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 May 31, 2017.

As of May 31, 2017, the Company’s net assets were $2.1 billion, and its net asset value per share was $18.42. As of May 31, 2017, the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to senior securities representing indebtedness was 393% and the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to total leverage (debt and preferred stock) was 289%.

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company

Statement of Assets and Liabilities
May 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
  (in millions)   Per Share
Investments $ 3,841.0 $ 33.61
Cash and cash equivalents 1.2 0.01
Deposits 0.3 -
Accrued income 0.4 -
Receivable for securities sold 0.1 -
Income tax receivable 7.9 0.07
Other assets   1.9     0.02  
Total assets 3,852.8 33.71
 
Term loan 72.0 0.63
Notes 747.0 6.54
Unamortized notes issuance costs (3.2 ) (0.03 )
Preferred stock 292.0 2.55
Unamortized preferred stock issuance costs   (2.6 )   (0.02 )
Total leverage   1,105.2     9.67  
 
Other liabilities 28.7 0.25
Deferred income tax liability   613.8     5.37  
Total liabilities 642.5 5.62
 
Net assets $ 2,105.1   $ 18.42  
 
The Company had 114,279,700 common shares outstanding as of May 31, 2017.

Long-term investments were comprised of Midstream MLP (93%), Midstream Company (5%) and Shipping MLP (2%).

The Company’s ten largest holdings by issuer at May 31, 2017 were:

   
  Units / Shares

(in thousands)

Amount

($ millions)

Percent of Long-Term Investments
1. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP) 19,940   $534.6   13.9%
2. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) 19,879 432.6   11.3%
3. Williams Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP) 8,757 343.0 8.9%
4. ONEOK Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP)* 5,466 267.4 7.0%
5. MPLX LP (Midstream MLP)** 7,009 241.1 6.3%
6. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Midstream MLP) 8,962 237.3 6.2%
7. Western Gas Partners, LP (Midstream MLP) 3,841 214.1 5.6%
8. Buckeye Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) 2,871 183.7 4.8%
9. DCP Midstream Partners, LP (Midstream MLP) 5,110 172.6 4.5%
10. Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) 2,104 152.7 4.0%
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On February 1, 2017, ONEOK, Inc. (“OKE”) and ONEOK Partners, L.P. (“OKS”) announced an agreement under which OKE will acquire all common units of OKS in a stock-for-unit transaction. As of May 31, 2017, the Company did not own any OKE shares.

 

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Includes 4,753 common units ($157.1 million) and 2,256 preferred units ($84.0 million).

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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