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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, 14th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

David Shladovsky, Esq.

KA Fund Advisors, LLC

811 Main Street, 14th 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, 2014

Date of reporting period: August 31, 2014

 

 

 


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 1: Schedule of Investments

Item  2: Controls and Procedures

Item 3: Exhibits

SIGNATURES

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Item 1: Schedule of Investments.

KAYNE ANDERSON ENERGY TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AUGUST 31, 2014

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

(UNAUDITED)

 

Description

   No. of
Shares/Units
     Value  

Long-Term Investments — 139.0%

     

Equity Investments(1) — 130.4%

     

United States — 117.6%

     

MLP(2)(3) — 34.7%

     

Access Midstream Partners, L.P.

     123       $ 7,943   

Alliance Holdings GP, L.P.

     71         5,096   

AmeriGas Partners, L.P.

     111         5,150   

Arc Logistics Partners LP

     82         2,141   

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.

     99         3,667   

BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P.

     347         7,950   

Buckeye Partners, L.P.

     165         13,020   

Compressco Partners, L.P.

     54         1,468   

Crestwood Equity Partners LP

     291         3,716   

Crestwood Midstream Partners LP

     842         19,673   

DCP Midstream Partners, LP(4)

     480         27,141   

El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.(5)

     236         9,817   

Enable Midstream Partners, LP

     61         1,563   

Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.

     120         7,260   

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.(4)(6)

     423         24,304   

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

     356         11,025   

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.(4)(6)

     518         21,062   

EV Energy Partners, L.P.(4)

     242         10,099   

Exterran Partners, L.P.

     445         12,892   

Foresight Energy LP

     434         8,238   

Global Partners LP

     273         11,782   

Holly Energy Partners, L.P.

     66         2,404   

Legacy Reserves L.P.

     105         3,229   

LRR Energy, L.P.

     312         5,979   

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P.(4)(7)

     275         21,909   

Martin Midstream Partners L.P.

     46         1,807   

Midcoast Energy Partners, L.P.

     68         1,537   

Mid-Con Energy Partners, LP

     520         11,649   

Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC

     117         1,687   

ONEOK Partners, L.P.

     422         25,099   

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.(7)

     906         54,294   

QEP Midstream Partners, LP

     218         5,673   

Regency Energy Partners LP

     1,462         48,210   

Sprague Resources LP

     73         1,895   

Summit Midstream Partners, LP

     108         5,977   

SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P.

     305         9,230   

Targa Resources Partners LP

     56         4,137   

USA Compression Partners, LP

     31         810   

Western Gas Equity Partners, LP

     20         1,181   

Western Gas Partners, LP

     119         9,241   

Williams Partners L.P.

     462         24,494   
           

 

 

 
              455,449   
           

 

 

 

MLP Affiliate — 32.5%

     

Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C.(8)

     5,350         191,639   

Kinder Morgan Management, LLC(4)(5)(8)

     2,407         235,219   
           

 

 

 
              426,858   
           

 

 

 

Marine Transportation — 22.4%

     

Capital Product Partners L.P.(9)

     3,705         40,537   

Capital Product Partners L.P. — Class B Units(9)(10)(11)

     3,333         36,467   

Dynagas LNG Partners LP(9)

     1,071         25,915   

Golar LNG Partners LP(4)(9)

     2,024         77,070   

 


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KAYNE ANDERSON ENERGY TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AUGUST 31, 2014

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

(UNAUDITED)

 

Description

   No. of
Shares/Units
     Value  

Marine Transportation (continued)

           

Höegh LNG Partners LP(9)(12)

           192       $ 4,958   

KNOT Offshore Partners LP(9)

           874         24,521   

Navios Maritime Partners L.P.(9)

           565         11,139   

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. — 8.625% Series H Preferred Shares(12)

           140         3,425   

Nordic American Offshore Ltd.

           291         5,666   

Seaspan Corporation — 7.95% Series D Preferred Shares

           400         10,788   

Seaspan Corporation — 8.25% Series E Preferred Shares

           200         5,294   

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.(9)

           1,162         40,966   

Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. — Series A Preferred Units(9)

           300         7,623   
           

 

 

 
              294,369   
           

 

 

 

Midstream Company — 13.6%

           

Kinder Morgan, Inc.(5)

           450         18,132   

National Fuel Gas Company(4)

           134         10,220   

NiSource Inc.(4)

           170         6,740   

ONEOK, Inc.(4)

           471         33,040   

Plains GP Holdings, L.P.(7)(9)

           1,096         33,811   

Spectra Energy Corp.

           316         13,181   

Targa Resources Corp.

           2         310   

The Williams Companies, Inc.

