UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A/A
AMENDMENT TO AND ADOPTION OF NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The undersigned investment company, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Registrant”), hereby notifies the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it is amending and adopting as its own the registration of Nuveen Arizona Premium Income Municipal Fund, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Predecessor Registrant”), under and pursuant to the provisions of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the closing of a reorganization transaction between the Predecessor Registrant and the Registrant whereby the Predecessor Registrant will change its domicile from a Minnesota corporation to a Massachusetts business trust (the “Domicile Change Reorganization”). In connection with such amended notification of registration, the Registrant submits the following information:
Name: Nuveen Arizona Premium Income Municipal Fund
Address of Principal Business Office (No. & Street, City, State, Zip Code):
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Telephone Number (including area code): (800) 257-8787
Name and address of agent for service of process:
Kevin J. McCarthy, Esq.
Vice President and Secretary
Nuveen Arizona Premium Income Municipal Fund
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
With copies of Notices and Communications to:
Deborah Bielicke Eades
Vedder Price P.C.
222 N. LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Eric F. Fess
Chapman and Cutler LLP
111 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of Form N-8A:
YES ¨ NO x
| Item 1. | Exact name of registrant. |
Nuveen Arizona Premium Income Municipal Fund
| Item 2. | Name of state under the laws of which registrant was organized or created and the date of such organization or creation. |
Registrant is a Massachusetts business trust, created under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on August 24, 2012.
| Item 3. | Form of organization of registrant (for example corporation, partnership, trust, joint stock company, association, fund). |
Massachusetts business trust
| Item 4. | Classification of registrant (face amount certificate company, unit investment trust or management company). |
Registrant is a management company.
| Item 5. | If registrant is a management company: |
(a) state whether registrant is a “closed-end” company or an “open-end” company;
Registrant is a closed-end company.
(b) state whether registrant is registering as a “diversified” company or a “non-diversified” company (read Instruction 4(i) carefully before replying).
Registrant is a diversified company.
| Item 6. | Name and address of each investment adviser of registrant. |
Adviser
Nuveen Fund Advisors, LLC
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Sub-adviser
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC
333 West Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
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| Item 7. | If registrant is an investment company having a board of directors, state the name and address of each officer and director of the registrant. |
| Name and Address |
Position with Registrant | |
| Robert P. Bremner 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Trustee | |
| Jack B. Evans 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Trustee | |
| William C. Hunter 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Trustee | |
| David J. Kundert 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Trustee | |
| William J. Schneider 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Trustee | |
| Judith M. Stockdale 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Trustee | |
| Carole E. Stone 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Trustee | |
| Virginia L. Stringer 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Trustee | |
| Terrence J. Toth 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Trustee | |
| John P. Amboian 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Trustee | |
| Gifford R. Zimmerman 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Chief Administrative Officer | |
| Kevin J. McCarthy 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Vice President and Secretary | |
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| Name and Address |
Position with Registrant | |
| Stephen D. Foy 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Vice President and Controller | |
| Walter M. Kelly 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer | |
| Scott S. Grace 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Vice President and Treasurer | |
| Kathleen L. Prudhomme 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Vice President and Assistant Secretary | |
| William Adams IV 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Vice President | |
| Cedric H. Antosiewicz 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Vice President | |
| Margo L. Cook 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Vice President | |
| Lorna C. Ferguson 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Vice President | |
| Tina M. Lazar 333 West Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60606 |
Vice President | |
| Item 8. | If registrant is an unincorporated investment company not having a board of directors: |
(a) state the name and address of each sponsor of registrant;
Not Applicable
(b) state the name and address of each officer and director of each sponsor of registrant;
Not Applicable
(c) state the name and address of each trustee and each custodian of registrant.
Not Applicable
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| Item 9. | (a) State whether registrant is currently issuing and offering its securities directly to the public (yes or no). |
No. Registrant is not currently issuing and offering its securities directly to the public, except to the extent the closing of the Domicile Change Reorganization is construed to be a public offering.
(b) If registrant is currently issuing and offering its securities to the public through an underwriter, state the name and address of each such underwriter.
Not Applicable
(c) If the answer to Item 9(a) is “no” and the answer to Item 9(b) is “not applicable,” state whether registrant presently proposes to make a public offering of its securities (yes or no).
No. Registrant does not intend to make a public offering of its securities, except to the extent the closing of the Domicile Change Reorganization is construed to be a public offering.
In addition, the Registrant also has filed a post-effective amendment pursuant to Rule 414 to adopt the registration statement of the Predecessor Registrant, which was filed on Form N-14 on August 28, 2012, under and pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the closing of reorganization transactions, whereby Nuveen Arizona Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund, Nuveen Arizona Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 and Nuveen Arizona Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3, each a Massachusetts trust (together, the “Acquired Funds”), shall each transfer substantially all of its assets to the Registrant in exchange for newly issued shares of the Registrant and the Registrant shall assume substantially all of the liabilities of the Acquired Funds.
(d) State whether registrant has any securities currently issued and outstanding (yes or no).
No. As of the date hereof, Registrant does not, and prior to the closing of the Domicile Change Reorganization Registrant will not, have any securities currently issued and outstanding.
(e) If the answer to Item 9(d) is “yes,” state as of a date not to exceed ten days prior to the filing of this notification of registration the number of beneficial owners of registrant’s outstanding securities (other than short-term paper) and the name of any company owning 10 percent or more of registrant’s outstanding voting securities.
Not Applicable
| Item 10. | State the current value of registrant’s total assets. |
The current value of Registrant’s total assets is $0.
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| Item 11. | State whether registrant has applied or intends to apply for a license to operate as a small business investment company under the Small Business Investment Company Act of 1958 (yes or no). |
No. Registrant has not applied and does not intend to apply for a license to operate as a small business investment company.
| Item 12. | Attach as an exhibit a copy of registrant’s last regular periodic report to its security holders, if any. |
Not Applicable
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has caused this notification of registration to be duly signed on its behalf in the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois on the 5th day of April, 2013.
| Nuveen Arizona Premium Income Municipal Fund
By: /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman Gifford R. Zimmerman Chief Administrative Officer | ||
| Attest:/s/ Virginia L. O’Neal Virginia L. O’Neal Assistant Secretary |
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