%
Chemicals	9.1%
Media	7.6%
Automobiles	6.4%
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure	5.8%
Consumer Finance	5.0%
Metals & Mining	4.6%
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)	4.4%
Containers & Packaging	4.3%
Wireless Telecommunication Services	4.3%
Commercial Services & Supplies	4.1%
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods	3.4%
Pharmaceuticals	2.7%
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)	2.4%
Other	18.5%
Repurchase Agreements	6.6%
Total	100%

Portfolio Credit Quality

(% of total long-term investments)

A	1.0%
BBB	35.3%
BB or Lower	63.5%
N/R(not rated)	0.2%
Total	100%

Top Five Issuers

(% of total long-term investments)

Sprint LLC	4.3%
NOVA Chemicals Corp	3.9%
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp	3.6%
Hanesbrands Inc	3.4%
FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd	3.1%

1 Includes 2.6% (as a percentage of total investments) in emerging markets countries.

2 See the Portfolio of Investments for the industries/sectors comprising “Other” and not listed in the table above.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees

Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (the Fund), including the portfolio of investments, as of December 31, 2022, the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the four-year period then ended and the period from December 18, 2018 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2018. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2022, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the four-year period then ended and the period from December 18, 2018 to December 31, 2018, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2022, by correspondence with custodians and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Emphasis of Matter

As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund has a termination date of December 1, 2023. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.

/s/ KPMG LLP

We have served as the auditor of one or more Nuveen investment companies since 2014.

Chicago, Illinois

February 27, 2023

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JHAA Nuveen Corporate Income 2023
Target Term Fund
Portfolio of Investments    December 31, 2022

Principal Amount (000)		Description (1)	Coupon		Maturity		Ratings (2)		Value
		LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS – 128.9% (93.4% of Total Investments)
		CORPORATE BONDS – 119.1% (86.3% of Total Investments)
		Airlines – 3.0%
$	1,250	Delta Air Lines Inc		3.800%		4/19/23		Baa3	$	1,234,375
	1,000	United Airlines Holdings Inc		5.000%		2/01/24		Ba3		982,500
	2,250	Total Airlines								2,216,875
		Automobiles – 8.9%
	2,550	Ford Motor Credit Co LLC		5.584%		3/18/24		BB+		2,516,467
	2,000	Ford Motor Credit Co LLC		3.370%		11/17/23		BB+		1,950,573
	2,000	General Motors Financial Co Inc		5.100%		1/17/24		BBB		1,992,095
	6,550	Total Automobiles								6,459,135
		Chemicals – 11.2%
	2,375	Celanese US Holdings LLC		3.500%		5/08/24		BBB-		2,294,320
	2,000	Mosaic Co/The		4.250%		11/15/23		BBB		1,983,313
	4,025	NOVA Chemicals Corp, 144A		4.875%		6/01/24		BB		3,894,172
	8,400	Total Chemicals								8,171,805
		Commercial Services & Supplies – 5.7%
	1,475	ADT Security Corp/The		4.125%		6/15/23		BB-		1,460,331
	2,750	Prime Security Services Borrower LLC / Prime Finance Inc, 144A		5.250%		4/15/24		BB-		2,701,352
	4,225	Total Commercial Services & Supplies								4,161,683
		Consumer Finance – 6.9%
	1,250	Navient Corp		6.125%		3/25/24		Ba3		1,224,524
	500	Navient Corp		5.500%		1/25/23		Ba3		499,145
	780	Navient Corp		7.250%		9/25/23		Ba3		779,365
	1,250	OneMain Finance Corp		6.125%		3/15/24		BB		1,209,088
	1,300	OneMain Finance Corp		8.250%		10/01/23		BB		1,306,419
	5,080	Total Consumer Finance								5,018,541
		Containers & Packaging – 6.0%
	3,000	Ball Corp		4.000%		11/15/23		BB+		2,940,357
	1,000	Berry Global Inc		0.950%		2/15/24		BBB-		947,410
	500	Graphic Packaging International LLC, 144A		0.821%		4/15/24		BBB-		467,939
	4,500	Total Containers & Packaging								4,355,706
		Diversified Financial Services – 0.9%
	350	Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd, 144A		5.500%		2/15/24		BBB-		345,436
	300	Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd, 144A		4.500%		3/15/23		BBB-		299,259
	650	Total Diversified Financial Services								644,695
		Electric Utilities – 2.7%
	1,000	Georgia Power Co		2.100%		7/30/23		BBB+		982,610
	1,000	NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc		2.940%		3/21/24		A-		973,568
	2,000	Total Electric Utilities								1,956,178
		Entertainment – 1.0%
	750	Warnermedia Holdings Inc, 144A		3.528%		3/15/24		BBB-		726,785
		Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs – 6.1%
	1,000	American Tower Corp		5.000%		2/15/24		BBB+		996,315
	1,000	Crown Castle Inc		3.150%		7/15/23		BBB+		988,811
	750	GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II Inc		5.375%		11/01/23		BBB-		747,394

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JHAA	Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (continued)
	Portfolio of Investments    December 31, 2022

Principal Amount (000)		Description (1)	Coupon		Maturity		Ratings (2)		Value
		Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs (continued)
$	1,750	Starwood Property Trust Inc, 144A		5.500%		11/01/23		BB+	$	1,734,766
	4,500	Total Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts								4,467,286
		Food & Staples Retailing – 3.1%
	2,250	Albertsons Cos Inc / Safeway Inc / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC, 144A		3.500%		2/15/23		BB		2,235,896
		Gas Utilities – 2.5%
	1,900	AmeriGas Partners LP / AmeriGas Finance Corp		5.625%		5/20/24		BB-		1,844,291
		Health Care Providers & Services – 1.4%
	1,000	HCA Inc		5.000%		3/15/24		BBB-		994,255
		Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 7.1%
	2,500	MGM Resorts International		6.000%		3/15/23		B+		2,491,125
	2,750	Yum! Brands Inc		3.875%		11/01/23		BB		2,694,977
	5,250	Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure								5,186,102
		Household Durables – 2.8%
	2,035	Taylor Morrison Communities Inc / Taylor Morrison Holdings II Inc, 144A		5.625%		3/01/24		BB		2,019,737
		Independent Power And Renewable Electricity Producers – 2.7%
	2,000	Vistra Operations Co LLC, 144A		4.875%		5/13/24		BBB-		1,959,700
		Media – 9.4%
	340	AMC Networks Inc		5.000%		4/01/24		BB-		317,900
	3,625	CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp, 144A		4.000%		3/01/23		BB+		3,605,471
	2,350	CSC Holdings LLC		5.250%		6/01/24		B-		2,187,885
	750	DISH DBS Corp		5.000%		3/15/23		B		746,554
	7,065	Total Media								6,857,810
		Metals & Mining – 6.4%
	1,100	Commercial Metals Co		4.875%		5/15/23		BB+		1,094,500
	3,125	FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd, 144A		5.125%		5/15/24		BB+		3,071,319
	500	Freeport-McMoRan Inc		3.875%		3/15/23		Baa3		498,656
	4,725	Total Metals & Mining								4,664,475
		Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 14.9%
	550	Buckeye Partners LP		4.150%		7/01/23		BB		540,357
	1,000	Continental Resources Inc/OK		3.800%		6/01/24		BBB		972,427
	225	Continental Resources Inc/OK		4.500%		4/15/23		BBB		224,455
	794	Energean Israel Finance Ltd, Reg S, 144A		4.500%		3/30/24		BB-		764,225
	250	Energy Transfer LP		5.875%		1/15/24		BBB-		250,629
	1,000	Energy Transfer LP / Regency Energy Finance Corp		4.500%		11/01/23		BBB-		992,686
	750	EQM Midstream Partners LP		4.750%		7/15/23		BB		735,938
	500	Kinder Morgan Inc, 144A		5.625%		11/15/23		BBB-		500,288
	1,500	Leviathan Bond Ltd, Reg S, 144A		5.750%		6/30/23		BB		1,494,396
	1,000	NAK Naftogaz Ukraine via Kondor Finance PLC, Reg S (3)		7.375%		7/19/24		N/R		155,000
	1,000	Petroleos Mexicanos		4.875%		1/18/24		BBB		977,500
	500	Petroleos Mexicanos		4.625%		9/21/23		BBB		492,425
	1,000	Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC		5.750%		5/15/24		BBB		1,000,242
	1,750	Western Midstream Operating LP (3-Month LIBOR reference rate + 1.100% spread) (4)		5.041%		1/13/23		BBB-		1,747,375
	11,819	Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels								10,847,943
		Pharmaceuticals – 3.7%
	750	Mylan Inc		4.200%		11/29/23		BBB		742,294
	2,000	Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV		6.000%		4/15/24		Ba2		1,960,165
	2,750	Total Pharmaceuticals								2,702,459

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Principal Amount (000)		Description (1)					Coupon		Maturity			Ratings (2)		Value
		Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 1.0%
$	750	Broadcom Corp / Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd						3.625%		1/15/24			Baa2	$	737,144
		Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 4.7%									��
	3,575	Hanesbrands Inc, 144A						4.625%		5/15/24			BB		3,462,486
		Trading Companies & Distributors – 1.1%
	400	AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust						4.500%		9/15/23			BBB		397,373
	400	Aircastle Ltd						4.400%		9/25/23			BBB		396,015
	800	Total Trading Companies & Distributors													793,388
		Wireless Telecommunication Services – 5.9%
	4,275	Sprint LLC						7.875%		9/15/23			Baa3		4,334,790
$	89,099	Total Corporate Bonds (cost $89,310,305)													86,819,165
Principal Amount (000)		Description (1)	Coupon (5)		Reference Rate (5)		Spread (5)		Maturity (6)			Ratings (2)		Value
		VARIABLE RATE SENIOR LOAN INTERESTS – 5.5% (4.0% of Total Investments) (5)
		Chemicals – 1.3%
$	974	Ineos US Finance LLC, Term Loan B		6.384%		1-Month LIBOR		2.000%		3/31/24			BBB-	$	975,496
		Entertainment – 0.9%
	632	Univision Communications Inc., Term Loan C5		7.134%		1-Month LIBOR		2.750%		3/15/24			B+		631,839
		Health Care Providers & Services – 1.1%
	959	Team Health Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, First Lien		7.134%		1-Month LIBOR		2.750%		2/06/24			B-		824,987
		Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.9%
	94	CDS U.S. Intermediate Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, First Lien		10.726%		3-Month LIBOR		6.000%		11/24/25			BB-		94,112
	95	CDS U.S. Intermediate Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, Second Lien		5.726%		3-Month LIBOR		1.000%		11/24/27			B-		92,962
	480	Travel Leaders Group, LLC, Term Loan B		8.384%		1-Month LIBOR		4.000%		1/25/24			CCC+		441,208
	669	Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure													628,282
		IT Services – 0.1%
	66	Tempo Acquisition LLC, Term Loan		7.134%		1-Month LIBOR		2.750%		5/01/24			BB-		65,392
		Media – 1.1%
	496	Gray Television, Inc., Term Loan B		6.620%		1-Month LIBOR		2.500%		2/07/24			BB+		495,994
	295	Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., Term Loan B4		6.884%		1-Month LIBOR		2.500%		9/18/26			BBB-		293,336
	791	Total Media													789,330
		Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 0.1%
	107	MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., Term Loan		6.634%		1-Month LIBOR		2.250%		5/19/24			Ba1		106,658
$	4,198	Total Variable Rate Senior Loan Interests (cost $4,094,286)													4,021,984

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JHAA	Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (continued)
	Portfolio of Investments    December 31, 2022

Principal Amount (000)		Description (1)	Coupon		Maturity		Ratings (2)		Value
		CONVERTIBLE BONDS – 4.3% (3.1% of Total Investments)
		Computers & Peripherals – 0.9%
$	700	Western Digital Corp		1.500%		2/01/24		Baa3	$	666,750
		Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs – 3.4%
	2,000	Blackstone Mortgage Trust Inc		4.750%		3/15/23		BB-		1,961,250
	500	Starwood Property Trust Inc		4.375%		4/01/23		BB+		484,688
	2,500	Total Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs								2,445,938
$	3,200	Total Convertible Bonds (cost $3,200,496)								3,112,688
		Total Long-Term Investments (cost $96,605,087)								93,953,837
Principal Amount (000)		Description (1)	Coupon		Maturity				Value
		SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 9.2%(6.6% of Total Investments)
		REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS – 9.2% (6.6% of Total Investments)
$	6,686	Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 12/30/22, repurchase price $6,686,900, collateralized by $6,861,200, U.S. Treasury Bond Bill, 0.00%, due 2/21/23, value $6,819,703		1.280%		1/03/23			$	6,685,949
		Total Short-Term Investments (cost $6,685,949)								6,685,949
		Total Investments (cost $103,291,036) – 138.1%								100,639,786
		Borrowings – (33.6)% (7), (8)								(24,500,000	)
		Other Assets Less Liabilities – (4.5)%								(3,264,683	)
		Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares – 100%							$	72,875,103

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For Fund portfolio compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications into sectors for reporting ease.

(1) All percentages shown in the Portfolio of Investments are based on net assets applicable to common shares unless otherwise noted.

(2) For financial reporting purposes, the ratings disclosed are the highest of Standard & Poor’s Group (“Standard & Poor’s”), Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or Fitch, Inc. (“Fitch”) rating. This treatment of split-rated securities may differ from that used for other purposes, such as for Fund investment policies. Ratings below BBB by Standard & Poor’s, Baa by Moody’s or BBB by Fitch are considered to be below investment grade. Holdings designated N/R are not rated by any of these national rating agencies. Ratings are not covered by the report of independent registered public accounting firm.

(3) Defaulted security. A security whose issuer has failed to fully pay principal and/or interest when due, or is under the protection of bankruptcy.

(4) Variable rate security. The rate shown is the coupon as of the end of the reporting period.

(5) Senior loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically adjusted by reference to a base short-term, floating lending rate (Reference Rate) plus an assigned fixed rate (Spread). These floating lending rates are generally (i) the lending rate referenced by the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), or (ii) the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks. Senior loans may be considered restricted in that the Fund ordinarily is contractually obligated to receive approval from the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan. The rate shown is the coupon as of the end of the reporting period.

(6) Senior loans generally are subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment. Because of these mandatory prepayment conditions and because there may be significant economic incentives for a borrower to prepay, prepayments of senior loans may occur. As a result, the actual remaining maturity of senior loans held may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown.

(7) Borrowings as a percentage of Total Investments is 24.3%.

(8) The Fund may pledge up to 100% of its eligible investment (excluding any investments pledged as collateral to specific investments in derivatives, when applicable) in the Portfolio of Investments as collateral for borrowings.

144A Investment is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These investments may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration, which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers.

LIBOR London Inter-Bank Offered Rate

Reg S Regulation S allows U.S. companies to sell securities to persons or entities located outside of the United States without registering those securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Specifically, Regulation S provides a safe harbor from the registration requirements of the Securities Act for the offers and sales of securities by both foreign and domestic issuers that are made outside the United States.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2022

Assets
Long-term investments, at value (cost $96,605,087)	$	93,953,837
Short- term investments, at value (cost approximates value)		6,685,949
Cash		43,125
Receivable for:
Interest		1,086,238
Investment sold		27,449
Other assets		813
Total assets		101,797,411
Liabilities
Borrowings		24,500,000
Payable for:
Shares repurchased		36,668
Investments purchased – regular settlement		4,276,189
Accrued expenses:
Interest		7,609
Management fees		54,680
Trustees fees		1,343
Other		45,819
Total liabilities		28,922,308
Net assets applicable to common shares	$	72,875,103
Common shares outstanding		7,757,842
Net asset value (“NAV”) per common share outstanding	$	9.39
Net assets applicable to common shares consist of:
Common shares, $0.01 par value per share	$	77,578
Paid-in surplus		76,320,488
Total distributable earnings (loss)		(3,522,963	)
Net assets applicable to common shares	$	72,875,103
Authorized common shares		Unlimited

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2022

Investment Income	$	3,990,802
Expenses
Management fees		650,386
Interest expense		605,765
Custodian fees		43,822
Trustees fees		3,196
Professional fees		61,809
Shareholder reporting expenses		25,214
Shareholder servicing agent fees		123
Stock exchange listing fees		7,410
Investor relations expenses		3,977
Other		10,562
Total expenses		1,412,264
Net investment income (loss)		2,578,538
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
Net realized gain (loss) from investments and foreign currency		(160,547	)
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currency		(4,592,850	)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)		(4,753,397	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares from operations	$	(2,174,859	)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

	Year Ended 12/31/22			Year Ended 12/31/21
Operations
Net investment income (loss)	$	2,578,538		$	3,258,821
Net realized gain (loss) from investments and foreign currency		(160,547	)		668,197
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currency		(4,592,850	)		(915,848	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares from operations		(2,174,859	)		3,011,170
Distributions to Common Shareholders
Dividends		(2,600,733	)		(3,271,129	)
Decrease in net assets applicable to common shares from distributions to common shareholders		(2,600,733	)		(3,271,129	)
Capital Share Transactions
Cost of common shares repurchased or retired		(619,790	)		—
Net proceeds from common shares issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions		—			6,859
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares from capital share transactions		(619,790	)		6,859
Net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares		(5,395,382	)		(253,100	)
Net assets applicable to common shares at the beginning of period		78,270,485			78,523,585
Net assets applicable to common shares at the end of period	$	72,875,103		$	78,270,485

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2022

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares from Operations	$	(2,174,859	)
Adjustments to reconcile the net increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to common shares from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Purchases of investments		(51,995,634	)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments		50,144,751
Proceeds from (Purchase of) short-term investments, net		(487,034	)
Taxes paid		(28,956	)
Amortization (Accretion) of premiums and discounts, net		449,457
(Increase) Decrease in:
Receivable for interest		(153,642	)
Receivable for investments sold		1,005,036
Other assets		(350	)
Increase (Decrease) in:
Investments purchased – regular settlement		4,274,626
Investments purchased – when-issued/delayed-delivery settlement		(2,501,875	)
Accrued management fees		(2,251	)
Accrued interest		6,120
Accrued Trustees fees		663
Accrued other expenses		(37,469	)
Net realized (gain) loss from investments and foreign currency		160,547
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currency		4,592,850
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		3,251,980
Cash Flow from Financing Activities:
(Repayments of) borrowings		(25,000	)
Cash distributions paid to common shareholders		(2,600,733	)
Cost of shares repurchased and retired		(583,122	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(3,208,855	)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash		43,125
Cash at the beginning of period		—
Cash at the end of period		43,125
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for interest (excluding costs)	$	595,807

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period:

			Investment Operations									Less Distributions to Common Shareholders								Common Share
	Beginning Common Share NAV		Net Investment Income (Loss)(a)			Net Realized/ Unrealized Gain (Loss)			Total			From Net Investment Income			From Accumulated Net Realized Gains		Total			Offering costs			Discount per Share Repurchased and Retired			Ending NAV		Ending Share Price
Year Ended 12/31:
2022	$	10.00	$	0.33		$	(0.61	)	$	(0.28	)	$	(0.33	)	$	—	$	(0.33	)	$	—		$	—	*	$	9.39	$	9.07
2021		10.03		0.42			(0.03	)		0.39			(0.42	)		—		(0.42	)		—			—			10.00		9.98
2020		10.36		0.53			(0.31	)		0.22			(0.55	)		—		(0.55	)		—			—			10.03		9.58
2019		9.85		0.63			0.45			1.08			(0.57	)		—		(0.57	)		—			—			10.36		10.85
2018(e)		9.88		(0.01	)		—			(0.01	)		—			—		—			(0.02	)		—			9.85		10.85

The following table sets forth information regarding the Fund’s outstanding senior securities as of the end of the Fund’s last five fiscal periods, as applicable.

