UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number        811-4915

                          DNP Select Income Fund Inc.                            

        (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

  200 South Wacker Drive, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60606  

(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip code)

Alan M. Meder Lawrence R. Hamilton, Esq.
DNP Select Income Fund Inc. Mayer Brown LLP
200 South Wacker Drive, Suite 500 71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606 Chicago, Illinois  60606

(Name and address of agents for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 368-5510

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: July 31, 2015

 
 
Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
   
  See the Statement of Net Assets below.
 
 

DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
JULY 31, 2015
(Unaudited)

 

       Value 
 Shares    Description  (Note 1) 
       
 COMMON STOCKS & MLP INTERESTS--117.0%   
       
    ELECTRIC, GAS AND WATER--71.7%  
 1,500,000   Alliant Energy Corp.(a) $92,265,000
 1,800,000   Ameren Corp. 73,944,000
 900,000   American Electric Power Company, Inc. 50,913,000
 1,000,000   American Water Works Co. 51,910,000
 500,000   Atmos Energy Corp. 27,650,000
 3,071,300   CenterPoint Energy Inc.(a) 59,398,942
 2,500,000   CMS Energy Corp.(a) 85,650,000
 1,100,000   Dominion Resources, Inc.(a)(b) 78,870,000
 1,000,000   DTE Energy Co.(a)(b) 80,460,000
 1,000,000   Duke Energy Corp. 74,220,000
 2,000,000   Eversource Energy(a)(b) 99,440,000
 2,500,000   Great Plains Energy Inc.(a)(b) 65,275,000
 500,000   The Laclede Group, Inc. 27,055,000
 1,000,000   NextEra Energy, Inc.(a)(b) 105,200,000
 1,900,000   NiSource Inc. 33,174,000
 800,000   Northwest Natural Gas Co. 34,632,000
 2,300,000   OGE Energy Corp. 68,448,000
 1,000,000   Piedmont Natural Gas Co. 38,010,000
 2,000,000   Portland General Electric Co. 72,020,000
 1,800,000   Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.(a)(b) 75,006,000
 1,900,000   Questar Corp.(a)(b) 42,066,000
 900,000   Sempra Energy(a) 91,602,000
 1,500,000   Southern Co.(a)(b) 67,095,000
 1,500,000   Vectren Corp.(a)(b) 63,150,000
 800,000   WEC Energy Group, Inc. 39,200,000
 2,000,000   Westar Energy, Inc.(a)(b) 75,300,000
 1,000,000   WGL Holdings Inc. 55,900,000
 2,400,000   Xcel Energy Inc.(a)(b) 83,208,000
      1,811,061,942
       
       

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.

 
 

DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS – (Continued)
JULY 31, 2015
(Unaudited)

 

       Value 
 Shares    Description  (Note 1) 
     
    OIL & GAS STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION AND PRODUCTION--30.8%
 305,000   Antero Midstream Partners LP $ 8,137,400
 1,900,000   Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.  55,442,000
 620,000   Columbia Pipeline Partners LP  14,532,800
 357,000   DCP Midstream Partners LP  11,138,400
 355,000   Dominion Midstream Partners, LP  12,467,600
 684,000   Enbridge Energy Partners LP  21,498,120
 1,600,000   Enbridge Inc. (Canada)(a)  69,696,000
 1,040,532   Energy Transfer Equity LP  31,299,203
 441,911   Energy Transfer Partners LP  22,625,843
 880,000   EnLink Midstream Partners LP  17,309,600
 766,000   Enterprise Products Partners LP  21,700,780
 265,000   EQT GP Holdings, LP  8,641,650
 251,000   EQT Midstream Partners LP  19,773,780
 665,000   GasLog Partners LP (Marshall Islands)  14,151,200
 407,000   Genesis Energy LP  18,066,730
 1,600,526   Kinder Morgan Inc.(a)  55,442,221
 400,090   Magellan Midstream Partners LP  28,166,336
 396,500   MarkWest Energy Partners LP  25,946,960
 160,000   NuStar Energy LP  9,051,200
 475,610   Plains All American Pipeline LP  19,856,717
 440,000   Plains GP Holdings LP-CL A  11,281,600
 230,625   Shell Midstream Partners LP  9,792,337
 1,915,000   Spectra Energy Corp.(a)  57,947,900
 479,000   Sunoco Logistics Partners LP  17,924,180
 380,000   Tallgrass Energy GP, LP  11,430,400
 500,000   Tallgrass Energy Partners LP  23,125,000
 90,000   Targa Resources Corp.  7,960,500
 476,000   Targa Resources Partners LP  17,821,440
 402,229   Tesoro Logistics LP  21,092,889
 1,000,000   TransCanada Corp. (Canada)(a)(b)  38,910,000
 182,440   Valero Energy Partners LP  8,569,207
 366,460   Westlake Chemical Partners LP  7,842,244
 309,000   Western Gas Partners LP  18,224,820
 800,000   The Williams Companies, Inc.  41,984,000
       778,851,057
       

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.

