Kayne Anderson MLP Investment : Executes Definitive Agreements for Private Placement of $140 Million of Notes and Completes a Private Placement of $50 Million of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2014-- Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (the "Company") (NYSE:KYN) announced the execution of definitive agreements for the private placement of $140 million of unsecured notes ("Notes") and the completion of a private placement of $50 million of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares ("Series H MRP Shares").

In conjunction with the execution of the definitive agreements, the Company received funding of $80 million of the Notes and the $50 million of the Series H MRP Shares (the "April Funding"). The remaining $60 million of Notes will fund on July 30, 2014 (the "July Funding"). Proceeds from such offerings will be used to refinance existing indebtedness, to make new portfolio investments, and for general corporate purposes.

The table below sets forth the timing and key terms of the Notes and the Series H MRP Shares:

Neither the Notes nor the Series H MRP Shares will be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and neither may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration.

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, whose common stock is traded on the NYSE. The Company's investment objective is to obtain a high after-tax total return by investing at least 85% of its total assets in energy-related master limited partnerships and their affiliates (collectively, "MLPs"), and in other companies that, as their principal business, operate assets used in the gathering, transporting, processing, storing, refining, distributing, mining or marketing natural gas, natural gas liquids (including propane), crude oil, refined petroleum products or coal.

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