NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND NOTICE OF CONTINUANCE OF INVESTMENT SUB- ADVISORY AGREEMENT

Exhibit 6(i)

NUVEEN EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME FUND

NOTICE OF CONTINUANCE OF INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

WHEREAS, Nuveen Asset Management, a Delaware corporation (the “Manager”) and Gateway Investment Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Sub-Adviser”) have entered into a Sub-Advisory Agreement dated as of February 16, 2008 (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sub-Adviser furnishes investment advisory services to Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Agreement shall continue in force from year to year after the initial effective period of two years, provided that such continuance is specifically approved (as defined in the Agreement) at least annually in the manner required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations thereunder.

NOW THEREFORE, this Notice memorializes between the parties that the Board of Trustees of Nuveen Equity Premium Income Fund, including the independent Trustees, at a meeting called in part for the purpose of reviewing the Agreement, have approved the continuance of the Agreement until August 1, 2009, in the manner required by the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Dated as of July 31, 2008

NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT
By:		/s/ Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
		Managing Director

ATTEST:

/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. X’Xxxx

Assistant Secretary

GATEWAY INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC
By:		/s/ X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Its:		X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, President

ATTEST:

/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx