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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF
REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment
Company Act file number 811-22106
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure
Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, KS
66211
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
David J.
Schulte
11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, KS
66211
(Name
and address of agent for service)
913-981-1020
Registrant's telephone number, including
area code
Date of fiscal
year end: November 30
Date of
reporting period: November 30,
2009
Item 1. Report to
Stockholders.
Company at a
Glance
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure
Fund, Inc. (NYSE: TPZ) invests in a portfolio of fixed income and equity
securities issued by power and energy infrastructure companies. The Fund’s goal
is to provide stockholders a high level of current income, with a secondary
objective of capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to invest in a portfolio of
companies that provide stable and defensive characteristics throughout economic
cycles.
Infrastructure Asset
Class
Increasingly,
institutions have allocated a portion of their investment portfolio to
infrastructure due to its desirable investment characteristics, which
include:
- Long-term stable asset class
with low historical volatility
- Attractive risk-adjusted
returns
- Investment diversification
through low historical correlation with other asset classes
- A potential inflation hedge
through equity investments
For Investors Seeking
- A fund which invests in the
historically stable and defensive power and energy infrastructure sectors
- Monthly distributions
- Fund invested in fixed income
securities with low volatility and more safety as well as MLPs for growth
- One Form 1099 per stockholder
at the end of the year, thus avoiding multiple K-1s and multiple state filings related to
individual MLP partnership investments
Power and Energy Infrastructure Operations
At the heart of the
infrastructure asset class is power and energy infrastructure, illustrated in
the box below:
Power Infrastructure —
The ownership and
operation of asset systems that provide electric power generation (including
renewable energy), transmission and distribution.
Energy Infrastructure —
The ownership and
operation of a network of pipeline assets to transport, store, gather, and/or
process crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas or natural gas
liquids (including renewable energy).
January 19,
2010
Dear Stockholders,
We believe the
merits of investing in securities issued by power and energy infrastructure
companies are compelling for income-oriented investors. These companies operate
critical networks of power generation, transmission and distribution assets and
interconnected crude oil, natural gas and refined products pipeline assets. The
underlying assets transport vital electricity and energy commodities from areas
where they are found or generated, to the consumer. The reliability of these
networks is essential — not only to other infrastructure systems, but to the
functioning of the economy. In addition, the power and energy infrastructure
businesses targeted by TPZ characteristically exhibit pricing mechanisms and
revenue models that dampen their volatility and their sensitivity to commodity
prices in general. We expect that these assets will remain a crucial factor in
the functioning of U.S. business and commerce for decades to come.
Power and Energy Infrastructure
Investment Overview and Outlook
After enduring
disappointing performance in both the bond and stock market in 2008, largely
driven by recessionary forces, selling pressures, a major credit crunch and
unprecedented commodity price swings, we entered 2009 with investor appetite
refocused on quality and yield. We felt that power and energy infrastructure
companies provided the investment characteristics investors were seeking and
offered exceptional value and quality.
Based on the
results, our thesis proved to be correct. For comparative purposes, we created a
TPZ Benchmark Index* of blended power and energy, debt and equity securities,
which had a total return of 8.30 percent during the period.
We attribute this
robust performance to resilient MLP business fundamentals, the elimination of
acute technical selling pressure from hedge fund redemptions and the unwinding
of the total return swap market in the fall of 2008, increased economic optimism
which resulted in a general tightening of yield spreads across the board and
improved capital markets.
In 2010, we believe
electricity demand will remain stable along with economic activity and the
performance of crude oil and refined products pipelines will remain steady based
on their fee-based revenue models. We expect liquids and natural gas pipelines
to continue to exhibit stable cash flow with modest growth as these companies
continue to offer low commodity price exposure, modest leverage ratios, ample
liquidity and adequate distribution coverage. We believe gathering and
processing business fundamentals will benefit from a higher commodity price
environment and will continue to stabilize as the economy improves.
Performance Review
Our total return
based on market value, including the reinvestment of distributions, was -2.2
percent since our inception on July 29, 2009 through Nov. 30, 2009. Our total
return based on NAV, including reinvestment of distributions, was 4.8 percent
for the same period. From inception date through Dec. 31, 2009, the fund’s total
return based on market value, including the reinvestment of distributions, was
4.03 percent and the total return based on NAV, including reinvestment of
distributions was 10.7 percent.
Beginning Sept. 30,
2009, we have paid monthly distributions equal to $0.125 per share or $1.50
annualized. These distributions reflect a 7.5 percent yield on the IPO price of
$20 per share, and represented an annualized yield of 7.8 percent based on the
closing price of $19.18 on Nov. 30, 2009. We expect to maintain monthly
distributions of $0.125 per share in 2010. For the calendar year 2009, 57
percent of distributions are characterized as ordinary dividend income and the
remainder as return of capital. The return of capital component is treated as a
reduction to a stockholder’s tax basis.
Leverage Review
In employing
leverage, including bank debt and senior notes, we seek to increase long-term
return to our stockholders. As of Dec. 31, 2009, TPZ’s leverage consisted of a
$20 million fixed rate note and a $10.9 million balance on its line of credit,
which combined was 18.0 percent of total assets, below our long-term leverage
target of 20 percent.
Conclusion
We believe that the
regulated nature and long lives of TPZ’s assets makes them relatively stable
through economic cycles, and provides a hedge against inflation. Given their
demonstrated resilient business models, we believe power and energy
infrastructure companies are positioned for strength in the coming year.
We look forward to
a promising 2010.
Sincerely,
The
Managing Directors
Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.
The adviser to Tortoise Power and Energy
Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
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H. Kevin Birzer |
Zachary A. Hamel |
Kenneth P. Malvey |
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Terry Matlack |
David J. Schulte |
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*TPZ Benchmark Index includes Merrill
Lynch U.S. Corporates, Energy debt index “CIEN,” Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporates,
Electric Utility Power debt index “CUEL” and the Tortoise MLP Total Return Index
“TMLP.”
(Unaudited)
Key
Financial Data (Supplemental Unaudited
Information) (dollar amounts in thousands unless otherwise
indicated) |
The information presented below regarding
Distributable Cash Flow and Selected Operating Ratios is supplemental non-GAAP
financial information, which we believe is meaningful to understanding our
operating performance. The Selected Operating Ratios are the functional
equivalent of EBITDA for non-investment companies, and we believe they are an
important supplemental measure of performance and promote comparisons from
period-to-period. Supplemental non-GAAP measures should be read in conjunction
with our full financial statements.
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Period from |
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July 31, 2009
through |
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November 30, |
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2009 |
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2009 |
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Q3(1) |
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Q4(2) |
Total Income from
Investments |
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Interest earned on
corporate bonds |
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$ |
1,797 |
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$ |
164 |
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$ |
1,633 |
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Distributions received
from master limited partnerships |
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1,046 |
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152 |
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894 |
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Dividends paid in
stock |
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584 |
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16 |
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568 |
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Interest and dividend
income |
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29 |
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25 |
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4 |
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Total
from investments |
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3,456 |
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357 |
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3,099 |
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Operating Expenses Before Leverage
Costs |
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Advisory fees, net of
expense reimbursement |
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405 |
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91 |
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314 |
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Other operating
expenses |
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213 |
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51 |
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162 |
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618 |
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142 |
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476 |
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Distributable cash flow
before leverage costs |
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2,838 |
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215 |
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2,623 |
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Leverage costs(3) |
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187 |
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— |
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187 |
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Distributable Cash Flow(4) |
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$ |
2,651 |
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$ |
215 |
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$ |
2,436 |
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Distributions paid on common
stock |
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$ |
2,577 |
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$ |
— |
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$ |
2,577 |
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Distributions paid on common stock per share |
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0.375 |
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— |
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0.375 |
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Payout percentage for period(5) |
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97.2 |
% |
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— |
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105.8 |
% |
Net realized gain on investments |
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104 |
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— |
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104 |
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Total assets, end of
period |
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173,997 |
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135,519 |
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173,997 |
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Average total assets during period(6) |
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153,210 |
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133,251 |
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158,766 |
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Leverage (long-term debt
obligations and short-term borrowings)(7) |
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31,300 |
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— |
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31,300 |
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Leverage as a percent of total assets |
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18.0 |
% |
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— |
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18.0 |
% |
Net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation), end of period |
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11,641 |
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(463 |
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11,641 |
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Net assets, end of period |
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141,789 |
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130,278 |
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141,789 |
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Average net assets during
period(8) |
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134,521 |
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130,234 |
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136,028 |
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Net asset value per common share |
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20.55 |
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19.00 |
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20.55 |
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Market value per common
share |
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19.18 |
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20.00 |
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19.18 |
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Shares outstanding |
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6,898,481 |
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6,856,073 |
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6,898,481 |
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Selected Operating Ratios(9) |
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As a Percent of Average Total
Assets |
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Total distributions
received from investments |
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6.69 |
% |
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N/M |
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7.83 |
% |
Operating expenses before
leverage costs |
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1.20 |
% |
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N/M |
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1.20 |
% |
Distributable cash flow
before leverage costs |
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5.49 |
% |
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N/M |
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6.63 |
% |
As a Percent of Average Net
Assets |
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Distributable cash
flow(4) |
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5.85 |
% |
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N/M |
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7.18 |
% |
(1) |
Represents the period from July 31,
2009 (commencement of operations) through August 31,
2009. |
(2) |
Q4 is the period from September
through November. |
(3) |
Leverage costs include interest
expense and interest rate swap expenses. |
(4) |
“Net investment income” on the
Statement of Operations is adjusted as follows to reconcile to
Distributable Cash Flow (DCF): increased by the return of capital on MLP
distributions, the value of paid-in-kind distributions, non-recurring
agent fees and amortization of debt issuance costs; and decreased by
realized and unrealized gains (losses) on interest rate swap
settlements. |
(5) |
Distributions paid as a percentage
of Distributable Cash Flow. |
(6) |
Computed by averaging month-end
values within each period. |
(7) |
The balance on the short-term
credit facility was $11,300,000 as of November 30,
2009. |
(8) |
Computed by averaging daily values
within each period. |
(9) |
Annualized for periods less than
one full year. Operating ratios contained in our Financial Highlights are
based on net assets. Ratios for Q3 are not meaningful due to partial
reporting period. |
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Tortoise
Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund,
Inc.
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Management’s Discussion (Unaudited) |
Management’s
Discussion
The information contained in this section
should be read in conjunction with our Financial Statements and the Notes
thereto. In addition, this report contains certain forward-looking statements.
These statements include the plans and objectives of management for future
operations and financial objectives and can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,”
“anticipate,” “estimate,” or “continue” or the negative thereof or other
variations thereon or comparable terminology. These forward- looking statements
are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and
conditions. Certain factors that could cause actual results and conditions to
differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements are
set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of our public filings with the SEC.
Overview
Tortoise Power and
Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc.’s (“TPZ”) primary investment objective is to
provide a high level of current income, with a secondary objective of capital
appreciation. We seek to provide our stockholders a vehicle to invest in a
portfolio consisting primarily of securities issued by power and energy
infrastructure companies. Power infrastructure operations use asset systems to
provide electric power generation (including renewable energy), transmission and
distribution. Energy infrastructure operations use a network of pipeline assets
to transport, store, gather and/or process crude oil, refined petroleum products
(including biodiesel and ethanol), natural gas or natural gas liquids. We
believe the power and energy infrastructure sector provides stable and defensive
characteristics throughout economic cycles. A majority of our investments are in
fixed income securities with equities providing growth potential.
TPZ is a registered
non-diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and expects to qualify as a
regulated investment company (“RIC”) under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”). Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (the “Adviser”)
serves as investment adviser.
Company Update
TPZ completed its
initial public offering and commenced operations on July 31, 2009. We issued
6,850,000 shares at $20.00 per share for net proceeds after expenses of
approximately $131 million. The initial proceeds were fully invested as of
mid-September with approximately $30 million of leverage fully invested as of
mid-October. During the 4th quarter, we issued $20 million of private placement
notes and established a current monthly distribution of $0.125 per share,
representing an annual yield of 7.50 percent based on the $20.00 offering price.
Additional information on these events and results of our operations are
discussed in more detail below.
Critical Accounting
Policies
The financial
statements are based on the selection and application of critical accounting
policies, which require management to make significant estimates and
assumptions. Critical accounting policies are those that are both important to
the presentation of our financial condition and results of operations and
require management’s most difficult, complex, or subjective judgments. Our
critical accounting policies are those applicable to the valuation of
investments and certain
revenue recognition matters as discussed in Note 2 in the Notes to Financial
Statements.
Determining Distributions to
Stockholders
Our portfolio
generates cash flow from which we pay distributions to stockholders. We pay
monthly distributions out of our DCF. Our Board of Directors reviews the
distribution rate quarterly, and may adjust the monthly distributions throughout
the year. On an annual basis, we intend to distribute capital gains realized
during the fiscal year in the last fiscal quarter.
Determining DCF
DCF is simply
income from investments less expenses. Income from investments includes the
accrued interest from corporate bonds, cash distributions and paid-in-kind
distributions from MLPs and related companies and dividends earned from
short-term investments. The total expenses include current or anticipated
operating expenses and leverage costs. Each are summarized for you in the table
on page 2 and discussed in more detail below.
