UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 FORM N-PX ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act file number: 811-21593 -------------------------------------------- KAYNE ANDERSON MLP INVESTMENT COMPANY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SECOND FLOOR LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) David J. Shladovsky, Esq. KA Fund Advisors, LLC 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Second Floor Los Angeles, California 90067 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 310-284-6438 ------------ Date of fiscal year-end: November 30 ----------- Date of reporting period: July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008 ---------------------------- Item 1 - Proxy Voting Record - Attached on behalf of Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company PROPOSED BY FOR/ MEETING (I)SSUER OR VOTE HOW AGAINST ISSUER SYMBOL CUSIP DATE MATTER: (S)HRHLDR CAST? VOTED MGMT ------ ------ ----- ------- ------- ----------- ----- ----- ------- Constellation Energy Partners LLC CEP 21038E101 11/2/2007 ELECT: I yes for for Richard Bachmann Richard Langdon John Seitz RATIFY: I yes for for appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent accountants Constellation Energy Partners LLC CEP 21038E101 10/12/2007 APPROVE: I yes for for (a) change in terms of class F units to be convertible into one of their common units and (b) the issuance of additional common units upon such conversion Genesis Energy, L.P. GEL 371927104 12/18/2007 AMEND: I yes for for indenture regarding a direct registration system AMEND: indenture regarding asset sales I yes for for AMEND: I yes for for indenture regarding electronic voting AMEND: I yes for for indenture regarding investments MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. MWE 570759100 2/21/2008 APPROVE: I yes for for plan of redemption and merger by and among MarkWest & MarkWest Hydrocarbon APPROVE: I yes for for issuance of common units of the partnership APPROVE: I yes for for issuance of class A units in the partnership in exchange for the incentive distribution rights and the 2% economic interest of the GP interest in the partnership owned by MarkWest Energy APPROVE: I yes for for the adoption of the 3rd amended and restated agreement of Ltd. Partnership of MarkWest Energy APPROVE: I yes for for adoption of the 08 l-t incentive plan of the partnership APPROVE: I yes for for the adjournment or postponement of the special meeting of unit holders, if necessary, or appropriate to solicit more proxies in insufficient votes are rec'd. MarkWest Hydrocarbon, Inc. MWP 570762104 2/21/2008 APPROVE: I yes for for certificate of amendment of the certificate of incorporation of MarkWest Hydrocarbon APPROVE: I yes for for plan of adoption and merger by and among MarkWest Energy Partners and the Corp.. Dated as of 9/5/07 as such agreement may be amended form time to time APPROVE: I yes for for adjournment or postponement of the special meeting of stockholders if necessary Dorchester Minerals, L.P. DMLP 25820R105 5/13/2008 APPOINT: I yes for for Buford Berry C.W. Russell Ronald Trout Crosstex Energy, Inc. XTXI 22765Y104 5/7/2008 ELECT: I yes for for Barry Davis Robert Murchison RATIFY: I yes for for appointment of KPMG LLP as independent accountants Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. MMP 559080106 5/23/2008 ELECT: I yes for for James Montague Don Wellendorf Legacy Reserves LP LGCY 524707304 5/19/2008 ELECT: I yes for for Cary Brown Kyle McGraw Dale Brown G. Larry Lawrence William Sullivan William Granberry Kyle Vann MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. MWE 570759100 6/4/2008 ELECT: I yes for for John Fox Keith Bailey Michael Beatty Charles Dempster Donald Heppermann William Kellstrom Anne Fox Mounsey William Nicoletti Frank Semple Donald Wolf RATIFY: I yes for for appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the partnership's independent public accountants Copano Energy, L.L.C. CPNO 217202100 5/15/2008 ELECT: I yes for for James Crump Ernie Denner John Eckel, Jr. Scott Griffiths Michael Johnson T. William Porter William Thacker RATIFY: I yes for for appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor Atlas Energy Resources, LLC ATN 049303100 6/13/2008 ELECT: I yes for for Edward Cohen Jonathan Cohen Mathew Jones Richard Weber Walter Jones Ellen Warren Bruce Wolf Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. MMP 559080106 5/23/2008 ELECT: I yes for for James Montague Don Wellendorp Enterprise Products Partners L.P. EPD 293792107 1/29/2008 APPROVE: terms of the Enterprise Products 08 l-t incentive plan which provides for equity based awards to consultants and employees of EPCO I yes for for Pursuant to the requirements of 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 MLP Investment Company (Registrant) By: /s/ Kevin S. McCarthy ------------------------------------------ Kevin S. McCarthy Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Signature and Title) Date: August 22, 2008