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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-21750

 

 

Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

811 Main Street, 14^th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

David Shladovsky, Esq.

KA Fund Advisors, LLC

811 Main Street, 14^th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 493-2020

Date of fiscal year end: November 30, 2016

Date of reporting period: August 31, 2016

 

 

 

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Item 1: Schedule of Investments

Item  2: Controls and Procedures

Item 3: Exhibits

SIGNATURES

EX-99.CERT

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Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

KAYNE ANDERSON ENERGY TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AUGUST 31, 2016

(amounts in 000's, except number of option contracts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

Description		No. of Shares/Units				Value
Long-Term Investments — 139.8%
Equity Investments(1) — 120.0%
United States — 116.3%
Midstream Company — 37.4%
EnLink Midstream, LLC			6			$	93
Kinder Morgan, Inc.(2)			299				6,535
ONEOK, Inc.(2)(3)			779				36,544
Plains GP Holdings, L.P.(3)(4)(5)			2,954				33,614
SemGroup Corporation			247				7,695
Spectra Energy Corp.(6)			383				13,628
Tallgrass Energy GP, LP(4)			514				11,953
Targa Resources Corp.(2)			708				30,846
The Williams Companies, Inc.			400				11,176
VTTI Energy Partners LP(4)			550				10,571
							162,655
MLP(7) — 34.5%
Arc Logistics Partners LP			435				6,415
Buckeye Partners, L.P.			151				10,631
Crestwood Equity Partners LP			149				3,089
DCP Midstream Partners, LP(2)			438				14,356
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.			621				24,807
EnLink Midstream Partners, LP			168				2,956
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.			533				14,058
EQT Midstream Partners, LP			43				3,380
Global Partners LP			160				2,424
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.(2)			35				2,440
MPLX LP			219				7,257
NuStar Energy L.P.			70				3,360
ONEOK Partners, L.P.(3)			271				10,486
PBF Logistics LP			114				2,307
Phillips 66 Partners LP			18				891
Spectra Energy Partners, LP			50				2,281
SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P.			129				1,707
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P.			322				9,522
Sunoco LP			54				1,618
Tesoro Logistics LP			137				6,561
Western Gas Partners, LP			195				9,805
Williams Partners L.P.			252				9,586
							149,937
Marine — 26.2%
Capital Product Partners L.P. — Class B Units(4)(8)(9)(10)			3,333				24,233
Dynagas LNG Partners LP(4)			1,256				18,420
GasLog Partners LP(4)			843				16,733
Golar LNG Partners LP(4)			1,353				26,285
Höegh LNG Partners LP(4)			374				6,967
KNOT Offshore Partners LP(4)			1,158				21,556
							114,194

 

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KAYNE ANDERSON ENERGY TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AUGUST 31, 2016

(amounts in 000's, except number of option contracts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

Description		No. of Shares/Units				Value
MLP Affiliate — 15.1%
Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C.(11)			2,895			$	65,901
Other Energy Company — 3.1%
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation — 7.50 % Tangible Equity Units(12)			147				5,612
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation(2)			83				6,619
NRG Yield, Inc. — Class A			77				1,236
							13,467
Total United States (Cost — $471,953)							506,154
Canada — 3.7%
Midstream Company — 3.7%
Enbridge, Inc.(6)			164				6,492
TransCanada Corporation			206				9,381
Total Canada (Cost — $15,071)							15,873
Total Equity Investments (Cost — $487,024)							522,027

 

		Interest Rate				Maturity Date				Principal Amount				Value
Debt Instruments — 19.8%
United States — 15.8%
Upstream — 12.8%
California Resources Corporation(3)(9)			8.000	%			12/15/22			$	16,575				11,271
Canbriam Energy Inc.(9)			9.750				11/15/19				9,390				9,836
Chief Oil & Gas LLC(9)			(13)				8/8/21				8,109				7,298
Eclipse Resources Corporation			8.875				7/15/23				13,000				12,090
Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P.(9)			8.125				9/15/23				1,850				1,915
Energy & Exploration Partners, Inc.(8)(9)(14)			(15)				5/31/22				52				34
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation(9)(16)(17)			8.875				3/15/18				1,274				185
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation(16)(17)			8.875				3/15/19				674				3
Jones Energy, Inc.			9.250				3/15/23				5,000				4,450
Vantage Energy, LLC(9)			(18)				12/31/18				8,795				8,443
															55,525
Marine — 1.6%
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.			6.000				7/30/19				8,713				7,144
Midstream Company — 1.4%
SemGroup Corporation			7.500				6/15/21				6,073				6,134
Total United States (Cost — $71,151)															68,803
Canada — 4.0%
Upstream — 4.0%
Athabasca Oil Corporation(9)			7.500				11/19/17				(19)				7,429
Jupiter Resources Inc.(9)			8.500				10/1/22				12,750				10,136
Total Canada (Cost — $19,219)															17,565
Total Debt Investments (Cost — $90,370)															86,368
Total Long-Term Investments (Cost — $577,394)															608,395

