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Nuveen Arizona Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 Completes Offering of MuniFund Term Preferred Shares

^{Published on 2011-02-23 13:15:49 - Market Wire}
 

CHICAGO--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions and high-net-worth investors, today announced that the Nuveen Arizona Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 (AMEX: NXE) has successfully completed the public offering of $19.046 million of MuniFund Term Preferred Shares (MTP). The net proceeds from this offering of MTP shares will be used to refinance all of the funda™s outstanding auction-rate preferred securities (ARPS). MTP shares are expected to trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) within 30 days of original issuance under the symbol NXE PrC.

MTP is a fixed rate form of preferred stock with a mandatory redemption period, in the case of this offering, of five years. By issuing MTP, the fund seeks to take advantage of the current historically low interest rate environment to lock in an attractive tax-exempt cost of leverage for a period as long as the term of the MTP. Issuing MTP helps the fund mitigate the risk of a significant increase in the cost of leverage should short-term interest rates rise.

Investors should consider the investment objectives and policies, risk considerations, charges and expenses of the fund carefully before investing. For a prospectus which contains this and other information relevant to an investment in MTP shares of the fund, please contact your securities representative or Nuveen Investments, LLC, 333 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606 or [ www.nuveen.com/cef ]. Investors should read the prospectus carefully before they invest or send money.

This document is not an offer to sell this security and is not soliciting an offer to buy this security in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

For more information about Nuveen closed-end funds, visit [ www.nuveen.com/cef ]. ARPS information and updates are posted on Nuveena™s auction-rate preferred resource center at [ www.nuveen.com/arps ].