The Key Financial
Data table discloses the calculation of DCF. The difference between income from
investments in the DCF calculation and total investment income as reported in
the Statement of Operations, is reconciled as follows: (1) the Statement of
Operations, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP), recognizes distribution income from MLPs and common stock on their
ex-dates, whereas the DCF calculation reflects distribution income on their pay
dates; (2) GAAP recognizes that a significant portion of the cash distributions
received from MLPs are characterized as a return of capital and therefore
excluded from investment income, whereas the DCF calculation includes the return
of capital; (3) income from investments in the DCF calculation includes the
value of dividends paid-in-kind (additional stock or MLP units), whereas such
amounts are not included as income for GAAP purposes. The treatment of expenses
in the DCF calculation also differs from what is reported in the Statement of
Operations. In addition to the total operating expenses as disclosed in the
Statement of Operations, the DCF calculation reflects interest expense and
realized and unrealized gains (losses) on interest rate swap settlements as
leverage costs.
Income from
Investments
We seek to achieve
our investment objectives by investing in income-producing fixed income and
equity securities of companies that we believe offer attractive distribution
rates. We evaluate each holding based upon its contribution to our investment
income and its risk relative to other potential investments.
Total income from
investments for the 4th quarter 2009 was approximately $3.1 million. This does
not reflect a full quarter of income from our portfolio as full investment of
our IPO proceeds and leverage was not completed until mid-October.
Expenses
We incur two types
of expenses: (1) operating expenses, consisting primarily of the advisory fee;
and (2) leverage costs. On a percentage basis, operating expenses before
leverage costs were an annualized 1.20 percent of average total assets for the
4th quarter. We anticipate that this ratio will be lower in subsequent quarters,
as a full year of certain annual fixed costs were expensed in the initial stub
period.
Management’s Discussion (Unaudited) (Continued) |
While the
contractual advisory fee is 0.95 percent of average monthly managed assets, the
Adviser has agreed to waive an amount equal to 0.15 percent of average monthly
managed assets for year 1, 0.10 percent of average monthly managed assets for
year 2 and 0.05 percent of average monthly managed assets for year 3 following
the closing of the initial public offering.
Leverage costs
consist of two major components: (1) the direct interest expense, which will
vary from period to period, as our senior notes and revolving credit facility
have variable rates of interest; and (2) the realized and unrealized gain or
loss on our interest rate swap settlements. Detailed information on our senior
notes and revolving credit facility is included in the Liquidity and Capital
Resources section below.
As indicated in
Note 10 of our Notes to Financial Statements, we have entered into $27 million
notional amount of interest rate swap contracts with Wachovia Bank in an attempt
to reduce a portion of the interest rate risk arising from our leveraged capital
structure. TPZ has agreed to pay Wachovia Bank a fixed rate while receiving a
floating rate based upon the 1-month or 3-month U.S. Dollar London Interbank
Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The spread between the fixed swap rate and LIBOR is
reflected in our Statement of Operations as a realized or unrealized gain when
LIBOR exceeds the fixed rate (Wachovia Bank pays TPZ the net difference) or a
realized or unrealized loss when the fixed rate exceeds LIBOR (TPZ pays Wachovia
Bank the net difference). The interest rate swap contracts have a weighted
average fixed rate of 2.13 percent and weighted average maturity of
approximately 3.2 years.
Total leverage
costs for DCF purposes were approximately $187,000 for the 4th quarter. This
includes interest expense on our senior notes and bank credit facility and
accrued swap settlement costs. The average annualized total cost of leverage
(total leverage costs divided by average outstanding leverage) was 3.45 percent
for 4th quarter 2009. This does not reflect a full quarter of expense on our
leverage as borrowings were made throughout the quarter.
Distributable Cash
Flow
For 4th quarter
2009, our DCF was approximately $2.4 million and is the net result of the income
and expenses as outlined above. This does not reflect our full run-rate DCF as
our total proceeds, including leverage, were not fully invested until
mid-October.
On September 14,
2009, we declared initial monthly distributions for the fourth fiscal quarter of
$0.125 per share.
Liquidity And Capital
Resources
We had total assets
of $174 million at year end. Our total assets reflect the value of our
investments, which are itemized in the Schedule of Investments. It also reflects
cash, interest and receivables and any expenses that may have been prepaid.
During the 4th quarter 2009, total assets increased from $136 million to $174
million, an increase of $38 million. This change was primarily the result of the
issuance and investment of approximately $30 million in leverage, and net
realized and unrealized gain on investments of approximately $11.4 million
during the quarter (excluding return of capital on distributions received during
the quarter) less the sale of approximately $5 million in short-term securities
to settle outstanding trades at August 31, 2009.
On November 6,
2009, we issued $20 million aggregate principal amount of Series A senior notes
in a private placement. The notes pay a floating rate of LIBOR plus 1.87 percent
and are due on November 6, 2014. We used the net proceeds from the notes
issuance to reduce the outstanding balance on our bank credit facility. Further,
we reduced the availability of our credit facility to $18 million from $35
million to align with our expected needs for the year.
Total leverage
outstanding at November 30, 2009 of $31.3 million is comprised of $20 million
floating rate senior notes and $11.3 million outstanding on our bank credit
facility. Through the utilization of our interest rate swaps, we have
essentially fixed the rate on approximately 86 percent of our leverage with the
remaining 14 percent floating based upon short-term LIBOR. Total leverage
represented 18 percent of total assets. We have established a long-term leverage
target ratio of up to 20 percent of total assets at time of
incurrence.
We use leverage to
acquire investments consistent with our investment philosophy. The terms of our
leverage are governed by regulatory asset coverage requirements that arise from
the use of leverage. Under the 1940 Act, we may not pay distributions to our
common stockholders if we do not meet a 300 percent asset coverage ratio for
debt after payment of the distribution. Under the agreement with our bank
lenders, if portfolio values decline such that we no longer meet the required
acceptable asset base, we must repay a portion of our bank line until we meet
the requirement.
As disclosed in
Section 18 of the 1940 Act, the 300 percent asset coverage ratio for debt is
equal to total assets less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by
debt divided by debt.
Taxation of our
Distributions
We expect that
distributions paid on common shares will generally consist of: (i) investment
company taxable income (which includes, among other items, taxable interest and
the excess of any short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses);
(ii) long-term capital gain (net gain from the sale of a capital asset held
longer than 12 months over net short-term capital losses) and (iii) return of
capital.
We intend to
distribute all capital gains, if any, at least annually. If, however, we elect
to retain any capital gains, we will be subject to U.S. capital gains taxes. The
payment of those taxes will flow-through to stockholders as a tax credit to
apply against their U.S. income tax payable on the deemed distribution of the
retained capital gain.
For tax purposes,
distributions paid to common stockholders for the calendar year ended December
31, 2009 were comprised of 57 percent ordinary income (none of which is
qualified dividend income) and 43 percent return of capital. This information
will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099-DIV and is available on our web
site at www.tortoiseadvisors.com.
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Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund,
Inc.
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Schedule of Investments November 30,
2009 |
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Principal |
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Amount/Shares |
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Fair
Value |
Corporate Bonds — 70.6%(1) |
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Crude/Refined Products Pipelines — 1.5%(1) |
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Kinder Morgan Finance
Co., |
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5.700%, 01/05/2016 |
$ |
2,250,000 |
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$ |
2,115,000 |
Natural Gas/Natural Gas Liquids Pipelines — 21.4%(1) |
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CenterPoint Energy, Inc., 6.500%,
05/01/2018 |
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5,000,000 |
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5,263,680 |
El Paso Corp., 12.000%,
12/12/2013 |
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4,000,000 |
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4,570,000 |
Midcontinent Express Pipeline
LLC, |
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6.700%, 09/15/2019(2) |
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5,000,000 |
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5,107,200 |
Southern Star Central Corp.,
6.750%, |
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03/01/2016 |
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2,395,000 |
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2,287,225 |
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline,
Inc., |
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6.000%, 06/01/2016(2) |
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2,000,000 |
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1,890,000 |
TransCanada Pipelines Limited,
6.350%, |
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05/15/2067 |
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6,000,000 |
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5,614,182 |
The Williams Companies, Inc.,
8.750%, |
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03/15/2032 |
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2,000,000 |
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2,341,154 |
The Williams Companies, Inc.,
7.625%, |
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07/15/2019 |
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3,000,000 |
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3,305,676 |
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30,379,117 |
Natural Gas Gathering/Processing — 6.2%(1) |
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DCP Midstream LLC, 9.750%,
03/15/2019(2) |
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
4,878,816 |
Targa Resources, Inc., 8.500%,
11/01/2013 |
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
3,920,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
8,798,816 |
Oil
and Gas Exploration and Production — 3.6%(1) |
|
|
|
Newfield Exploration Co., 7.125%,
05/15/2018 |
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
1,002,500 |
Pioneer Natural Resources
Co., |
|
|
|
|
|
6.875%, 05/01/2018 |
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
1,934,812 |
Plains Exploration & Production
Co., |
|
|
|
|
|
10.000%, 03/01/2016 |
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
2,145,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
5,082,312 |
Oilfield Services —
2.4%(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
Pride International, Inc., 8.500%,
06/15/2019 |
|
3,000,000 |
|
|
3,322,500 |
Power/Utility —
32.6%(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
Ameren Corp., 8.875%,
05/15/2014 |
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
2,262,648 |
CMS Energy Corp., 8.750%,
06/15/2019 |
|
4,185,000 |
|
|
4,603,500 |
Dominion Resources, Inc., 8.375%,
06/15/2064 |
|
183,000 |
|
|
5,063,610 |
DTE Energy Co., 6.375%,
04/15/2033 |
|
2,340,000 |
|
|
2,211,122 |
FPL Group Capital, Inc., 6.650%,
06/15/2067 |
|
1,029,000 |
|
|
954,398 |
Illinois Power Co., 9.750%,
11/15/2018 |
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
2,569,592 |
IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., 7.250%,
04/01/2016(2) |
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
1,995,000 |
NiSource Finance Corp., 10.750%,
03/15/2016 |
|
5,000,000 |
|
|
6,047,970 |
North American Energy Alliance
LLC, |
|
|
|
|
|
10.875%,
06/01/2016(2) |
|
2,800,000 |
|
|
2,919,000 |
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.500%,
06/15/2019 |
|
5,000,000 |
|
|
5,050,000 |
NV Energy, Inc., 6.750%,
08/15/2017 |
|
5,000,000 |
|
|
4,966,545 |
PPL Capital Funding, Inc., 6.700%,
03/30/2067 |
|
6,000,000 |
|
|
5,205,000 |
Puget Sound Energy, Inc., 6.974%,
06/01/2067 |
|
1,300,000 |
|
|
1,145,105 |
Wisconsin Energy Corp., 6.250%,
05/15/2067 |
|
1,450,000 |
|
|
1,279,625 |
|
|
|
|
|
46,273,115 |
Refining — 2.9%(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
Frontier Oil Corp., 8.500%,
09/15/2016 |
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
2,045,000 |
Holly Corp., 9.875%, 06/15/2017(2) |
|
2,000,000 |
|
|
2,075,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
4,120,000 |
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost
$96,771,711) |
|
|
|
|
100,090,860 |
Schedule of Investments November 30,
2009 |
(Continued)
|
|
Shares |
|
Fair
Value |
Master Limited
Partnerships |
|
|
|
|
|
and Related
Companies — 50.6%(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crude/Refined
Products Pipelines — 24.7%(1) |
|
|
|
|
Buckeye Partners, L.P. |
25,300 |
|
$ |
1,333,310 |
|
Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C.(3) |
279,042 |
|
|
13,628,420 |
|
Holly Energy Partners, L.P. |
27,549 |
|
|
1,011,048 |
|
Kinder Morgan Management, LLC(3)(4) |
277,304 |
|
|
13,940,084 |
|
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. |
21,600 |
|
|
887,760 |
|
NuStar Energy L.P. |
32,600 |
|
|
1,709,870 |
|
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. |
16,500 |
|
|
834,900 |
|
Sunoco Logistics Partners
L.P. |
26,481 |
|
|
1,635,202 |
|
|
|
|
|
34,980,594 |
|
Natural
Gas/Natural Gas Liquids Pipelines — 15.3%(1) |
|
|
|
|
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP |
120,000 |
|
|
3,387,600 |
|
Duncan Energy Partners
L.P. |
243,900 |
|
|
5,480,433 |
|
El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. |
35,600 |
|
|
843,720 |
|
Energy Transfer Equity,
L.P. |
37,600 |
|
|
1,109,200 |
|
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. |
107,700 |
|
|
4,662,333 |
|
Enterprise Products Partners
L.P. |
33,600 |
|
|
1,000,944 |
|
ONEOK Partners, L.P. |
66,600 |
|
|
3,908,754 |
|
Spectra Energy Partners,
LP |
26,960 |
|
|
747,601 |
|
Williams Pipeline Partners L.P. |
23,645 |
|
|
516,643 |
|
|
|
|
|
21,657,228 |
|
Natural Gas Gathering/Processing — 5.9%(1) |
|
|
|
|
Copano Energy, L.L.C. |
93,200 |
|
|
1,882,640 |
|
DCP Midstream Partners, LP |
85,200 |
|
|
2,141,928 |
|
MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. |
56,700 |
|
|
1,454,355 |
|
Targa Resources Partners LP |
132,417 |
|
|
2,645,692 |
|
Western Gas Partners LP |
15,300 |
|
|
297,432 |
|
|
|
|
|
8,422,047 |
|
Propane Distribution —
4.7%(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
Inergy, L.P. |
200,900 |
|
|
6,641,754 |
|
Total
Master Limited Partnerships |
|
|
|
|
|
and Related Companies (Cost
$62,981,270) |
|
|
|
71,701,623 |
|
Short-Term
Investment — 0.0%(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Company — 0.0%(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
Fidelity Institutional Government Portfolio — |
|
|
|
|
|
Class
I, 0.07%(5) (Cost $32,891) |
32,891 |
|
|
32,891 |
|
Total Investments — 121.2%(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $159,785,872) |
|
|
|
171,825,374 |
|
Long-Term Debt Obligations —
(14.1%)(1) |
|
|
|
(20,000,000 |
) |
Interest Rate Swap Contracts — (0.3%)(1) |
|
|
|
|
|
$27,000,000 notional — Unrealized Depreciation(6) |
|
|
|
(398,111 |
) |
Other Assets and Liabilities — (6.8%)(1) |
|
|
|
(9,637,889 |
) |
Total Net Assets
Applicable to |
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stockholders — 100.0%(1) |
|
|
$ |
141,789,374 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Calculated as a percentage of net
assets applicable to common stockholders. |
(2) |
|
Restricted securities have been
fair valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of
Directors and have a total fair value of $18,865,016, which represents
13.3% of net assets. |
|
|
See Note 7 to the financial
statements for further disclosure. |
(3) |
|
Security distributions are
paid-in-kind. |
(4) |
|
All or a portion of the security is
segregated as collateral for the unrealized depreciation of interest rate
swap contracts. |
(5) |
|
Rate indicated is the current yield
as of November 30, 2009. |
(6) |
|
See Note 10 of the financial
statements for further disclosure. |
See accompanying Notes to Financial
Statements.