           875         52,029   

VTTI Energy Partners LP(9)(12)

           383         10,480   
           

 

 

 
              177,943   
           

 

 

 

Other Energy Company — 10.9%

           

Abengoa Yield plc(12)

           259         10,393   

CONSOL Energy Inc.(4)

           387         15,576   

Dominion Resources, Inc. — Series A Equity Units(12)

           13         635   

HollyFrontier Corporation(4)

           97         4,828   

LinnCo, LLC(9)

           684         21,512   

Marathon Petroleum Corporation(4)

           215         19,595   

NRG Yield, Inc.(4)

           19         1,033   

Peabody Energy Corporation

           353         5,601   

Phillips 66(4)

           130         11,347   

Seadrill Limited

           415         15,470   

Seadrill Partners LLC(9)

           381         13,153   

The Southern Company

           111         4,928   

Tesoro Corporation(4)

           25         1,619   

Transocean Ltd.

           209         8,070   

Transocean Partners LLC(9)(12)

           148         4,228   

Valero Energy Corporation(4)

           88         4,764   
           

 

 

 
              142,752   
           

 

 

 

Upstream Income Trust — 3.5%

           

Enduro Royalty Trust

           1,679         22,107   

Pacific Coast Oil Trust

           1,336         15,733   

VOC Energy Trust

           311         4,716   

Whiting USA Trust II

           278         3,422   
           

 

 

 
              45,978   
           

 

 

 

Total United States (Cost — $879,576)

              1,543,349   
           

 

 

 
           

Canada — 12.8%

           

Upstream Income Trust — 9.7%

           

ARC Resources Ltd.(6)

           483         13,958   

Baytex Energy Corp.

           425         19,015   

Bonavista Energy Corporation

           1,280         17,443   

Bonterra Energy Corp.

           31         1,859   

Crescent Point Energy Corp.(6)

           1,048         43,394   

Pengrowth Energy Corporation(6)

           5,031         32,151   
           

 

 

 
              127,820   
           

 

 

 

 


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KAYNE ANDERSON ENERGY TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AUGUST 31, 2014

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

(UNAUDITED)

 

Description

             No. of
Shares/Units
     Value  

Midstream — 3.1%

           

Enbridge Inc.

           253       $ 12,591   

Gibson Energy Inc.(6)

           83         2,786   

Inter Pipeline Ltd.

           199         6,647   

Pembina Pipeline Corporation

           406         18,661   
           

 

 

 
              40,685   
           

 

 

 

Total Canada (Cost — $151,838)

              168,505   
           

 

 

 

Total Equity Investments (Cost — $1,031,414)

              1,711,854   
           

 

 

 
     Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount
    Value  

Debt Instruments — 8.6%

         

United States — 7.9%

         

Upstream — 6.2%

         

American Eagle Energy Corporation

     11.000     9/1/19       $ 4,800        4,806   

BlackBrush Oil & Gas, L.P.

     (13)        7/30/21         12,700        12,668   

Chief Oil & Gas LLC

     (14)        8/8/21         4,000        4,032   

Goodrich Petroleum Corporation

     8.875        3/15/19         4,950        5,222   

Halcón Resources Corporation

     9.750        7/15/20         9,760        10,566   

Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.

     10.750        10/1/20         5,150        5,723   

Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.

     9.250        6/1/21         6,750        7,341   

Parsley Energy Inc.

     7.500        2/15/22         6,025        6,417   

Resolute Energy Corporation

     8.500        5/1/20         3,775        3,907   

RKI Exploration & Production, LLC

     8.500        8/1/21         12,500        13,500   

Triangle USA Petroleum Corporation

     6.750        7/15/22         800        822   

Vantage Energy, LLC

     (15)        12/31/18         6,469        6,525   
         

 

 

 
            81,529   
         

 

 

 

Other Energy Company — 0.9%

         

Arch Coal, Inc.

     7.250        6/15/21         13,500        9,011   

Ocean Rig UDW Inc.

     7.250        4/1/19         2,500        2,500   
         

 

 

 
            11,511   
         

 

 

 

Midstream Company — 0.4%

         

The Williams Companies, Inc.

     8.750        3/15/32         4,135        5,367   
         

 

 

 

Marine Transportation — 0.4%

         

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.

     7.375        1/15/22         5,000        5,188   
         

 

 

 

Total United States (Cost — $102,578)

            103,595   
         

 

 

 

Canada — 0.7%

         

Upstream — 0.7%

         

Athabasca Oil Corporation (Cost — $9,839)

     7.500        11/19/17         (16)        9,197   
         

 

 

 

Total Debt Investments (Cost — $112,417)

            112,792   
         

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments (Cost — $1,143,831)

            1,824,646   
         

 

 

 

 


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KAYNE ANDERSON ENERGY TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AUGUST 31, 2014

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

(UNAUDITED)

 

Description

     Strike
Price
       Expiration
Date
       No. of
Contracts
     Value  

Liabilities

                 

Call Option Contracts Written(17)

                 

United States

                 

MLP

                 

DCP Midstream Partners, LP

     $ 55.00           10/17/14           550       $ (109

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.