	Borrowings at the End of Period
	Aggregate Amount Outstanding (000)(f)		Asset Coverage Per $1,000(g)
Year Ended 12/31:
2022	$	24,500	$	3,974
2021		24,525		4,191
2020		24,525		4,202
2019		27,025		3,998

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						Common Share Supplemental Data/ Ratios Applicable to Common Shares
Common Shares Total Returns								Ratios to Average Net Assets(c)
Based on NAV(b)			Based on Share Price(b)			Ending Net Assets (000)		Expenses			Net Investment Income (Loss)			Portfolio Turnover Rate(d)
	(2.77	)%		(5.82	)%	$	72,875		1.89	%		3.46	%		54	%
	3.92			8.63			78,270		1.29			4.14			70
	2.51			(6.43	)		78,524		1.57			5.49			47
	11.20			5.71			81,028		2.03			6.13			34
	(0.30	)		8.50			69,042		1.74	**		(1.74	)**		—

(a) Per share Net Investment Income (Loss) is calculated using the average daily common shares method.

(b) Total Return Based on Common Share NAV is the combination of changes in common share NAV, reinvested dividend income at NAV and reinvested capital gains distributions at NAV, if any. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending NAV. The actual reinvest price for the last dividend declared in the period may often be based on the Fund’s market price (and not its NAV), and therefore may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.

Total Return Based on Common Share Price is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of reinvestment. The last dividend declared in the period, which is typically paid on the first business day of the following month, is assumed to be reinvested at the ending market price. The actual reinvestment for the last dividend declared in the period may take place over several days, and in some instances may not be based on the market price, so the actual reinvestment price may be different from the price used in the calculation. Total returns are not annualized.

(c)	•	Net Investment Income (Loss) ratios reflect income earned and expenses incurred on assets attributable to borrowings and/or reverse repurchase agreements, where applicable, (as described in Note 8 – Fund Leverage), where applicable.
	•	Each ratio includes the effect of all interest expense paid and other costs related to borrowings and/or reverse repurchase agreements, where applicable, as follows:

Ratios of Interest Expense to Average Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares
JHAA
Year Ended 12/31:
2022	0.81	%
2021	0.27
2020	0.47
2019	0.99	**

(d) Portfolio Turnover Rate is calculated based on the lesser of long-term purchases or sales (as disclosed in Note 4 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives) divided by the average long-term market value during the period.

(e) For the period December 18, 2018 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2018.

(f) Aggregate Amount Outstanding: Aggregate amount outstanding represents the principal amount as of the end of the relevant fiscal year.

(g) Asset Coverage Per $1,000: Asset coverage per $1,000 is calculated by subtracting the Fund’s liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities from the Fund’s total assets, dividing the results by the aggregate amount of the Fund’s senior securities representing indebtedness then outstanding (if applicable), and multiplying the result by 1,000.

* Value rounded to zero.

** Annualized.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

1. General Information

Fund Information

Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), as amended, as a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund was organized as Massachusetts business trust on September 20, 2018.

The Fund seeks to return its original net asset value (“NAV”) per share on or about its termination date as noted in the following table.

	Original NAV Per Share		Termination Date
JHAA*	$	9.875		December 1, 2023

* Based on market conditions as of the date of this report, management anticipates that JHAA’s objective of returning the original $9.875 NAV on December 1, 2023 will not be met.

Current Fiscal Period

The end of the reporting period for the Fund is December 31, 2022, and the period covered by these Notes to Financial Statements is the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (the “current fiscal period”).

Investment Adviser and Sub-Adviser

The Fund’s investment adviser is Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (the “Adviser”), a subsidiary of Nuveen, LLC (“Nuveen”). Nuveen is the investment management arm of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). The Adviser has overall responsibility for management of the Funds, oversees the management of the Fund’s portfolio, manages the Fund’s business affairs and provides certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services, and, if necessary, asset allocation decisions. The Adviser has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, (the “Sub-Adviser”), a subsidiary of the Adviser, under which the Sub-Adviser manages the investment portfolio of the Fund.

Developments Regarding the Fund’s Control Share By-Law

On October 5, 2020, the Fund and certain other closed-end funds in the Nuveen fund complex amended their by-laws. Among other things, the amended by-laws included provisions pursuant to which, in summary, a shareholder who obtains beneficial ownership of common shares in a Control Share Acquisition (as defined in the by-laws) shall have the same voting rights as other common shareholders only to the extent authorized by the other disinterested shareholders(the “Control Share By-Law”). On January 14, 2021, a shareholder of certain Nuveen closed-end funds filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”) against certain Nuveen funds and their trustees, seeking a declaration that such funds’ Control Share By-Laws violate the 1940 Act, rescission of such fund’s Control Share By-Laws and a permanent injunction against such funds applying the Control Share By-Laws. On February 18, 2022, the District Court granted judgment in favor of the plaintiff’s claim for rescission of such funds’ Control Share By-Laws and the plaintiff’s declaratory judgment claim, and declared that such funds’ Control Share By-Laws violate Section 18(i) of the 1940 Act. Following review of the judgment of the District Court, on February 22, 2022, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) amended the Fund’s by-laws to provide that the Fund’s Control Share By-Law shall be of no forceand effect for so long as the judgment of the District Court is effective and that if the judgment of the District Court is reversed, overturned, vacated, stayed, orotherwise nullified, the Fund’s Control Share By-Law will be automatically reinstated and apply to any beneficial owner of common shares acquired in a Control Share Acquisition, regardless of whether such Control Share Acquisition occurs before or after such reinstatement, for the duration of the stay or upon issuance of the mandate reversing, overturning, vacating or otherwise nullifying the judgment of the District Court. On February 25, 2022, the Board and the Fund appealed the District Court’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), which may require the use of estimates made by management and the evaluation of subsequent events. Actual results may differ from those estimates. The Fund is an investment company and follows the accounting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. The NAV for financial reporting purposes may differ from the NAV for processing security and common share transactions. The NAV for financial reporting purposes includes security and common share transactions through the date of the report. Total return is computed based on the NAV used for processing security and common share transactions. The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund.

Compensation

The Fund pays no compensation directly to those of its trustees or to its officers, all of whom receive remuneration for their services to the Fund from the Adviser or its affiliates. The Board has adopted a deferred compensation plan for independent trustees that enables trustees to elect to defer receipt of all

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or a portion of the annual compensation they are entitled to receive from certain Nuveen-advised funds. Under the plan, deferred amounts are treated as though equal dollar amounts had been invested in shares of select Nuveen-advised funds.

Distributions to Common Shareholders

Distributions to common shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount, character and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP.

In seeking to achieve its investment objectives, the Fund currently intends to set aside and retain in its net assets (and therefore its NAV) a portion of its net investment income, and possibly all or a portion of its gains. This will reduce the amounts otherwise available for distribution prior to the liquidation of the Fund, and the Fund may incur taxes on such retained amounts. Such retained income or gains, net of any taxes, would constitute a portion of the liquidating distribution returned to investors on or about the termination date.

Foreign Currency Transactions and Translation

To the extent that the Fund invest in securities and/or contracts that are denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, the Fund will be subject to currency risk, which is the risk that an increase in the U.S. dollar relative to the foreign currency will reduce returns or portfolio value. Generally, when the U.S. dollar rises in value against a foreign currency, the Fund’s investments denominated in that currency will lose value because its currency is worth fewer U.S. dollars; the opposite effect occurs if the U.S. dollar falls in relative value. Investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars on a spot (i.e. cash) basis at the spot rate prevailing in the foreign currency exchange market at the time of valuation. Purchases and sales of investments and income denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.

The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Assets, including investments, and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the end of each day. Purchases and sales of securities, income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions.

Net realized foreign currency gains and losses resulting from changes in exchange rates associated with (i) foreign currency, (ii) investments and (iii) derivatives include foreign currency gains and losses between trade date and settlement date of the transactions, foreign currency transactions, and the difference between the amounts of interest and dividends recorded on the books of the Fund and the amounts actually received are recognized as a component of “Net realized gain (loss) from investments and foreign currency” on the Statement of Operations, when applicable.

The unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in foreign currency exchange rates and changes in foreign exchange rates associated with (i) investments and (ii) other assets and liabilities are recognized as a component of “Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and foreign currency” on the Statement of Operations, when applicable. The unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates associated with investments in derivatives are recognized as a component of the respective derivative’s related “Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)” on the Statement of Operations, when applicable.

Foreign Taxes

The Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains, on investments or foreign currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. The Fund will accrue such taxes and recoveries as applicable, based upon the current interpretation of tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which the Fund invests.

Indemnifications

Under the Fund’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications to other parties. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

Investments and Investment Income

Securities transactions are accounted for as of the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Trade date for senior and subordinated loans purchased in the “primary market” is considered the date on which the loan allocations are determined. Trade date for senior and subordinated loans purchased in the “secondary market” is the date on which the transaction is entered into. Realized gains and losses on securities transactions are based upon the specific identification method. Investment income is comprised of interest income, which is recorded on an accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums for financial reporting purposes. Investment income also reflects payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest, fee income and paydown gains and losses, if any. PIK interest represents income received in the form of securities in lieu of cash. Fee income consists primarily of amendment fees. Amendment fees are earned as compensation for evaluating and accepting changes to an original senior loan agreement and are recognized when received.

Netting Agreements

In the ordinary course of business, the Fund may enter into transactions subject to enforceable master repurchase agreements, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) master agreements or other similar arrangements (“netting agreements”). Generally, the right to offset in netting agreements allows the Fund to offset certain securities and derivatives with a specific counterparty, when applicable, as well as any collateral received or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the agreements. Generally, the Fund manages its cash collateral and securities collateral on a counterparty basis.

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

The Fund’s investments subject to netting agreements as of the end of the reporting period, if any, are further described in Note 4 – Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives.

New Accounting Pronouncements and Rule Issuances

Reference Rate Reform

In March 2020, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform: Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The main objective of the new guidance is to provide relief to companies that will be impacted by the expected change in benchmark interest rates, when participating banks will no longer be required to submit London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) quotes by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The new guidance allows companies to, provided the only changes to existing contracts are a change to an approved benchmark interest rate, account for modifications as a continuance of the existing contract without additional analysis. For new and existing contracts, the Fund may elect to apply the amendments as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. In December 2022, FASB deferred ASU 2022-04 and issued ASU 2022-06, Reference Rate Reform: Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848, which extends the application of the amendments through December 31, 2024. Management has not yet elected to apply the amendments, is continuously evaluating the potential effect a discontinuation of LIBOR could have on the Fund’s investments and has currently determined that it is unlikely the ASU’s adoption will have a significant impact on the Fund’s financial statements and various filings.

New Rules to Modernize Fund Valuation Framework Take Effect

A new rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) governing fund valuation practices, Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, has established requirements for determining fair value in good faith for purposes of the 1940 Act. Rule 2a-5 permits fund boards to designate certain parties to perform fair value determinations, subject to board oversight and certain other conditions. Rule 2a-5 also defines when market quotations are “readily available” for purposes of Section 2(a)(41) of the 1940 Act, which requires a fund to fair value a security when market quotations are not readily available. Separately, new SEC Rule 31a-4 under the 1940 Act sets forth the recordkeeping requirements associated with fair value determinations. The Fund adopted a valuation policy conforming to the new rules, effective September 1, 2022, and there was no material impact to the Fund.

3. Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements

The Fund’s investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value utilizing valuation methods approved by the Adviser, subject to oversight of the Board. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon selling an investment or transferring a liability in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment. U.S. GAAP establishes the three-tier hierarchy which is used to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs are based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect management’s assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs are based on the best information available in the circumstances. The following is a summary of the three-tiered hierarchy of valuation input levels.

Level 1 –	Inputs are unadjusted and prices are determined using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2 –	Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, credit spreads, etc.).
Level 3 –	Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs (including management’s assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major classifications of assets and liabilities measured at fair value follows:

Prices of fixed-income securities are generally provided by pricing services approved by the Adviser, which is subject to review by the Adviser and oversight of the Board. Pricing services establish a security’s fair value using methods that may include consideration of the following: yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity and rating, market quotes or indications of value from security dealers, evaluations of anticipated cash flows or collateral, general market conditions and other information and analysis, including the obligor’s credit characteristics considered relevant. In pricing certain securities, particularly less liquid and lower quality securities, pricing services may consider information about a security, its issuer or market activity provided by the Adviser. These securities are generally classified as Level 2.

Repurchase agreements are valued at contract amount plus accrued interest, which approximates market value. These securities are generally classified as Level 2.

For any portfolio security or derivative for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the Adviser deems the valuations derived using the valuation procedures described above not to reflect fair value, the Adviser will determine a fair value in good faith using alternative procedures approved by the Adviser, subject to the oversight of the Board. As a general principle, the fair value of a security is the amount that the owner might reasonably expect to receive for it in a current sale. A variety of factors may be considered in determining the fair value of such securities, which may include consideration of the following: yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon, maturity and rating, market quotes or

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indications of value from security dealers, evaluations of anticipated cash flows or collateral, general market conditions and other information and analysis, including the obligor’s credit characteristics considered relevant. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values would be classified as Level 2 otherwise they would be classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments as of the end of the reporting period, based on the inputs used to value them:

	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Long-Term Investments*:
Corporate Bonds	$	—	$	86,819,165	$	—	$	86,819,165
Variable Rate Senior Loan Interests		—		4,021,984		—		4,021,984
Convertible Bonds		—		3,112,688		—		3,112,688
Short-Term Investments:
Repurchase Agreements		—		6,685,949		—		6,685,949
Total	$	—	$	100,639,786	$	—	$	100,639,786

* Refer to the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments for industry and/or country classifications, where applicable.

4. Portfolio Securities and Investments in Derivatives

Portfolio Securities

Unfunded Commitments

Pursuant to the terms of certain of the variable rate senior loan agreements, the Fund may have unfunded senior loan commitments. The Fund will maintain with its custodian, cash, liquid securities and/or liquid senior loans having an aggregate value at least equal to the amount of unfunded senior loan commitments. As of the end of the reporting period, the Fund had no such outstanding unfunded senior loan commitments.

Participation Commitments

With respect to the senior loans held in the Fund’s portfolio, a Fund may: 1) invest in assignments; 2) act as a participant in primary lending syndicates; or 3) invest in participations. If a Fund purchases a participation of a senior loan interest, the Fund would typically enter into a contractual agreement with the lender or other third party selling the participation, rather than directly with the borrower. As such, a Fund not only assumes the credit risk of the borrower, but also that of the selling participant or other persons interpositioned between the Fund and the borrower. As of the end of the reporting period, the Fund had no such outstanding participation commitments.

Repurchase Agreements

In connection with transactions in repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the fair value of which exceeds the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest, at all times. If the counterparty defaults, and the fair value of the collateral declines, realization of the collateral may be delayed or limited.

The following table presents the repurchase agreements for the Fund that are subject to netting agreements as of the end of the reporting period, and the collateral delivered related to those repurchase agreements.

Counterparty	Short-Term Investments, at Value	Collateral Pledged (From) Counterparty
Fixed Income Clearing Corporation	$6,685,949	$	6,819,703

Zero Coupon Securities

A zero coupon security does not pay a regular interest coupon to its holders during the life of the security. Income to the holder of the security comes from accretion of the difference between the original purchase price of the security at issuance and the par value of the security at maturity and is effectively paid at maturity. The market prices of zero coupon securities generally are more volatile than the market prices of securities that pay interest periodically.

Investment Transactions

Long-term purchases and sales (including maturities) during the current fiscal period aggregated $51,995,634 and $50,144,751 respectively.

The Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis may have extended settlement periods; interest income is not accrued until settlement date. Any securities so purchased are subject to market fluctuation during

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

this period. The Fund has earmarked securities in their portfolios with a current value at least equal to the amount of the when-issued/delayed-delivery purchase commitments. If a Fund has outstanding when-issued/delayed-delivery purchases commitments as of the end of the reporting period, such amounts are recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Investments in Derivatives

The Fund is authorized to invest in certain derivative instruments, such as futures, options and swap contracts. The Fund limits its investments in futures, options on futures and swap contracts to the extent necessary for the Adviser to claim the exclusion from registration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a commodity pool operator with respect to the Fund. The Fund records derivative instruments at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized on the Statement of Operations, when applicable. Even though the Fund’s investments in derivatives may represent economic hedges, they are not considered to be hedge transactions for financial reporting purposes.

Although the Fund is authorized to invest in derivative instruments, and may do so in the future, they did not make any such investments during the current fiscal period.

Market and Counterparty Credit Risk

In the normal course of business the Fund may invest in financial instruments and enter into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the other party to the transaction to perform (counterparty credit risk). The potential loss could exceed the value of the financial assets recorded on the financial statements. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Fund to counterparty credit risk, consist principally of cash due from counterparties on forward, option and swap transactions, when applicable. The extent of the Fund’s exposure to counterparty credit risk in respect to these financial assets approximates their carrying value as recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The Fund helps manage counterparty credit risk by entering into agreements only with counterparties the Adviser believes have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by having the Adviser monitor the financial stability of the counterparties. Additionally, counterparties may be required to pledge collateral daily (based on the daily valuation of the financial asset) on behalf of the Fund with a value approximately equal to the amount of any unrealized gain above a pre- determined threshold. Reciprocally, when the Fund has an unrealized loss, the Fund has instructed the custodian to pledge assets of the Fund as collateral with a value approximately equal to the amount of the unrealized loss above a pre-determined threshold. Collateral pledges are monitored and subsequently adjusted if and when the valuations fluctuate, either up or down, by at least the pre-determined threshold amount.

5. Fund Shares

Common Share Transactions

Transactions in common shares during the Fund’s current and prior fiscal period were as follows:

	Year Ended 12/31/2022			Year Ended 12/31/2021
Common Shares:
Issued to shareholders due to reinvestment of distributions		—			683
Repurchased and retired		(68,300	)		—
Weighted average common share:
Price per share repurchased and retired	$	9.05		$	—
Discount per share repurchased and retired		3.74	%		—	%

6. Income Tax Information

The Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and net capital gains to shareholders and otherwise comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.

The Fund files income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state and local jurisdictions. A Fund’s federal income tax returns are generally subject to examination for a period of three fiscal years after being filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional period of time depending on the jurisdiction. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken for all open tax years and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

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Differences between amounts for financial statement and federal income tax purposes are primarily due to timing differences in recognizing gains and losses on investment transactions. Temporary differences do not require reclassification. As of year end, permanent differences that resulted in reclassifications among the components of net assets relate primarily to bond premium adjustments and taxes paid. Temporary and permanent differences have no impact on a Fund’s net assets.

As of year end, the aggregate cost and net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of all investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

Fund	Tax cost		Gross Unrealized Appreciation		Gross Unrealized (Depreciation)			Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
JHAA	$	103,338,968	$	52,646	$	(2,751,828	)	$	(2,699,182	)

For purposes of this disclosure, tax cost generally includes the cost of portfolio investments as well as up-front fees or premiums exchanged on derivatives and any amounts unrealized for income statement reporting but realized income and/or capital gains for tax reporting, if applicable.

As of year end, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Fund	Undistributed Ordinary Income		Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gains		Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)			Capital Loss Carryforwards			Late-Year Loss Deferrals		Other Book-to-Tax Differences		Total
JHAA	$	968,804	$	—	$	(2,699,182	)	$	(1,792,585	)	$	—	$	—	$	(3,522,963	)

The tax character of distributions paid were as follows:

	12/31/2022		12/31/2021
Fund	Ordinary income	Long-Term capital gains	Ordinary income		Long-Term capital gains
JHAA	$2,600,733	$                —	$	3,271,129	$	—

As of year end, the Fund had capital loss carryforward, which will not expire:

Fund	Short-Term	Long-Term	Total
JHAA	223,810	1,568,775		1,792,585

7. Management Fees

The Fund’s management fee compensates the Adviser for overall investment advisory and administrative services and general office facilities. The Sub-Adviser is compensated for its services to the Fund from the management fees paid to the Adviser.

The Fund’s management fee consists of two components – a fund-level fee, based only on the amount of assets within the Fund, and a complex-level fee, based on the aggregate amount of all eligible fund assets managed by the Adviser. This pricing structure enables Fund shareholders to benefit from growth in the assets within their respective Fund as well as from growth in the amount of complex-wide assets managed by the Adviser.