6
|
|
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund,
Inc.
|
Statement of Assets & Liabilities November 30,
2009 |
Assets |
|
|
|
Investments
at fair value (cost $159,785,872) |
$ |
171,825,374 |
|
Receivable for Adviser expense
reimbursement |
|
42,217 |
|
Accrued interest and dividend
receivable |
|
1,896,627 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other
assets |
|
232,433 |
|
Total assets |
|
173,996,651 |
|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
Payable to Adviser |
|
267,376 |
|
Accrued expenses and other
liabilities |
|
241,790 |
|
Unrealized depreciation of interest
rate swap contracts |
|
398,111 |
|
Short-term borrowings |
|
11,300,000 |
|
Long-term debt
obligations |
|
20,000,000 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
32,207,277 |
|
Net assets applicable to common
stockholders |
$ |
141,789,374 |
|
Net Assets
Applicable to Common Stockholders Consist of: |
|
|
|
Capital stock, $0.001 par value;
6,898,481 shares issued |
|
|
|
and outstanding (100,000,000 shares
authorized) |
$ |
6,898 |
|
Additional paid-in
capital |
|
129,999,221 |
|
Undistributed net investment
income |
|
141,864 |
|
Undistributed realized
gain |
|
— |
|
Net unrealized appreciation of
investments and |
|
|
|
interest rate swap
contracts |
|
11,641,391 |
|
Net assets applicable to common
stockholders |
$ |
141,789,374 |
|
Net Asset Value per common share
outstanding |
|
|
|
(net assets applicable to common
stock, |
|
|
|
divided by common shares
outstanding) |
$ |
20.55 |
|
|
|
|
|
Statement of Operations Period from July 31, 2009(1) through
November 30, 2009 |
Investment
Income |
|
|
|
Distributions
from master limited partnerships |
$ |
1,046,553 |
|
Less return of capital on
distributions |
|
(904,239 |
) |
Net distributions from master limited
partnerships |
|
142,314 |
|
Interest
from corporate bonds |
|
1,797,342 |
|
Dividends from money market mutual
funds |
|
29,113 |
|
Total Investment
Income |
|
1,968,769 |
|
Operating
Expenses |
|
|
|
Advisory fees |
|
481,318 |
|
Professional fees |
|
71,652 |
|
Reports to stockholders |
|
39,200 |
|
Registration fees |
|
30,526 |
|
Directors’ fees |
|
30,270 |
|
Administrator fees |
|
20,266 |
|
Fund accounting fees |
|
7,983 |
|
Custodian fees and expenses |
|
5,759 |
|
Stock transfer agent fees |
|
5,584 |
|
Other expenses |
|
843 |
|
Total Operating
Expenses |
|
693,401 |
|
Interest expense |
|
192,379 |
|
Amortization of debt issuance
costs |
|
2,547 |
|
Total Interest and Debt
Issuance Fees |
|
194,926 |
|
Total
Expenses |
|
888,327 |
|
Less expense reimbursement by
Adviser |
|
(75,998 |
) |
Net
Expenses |
|
812,329 |
|
Net Investment
Income |
|
1,156,440 |
|
Realized and
Unrealized Gain on Investments |
|
|
|
and Interest Rate
Swaps |
|
|
|
Net realized gain on investments |
|
103,903 |
|
Net unrealized appreciation of
investments |
|
12,039,502 |
|
Net unrealized depreciation of interest
rate swap contracts |
|
(398,111 |
) |
Net unrealized appreciation of investments
and |
|
|
|
interest
rate swap contracts |
|
11,641,391 |
|
Net Realized and
Unrealized Gain on Investments |
|
|
|
and Interest Rate
Swaps |
|
11,745,294 |
|
Net Increase in
Net Assets Applicable to Common |
|
|
|
Stockholders Resulting from
Operations |
$ |
12,901,734 |
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Commencement of
Operations.
See accompanying Notes to Financial
Statements.
Statement of Changes in Net
Assets Period from July 31, 2009(1) through
November 30, 2009 |
Operations |
|
|
|
Net investment income |
$ |
1,156,440 |
|
Net
realized gain on investments |
|
103,903 |
|
Net unrealized appreciation of
investments and |
|
|
|
interest
rate swap contracts |
|
11,641,391 |
|
Net
increase in net assets applicable to |
|
|
|
common
stockholders resulting from operations |
|
12,901,734 |
|
Distributions to Common
Stockholders |
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
|
(1,082,394 |
) |
Return of capital |
|
(1,494,360 |
) |
Total
distributions to common stockholders |
|
(2,576,754 |
) |
Capital Stock
Transactions |
|
|
|
Proceeds from initial public offering
of |
|
|
|
6,850,000
common shares |
|
137,000,000 |
|
Underwriting discounts and offering
expenses |
|
|
|
associated
with the issuance of common stock |
|
(6,439,000 |
) |
Issuance of 42,408 common shares
from |
|
|
|
reinvestment
of distributions to stockholders |
|
794,479 |
|
Net
increase in net assets, applicable to |
|
|
|
common
stockholders, from capital stock transactions |
|
131,355,479 |
|
Total
increase in net assets applicable to common stockholders |
|
141,680,459 |
|
Net Assets |
|
|
|
Beginning of period |
|
108,915 |
|
End of period |
$ |
141,789,374 |
|
Undistributed net investment income,
at the end of period |
$ |
141,864 |
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Commencement of
Operations.
Statement of Cash
Flows Period from July 31, 2009(1) through
November 30, 2009 |
Cash Flows From Operating
Activities |
|
|
|
Distributions received from master
limited partnerships |
$ |
1,046,553 |
|
Interest and dividend income
received |
|
1,795,853 |
|
Purchases of long-term
investments |
|
(164,939,778 |
) |
Proceeds from sales of long-term
investments |
|
4,321,158 |
|
Purchases of short-term investments,
net |
|
(32,891 |
) |
Interest paid on securities
purchased, net |
|
(1,800,720 |
) |
Interest expense paid |
|
(178,197 |
) |
Operating expenses paid |
|
(294,690 |
) |
Net
cash used in operating activities |
|
(160,082,712 |
) |
Cash Flows From Financing
Activities |
|
|
|
Advances from revolving line of
credit |
|
35,400,000 |
|
Repayments on revolving line of
credit |
|
(24,100,000 |
) |
Issuance of common stock |
|
137,000,000 |
|
Issuance of long-term debt
obligations |
|
20,000,000 |
|
Common stock issuance costs |
|
(6,439,000 |
) |
Debt
issuance costs |
|
(141,033 |
) |
Distributions paid to common
stockholders |
|
(1,782,255 |
) |
Net
cash provided by financing activities |
|
159,937,712 |
|
Net change in cash |
|
(145,000 |
) |
Cash
— beginning of period |
|
145,000 |
|
Cash — end of period |
$ |
— |
|
Reconciliation of net increase in
net assets applicable to |
|
|
|
common stockholders resulting
from operations to net cash |
|
|
used in operating
activities |
|
|
|
Net increase in net assets applicable
to common |
|
|
|
stockholders
resulting from operations |
$ |
12,901,734 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net increase
in net assets |
|
|
|
applicable
to common stockholders resulting from |
|
|
|
operations
to net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
Purchases
of long-term investments |
|
(164,939,778 |
) |
Return
of capital on distributions received |
|
904,239 |
|
Proceeds
from sales of long-term investments |
|
4,321,158 |
|
Purchases
of short-term investments, net |
|
(32,891 |
) |
Net
unrealized appreciation of investments and |
|
|
|
interest
rate swap contracts |
|
(11,641,391 |
) |
Net
realized gain on investments |
|
(103,903 |
) |
Amortization
of market premium, net |
|
65,306 |
|
Amortization
of debt issuance costs |
|
2,547 |
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
Increase
in interest and dividend receivable |
|
(1,896,627 |
) |
Increase
in prepaid expenses and other assets |
|
(48,947 |
) |
Increase
in payable to Adviser, net of |
|
|
|
expense
reimbursement |
|
198,914 |
|
Increase
in accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
186,927 |
|
Total
adjustments |
|
(172,984,446 |
) |
Net cash used in operating
activities |
$ |
(160,082,712 |
) |
Non-Cash Financing
Activities |
|
|
|
Reinvestment of distributions by
common stockholders |
|
|
|
in
additional common shares |
$ |
794,479 |
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Commencement of
Operations.
See accompanying Notes to Financial
Statements.
8
|
|
Tortoise
Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund,
Inc.
|
Financial
Highlights Period from July 31, 2009(1) through
November 30, 2009 |
Per Common Share Data(2) |
|
|
|
Public offering price |
$ |
20.00 |
|
Underwriting discounts and offering
costs on issuance of common stock |
|
(0.94 |
) |
Income from Investment
Operations: |
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
|
0.17 |
|
Net
unrealized appreciation of investments and interest rate swap
contracts |
|
1.70 |
|
Total
increase from investment operations |
|
1.87 |
|
Less Distributions to Common
Stockholders: |
|
|
|
Net
investment income |
|
(0.16 |
) |
Return
of capital |
|
(0.22 |
) |
Total
distributions to common stockholders |
|
(0.38 |
) |
Net Asset Value, end of
period |
$ |
20.55 |
|
Per
common share market value, end of period |
$ |
19.18 |
|
Total Investment Return Based on
Market Value(3) |
|
(2.17 |
)% |
Total
Investment Return Based on Net Asset Value(4) |
|
4.82 |
% |
|
|
|
|
Supplemental Data and
Ratios |
|
|
|
Net assets applicable to common
stockholders, end of period (000’s) |
$ |
141,789 |
|
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets before waiver(5) |
|
1.96 |
% |
Ratio of expenses to average net
assets after waiver(5) |
|
1.79 |
% |
Ratio
of net investment income to average net assets before waiver(5) |
|
2.38 |
% |
Ratio of net investment income to
average net assets after waiver(5) |
|
2.55 |
% |
Portfolio turnover rate(5) |
|
2.97 |
% |
Short-term borrowings, end of period
(000’s) |
$ |
11,300 |
|
Long-term debt obligations, end of
period (000’s) |
$ |
20,000 |
|
Per common share amount of long-term
debt obligations outstanding, at end of period |
$ |
2.90 |
|
Per
common share amount of net assets, excluding long-term debt obligations,
at end of period |
$ |
23.45 |
|
Asset coverage, per $1,000 of
principal amount of long-term debt obligations and short-term
borrowings(6) |
$ |
5,530 |
|
Asset
coverage ratio of long-term debt obligations and short-term
borrowings(6) |
|
553 |
% |
(1) |
Commencement of
Operations. |
(2) |
Information presented relates to a
share of common stock outstanding for the entire
period. |
(3) |
Not annualized. Total investment
return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock at the initial
public offering price and a sale at the closing price on the last day of
the period reported (excluding brokerage commissions). The calculation
also assumes reinvestment of distributions at actual prices pursuant to
the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan. |
(4) |
Not annualized. Total investment
return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock at the initial
public offering price and a sale at net asset value on the last day of the
period. The calculation also assumes reinvestment of distributions at
actual prices pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment
plan. |
(5) |
Annualized for periods less than
one full year. |
(6) |
Represents value of total assets
less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by long-term debt
obligations and short-term borrowings at the end of the period divided by
long-term debt obligations and short-term borrowings outstanding at the
end of the period. |
See accompanying Notes to Financial
Statements.