 

		No. of Shares/Units				Value
Short-Term Investments — 1.2%
Money Market Fund — 1.2%
JPMorgan 100% U.S. Treasury Securities Money Market Fund — Capital Shares, 0.19%(20) (Cost $5,052)			5,052				5,052

 

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KAYNE ANDERSON ENERGY TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AUGUST 31, 2016

(amounts in 000's, except number of option contracts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

		Strike Price				Expiration Date				No. of Contracts				Value
Liabilities
Call Option Contracts Written(16)
United States
Midstream Company
Kinder Morgan, Inc.		$	22.00				10/21/16				250			$	(22	)
Kinder Morgan, Inc.			23.00				9/16/16				100				(1	)
ONEOK, Inc.			49.00				10/21/16				530				(61	)
ONEOK, Inc.			50.00				10/21/16				530				(45	)
Targa Resources Corp.			46.00				10/21/16				150				(20	)
Targa Resources Corp.			47.00				10/21/16				150				(15	)
															(164	)
MLP
DCP Midstream Partners, LP			35.00				9/16/16				300				(9	)
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.			72.50				10/21/16				20				(2	)
															(11	)
Other Energy Company
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation			80.00				10/21/16				190				(36	)
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation			85.00				10/21/16				190				(6	)
															(42	)
Total Call Option Contracts Written (Premium Received — $241)															(217	)
Debt															(115,000	)
Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock at Liquidation Value															(70,000	)
Other Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities															6,806
Net Assets Applicable To Common Stockholders														$	435,036

 

(1)	Unless otherwise noted, equity investments are common units/common shares.

 

(2)	Security or a portion thereof is segregated as collateral on option contracts written.

 

(3)	The Fund believes that it is an affiliate of Plains GP Holdings, L.P. (“Plains GP”). The Fund does not believe that it is an affiliate of ONEOK Partners, L.P., ONEOK, Inc. or California Resources Corporation.

 

(4)	This company is structured like an MLP, but is not treated as a publicly-traded partnership for RIC qualification purposes.

 

(5)

On July 11, 2016, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (“PAA”) announced it had entered into a definitive agreement with Plains AAP, L.P. (“PAA GP”) to permanently eliminate PAA’s incentive distribution rights and the economic rights associated with PAA’s 2% general partner interest in exchange for newly issued PAA common units and the assumption of all of PAA GP’s outstanding debt.

 

(6)	On September 6, 2016, Enbridge Inc. (“ENB”) and Spectra Energy Corp. (“SE”) announced an agreement to combine in a stock-for-stock merger transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, each shareholder of SE will receive 0.984 shares of ENB for each share of SE they own.

 

(7)

Securities are treated as a publicly-traded partnership for regulated investment company (“RIC”) qualification purposes. To qualify as a RIC for tax purposes, the Fund may directly invest up to 25% of its total assets in equity and debt securities of entities treated as publicly-traded partnerships. The Fund had 24.0% of its total assets invested in publicly-traded partnerships at August 31, 2016. It is the Fund’s intention to be treated as a RIC for tax purposes.

 

(8)	Fair valued security.

 

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KAYNE ANDERSON ENERGY TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AUGUST 31, 2016

(amounts in 000's, except number of option contracts)

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

(9)	The Fund’s ability to sell this security is subject to certain legal or contractual restrictions. As of August 31, 2016, the aggregate value of restricted securities held by the Fund was $80,780 (12.9% of total assets).

 

(10)

Class B Units are convertible on a one-for-one basis into common units of Capital Product Partners L.P. (“CPLP”) and are senior to the common units in terms of liquidation preference and priority of distributions. The Class B Units pay quarterly cash distributions and are convertible at any time at the option of the holder. The Class B Units paid a distribution of $0.21375 per unit for the third quarter.

 

(11)	Dividends are paid-in-kind.

 

(12)

Security is comprised of a prepaid equity purchase contract and a senior amortizing note. Unless settled earlier, each prepaid equity purchase contract will settle on June 7, 2018 for between 0.7159 and 0.8591 Western Gas Equity Partners, LP (“WGP”) common units (subject to Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s (“APC”) right to deliver APC common stock in lieu of WGP common units). The Fund receives a quarterly payment of 7.50% per annum on the $50 per unit stated amount of the security.