The annual fund-level fee, payable monthly, for the Fund is calculated according to the following schedule:

Average Daily Managed Assets*	Fund-Level Fee Rate
For the first $500 million		0.5000	%
For the next $250 million		0.4875
For managed assets over $750 million		0.4750

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

The annual complex-level fee, payable monthly, is calculated by multiplying the current complex-wide fee rate, determined according to the following schedule by the Fund’s daily managed assets:

Complex-Level Eligible Asset Breakpoint Level*	Effective Complex-Level Fee Rate at Breakpoint Level
$55 billion		0.2000	%
$56 billion		0.1996
$57 billion		0.1989
$60 billion		0.1961
$63 billion		0.1931
$66 billion		0.1900
$71 billion		0.1851
$76 billion		0.1806
$80 billion		0.1773
$91 billion		0.1691
$125 billion		0.1599
$200 billion		0.1505
$250 billion		0.1469
$300 billion		0.1445

* For the complex-level fees, managed assets include closed-end fund assets managed by the Adviser that are attributable to certain types of leverage. For these purposes, leverage includes the funds’ use of preferred stock and borrowings and certain investments in the residual interest certificates (also called inverse floating rate securities) in tender option bond (TOB) trusts, including the portion of assets held by a TOB trust that has been effectively financed by the trust’s issuance of floating rate securities, subject to an agreement by the Adviser as to certain funds to limit the amount of such assets for determining managed assets in certain circumstances. The complex-level fee is calculated based upon the aggregate daily managed assets of all Nuveen open-end and closed-end funds that constitute “eligible assets.” Eligible assets do not include assets attributable to investments in other Nuveen funds or assets in excess of a determined amount (originally $2 billion) added to the Nuveen fund complex in connection with the Adviser’s assumption of the management of the former First American Funds effective January 1, 2011, but do not include certain assets of certain Nuveen funds that were reorganized into funds advised by an affiliate of the Adviser during the 2019 calendar year. As of December 31, 2022, the complex-level fee for each Fund was 0.1590%.

8. Fund Leverage

Borrowings

During the current fiscal period, JHAA entered into borrowing arrangements (“Borrowings”) as a means of leverage.

As of the end of the reporting period JHAA’s maximum commitment amount under its Borrowings is as follows:

Maximum commitment amount $27,500,000

As of the end of the reporting period, JHAA’s outstanding balance on its Borrowings was as follows:

Outstanding balance on Borrowings $24,500,000

For JHAA interest is charged on the Borrowings at 1-Month Term SOFR plus 0.750% per annum on the amounts borrowed and accrues a 0.125% per annum commitment fee on the undrawn portion of the Borrowings.

During the current fiscal period, the average daily balance outstanding (which was for the entire reporting period) and average annual interest rate on JHAA’s Borrowings were as follows:

Average daily balance outstanding	$24,512,877
Average annual interest rate	2.47	%

In order to maintain its Borrowings, the Fund must meet certain collateral, asset coverage and other requirements. The Fund’s Borrowings outstanding are fully secured by eligible securities held in its portfolio of investments.

The Fund’s Borrowings outstanding are recognized as “Borrowings” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Interest expense incurred on the borrowed amount and undrawn balance are recognized as components of “Interest expense” on the Statement of Operations.

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9. Inter-Fund Lending

Inter-Fund Borrowing and Lending

The SEC has granted an exemptive order permitting registered open-end and closed-end Nuveen funds to participate in an inter-fund lending facility whereby the Nuveen funds may directly lend to and borrow money from each other for temporary purposes (e.g., to satisfy redemption requests or when a sale of securities “fails,” resulting in an unanticipated cash shortfall) (the “Inter-Fund Program”). The closed-end Nuveen funds, including the Funds covered by this shareholder report, will participate only as lenders, and not as borrowers, in the Inter-Fund Program because such closed-end funds rarely, if ever, need to borrow cash to meet redemptions. The Inter-Fund Program is subject to a number of conditions, including, among other things, the requirements that (1) no fund may borrow or lend money through the Inter-Fund Program unless it receives a more favorable interest rate than is typically available from a bank or other financial institution for a comparable transaction; (2) no fund may borrow on an unsecured basis through the Inter-Fund Program unless the Funds’ outstanding borrowings from all sources immediately after the inter-fund borrowing total 10% or less of its total assets; provided that if the borrowing fund has a secured borrowing outstanding from any other lender, including but not limited to another fund, the inter-fund loan must be secured on at least an equal priority basis with at least an equivalent percentage of collateral to loan value; (3) if a Funds’ total outstanding borrowings immediately after an inter-fund borrowing would be greater than 10% of its total assets, the fund may borrow through the inter-fund loan on a secured basis only; (4) no fund may lend money if the loan would cause its aggregate outstanding loans through the Inter-Fund Program to exceed 15% of its net assets at the time of the loan; (5) a Funds’ inter-fund loans to any one fund shall not exceed 5% of the lending Funds’ net assets; (6) the duration of inter-fund loans will be limited to the time required to receive payment for securities sold, but in no event more than seven days; and (7) each inter-fund loan may be called on one business day’s notice by a lending fund and may be repaid on any day by a borrowing fund. In addition, a Nuveen fund may participate in the Inter-Fund Program only if and to the extent that such participation is consistent with the Funds’ investment objective and investment policies. The Board is responsible for overseeing the Inter-Fund Program.

The limitations detailed above and the other conditions of the SEC exemptive order permitting the Inter-Fund Program are designed to minimize the risks associated with Inter-Fund Program for both the lending fund and the borrowing fund. However, no borrowing or lending activity is without risk. When a fund borrows money from another fund, there is a risk that the loan could be called on one day’s notice or not renewed, in which case the fund may have to borrow from a bank at a higher rate or take other actions to payoff such loan if an inter-fund loan is not available from another fund. Any delay in repayment to a lending fund could result in a lost investment opportunity or additional borrowing costs.

During the current reporting period, the Fund did not enter into any inter-fund loan activity.

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Shareholder Update

(Unaudited)

CURRENT INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, INVESTMENT POLICIES AND PRINCIPAL RISKS OF THE FUND

NUVEEN CORPORATE INCOME 2023 TARGET TERM FUND (JHAA)

Investment Objectives

The Fund’s investment objectives are to provide a high level of current income and to return $9.875 per share (the original net asset value (“Original NAV”) per common share) to holders of common shares on or about December 1, 2023 (“Termination Date”).^*

The Fund will attempt to strike a balance between the two objectives, seeking to provide as high a level of current income as is consistent with the Fund’s overall credit performance and the declining average maturity of its portfolio, on the one hand, and its objective of returning the Original NAV on or about the Termination Date, on the other. However, as the Fund approaches the Termination Date, its monthly distributions are likely to decline, and there can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve either of its investment objectives or that the Fund’s investment strategies will be successful. This objective is not a guarantee and is dependent on a number of factors including market conditions and the cumulative level of income retained in relation to cumulative portfolio gains net of losses. The objective to return the Fund’s Original NAV is not an express or implied guarantee obligation of the Fund or any other entity.

Investment Policies

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its Managed Assets (as defined below) in corporate debt securities (including bonds and senior loans).

“Managed Assets” mean the total assets of the Fund, minus the sum of its accrued liabilities (other than Fund liabilities incurred for the express purpose of creating leverage). Total assets for this purpose shall include assets attributable to the Fund’s use of leverage (whether or not those assets are reflected in the Fund’s financial statements for purposes of generally accepted accounting principles), and derivatives will be valued at their market value.

Under normal market conditions:

• The Fund will invest no more than 15% of its Managed Assets in securities that, at the time of investment, either are rated CCC+/Caa1 or lower, or are unrated but judged by the Fund’s sub-adviser to be of comparable quality.

• The Fund will not invest in defaulted securities or in the securities of an issuer that is in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, other than in connection with a workout of an issuer of a debt security that the Fund already owns.

• The Fund will invest no more than 30% of its Managed Assets in securities of non-U.S. issuers, including no more than 20% of its Managed Assets in securities of emerging markets issuers.

• The Fund may invest up to 10% of its Managed Assets in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities. The Fund expects to use derivative instruments in an effort to hedge substantially all of the currency risk associated with non-U.S. dollar denominated investments.

• The Fund will not invest in securities with an effective maturity date (or mandatory redemption date for preferred stock) extending beyond June 1, 2024. “Effective maturity” takes into consideration corporate debt securities and other types of debt instruments with mandatory call dates, or other features obligating the issuer or another party to repurchase or redeem the security at dates that are earlier than the securities’ respective stated maturity dates.

• The Fund will not invest in common equity securities. This policy does not apply to shares of other investment companies or to common equity securities acquired in connection with a workout of an issuer of a debt security that the Fund already owns.

The foregoing policies apply only at the time of any new investment.

Approving Changes in Investment Policies

The Board of Trustees of the Fund may change the policies described above without a shareholder vote.

Portfolio Contents

The Fund generally invests in a portfolio of corporate debt securities. Corporate debt securities are bonds, senior loans and notes issued by corporations or other business entities.

^*  Based on market conditions as of the date of this report, management anticipates that JHAA’s objective of returning the original $9.875 NAV on December 1, 2023 will not be met.

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Corporate debt securities are fully taxable debt obligations that fund capital improvements, expansions, debt refinancing or acquisitions that require more capital than would ordinarily be available from a single lender. Investors in corporate debt securities lend money to the issuing corporation in exchange for interest payments and repayment of the principal at a set maturity date. Rates on corporate debt securities are set according to prevailing interest rates at the time of the issue, the credit rating of the issuer, the length of the maturity and other terms of the security, such as a call feature. Corporate debt securities are subject to the risk of an issuer’s inability to meet principal and interest payments on the obligations and may also be subject to price volatility due to such factors as market interest rates, market perception of the creditworthiness of the issuer and general market liquidity. In addition, corporate restructurings, such as mergers, leveraged buyouts, takeovers or similar corporate transactions are often financed by an increase in a corporate issuer’s debt securities. As a result of the added debt burden, the credit quality and market value of an issuer’s existing debt securities may decline significantly.

The Fund may invest in a wide variety of bonds of varying maturities issued by U.S. and foreign corporations and other business entities, governments and municipalities and other issuers. Bonds are fixed or variable-rate debt obligations, including bills, notes, debentures, money market instruments and similar instruments and securities. Bonds generally are used by corporations as well as governments and other issuers to borrow money from investors. The issuer pays the investor a fixed or variable rate of interest and normally must repay the amount borrowed on or before maturity. Corporate bonds come in many varieties and may differ in the way that interest is calculated, the amount and frequency of payments, the type of collateral, if any, and the presence of special features (e.g., conversion rights).

The Fund may invest in securities of non-U.S. issuers and securities of emerging markets issuers. The Fund will classify an issuer of a security as being a U.S. or non-U.S. issuer based on the determination of an unaffiliated, recognized financial data provider. Such determinations are based on a number of criteria, such as the issuer’s country of domicile, the primary exchange on which the security predominately trades, the location from which the majority of the issuer’s revenue comes, and the issuer’s reporting currency. The Fund will classify an issuer of a security as being a U.S. or non-U.S. issuer based on the determination of an unaffiliated, recognized financial data provider. Such determinations are based on a number of criteria, such as the issuer’s country of domicile, the primary exchange on which the security predominately trades, the location from which the majority of the issuer’s revenue comes, and the issuer’s reporting currency. Furthermore, a country is considered to be an “emerging market” if it has a relatively low gross national product per capita compared to the world’s major economies and the potential for rapid economic growth. The Fund considers a country an emerging market country based on the determination of an international organization, such as the IMF, or an unaffiliated, recognized financial data provider.

The Fund may invest in senior loans. Senior loans typically hold the most senior position in the capital structure of a business entity, are typically secured with specific collateral and have a claim on the assets and/or stock of the issuer that is senior to that held by subordinated debt holders and stockholders of the issuer.

Senior loans generally include: (i) senior loans made by banks or other financial institutions to U.S. and non-U.S. corporations, partnerships and other business entities (each a “Borrower” and, collectively, “Borrowers”), (ii) assignments of such interests in senior loans, or (iii) participation interests in senior loans. Generally, an assignment is the actual sale of the loan, in whole or in part. A participation, on the other hand, means that the original lender maintains ownership over the loan and the participant has only a contract right against the original lender, not a credit relationship with the Borrower. Senior loans typically hold the most senior position in the capital structure of a Borrower, are typically secured with specific collateral and have a claim on the assets and/or stock of the Borrower that is senior to that held by subordinated debt holders and stockholders of the Borrower. The capital structure of a Borrower may include senior loans, senior and junior subordinated debt, preferred stock and common stock issued by the Borrower, typically in descending order of seniority with respect to claims on the Borrower’s assets. The proceeds of senior loans primarily are used by Borrowers to finance leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, mergers, acquisitions, stock repurchases, refinancings, internal growth and for other corporate purposes. A senior loan is typically originated, negotiated and structured by a U.S. or non-U.S. commercial bank, insurance company, finance company or other financial institution (“Agent”) for a lending syndicate of financial institutions which typically includes the Agent (“Lenders”). The Agent typically administers and enforces the senior loan on behalf of the other Lenders in the syndicate. In addition, an institution, typically but not always the Agent, holds any collateral on behalf of the Lenders. The Fund normally will rely primarily on the Agent to collect principal of and interest on a senior loan. Also, the Fund usually will rely on the Agent to monitor compliance by the Borrower with the restrictive covenants in a loan agreement.

Senior loans typically have rates of interest that are redetermined either daily, monthly, quarterly or semi-annually by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium or credit spread. These base lending rates are primarily the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), and secondarily the prime rate offered by one or more major U.S. banks and the certificate of deposit rate or other base lending rates used by commercial lenders. The base rate for senior loans has not yet been determined with the upcoming discontinuation of LIBOR. As adjustable rate loans, the frequency of how often a senior loan resets its interest rate will impact how closely such senior loans track current market interest rates. See “London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) Replacement Risk” below.

The Fund may purchase participation interests in the original syndicate making senior loans. Loan participation interests typically represent direct participations in a loan to a corporate Borrower, and generally are offered by banks or other financial institutions or lending syndicates. The Fund may participate in such syndications, or can buy part of a senior loan, becoming a Lender. When purchasing a participation interest, the Fund assumes the

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credit risk associated with the corporate Borrower and may assume the credit risk associated with an interposed bank or other financial intermediary. The participation interests in which the Fund may invest may not be rated by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”).

The Fund may invest in second lien loans and unsecured loans. Such loans are made by public and private corporations and other non-governmental Borrowers for a variety of purposes. As in the case of senior loans, the Fund may purchase interests in second lien loans and unsecured loans through assignments or participations. Second lien loans have similar characteristics as senior loans except that such interests are junior in priority to debt secured with a first lien. Second lien loans are second in priority of payment to one or more senior loans of the related Borrower and are typically secured by a second priority security interest or lien to or on specified collateral securing the Borrower’s obligation under the indebtedness. They typically have similar protections and rights as senior loans. Second lien loans are not (and by their terms cannot become) subordinate in priority of payment to any obligation of the related Borrower other than senior loans of such Borrower. Second lien loans may feature fixed or floating rate interest payments. Because second lien loans are junior to senior loans, they present a greater degree of investment risk but often pay interest at higher rates reflecting this additional risk. In addition, second lien loans of below investment grade quality share many of the risk characteristics of other below investment grade debt instruments.

Unsecured loans generally have lower priority in right of payment compared to holders of secured interests of the Borrower. Unsecured loans are not secured by a security interest or lien to or on specified collateral securing the Borrower’s obligation under the indebtedness. Unsecured loans by their terms may be or may become subordinate in right of payment to other obligations of the Borrower, including senior loans, second lien loans and other interests. Unsecured loans may have fixed or adjustable floating rate interest payments. Because unsecured loans are subordinate to senior loans and other secured debt of the Borrower, they present a greater degree of investment risk but often pay interest at higher rates reflecting this additional risk. Such investments generally are of below investment grade quality. Unsecured loans of below investment grade quality share many of the same risks of other below investment grade debt instruments.

The Fund may invest in subordinated loans that are primarily unsecured and that provide for relatively high, adjustable rates of interest, providing the Fund with significant current interest income. The subordinated loans in which the Fund may invest may have interest-only payments in the early years, with amortization of principal deferred to the later years of the subordinated loans. In some cases, the Fund may acquire subordinated loans that, by their terms, convert into equity or additional debt instruments or defer payments of interest for the first few years after issuance. Also, in some cases the subordinated loans in which the Fund may invest will be collateralized by a subordinated lien on some or all of the assets of the Borrower.

The Fund may invest in convertible securities, which include convertible debt, convertible preferred stock, synthetic convertible securities and may also include secured and unsecured debt, based upon the judgment of the sub-adviser. Convertible securities may pay interest or dividends that are based on a fixed or floating rate. A convertible security is a preferred stock, warrant or other security that may be converted into or exchanged for a prescribed amount of common stock or other security of the same or a different issuer or into cash within a particular period of time at a specified price or formula.

The Fund may invest in zero coupon bonds. A zero coupon bond is a bond that typically does not pay interest for the entire life of the obligation or for an initial period after the issuance of the obligation.

The Fund’s investments may include investment grade and below investment grade securities. Below investment grade securities are generally securities rated BB+/Ba1 or lower at the time of investment or are unrated but judged by the Fund’s sub-adviser to be of comparable quality. Below investment grade securities are commonly referred to as “high yield” or “junk.”

High yield securities or “junk bonds” that are below investment grade involve a greater degree of risk (in particular, a greater risk of default) than, and special risks in addition to the risks associated with investment grade securities. Under rating agency guidelines, medium- and lower-rated securities and comparable unrated securities will likely have some quality and protective characteristics that are outweighed by large uncertainties or major risk exposures to adverse conditions. Medium- and lower-rated securities may have poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing, may have a current identifiable vulnerability to default or be in default, may be unlikely to have the capacity to pay interest or dividends and repay liquidation preference or principal when due in the event of adverse business, financial or economic conditions, and/or may be likely to be in default or not current in the payment of interest, dividends, liquidation preference or principal. Such securities are considered speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest or dividends and repay liquidation preference or principal in accordance with the terms of the obligations. Accordingly, it is possible that these types of factors could reduce the value of securities held by the Fund with a commensurate effect on the value of the Fund’s shares. High yield securities involve substantial risk of loss and are susceptible to default or decline in market value due to real or perceived adverse economic and business developments or competitive industry conditions, as compared to higher-rated instruments. These securities generally provide higher income than investment grade securities in an effort to compensate investors for their higher risk of default, which is the issuer’s failure to make required interest, dividends, liquidation preference or principal payments on the securities. High yield securities issuers include small or relatively new companies lacking the history or capital to merit investment-grade status, former blue chip companies downgraded because of financial problems, companies electing to borrow heavily to finance or avoid a takeover or buyout, and firms with heavy debt loads.

The secondary markets for these securities are generally not as liquid as the secondary markets for higher rated securities. The secondary markets for high yield securities are concentrated in relatively few market makers and the participants in the market are mostly institutional investors, including insurance

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companies, banks, other financial institutions and mutual funds. In addition, the trading volume for high yield securities is generally lower than that for higher-rated securities, and the secondary markets could contract under adverse market or economic conditions independent of any specific adverse changes in the condition of a particular issuer. These factors may have an adverse effect on the ability of the Fund to dispose of particular portfolio investments, may adversely affect the Fund’s NAV per share and may limit the ability of the Fund to obtain accurate market quotations for purposes of valuing securities and calculating NAV. If the Fund is not able to obtain precise or accurate market quotations for a particular security, it will become more difficult to value the Fund’s portfolio securities, and a greater degree of judgment may be necessary in making such valuations. Less liquid secondary markets may also affect the ability of the Fund to sell securities at their fair value. If the secondary markets for high yield securities contract due to adverse economic conditions or for other reasons, certain liquid securities in the Fund’s portfolio may become illiquid and the proportion of the Fund’s assets invested in illiquid securities may significantly increase.