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS November 30,
2009 |
1. Organization
Tortoise Power and
Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) was organized as a Maryland
corporation on July 5, 2007, and is a non-diversified, closed-end management
investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
“1940 Act”). The Company’s primary investment objective is to provide a high
level of current income, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The
Company seeks to provide its stockholders with a vehicle to invest in a
portfolio consisting primarily of securities issued by power and energy
infrastructure companies. The Company commenced operations on July 31, 2009. The
Company’s stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
“TPZ.”
2. Significant Accounting Policies
A. Use of Estimates
The preparation of
financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amount of assets and liabilities, recognition of distribution income
and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
B. Investment Valuation
The Company
primarily owns securities that are listed on a securities exchange or
over-the-counter market. The Company values those securities at their last sale
price on that exchange or over-the-counter market on the valuation date. If the
security is listed on more than one exchange, the Company uses the price from
the exchange that it considers to be the principal exchange on which the
security is traded. Securities listed on the NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ
Official Closing Price, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price.
If there has been no sale on such exchange or over-the-counter market on such
day, the security will be valued at the mean between the last bid price and last
ask price on such day.
The Company may
invest up to 15 percent of its total assets in restricted securities. Restricted
securities are subject to statutory or contractual restrictions on their public
resale, which may make it more difficult to obtain a valuation and may limit the
Company’s ability to dispose of them. Investments in private placement
securities and other securities for which market quotations are not readily
available will be valued in good faith by using fair value procedures approved
by the Board of Directors. Such fair value procedures consider factors such as
discounts to publicly traded issues, time until conversion date, securities with
similar yields, quality, type of issue, coupon, duration and rating. If events
occur that affect the value of the Company’s portfolio securities before the net
asset value has been calculated (a “significant event”), the portfolio
securities so affected will generally be priced using fair value
procedures.
An equity security
of a publicly traded company acquired in a direct placement transaction may be
subject to restrictions on resale that can affect the security’s liquidity and
fair value. Such securities that are convertible into or otherwise will become
freely tradable will be valued based on the market value of the freely tradable
security less an applicable discount. Generally, the discount will initially be
equal to the discount at which the Company purchased the securities. To the
extent that such securities are convertible or otherwise become freely tradable
within a time frame that may be reasonably determined, an amortization schedule
may be used to determine the discount.
The Company
generally values debt securities at prices based on market quotations for such
securities, except those securities purchased with 60 days or less to maturity
are valued on the basis of amortized cost, which approximates market value.
The Company
generally values its interest rate swap contracts using industry-accepted models
which discount the estimated future cash flows based on the stated terms of the
interest rate swap agreement by using interest rates currently available in the
market, or based on dealer quotations, if available.
C. Security Transactions and Investment
Income
Security
transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold
(trade date). Realized gains and losses are reported on an identified cost
basis. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis, including
amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Dividend and distribution income is recorded on
the ex-dividend date. Distributions received from the Company’s investments in
master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) generally are comprised of ordinary income,
capital gains and return of capital from the MLPs. The Company allocates
distributions between investment income and return of capital based on estimates
made at the time such distributions are received. Such estimates are based on
historical information available from each MLP and other industry sources. These
estimates may subsequently be revised based on actual allocations received from
MLPs after their tax reporting periods are concluded, as the actual character of
these distributions is not known until after the fiscal year end of the
Company.
D. Distributions to Stockholders
Distributions to
common stockholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Company intends to
make monthly cash distributions of its investment company income to common
stockholders. In addition, on an annual basis, the Company intends to distribute
capital gains realized during the fiscal year in the last fiscal quarter. The
amount of any distributions will be determined by the Board of Directors.
Distributions to stockholders will be recorded on the ex-dividend date. The
character of distributions made during the year may differ from their ultimate
characterization for federal income tax purposes. Distributions paid to
stockholders in excess of investment company taxable income and net realized
gains will be treated as return of capital to stockholders.
E. Federal Income
Taxation
The Company intends
to qualify as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). As a result, the Company
generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on income and gains
that it distributes each taxable year to stockholders if it meets certain
minimum distribution requirements. The Company is required to distribute
substantially all of its income, in addition to other asset diversification
requirements. The Company is subject to a 4 percent non-deductible U.S. federal
excise tax on certain undistributed income unless the Company makes sufficient
distributions to satisfy the excise tax avoidance requirement. The Company
invests in MLPs, which generally are treated as partnerships for federal income
tax purposes. As a limited partner in the MLPs, the Company reports its
allocable share of the MLP’s taxable income in computing its own taxable
income.
The Company has
adopted financial reporting rules regarding recognition and measurement of tax
positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. The Company has
reviewed all open tax years and major jurisdictions and concluded that there is
no impact on the Company’s net assets and no tax liability resulting from
unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or
expected to be taken on a tax return. As of November 30, 2009, open Federal tax
years include the years from November 30, 2007 to November 30,
2009.
F. Organization Expenses, Offering and
Debt Issuance Costs
The Company was
responsible for paying all organizational expenses, which were expensed as
incurred. Offering costs related to the issuance of common stock are charged to
additional paid-in capital when the stock is issued. Organizational expenses in
the amount of $35,000 were expensed prior to the commencement of operations.
Offering costs (excluding underwriter commissions) of $274,000 related to the
issuance of common stock in the initial public offering were recorded to
additional paid-in capital during the period ended November 30, 2009. Debt
issuance costs related to long-term debt obligations are capitalized and
amortized over the period the debt is outstanding. The amounts of such
capitalized costs for the Series A Notes issued in November 2009 was
$186,033.
G. Derivative Financial
Instruments
The Company uses
derivative financial instruments (principally interest rate swap contracts) to
manage interest rate risk. The Company has established policies and procedures
for risk assessment and the approval, reporting and monitoring of derivative
financial instrument activities. The Company does not hold or issue derivative
financial instruments for speculative purposes. All derivative financial
instruments are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value during the
reporting period, and amounts accrued under the agreements, included as
unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of
10
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Tortoise
Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund,
Inc.
|
Notes to Financial STATEMENTS (Continued) |
Operations. Cash
settlements under the terms of the interest rate swap agreements and termination
of such agreements are recorded as realized gains or losses in the Statement of
Operations.
H. Indemnifications
Under the Company’s
organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against
certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the
Company. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Company may enter
into contracts that provide general indemnification to other parties. The
Company’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would
involve future claims that may be made against the Company that have not yet
occurred, and may not occur. However, the Company has not had prior claims or
losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be
remote.
I. Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Codification of Accounting Standards
In June 2009, the
Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards
CodificationTM and
Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles
(“SFAS
168”). SFAS 168 introduced a new
Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC” or “Codification”) which organizes
current and future accounting standards into a single codified system. The
Codification became the source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (“GAAP”) recognized by the FASB to be applied by
nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under
authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for
SEC registrants. The Codification supersedes all existing non-SEC accounting and
reporting standards. All other nongrandfathered non-SEC accounting literature
not included in the Codification is nonauthoritative. GAAP was not changed as a
result of this statement, but changed the way the guidance is organized and
presented. The Company has implemented the Codification in the financial
statements by providing references to the ASC
topics.
Standard on Subsequent Events
In May 2009, FASB
issued ASC 855-10, Subsequent Events. ASC 855-10 provides guidance on
management’s assessment of subsequent events and requires additional disclosure
about the timing of management’s assessment of subsequent events. ASC 855-10 did
not significantly change the accounting requirements for the reporting of
subsequent events. ASC 855-10 was effective for interim or annual financial
periods ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of ASC 855-10 did not have a
material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
Standard on Financial Instruments
In April 2009, FASB
issued ASC Topic 825, Financial Instruments. The April 2009 guidance requires
disclosures about financial instruments, including fair value, carrying amount,
and method and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value. The
adoption of this standard did not affect the Company’s financial position or
results of operations.
In August 2009,
FASB issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2009-05 (“ASU 2009-05”), Measuring Liabilities at Fair
Value. The August
2009 update provides clarification to ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,
for the valuation
techniques required to measure the fair value of liabilities. ASU 2009-05 also
provides clarification around required inputs to the fair value measurement of a
liability and definition of a Level 1 liability. ASU 2009-05 is effective for
interim and annual periods beginning after August 28, 2009. The Company does not
anticipate that the adoption of this standard will have a material effect on the
Company’s financial position and results of operations.
3. Concentration of Risk
Under normal
circumstances, the Company intends to invest at least 80 percent of total assets
(including assets obtained through potential leverage) in equity securities of
companies that derive more than 50 percent of their revenue from power or energy
operations. The Company will invest a minimum of 60 percent of our total assets
in fixed income securities, which may include up to 25 percent of its assets in
non-investment grade rated fixed income securities. In determining application
of these policies, the term
“total assets” includes assets obtained through leverage. Companies that
primarily invest in a particular sector may experience greater volatility than
companies investing in a broad range of industry sectors. The Company may, for
defensive purposes, temporarily invest all or a significant portion of its
assets in investment grade securities, short-term debt securities and cash or
cash equivalents. To the extent the Company uses this strategy, it may not
achieve its investment objective.
4. Agreements
For the period from
July 31, 2009 (commencement of operations) through September 14, 2009, the
Company had an Investment Advisory Agreement with Tortoise Capital Advisors,
L.L.C. (the “Adviser”). Under the terms of the agreement, the Company paid the
Adviser a fee equal to an annual rate of 0.95 percent of the Company’s average
monthly total assets (including any assets attributable to leverage) minus
accrued liabilities (other than debt entered into for purposes of leverage and
the aggregate liquidation preference of outstanding preferred stock) (“Managed
Assets”), in exchange for the investment advisory services provided. The Adviser
has agreed to a fee waiver of 0.15 percent of average monthly Managed Assets for
the period from July 31, 2009 through July 31, 2010, a fee waiver of 0.10
percent of average monthly Managed Assets for the period from August 1, 2010
through July 31, 2011, and a fee waiver of 0.05 percent of average monthly
Managed Assets for the period from August 1, 2011 through July 31,
2012.
On September 15,
2009, the Company entered into a new Investment Advisory Agreement with the
Adviser as a result of a change in control of the Adviser and the previous
Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser automatically terminated. The
terms of the new Investment Advisory Agreement are substantially identical to
the terms of the previous Investment Advisory Agreement, except for the
effective and termination dates, and simply continue the relationship between
the Company and the Adviser.
The Company has
engaged U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC to serve as the Company’s administrator.
The Company pays the administrator a monthly fee computed at an annual rate of
0.04 percent of the first $1,000,000,000 of the Company’s Managed Assets, 0.03
percent on the next $1,000,000,000 of Managed Assets and 0.02 percent on the
balance of the Company’s Managed Assets.
Computershare Trust
Company, N.A. serves as the Company’s transfer agent, dividend paying agent, and
agent for the automatic dividend reinvestment and cash purchase
plan.
U.S. Bank, N.A.
serves as the Company’s custodian. The Company pays the custodian a monthly fee
computed at an annual rate of 0.004 percent on the average daily market value of
the Company’s portfolio assets, subject to a minimum annual fee of $4,800, plus
portfolio transaction fees.
5. Income Taxes
It is the Company’s
intent to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the
Internal Revenue Code and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no
provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial
statements.
The amount and
character of income and capital gain distributions to be paid, if any, are
determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ
from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These differences are
primarily due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains or losses on
investments. Permanent book and tax basis differences resulted in the
reclassification of $(1,598,263) to undistributed net investment income,
$1,494,360 to additional paid-in capital and $103,903 to undistributed net
realized gain.
The tax character
of distributions paid to common stockholders during the period from July 31,
2009 (commencement of operations) through November 30, 2009, was as
follows:
Ordinary income * |
$ |
1,082,394 |
Long-term capital gain |
|
— |
Return of capital |
|
1,494,360 |
Total
distributions |
$ |
2,576,754 |
|
|
|
*For Federal income tax purposes,
distributions of short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income
distributions.
Notes to Financial STATEMENTS (Continued) |
As of November 30,
2009, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as
follows:
Unrealized appreciation |
$ |
11,818,538 |
|
Other temporary differences |
|
(35,283 |
) |
Accumulated
earnings |
$ |
11,783,255 |
|
|
|
|
|
As of November 30,
2009, the aggregate cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was
$159,643,558. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in
which there was an excess of value over tax cost was $12,194,565, the aggregate
gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of
tax cost over value was $12,749 and the net unrealized appreciation was
$12,181,816.
6. Fair Value of Financial
Instruments
Various inputs are
used in determining the value of the Company’s investments. These inputs are
summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1 —
|
|
quoted prices
in active markets for identical investments
|
|
|
|
Level 2 —
|
|
other
significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar
investments, market corroborated inputs, etc.)
|
|
|
|
Level 3 —
|
|
significant
unobservable inputs (including the Company’s own assumptions in
determining the fair value of
investments)
|
The inputs or
methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the
risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following table
provides the fair value measurements of applicable Company assets and
liabilities by level within the fair value hierarchy as of November 30, 2009.
