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 July 31, 2017.

As of July 31, 2017, the Company’s net assets were $2.1 billion, and its net asset value per share was $18.27. As of July 31, 2017, the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to senior securities representing indebtedness was 407% and the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to total leverage (debt and preferred stock) was 296%.

      Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
July 31, 2017
(Unaudited)
      (in millions)     Per Share
Investments $ 3,767.0 $ 32.88
Cash and cash equivalents 1.7 0.01
Deposits 0.2 -
Accrued income 27.3 0.24
Receivable for securities sold 1.9 0.02
Income tax receivable 7.9 0.07
Other assets   1.7     0.01  
Total assets 3,807.7 33.23
 
Term loan 31.0 0.27
Notes 747.0 6.52
Unamortized notes issuance costs (3.0 ) (0.03 )
Preferred stock 292.0 2.55
Unamortized preferred stock issuance costs   (2.5 )   (0.02 )
Total leverage   1,064.5     9.29  
 
Other liabilities 14.2 0.13
Deferred tax liability   635.2     5.54  
Total liabilities 649.4 5.67
 
Net assets $ 2,093.8   $ 18.27  
 
The Company had 114,575,715 common shares outstanding as of July 31, 2017.
 

Long-term investments were comprised of Midstream MLP (86%), Midstream Company (11%), Shipping MLP (2%) and General Partner MLP (1%).

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

   

Units / Shares

(in thousands)

  

Amount

($ millions)

  

Percent of

Long-Term

Investments

1. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP) 19,363 $526.7 14.0%
2. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) 19,879 411.3 10.9%
3. Williams Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP) 8,421 348.9 9.3%
4. MPLX LP (Midstream MLP)* 7,009 263.1 7.0%
5. ONEOK, Inc. (Midstream Company) 4,433 250.8 6.7%
6. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Midstream MLP) 8,962 236.3 6.3%
7. Western Gas Partners, LP (Midstream MLP) 3,841 199.5 5.3%
8. Buckeye Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) 2,871 182.0 4.8%
9. DCP Midstream Partners, LP (Midstream MLP) 5,010 170.5 4.5%
10. Targa Resources Corp. (Midstream Company) 3,137 145.6 3.9%
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* Includes 4,753 common units ($172.8 million) and 2,256 preferred units ($90.3 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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