HOUSTON - (Business Wire) Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (the “Company”) (NYSE: KYN) announced today that it has completed a private placement of $110 million, aggregate principal amount, of senior unsecured fixed and floating rate notes (the “Senior Unsecured Notes”). Net proceeds from the private placement will be used to repay certain of the Company’s current borrowings. The table below sets forth the key terms of each series of the Senior Unsecured Notes:
| Series | | Principal ($ in millions) | | Fixed / Floating | | Rate | | Maturity |
| M | | $60 | | Fixed | | 4.56% | | 11/4/2014 |
| N | | 50 | | Floating | | 3-month LIBOR + 185 bps | | 11/4/2014 |
| Total | | $110 | | | | | | |
Based on a 3-month LIBOR rate of 0.28% on November 4, 2009, the interest rate for Series N Senior Unsecured Notes is 2.13%.
Proceeds from the Senior Unsecured Notes offering, net of $1.7 million in fees, expenses and accrued interest, will be used to repay the following borrowings:
| Instrument | | Borrowings/ Principal ($ in millions) | | Fixed / Floating | | Rate | | Maturity |
| Credit Facility | | $64 | | Floating | | 1-month LIBOR + 225 bps | | 6/25/2010 |
| Series H | | 20 | | Floating | | 3-month LIBOR + 225 bps | | 6/19/2011 |
| Series J | | 24 | | Floating | | 3-month LIBOR + 225 bps | | 6/19/2012 |
| Total | | $108 | | | | | | |
“We are very pleased with this transaction,” said Kevin McCarthy, CEO and President of the Company. “KYN was able to extend the maturities of its existing floating rate notes at an attractive spread and to refinance borrowings on its revolving credit facility with 5-year notes at very attractive rates.”
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, 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 (including propane), crude oil, refined petroleum products or coal.
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KA Fund Advisors, LLC
Monique Vo, 877-657-3863
http://www.kaynefunds.com