These assets and liabilities are measured on a recurring basis.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Measurements at
Reporting Date Using |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quoted Prices in |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Significant |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Active Markets for |
|
Significant Other |
|
Unobservable |
|
Fair Value at |
|
Identical Assets |
|
Observable Inputs |
|
Inputs |
Description |
November 30, 2009 |
|
(Level 1) |
|
(Level 2) |
|
(Level 3) |
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt Securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate Bonds(a) |
|
$ |
100,090,860 |
|
|
|
$ |
5,063,610 |
|
|
|
$ |
95,027,250 |
|
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Total Debt Securities |
|
|
100,090,860 |
|
|
|
|
5,063,610 |
|
|
|
|
95,027,250 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Equity Securities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Master Limited
Partnerships |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
Related Companies(a) |
|
|
71,701,623 |
|
|
|
|
71,701,623 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Total Equity Securities |
|
|
71,701,623 |
|
|
|
|
71,701,623 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Other: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-Term
Investment(b) |
|
|
32,891 |
|
|
|
|
32,891 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Total Other |
|
|
32,891 |
|
|
|
|
32,891 |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
Total Assets |
|
$ |
171,825,374 |
|
|
|
$ |
76,798,124 |
|
|
|
$ |
95,027,250 |
|
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Rate Swap
Contracts |
|
$ |
398,111 |
|
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
$ |
398,111 |
|
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Total |
|
$ |
171,427,263 |
|
|
|
$ |
76,798,124 |
|
|
|
$ |
94,629,139 |
|
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
All other industry classifications
are identified in the Schedule of Investments. |
(b) |
|
Short-term investment is a sweep
investment for cash balances in the Company at November 30,
2009.
|
The Company did not
have any Level 3 securities during the period from July 31, 2009 (commencement
of operations) through November 30, 2009.
Valuation Techniques
In general, and
where applicable, the Company uses readily available market quotations based
upon the last updated sales price from the principal market to determine fair
value. This pricing methodology applies to the Company’s Level 1 investments.
Some debt
securities are fair valued using a market value obtained from an approved
pricing service which utilizes a pricing matrix based upon yield data for
securities with similar characteristics or from a direct written broker-dealer
quotation from a dealer who has made a market in the security. This pricing
methodology applies to the Company’s Level 2 investments.
An equity security
of a publicly traded company acquired in a private placement transaction without
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), is
subject to restrictions on resale that can affect the security’s fair value. If
such a security is convertible into publicly-traded common shares, the security
generally will be valued at the common share market price adjusted by a
percentage discount due to the restrictions. If the security has characteristics
that are dissimilar to the class of security that trades on the open market, the
security will generally be valued and categorized as Level 3 in the fair value
hierarchy.
Interest rate swap
contracts are valued by using industry-accepted models which discount the
estimated future cash flows based on a forward rate curve and the stated terms
of the interest rate swap agreement by using interest rates currently available
in the market, or based on dealer quotations, if available, which applies to the
Company’s Level 2 investments.
7. Restricted
Securities
Certain of the
Company’s investments are restricted and are valued as determined in accordance
with procedures established by the Board of Directors, as more fully described
in Note 2. The table below shows the principal amount, acquisition date(s),
acquisition cost, fair value and percent of net assets which the securities
comprise at November 30, 2009.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Value as |
|
|
Principal |
|
Acquisition |
|
Acquisition |
|
Fair |
|
Percent of |
Company |
|
Amount |
|
Date(s) |
|
Cost |
|
Value |
|
Net Assets |
DCP Midstream LLC, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.750%,
03/15/2019 |
|
$4,000,000 |
|
08/07/09-08/27/09 |
|
$ |
4,769,350 |
|
$ |
4,878,816 |
|
|
3.4 |
% |
|
Holly Corp., |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.875%,
06/15/2017 |
|
2,000,000 |
|
10/21/09-10/22/09 |
|
|
2,045,000 |
|
|
2,075,000 |
|
|
1.5 |
|
|
IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.250%,
04/01/2016 |
|
2,000,000 |
|
11/03/2009 |
|
|
2,015,000 |
|
|
1,995,000 |
|
|
1.4 |
|
|
Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.700%,
09/15/2019 |
|
5,000,000 |
|
09/09/2009 |
|
|
4,993,200 |
|
|
5,107,200 |
|
|
3.6 |
|
|
North American Energy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alliance LLC, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10.875%,
06/01/2016 |
|
2,800,000 |
|
09/24/09-10/08/09 |
|
|
2,895,000 |
|
|
2,919,000 |
|
|
2.1 |
|
|
Southern Star Central |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gas Pipeline,
Inc., |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.000%,
06/01/2016 |
|
2,000,000 |
|
08/24/2009 |
|
|
1,970,000 |
|
|
1,890,000 |
|
|
1.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
18,687,550 |
|
$ |
18,865,016 |
|
|
13.3 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8. Investment
Transactions
For the period from
July 31, 2009 (commencement of operations) through November 30, 2009, the
Company purchased (at cost) and sold securities (proceeds received) in the
amount of $164,939,778 and $4,321,158 (excluding short-term debt securities),
respectively.
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Tortoise
Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund,
Inc.
|
NOTES
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued) |
9. Long-Term Debt
Obligations
The Company has
$20,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Series A private senior notes (the
“Notes”) outstanding. The Series A Notes were issued on November 6, 2009 and
have a maturity date of November 6, 2014. Holders of the Notes are entitled to
receive cash interest payments each quarter at an annual rate equal to the
3-month LIBOR plus 1.87 percent. The Notes are not listed on any exchange or
automated quotation system.
The Notes are
unsecured obligations of the Company and, upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Company, will rank: (1) senior to all of the Company’s
outstanding preferred shares (if any); (2) senior to all of the Company’s
outstanding common shares; (3) on parity with any unsecured creditors of the
Company and any unsecured senior securities representing indebtedness of the
Company and (4) junior to any secured creditors of the Company.
The Notes are
redeemable in certain circumstances at the option of the Company. The Notes are
also subject to a mandatory redemption if the Company fails to meet asset
coverage ratios required under the 1940 Act or the rating agency guidelines if
such failure is not waived or cured. At November 30, 2009, the Company was in
compliance with asset coverage covenants and basic maintenance covenants for its
senior notes.
At November 30,
2009, fair value of the Series A Notes approximates the carrying amount because
the distribution rate fluctuates with changes in interest rates available in the
current market. The following table shows the maturity date, notional/carrying
amount, current rate as of November 30, 2009, and the weighted-average rate for
the period from November 6, 2009 (date of issuance) through November 30,
2009.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted- |
|
|
Maturity |
|
Notional/ |
|
Current |
|
Average |
Series |
|
Date |
|
Carrying Amount |
|
Rate |
|
Rate |
Series A |
|
November 6, 2014 |
|
$20,000,000 |
|
2.14813% |
|
2.14813% |
|
10. Interest Rate Swap
Contracts
The Company has
entered into interest rate swap contracts in an attempt to protect itself from
increasing interest and dividend expense on its leverage resulting from
increasing short-term interest rates. A decline in interest rates may result in
a decline in the value of the swap contracts, which may result in a decline in
the net assets of the Company. In addition, if the counterparty to the interest
rate swap contracts defaults, the Company would not be able to use the
anticipated receipts under the swap contracts to offset the interest payments on
the Company’s leverage. At the time the interest rate swap contracts reach their
scheduled termination, there is a risk that the Company would not be able to
obtain a replacement transaction, or that the terms of the replacement would not
be as favorable as on the expiring transaction. In addition, if the Company is
required to terminate any swap contract early due to the Company failing to
maintain a required 300 percent asset coverage of the liquidation value of the
outstanding senior notes or if the Company loses its credit rating on its senior
notes, then the Company could be required to make a termination payment, in
addition to redeeming all or some of the senior notes. Details of the interest
rate swap contracts outstanding as of November 30, 2009, are as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed Rate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paid by |
|
Floating Rate |
|
Asset |
|
|
Maturity |
|
Notional |
|
the |
|
Received by |
|
(Liability) |
Counterparty |
|
Date |
|
Amount |
|
Company |
|
the Company |
|
Derivatives |
Wachovia Bank, N.A. |
|
11/06/2011 |
|
$ |
6,000,000 |
|
1.12% |
|
1 month U.S. Dollar LIBOR |
|
$ |
(31,422 |
) |
Wachovia Bank, N.A. |
|
11/06/2012 |
|
|
5,000,000 |
|
1.81% |
|
3 month
U.S. Dollar LIBOR |
|
|
(53,858 |
) |
Wachovia Bank, N.A. |
|
11/06/2012 |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
1.73% |
|
1 month U.S. Dollar LIBOR |
|
|
(10,467 |
) |
Wachovia Bank, N.A. |
|
11/06/2014 |
|
|
15,000,000 |
|
2.66% |
|
3 month
U.S. Dollar LIBOR |
|
|
(302,364 |
) |
|
|
|
|
$ |
27,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(398,111 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company is
exposed to credit risk on the interest rate swap contracts if the counterparty
should fail to perform under the terms of the interest rate swap contracts. The
amount of credit risk is limited to the net appreciation of the interest rate
swap contracts, if any, as no collateral is pledged by the
counterparty.
The change in
unrealized depreciation of interest rate swap contracts in the amount of
$398,111 is included in the Statement of Operations for the period ended
November 30, 2009. There were no realized gains or losses on derivatives for the
period ended November 30, 2009. The total notional amount of all open swap
agreements at November 30, 2009 is indicative of the volume of this derivative
type.
11. Common Stock
The Company has
100,000,000 shares of capital stock authorized and 6,898,481 shares outstanding
at November 30, 2009. Transactions in common stock for the period ended November
30, 2009, were as follows:
Shares at July 31, 2009
(commencement of operations) |
6,073 |
Shares sold through initial public offering |
6,850,000 |
Shares issued through reinvestment
of distributions |
42,408 |
Shares at November 30, 2009 |
6,898,481
|
|
|
12. Credit Facility
On September 14,
2009, the Company entered into a $30,000,000 committed credit facility maturing
September 14, 2010. The availability under the credit facility was subsequently
increased to $35,000,000 and later decreased to $18,000,000. Under the terms of
the credit facility, U.S. Bank, N.A. serves as a lender and the lending
syndicate agent on behalf of other lenders participating in the credit facility.
The credit facility has a variable annual interest rate equal to the one-month
LIBOR plus 2.00 percent and a non-usage fee equal to an annual rate of 0.25
percent of the difference between the total credit facility commitment and the
average outstanding balance at the end of each day.
The average
principal balance and interest rate for the period during which the credit
facility was utilized during the period from November 30, 2009 was approximately
$19,700,000 and 2.24 percent, respectively. At November 30, 2009, the principal
balance outstanding was $11,300,000 at an interest rate of 2.24
percent.
Under the terms of
the credit facility, the Company must maintain asset coverage required under the
1940 Act. If the Company fails to maintain the required coverage, it may be
required to repay a portion of an outstanding balance until the coverage
requirement has been met.
13. Subsequent Events
On December 31,
2009, the Company paid a distribution in the amount of $0.125 per common share,
for a total of $862,310. Of this total, the dividend reinvestment amounted to
$229,578.
The Company has
performed an evaluation of subsequent events through January 28, 2010, which is
the date the financial statements were issued.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure
Fund, Inc.
We have audited the
accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Tortoise Power and Energy
Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (the Company), including the schedule of investments,
as of November 30, 2009, and the related statements of operations, cash flows,
changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the period from July 31,
2009 (commencement of operations) through November 30, 2009. These financial
statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Company’s
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements and financial highlights based on our audit.
We conducted our
audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were
not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial
reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial
highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of November 30,
2009, by correspondence with the custodian. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the
financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Tortoise Power and Energy
Infrastructure Fund, Inc. at November 30, 2009, the results of its operations,
its cash flows, the changes in its net assets, and its financial highlights for
the period from July 31, 2009 (commencement of operations) through November 30,
2009, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
Kansas City,
Missouri
January 28, 2010
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Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund,
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COMPANY OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
(Unaudited)
November 30, 2009
|
|
Position(s) Held with |
|
|
|
Number of |
|
Other Board |
|
|
Company, Term of |
|
|
|
Portfolios in Fund |
|
Positions |
|
|
Office and Length of |
|
|
|
Complex Overseen |
|
Held by |
Name and Age* |
|
Time Served |
|
Principal Occupation During Past Five Years |
|
by Director(1) |
|
Director |
Independent
Directors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conrad S. Ciccotello (Born 1960) |
|
Director since 2007 |
|
Tenured Associate Professor of Risk Management and Insurance,
Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University (faculty member
since 1999); Director of Graduate Personal Financial Planning Programs;
formerly, Editor, “Financial Services Review,” (2001-2007) (an academic
journal dedicated to the study of individual financial management);
formerly, faculty member, Pennsylvania State University (1997-1999).