The Fund may invest in illiquid securities (i.e., securities that are not readily marketable), including, but not limited to, restricted securities (securities the disposition of which is restricted under the federal securities laws), securities that may be resold only pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and repurchase agreements with maturities in excess of seven days.

The Fund may enter into certain derivative instruments in pursuit of its investment objectives, including to seek to enhance return, to hedge certain risks of its investments in fixed-income securities or as a substitute for a position in the underlying asset. Such instruments include financial futures contracts and options thereon, swaps (with varying terms, including interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, total return swaps, currency swaps and credit default swap indices), options on interest rates, options on indices, options on swaps, options on currencies and other fixed-income derivative instruments that may have the economic effect of leverage.

The Fund may also invest in securities of other open- or closed-end investment companies (including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”)) that invest primarily in securities of the types in which the Fund may invest directly, to the extent permitted by the Investment Company Act of 1940 Act, as amended (the “1940 Act”), the rules and regulations issued thereunder and applicable exemptive orders issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Use of Leverage

The Fund uses leverage to pursue its investment objectives. The Fund may use leverage to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act. The Fund may source leverage through a number of methods including through borrowings, reverse repurchase agreements (effectively a borrowing), issuing preferred shares of beneficial interests and the issuance of debt securities. In addition, the Fund may also use certain derivatives that have the economic effect of leverage by creating additional investment exposure. The amount and sources of leverage will vary depending on market conditions.

Temporary Defensive Periods

During temporary defensive periods the Fund may deviate from its investment objectives and policies, and in order to keep the Fund’s cash fully invested, the Fund may invest up to 100% of its Managed Assets in short-term investments, including high quality, short-term securities, or may invest in short-, intermediate-, or long-term U.S. Treasury securities. The Fund may not achieve its investment objectives during such periods.

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PRINCIPAL RISKS OF THE FUND

The factors that are most likely to have a material effect on the Fund’s portfolio as a whole are called “principal risks.” The Fund is subject to the principal risks indicated below, whether through direct investment or derivative positions. The Fund may be subject to additional risks other than those identified and described below because the types of investments made by the Fund can change over time.

Risk	Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (JHAA)
Portfolio Level Risks
Below Investment Grade Risk	X
Bond Market Liquidity Risk	X
Call Risk	X
Convertible Securities Risk	X
Credit Risk	X
Credit Spread Risk	X
Debt Securities Risk	X
Defaulted and Distressed Securities Risk	X
Deflation Risk	X
Derivatives Risk	X
Duration Risk	X
Emerging Markets Risk	X
Financial Futures and Options Transactions Risk	X
Foreign Currency Risk	X
Hedging Risk	X
Illiquid Investments Risk	X
Income Risk	X
Inflation Risk	X
Interest Rate Risk	X
London Inter-Bank Offered (“LIBOR”) Replacement Risk	X
Loan Participation Risk	X
Loan Risk	X
Non-U.S. Securities Risk	X
Other Investment Companies Risk	X
Preferred Securities Risk	X
Quasi-Sovereign Debt Risk	X
Reinvestment Risk	X
Second Lien Loans and Unsecured Loans Risk	X
Senior Loan Agent Risk	X
Senior Loan Risk	X
Sovereign Government and Supranational Debt Risk	X
Subordinated Loans and Other Subordinated Debt Instruments	X
Swap Transactions Risk	X
Unrated Securities Risk	X
Valuation Risk	X
Zero Coupon Bonds Risk	X

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Risk	Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (JHAA)
Fund Level and Other Risks
Anti-Takeover Provisions	X
Borrowing Risk	X
Counterparty Risk	X
Cybersecurity Risk	X
Global Economic Risk	X
Investment and Market Risk	X
Legislation and Regulatory Risk	X
Leverage Risk	X
Limited Term Risk	X
Market Discount from Net Asset Value	X
Recent Market Conditions	X
Reverse Repurchase Agreement Risk	X
Tax Risk	X

Portfolio Level Risks:

Below Investment Grade Risk. Securities of below investment grade quality are regarded as having speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal, and may be subject to higher price volatility and default risk than investment grade securities of comparable terms and duration. Issuers of lower grade securities may be highly leveraged and may not have available to them more traditional methods of financing. The prices of these lower grade securities are typically more sensitive to negative developments, such as a decline in the issuer’s revenues or a general economic downturn. The secondary market for lower rated securities may not be as liquid as the secondary market for more highly rated securities, a factor which may have an adverse effect on the Fund’s ability to dispose of a particular security. If a below investment grade security goes into default, or its issuer enters bankruptcy, it might be difficult to sell that security in a timely manner at a reasonable price.

Bond Market Liquidity Risk. Dealer inventories of bonds, which provide an indication of the ability of financial intermediaries to “make markets” in those bonds, are at or near historic lows in relation to market size. This reduction in market making capacity has the potential to decrease liquidity and increase price volatility in the fixed income markets in which the Fund invests, particularly during periods of economic or market stress. In addition, recent federal banking regulations may cause certain dealers to reduce their inventories of bonds, which may further decrease the Fund’s ability to buy or sell bonds. As a result of this decreased liquidity, the Fund may have to accept a lower price to sell a security, sell other securities to raise cash, or give up an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on performance. If the Fund needed to sell large blocks of bonds to raise cash, those sales could further reduce the bonds’ prices and hurt performance.

Call Risk. The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to call risk. Such securities may be redeemed at the option of the issuer, or “called,” before their stated maturity or redemption date. In general, an issuer will call its instruments if they can be refinanced by issuing new instruments that bear a lower interest rate. The Fund is subject to the possibility that during periods of falling interest rates, an issuer will call its high yielding securities. The Fund would then be forced to invest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, resulting in a decline in the Fund’s income.

Convertible Securities Risk. Convertible securities have characteristics of both equity and debt securities and, as a result, are exposed to certain additional risks that are typically associated with debt, including but not limited to Interest Rate Risk, Credit Risk, Below Investment Grade Risk and Unrated Securities Risk. The value of a convertible security is influenced by both the yield of non-convertible securities of comparable issuers and by the value of the underlying common stock. Convertible securities generally offer lower interest or dividend yields than non-convertible securities of similar credit quality. The market values of convertible securities tend to decline as interest rates increase and, conversely, to increase as interest rates decline. However, the convertible security’s market value tends to reflect the market price of the common stock of the issuing company when that stock price is greater than the convertible security’s “conversion price.” The conversion price is defined as the predetermined price at which the convertible security could be exchanged for the associated common stock. As the market price of the underlying common stock declines, the price of the convertible security tends to be influenced more by the yield of the convertible security. Thus, the convertible security may not decline in price to the same extent as the

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underlying common stock. Convertible securities fall below debt obligations of the same issuer in order of preference or priority in the event of a liquidation and are typically unrated or rated lower than such debt obligations.

Credit Risk. Issuers of securities in which the Fund may invest may default on their obligations to pay principal or interest when due. This non-payment would result in a reduction of income to the Fund, a reduction in the value of a security experiencing non-payment and potentially a decrease in the net asset value (“NAV”) of the Fund. To the extent that the credit rating assigned to a security in the Fund’s portfolio is downgraded, the market price and liquidity of such security may be adversely affected.

Debt securities held by the Fund may fail to make dividend or interest payments when due. Investments in investments below investment grade credit quality are predominantly speculative and subject to greater volatility and risk of default. Unrated investments are evaluated by Fund managers using industry data and their own analysis processes that may be similar to that of a NRSRO; however, such internal ratings are not equivalent to a national agency credit rating. Counterparty credit risk may arise if counterparties fail to meet their obligations, should the Fund hold any derivative instruments for either investment exposure or hedging purposes.

Credit Spread Risk. Credit spread risk is the risk that credit spreads (i.e., the difference in yield between securities that is due to differences in their credit quality) may increase when the market believes that securities generally have a greater risk of default. Increasing credit spreads may reduce the market values of the Fund’s securities. Credit spreads often increase more for lower rated and unrated securities than for investment grade securities. In addition, when credit spreads increase, reductions in market value will generally be greater for longer-maturity securities.

Debt Securities Risk. Issuers of debt instruments in which the Fund may invest may default on their obligations to pay principal or interest when due. This non-payment would result in a reduction of income to the Fund, a reduction in the value of a debt instrument experiencing non-payment and, potentially, a decrease in the NAV of the Fund. There can be no assurance that liquidation of collateral would satisfy the issuer’s obligation in the event of non-payment of scheduled interest or principal or that such collateral could be readily liquidated. In the event of bankruptcy of an issuer, the Fund could experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of any collateral securing a security. To the extent that the credit rating assigned to a security in the Fund’s portfolio is downgraded, the market price and liquidity of such security may be adversely affected.

Additionally, the Fund may be exposed to certain debt securities risks through its sukuk investments. Most sukuk do not provide investors with bona fide legal ownership of the underlying assets, and the periodic and final payments to sukuk investors are not generally linked to the value of the underlying assets. As a result, most sukuk are considered unsecured obligations whose risks and returns are similar to those of conventional debt instruments. Investors typically have no direct recourse to the underlying assets and do not have a secured claim against the obligor. In addition, investors’ ability to pursue and enforce actions with respect to these payment obligations or to otherwise enforce the terms of the sukuk, restructure the sukuk, obtain a judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction, and/or attach assets of the obligor may be limited.

The structural complexity of sukuk and the immaturity of the sukuk market increase the potential risks of investing in sukuk, including operational, legal, and investment risks. Sukuk can be less liquid than other types of investments and it may be difficult at times to invest in or dispose of sukuk. In addition, evolving interpretations of Sharia law by courts or Islamic scholars on sukuk structures and sukuk transferability, or a determination subsequent to the issuance of the sukuk by some Islamic scholars that certain sukuk do not comply with Sharia law and its investment principles, could have a dramatic adverse effect on the price and liquidity of a particular sukuk or the sukuk market in general.

Defaulted and Distressed Securities Risk. The Fund may hold investments that at the time of purchase are not in default or involved in bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, but may later become so. Moreover, the Fund may invest in low-rated securities that, although not in default, may be “distressed,” meaning that the issuer is experiencing financial difficulties or distress at the time of acquisition. Such securities would present a substantial risk of future default which may cause the Fund to incur losses, including additional expenses, to the extent it is required to seek recovery upon a default in the payment of principal or interest on those securities. In any reorganization or liquidation proceeding relating to a portfolio security, the Fund may lose its entire investment or may be required to accept cash or securities with a value less than its original investment. Defaulted or distressed securities may be subject to restrictions on resale.

Deflation Risk. Deflation risk is the risk that prices throughout the economy decline over time. Deflation may have an adverse effect on the creditworthiness of issuers and may make issuer default more likely, which may result in a decline in the value of the Fund’s portfolio.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives involves additional risks and transaction costs which could leave the Fund in a worse position than if it had not used these instruments. Derivative instruments can be used to acquire or to transfer the risk and returns of a security or other asset without buying or selling the security or asset. These instruments may entail investment exposures that are greater than their cost would suggest. As a result, a small investment in derivatives can result in losses that greatly exceed the original investment. Derivatives can be highly volatile, illiquid and difficult to value. An over-the-counter derivative transaction between the Fund and a counterparty that is not cleared through a central counterparty also involves the risk that a loss may be sustained as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the contract to make required payments. The payment obligation for a cleared derivative transaction is guaranteed by a central counterparty, which exposes the Fund to the creditworthiness of the central counterparty.

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It is possible that regulatory or other developments in the derivatives market, including changes in government regulation, such as the SEC’s recently adopted new Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act, which imposes limits on the amount of derivatives a fund can enter into, could adversely impact the Fund’s ability to invest in certain derivatives or successfully use derivative instruments.

Duration Risk. Duration is the sensitivity, expressed in years, of the price of a fixed-income security to changes in the general level of interest rates (or yields). Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest rate (or yield) changes, which typically corresponds to increased volatility and risk, than securities with shorter durations. For example, if a security or portfolio has a duration of three years and interest rates increase by 1%, then the security or portfolio would decline in value by approximately 3%. Duration differs from maturity in that it considers potential changes to interest rates, and a security’s coupon payments, yield, price and par value and call features, in addition to the amount of time until the security matures. The duration of a security will be expected to change over time with changes in market factors and time to maturity.

Emerging Markets Risk. Risks of investing in securities of emerging markets issuers include: smaller market capitalization of securities markets, which may suffer periods of relative illiquidity; significant price volatility; restrictions on foreign investment; and possible restrictions on repatriation of investment income and capital. In addition, foreign investors may be required to register the proceeds of sales; and future economic or political crises could lead to price controls, forced mergers, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization, or creation of government monopolies. Certain emerging markets also may face other significant internal or external risks, including a heightened risk of war, and ethnic, religious and racial conflicts. In addition, governments in many emerging market countries participate to a significant degree in their economies and securities markets, which may impair investment and economic growth, and which may in turn diminish the value of the securities in those markets. The considerations noted below in “Non-U.S. Securities Risk” are generally intensified for investments in emerging market countries.

In addition, the Fund may invest in “frontier market” debt securities, which the Fund considers to be a subset of emerging market debt securities. The Fund considers a “frontier market” to be a market that is generally smaller and less mature than larger emerging markets, but is nonetheless accessible to foreign investment through sovereign and/or corporate bonds issued in hard currency like the U.S. dollar. Frontier market economies and capital markets are typically at an earlier stage of development and institutions and macro-economic policy formulation is also less mature in comparison to larger emerging market countries. While frontier markets have much in common, there are also significant differences when it comes to their political and policy environments, natural resource base, and economic structures and cycles. Participants in the debt markets, unlike participants in the equity markets, generally consider frontier economies to be a subcategory of emerging economies.

Financial Futures and Options Transactions Risk. The Fund may use certain transactions for hedging the portfolio’s exposure to credit risk and the risk of increases in interest rates, which could result in poorer overall performance for the Fund. There may be an imperfect correlation between price movements of the futures and options and price movements of the portfolio securities being hedged.

If the Fund engages in futures transactions or in the writing of options on futures, it will be required to maintain initial margin and maintenance margin and may be required to make daily variation margin payments in accordance with applicable rules of the exchanges and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). If the Fund purchases a financial futures contract or a call option or writes a put option in order to hedge the anticipated purchase of securities, and if the Fund fails to complete the anticipated purchase transaction, the Fund may have a loss or a gain on the futures or options transaction that will not be offset by price movements in the securities that were the subject of the anticipatory hedge. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist at a time when the Fund seeks to close out a derivatives or futures or a futures option position, and the Fund would remain obligated to meet margin requirements until the position is closed.

Foreign Currency Risk. Because the Fund may invest in securities denominated or quoted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, changes in foreign currency exchange rates may affect the value of securities held by the Fund and the unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments. Currencies of certain countries may be volatile and therefore may affect the value of securities denominated in such currencies, which means that the Fund’s NAV could decline as a result of changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. In addition, certain countries, particularly emerging market countries, may impose foreign currency exchange controls or other restrictions on the transferability, repatriation or convertibility of currency.

Hedging Risk. The Fund’s use of derivatives or other transactions to reduce risk involves costs and will be subject to the investment adviser’s and/or the sub-adviser’s ability to predict correctly changes in the relationships of such hedge instruments to the Fund’s portfolio holdings or other factors. No assurance can be given that the investment adviser’s and/or the sub-adviser’s judgment in this respect will be correct, and no assurance can be given that the Fund will enter into hedging or other transactions at times or under circumstances in which it may be advisable to do so. Hedging activities may reduce the Fund’s opportunities for gain by offsetting the positive effects of favorable price movements and may result in net losses.

Illiquid Investments Risk. Illiquid investments are investments that are not readily marketable. These investments may include restricted investments, including Rule 144 A securities, which cannot be resold to the public without an effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, or if they are unregistered may be sold only in a privately negotiated transaction or pursuant to an available exemption from registration. The Fund may not be able to readily dispose of such investments at prices that approximate those at which the Fund could sell such the investments if they were more widely traded and, as a result of such illiquidity, the Fund may have to sell other investments or engage in borrowing transactions if necessary to raise cash to meet its

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obligations. Limited liquidity can also affect the market price of investments, thereby adversely affecting the Fund’s NAV and ability to make dividend distributions. The financial markets in general have in recent years experienced periods of extreme secondary market supply and demand imbalance, resulting in a loss of liquidity during which market prices were suddenly and substantially below traditional measures of intrinsic value. During such periods, some investments could be sold only at arbitrary prices and with substantial losses. Periods of such market dislocation may occur again at any time.

Income Risk. The Fund’s income could decline due to falling market interest rates. This is because, in a falling interest rate environment, the Fund generally will have to invest the proceeds from maturing portfolio securities in lower-yielding securities.

Inflation Risk. Inflation risk is the risk that the value of assets or income from investments will be worth less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the real value of the common shares and distributions can decline. Currently, inflation rates are elevated relative to normal market conditions and could continue to increase.

Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk is the risk that municipal securities in the Fund’s portfolio will decline in value because of changes in market interest rates. Generally, when market interest rates rise, the market value of such securities will fall, and vice versa. As interest rates decline, issuers of municipal securities may prepay principal earlier than scheduled, forcing the Fund to reinvest in lower-yielding securities and potentially reducing the Fund’s income. As interest rates increase, slower than expected principal payments may extend the average life of municipal securities, potentially locking in a below-market interest rate and reducing the Fund’s value. In typical market interest rate environments, the prices of longer-term municipal securities generally fluctuate more than prices of shorter-term municipal securities as interest rates change. The risks associated with rising interest rates are greatly heightened in view of the US Federal Reserve Bank’s decision to raise the federal funds rate from historic lows, and may continue to raise interest rates if considered necessary to reduce inflation to acceptable levels.

LIBOR Replacement Risk. LIBOR is an index rate that historically has been widely used in lending transactions and remains a common reference rate for setting the floating interest rate on private loans. The use of LIBOR will begin to be phased out in the near future, which may adversely affect the Fund’s investments whose value is tied to LIBOR. While the Secured Financing Oversight Rate (“SOFR”) has been recommended as the replacement rate for LIBOR, and some product markets have adopted the use of SOFR, LIBOR may still be used as a reference rate until such time that private markets have fully transitioned to using SOFR or other alternative reference rates recommended by applicable market regulators. The transition process away from LIBOR may involve, among other things, increased volatility or illiquidity in markets for instruments that currently rely on LIBOR. The potential effect of a discontinuation of LIBOR on the Fund’s investments will vary depending on, among other things: (1) existing fallback provisions that provide a replacement reference rate if LIBOR is no longer available; (2) termination provisions in individual contracts; and (3) how and when industry participants develop and adopt new reference rates and fallbacks for both legacy and new products and instruments held by the Fund. Accordingly, it is difficult to predict the full impact of the transition away from LIBOR until it is clearer how the Fund’s products and instruments will be impacted by this transition.

Loan Participation Risk. The Fund may purchase a participation interest in a loan and by doing so acquire some or all of the interest of a bank or other lending institution in a loan to a borrower. A participation typically will result in the Fund having a contractual relationship only with the lender, not the borrower. As a result, the Fund assumes the credit risk of the lender selling the participation in addition to the credit risk of the borrower. By purchasing a participation, the Fund will have the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the participation and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the borrower. In the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the lender selling the participation, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not have a senior claim to the lender’s interest in the loan. If the Fund only acquires a participation in the loan made by a third party, the Fund may not be able to control the exercise of any remedies that the lender would have under the loan. Such third party participation arrangements are designed to give loan investors preferential treatment over high yield investors in the event of a deterioration in the credit quality of the borrower. Even when these arrangements exist, however, there can be no assurance that the principal and interest owed on the loan will be repaid in full.

