NUVEEN MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND 2 Common Stock ($0.01 par value) Form of EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTEquity Distribution Agreement • October 23rd, 2009 • Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund 2 • New York
Contract Type FiledOctober 23rd, 2009 Company JurisdictionNuveen Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”), confirms its agreement, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to retain Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (the “Agent”) as the Manager’s exclusive sub-placement agent with respect to registered at-the-market offerings of [ ] shares (the “Shares”) of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund 2, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Fund”), on the terms set forth in Section 2 of this Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”). The Fund’s investment adviser is Nuveen Asset Management, a Delaware corporation (the “Adviser”).
Form of DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT NUVEEN MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND 2 Chicago, Illinois 60606Distribution Agreement • October 23rd, 2009 • Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund 2 • Illinois
Contract Type FiledOctober 23rd, 2009 Company JurisdictionNuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund 2 is a Massachusetts business trust operating as a closed-end management investment company (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund”). The Fund has filed a registration statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-159616 and 811-22123) (the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register additional common shares of the Fund, which may be issued and sold from time to time through various specified transactions, including at-the-market (“ATM”) offerings.