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COHEN & STEERS MLP INCOME AND ENERGY OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

August 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

                                                                       
                          Shares/Units      Value  

MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATED COMPANIES

     118.7     

CRUDE/REFINED PRODUCTS

     40.2     

Genesis Energy LP(a)

       164,691      $ 881,097  

Holly Energy Partners LP

       71,531        1,022,178  

Magellan Midstream Partners LP

       222,828        8,469,692  

NuStar Energy LP(a)

       326,338        4,421,880  

PBF Logistics LP

       40,155        387,496  

Phillips 66 Partners LP(a)

       135,517        3,648,118  

Plains All American Pipeline LP(a)

       1,091,919        7,730,786  
       

 

 

 
          26,561,247  
       

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED MIDSTREAM

     46.7     

Energy Transfer LP(a)

       1,385,946        8,897,773  

Enterprise Products Partners LP(a)

       482,647        8,475,281  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

       77,998        1,077,932  

MPLX LP

       547,154        9,996,504  

Rattler Midstream LP

       90,685        759,034  

Williams Cos., Inc.(a)

       81,135        1,684,363  
       

 

 

 
          30,890,887  
       

 

 

 

ELECTRIC

     1.0     

NextEra Energy Partners LP

       11,211        676,247  
       

 

 

 

GATHERING & PROCESSING

     18.3     

Crestwood Equity Partners LP(a)

       210,318        2,856,118  

Enable Midstream Partners LP(a),(b)

       399,375        2,244,488  

EnLink Midstream LLC(a)

       550,723        1,646,662  

Hess Midstream LP, Class A(a)

       73,272        1,295,449  

ONEOK, Inc.

       37,927        1,042,234  

Shell Midstream Partners LP

       74,185        770,782  

Tidewater Midstream & Infrastructure Ltd. (Canada)(a)

       848,264        526,771  

Western Midstream Partners LP(a)

       191,355        1,735,590  
       

 

 

 
          12,118,094  
       

 

 

 

NATURAL GAS PIPELINES

     10.4     

Cheniere Energy Partners LP

       18,460        668,067  

Equitrans Midstream Corp.(a)

       389,432        4,003,361  

TC Energy Corp. (Canada)

       18,207        851,340  

TC PipeLines LP(a)

       45,061        1,368,502  
       

 

 

 
          6,891,270  
       

 

 

 

 

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                          Shares/Units      Value  

PIPELINES—FOREIGN

     2.1     

Enbridge, Inc. (Canada)(a)

       42,297      $ 1,353,206  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS AND RELATED COMPANIES
(Identified cost—$117,521,021)

          78,490,951  
       

 

 

 

PREFERRED SECURITIES—$25 PAR VALUE

     2.4     

BANKS

     0.1     

Regions Financial Corp., 5.70% to 5/15/29, Series C(a),(c),(d)

       1,512        41,051  
       

 

 

 

CHEMICALS

     0.3     

CHS, Inc., 7.50%, Series 4(a),(c)

       8,341        235,550  
       

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES

     0.4     

Morgan Stanley, 6.375% to 10/15/24, Series I(a),(c),(d)

       3,355        94,645  

Morgan Stanley, 5.85% to 4/15/27, Series K(a),(c),(d)

       2,985        84,296  

Synchrony Financial, 5.625%, Series A(a),(c)

       3,946        95,967  
       

 

 

 
          274,908  
       

 

 

 

INSURANCE

     1.0     

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE

     0.2     

Athene Holding Ltd., 6.35% to 6/30/29, Series A(a),(c),(d)

       4,056        108,173  

Unum Group, 6.25%, due 6/15/58(a)

       1,754        46,499  
       

 

 

 
          154,672  
       

 

 

 

MULTI-LINE

     0.2     

Allstate Corp./The, 5.10%, Series H(a),(c)

       3,839        103,576  
       

 

 

 

MULTI-LINE—FOREIGN

     0.2     

Aegon Funding Co. LLC, 5.10%, due 12/15/49
(Netherlands)(a)

       5,500        141,075  
       

 

 

 

PROPERTY CASUALTY—FOREIGN

     0.2     

Enstar Group Ltd., 7.00% to 9/1/28, Series D
(Bermuda)(a),(c),(d)

       6,000        160,140  
       

 

 

 

REINSURANCE

     0.2     

Arch Capital Group Ltd., 5.45%, Series F(a),(c)

       4,700        123,657  
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INSURANCE

          683,120  
       

 

 

 

PIPELINES

     0.3     

Energy Transfer Operating LP, 7.625% to 8/15/23,
Series D(c),(d)

       8,926        180,484  
       

 

 

 

 

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                         Shares/Units     Value  

UTILITIES

    0.1    

South Jersey Industries, Inc., 5.625%, due 9/16/79(a)

      1,806     $ 46,252  
     

 

 

 

UTILITIES—FOREIGN

    0.2    

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., 6.20% to 7/1/24, due 7/1/79, Series 19-A (Canada)(a),(d)