Loan Risk. The lack of an active trading market for certain loans may impair the ability of the Fund to realize full value in the event of the need to sell a loan and may make it difficult to value such loans. Portfolio transactions in loans may settle in as short as seven days but typically can take up to two or three weeks, and in some cases much longer. As a result of these extended settlement periods, the Fund may incur losses if it is required to sell other investments or temporarily borrow to meet its cash needs, including satisfying redemption requests. The risks associated with unsecured loans, which are not backed by a security interest in any specific collateral, are higher than those for comparable loans that are secured by specific collateral. For secured loans, there is a risk that the value of any collateral securing a loan in which the Fund has an interest may decline and that the collateral may not be sufficient to cover the amount owed on the loan. Interests in loans made to finance highly leveraged companies or transactions such as corporate acquisitions may be especially vulnerable to adverse changes in economic or market conditions. Loans may have restrictive covenants limiting the ability of a borrower to further encumber its assets. However, in periods of high demand by lenders like the Fund for loan investments, borrowers may limit these covenants and weaken a lender’s ability to access collateral securing the loan; reprice the credit risk associated with the borrower; and mitigate potential loss. The Fund may experience relatively greater realized or unrealized losses or delays and expenses in enforcing its rights with respect to loans with fewer restrictive covenants. Additionally, loans may not be considered “securities” and, as a result, the Fund may not be entitled to rely on the anti-fraud

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protections of the securities laws. Because junior loans have a lower place in an issuer’s capital structure and may be unsecured, junior loans involve a higher degree of overall risk than senior loans of the issuer.

Non-U.S. Securities Risk. Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers involve special risks, including: less publicly available information about non-U.S. issuers or markets due to less rigorous disclosure or accounting standards or regulatory practices; many non-U.S. markets are smaller, less liquid and more volatile; the economies of non-U.S. countries may grow at slower rates than expected or may experience a downturn or recession; the impact of economic, political, social or diplomatic events; and withholding and other non-U.S. taxes may decrease the Fund’s return. These risks are more pronounced to the extent that the Fund invests a significant amount of its assets in issuers located in one region.

Other Investment Companies Risk. The Fund may invest in the securities of other investment companies, including ETFs. Investing in an investment company exposes the Fund to all of the risks of that investment company’s investments. The Fund, as a holder of the securities of other investment companies, will bear its pro rata portion of the other investment companies’ expenses, including advisory fees. These expenses are in addition to the direct expenses of the Fund’s own operations. As a result, the cost of investing in investment company shares may exceed the costs of investing directly in its underlying investments. In addition, securities of other investment companies may be leveraged. As a result, the Fund may be indirectly exposed to leverage through an investment in such securities and therefore magnify the Fund’s leverage risk.

With respect to ETF’s, an ETF that is based on a specific index may not be able to replicate and maintain exactly the composition and relative weighting of securities in the index. The value of an ETF based on a specific index is subject to change as the values of its respective component assets fluctuate according to market volatility. ETFs typically rely on a limited pool of authorized participants to create and redeem shares, and an active trading market for ETF shares may not develop or be maintained. The market value of shares of ETFs and closed-end funds may differ from their NAV.

Preferred Securities Risk. Preferred securities are subordinated to bonds and other debt instruments in a company’s capital structure, and therefore are subject to greater credit risk. In addition, preferred stockholders (such as the Fund, to the extent it invests in preferred stocks of other issuers) generally have no voting rights with respect to the issuing company unless preferred dividends have been in arrears for a specified number of periods, at which time the preferred stockholders may elect a number of directors to the issuer’s board. Generally, once all the arrearages have been paid, the preferred stockholders no longer have voting rights. In the case of certain taxable preferred stocks, holders generally have no voting rights, except (i) if the issuer fails to pay dividends for a specified period of time or (ii) if a declaration of default occurs and is continuing. In such an event, rights of preferred stockholders generally would include the right to appoint and authorize a trustee to enforce the trust or special purpose entity’s rights as a creditor under the agreement with its operating company. In certain varying circumstances, an issuer of preferred stock may redeem the securities prior to a specified date. For instance, for certain types of preferred stock, a redemption may be triggered by a change in U.S. federal income tax or securities laws. As with call provisions, a redemption by the issuer may negatively impact the return of the security held by the Fund.

Quasi-Sovereign Debt Risk. Investments in quasi-sovereign debt involve special risks not present in investments in corporate debt. The governmental authority that controls the repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to make interest payments and/or repay the principal or to otherwise honor its obligations. If an issuer of quasi-sovereign debt defaults on payments of principal and/or interest, the Fund may have limited recourse against the issuer. A quasi-sovereign debtor’s willingness or ability to repay principal and pay interest in a timely manner may be affected by, among other factors, its cash flow situation, the extent of its foreign currency reserves, the availability of sufficient foreign exchange on the date a payment is due, the relative size of the debt service burden to the economy as a whole, the quasi-sovereign debtor’s policy toward international lenders, and the political constraints to which a quasi-sovereign debtor may be subject. During periods of economic uncertainty, the market prices of quasi-sovereign debt, and the Fund’s NAV, may be more volatile than prices of corporate debt, which may result in losses. In the past, certain governments of emerging market countries have declared themselves unable to meet their financial obligations on a timely basis, which has resulted in losses for holders of quasi-sovereign debt.

Reinvestment Risk. Reinvestment risk is the risk that income from the Fund’s portfolio will decline if and when the Fund invests the proceeds from matured, traded or called securities at market interest rates that are below the portfolio’s current earnings rate. A decline in income could affect the common shares’ market price, NAV and/or a common shareholder’s overall returns.

Second Lien Loans and Unsecured Loans Risk. Second lien loans and unsecured loans generally are subject to the same risks associated with investments in senior loans, as discussed below. Because second lien loans and unsecured loans are lower in priority of payment to senior loans, they are subject to the additional risk that the cash flow of the borrower and property securing the loan, if any, may be insufficient to meet scheduled payments after giving effect to the senior secured obligations of the borrower. This risk is generally higher for unsecured loans, which are not backed by a security interest in any specific collateral. Second lien loans and unsecured loans are expected to have greater price volatility than senior loans and may be less liquid. Second lien loans and unsecured loans of below investment grade quality also share the same risks of other below investment grade debt instruments.

Senior Loan Agent Risk. A financial institution’s employment as an agent under a senior loan might be terminated in the event that it fails to observe a requisite standard of care or becomes insolvent. A successor agent would generally be appointed to replace the terminated agent, and assets held by the agent under the loan agreement would likely remain available to holders of such indebtedness. However, if assets held by the terminated agent for the benefit of the Fund were determined to be subject to the claims of the agent’s general creditors, the Fund might incur certain costs and delays in realizing

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payment on a senior loan or loan participation and could suffer a loss of principal and/or interest. In situations involving other interposed financial institutions (e.g., an insurance company or government agency) similar risks may arise.

Senior Loan Risk. Senior loans typically hold the most senior position in the capital structure of a business entity, are typically secured with specific collateral and have a claim on the assets and/or stock of the issuer that is senior to that held by subordinated debt holders and stockholders of the issuer. Senior loans are usually rated below investment grade, and share the same risks of other below investment grade debt instruments.

Although the Fund may invest in senior loans that are secured by specific collateral, there can be no assurance that the liquidation of such collateral would satisfy an issuer’s obligation to the Fund in the event of issuer default or that such collateral could be readily liquidated under such circumstances. If the terms of a senior loan do not require the issuer to pledge additional collateral in the event of a decline in the value of the already pledged collateral, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that the value of the collateral will not at all times equal or exceed the amount of the issuer’s obligations under the senior loan.

In the event of bankruptcy of an issuer, the Fund could also experience delays or limitations with respect to its ability to realize the benefits of any collateral securing a senior loan. Some senior loans are subject to the risk that a court, pursuant to fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws, could subordinate the senior loans to presently existing or future indebtedness of the issuer or take other action detrimental to lenders, including the Fund. Such court action could under certain circumstances include invalidation of senior loans.

Sovereign Government and Supranational Debt Risk. Investments in sovereign debt, including supranational debt, involve special risks. Foreign governmental issuers of debt or the governmental authorities that control the repayment of the debt may be unable or unwilling to repay principal or pay interest when due. In the event of default, there may be limited or no legal recourse in that, generally, remedies for defaults must be pursued in the courts of the defaulting party. Political conditions, especially a sovereign entity’s willingness to meet the terms of its debt obligations, are of considerable significance. The ability of a foreign sovereign issuer, especially an emerging market country, to make timely payments on its debt obligations will also be strongly influenced by the sovereign issuer’s balance of payments, including export performance, its access to international credit facilities and investments, fluctuations of interest rates and the extent of its foreign reserves. A country whose exports are concentrated in a few commodities or whose economy depends on certain strategic imports could be vulnerable to fluctuations in international prices of these commodities or imports. If a sovereign issuer cannot generate sufficient earnings from foreign trade to service its external debt, it may need to depend on continuing loans and aid from foreign governments, commercial banks, and multinational organizations. The cost of servicing external debt will also generally be adversely affected by rising international interest rates, as many external debt obligations bear interest at rates which are adjusted based upon international interest rates. Foreign investment in certain sovereign debt is restricted or controlled to varying degrees, including requiring governmental approval for the repatriation of income, capital or proceeds of sales by foreign investors. There are no bankruptcy proceedings similar to those in the U.S. by which defaulted sovereign debt may be collected.

Subordinated Loans and Other Subordinated Debt Instruments Risk. Issuers of subordinated loans and other subordinated debt instruments in which the Fund may invest usually will have, or may be permitted to incur, other debt that ranks equally with, or senior to, the subordinated loans or other subordinated debt instruments. By their terms, such debt instruments may provide that the holders are entitled to receive payment of interest or principal on or before the dates on which the Fund is entitled to receive payments in respect of subordinated loans or other subordinated debt instruments in which it invests. Also, in the event of insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of an issuer, holders of debt instruments ranking senior to the subordinated loan or other debt instrument in which the Fund invests would typically be entitled to receive payment in full before the Fund receives any distribution in respect of its investment. After repaying such senior creditors, such issuer may not have any remaining assets to use for repaying its obligation to the Fund. In the case of debt ranking equally with subordinated loans or other subordinated debt instruments in which the Fund invests, the Fund would have to share on an equal basis any distributions with other creditors holding such debt in the event of an insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of the relevant issuer. In addition, the Fund will likely not be in a position to control any issuer by investing in its debt instruments. As a result, the Fund will be subject to the risk that an issuer in which it invests may make business decisions with which the Fund disagrees and the management of such issuer, as representatives of the holders of their common equity, may take risks or otherwise act in ways that do not serve the Fund’s interests as a debt investor.

Swap Transactions Risk. The Fund may enter into derivative instruments such as credit default swap contracts and interest rate swaps. Like most derivative instruments, the use of swaps is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. In addition, the use of swaps requires an understanding by the adviser and/or the sub-adviser of not only the referenced asset, rate or index, but also of the swap itself. If the investment adviser and/or the sub-adviser is incorrect in its forecasts of default risks, market spreads or other applicable factors or events, the investment performance of the Fund would diminish compared with what it would have been if these techniques were not used.

Unrated Securities Risk. The Fund may purchase securities that are not rated by any rating organization. Unrated securities determined by the Fund’s investment adviser to be of comparable quality to rated investments which the Fund may purchase may pay a higher dividend or interest rate than such rated investments and be subject to a greater risk of illiquidity or price changes. Less public information is typically available about unrated investments or

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issuers than rated investments or issuers. Some unrated securities may not have an active trading market or may be difficult to value, which means the Fund might have difficulty selling them promptly at an acceptable price. To the extent that the Fund invests in unrated securities, the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives will be more dependent on the investment adviser’s credit analysis than would be the case when the Fund invests in rated securities.

Valuation Risk. The securities in which the Fund invests typically are valued by a pricing service utilizing a range of market-based inputs and assumptions, including readily available market quotations obtained from broker-dealers making markets in such instruments, cash flows and transactions for comparable instruments. There is no assurance that the Fund will be able to sell a portfolio security at the price established by the pricing service, which could result in a loss to the Fund. Pricing services generally price securities assuming orderly transactions of an institutional “round lot” size, but some trades may occur in smaller, “odd lot” sizes, often at lower prices than institutional round lot trades. Different pricing services may incorporate different assumptions and inputs into their valuation methodologies, potentially resulting in different values for the same securities. As a result, if the Fund were to change pricing services, or if the Fund’s pricing service were to change its valuation methodology, there could be a material impact, either positive or negative, on the Fund’s NAV.

Zero Coupon Bonds Risk. Because interest on zero coupon bonds is not paid on a current basis, the values of zero coupon bonds will be more volatile in response to interest rate changes than the values of bonds that distribute income regularly. Although zero coupon bonds generate income for accounting purposes, they do not produce cash flow, and thus the Fund could be forced to liquidate securities at an inopportune time in order to generate cash to distribute to shareholders as required by tax laws.

Fund Level and Other Risks:

Anti-Takeover Provisions. The Fund’s organizational documents include provisions that could limit the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund or convert the Fund to open-end status. Although the application of the “Control Share Acquisition” provisions has currently been suspended, these provisions could have the effect of depriving the common shareholders of opportunities to sell their common shares at a premium over the then-current market price of the common shares.

Borrowing Risk. In addition to borrowing for leverage, the Fund may borrow for temporary or emergency purposes, to pay dividends, repurchase its shares, or clear portfolio transactions. Borrowing may exaggerate changes in the NAV of the Fund’s shares and may affect the Fund’s net income. When the Fund borrows money, it must pay interest and other fees, which will reduce the Fund’s returns if such costs exceed the returns on the portfolio securities purchased or retained with such borrowings. Any such borrowings are intended to be temporary. However, under certain market circumstances, such borrowings might be outstanding for longer periods of time.

Counterparty Risk. Changes in the credit quality of the companies that serve as the Fund’s counterparties with respect to derivatives or other transactions supported by another party’s credit will affect the value of those instruments. Certain entities that have served as counterparties in the markets for these transactions have incurred or may incur in the future significant financial hardships including bankruptcy and losses as a result of exposure to sub-prime mortgages and other lower-quality credit investments. As a result, such hardships have reduced these entities’ capital and called into question their continued ability to perform their obligations under such transactions. By using such derivatives or other transactions, the Fund assumes the risk that its counterparties could experience similar financial hardships. In the event of the insolvency of a counterparty, the Fund may sustain losses or be unable to liquidate a derivatives position.

Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers are susceptible to operational and information security risk resulting from cyber incidents. Cyber incidents refer to both intentional attacks and unintentional events including: processing errors, human errors, technical errors including computer glitches and system malfunctions, inadequate or failed internal or external processes, market-wide technical-related disruptions, unauthorized access to digital systems (through “hacking” or malicious software coding), computer viruses, and cyber-attacks which shut down, disable, slow or otherwise disrupt operations, business processes or website access or functionality (including denial of service attacks). Cyber incidents could adversely impact the Fund and cause the Fund to incur financial loss and expense, as well as face exposure to regulatory penalties, reputational damage, and additional compliance costs associated with corrective measures. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred in order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future. Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cybersecurity plans and systems put in place by its service providers or any other third parties whose operations may affect the Fund.

Global Economic Risk. National and regional economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibilities that conditions in one country, region or market might adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or market. Changes in legal, political, regulatory, tax and economic conditions may cause fluctuations in markets and investments prices around the world, which could negatively impact the value of the Fund’s investments. Major economic or political disruptions, particularly in large economies like China’s, may have global negative economic and market repercussions. Additionally, instability in various countries, such as Afghanistan and Syria, and natural and environmental disasters and the spread of infectious illnesses or other public health emergencies , possible terrorist attacks in the United States and around the world, continued tensions

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between North Korea and the United States and the international community generally, growing social and political discord in the United States, the European debt crisis, the response of the international community — through economic sanctions and otherwise — further downgrade of U.S. government securities, the change in the U.S. president and the new administration and other similar events may adversely affect the global economy and the markets and issuers in which the Fund invests. Recent examples of such events include the outbreak of a novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 that was first detected in China in December 2019 and heightened concerns regarding North Korea’s nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missile programs. In addition, Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has resulted in sanctions imposed by several nations, such as the United States, United Kingdom, European Union and Canada. The current sanctions and potential further sanctions may negatively impact certain sectors of Russia’s economy, but also may negatively impact the value of the Fund’s investments that do not have direct exposure to Russia. These events could reduce consumer demand or economic output, result in market closure, travel restrictions or quarantines, and generally have a significant impact on the economy. These events could also impair the information technology and other operational systems upon which the Fund’s service providers, including the Fund’s sub-adviser, rely, and could otherwise disrupt the ability of employees of the Fund’s service providers to perform essential tasks on behalf of the Fund.

The Fund does not know and cannot predict how long the securities markets may be affected by these events and the effects of these and similar events in the future on the U.S. economy and securities markets. The Fund may be adversely affected by abrogation of international agreements and national laws which have created the market instruments in which the Fund may invest, failure of the designated national and international authorities to enforce compliance with the same laws and agreements, failure of local, national and international organizations to carry out the duties prescribed to them under the relevant agreements, revisions of these laws and agreements which dilute their effectiveness or conflicting interpretation of provisions of the same laws and agreements.

Governmental and quasi-governmental authorities and regulators throughout the world have in the past responded to major economic disruptions with a variety of significant fiscal and monetary policy changes, including but not limited to, direct capital infusions into companies, new monetary programs and dramatically lower interest rates. An unexpected or quick reversal of these policies, or the ineffectiveness of these policies, could increase volatility in securities markets, which could adversely affect the Fund’s investments.

Investment and Market Risk. An investment in common shares is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest. Common shares frequently trade at a discount to their NAV. An investment in common shares represents an indirect investment in the securities owned by the Fund. Common shares at any point in time may be worth less than your original investment, even after taking into account the reinvestment of Fund dividends and distributions.

Legislation and Regulatory Risk. At any time after the date of this report, legislation or additional regulations may be enacted that could negatively affect the assets of the Fund, securities held by the Fund or the issuers of such securities. Fund shareholders may incur increased costs resulting from such legislation or additional regulation. There can be no assurance that future legislation, regulation or deregulation will not have a material adverse effect on the Fund or will not impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.

Leverage Risk. The use of leverage creates special risks for common shareholders, including potential interest rate risks and the likelihood of greater volatility of NAV and market price of, and distributions on, the common shares. The use of leverage in a declining market will likely cause a greater decline in the Fund’s NAV, which may result at a greater decline of the common share price, than if the Fund were not to have used leverage.

The Fund will pay (and common shareholders will bear) any costs and expenses relating to the Fund’s use of leverage, which will result in a reduction in the Fund’s NAV. The investment adviser may, based on its assessment of market conditions and composition of the Fund’s holdings, increase or decrease the amount of leverage. Such changes may impact the Fund’s distributions and the price of the common shares in the secondary market.

The Fund may seek to refinance its leverage over time, in the ordinary course, as current forms of leverage mature or it is otherwise desirable to refinance; however, the form that such leverage will take cannot be predicted at this time. If the Fund is unable to replace existing leverage on comparable terms, its costs of leverage will increase. Accordingly, there is no assurance that the use of leverage may result in a higher yield or return to common shareholders.

The amount of fees paid to the investment adviser and the sub-advisor for investment advisory services will be higher if the Fund uses leverage because the fees will be calculated based on the Fund’s Managed Assets — this may create an incentive for the investment adviser and the sub-advisor to leverage the Fund or increase the Fund’s leverage.

Limited Term Risk. Because the assets of the Fund will be liquidated in connection with its termination, the Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities when it otherwise would not, including at times when market conditions are not favorable, or at a time when a particular security is in default or bankruptcy, or otherwise in severe distress, which may cause the Fund to lose money. Although the Fund has an investment objective of returning Original NAV to shareholders on or about the Termination Date, the Fund may not be successful in achieving this objective. The return of Original NAV is not an express or implied guarantee obligation of the Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to return Original NAV to shareholders, and such return is not backed or otherwise guaranteed by Nuveen or any other entity.