Published several academic and professional journal articles about energy
infrastructure and oil and gas MLPs. |
|
6 |
|
None |
John R. Graham (Born 1945) |
|
Director since 2007 |
|
Executive-in-Residence and Professor of Finance (Part-time),
College of Business Administration, Kansas State University (has served as
a professor or adjunct professor since 1970); Chairman of the Board,
President and CEO, Graham Capital Management, Inc. (primarily a real
estate development, investment and venture capital company) and Owner of
Graham Ventures (a business services and venture capital firm); Part-time
Vice President Investments, FB Capital Management, Inc. (a registered
investment adviser), since 2007. Formerly, CEO, Kansas Farm Bureau
Financial Services, including seven affiliated insurance or financial
service companies (1979-2000). |
|
6 |
|
Kansas State Bank |
Charles E. Heath (Born 1942) |
|
Director since 2007 |
|
Retired in 1999. Formerly, Chief Investment Officer, GE Capital’s
Employers Reinsurance Corporation (1989-1999); Chartered Financial Analyst
(“CFA”) designation since 1974. |
|
6 |
|
None |
(1) |
This number includes Tortoise
Energy Infrastructure Corporation (“TYG”), Tortoise Energy Capital
Corporation (“TYY”), Tortoise North American Energy Corporation (“TYN”),
Tortoise Capital Resources Corporation (“TTO”), one private investment
company and the Company. Our Adviser also serves as the investment adviser
to TYG, TYY, TYN, TTO and the private investment
company. |
* |
The address of each director and
officer is 11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, Kansas
66211. |
COMPANY OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
(Unaudited)
(Continued)
November 30,
2009
|
|
Position(s) Held with |
|
|
|
Number of |
|
Other Board |
|
|
Company, Term of |
|
|
|
Portfolios in Fund |
|
Positions |
|
|
Office and Length of |
|
|
|
Complex Overseen |
|
Held by |
Name and Age* |
|
Time Served |
|
Principal Occupation During Past Five Years |
|
by Director(1) |
|
Director |
Interested Directors and Officers(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
H. Kevin Birzer (Born 1959) |
|
Director and Chairman of the Board since 2007 |
|
Managing Director of our Adviser since 2002; Partner, Fountain
Capital Management (1990-2009); Vice President, Corporate Finance
Department, Drexel Burnham Lambert (1986-1989); formerly, Vice President,
F. Martin Koenig & Co., an investment management firm (1983-1986);
Director and Chairman of the Board of each of TYG, TYY, TYN, TTO and the
private investment company since its inception; CFA designation since
1988. |
|
6 |
|
None |
Terry Matlack (Born 1956) |
|
Chief Financial
Officer since 2007 |
|
Director of each of the Company, TYG, TYY, TYN, TTO and the private
investment company from its inception to September 2009; Managing Director
of our Adviser since 2002; Full-time Managing Director, Kansas City Equity
Partners, L.C. (“KCEP”) (2001-2002); formerly, President, GreenStreet
Capital, a private investment firm (1998-2001); Chief Financial Officer of
each of TYG, TYY, TYN, TTO and the private investment company since its
inception; Chief Compliance Officer of TYG from 2004 through May 2006 and
of each of TYY and TYN from their inception through May 2006; Treasurer of
each of TYG, TYY and TYN from their inception to November 2005; Assistant
Treasurer of TYG, TYY and TYN from November 2005 to April 2008, of TTO
from its inception to April 2008, and of the private investment company
from its inception to April 2009; CFA designation since 1985. |
|
N/A |
|
None |
David J. Schulte (Born 1961) |
|
President and Chief Executive Officer since 2007 |
|
Managing Director of our Adviser since 2002; Full-time Managing
Director, KCEP (1993-2002); President and Chief Executive Officer of TYG
since 2003 and of TYY since 2005; Chief Executive Officer of TYN since
2005 and President of TYN from 2005 to September 2008; Chief Executive
Officer of TTO since 2005 and President of TTO from 2005 to April 2007;
President of the private investment company since 2007 and Chief Executive
Officer from 2007 to December 2008; CFA designation since 1992. |
|
N/A |
|
None |
Zachary A. Hamel (Born 1965) |
|
Senior Vice President since 2007 |
|
Managing Director of our Adviser since 2002; Partner, Fountain
Capital Management (1997-present); Senior Vice President of TYY and TTO
since 2005 and of TYG, TYN and the private investment company since 2007;
Secretary of each of TYG, TYY, TYN and TTO from their inception to April
2007; CFA designation since 1998. |
|
N/A |
|
None |
Kenneth P. Malvey (Born 1965) |
|
Senior Vice President and Treasurer 2007 |
|
Managing Director of our Adviser since 2002; Partner, Fountain
Capital Management (2002-present); formerly Investment Risk Manager and
member of Global Office of Investments, GE Capital’s Employers Reinsurance
Corporation (1996-2002); Treasurer of TYG, TYY and TYN since November
2005, of TTO since September 2005, and the private investment company
since 2007; Senior Vice President of TYY and TTO since 2005, and of TYG,
TYN and the private investment company since 2007; Assistant Treasurer of
TYG, TYY and TYN from their inception to November 2005; Chief Executive
Officer of the private investment company since December 2008; CFA
designation since 1996. |
|
N/A |
|
None |
(1) |
|
This number includes TYG, TYY, TYN,
TTO, one private investment company and the Company. Our Adviser also
serves as the investment adviser to TYG, TYY, TYN, TTO and the private
investment company. |
(2) |
|
As a result of their respective
positions held with our Adviser or its affiliates, these individuals are
considered “interested persons” within the meaning of the 1940
Act. |
* |
|
The address of each director and
officer is 11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, Kansas
66211. |
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Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund,
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(Unaudited) |
Notice to
Shareholders
For shareholders
that do not have a November 30, 2009 tax year end, this notice is for
information purposes only. For shareholders with a November 30, 2009 tax year
end, please consult your tax advisor as to the pertinence of this notice. For
the fiscal year ended November 30, 2009, the Company is designating the
following items with regard to distributions paid during the year.
Common Distributions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Qualifying For |
Return of Capital |
|
Ordinary Income |
|
Total |
|
Qualifying |
|
Corporate
Dividends |
Distributions |
|
Distributions |
|
Distributions |
|
Dividends |
|
Rec.
Deduction(1) |
58.00% |
|
42.00% |
|
100.00% |
|
0% |
|
0% |
(1) Represents the portion of Ordinary
Distributions which qualify for the “Corporate Dividends Received
Deduction.”
Director and Officer
Compensation
The Company does
not compensate any of its directors who are “interested persons,” as defined in
Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, nor any of its officers. For the period from
July 31, 2009 through November 30, 2009, the aggregate compensation paid by the
Company to the independent directors was $31,333. The Company did not pay any
special compensation to any of its directors or officers.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This report
contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act
of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. By their nature, all
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results
could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking
statements. Several factors that could materially affect the Company’s actual
results are the performance of the portfolio of investments held by it, the
conditions in the U.S. and international financial, petroleum and other markets,
the price at which shares of the Company will trade in the public markets and
other factors discussed in filings with the SEC.
Proxy Voting Policies
A description of
the policies and procedures that the Company uses to determine how to vote
proxies relating to portfolio securities owned by the Company is available to
stockholders (i) without charge, upon request by calling the Company at (913)
981-1020 or toll-free at (866) 362-9331.
The Company has not
yet been required to file a Form N-PX disclosing its proxy voting record. Once
the Company has made that initial filing (for the period ending June 30, 2010),
it will be required to make such filings on an annual basis and information
regarding how the Company voted proxies will be available without charge by
calling us at (913) 981-1020 or toll-free at (866) 362-9331. You will also be
able to access this information on the SEC’s Web site at
http://www.sec.gov.
Form N-Q
The Company files
its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of
each fiscal year with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Company’s Form N-Q is available
without charge upon request by calling the Company at (866) 362-9331 or by
visiting the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, you may review and copy
the Company’s Form N-Q at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington D.C. You
may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling
(800) SEC-0330.
The Company’s Form
N-Qs are also available on the Company’s Web site at
www.tortoiseadvisors.com.
Statement of Additional
Information
The Statement of
Additional Information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the
Company’s directors and is available upon request without charge by calling the
Company at (866) 362-9331 or by visiting the SEC’s Web site at
www.sec.gov.
Certification
Disclosure
The Company’s Chief
Executive Officer has submitted to the New York Stock Exchange an initial CEO
certification in connection with its initial public offering and will submit the
first annual certification in 2010 as required by Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE
Listed Company Manual.
The Company will
file with the SEC the certification of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act.
Privacy Policy
In order to conduct
its business, the Company collects and maintains certain nonpublic personal
information about its stockholders of record with respect to their transactions
in shares of the Company’s securities. This information includes the
stockholder’s address, tax identification or Social Security number, share
balances, and distribution elections. We do not collect or maintain personal
information about stockholders whose share balances of our securities are held
in “street name” by a financial institution such as a bank or
broker.
We do not disclose
any nonpublic personal information about you, the Company’s other stockholders
or the Company’s former stockholders to third parties unless necessary to
process a transaction, service an account, or as otherwise permitted by
law.
To protect your
personal information internally, we restrict access to nonpublic personal
information about the Company’s stockholders to those employees who need to know
that information to provide services to our stockholders. We also maintain
certain other safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal
information.
Automatic Dividend Reinvestment
Plan
The Board of
Directors of the Company has approved amendments to the Company’s Automatic
Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”) as described below. The Amended Plan
becomes effective on April 1, 2010.
If a stockholder’s
shares are registered directly with the Company or with a brokerage firm that
participates in the Company’s Plan (and upon effectiveness, the Amended Plan),
all distributions are automatically reinvested for stockholders by the Agent in
additional shares of common stock of the Company (unless a stockholder is
ineligible or elects otherwise). Stockholders holding shares that participate in
the Plan in a brokerage account may not be able to transfer the shares to
another broker and continue to participate in the Plan. Stockholders who elect
not to participate in the Plan (or the Amended Plan) will receive all
distributions payable in cash paid by check mailed directly to the stockholder
of record (or, if the shares are held in street or other nominee name, then to
such nominee) by Computershare, as dividend paying agent. Distributions subject
to tax (if any) are taxable whether or not shares are reinvested.
If, on the
distribution payment date, the net asset value per share of the common stock is
equal to or less than the market price per share of common stock plus estimated
brokerage commissions, the Company will issue additional shares of common stock
to participants. The number of shares will be determined by dividing the dollar
amount of the distribution to the participant by the greater of the net asset
value per share or 95 percent of the market price on the payment date of the
distribution. Otherwise, shares generally will be purchased on the open market
by the Agent as soon as possible following the distribution payment date, but in
no event later than 30 days after such date except as necessary to comply with
applicable law. The plan previously provided
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)
(Continued)
that the Company
would use primarily newly-issued common shares to implement the Plan, whether
its shares were trading at a premium or at a discount to net asset value and
that the number of shares to be issued to a stockholder would be determined by
dividing the total dollar amount of the distribution payable to such stockholder
by the market price per share of the Company’s common stock at the close of
regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the distribution payment date.
There are no brokerage charges with respect to shares issued directly by the
Company as a result of distributions payable either in shares or in cash.
However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions
incurred with respect to the Agent’s open-market purchases in connection with
the reinvestment of distributions. If a participant elects to have the Agent
sell part or all of his or her common stock and remit the proceeds, such
participant will be charged a transaction fee of $15.00 plus a $0.05 per share
brokerage commission on the shares sold.
Stockholders may
elect not to participate in the Plan (or the Amended Plan) by sending written,
telephone or Internet instructions to Computershare, as dividend paying agent,
at the address, telephone number or website address set forth below.
Participation is completely voluntary and may be terminated or resumed at any
time without penalty. A termination will be effective with respect to a
particular distribution if notice is received prior to the record date for such
distribution. If a participant has terminated participation in the Plan but
continues to have Company common shares registered in his or her name, the
participant may re-enroll in the Plan by giving notice in writing to the
Agent.
Additional
information about the Plan (and the Amended Plan) may be obtained by writing to
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43078, Providence, R.I. 02940-3078.
You may also contact Computershare by phone at (888) 728-8784 or visit their Web
site at www.computershare.com.
Review and Approval of Advisory
Agreement
At meetings of the
Board of Directors of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. held
on July 9, 2007 and May 22, 2009, the directors who are not “interested persons”
(as defined in the 1940 Act) (the “Independent Directors”), considered and
approved an advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with the Adviser.
Factors Considered
The Independent
Directors did not identify any single factor as being all-important or
controlling, and each Independent Director may have attributed different levels
of importance to different factors. In considering the approval of the
investment advisory agreement, the Board evaluated information provided by the
Adviser and its legal counsel and considered various factors, including the
following:
- Services. The Board reviewed the nature, extent
and quality of the investment advisory and administrative services proposed to
be provided to the Company by the Adviser and found them sufficient to
encompass the range of services necessary for the Company’s
operation.
- Comparison of Management Fee to Other
Firms. The Board
reviewed and considered, to the extent publicly available, the management fee
arrangements of companies with similar business models.
- Experience of Management Team and
Personnel. The
Board considered the extensive experience of the members of the Adviser’s
investment committee with respect to the specific types of investments the
Company proposes to make and their past experience with similar kinds of
investments. The Board discussed numerous aspects of the Company’s investment
strategy with members of the Adviser’s investment committee and also
considered the potential flow of investment opportunities resulting from the
numerous relationships of the Adviser’s investment committee and investment
professionals within the investment community.
- Provisions of Investment Advisory
Agreement. The
Board considered the extent to which the provisions of the investment advisory
agreement (other than the fee structure which is discussed above) were
comparable to the investment advisory agreements of companies with similar
business models, including peer group companies, and concluded that its terms
were satisfactory and in line with market norms. In addition, the Board
concluded that the services to be provided under the investment advisory
agreement were reasonably necessary for the Company’s operations, the services
to be provided were at least equal to the nature and quality of those provided
by others, and the payment terms were fair and reasonable in light of usual
and customary charges.