       57.50           9/19/14           550         (42

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

       38.75           9/19/14           1,100         (215

EV Energy Partners, L.P.

       41.00           10/17/14           1,500         (259

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P.

       77.50           9/19/14           900         (256
                 

 

 

 
                    (881
                 

 

 

 

MLP Affiliate

                 

Kinder Morgan Management, LLC

       80.00           9/19/14           800         (1,384

Kinder Morgan Management, LLC

       100.00           9/19/14           550         (33

Kinder Morgan Management, LLC

       100.00           10/17/14           1,550         (194
                 

 

 

 
                    (1,611
                 

 

 

 

Marine Transportation

                 

Golar LNG Partners LP

       40.00           10/17/14           2,000         (110
                 

 

 

 

Midstream Company

                 

National Fuel Gas Company

       75.00           9/19/14           450         (85

NiSource Inc.

       39.00           9/19/14           1,100         (109

NiSource Inc.

       40.00           10/17/14           550         (44

ONEOK, Inc.

       67.50           9/19/14           1,100         (308

ONEOK, Inc.

       70.00           10/17/14           550         (99
                 

 

 

 
                    (645
                 

 

 

 

Other Energy Company

                 

CONSOL Energy Inc.

       42.00           10/17/14           2,000         (148

CONSOL Energy Inc.

       43.00           10/17/14           500         (25

HollyFrontier Corporation

       48.50           9/19/14           550         (110

HollyFrontier Corporation

       49.50           10/17/14           400         (80

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

       85.00           9/19/14           300         (186

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

       87.50           9/19/14           200         (81

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

       90.00           9/19/14           1,350         (337

Marathon Petroleum Corporation

       92.50           9/19/14           300         (39

NRG Yield, Inc.

       55.00           9/19/14           150         (14

Phillips 66

       85.00           9/19/14           475         (121

Phillips 66

       86.00           9/19/14           350         (66

Phillips 66

       90.00           10/17/14           300         (29

Tesoro Corporation

       62.50           9/19/14           250         (72

Valero Energy Corporation

       52.50           9/19/14           560         (125

Valero Energy Corporation

       55.00           9/19/14           300         (25
                 

 

 

 
                    (1,458
                 

 

 

 

Total Call Option Contracts Written (Premium Received — $2,178)

  

     (4,705
                 

 

 

 

 


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KAYNE ANDERSON ENERGY TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

AUGUST 31, 2014

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

(UNAUDITED)

 

Description

                  Value  

Debt

   $ (393,000

Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock at Liquidation Value

     (120,000

Other Liabilities

     (9,586
           

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     (527,291

Other Assets

     14,967   
           

 

 

 

Total Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets

     (512,324
           

 

 

 

Net Assets Applicable To Common Stockholders

   $ 1,312,322   
           

 

 

 

 

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

 

  (2) 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 24.8% of its total assets invested in publicly-traded partnerships at August 31, 2014. It is the Fund’s intention to be treated as a RIC for tax purposes.

 

  (3) Includes limited liability companies.

 

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

 

  (5) On August 10, 2014, Kinder Morgan, Inc. announced that it will acquire all of the outstanding equity securities of Kinder Morgan Management, LLC, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. and El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. As of August 31, 2014, the Fund did not hold any securities of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.

 

  (6) In lieu of cash distributions, the Fund has elected to receive distributions in additional units/stock through the issuer’s dividend reinvestment program.

 

  (7) The Fund believes that it is an affiliate of MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P., Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP Holdings, L.P.

 

  (8) Dividends are paid-in-kind.

 

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

 

(10) Fair valued security, restricted from public sale.

 

(11) 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 of $0.21375 per unit and are convertible at any time at the option of the holder. If CPLP increases the quarterly cash distribution per common unit, the distribution per Class B Unit will increase by an equal amount. If CPLP does not redeem the Class B Units by May 2022, then the distribution increases by 25% per quarter to a maximum of $0.33345 per unit. CPLP may require that the Class B Units convert into common units after May 2015 if the common unit price exceeds $11.70 per unit, and the Class B Units are callable after May 2017 at a price of $9.27 per unit and after May 2019 at $9.00 per unit.

 

(12) Security is not currently paying cash distributions but is expected to pay cash distributions within the next 12 months.

 

(13) Floating rate first lien secured term loan. Security pays interest at a rate of LIBOR + 650 basis points with a 1.00% LIBOR floor or alternative base rate + 550 basis points (8.75% as of August 31, 2014).

