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NUVEEN TAX-FREE UNIT TRUSTS
NUVEEN UNIT TRUSTS
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PROSPECTUS
DATED JULY 1, 1997
Starting July 1, 1997, Nuveen will provide volume incentives to dealer firms
that apply to both primary and secondary market purchase transactions of
Nuveen Unit Trust units. At the discretion of the Sponsor, volume incentives
can be earned as a marketing allowance, during the primary offering period of
a Trust by firms who reach cumulative firm sales or sales arrangement levels
of a specified number of Units of an individual Trust (as described below).
For firms that meet the necessary volume level for a given Trust, volume
incentives may be given on all trades involving that Trust originated from or
by that firm during the primary offering period. In addition, a volume
incentive of $2.50 per $1,000 of Units sold can be earned by dealer firms as
a marketing allowance for secondary market sales of at least $1 million of
Nuveen Unit Trust units per calendar quarter. Only sales through Nuveen
qualify for volume incentives and for meeting minimum requirements. Nuveen
reserves the right to modify or change the volume incentive schedule at any
time and make the determination of which firms qualify for the marketing
allowance and the amount paid.
For the Nuveen Tax-Free Unit Trusts, Insured Corporate Unit Trusts and U.S.
Treasury Unit Trusts the primary market volume incentives for dealer firms
are as follows:
AVERAGE WEIGHTED MATURITY VOLUME INCENTIVE
OF TRUST PER TRUST SALES LEVEL PER UNIT
Less than 6 years At least 5,000 Units $0.05
during primary
offering period
6 but less than 15 years At least 2,500 Units $0.10
during primary
offering period
15 years or more At least 2,500 Units $0.20
during primary
offering period
Nuveen Tax-Exempt Unit Trust, Series 5001
RULE 497(d)
SEC FILE NO. 333-23671
June 30, 1997
This is the first page of the Prospectus Supplement dated July 1, 1997 of the
Prospectus for the above named series.
