Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (the “Company”) (NYSE:KYN) today provided a summary unaudited statement of assets and liabilities and announced its net asset value and asset coverage ratios under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) as of November 30, 2014.

As of November 30, 2014, the Company’s net assets were $4.0 billion, and its net asset value per share was $36.71. As of November 30, 2014, the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to senior securities representing indebtedness was 406% and the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to total leverage (debt and preferred stock) was 300%.

 

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company

Statement of Assets and Liabilities
November 30, 2014
(Unaudited)
  (in millions)   Per Share
Investments $ 7,449.1 $ 67.92
Cash 1.5 0.01
Deposits 0.3 -
Accrued income 0.4 -
Receivable for capital shares 0.1 -
Receivable for securities sold 28.5 0.27
Other assets 16.5 0.15
Total assets 7,496.4 68.35
 
Credit facility / Term loan 51.0 0.47
Senior notes 1,435.0 13.08
Preferred stock 524.0 4.78
Total leverage 2,010.0 18.33
 
Other liabilities 48.2 0.44
Deferred income tax liability 1,411.4 12.87
Total liabilities 1,459.6 13.31
 
Net assets $ 4,026.8 $ 36.71
 
The Fund had 109,678,335 common shares outstanding as of November 30, 2014.
 

Long-term investments were comprised of Midstream MLP (75%), Midstream Company (17%), Shipping MLP (2%), Upstream MLP & Income Trust (1%), General Partner MLP (2%) and Other (3%).

The Company’s ten largest holdings by issuer at November 30, 2014 were:

             

Units

(in thousands)

Amounts

($ millions)

Percent of
Long-Term
Investments

1. Kinder Morgan, Inc. (Midstream Company) 23,768 $982.8   13.2%
2. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP) 18,517 691.4 9.3%
3. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) 7,125 464.3 6.2%
4. Regency Energy Partners LP (Midstream MLP) 15,102 430.3 5.8%
5. MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) 5,838 414.9 5.6%
6. Williams Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP)* 7,859 406.6 5.5%
7. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Midstream MLP) 6,805 350.1 4.7%
8. DCP Midstream Partners, LP (Midstream MLP) 6,329 303.2 4.1%
9. ONEOK Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) 5,895 259.9 3.5%
10. Access Midstream Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP)* 3,732 233.9 3.1%
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* On October 24, 2014, Williams Partners L.P. (“WPZ”) entered into a merger agreement
with Access Midstream Partners, L.P. (“ACMP”). The merger is expected to close in early
2015.

 

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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