      3,860       105,918  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES—$25 PAR VALUE
(Identified cost—$1,542,647)

        1,567,283  
     

 

 

 
          Principal
Amount
       

PREFERRED SECURITIES—CAPITAL SECURITIES

    2.1    

BANKS

    1.3    

Bank of America Corp., 8.05%, due 6/15/27, Series B(a)

    $ 200,000       267,458  

CoBank ACB, 6.25% to 10/1/22, Series F(a),(c),(d)

      2,300 †      241,500  

Wells Fargo & Co., 5.95%, due 12/15/36(a)

      270,000       352,459  
     

 

 

 
        861,417  
     

 

 

 

INSURANCE

    0.8    

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE

    0.4    

Brighthouse Financial, Inc., 4.70%, due 6/22/47(a)

      240,000       230,987  
     

 

 

 

MULTI-LINE

    0.2    

American International Group, Inc., 8.175% to 5/15/38,
due 5/15/58(a),(d)

 

    103,000       147,500  
     

 

 

 

MULTI-LINE—FOREIGN

    0.2    

AXA SA, 6.379% to 12/14/36, 144A (France)(a),(c),(d),(e)

 

    100,000       132,698  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL INSURANCE

        511,185  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES—CAPITAL SECURITIES
(Identified cost—$1,211,816)

        1,372,602  
     

 

 

 
          Shares        

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

    2.8    

MONEY MARKET FUNDS

     

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund, Premier
Class, 0.03%(f)

      1,893,644       1,893,644  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Identified cost—$1,893,644)

      $ 1,893,644  
     

 

 

 

 

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                                 Value  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES
(Identified cost—$122,169,128)

     126.0                               $ 83,324,480  

WRITTEN OPTION CONTRACTS

     (0.1        (34,665

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS

     (25.9        (17,170,389
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

NET ASSETS (Equivalent to $2.50 per share based on 26,394,986 shares of common stock outstanding)

     100.0      $ 66,119,426  
  

 

 

      

 

 

 

Exchange-Traded Option Contracts

 

Written Options  
Description  

Exercise

Price

    Expiration
Date
    Number of
Contracts
    Notional
Amount(g)
    Premiums
Received
    Value  

Call—Crestwood Equity Partners LP

  $ 17.50       10/16/20       (610   $ (828,380   $ (29,868   $ (20,130

Put—Phillips 66 Partners LP

    25.00       9/18/20       (323     (869,516     (23,890     (14,535
        (933   $ (1,697,896   $ (53,758   $ (34,665

 

 

 

Note: Percentages indicated are based on the net assets of the Fund.

Represents shares.

(a)

All or a portion of the security is pledged as collateral in connection with the Fund’s credit agreement. $48,068,728 in aggregate has been pledged as collateral.

(b)

All or a portion of the security is pledged in connection with exchange-traded written option contracts. $786,800 in aggregate has been pledged as collateral.

(c)

Perpetual security. Perpetual securities have no stated maturity date, but they may be called/redeemed by the issuer.

(d)

Security converts to floating rate after the indicated fixed-rate coupon period.

(e)

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may only be resold to qualified institutional buyers. Aggregate holdings amounted to $132,698 which represents 0.2% of the net assets of the Fund, of which 0.0% are illiquid.

(f)

Rate quoted represents the annualized seven-day yield.

(g)

Amount represents number of contracts multiplied by notional contract size multiplied by the underlying price.

 

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COHEN & STEERS MLP INCOME AND ENERGY OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

 

Note 1. Portfolio Valuation

Investments in securities that are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) are valued, except as indicated below, at the last sale price reflected at the close of the NYSE on the business day as of which such value is being determined. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and ask prices on such day or, if no ask price is available, at the bid price. Exchange-traded options are valued at their last sale price as of the close of options trading on applicable exchanges on the valuation date. In the absence of a last sale price on such day, options are valued at the average of the quoted bid and ask prices as of the close of business. Over-the-counter (OTC) options are valued based upon prices provided by a third-party pricing service or counterparty.

Securities not listed on the NYSE but listed on other domestic or foreign securities exchanges (including NASDAQ) are valued in a similar manner. Securities traded on more than one securities exchange are valued at the last sale price reflected at the close of the exchange representing the principal market for such securities on the business day as of which such value is being determined. If after the close of a foreign market, but prior to the close of business on the day the securities are being valued, market conditions change significantly, certain non-U.S. equity holdings may be fair valued pursuant to procedures established by the Board of Directors.

Readily marketable securities traded in the OTC market, including listed securities whose primary market is believed by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (the investment advisor) to be OTC, are valued on the basis of prices provided by a third-party pricing service or third-party broker-dealers when such prices are believed by the investment advisor, pursuant to delegation by the Board of Directors, to reflect the fair value of such securities.