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The Fund’s ability to return Original NAV to Common Shareholders on or about the Termination Date will depend on market conditions, the presence or absence of defaulted or distressed securities in the Fund’s portfolio that may prevent those securities from being sold in a timely manner at a reasonable price, and various portfolio and cash flow management techniques. The Fund currently intends to set aside and retain in its net assets (and therefore its NAV) a portion of its net investment income, and possibly all or a portion of its gains, in pursuit of its objective to return Original NAV to Common Shareholders upon termination. This will reduce the amounts otherwise available for distribution prior to the liquidation of the Fund. In addition, the Fund’s investment in shorter term and lower yielding securities, especially as the Fund nears its Termination Date, may reduce investment income and, therefore, the monthly dividends during the period closely prior to termination. To the extent that lower distribution rates may negatively impact Common Share price, such reduced yield and monthly dividends may cause a reduction of Common Share price. The Fund’s final distribution to Common Shareholders will be based upon the Fund’s NAV at the Termination Date. Any investors who purchase Common Shares (particularly if their purchase price differs meaningfully from the original offering price) may receive less than their original investment. Rather than reinvesting the proceeds of its securities, the Fund may also distribute the proceeds in one or more distributions prior to the final liquidation, which may cause the Fund’s fixed expenses to increase when expressed as a percentage of net assets attributable to Common Shares. Depending upon a variety of factors, including the performance of the Fund’s portfolio over the life of the Fund, the amount distributed to Common Shareholders may be significantly less than Original NAV, or their original investment.

Because the Fund will invest in below investment grade securities, it may be exposed to the greater potential for an issuer of its securities to default, as compared to a fund that invests solely in investment grade securities. As a result, should a Fund portfolio holding default, this may significantly reduce net investment income and, therefore, Common Share dividends; may prevent or inhibit the Fund from fully being able to liquidate its portfolio at or prior to the Termination Date; and may severely impact the Fund’s ability to return Original NAV to Common Shareholders on or about the Termination Date.

Market Discount from Net Asset Value. Shares of closed-end investment companies like the Fund frequently trade at prices lower than their NAV. This characteristic is a risk separate and distinct from the risk that the Fund’s NAV could decrease as a result of investment activities. Whether investors will realize gains or losses upon the sale of the common shares will depend not upon the Fund’s NAV but entirely upon whether the market price of the common shares at the time of sale is above or below the investor’s purchase price for the common shares. Furthermore, management may have difficulty meeting the Fund’s investment objectives and managing its portfolio when the underlying securities are redeemed or sold during periods of market turmoil and as investors’ perceptions regarding closed-end funds or their underlying investments change. Because the market price of the common shares will be determined by factors such as relative supply of and demand for the common shares in the market, general market and economic circumstances, and other factors beyond the control of the Fund, the Fund cannot predict whether the common shares will trade at, below or above NAV. The common shares are designed primarily for long-term investors, and you should not view the Fund as a vehicle for short-term trading purposes.

Non-Diversified Status Risk. Because the Fund is classified as “non-diversified” under the 1940 Act, it can invest a greater portion of its assets in obligations of a single issuer than a “diversified” fund. As a result, the Fund will be more susceptible than a diversified fund to fluctuations in the prices of securities of a single issuer.

Recent Market Conditions. Periods of unusually high financial market volatility and restrictive credit conditions, at times limited to a particular sector or geographic area, have occurred in the past and may be expected to recur in the future. Some countries, including the United States, have adopted or have signaled protectionist trade measures, relaxation of the financial industry regulations that followed the financial crisis, and/or reductions to corporate taxes. The scope of these policy changes is still developing, but the equity and debt markets may react strongly to expectations of change, which could increase volatility, particularly if a resulting policy runs counter to the market’s expectations. The outcome of such changes cannot be foreseen at the present time. In addition, geopolitical and other risks, including environmental and public health risks, may add to instability in the world economy and markets generally. As a result of increasingly interconnected global economies and financial markets, the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments may be negatively affected by events impacting a country or region, regardless of whether the Fund invests in issuers located in or with significant exposure to such country or region. The outbreak of COVID-19 resulted in instances of market closures and dislocations, extreme volatility, liquidity constraints and increased trading costs. The full economic impact and ongoing effects of COVID-19 (or other future epidemics or pandemics) at the macro-level and on individual businesses are unpredictable and may result in significant and prolonged effects on the Fund’s performance.

On June 23, 2016, the United Kingdom (“UK”) held a referendum on whether to remain a member state of the European Union (“EU”), in which voters favored the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, an event widely referred to as “Brexit.” On January 31, 2020, the UK formally withdrew from the EU. The transition period concluded on December 31, 2020, and EU law no longer applies in the UK. On December 30, 2020, the UK and EU signed an EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (“UK/EU Trade Agreement”), which went into effect on January 1, 2021 and sets out the foundation of the economic and legal framework for trade between the UK and EU. As the UK/EU Trade Agreement is a new legal framework, the implementation of the UK/EU Trade Agreement may result in uncertainty in its application and periods of volatility in both the UK and wider European markets. The longer term economic, legal, political and social framework to be put in place between the UK and the EU are unclear at this stage, remain subject to negotiation and are likely to lead to ongoing political and economic uncertainty and periods of exacerbated volatility in both the UK and in wider European markets for some time.

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The outcomes may cause increased volatility and have a significant adverse impact on world financial markets, other international trade agreements, and the UK and European economies, as well as the broader global economy for some time. Additionally, a number of countries in Europe have suffered terror attacks, and additional attacks may occur in the future.

Ukraine has experienced ongoing military conflict, most recently in February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine; this conflict may expand and military attacks could occur elsewhere in Europe. Europe has also been struggling with mass migration from the Middle East and Africa. The ultimate effects of these events and other socio-political or geographical issues are not known but could profoundly affect global economies and markets. The impact of these developments in the near- and long-term is unknown and could have additional adverse effects on economies, financial markets and asset valuations around the world.

Reverse Repurchase Agreement Risk. A reverse repurchase agreement, in economic essence, constitutes a securitized borrowing by the Fund from the security purchaser. The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements for the purpose of creating a leveraged investment exposure and, as such, their usage involves essentially the same risks associated with a leveraging strategy generally since the proceeds from these agreements may be invested in additional portfolio securities. Reverse repurchase agreements tend to be short-term in tenor, and there can be no assurances that the purchaser (lender) will commit to extend or “roll” a given agreement upon its agreed-upon repurchase date or an alternative purchaser can be identified on similar terms. Reverse repurchase agreements also involve the risk that the purchaser fails to return the securities as agreed upon, files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent. The Fund may be restricted from taking normal portfolio actions during such time, could be subject to loss to the extent that the proceeds of the agreement are less than the value of securities subject to the agreement and may experience adverse tax consequences.

Tax Risk. The Fund has elected to be treated and intends to qualify each year as a Regulated Investment Company (“RIC”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). As a RIC, the Fund is not expected to be subject to U.S. federal income tax to the extent that it distributes its investment company taxable income and net capital gains. To qualify for the special tax treatment available to a RIC, the Fund must comply with certain investment, distribution, and diversification requirements. Under certain circumstances, the Fund may be forced to sell certain assets when it is not advantageous in order to meet these requirements, which may reduce the Fund’s overall return. If the Fund fails to meet any of these requirements, subject to the opportunity to cure such failures under applicable provisions of the Code, the Fund’s income would be subject to a double level of U.S. federal income tax. The Fund’s income, including its net capital gain, would first be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates, even if such income were distributed to shareholders and, second, all distributions by the Fund from earnings and profits, including distributions of net capital gain (if any), would be taxable to shareholders as dividends. Although the Fund intends to distribute sufficient amounts to qualify for treatment as a RIC, it will be subject to U.S. federal excise taxes and U.S. federal corporate income taxes to the extent it sets aside and retains in its net assets (and therefore its NAV) a portion of its net investment income in pursuit of its objective of returning Original NAV.

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EFFECTS OF LEVERAGE

The following table is furnished in response to requirements of the SEC. It is designed to illustrate the effects of leverage through the use of senior securities, as that term is defined under Section 18 of the 1940 Act, as well as certain other forms of leverage, such as reverse repurchase agreements, on common share total return, assuming investment portfolio total returns (consisting of income and changes in the value of investments held in the Fund’s portfolio) of -10%, -5%, 0%, 5% and 10%. The table below reflects the Fund’s (i) continued use of leverage as of December 31, 2022 as a percentage of Managed Assets (including assets attributable to such leverage), (ii) the estimated annual effective interest expense rate payable by the Fund on such instruments (based on actual leverage costs incurred during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022) as set forth in the table, and (iii) the annual return that the Fund’s portfolio must experience (net of expenses) in order to cover such costs of leverage based on such estimated annual effective interest expense rate. The information below does not reflect any Fund’s use of certain other forms of economic leverage achieved through the use of certain derivative instruments.

The numbers are merely estimates, used for illustration. The costs of leverage may vary frequently and may be significantly higher or lower than the estimated rate. The assumed investment portfolio returns in the table below are hypothetical figures and are not necessarily indicative of the investment portfolio returns experienced or expected to be experienced by the Fund. Your actual returns may be greater or less than those appearing below.

	Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (JHAA)
Estimated Leverage as a Percentage of Managed Assets (Including Assets Attributable to Leverage)		25.15%
Estimated Annual Effective Leverage Expense Rate Payable by Fund on Leverage		2.47%
Annual Return Fund Portfolio Must Experience (net of expenses) to Cover Estimated Annual Effective Interest Expense Rate on Leverage		0.62%
Common Share Total Return for (10.00)% Assumed Portfolio Total Return		-14.19%
Common Share Total Return for (5.00)% Assumed Portfolio Total Return		-7.51%
Common Share Total Return for 0.00% Assumed Portfolio Total Return		-0.83%
Common Share Total Return for 5.00% Assumed Portfolio Total Return		5.85%
Common Share Total Return for 10.00% Assumed Portfolio Total Return		12.53%

Common Share total return is composed of two elements — the distributions paid by the Fund to holders of common shares (the amount of which is largely determined by the net investment income of the Fund after paying dividend payments on any preferred shares issued by the Fund and expenses on any forms of leverage outstanding) and gains or losses on the value of the securities and other instruments the Fund owns. As required by SEC rules, the table assumes that the Fund are more likely to suffer capital losses than to enjoy capital appreciation. For example, to assume a total return of 0%, the Fund must assume that the income it receives on its investments is entirely offset by losses in the value of those investments. This table reflects hypothetical performance of the Fund’s portfolio and not the actual performance of the Fund’s common shares, the value of which is determined by market forces and other factors. Should the Fund elect to add additional leverage to its portfolio, any benefits of such additional leverage cannot be fully achieved until the proceeds resulting from the use of such leverage have been received by the Fund and invested in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies. As noted above, the Fund’s willingness to use additional leverage, and the extent to which leverage is used at any time, will depend on many factors.

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Shareholder Update (continued)

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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN

Nuveen Closed-End Funds Automatic Reinvestment Plan

Your Nuveen Closed-End Fund allows you to conveniently reinvest distributions in additional Fund shares. By choosing to reinvest, you’ll be able to invest money regularly and automatically, and watch your investment grow through the power of compounding. Just like distributions in cash, there may be times when income or capital gains taxes may be payable on distributions that are reinvested. It is important to note that an automatic reinvestment plan does not ensure a profit, nor does it protect you against loss in a declining market.

Easy and convenient

To make recordkeeping easy and convenient, each quarter you’ll receive a statement showing your total distributions, the date of investment, the shares acquired and the price per share, and the total number of shares you own.

How shares are purchased

The shares you acquire by reinvesting will either be purchased on the open market or newly issued by the Fund. If the shares are trading at or above NAV at the time of valuation, the Fund will issue new shares at the greater of the NAV or 95% of the then-current market price. If the shares are trading at less than NAV, shares for your account will be purchased on the open market. If Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Plan Agent”) begins purchasing Fund shares on the open market while shares are trading below NAV, but the Fund’s shares subsequently trade at or above their NAV before the Plan Agent is able to complete its purchases, the Plan Agent may cease open-market purchases and may invest the uninvested portion of the distribution in newly-issued Fund shares at a price equal to the greater of the shares’ NAV or 95% of the shares’ market value on the last business day immediately prior to the purchase date. Distributions received to purchase shares in the open market will normally be invested shortly after the distribution payment date. No interest will be paid on distributions awaiting reinvestment. Because the market price of the shares may increase before purchases are completed, the average purchase price per share may exceed the market price at the time of valuation, resulting in the acquisition of fewer shares than if the distribution had been paid in shares issued by the Fund. A pro rata portion of any applicable brokerage commissions on open market purchases will be paid by Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”) participants. These commissions usually will be lower than those charged on individual transactions.

Flexible

You may change your distribution option or withdraw from the Plan at any time, should your needs or situation change. You can reinvest whether your shares are registered in your name, or in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee. Ask your investment advisor if his or her firm will participate on your behalf. Participants whose shares are registered in the name of one firm may not be able to transfer the shares to another firm and continue to participate in the Plan. The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time. Although the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants, there is no direct service charge to participants in the Plan at this time.

Call today to start reinvesting distributions

For more information on the Nuveen Automatic Reinvestment Plan or to enroll in or withdraw from the Plan, speak with your financial professional or call us at (800) 257-8787.

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CHANGES OCCURRING DURING THE FISCAL YEAR

The following information in this annual report is a summary of certain changes during the most recent fiscal year. This information may not reflect all of the changes that have occurred since you purchased shares of the Fund.

During the most recent fiscal year, there have been no changes to: (i) the Fund’s investment objectives and principal investment policies that have not been approved by shareholders, (ii) the principal risks of the Fund, (iii) the portfolio managers of the Fund; (iv) the Fund’s charter or by-laws that would delay or prevent a change of control of the Fund that have not been approved by shareholders, except as follows:

Amended and Restated By-Laws

On October 5, 2020, the Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund (the “Fund”) and certain other closed-end funds in the Nuveen fund complex amended their by-laws. Among other things, the amended by-laws included provisions pursuant to which, in summary, a shareholder who obtains beneficial ownership of common shares in a Control Share Acquisition (as defined in the by-laws) shall have the same voting rights as other common shareholders only to the extent authorized by the other disinterested shareholders (the “Control Share By-Law”). On January 14, 2021, a shareholder of certain Nuveen closed-end funds filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”) against certain Nuveen funds and their trustees, seeking a declaration that such funds’ Control Share By-Laws violate the 1940 Act, rescission of such fund’s Control Share By-Laws and a permanent injunction against such funds applying the Control Share By-Laws. On February 18, 2022, the District Court granted judgment in favor of the plaintiff’s claim for rescission of such funds’ Control Share By-Laws and the plaintiff’s declaratory judgment claim, and declared that such funds’ Control Share By-Laws violate Section 18(i) of the 1940 Act. Following review of the judgment of the District Court, on February 22, 2022, the Board amended the Fund’s bylaws to provide that the Fund’s Control Share By-Law shall be of no force and effect for so long as the judgment of the District Court is effective and that if the judgment of the District Court is reversed, overturned, vacated, stayed, or otherwise nullified, the Fund’s Control Share By-Law will be automatically reinstated and apply to any beneficial owner of common shares acquired in a Control Share Acquisition, regardless of whether such Control Share Acquisition occurs before or after such reinstatement, for the duration of the stay or upon issuance of the mandate reversing, overturning, vacating or otherwise nullifying the judgment of the District Court. On February 25, 2022, the Board and the Fund appealed the District Court’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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Important Tax Information (Unaudited)

As required by the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Regulations, certain tax information, as detailed below, must be provided to shareholders. Shareholders are advised to consult their tax advisor with respect to the tax implications of their investment. The amounts listed below may differ from the actual amounts reported on Form 1099-DIV, which will be sent to shareholders shortly after calendar year end.

Long-Term Capital Gains

As of year end, the Fund designates the following distribution amounts, or maximum amount allowable, as being from net long-term capital gains pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code:

Fund	Net Long-Term Capital Gains
JHAA	$                     —

Qualified Interest Income (QII)

The Fund listed below had the following percentage, or maximum amount allowable, of ordinary income distributions treated as qualified interest income and/or short-term capital gain dividends pursuant to Section 871(k) of the Internal Revenue Code:

Fund	1/1 to Current Year End Percentage
JHAA	79.3%

163(j)

The Fund listed below had the following percentage, or maximum amount allowable, of ordinary dividends treated as Section 163(j) interest dividends pursuant to Section 163(j) of the Internal Revenue Code:

Fund	Percentage
JHAA	100.0%

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Additional Fund Information (Unaudited)

Board of Trustees
Jack B. Evans	William C. Hunter	Amy B.R. Lancellotta	Joanne T. Medero	Albin F. Moschner	John K. Nelson
Judith M. Stockdale*	Carole E. Stone*	Matthew Thornton III	Terence J. Toth	Margaret L. Wolff	Robert L. Young

* Retired from the Fund’s Board of Trustees effective December 31, 2022.

Investment Adviser Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606 Custodian State Street Bank
& Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston, MA 02111 Legal Counsel Chapman and Cutler LLP Chicago, IL 60603 Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm KPMG LLP 200 East Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60601 Transfer Agent and
Shareholder Services Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 150 Royall Street Canton, MA 02021 (800) 257-8787

Portfolio of Investments Information

Each Fund is required to file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its report on Form N-PORT. You may obtain this information on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Nuveen Funds’ Proxy Voting Information

You may obtain (i) information regarding how each fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, without charge, upon request, by calling Nuveen toll-free at (800) 257-8787 or on Nuveen’s website at www.nuveen.com and (ii) a description of the policies and procedures that each fund used to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities without charge, upon request, by calling Nuveen toll free at (800) 257-8787. You may also obtain this information directly from the SEC. Visit the SEC on-line at http://www.sec.gov.

CEO Certification Disclosure

The Fund’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has submitted to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) the annual CEO certification as required by Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. The Fund has filed with the SEC the certification of its CEO and Chief Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Common Share Repurchases

The Funds intend to repurchase, through their open-market share repurchase program, shares of their own common stock at such times and in such amounts as is deemed advisable. During the period covered by this report, each Fund repurchased shares of its common stock, as shown in the accompanying table. Any future repurchases will be reported to shareholders in the next annual or semi-annual report.

	JHAA
Common shares repurchased		68,300

FINRA BrokerCheck

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) provides information regarding the disciplinary history of FINRA member firms and associated investment professionals. This information as well as an investor brochure describing FINRA BrokerCheck is available to the public by calling the FINRA BrokerCheck Hotline number at (800) 289-9999 or by visiting www.FINRA.org.

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Glossary of Terms Used in this Report

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∎ Average Annual Total Return: This is a commonly used method to express an investment’s performance over a particular, usually multi-year time period. It expresses the return that would have been necessary each year to equal the investment’s actual cumulative performance (including change in NAV or market price and reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, if any) over the time period being considered.

∎ Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield 1-5 Year Cash Pay 2% Issuer Capped Bond Index: A maturity and issuer-constrained version of the U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index, which is an index designed to measure the performance of USD-denominated, fixed-rate corporate high yield bonds with maturities of 1 to 4.99 years that limits each issue to 2% of the index. Index returns assume reinvestment of distributions, but do not reflect any applicable sales charges or management fees.

∎ Duration: Duration is a measure of the expected period over which a bond’s principal and interest will be paid, and consequently is a measure of the sensitivity of a bond’s or bond fund’s value to changes when market interest rates change. Generally, the longer a bond’s or fund’s duration, the more the price of the bond or fund will change as interest rates change.

∎ Effective Leverage: Effective leverage is a fund’s effective economic leverage, and includes both regulatory leverage (see below) and the leverage effects of certain derivative investments in the fund’s portfolio.

∎ Leverage: Leverage is created whenever a fund has investment exposure (both reward and/or risk) equivalent to more than 100% of the investment capital.

∎ Net Asset Value (NAV) Per Share: A fund’s Net Assets is equal to its total assets (securities, cash, accrued earnings and receivables) less its total liabilities. NAV per share is equal to the fund’s Net Assets divided by its number of shares outstanding.

∎ Regulatory Leverage: Regulatory leverage consists of preferred shares issued by or borrowings of a fund. Both of these are part of a fund’s capital structure. Regulatory leverage is subject to asset coverage limits set in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

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Board Members & Officers

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The management of the Funds, including general supervision of the duties performed for the Funds by the Adviser, is the responsibility of the Board of Trustees of the Funds. None of the trustees who are not “interested” persons of the Funds (referred to herein as “independent board members”) has ever been a director or employee of, or consultant to, Nuveen or its affiliates. The names and business addresses of the trustees and officers of the Funds, their principal occupations and other affiliations during the past five years, the number of portfolios each Trustee oversees and other directorships they hold are set forth below.

