HOUSTON, Dec. 04, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 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, 2017.
As of November 30, 2017, the Company’s net assets were $1.8 billion, and its net asset value per share was $15.90. As of November 30, 2017, the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to senior securities representing indebtedness was 384% and the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to total leverage (debt and preferred stock) was 276%.
| Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company | ||||||||
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | ||||||||
| November 30, 2017 | ||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| (in millions) | Per Share | |||||||
| Investments | $ | 3,315.8 | $ | 28.86 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 77.3 | 0.67 | ||||||
| Deposits | 0.3 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Accrued income | 0.5 | 0.01 | ||||||
| Receivable for securities sold | 4.3 | 0.04 | ||||||
| Other assets | 1.1 | 0.01 | ||||||
| Total assets | 3,399.3 | 29.59 | ||||||
| Notes | 747.0 | 6.50 | ||||||
| Unamortized notes issuance costs | (2.8 | ) | (0.02 | ) | ||||
| Preferred stock | 292.0 | 2.54 | ||||||
| Unamortized preferred stock issuance costs | (2.3 | ) | (0.02 | ) | ||||
| Total leverage | 1,033.9 | 9.00 | ||||||
| Payable for securities purchased | 4.3 | 0.04 | ||||||
| Other liabilities | 26.4 | 0.23 | ||||||
| Current tax liability | 14.5 | 0.12 | ||||||
| Deferred tax liability | 494.0 | 4.30 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 539.2 | 4.69 | ||||||
| Net assets | $ | 1,826.2 | $ | 15.90 | ||||
| The Company had 114,877,080 common shares outstanding as of November 30, 2017. | ||||||||
Long-term investments were comprised of Midstream MLP (86%), Midstream Company (12%), Shipping MLP (1%) and General Partner MLP (1%).
The Company’s ten largest holdings by issuer at November 30, 2017 were:
| Units / Shares (in thousands) | Amount ($ millions) | Percent of Long-Term Investments | |||||||||||||
| 1. | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 19,830 | $ 488.4 | 14.7% | |||||||||||
| 2. | Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 18,385 | 305.4 | 9.2% | |||||||||||
| 3. | Williams Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 8,287 | 304.1 | 9.2% | |||||||||||
| 4. | MPLX LP (Midstream MLP)* | 7,009 | 261.2 | 7.9% | |||||||||||
| 5. | ONEOK, Inc. (Midstream Company) | 4,341 | 225.3 | 6.8% | |||||||||||
| 6. | Western Gas Partners, LP (Midstream MLP) | 3,879 | 173.9 | 5.2% | |||||||||||
| 7. | Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 8,710 | 169.9 | 5.1% | |||||||||||
| 8. | DCP Midstream, LP (Midstream MLP) | 4,763 | 167.4 | 5.0% | |||||||||||
| 9. | Targa Resources Corp. (Midstream Company) | 3,332 | 144.6 | 4.4% | |||||||||||
| 10. | Buckeye Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 2,916 | 134.0 | 4.0% | |||||||||||
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| * Includes 4,753 common units ($170.4 million) and 2,256 preferred units ($90.8 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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Contact:
KA Fund Advisors, LLC
877-657-3863
http://www.kaynefunds.com/