Fixed-income securities are valued on the basis of prices provided by a third-party pricing service or third-party broker-dealers when such prices are believed by the investment advisor, pursuant to delegation by the Board of Directors, to reflect the fair value of such securities. The pricing services or broker-dealers use multiple valuation techniques to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity exists, the pricing services or broker-dealers may utilize a market-based approach through which quotes from market makers are used to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity may not exist or is limited, the pricing services or broker-dealers also utilize proprietary valuation models which may consider market transactions in comparable securities and the various relationships between securities in determining fair value and/or characteristics such as benchmark yield curves, option-adjusted spreads, credit spreads, estimated default rates, coupon rates, anticipated timing of principal repayments, underlying collateral, and other unique security features which are then used to calculate the fair values.

Short-term debt securities with a maturity date of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at net asset value (NAV).

The policies and procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors delegate authority to make fair value determinations to the investment advisor, subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors. The investment advisor has established a valuation committee (Valuation Committee) to administer, implement and oversee the fair valuation process according to the policies and procedures approved annually by the Board of Directors. Among other things, these procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.

 

 

 

COHEN & STEERS MLP INCOME AND ENERGY OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

Securities for which market prices are unavailable, or securities for which the investment advisor determines that the bid and/or ask price or a counterparty valuation does not reflect market value, will be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee, pursuant to procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. Circumstances in which market prices may be unavailable include, but are not limited to, when trading in a security is suspended, the exchange on which the security is traded is subject to an unscheduled close or disruption or material events occur after the close of the exchange on which the security is principally traded. In these circumstances, the Fund determines fair value in a manner that fairly reflects the market value of the security on the valuation date based on consideration of any information or factors it deems appropriate. These may include, but are not limited to, recent transactions in comparable securities, information relating to the specific security and developments in the markets.

Foreign equity fair value pricing procedures utilized by the Fund may cause certain non-U.S. equity holdings to be fair valued on the basis of fair value factors provided by a pricing service to reflect any significant market movements between the time the Fund values such securities and the earlier closing of foreign markets.

The Fund’s use of fair value pricing may cause the NAV of Fund shares to differ from the NAV that would be calculated using market quotations. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different than the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security.

Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would expect to receive upon the sale of an investment or expect to pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the investment or liability. The hierarchy of inputs that are used in determining the fair value of the Fund’s investments is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments may or may not be an indication of the risk associated with those investments. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.

 

 

 

COHEN & STEERS MLP INCOME AND ENERGY OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of August 31, 2020 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

 

                                                                                   
     Total     Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Investments
(Level 1)
    Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Master Limited Partnerships and Related Companies

   $ 78,490,951     $ 78,490,951     $      $  

Preferred Securities—$25 Par Value

     1,567,283       1,567,283               

Preferred Securities—Capital Securities

     1,372,602             1,372,602         

Short-Term Investments

     1,893,644             1,893,644         
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities(a)

   $ 83,324,480     $ 80,058,234     $ 3,266,246      $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Written Option Contracts

   $ (34,665   $ (34,665   $      $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Derivative Liabilities(a)

   $ (34,665   $ (34,665   $      $  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Portfolio holdings are disclosed individually on the Schedule of Investments.

The following is a reconciliation of investments for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

                           
     Master Limited
Partnerships and
Related Companies
 

Balance as of November 30, 2019

   $ 1,256,040  

Sales

     (423,233

Realized gain (loss)

     (895,895

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     63,088  
  

 

 

 

Balance as of August 31, 2020

   $  
  

 

 

 

Note 2. Derivative Investments

Options: The Fund may purchase and write exchange-listed and OTC put or call options on securities, stock indices and other financial instruments for hedging purposes, to enhance portfolio returns and/or reduce overall volatility.

When the Fund writes (sells) an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option written. When an option expires, the Fund realizes a gain on the option to the extent of the premium received. Premiums received from writing options which are exercised or closed are added to or offset against the proceeds or amount paid on the transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. If a put option on a security is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the security purchased by the Fund. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds of the security sold to determine the realized gain or loss. The Fund, as

 

 

 

COHEN & STEERS MLP INCOME AND ENERGY OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the underlying investment. Other risks include the possibility of an illiquid options market or the inability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts.

Put and call options purchased are accounted for in the same manner as portfolio securities. Premiums paid for purchasing options which expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing options which are exercised or closed are added to the amounts paid or offset against the proceeds on the underlying investment transaction to determine the realized gain or loss when the underlying transaction is executed. The risk associated with purchasing an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Additionally, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the premium and change in market value should the counterparty not perform under the contract.

The following summarizes the volume of the Fund’s written option contracts activity for the nine months ended August 31, 2020:

 

                           
     Written Option
Contracts
 

Average Notional Amount(a),(b)

   $ 1,697,896  

 

(a)

Average notional amounts represent the average for all months in which the Fund had written option contracts. For the period, this represents one month.

(b)

Notional amount is calculated using the number of contracts multiplied by notional contract size multiplied by the underlying price.