 
 

DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS – (Continued)
JULY 31, 2015
(Unaudited)

 

       Value 
 Shares    Description  (Note 1) 
       
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS--14.5%  
 1,708,260   AT&T Inc.(a)(b) $59,344,952
 939,200   BCE Inc. (Canada)(a)(b)  38,638,688
 800,000   CenturyLink Inc.  22,880,000
 800,000   Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc.  16,680,000
 630,000   Crown Castle International Corp.  51,603,300
 3,518,491   Frontier Communications Corp.(a)(b)  16,607,278
 1,000,000   Orange SA (France)  16,500,939
 1,094,800   Telus Corp. (Canada)  37,574,711
 1,560,089   Verizon Communications Inc.(a)(b)  72,996,564
 782,200   Vodafone Group Plc ADR (United Kingdom)  29,551,516
 666,666   Windstream Holdings, Inc.  3,233,330
       365,611,278
    Total Common Stocks & MLP Interests (Cost $2,357,223,271)  2,955,524,277
       
 PREFERRED STOCKS--1.7%   
       
    UTILITY--0.1%  
 50,000   Exelon Corp. 6 1/2%, due 6/01/17  2,337,000
       2,337,000
    NON-UTILITY--1.6%  
 600,000   Realty Income Corp. 6 5/8% Series F Perpetual  15,906,000
 400,000   Regency Centers Corp. 6 5/8% Series 6 Perpetual  10,380,000
 234,900   Vornado Realty Trust 6 5/8% Series G Perpetual  6,018,138
 350,000   Vornado Realty Trust 6 5/8% Series I Perpetual  8,907,500
       41,211,638
    Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $41,036,811)  43,548,638
       
       
       
Par Value      
       
BONDS--19.7%      
       
    ELECTRIC, GAS AND WATER--10.3%  
$22,000,000   Arizona Public Service Co.  
    6 7/8%, due 8/01/36(a)(b) 29,048,734
 10,450,000   Atmos Energy Corp.  
    8 1/2%, due 3/15/19(a)(b) 12,689,268
 11,000,000   Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.  
    8 7/8%, due 11/15/18(a)(b) 13,269,344
 6,750,000   Commonwealth Edison Company  
    6.95%, due 7/15/18 7,695,047
 15,305,000   Consolidated Edison Co. of New York  
    7 1/8%, due 12/01/18(a)(b) 17,927,650
 9,354,000   Dominion Resources, Inc.  
    6.40%, due 6/15/18(a)(b)  10,536,374
 10,000,000   DPL Capital Trust II  
    8 1/8%, due 9/01/31 10,253,720
 20,000,000   Entergy Texas Inc.  
    7 1/8%, due 2/01/19(a)(b) 23,296,380
 14,376,000   Exelon Generation Co. LLC  
    6.20%, due 10/01/17(a)(b) 15,683,167

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.

 
 

DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS – (Continued)
JULY 31, 2015
(Unaudited)

 

       Value 
 Par Value    Description  (Note 1) 
       
$10,000,000   Georgia Power Co.  
    5.70%, due 6/01/17(a)(b) $10,800,240
 10,618,000   Indiana Michigan Power Co.  
    7.00%, due 3/15/19(a)(b) 12,360,743
 5,000,000   Metropolitan Edison Co.  
    7.70%, due 1/15/19 5,859,440
 12,000,000   National Fuel Gas Co.  
    8 3/4%, due 5/01/19(a)(b) 13,817,928
 3,350,000   Nevada Power Co.  
    7 1/8%, due 3/15/19 3,923,349
 11,315,000   NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.  
    7 7/8%, due 12/15/15(a)(b) 11,593,688
 10,345,000   Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC  
    7.00%, due 9/01/22 12,720,657
 14,000,000   Progress Energy Inc.  
    7.05%, due 3/15/19(a)(b) 16,258,536
 5,130,000   Public Service New Mexico  
    7 1/2%, due 8/01/18 5,865,950
 15,169,000   Sempra Energy  
    6 1/2%, due 6/01/16(a)(b) 15,842,534
 5,000,000   Sempra Energy  
    6.15%, due 6/15/18 5,605,595
 5,000,000   Talen Energy Supply, LLC  
    6 1/2%, due 5/01/18 5,356,250
      260,404,594
       