Name, Year of Birth & Address	Position(s) Held with the Funds	Year First Elected or Appointed and Term(1)	Principal Occupation(s) Including other Directorships During Past 5 Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Board Member
Independent Board Members:
∎  TERENCE J. TOTH			Formerly, a Co-Founding Partner, Promus Capital (investment advisory firm) (2008-2017); formerly, Director, Quality Control Corporation (manufacturing) (since 2012-2021); Chair of the Board of the Kehrein Center for the Arts (philanthropy) (since 2021); member: Catalyst Schools of Chicago Board (since 2008) and Mather Foundation Board (philanthropy) (since 2012), and chair of its Investment Committee; formerly, Member, Chicago Fellowship Board (philanthropy) (2005-2016); formerly, Director, Fulcrum IT Services LLC (information technology services firm to government entities) (2010-2019); formerly, Director, LogicMark LLC (health services) (2012-2016); formerly, Director, Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (asset management) (2008-2013); formerly, CEO and President, Northern Trust Global Investments (financial services) (2004-2007): Executive Vice President, Quantitative Management & Securities Lending (2000-2004); prior thereto, various positions with Northern Trust Company (financial services) (since 1994); formerly, Member, Northern Trust Mutual Funds Board (2005-2007), Northern Trust Global Investments Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Japan Board (2004-2007), Northern Trust Securities Inc. Board (2003-2007) and Northern Trust Hong Kong Board (1997-2004).
1959 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Chair and Board Member	2008 Class II		142
∎  JACK B. EVANS			Chairman (since 2019), formerly, President (1996-2019), The Hall-Perrine Foundation, (private philanthropic corporation); Life Trustee of Coe College; formerly, Member and President Pro-Tern of the Board of Regents for the State of Iowa University System (2007- 2013); Director and Chairman (2009-2021), United Fire Group, a publicly held company; Director, Public Member, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (2015-2020); Director (2000-2004), Alliant Energy; Director (1996-2015), The Gazette Company (media and publishing); Director (1997- 2003), Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; President and Chief Operating Officer (1972-1995), SCI Financial Group, Inc., (regional financial services firm).
1948 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Board Member	1999 Class III		142
∎  WILLIAM C. HUNTER			Dean Emeritus, formerly, Dean, Tippie College of Business, University of (2006-2012); Director of Well mark, Inc. (since 2009); past Director (2005-2015), and past President (2010-2014) Beta Gamma Sigma, Inc., The International Business Honor Society; formerly, Director (2004-2018) of Xerox Corporation; formerly, Dean and Distinguished Professor of Finance, School of Business at the University of Connecticut (2003-2006); previously, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (1995-2003); formerly, Director (1997-2007), Credit Research Center at Georgetown University.
1948 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Board Member	2003 Class I		142
∎  AMY B. R. LANCELLOTTA			Formerly, Managing Director, Independent Directors Council (IDC) (supports the fund independent director community and is part of the Investment Company Institute (ICI), which represents regulated investment companies) (2006-2019); formerly, various positions with ICI (1989-2006); Member of the Board of Directors, Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (UCADA) (since 2020).
1959 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Board Member	2021 Class II		142

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Board Members & Officers (continued)

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Name, Year of Birth & Address	Position(s) Held with the Funds	Year First Elected or Appointed and Term(1)	Principal Occupation(s) Including other Directorships During Past 5 Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Board Member
Independent Board Members (continued):
∎  JOANNE T. MEDERO			Formerly, Managing Director, Government Relations and Public Policy (2009-2020) and Senior Advisor to the Vice Chairman (2018-2020), BlackRock, Inc. (global investment management firm); formerly, Managing (Director, Global Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, Barclays Group (IBIM) (investment banking, investment management and wealth management businesses) (2006-2009); formerly, Managing Director, Global General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Barclays Global Investors (global investment management firm) (1996-2006); formerly, Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (law firm) (1993-1995); formerly, General Counsel, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (government agency overseeing U.S. derivatives markets) (1989-1993); formerly, Deputy Associate Director/Associate Director for Legal and Financial Affairs, Office of Presidential Personnel, The White House (1986-1989); Member of the Board of Directors, Baltic-American Freedom Foundation (seeks to provide opportunities for citizens of the Baltic states to gain education and professional development through exchanges in the U.S.) (since 2019).
1954 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Board Member	2021 Class III		142
∎  ALBIN F. MOSCHNER			Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Northcroft Partners, LLC, (management consulting) (since 2012); formerly, Chairman (2019), and Director (2012-2019), USA Technologies, Inc., (provider of solutions and services to facilitate electronic payment transactions); formerly, Director, Wintrust Financial Corporation (1996-2016); previously, held positions at Leap Wireless International, Inc., (consumer wireless services) including Consultant (2011- 2012), Chief Operating Officer (2008-2011), and Chief Marketing Officer (2004- 2008); formerly, President, Verizon Card Services division of Verizon Communications, Inc. (2000-2003); formerly, President, One Point Services at One Point Communications (telecommunication services) (1999-2000); formerly, Vice Chairman of the Board, Diba, Incorporated (internet technology provider) (1996-1997); formerly, various executive positions (1991-1996) including Chief Executive Officer (1995-1996) of Zenith Electronics Corporation (consumer electronics).
1952 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Board Member	2016 Class III		142
∎  JOHN K. NELSON			Member of Board of Directors of Core12 LLC. (private firm which develops branding, marketing and communications strategies for clients) (since 2008); served on The President’s Council of Fordham University (2010-2019) and previously a Director of the Curran Center for Catholic American Studies (2009- 2018); formerly, senior external advisor to the Financial Services practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP. (2012-2014); former Chair of the Board of Trustees of Marian University (2010-2014 as trustee, 2011-2014 as Chair); formerly Chief Executive Officer of ABN AMRO Bank N.V., North America, and Global Head of the Financial Markets Division (2007-2008), with various executive leadership roles in ABN AMRO Bank N.V. between 1996 and 2007.
1962 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Board Member	2013 Class II		142

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Name, Year of Birth & Address	Position(s) Held with the Funds	Year First Elected or Appointed and Term(1)	Principal Occupation(s) Including other Directorships During Past 5 Years	Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Board Member
Independent Board Members (continued):
∎  MATTHEW THORNTON  III			Formerly, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2018-2019), Fed Ex Freight Corporation, a subsidiary of FedEx Corporation (“FedEx”) (provider of transportation, e-commerce and business services through its portfolio of companies); formerly, Senior Vice President, U.S. Operations (2006-2018), Federal Express Corporation, a subsidiary of FedEx; formerly, Member of the Board of Directors (2012-2018), Safe Kids Worldwide® (a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing childhood injuries). Member of the Board of Directors (since 2014), The Sherwin-Williams Company (develops, manufactures, distributes and sells paints, coatings and related products); Director (since 2020), Crown Castle International (provider of communications infrastructure).
1958 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Board Member	2020 Class III		142
∎  MARGARET L. WOLFF			Formerly, member of the Board of Directors (2013-2017) of Travelers Insurance Company of Canada and The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company (each, a part of Travelers Canada, the Canadian operation of The Travelers Companies, Inc.); formerly, Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Mergers & Acquisitions Group) (legal services) (2005-2014); Member of the Board of Trustees of New York-Presbyterian Hospital (since 2005); Member (since 2004), formerly, Chair (2015-2022) of the Board of Trustees of The John A. Hartford Foundation (philanthropy dedicated to improving the care of older adults); formerly, Member (2005-2015) and Vice Chair (2011-2015) of the Board of Trustees of Mt. Holyoke College.
1955 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Board Member	2016 Class I		142
∎  ROBERT L. YOUNG			Formerly, Chief Operating Officer and Director, J.P.Morgan Investment Management Inc. (financial services) (2010-2016); formerly, President and Principal Executive Officer (2013-2016), and Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2005-2010), of J.P.Morgan Funds; formerly, Director and various officer positions for J.P.Morgan Investment Management Inc. (formerly, JPMorgan Funds Management, Inc. and formerly, One Group Administrative Services) and JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc. (financial services) (formerly, One Group Dealer Services, Inc.) (1999-2017).
1963 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Board Member	2017 Class II		142

Name, Year of Birth & Address	Position(s) Held with the Funds	Year First Elected or Appointed(2)	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Officers of the Funds:
∎  DAVID J. LAMB			Managing Director of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (since 2019) Senior Managing Director (since 2021), formerly, Managing Director (2020-2021) of Nuveen Securities, LLC; Senior Managing Director (since 2021), formerly, Managing Director (2017-2021), Senior Vice President of Nuveen (2006-2017).
1963 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Chief Administrative Officer	2015
∎  BRETT E. BLACK			Enterprise Senior Compliance Officer of Nuveen (since 2022); formerly, Vice President (2014-2022), Chief Compliance Officer (2017-2022), Deputy Chief Compliance Officer (2014-2017) of BMO Funds, Inc.
1972 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer	2022

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Board Members & Officers (continued)

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Name, Year of Birth & Address	Position(s) Held with the Funds	Year First Elected or Appointed(2)	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Officers of the Funds (continued):
∎  MARK J. CZARNIECKI			Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Securities, LLC (since 2016); Managing Director (since 2022), formerly, Vice President (2017-2022) and Assistant Secretary (since 2017) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Managing Director and Associate General Counsel (since January 2022), formerly, Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Nuveen (2013-2021); Managing Director (since 2022), formerly, Vice President (2018-2022), Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel (since 2018) of Nuveen Asset Management LLC.
1979 901 Marquette Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55402	Vice President and Assistant Secretary	2013
∎  DIANA R. GONZALEZ			Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (since 2017); Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (since 2022); Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Nuveen (since 2017); formerly, Associate General Counsel of Jackson National Asset Management (2012-2017).
1978 8500 Andrew Carnegie Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28262	Vice President and Assistant Secretary	2017
∎  NATHANIEL T. JONES			Senior Managing Director (since 2021), formerly, Managing Director (2017-2021), Senior Vice President (2016-2017), of Nuveen; Managing Director (since 2015) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Chartered Financial Analyst.
1979 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Vice President and Treasurer	2016
∎  TINA M. LAZAR			Managing Director (since 2017), formerly, Senior Vice President (2014-2017) of Nuveen Securities, LLC.
1961 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Vice President	2002
∎  BRIAN J. LOCKHART			Managing Director (since 2019) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; Senior Managing Director (since 2021), formerly, Managing Director (2017-2021), Vice President (2010-2017) of Nuveen; Head of Investment Oversight (since 2017), formerly, Team Leader of Manager Oversight (2015-2017); Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Financial Risk Manager.
1974 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Vice President	2019
∎  JOHN M. MCCANN			Managing Director and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (since 2021); Managing Director, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (since 2021); Managing Director (since 2021) and Assistant Secretary (since 2016) of TIAA SMA Strategies LLC; Managing Director (since 2019, formerly, Vice President and Director), Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of College Retirement Equities Fund, TIAA Separate Account VA-1, TIAA-CREF Funds and TIAA-CREF Life Funds; Managing Director (since 2018), formerly, Vice President and Director, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, Teacher Advisors LLC and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC; Vice President (since 2017), Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary (since 2011) of Nuveen Alternative Advisors LLC; General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Covariance Capital Management, Inc. (2014-2017).
1975 8500 Andrew Carnegie Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28262	Vice President and Assistant Secretary	2022
∎  KEVIN J. MCCARTHY			Senior Managing Director (since 2017) and Secretary and General Counsel (since 2016) of Nuveen Investments, Inc., formerly, Executive Vice President (2016-2017); Senior Managing Director (since 2017) and Assistant Secretary (since 2008) of Nuveen Securities, LLC, formerly, Executive Vice President (2016-2017); Senior Managing Director (since 2017) and Secretary (since 2016) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC, formerly, Co-General Counsel (2011-2020), Executive Vice President (2016-2017); Senior Managing Director (since 2017) and Secretary (since 2016) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, formerly, Associate General Counsel (2011-2020), Executive Vice President (2016-2017); formerly, Vice President (2007-2021) and Secretary (2016-2021) of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC and Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC; Vice President and Secretary of Winslow Capital Management, LLC (since 2010); Senior Managing Director (since 2017) and Secretary (since 2016) of Nuveen Alternative Investments, LLC.
1966 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Vice President and Assistant Secretary	2007

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Name, Year of Birth & Address	Position(s) Held with the Funds	Year First Elected or Appointed(2)	Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Officers of the Funds (continued):
∎  JON SCOTT MEISSNER			Managing Director of Mutual Fund Tax and Financial Reporting groups at Nuveen (since 2017); Managing Director of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (since 2019); Senior Director of Teachers Advisors, LLC and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC (since 2016); Senior Director (since 2015) Mutual Fund Taxation to the TIAA-CREF Funds, the TIAA-CREF Life Funds, the TIAA Separate Account VA-1 and the CREF Accounts; has held various positions with TIAA since 2004.
1973 8500 Andrew Carnegie Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28262	Vice President and Assistant Secretary	2019
∎  DEANN D. MORGAN			President, Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (since 2020); Executive Vice President, Global Head of Product at Nuveen (since 2019); Co-Chief Executive Officer of Nuveen Securities, LLC since 2020); Managing Member of MDR Collaboratory LLC (since 2018); formerly, Managing Director, (Head of Wealth Management Product Structuring & COO Multi Asset Investing. The Blackstone Group (2013-2017).
1969 730 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017	Vice President	2020
∎  WILLIAM A. SIFFERMANN			Managing Director (since 2017), formerly Senior Vice President (2016-2017) of Nuveen.
1975 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Vice President	2017
∎  TREY S. STENERSEN			Senior Managing Director of Teacher Advisors LLC and TIAACREF Investment Management, LLC (since 2018); Senior Managing Director (since 2019) and Chief Risk Officer (since 2022), formerly Head of Investment Risk Management (2017-2022) of Nuveen; Senior Managing Director (since 2018) of Nuveen Alternative Advisors LLC.
1965 8500 Andrew Carnegie Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28262	Vice President	2022
∎  E. SCOTT WICKERHAM			Senior Managing Director, Head of Public Investment Finance at Nuveen (since 2019), formerly, Managing Director; Senior Managing Director (since 2019) of Nuveen Fund Advisers, (LLC; Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer (since 2017) of the TIAA CREF Funds, the TIAA-CREF Life Funds, the TIAA Separate Account VA-1 and Principal Financial Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer (since 2020) and Treasurer (since 2017) to the CREF Accounts; has held various positions with TIAA since 2006.
1973 8500 Andrew Carnegie Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28262	Vice President and Controller	2019
∎  MARK L. WINGET			Vice President and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Securities, LLC (since 2008), and Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (since 2019); Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (since 2020); Vice President (since 2010) and Associate General Counsel (since 2019), of Nuveen.
1968 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Vice President and Secretary	2008
∎  GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN			Managing Director and Assistant Secretary of Nuveen Securities, LLC (since 2022); Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and General Counsel (since 2022), formerly, Co-General Counsel (2011-2020) of Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC; formerly, Managing Director (2004-2020) and Assistant Secretary (1994-2020) of Nuveen Investments, Inc.; Managing Director, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel (since 2022) of Nuveen Asset Management, LLC; Vice President and Assistant Secretary (since 2022) of Winslow Capital Management, LLC: formerly, Vice President and Assistant Secretary of NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC (2002-2020) and Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC (2006-2020); Chartered Financial Analyst.
1956 333 W. Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606	Vice President and Assistant Secretary	1988
∎  RACHAEL ZUFALL			Managing Director (since 2017), Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary (since 2014) of the CREF Accounts, TIAA Separate Account VA-1, TIAA-CREF Funds and TIAA-CREF Life Funds; Managing Director (since 2017), Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary (since 2011) of Teacher Advisors LLC and TIAA-CREF Investment Management, LLC; Managing Director of Nuveen, LLC and of TlAA (since 2017).
1973 8500 Andrew Carnegie Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28262	Vice President and Assistant Secretary	2022

(1) The Board of Trustees is divided into three classes, Class I, Class II, and Class III, with each being elected to serve until the third succeeding annual shareholders’ meeting subsequent to its election or thereafter in each case when its respective successors are duly elected or appointed, except two board members are elected by the holders of Preferred Shares, when applicable, to serve until the next annual shareholders’ meeting subsequent to its election or thereafter in each case when its respective successors are duly elected or appointed. The year first elected or appointed represents the year in which the board member was first elected or appointed to any fund in the Nuveen complex.

(2) Officers serve indefinite terms until their successor has been duly elected and qualified, their death or their resignation or removal. The year first elected or appointed represents the year in which the Officer was first elected or appointed to any fund in the Nuveen complex.

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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. There were no amendments to or waivers from the Code during the period covered by this report. The registrant has posted the code of ethics on its website at www.nuveen.com/fund-governance. (To view the code, click on Code of Conduct.)

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant’s Board of Directors or Trustees (“Board”) determined that the registrant has at least one “audit committee financial expert” (as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR) serving on its Audit Committee. The registrant’s audit committee financial experts are Carole E. Stone, Jack B. Evans, Albin F. Moschner, John K. Nelson and Robert L. Young, who are “independent” for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

Ms. Stone served for five years as Director of the New York State Division of the Budget. As part of her role as Director, Ms. Stone was actively involved in overseeing the development of the State’s operating, local assistance and capital budgets, its financial plan and related documents; overseeing the development of the State’s bond-related disclosure documents and certifying that they fairly presented the State’s financial position; reviewing audits of various State and local agencies and programs; and coordinating the State’s system of internal audit and control. Prior to serving as Director, Ms. Stone worked as a budget analyst/examiner with increasing levels of responsibility over a 30 year period, including approximately five years as Deputy Budget Director. Ms. Stone has also served as Chair of the New York State Racing Association Oversight Board, as Chair of the Public Authorities Control Board, as a Commissioner on the New York State Commission on Public Authority Reform and as a member of the Boards of Directors of several New York State public authorities. These positions have involved overseeing operations and finances of certain entities and assessing the adequacy of project/entity financing and financial reporting. Ms. Stone formerly served on the Board of Directors of CBOE Global Markets, Inc. (formerly, CBOE Holdings, Inc.), the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and the C2 Options Exchange. Ms. Stone’s position on the boards of these entities and as a member of both CBOE Holdings’ Audit Committee and its Finance Committee involved, among other things, the oversight of audits, audit plans and preparation of financial statements.

Mr. Evans was formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of SCI Financial Group, Inc., a full service registered broker-dealer and registered investment adviser (“SCI”). As part of his role as President and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Evans actively supervised the Chief Financial Officer (the “CFO”) and actively supervised the CFO’s preparation of financial statements and other filings with various regulatory authorities. In such capacity, Mr. Evans was actively involved in the preparation of SCI’s financial statements and the resolution of issues raised in connection therewith. Mr. Evans has also served on the audit committee of various reporting companies. At such companies, Mr. Evans was involved in the oversight of audits, audit plans, and the preparation of financial statements. Mr. Evans also formerly chaired the audit committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Mr. Moschner is a consultant in the wireless industry and, in July 2012, founded Northcroft Partners, LLC, a management consulting firm that provides operational, management and governance solutions. Prior to founding Northcroft Partners, LLC, Mr. Moschner held various positions at Leap Wireless International, Inc., a provider of wireless services, where he was as a consultant from February 2011 to July 2012, Chief Operating Officer from July 2008 to February 2011, and Chief Marketing Officer from August 2004 to June 2008. Before he joined Leap Wireless International, Inc., Mr. Moschner was President of the Verizon Card Services division of Verizon Communications, Inc. from 2000 to 2003, and President of One Point Services at One Point Communications from 1999 to 2000. Mr. Moschner also served at Zenith Electronics Corporation as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer from 1995 to 1996, and as Director, President and Chief Operating Officer from 1994 to 1995.

