Nuveen Global High Income Fund
Majority of Votes Cast by Shareholders
Support the Fund’s Board
New York, April 12, 2021 – Nuveen Global High Income Fund (NYSE: JGH) (the “Fund”) today announced that at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 6, 2021, a majority of votes cast by shareholders favored the Fund’s current Class III trustees who were up for election. Shareholders voting at the meeting rejected the nominees proposed by a hedge fund manager.
“We want to thank the Fund’s shareholders for their active participation in protecting their long-term investment value,” said Terence J. Toth, Chair of the JGH Board of Trustees. “The votes for the Fund’s current trustees are a clear endorsement of your Board’s proven track record of enhancing long-term shareholder value and the ability of your Fund to deliver of its stated investment objective of providing you with high current income.”
Final Certified Voting Results
Election of Trustees
| Class III Nominees | For | Withhold | ||||||||
| Board Nominees |
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| Jack B. Evans |
8,124,602 | 1,957,045 | ||||||||
| Albin F. Moschner |
8,117,901 | 1,963,746 | ||||||||
| Matthew Thornton III |
9,791,096 | 290,551 | ||||||||
| Saba Nominees |
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| Thomas H. McGlade |
5,051,998 | 141,402 | ||||||||
| Abul Rahman |
5,035,054 | 158,346 | ||||||||
These results have been certified by First Coast Results, Inc., the independent Inspector of Election.
Pursuant to the Fund’s By-Laws, in a contested election of trustees, the vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund is necessary to elect a trustee. Accordingly, the Fund’s current Class III Trustees will hold over as trustees of the Fund until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.