- Payment of Expenses.
The Board
considered the manner in which the Adviser would be reimbursed for its
expenses at cost and the other expenses for which it would be reimbursed under
the investment advisory agreement. The Board discussed how this structure was
comparable to that of companies with similar business models.
The Directors did
not, with respect to their deliberations concerning their approval of the
investment advisory agreement, consider the benefits the Adviser may derive for
relationships the Adviser may have with brokers through soft dollar arrangements
because the Adviser does not employ any such arrangements in rendering its
advisory services to the Company.
Conclusions of the Independent Directors
Based on the
information reviewed and the discussions among the members of the Board, the
Board, including all of the Independent Directors, approved the investment
advisory agreement and concluded that the management fee to be paid to the
Adviser was reasonable in relation to the services to be provided.
Approval of New Investment Advisory
Agreement
On June 2, 2009,
the Board of Directors approved a new Investment Advisory Agreement (the “New
Investment Advisory Agreement”) with the Adviser in connection with the proposed
transaction (the “Proposed Transaction”) with Mariner Holdings, LLC (“Mariner”),
which upon closing resulted in a change in control of the Adviser. Prior to the
Board of Directors’ approval of the New Investment Advisory Agreement, the
independent directors of the Company (“Independent Directors”), with the
assistance of counsel independent of the Adviser (hereinafter “independent legal
counsel”), requested and evaluated extensive materials about the Proposed
Transaction and Mariner from the Adviser and Mariner, which also included
information from independent, third-party sources, regarding the factors
considered in their evaluation.
The Independent
Directors first learned of the potential Proposed Transaction in January 2009.
Prior to conducting due diligence of the Proposed Transaction and of Mariner,
each Independent Director had a personal meeting with key officials of Mariner.
In February 2009, the Independent Directors consulted with independent legal
counsel regarding the role of the Independent Directors in the Proposed
Transaction. Also in February 2009, the Independent Directors, in conjunction
with independent legal counsel, prepared and submitted their own due diligence
request list to Mariner, so that the Independent Directors could better
understand the effect the change of control would have on the Adviser. In March
2009, the Independent Directors, in conjunction with independent legal counsel,
reviewed the written materials provided by Mariner. In April and May 2009, the
Independent Directors asked for supplemental written due diligence information
and were given such follow-up information about Mariner and the Proposed
Transaction.
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Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund,
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)
(Continued)
In May 2009, the
Independent Directors interviewed key Mariner personnel and asked follow-up
questions after having completed a review of all documents provided in response
to formal due diligence requests. In particular, the follow-up questions focused
on (i) the expected continuity of management and employees at the Adviser, (ii)
compliance and regulatory experience of the Adviser, (iii) plans to maintain the
Adviser’s compliance and regulatory personnel and (iv) benefit and incentive
plans used to maintain the Adviser’s current personnel. On May 22, 2009, the
Independent Directors and Mariner officials jointly attended the annual meetings
of the Companies and at such time met to discuss the Proposed Transaction. The
Independent Directors also met face-to-face with the Mariner officials in May in
the interest of better getting to know key personnel at Mariner. The Independent
Directors also discussed the Proposed Transaction and the findings of the
Mariner diligence investigation with independent legal counsel in private
sessions.
In approving the
New Investment Advisory Agreement, the Independent Directors of the Company
requested and received extensive data and information from the Adviser
concerning the Company and the services to be provided to it by the Adviser
under the current investment advisory agreement. In addition, the Independent
Directors had approved the current investment advisory agreement, the terms of
which are substantially identical to those of the New Investment Advisory
Agreement, in June 2007 and again on May 22, 2009. The extensive data and
information reviewed in connection with these earlier approvals, in conjunction
with the results of the diligence investigation of the Proposed Transaction and
Mariner, form the basis of the conclusions reached below.
Factors Considered
The Independent
Directors considered and evaluated all the information provided by the Adviser.
The Independent Directors did not identify any single factor as being
all-important or controlling, and each Director may have attributed different
levels of importance to different factors. In deciding to approve the New
Investment Advisory Agreement, the Independent Directors’ decision was based on
the following factors and what, if any, impact the Proposed Transaction would
have on such factors.
- Services. The Board reviewed the nature, extent
and quality of the investment advisory and administrative services proposed to
be provided to the Company by the Adviser and found them sufficient to
encompass the range of services necessary for the Company’s
operation.
- Comparison of Management Fee to Other
Firms. The Board
reviewed and considered, to the extent publicly available, the management fee
arrangements of companies with similar business models.
- Experience of Management Team and
Personnel. The
Board considered the extensive experience of the members of the Adviser’s
investment committee with respect to the specific types of investments the
Company proposes to make and their past experience with similar kinds of
investments. The Board discussed numerous aspects of the Company’s investment
strategy with members of the Adviser’s investment committee and also
considered the potential flow of investment opportunities resulting from the
numerous relationships of the Adviser’s investment committee and investment
professionals within the investment community.
- Provisions of Investment Advisory
Agreement. The
Board considered the extent to which the provisions of the New Investment
Advisory Agreement (other than the fee structure which is discussed above)
were comparable to the investment advisory agreements of companies with
similar business models, including peer group companies, and concluded that
its terms were satisfactory and in line with market norms. In addition, the
Board concluded that the services to be provided under the New Investment
Advisory Agreement were reasonably necessary for the Company’s operations, the
services to be provided were at least equal to the nature and quality of those
provided by others, and the payment terms were fair and reasonable in light of
usual and customary charges.
- Payment of Expenses.
The Board
considered the manner in which the Adviser would be reimbursed for its
expenses at cost and the other expenses for which it would be reimbursed under
the investment advisory agreement. The Board discussed how this structure was
comparable to that of companies with similar business models.
The Directors did
not, with respect to their deliberations concerning their approval of the New
Investment Advisory Agreement, consider the benefits the Adviser may derive for
relationships the Adviser may have with brokers through soft dollar arrangements
because the Adviser does not employ any such arrangements in rendering its
advisory services to the Company.
Conclusions of the Independent
Directors
As a result of this
process, the Independent Directors, assisted by the advice of legal counsel that
is independent of the Adviser, taking into account all of the factors discussed
above and the information provided by the Adviser, unanimously concluded that
the New Investment Advisory Agreement between the Company and the Adviser is
fair and reasonable in light of the services provided and should be
approved.
Office of the Company and of
the Investment Adviser
Tortoise Capital
Advisors, L.L.C. 11550 Ash Street, Suite 300 Leawood, Kan.
66211 (913) 981-1020 (913) 981-1021
(fax) www.tortoiseadvisors.com
Managing Directors
of Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.
H. Kevin
Birzer Zachary A. Hamel Kenneth P. Malvey Terry Matlack David
J. Schulte
Board of Directors of Tortoise
Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc.
H. Kevin Birzer,
Chairman Tortoise Capital Advisors
Conrad S.
Ciccotello Independent
John R.
Graham Independent
Charles E.
Heath Independent
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STOCK SYMBOL Listed NYSE Symbol: TPZ
This report is for stockholder information. This is not a
prospectus intended for use in the purchase of fund shares. Past performance is no
guarantee of future results and your investment may be worth more or less
at the time you
sell.
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Tortoise Power |
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TPZ |
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U.S. Power and Energy Investment |
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Retirement Accounts |
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$181 |
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and Energy |
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July 2009 |
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Infrastructure Fund, Inc. |
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Tortoise Energy |
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TYG |
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U.S. Energy Infrastructure |
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$1,077 |
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Infrastructure
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Tortoise Energy |
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TYY |
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U.S. Energy Infrastructure |
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Retirement Accounts |
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$601 |
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Capital Corp. |
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May 2005 |
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Tortoise North American |
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TYN |
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U.S. Energy Infrastructure |
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Retirement Accounts |
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$157 |
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Energy
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Tortoise Capital |
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TTO |
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U.S. Energy Infrastructure |
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Retirement Accounts |
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$86 |
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Resources Corp. |
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Dec. 2005 |
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Item 2. Code of
Ethics.
The Registrant
has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s Chief Executive
Officer and its Chief Financial Officer. The Registrant amended this code of
ethics during the period covered by this report to redesignate the compliance
officer under this code of ethics to be the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer.
The Registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of this code of
ethics during the period covered by this report.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial
Expert.
The Registrant’s
Board of Directors has determined that there is at least one “audit committee
financial expert” serving on its audit committee. Mr. Conrad Ciccotello is the
“audit committee financial expert” and is considered to be “independent” as each
term is defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. In addition to his experience
overseeing or assessing the performance of companies or public accountants with
respect to the preparation, auditing or evaluation of financial statements, Mr.
Ciccotello has a Ph.D. in Finance.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and
Services.
The Registrant
was formed on July 5, 2007, and thus did not pay its principal accountant any
fees prior to that date. The Registrant did not pay its principal accountant any
fees in 2007 or 2008. The Registrant has engaged its principal accountant to
perform audit services, audit-related services and tax services during 2009.
“Audit services” refer to performing an audit of the Registrant's annual
financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in
connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal
years. “Audit-related services” refer to the assurance and related services by
the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the
audit. “Tax services” refer to professional services rendered by the principal
accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. The following table
details the approximate amounts of aggregate fees billed to the Registrant for
the fiscal period ending November 30, 2009 for audit fees, audit-related fees,
tax fees and other fees by the principal accountant.
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FYE 11/30/2009 |
Audit Fees |
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$ |
42,000 |
Audit-Related Fees |
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$ |
3,000 |
Tax Fees |
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$ |
17,000 |
All Other Fees |
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— |
Aggregate
Non-Audit Fees |
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$ |
20,000 |
The audit
committee has adopted pre-approval polices and procedures that require the audit
committee to pre-approve (i) the selection of the Registrant’s independent
registered public accounting firm, (ii) the engagement of the independent
registered public accounting firm to provide any non-audit services to the
Registrant, (iii) the engagement of the independent registered public accounting
firm to provide any non-audit services to the Adviser or any entity controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing
services to the Registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations
and financial reporting of the Registrant, and (iv) the fees and other
compensation to be paid to the independent registered public accounting firm.
The Chairman of the audit committee may grant the pre-approval of any engagement
of the independent registered public accounting firm for non-audit services of
less than $10,000, and such delegated pre-approvals will be presented to the
full audit committee at its next meeting. Under certain limited circumstances,
pre-approvals are not required under securities law regulations for certain
non-audit services below certain de minimus thresholds. Since the adoption of
these policies and procedures, the audit committee has pre-approved all audit
and non-audit services provided to the Registrant by the principal accountant.
None of these services provided by the principal accountant were approved by the
audit committee pursuant to the de minimus exception under Rule 2.01(c)(7)(i)(C)
or Rule 2.01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X. All of the principal accountant’s
hours spent on auditing the Registrant’s financial statements were attributed to
work performed by full-time permanent employees of the principal
accountant.
For the period
from December 1, 2008 to November 30, 2009 and December 1, 2007 to November 30,
2008, the Adviser incurred approximately $0 and $13,610 in fees, respectively,
payable to the principal accountant in connection with determining the Adviser’s
compliance with GIPS® standards in 2006.
Additionally, for services delivered in 2009, the Adviser paid $71,570 for
procedures required for comfort letters and consents relating to the Registrant,
$58,063 for research and consultations relating to fund structure, tax and
accounting relating to another closed-end management investment company prior to
its initial public offering, and $2,315 in 2008 for general tax consulting
services delivered in 2008. The audit fees related to the Registrant were
preapproved by the Registrant’s audit committee. The non-audit services were not
required to be preapproved by the Registrant’s audit committee. No entity
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that
provides ongoing services to the Registrant, has paid to, or been billed for
fees by, the principal accountant for non-audit services rendered to the Adviser
or such entity during the Registrant’s last two fiscal years. The audit
committee has considered whether the principal accountant’s provision of
services (other than audit services) to the Registrant, the Adviser or any
entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that
provides services to the Registrant is compatible with maintaining the principal
accountant’s independence in performing audit services.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed
Registrants.
The Registrant
has a separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance
with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is
comprised of Mr. Conrad S. Ciccotello, Mr. John R. Graham and Mr. Charles E.
Heath.
Item 6. Schedule of
Investments.
Schedule of
Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item
1.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting
Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment
Companies.
Copies of the
proxy voting policies and procedures of the Registrant and the Adviser are
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.VOTEREG and Exhibit 99.VOTEADV, respectively.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End
Management Investment Companies.
Unless otherwise
indicated, information is presented as of November 30, 2009.
Portfolio
Managers
As of the date
of this filing, management of the Registrant’s portfolio is the responsibility
of a team of portfolio managers consisting of H. Kevin Birzer, Terry Matlack,
David J. Schulte, Zachary A. Hamel and Kenneth P. Malvey, all of whom are
Managers of the Adviser, comprise the investment committee of the Adviser and
share responsibility for such investment management. All decisions to invest in
a portfolio company must be approved by the unanimous decision of the Adviser’s
investment committee and any one member of the Adviser’s investment committee
can require the Adviser to sell a security or can veto the investment
committee’s decision to invest in a security. Biographical information about
each member of the Adviser’s investment committee as of the date of this filing
is set forth below.