Mr. Nelson is on the Board of Directors of Core12, LLC. (since 2008), a private firm which develops branding, marketing, and communications strategies for clients. Mr. Nelson has extensive experience in global banking and markets, having served in several senior executive positions with ABN AMRO Holdings N.V. and its affiliated entities and predecessors, including LaSalle Bank Corporation from 1996 to 2008, ultimately serving as Chief Executive Officer of ABN AMRO N.V. North America. During his tenure at the bank, he also served as Global Head of its Financial Markets Division, which encompassed the bank’s Currency, Commodity, Fixed Income, Emerging Markets, and Derivatives businesses. He was a member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States and during his tenure with ABN AMRO served as the bank’s representative on various committees of The Bank of Canada, European Central Bank, and The Bank of England. Mr. Nelson previously served as a senior, external advisor to the financial services practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP. (2012-2014).

Mr. Young has more than 30 years of experience in the investment management industry. From 1997 to 2017, he held various positions with J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (“J.P. Morgan Investment”) and its affiliates (collectively, “J.P. Morgan”). Most recently, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Director of J.P. Morgan Investment (from 2010 to 2016) and as President and Principal Executive Officer of the J.P. Morgan Funds (from 2013 to 2016). As Chief Operating Officer of J.P. Morgan Investment, Mr. Young led service, administration and business platform support activities for J.P. Morgan’s domestic retail mutual fund and institutional commingled and separate account businesses, and co-led these activities for J.P. Morgan’s global retail and institutional investment management businesses. As President of the J.P. Morgan Funds, Mr. Young interacted with various service providers to these funds, facilitated the relationship between such funds and their boards, and was directly involved in establishing board agendas, addressing regulatory matters, and establishing policies and procedures. Before joining J.P. Morgan, Mr. Young, a former Certified Public Accountant (CPA), was a Senior Manager (Audit) with Deloitte & Touche LLP (formerly, Touche Ross LLP), where he was employed from 1985 to 1996. During his tenure there, he actively participated in creating, and ultimately led, the firm’s midwestern mutual fund practice.

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

The following tables show the amount of fees that KPMG LLP, the Fund’s auditor, billed to the Funds’ during the Funds’ last two full fiscal years. The Audit Committee approved in advance all audit services and non-audit services that KPMG LLP provided to the Funds, except for those non-audit services that were subject to the pre-approval exception under Rule 2.01 of Regulation S-X (the “pre-approval exception”). The preapproval exception for services provided directly to the Funds waives the pre-approval requirement for services other than audit, review or attest services if: (A) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid by the Funds during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; (B) the Funds did not recognize the services as non-audit services at the time of the engagement; and (C) the services are promptly brought to the Audit Committee’s attention, and the Committee (or its delegate) approves the services before the audit is completed.

The Audit Committee has delegated certain pre-approval responsibilities to its Chair (or, in her absence, any other member of the Audit Committee).

SERVICES THAT THE FUND’S AUDITOR BILLED TO THE FUND

Fiscal Year Ended	Audit Fees Billed to Fund 1			Audit-Related Fees Billed to Fund 2			Tax Fees Billed to Fund  3			All Other Fees Billed to Fund  4
December 31, 2022	$	0		$	37,797		$	0		$	0
Percentage approved pursuant to pre-approval  exception		0	%		0	%		0	%		0	%
December 31, 2021	$	33,560		$	0		$	0		$	0
Percentage approved pursuant to pre-approval exception		0	%		0	%		0	%		0	%

¹ “Audit Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for the audit of the Fund’s annual financial statements and services provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements.

² “Audit Related Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of financial statements that are not reported under “Audit Fees”. These fees include offerings related to the Fund’s common shares and leverage.

³ “Tax Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for professional services for tax advice, tax compliance, and tax planning. These fees include: all global withholding tax services; excise and state tax reviews; capital gain, tax equalization and taxable basis calculation performed by the principal accountant.

⁴ “All Other Fees” are the aggregate fees billed for products and services other than “Audit Fees”, “Audit-Related Fees” and “Tax Fees”. These fees represent all “Agreed-Upon Procedures” engagements pertaining to the Fund’s use of leverage.

SERVICES THAT THE FUND’S AUDITOR BILLED TO THE

ADVISER AND AFFILIATED FUND SERVICE PROVIDERS

The following tables show the amount of fees billed by KPMG LLP to Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC (formerly Nuveen Fund Advisors, Inc.) (the “Adviser”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund (“Affiliated Fund Service Provider”), for engagements directly related to the Fund’s operations and financial reporting, during the Fund’s last two full fiscal years.

The tables also show the percentage of fees subject to the pre-approval exception. The pre-approval exception for services provided to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider (other than audit, review or attest services) waives the pre-approval requirement if: (A) the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to KPMG LLP by the Fund, the Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee; (B) the Fund did not recognize the services as non-audit services at the time of the engagement; and (C) the services are promptly brought to the Audit Committee’s attention, and the Committee (or its delegate) approves the services before the Fund’s audit is completed.

Fiscal Year Ended	Audit-Related Fees     Billed to Adviser and      Affiliated Fund Service Providers			Tax Fees Billed to     Adviser and Affiliated  Fund Service Providers			All Other Fees Billed to Adviser     and Affiliated Fund     Service Providers
December 31, 2022	$	0		$	0		$	0
Percentage approved pursuant to pre-approval exception		0	%		0	%		0	%
December 31, 2021	$	0		$	0		$	0
Percentage approved pursuant to pre-approval exception		0	%		0	%		0	%

NON-AUDIT SERVICES

The following table shows the amount of fees that KPMG LLP billed during the Fund’s last two full fiscal years for non-audit services. The Audit Committee is required to pre-approve non-audit services that KPMG LLP provides to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Services Provider, if the engagement related directly to the Fund’s operations and financial reporting (except for those subject to the pre-approval exception described above). The Audit Committee requested and received information from KPMG LLP about any non-audit services that KPMG LLP rendered during the Fund’s last fiscal year to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider. The Committee considered this information in evaluating KPMG LLP’s independence.

Fiscal Year Ended	Total Non-Audit Fees     Billed to  Fund		Total Non-Audit Fees billed to Adviser and Affiliated  Fund Service     Providers (engagements     related directly to the operations and financial reporting of the  Fund)		Total Non-Audit Fees billed to Adviser and      Affiliated Fund Service     Providers (all other engagements)		Total
December 31, 2022	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0
December 31, 2021	$	0	$	0	$	0	$	0

“Non-Audit Fees billed to Fund” for both fiscal year ends represent “Tax Fees” and “All Other Fees” billed to Fund in their respective amounts from the previous table.

Less than 50 percent of the hours expended on the principal accountant’s engagement to audit the registrant’s financial statements for the most recent fiscal year were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant’s full-time, permanent employees.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. Generally, the Audit Committee must approve (i) all non-audit services to be performed for the Fund by the Fund’s independent accountants and (ii) all audit and non-audit services to be performed by the Fund’s independent accountants for the Affiliated Fund Service Providers with respect to operations and financial reporting of the Fund. Regarding tax and research projects conducted by the independent accountants for the Fund and Affiliated Fund Service Providers (with respect to operations and financial reports of the Fund) such engagements will be (i) pre-approved by the Audit Committee if they are expected to be for amounts greater than $10,000; (ii) reported to the Audit Committee chair for her verbal approval prior to engagement if they are expected to be for amounts under $10,000 but greater than $5,000; and (iii) reported to the Audit Committee at the next Audit Committee meeting if they are expected to be for an amount under $5,000.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

The registrant’s Board has a separately designated Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)). As of the end of the period covered by this report, the members of the audit committee are Jack B. Evans, William C. Hunter, John K. Nelson, Judith M. Stockdale, Albin F. Moschner and Carole E. Stone, Chair.

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

(a) See Portfolio of Investments in Item 1.

(b) Not applicable.

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC is the registrant’s investment adviser (also referred to as the “Adviser”). The Adviser is responsible for the on-going monitoring of the Fund’s investment portfolio, managing the Fund’s business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services. The Adviser has engaged Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (“Sub-Adviser”) as Sub-Adviser to provide discretionary investment advisory services. As part of these services, the Adviser has delegated to the Sub-Adviser the full responsibility for proxy voting on securities held in the registrant’s portfolio and related duties in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s policies and procedures. The Adviser periodically monitors the Sub-Adviser’s voting to ensure that it is carrying out its duties. The Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures are attached to this filing as an exhibit.

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC is the registrant’s investment adviser (also referred to as the “Adviser”). The Adviser is responsible for the selection and on-going monitoring of the Fund’s investment portfolio, managing the Fund’s business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services. The Adviser has engaged Nuveen Asset Management, LLC (“Nuveen Asset Management” or “Sub-Adviser”) as Sub-Adviser to provide discretionary investment advisory services. The following section provides information on the portfolio managers at the Sub-Adviser:

ITEM 8(a)(1). PORTFOLIO MANAGER BIOGRAPHIES

As of the date of filing this report, the following individuals at the Sub-Adviser (the “Portfolio Managers”) have primary responsibility for the day-to-day implementation of the registrant’s investment strategies:

Kevin Lorenz, CFA, is a managing director and is a portfolio manager for Nuveen’s global fixed income team. He heads the leveraged finance sector team, which selects high yield and leveraged loan securities for all portfolios. He is also the lead portfolio manager for the High Yield strategies, co-manager of the Multi-Sector Bond strategy and a member of the Investment Committee, which establishes investment policy for all global fixed income products. Kevin has served in a variety of roles since joining the firm in 1987.

Christopher Williams, is Head of Leveraged Finance Christopher is Head of Leveraged Finance Trading and responsible for overseeing trading high yield bonds, credit default swaps, and loans across Nuveen’s platform in the primary and secondary markets. Christopher also co-heads Credit Macro Trading, focused on trading cash, synthetics, and ETFs in the Fixed Income Markets. In addition, he serves as a co-portfolio manager for certain CLO strategies. Prior to joining the firm in 2011, Christopher traded leveraged loans and high yield bonds at Gulf Stream Asset Management.

Jacob Fitzpatrick, CFA, is an associate portfolio manager for Nuveen’s global fixed income team and a member of the leveraged finance section team. Prior to joining the firm in 2015, he worked as a co-manager of structured product portfolios at Allianz Investment Management, where he was responsible for the investment strategy and allocation of insurance product premiums within the core capital markets. He began his career at U.S. Bancorp Asset Management, where he was a corporate and municipal bond trader for the firm’s mutual funds and wealth management group.

ITEM 8(a)(2). OTHER ACCOUNTS MANAGED BY PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

Other Accounts Managed. In addition to managing the registrant, the Portfolio Managers are also primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the following accounts:

Portfolio Manager	Type of Account Managed	Number of Accounts		Assets*
Kevin Lorenz	Registered Investment Company		11	$	13.26 billion
	Other Pooled Investment Vehicles		0	$	0
	Other Accounts		1	$	14.47 million
Christopher Williams	Registered Investment Company		1	$	101.68 million
	Other Pooled Investment Vehicles		0	$	0
	Other Accounts		0	$	0
Jacob Fitzpatrick	Registered Investment Company		2	$	438.56 million
	Other Pooled Investment Vehicles		0	$	0
	Other Accounts		0	$	0

* Assets are as of December 31, 2022.

POTENTIAL MATERIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Actual or apparent conflicts of interest may arise when a portfolio manager has day-to-day management responsibilities with respect to more than one account. More specifically, portfolio managers who manage multiple accounts are presented a number of potential conflicts, including, among others, those discussed below.

The management of multiple accounts may result in a portfolio manager devoting unequal time and attention to the management of each account. Nuveen Asset Management seeks to manage such competing interests for the time and attention of portfolio managers by having portfolio managers focus on a particular investment discipline. Most accounts managed by a portfolio manager in a particular investment strategy are managed using the same investment models.

If a portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity which may be suitable for more than one account, an account may not be able to take full advantage of that opportunity due to an allocation of filled purchase or sale orders across all eligible accounts. To deal with these situations, Nuveen Asset Management has adopted procedures for allocating limited opportunities across multiple accounts.

With respect to many of its clients’ accounts, Nuveen Asset Management determines which broker to use to execute transaction orders, consistent with its duty to seek best execution of the transaction. However, with respect to certain other accounts, Nuveen Asset Management may be limited by the client with respect to the selection of brokers or may be instructed to direct trades through a particular broker. In these cases, Nuveen Asset Management may place separate, non-simultaneous, transactions for a Fund and other accounts which may temporarily affect the market price of the security or the execution of the transaction, or both, to the detriment of the Fund or the other accounts.

Some clients are subject to different regulations. As a consequence of this difference in regulatory requirements, some clients may not be permitted to engage in all the investment techniques or transactions or to engage in these transactions to the same extent as the other accounts managed by the portfolio manager. Finally, the appearance of a conflict of interest may arise where Nuveen Asset Management has an incentive, such as a performance-based management fee, which relates to the management of some accounts, with respect to which a portfolio manager has day-to-day management responsibilities.

Conflicts of interest may also arise when the Sub-Adviser invests one or more of its client accounts in different or multiple parts of the same issuer’s capital structure, including investments in public versus private securities, debt versus equity, or senior versus junior/subordinated debt, or otherwise where there are different or inconsistent rights or benefits. Decisions or actions such as investing, trading, proxy voting, exercising, waiving or amending rights or covenants, workout activity, or serving on a board, committee or other involvement in governance may result in conflicts of interest between clients holding different securities or investments. Generally, individual portfolio managers will seek to act in a manner that they believe serves the best interest of the accounts they manage. In cases where a portfolio manager or team faces a conflict among its client accounts, it will seek to act in a manner that it believes best reflects its overall fiduciary duty, which may result in relative advantages or disadvantages for particular accounts.

Nuveen Asset Management has adopted certain compliance procedures which are designed to address these types of conflicts common among investment managers. However, there is no guarantee that such procedures will detect each and every situation in which a conflict arises.

Nuveen Asset Management or its affiliates, including TIAA, sponsor an array of financial products for retirement and other investment goals, and provide services worldwide to a diverse customer base. Accordingly, from time to time, a Fund may be restricted from purchasing or selling securities, or from engaging in other investment activities because of regulatory, legal or contractual restrictions that arise due to another client account’s investments and/or the internal policies of Nuveen Asset Management, TIAA or its affiliates designed to comply with such restrictions. As a result, there may be periods, for example, when Nuveen Asset Management will not initiate or recommend certain types of transactions in certain securities or instruments with respect to which investment limits have been reached.

The investment activities of Nuveen Asset Management or its affiliates may also limit the investment strategies and rights of the Funds. For example, in certain circumstances where the Funds invest in securities issued by companies that operate in certain regulated industries, in certain emerging or international markets, or are subject to corporate or regulatory ownership definitions, or invest in certain futures and derivative transactions, there may be limits on the aggregate amount invested by Nuveen Asset Management or its affiliates for the Funds and other client accounts that may not be exceeded without the grant of a license or other regulatory or corporate consent. If certain aggregate ownership thresholds are reached or certain transactions undertaken, the ability of Nuveen Asset Management, on behalf of the Funds or other client accounts, to purchase or dispose of investments or exercise rights or undertake business transactions may be restricted by regulation or otherwise impaired. As a result, Nuveen Asset Management, on behalf of the Funds or other client accounts, may limit purchases, sell existing investments, or otherwise restrict or limit the exercise of rights (including voting rights) when Nuveen Asset Management, in its sole discretion, deems it appropriate in light of potential regulatory or other restrictions on ownership or other consequences resulting from reaching investment thresholds.

ITEM 8(a)(3). FUND MANAGER COMPENSATION

As of the most recently completed fiscal year end, the primary Portfolio Managers’ compensation is as follows:

Portfolio manager compensation consists primarily of base salary and variable components consisting of (i) a cash bonus; (ii) a long-term performance award; and (iii) participation in a profits interest plan.

Base salary. A portfolio manager’s base salary is determined based upon an analysis of the portfolio manager’s general performance, experience and market levels of base pay for such position.

Cash bonus. A portfolio manager is eligible to receive an annual cash bonus that is based on three variables: risk-adjusted investment performance relative to benchmark generally measured over the most recent one, three and five year periods (unless the portfolio manager’s tenure is shorter), ranking versus Morningstar peer funds generally measured over the most recent one, three and five year periods (unless the portfolio manager’s tenure is shorter), and management and peer reviews.

Long-term performance award. A portfolio manager is eligible to receive a long-term performance award that vests after three years. The amount of the award when granted is based on the same factors used in determining the cash bonus. The value of the award at the completion of the three-year vesting period is adjusted based on the risk-adjusted investment performance of Fund(s) managed by the portfolio manager during the vesting period and the performance of the TIAA organization as a whole.

Profits interest plan. Portfolio managers are eligible to receive profits interests in Nuveen Asset Management and its affiliate, Teachers Advisors, LLC, which vest over time and entitle their holders to a percentage of the firms’ annual profits. Profits interests are allocated to each portfolio manager based on such person’s overall contribution to the firms.

There are generally no differences between the methods used to determine compensation with respect to the Fund and the Other Accounts shown in the table above.

ITEM 8(a)(4). OWNERSHIP OF JHAA SECURITIES AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2022

Name of Portfolio Manager	None	$1 - $10,000	$10,001-       $50,000	$50,001-       $100,000	$100,001-       $500,000	$500,001-       $1,000,000	Over $1,000,000
Kevin Lorenz	X
Christopher Williams	X
Jacob Fitzpatrick	X

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Period*	(a) TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES (OR UNITS) PURCHASED		(b) AVERAGE PRICE PAID PER SHARE (OR UNIT)		(c) TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES (OR UNITS) PURCHASED AS PART OF PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED PLANS OR PROGRAMS		(d)* MAXIMUM NUMBER (OR APPROXIMATE DOLLAR VALUE) OF SHARES (OR UNITS) THAT MAY YET BE PURCHASED UNDER THE PLANS OR PROGRAMS
DECEMBER 1-31, 2021		0		0.0000		0		780,000
JANUARY 1-31, 2022		0		0.0000		0		780,000
FEBRUARY 1-28, 2022		0		0.0000		0		780,000
MARCH 1-31, 2022		0		0.0000		0		780,000
APRIL 1-30, 2022		0		0.0000		0		780,000
MAY 1-31, 2022		0		0.0000		0		780,000
JUNE 1-30, 2022		0		0.0000		0		780,000
JULY 1-31, 2022		0		0.0000		0		780,000
AUGUST 1-31, 2022		0		0.0000		0		780,000
SEPTEMBER 1-30, 2022		0		0.0000		0		780,000
OCTOBER 1-31, 2022		8,900		8.9734		8,900		771,100
NOVEMBER 1-30, 2022		25,900		9.0746		25,900		745,200
DECEMBER 1-31, 2022		33,500		9.0606		33,500		711,700
TOTAL		68,300

* The registrant’s repurchase program, for the repurchase of 780,000 shares, was authorized August 2nd, 2021. The program was reauthorized for a maximum repurchase amount of 780,000 shares on August 3rd, 2022. Any repurchases made by the registrant pursuant to the program were made through open-market transactions.

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to this Item.

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15 (b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15 (b)).

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.

File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form.

(a)(1) Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit: Not applicable because the code is posted on registrant’s website at www.nuveen.com/fund-governance and there were no amendments during the period covered by this report. (To view the code, click on Code of Conduct.)

(a)(2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) in the exact form set forth below: Ex-99.CERT Attached hereto.

(a)(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.23c-1) sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons. Not applicable.

(a)(4) Change in registrant’s independent public accountant. Not applicable.

(b) If the report is filed under Section  13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, provide the certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)); Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)), and Section  1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) as an exhibit. A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section  18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference. Ex-99.906 CERT attached hereto.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 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.

(Registrant) Nuveen Corporate Income 2023 Target Term Fund

By (Signature and Title)	/s/ Mark L. Winget
	Mark L. Winget
	Vice President and Secretary
Date: March 9, 2023

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By (Signature and Title)	/s/ David J. Lamb
	David J. Lamb
	Chief Administrative Officer
	(principal executive officer)
Date: March 9, 2023
By (Signature and Title)	/s/ E. Scott Wickerham
	E. Scott Wickerham
	Vice President and Controller
	(principal financial officer)
Date: March 9, 2023