    OIL & GAS STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION AND PRODUCTION--5.1%
 6,488,000   Energy Transfer Partners  
    7.60%, due 2/01/24 7,550,332
 8,850,000   Energy Transfer Partners  
    8 1/4%, due 11/15/29  11,432,766
 5,000,000   Enterprise Products Operating LLC  
    6 1/2%, due 1/31/19  5,669,775
 12,826,000   EQT Corp.  
    8 1/8%, due 6/01/19(a)(b)  15,196,527
 8,030,000   Kinder Morgan, Inc.  
    6.85%, due 2/15/20  9,187,203
 14,445,000   Magellan Midstream Partners, LP  
    6.40%, due 7/15/18(a)(b)   16,077,747
 11,000,000   ONEOK, Inc.  
    6.00%, due 6/15/35  10,245,752
 9,000,000   ONEOK Partners, LP  
    8 5/8%, due 3/01/19  10,664,883
 12,940,000   Spectra Energy Capital, LLC  
    6.20%, due 4/15/18  14,214,862
 2,615,000   Spectra Energy Capital, LLC  
    6 3/4%, due 7/15/18  2,920,529
 9,140,000   TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. (Canada)  
    7 1/8%, due 1/15/19  10,611,330
 14,380,000   Williams Partners, LP  
    7 1/4%, due 2/01/17(a)(b)  15,476,532
       129,248,238
       

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.

 
 

DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS – (Continued)
JULY 31, 2015
(Unaudited)

 

       Value 
 Par Value    Description  (Note 1) 
       
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS--3.9%  
 $10,000,000   BellSouth Capital Funding Corp.  
    7 7/8%, due 2/15/30(a)(b)  $12,187,490
 15,000,000   CenturyLink Inc.  
    6 7/8%, due 1/15/28  14,603,197
 5,900,000   Comcast Corp.  
    7.05%, due 3/15/33  7,711,890
 15,000,000   Koninklijke KPN NV (Netherlands)  
    8 3/8%, due 10/01/30(a)(b)  19,804,245
 10,000,000   TCI Communications Inc.  
    8 3/4%, due 8/01/15(a)(b)  10,000,000
 5,000,000   TCI Communications Inc.  
    7 1/8%, due 2/15/28  6,551,960
 15,500,000   Verizon Global Funding Corp.  
    7 3/4%, due 12/01/30  20,664,693
 5,000,000   Vodafone Group Plc (United Kingdom)  
    7 7/8%, due 2/15/30  6,109,815
       97,633,290
     NON-UTILITY--0.4%   
 8,000,000   Dayton Hudson Corp.  
    9 7/8%, due 7/01/20  10,554,672
       10,554,672
    Total Bonds (Cost $486,942,306)  497,840,794
       
TOTAL INVESTMENTS--138.4% (Cost $2,885,202,388)  3,496,913,709
Borrowings--(27.7)%  (700,000,000)
Other assets less liabilities--(10.7)%  (270,940,412)
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCK--100.0% $2,525,973,297

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.

 
 

DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS – (Continued)
JULY 31, 2015
(Unaudited)

 

(a) All or a portion of this security has been pledged as collateral for borrowings and made available for loan.

 

(b) All or a portion of this security has been loaned.

 

The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of that category as a

percentage of the net assets applicable to common stock of the Fund.

 

Note 1. Investment Valuation

 

The Fund's investments are carried at fair value which is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs established to classify fair value measurements for disclosure purposes is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

 

Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risks, etc.)

 

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

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these securities. For more information about the Fund's policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent financial statements contained in its semi-annual report. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each of the Fund's investments at July 31, 2015:

 

   Level 1  Level 2
Common stocks & MLP interests  $2,955,524,277    - 
Preferred stocks   43,548,638    - 
Bonds   -   $497,840,794 
 Total  $2,999,072,915   $497,840,794 

 

There were no Level 3 priced securities held and there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 related to securities held at July 31, 2015. 

 

Note 2. Federal Tax Cost

At October 31, 2014, the Fund's most recent fiscal tax year end, the federal tax cost of investments and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were as follows: 

 

  Unrealized  Unrealized  Net Unrealized 
 Federal Tax Cost  Appreciation  Depreciation  Appreciation 
 $2,866,087,593  $981,028,616  $(61,246,204)  $919,782,412 

 

The difference between the book basis and tax basis of unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and cost of investments is primarily attributable to MLP earnings and basis adjustments, the tax deferral of wash sale losses, the accretion of market discount and amortization of premiums and alternative tax treatment of certain securities.

 

Other information regarding the Fund is available on the Fund's website at www.dnpselectincome.com or the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov. 

 

 

Item 2.  Controls and Procedures.

 

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

 

(b)There has been no change 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 has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99.CERT Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 
 

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.

(Registrant) DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
   
By (Signature and Title) /s/ Nathan I. Partain
  Nathan I. Partain
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
   
Date September 22, 2015
   

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.

By (Signature and Title)  /s/ Nathan I. Partain
  Nathan I. Partain
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
   
Date September 22, 2015
   
By (Signature and Title)  /s/ Alan M. Meder
  Alan M. Meder
  Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
   
Date September 22, 2015