 

(14) 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, 2014).

 

(15) 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, 2014).

 

(16) Principal amount is 10,000 Canadian dollars.

 

(17) Security is non-income producing.

 


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From time to time, certain of the Fund’s investments may be restricted as to resale. 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, 2014, the Fund held the following restricted investments:

 

Investment

  Acquisition
Date
  Type of
Restriction
  Number of
Units,
Principal ($)
(in 000s)
    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

               

American Eagle Energy Corporation

  8/13/14   (2)     4,800          $ 4,755      $ 4,806        n/a        0.4     0.3

Athabasca Oil Corporation

  (3)   (2)     (4)        9,839        9,197        n/a        0.7        0.5   

BlackBrush Oil & Gas, L.P.

  7/21/14   (5)     12,700            12,605        12,668        n/a        0.9        0.7   

Chief Oil & Gas LLC

  5/12/14   (5)     4,000            3,960        4,032        n/a        0.3        0.2   

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.

  (3)   (2)     5,000            5,186        5,188        n/a        0.4        0.3   

Ocean Rig UDW Inc.

  7/17/14   (2)     2,500            2,457        2,500        n/a        0.2        0.1   

Parsley Energy Inc.

  (3)   (2)     6,025            6,145        6,417        n/a        0.5        0.3   

RKI Exploration & Production, LLC

  (3)   (5)     12,500            12,685        13,500        n/a        1.0        0.7   

Triangle USA Petroleum Corporation

  7/15/14   (5)     800            800        822        n/a        0.1        0.1   

Vantage Energy, LLC

  (3)   (5)     6,469            6,420        6,525        n/a        0.5        0.4   
       

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  

  $ 64,852      $ 65,655          5.0     3.6
       

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Level 3 Investments(6)

               

Capital Product Partners L.P.

               

Class B Units

  5/21/12   (2)     3,333          $ 24,076      $ 36,467        10.94        2.8     2.0
       

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total of all restricted securities

  

  $ 88,928      $ 102,122          7.8     5.6
       

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(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 or an independent pricing service. These securities have limited trading volume and are not listed on a national exchange.

 

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

 

(3) Security was acquired at various dates during the nine months ended August 31, 2014 and/or in prior fiscal years.

 

(4) Principal amount is 10,000 Canadian dollars.

 

(5) Unregistered security of a private company.

 

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

At August 31, 2014, the cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes was $1,161,014. At August 31, 2014, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 700,359   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (36,727
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 663,632   
  

 

 

 

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.

 

  Ÿ   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.

 

  Ÿ  

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


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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.

 

  Ÿ   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, 2014 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

   $ 1,711,854       $ 1,675,387       $       $ 36,467   

Debt investments

     112,792                 112,792           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets at fair value

   $ 1,824,646       $ 1,675,387       $ 112,792       $ 36,467   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities at Fair Value

           

Call option contracts written

   $ 4,705       $       $ 4,705       $   

For the nine months ended August 31, 2014, 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, 2014.

 

     Equity
Investments
 

Balance — November 30, 2013

   $ 31,767   

Purchases

       

Issuances

       

Transfers out to Level 1 and 2

       

Realized gains (losses)

       

Unrealized gains, net

     4,700   
  

 

 

 

Balance — August 31, 2014

   $ 36,467   
  

 

 

 

The $4,700 of unrealized gains presented in the table above for the nine months ended August 31, 2014 relate to investments that are still held at August 31, 2014.


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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, 2014

Call options written

  

Call option contracts written

   $(4,705)

The following table sets forth the effect of the Fund’s derivative instruments.

 

Derivatives Not Accounted for as

Hedging Instruments

        For the Nine Months
Ended August 31, 2014
  

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    $2,836    $(2,283)

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, 2014, the Fund had the following investment concentrations.

 

Category

   Percent of
Long-Term

Investments
 

Securities of energy companies

     97.1

Equity securities

     93.8

Debt securities

     6.2

Securities of MLPs(1)

     48.4

Largest single issuer

     12.9

Restricted securities

     5.6

 

(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 30, 2014 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 “Act”)) were effective based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 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 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 Act are 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.

 

KAYNE ANDERSON ENERGY TOTAL RETURN FUND, INC.
/s/    KEVIN S. MCCARTHY
Name:   Kevin S. McCarthy
Title:  

Chairman of the Board of Directors,

President and Chief Executive Officer

Date:   October 30, 2014

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.

 

/s/    KEVIN S. MCCARTHY
Name:   Kevin S. McCarthy
Title:  

Chairman of the Board of Directors,

President and Chief Executive Officer

Date:   October 30, 2014

 

/s/    TERRY A. HART
Name:   Terry A. Hart
Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Date:   October 30, 2014