Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Announces its Net Asset Value and Asset Coverage Ratios at December 31, 2012

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (the “Company”) 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 December 31, 2012.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company's net assets were $2.4 billion, and its net asset value per share was $27.21. As of December 31, 2012, the Company's asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to senior securities representing indebtedness was 391% and the Company's asset coverage ratio under the 1940 Act with respect to total leverage (debt and preferred stock) was 281%.

		Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company
		Statement of Assets and Liabilities
		December 31, 2012
		(Unaudited)
						(in millions)				Per Share
		Investments				$	4,398.3			$	49.74
		Cash					2.6				0.03
		Deposits					0.3				-
		Accrued income					0.1				-
		Receivable for securities sold					0.2				-
		Other assets					10.5				0.12
		Total assets					4,412.0				49.89
		Credit facility borrowings					66.0				0.75
		Senior notes					890.0				10.06
		Preferred stock					374.0				4.23
		Total leverage					1,330.0				15.04
		Distribution payable					48.6				0.55
		Payable for securities purchased					0.5				0.01
		Deferred tax liability					616.9				6.97
		Other liabilities					9.5				0.11
		Total liabilities					675.5				7.64
		Net assets				$	2,406.5			$	27.21
		The Company had 88.43 million common shares outstanding as of December 31, 2012.

Long-term investments were comprised of Midstream MLP (70%), MLP Affiliate (8%), General Partner MLP (7%), Shipping MLP (4%), Upstream MLP & Income Trust (3%), Coal & Other MLP (3%) and Other (5%).

The Company's ten largest holdings by issuer at December 31, 2012 were:

							Units (in thousands)			Amount ($ millions)			Percent of Long-Term Investments
	1.		Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP)				7,674			384.3			8.7%
	2.		Kinder Morgan Management, LLC (MLP Affiliate)				4,377			330.3			7.5%
	3.		Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (Midstream MLP)				6,852			310.0			7.0%
	4.		MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP)				4,852			247.5			5.6%
	5.		Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (General Partner MLP)				4,457			202.7			4.6%
	6.		El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP)				5,284			195.3			4.4%
	7.		Williams Partners L.P. (Midstream MLP)				3,868			188.2			4.3%
	8.		Regency Energy Partners LP (Midstream MLP)				7,768			168.4			3.8%
	9.		Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP)				5,670			158.2			3.6%
	10.		ONEOK Partners, L.P. (Midstream MLP)				2,868			154.9			3.5%

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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