 

(13)	Floating rate second lien secured term loan. Security pays interest at a rate of LIBOR + 650 basis points with a 1.00% LIBOR floor (7.50% as of August 31, 2016).

 

(14)	On May 13, 2016, Energy & Exploration Partners, Inc. emerged from a bankruptcy proceeding under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. As a result of the reorganization, the Fund received a Senior Secured Second Lien Term Loan (principal amount of $52) and an equity interest in the company.

 

(15)	Interest is paid-in-kind at a fixed rate per annum equal to 5.00%.

 

(16)	Security is non-income producing.

 

(17)

On April 15, 2016, Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (“Goodrich”) filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. As of August 31, 2016, the Fund held Goodrich second lien notes (maturing in 2018) and unsecured notes (maturing in 2019). During the first quarter of fiscal 2016, the Fund stopped accruing interest income related to its investments in Goodrich. On October 12, 2016, Goodrich announced that it has emerged from bankruptcy. Pursuant to the reorganization, Goodrich’s existing common stock has been cancelled, and its new common stock will be issued to second lien noteholders, unsecured noteholders, general unsecured claim holders and management. Goodrich anticipates that its common stock will be traded on the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market and plans to list on a major exchange at a later date.

 

(18)	Floating rate second lien secured term loan. Security pays interest at a rate of LIBOR + 750 basis points with a 1.00% LIBOR floor (8.50% as of August 31, 2016).

 

(19)	Principal amount is 9,830 Canadian dollars.

 

(20)	Rate indicated is the current yield as of August 31, 2016.

 

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From time to time, the Fund’s ability to sell certain of its investments is subject to certain legal or contractual restrictions. For instance, private investments that are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), cannot be offered for public sale in a non-exempt transaction without first being registered. In other cases, certain of the Fund’s investments have restrictions such as lock-up agreements that preclude the Fund from offering these securities for public sale.

At August 31, 2016, the Fund held the following restricted investments:

 

Investment		Acquisition Date		Type of Restriction		Number of Units, Principal ($) (in 000’s)				Cost Basis (GAAP)				Fair Value				Fair Value Per Unit				Percent of Net Assets				Percent of Total Assets
Level 2 Investments(1)
Senior Notes and Secured Term Loans
Athabasca Oil Corporation		(2)		(3)			(4)			$	9,644			$	7,429				n/a				1.7	%			1.2
California Resources Corporation		(2)		(3)		$	16,575				10,804				11,271				n/a				2.6				1.8
Canbriam Energy Inc.		(2)		(5)			9,390				9,457				9,836				n/a				2.3				1.6
Chief Oil & Gas LLC		(2)		(5)			8,109				7,849				7,298				n/a				1.7				1.2
Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P.		(2)		(5)			1,850				1,810				1,915				n/a				0.4				0.3
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation(6)		9/25/15		(3)			1,274				1,265				185				n/a				—				—
Jupiter Resources Inc.		(2)		(5)			12,750				9,575				10,136				n/a				2.3				1.6
Vantage Energy, LLC		(2)		(5)			8,795				8,763				8,443				n/a				1.9				1.3
Total										$	59,167			$	56,513								12.9	%			9.0	%
Level 3 Investments(7)
Equity Investments
Capital Product Partners L.P.
Class B Units		5/21/12		(3)			3,333			$	20,615			$	24,233			$	7.27				5.6	%			3.9	%
Senior Notes
Energy & Exploration Partners, Inc.		5/13/16		(5)		$	52			$	27			$	34				n/a				—				—
Total										$	20,642			$	24,267								5.6	%			3.9	%
Total of all restricted investments										$	79,809			$	80,780								18.5	%			12.9	%

 

(1)

These securities have a fair market value determined by the mean of the bid and ask prices provided by an agent or a syndicate bank, a principal market maker, an independent pricing service or independent broker. These securities have limited trading volume and are not listed on a national exchange.

 

(2)	Security was acquired at various dates during prior fiscal years.

 

(3)	Unregistered or restricted security of a publicly-traded company.

 

(4)	Principal amount is 9,830 Canadian dollars.

 

(5)	Unregistered security of a private company.

 

(6)	Security has filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court seeking relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. See Schedule of Investments.

 

(7)	Securities are valued using inputs reflecting the Fund’s own assumptions.

At August 31, 2016, the cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes was $599,835. At August 31, 2016, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation		$	84,915
Gross unrealized depreciation			(71,302	)
Net unrealized appreciation		$	13,613

The identified cost basis of federal tax purposes is estimated based on information available from the Fund’s portfolio companies. In some cases, this information is very limited. Accordingly, the actual cost basis may prove higher or lower than the estimated cost basis included above.

