HOUSTON, April 02, 2018 (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 March 31, 2018.
As of March 31, 2018, the Company’s net assets were $1.9 billion, and its net asset value per share was $16.13. As of March 31, 2018, the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to senior securities representing indebtedness was 388% and the Company’s asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to total leverage (debt and preferred stock) was 279%.
| Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company | ||||||||
| Statement of Assets and Liabilities | ||||||||
| March 31, 2018 | ||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||
| (in millions) | Per Share | |||||||
| Investments | $ | 3,163.3 | $ | 27.48 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 8.2 | 0.07 | ||||||
| Deposits | 0.3 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Accrued income | 0.7 | 0.01 | ||||||
| Other assets | 1.2 | 0.01 | ||||||
| Total assets | 3,173.7 | 27.57 | ||||||
| Notes | 747.0 | 6.49 | ||||||
| Unamortized notes issuance costs | (2.6 | ) | (0.02 | ) | ||||
| Preferred stock | 292.0 | 2.54 | ||||||
| Unamortized preferred stock issuance costs | (2.0 | ) | (0.02 | ) | ||||
| Total leverage | 1,034.4 | 8.99 | ||||||
| Other liabilities | 13.0 | 0.11 | ||||||
| Deferred tax liability | 269.4 | 2.34 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 282.4 | 2.45 | ||||||
| Net assets | $ | 1,856.9 | $ | 16.13 | ||||
| The Company had 115,133,064 common shares outstanding as of March 31, 2018. | ||||||||
Long-term investments were comprised of Midstream MLP (85%), Midstream Company (13%), Shipping MLP (1%) and General Partner MLP (1%).
The Company’s ten largest holdings by issuer at March 31, 2018 were:
| Units / Shares (in thousands) | Amount (in millions) | Percent of Long-Term Investments | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 18,297 | $ | 447.9 | 14.2 | % | |||||||||||
| 2. | Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 18,385 | 298.2 | 9.4 | % | ||||||||||||
| 3. | ONEOK, Inc. (Midstream Company) | 4,698 | 267.4 | 8.5 | % | ||||||||||||
| 4. | Williams Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 7,394 | 254.6 | 8.0 | % | ||||||||||||
| 5. | MPLX LP (Midstream MLP)* | 7,054 | 244.6 | 7.7 | % | ||||||||||||
| 6. | Buckeye Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP)** | 5,574 | 198.6 | 6.3 | % | ||||||||||||
| 7. | Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 8,465 | 186.5 | 5.9 | % | ||||||||||||
| 8. | Western Gas Partners, LP (Midstream MLP) | 3,879 | 165.5 | 5.2 | % | ||||||||||||
| 9. | Targa Resources Corp. (Midstream Company) | 3,332 | 146.6 | 4.6 | % | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP) | 1,930 | 112.6 | 3.6 | % | ||||||||||||
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| * Includes 4,798 common units ($158.5 million) and 2,256 preferred units ($86.1 million). ** Includes 3,391 common units ($126.8 million) and 2,183 Class C units ($71.8 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 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 of natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil, refined petroleum products or coal.
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Contact:
KA Fund Advisors, LLC
877-657-3863
http://www.kaynefunds.com/