HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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 August 31, 2015.
As of August 31, 2015, the Company’s net assets were $2.8 billion, and its net asset value per share was $24.96. As of August 31, 2015, the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to senior securities representing indebtedness was 358% and the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to total leverage (debt and preferred stock) was 254%.
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Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company |
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| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | ||||||||||
| August 31, 2015 | ||||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||
| (in millions) | Per Share | |||||||||
| Investments | $ | 5,124.8 | $ | 46.09 | ||||||
| Cash | 207.9 | 1.87 | ||||||||
| Deposits | 0.3 | - | ||||||||
| Accrued income | 0.4 | - | ||||||||
| Receivable for securities sold | 10.5 | 0.09 | ||||||||
| Other assets | 13.8 | 0.12 | ||||||||
| Total assets | 5,357.7 | 48.17 | ||||||||
| Senior notes | 1,281.0 | 11.52 | ||||||||
| Preferred stock | 524.0 | 4.71 | ||||||||
| Total leverage | 1,805.0 | 16.23 | ||||||||
| Other liabilities | 33.8 | 0.30 | ||||||||
| Deferred income tax liability | 743.0 | 6.68 | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | 776.8 | 6.98 | ||||||||
| Net assets | $ | 2,775.9 | $ | 24.96 | ||||||
| The Fund had 111,201,735 common shares outstanding as of August 31, 2015. |
Long-term investments were comprised of Midstream MLP (83%), Midstream Company (10%), General Partner MLP (3%), Shipping MLP (2%) and Other (2%).
The Company’s ten largest holdings by issuer at August 31, 2015 were:
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Units
(in thousands) |
Amounts
($ millions) |
Percent of |
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| 1. | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 23,265 | $654.0 | 12.8% | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 12,271 | 603.0 | 11.8% | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Kinder Morgan, Inc. (Midstream Company) | 13,927 | 451.4 | 8.8% | |||||||||||||
| 4. | Williams Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP) * | 10,708 | 426.7 | 8.3% | |||||||||||||
| 5. | Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 8,623 | 311.0 | 6.1% | |||||||||||||
| 6. | MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP)** | 4,759 | 268.3 | 5.2% | |||||||||||||
| 7. | ONEOK Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 7,019 | 227.1 | 4.4% | |||||||||||||
| 8. | Buckeye Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 2,875 | 202.4 | 3.9% | |||||||||||||
| 9. | Western Gas Partners, LP (Midstream MLP) | 3,405 | 200.3 | 3.9% | |||||||||||||
| 10. | DCP Midstream Partners, LP (Midstream MLP) | 6,561 | 185.0 | 3.6% | |||||||||||||
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| * On May 13, 2015, The Williams Companies, Inc. (“WMB”) announced the acquisition of Williams Partners L.P. (“WPZ”). Subsequent to this announcement, WMB received an unsolicited acquisition proposal that was conditioned upon the termination of the agreement between WPZ and WMB. On June 21, 2015, WMB announced that it is exploring a range of strategic alternatives. As a result, closing of WMB’s acquisition of WPZ is not certain. As of August 31, 2015, the Company did not hold any shares of WMB. |
| ** On July 13, 2015, MPLX LP (“MPLX”) and MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement. At August 31, 2015, the Company did not own any MPLX units. |
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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