As required by the Fair Value Measurement Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC 820”), the Fund has performed an analysis of all assets and liabilities measured at fair value to determine the significance and character of all inputs to their fair value determination.

The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into the following three broad categories.

 

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Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted unadjusted prices for identical instruments in active markets traded on a national exchange to which the Fund has access at the date of measurement.

 

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Level 2 — Valuations based on quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets. Level 2 inputs are those in markets for which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, little public information exists or instances where prices vary substantially over time or among brokered market makers.

 

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Level 3 — Model derived valuations in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are those inputs that reflect the Fund’s own assumptions that market participants would use to price the asset or liability based on the best available information.

The following table presents the Fund’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis at August 31, 2016 and the Fund presents these assets and liabilities by security type and description on its Schedule of Investments. Note that the valuation levels below are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with the underlying investment.

 

		Total				Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)				Prices with Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)				Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets at Fair Value
Equity investments		$	522,027			$	497,794			$	—			$	24,233
Debt investments			86,368				—				86,334				34
Short-term investments			5,052				5,052				—				—
Total assets at fair value		$	613,447			$	502,846			$	86,334			$	24,267
Liabilities at Fair Value
Call option contracts written		$	217			$	—			$	217			$	—

For the nine months ended August 31, 2016, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

The following table presents the Fund’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the nine months ended August 31, 2016.

 

		Equity				Debt				Total
Balance — November 30, 2015		$	23,800			$	—			$	23,800
Purchases			2,500				—				2,500
Transfers in from Level 2			—				1,329				1,329
Transfers out to Level 1 and 2			(2,500	)			(616	)			(3,116	)
Realized gains (losses)			—				(687	)			(687	)
Unrealized gains (losses), net			433				8				441
Balance — August 31, 2016		$	24,233			$	34			$	24,267

The purchase of $2,500 relates to the Fund’s investment in Sunoco LP (“SUN”) that was made in December 2015.

The $1,329 of transfers in from Level 2 relate to the Fund’s investments in the Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (“Goodrich”) 8.875% second lien senior secured notes due 2018 (the “Goodrich Second Lien Notes”) and Energy & Exploration Partners, Inc. (“ENXP”) senior secured second lien term loan (“ENXP Second Lien Term Loan”). The $616 of transfers out to Level 2 relate to the Goodrich Second Lien Notes, as trading activity during the third quarter supported a Level 2 valuation for this security. The $2,500 transfer out to Level 1 relates to the Fund’s investment in SUN that became marketable during the second quarter of 2016. The Fund utilizes the beginning of reporting period method for determining transfers between levels.

The $687 of realized losses relate to the Fund’s investment in ENXP and were a result of ENXP completing its Chapter 11 restructuring.

The $441 of unrealized gains relate to investments that were still held at August 31, 2016.

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As required by the Derivatives and Hedging Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC 815), the following are the derivative instruments and hedging activities of the Fund.

The following table sets forth the fair value of the Fund’s derivative instruments:

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments		Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location		Fair Value as of August 31, 2016
Call options written		Call option contracts written		$(217)

The following table sets forth the effect of the Fund’s derivative instruments on the Fund’s operations:

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as Hedging Instruments				For the Nine Months Ended August 31, 2016
		Location of Gains/(Losses) on Derivatives Recognized in Income		Net Realized Gains/(Losses) on Derivatives Recognized in Income		Net Change in Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Derivatives Recognized in Income
Call options written		Options		$891		$36

The Fund’s investments are concentrated in the energy sector. The focus of the Fund’s portfolio within the energy sector may present more risks than if the Fund’s portfolio were broadly diversified across numerous sectors of the economy. A downturn in the energy sector would have a larger impact on the Fund than on an investment company that does not concentrate in energy. The performance of securities in the energy sector may lag the performance of other industries or the broader market as a whole. Additionally, to the extent that the Fund invests a relatively high percentage of its assets in the securities of a limited number of issuers, the Fund may be more susceptible than a more widely diversified investment company to any single economic, political or regulatory occurrence. At August 31, 2016, the Fund had the following investment concentrations.

 

Category		Percent of Long-Term Investments
Securities of energy companies			100.0	%
Equity securities			85.8	%
Debt securities			14.2	%
Securities of MLPs(1)			35.5	%
Largest single issuer			10.8	%
Restricted securities			13.3	%

 

(1)	Securities of MLPs consist of master limited partnerships and limited liability companies taxed as partnerships.

Securities valuation policies and other investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the Fund’s semi-annual report previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on form N-CSR on July 21, 2016 with a file number 811-21750.

Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent annual report. This information is also available on the Fund’s website at www.kaynefunds.com; or on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov.

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a)  As of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) were effective based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(b)  There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

The certifications for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act are filed as exhibits to this report.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.