Name and Age* |
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Position(s) Held with
Company and
Length of Time Served |
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Principal
Occupation During Past Five
Years |
H. Kevin
Birzer (Born 1959)
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Director
and Chairman of the Board since 2007
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Managing
Director of our Adviser since 2002; Member, Fountain Capital Management
(1990-2009); Vice President, Corporate Finance Department, Drexel Burnham
Lambert (1986-1989); formerly, Vice President, F. Martin Koenig & Co.,
an investment management firm (1983-1986); CFA designation since
1988.
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Terry
Matlack (Born 1956)
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Chief Financial Officer since 2007
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Managing
Director of our Adviser since 2002; Full-time Managing Director, Kansas
City Equity Partners, L.C. (“KCEP”) (2001-2002); formerly, President,
GreenStreet Capital, a private investment firm (1998-2001); Chief
Financial Officer of each of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corporation
(“TYG”), Tortoise Energy Capital Corporation (“TYY”), Tortoise North
American Energy Corporation (“TYN”), Tortoise Capital Resources
Corporation (“TTO”) and a private investment company managed by our
Adviser since its inception; Director of each of the Company, TYG, TYY,
TYN, TTO and the private investment company from its inception to
September 2009; Chief Compliance Officer of each of TYN and TYY from their
inception through May 2006 and of TYG from 2004 through May 2006;
Treasurer of each of TYG, TYY and TYN from their inception to November
2005; Assistant Treasurer of the TYG, TYY and TYN from November 2005 to
April 2008, of TTO from its inception to April 2008, and of the private
investment company from its inception to April 2009; CFA designation since
1985.
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David J.
Schulte (Born 1961)
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President and
Chief Executive Officer since 2007
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Managing Director of our Adviser since 2002; Full-time Managing
Director, KCEP (1993-2002); President and Chief Executive Officer of TYG
since 2003, of TYY since 2005; Chief Executive Officer of TYN and TTO
since 2005; President of TTO from 2005 to April 2007; President of TYN
from inception to September 2008; President of the private investment
company since 2007 and Chief Executive Officer from 2007 to December 2008;
CFA designation since 1992.
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Zachary A.
Hamel (Born 1965)
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Senior Vice President since 2007
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Managing
Director of our Adviser since 2002; Partner, Fountain Capital Management
(1997-present); Senior Vice President of TYY and TTO since 2005 and of
TYG, TYN and the private investment company since 2007; Secretary of each
of TYG, TYY, TYN and TTO from their inception to April 2007; CFA
designation since 1998.
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Kenneth P.
Malvey (Born 1965)
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Senior
Vice President and Treasurer since 2007
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Managing
Director of our Adviser since 2002; Partner, Fountain Capital Management
(2002-present); formerly Investment Risk Manager and member of Global
Office of Investments, GE Capital’s Employers Reinsurance Corporation
(1996-2002); Treasurer of TYG, TYY and TYN since November 2005, of TTO
since September 2005, and of the private investment company since 2007;
Senior Vice President of TYY and TTO since 2005, and of TYG, TYN and the
private investment company since 2007; Assistant Treasurer of TYG, TYY and
TYN from their inception to November 2005; Chief Executive Officer of the
private investment company since December 2008; CFA designation since
1996.
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*The address of
each director and officer is 11550 Ash Street, Suite 300, Leawood, Kansas 66211.
Mr. Birzer also
serves as director and Chairman of the Board of TYG, TYY, TYN and the private
investment company advised by our Adviser, registered closed-end management
investment companies, as well as TTO, a closed-end management investment company
that has elected to be regulated as a business development company. The Adviser
also serves as the investment adviser to TYG, TYY, TYN, TTO and the private
investment company.
The following
table provides information about the other accounts managed on a day-to-day
basis by each of the portfolio managers as of November 30, 2009:
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Number of |
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Accounts |
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Total Assets of |
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Paying a |
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Accounts Paying |
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Number of |
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Total Assets of |
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Performance |
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a Performance |
Name of Manager |
Accounts |
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Accounts |
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Fee |
|
Fee |
H. Kevin Birzer |
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Registered
investment companies |
4 |
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$ |
1,728,674,907 |
|
0 |
|
|
— |
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Other
pooled investment vehicles |
1 |
|
$ |
84,048,662 |
|
1 |
|
$ |
84,048,662 |
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Other
accounts |
270 |
|
$ |
639,185,040 |
|
1 |
|
$ |
66,489,092 |
|
Zachary A. Hamel |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Registered
investment companies |
4 |
|
$ |
1,728,674,907 |
|
0 |
|
|
— |
|
Other
pooled investment vehicles |
3 |
|
$ |
148,087,313 |
|
1 |
|
$ |
84,048,662 |
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Other
accounts |
287 |
|
$ |
1,908,871,948 |
|
1 |
|
$ |
66,489,092 |
|
Kenneth P. Malvey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Registered
investment companies |
4 |
|
$ |
1,728,674,907 |
|
0 |
|
|
— |
|
Other
pooled investment vehicles |
3 |
|
$ |
148,087,313 |
|
1 |
|
$ |
84,048,662 |
|
Other
accounts |
287 |
|
$ |
1,908,871,948 |
|
1 |
|
$ |
66,489,092 |
|
Terry Matlack |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Registered
investment companies |
4 |
|
$ |
1,728,674,907 |
|
0 |
|
|
— |
|
Other
pooled investment vehicles |
1 |
|
$ |
84,048,662 |
|
1 |
|
$ |
84,048,662 |
|
Other
accounts |
270 |
|
$ |
639,185,040 |
|
1 |
|
$ |
66,489,092 |
|
David J. Schulte |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Registered
investment companies |
4 |
|
$ |
1,728,674,907 |
|
0 |
|
|
— |
|
Other
pooled investment vehicles |
1 |
|
$ |
84,048,662 |
|
1 |
|
$ |
84,048,662 |
|
Other
accounts |
270 |
|
$ |
639,185,040 |
|
1 |
|
$ |
66,489,092 |
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Material Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of
interest may arise from the fact that the Adviser and its affiliates carry on
substantial investment activities for other clients, in which the Registrant has
no interest, some of which may have investment strategies similar to the
Registrant. The Adviser or its affiliates may have financial incentives to favor
certain of these accounts over the Registrant. For example, the Adviser may have
an incentive to allocate potentially more favorable investment opportunities to
other funds and clients that pay the Adviser an incentive or performance fee.
Performance and incentive fees also create the incentive to allocate potentially
riskier, but potentially better performing, investments to such funds and other
clients in an effort to increase the incentive fee. The Adviser also may have an
incentive to make investments in one fund, having the effect of increasing the
value of a security in the same issuer held by another fund, which, in turn, may
result in an incentive fee being paid to the Adviser by that other fund. Any of
their proprietary accounts or other customer accounts may compete with the
Registrant for specific trades. The Adviser or its affiliates may give advice
and recommend securities to, or buy or sell securities for, other accounts and
customers, which advice or securities recommended may differ from advice given
to, or securities recommended or bought or sold for, the Registrant, even though
their investment objectives may be the same as, or similar to, the Registrant’s
objectives. When two or more clients advised by the Adviser or its affiliates
seek to purchase or sell the same publicly traded securities, the securities
actually purchased or sold will be allocated among the clients on a good faith
equitable basis by the Adviser in its discretion and in accordance with the
clients’ various investment objectives and the Adviser’s procedures. In some
cases, this system may adversely affect the price or size of the position the
Registrant may obtain or sell. In other cases, the Registrant’s ability to
participate in volume transactions may produce better execution for it.
The Adviser also
serves as investment adviser for four other publicly traded and one privately
held closed-end management investment companies, all of which invest in the
energy sector.
Situations may
occur when the Registrant could be disadvantaged because of the investment
activities conducted by the Adviser and its affiliates for their other accounts.
Such situations may be based on, among other things, the following: (1) legal or
internal restrictions on the combined size of positions that may be taken for
the Registrant or the other accounts, thereby limiting the size of the
Registrant’s position; (2) the difficulty of liquidating an investment for the
Registrant or the other accounts where the market cannot absorb the sale of the
combined position; or (3) limits on co-investing in private placement securities
under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Registrant’s investment
opportunities may be limited by affiliations of the Adviser or its affiliates
with energy infrastructure companies.
Under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant and its affiliated companies may
be precluded from co-investing in negotiated private placements of securities.
Except as permitted by law, the Registrant will not co-invest with its
affiliates in negotiated private transactions. To the extent the Registrant is
precluded from co-investing, the Adviser will observe a policy for allocating
negotiated private investment opportunities among its clients that takes into
account the amount of each client’s available cash and its investment
objectives. These allocation policies may result in the allocation of investment
opportunities to an affiliated company rather than to the Registrant.
To the extent
that the Adviser sources and structures private investments in master limited
partnerships (“MLPs”), certain employees of the Adviser may become aware of
actions planned by MLPs, such as acquisitions, which may not be announced to the
public. It is possible that the Registrant could be precluded from investing in
or selling securities of an MLP about which the Adviser has material, non-public
information; however, it is the Adviser’s intention to ensure that any material,
non-public information available to certain employees of the Adviser is not
shared with the employees responsible for the purchase and sale of publicly
traded MLP securities. The Registrant’s investment opportunities also may be
limited by affiliations of the Adviser or its affiliates with energy
infrastructure companies.
The Adviser and
its principals, officers, employees, and affiliates may buy and sell securities
or other investments for their own accounts and may have actual or potential
conflicts of interest with respect to investments made on the Registrant’s
behalf. As a result of differing trading and investment strategies or
constraints, positions may be taken by principals, officers, employees, and
affiliates of the Adviser that are the same as, different from, or made at a
different time than positions taken for the Registrant. Further, the Adviser may
at some time in the future, manage other investment funds with the same
investment objective as the Registrant’s.
Compensation
None of Messrs.
Birzer, Hamel, Malvey, Matlack or Schulte receives any direct compensation from
the Registrant or any other of the managed accounts reflected in the table
above. All such accounts are managed by the Adviser or Fountain Capital. Messrs.
Birzer, Hamel, Malvey, Matlack and Schulte are full-time employees of the
Adviser and receive a fixed salary for the services they provide. They are also
eligible for an annual cash bonus and awards of common interests in the
Adviser’s parent company based on the Adviser’s earnings and the satisfaction of
certain other conditions. Additional benefits received by Messrs. Birzer, Hamel,
Malvey, Matlack and Schulte are normal and customary employee benefits generally
available to all salaried employees. Each of Messrs. Birzer, Hamel, Malvey,
Matlack and Schulte own an equity interest in Tortoise Holdings, LLC which
wholly owns the Adviser, and each thus benefits from increases in the net income
of the Adviser.
Securities Owned in the Registrant by
Portfolio Managers
The following
table provides information about the dollar range of equity securities in the
Registrant beneficially owned by each of the portfolio managers as of November
30, 2009:
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|
|
Aggregate Dollar Range
of |
|
Portfolio Manager |
|
Holdings in the
Registrant |
|
H. Kevin Birzer |
|
$ |
10,001-$50,000 |
|
Zachary A. Hamel |
|
$ |
10,001-$50,000 |
|
Kenneth P. Malvey |
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$ |
10,001-$50,000 |
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Terry Matlack |
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$ |
50,001-$100,000 |
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David J. Schulte |
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$ |
10,001-$50,000 |
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by
Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated
Purchasers.
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(d) |
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(c) |
Maximum Number
(or |
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Total Number
of |
Approximate
Dollar |
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(a) |
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Shares (or
Units) |
Value) of Shares
(or |
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Total Number
of |
(b) |
Purchased as Part
of |
Units) that May
Yet |
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Shares (or
Units) |
Average Price
Paid |
Publicly
Announced |
Be Purchased
Under |
Period |
Purchased |
per Share (or
Unit) |
Plans or
Programs |
the Plans or
Programs |
Month
#1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6/1/09-6/30/09 |
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|
|
Month
#2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7/1/09-7/31/09 |
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|
Month
#3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8/1/09-8/31/09 |
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|
|
Month
#4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9/1/09-9/30/09 |
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Month
#5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10/1/09-10/31/09 |
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Month
#6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11/1/09-11/30/09 |
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|
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Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote
of Security Holders.
None.
Item 11. Controls and
Procedures.
(a) The
Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief 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 as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based
on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b)
under the 1940 Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities
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 1940 Act) that occurred during the
Registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that
have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the
Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12.
Exhibits.
(a)(1)
Any code of ethics or amendment thereto,
that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the
Registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit.
Filed herewith.
(2) Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith.
(3) Any written solicitation to purchase
securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act sent or given during the period
covered by the report by or on behalf of the Registrant to 10 or more persons.
None.
(b) Certification pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Furnished herewith.
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) |
|
Tortoise Power
and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. |
|
|
|
By (Signature and Title) |
|
/s/ David J.
Schulte |
|
|
David J. Schulte, President and Chief Executive
Officer |
Date February 3,
2010
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) |
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/s/ David J.
Schulte |
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David J. Schulte, President and Chief Executive
Officer |
Date February 3,
2010
By (Signature and Title) |
|
/s/ Terry
Matlack |
|
|
Terry Matlack, Chief Financial
Officer |
Date February 3,
2010