JCE Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund

Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions, as well as individual investors, today announced that the Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund (NYSE: JCE) has declared an additional cash distribution with the record, ex-dividend and payable date outlined below.

The following dates apply to today’s distribution declarations:

Record Date       September 22, 2014 Ex-Dividend Date September 18, 2014 Payable Date October 1, 2014 Reinvest Date October 1, 2014            

Amount Per Share

Long-Term

Capital Gain

Ticker

Closed-End Fund

JCE Nuveen Core Equity Alpha Fund .3864  

More information on other Nuveen closed-end funds is posted on Nuveen’s web site at www.nuveen.com/cef.

Nuveen Investments provides high-quality investment services designed to help secure the long-term goals of institutional and individual investors as well as the consultants and financial advisors who serve them. Nuveen Investments markets a wide range of specialized investment solutions which provide investors access to capabilities of its high-quality boutique investment affiliates—Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, Symphony Asset Management LLC, NWQ Investment Management Company, LLC, Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC, Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, Winslow Capital Management, LLC and Gresham Investment Management LLC, all of which are registered investment advisers and subsidiaries of Nuveen Investments, Inc. Funds distributed by Nuveen Securities, LLC, a subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc. In total, Nuveen Investments managed $231 billion as of June 30, 2014. For more information, please visit the Nuveen Investments website at www.nuveen.com.

Nuveen InvestmentsMedia Contact:Kristyna Munoz, (312) 917-8343kristyna.munoz@nuveen.com