Securities
and Exchange Commission
Washington,
DC 20549
Rule
23c-2 Notice of Intention to
Redeem
Securities
of
Nuveen
Floating Rate Income Fund
333 West
Wacker Drive
Chicago,
Illinois 60606
under
the
Investment
Company Act of 1940
Investment
Company Act File No. 811-21494
The
undersigned registered closed-end investment company hereby notifies the
Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to redeem securities of which
it is the issuer, as set forth below in accordance with the requirements of Rule
23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), and states that it
is filing this notice with the Commission pursuant to permission granted by the
Commission staff fewer than 30 days prior to the date set for the
redemption.
(1)
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Title
of the class of securities of Nuveen Floating Rate Income Fund (the
“Fund”) to be redeemed:
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FundPreferred
Shares, Liquidation Preference $25,000 per share, Series M (CUSIP #67072T207),
Series T (CUSIP #67072T306), Series W (CUSIP #67072T405) and Series F (CUSIP
#67072T504) (the “FundPreferred Shares”).
(2)
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Date
on which the securities are to be called or
redeemed:
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Series
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Date
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M
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September 22,
2009
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T
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September 23,
2009
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W
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September 17,
2009
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F
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September 21,
2009
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(3)
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Applicable
provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to which the securities
are to be redeemed:
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The
FundPreferred Shares are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) of the
Statement Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of FundPreferred
Shares of the Fund.
(4)
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The
number of shares to be redeemed and the basis upon which the shares to be
redeemed are to be selected:
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The Fund
intends to redeem, by lot (as determined by The Depository Trust Company), the
number of outstanding FundPreferred Shares set forth below:
Series
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Number of Shares
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M
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1,050
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T
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1,050
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W
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1,050
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F
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1,050
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirement of Rule 23c-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
Fund has duly caused this Notice of Intention to Redeem Securities to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned on this 31st day of August, 2009.
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NUVEEN
FLOATING RATE INCOME FUND |
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By:
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/s/Mark
L. Winget |
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Name:
Mark L. Winget |
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Title:
Vice President and Assistant Secretary |
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