Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund Announces Approval of a Stock Repurchase Program of up to $20 Million of Common Stock

Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE:KYE) announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a program to purchase up to $20 million of the Fund's common stock. The Board has decided to implement the share repurchase program with the expectation it will increase net asset value (“NAV”) per share through the accretive nature of the purchases. As of June 19, 2014, the Fund's common stock was trading at a 9.8% discount to NAV.

The repurchase program will continue until the earlier of (i) the repurchase of $20 million of common stock or (ii) December 31, 2014. The Fund will authorize its agents to make purchases in the open market when shares are trading at a discount of at least 8% to the Fund's NAV per share and the Fund has sufficient borrowing capacity relative to its target leverage ratios.

Kevin McCarthy, Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, stated, "We believe the purchase of shares at a substantial discount to NAV represents an attractive investment opportunity for KYE. Like the PIPE investments that we have made at a discount to the market price of such securities, a stock repurchase at an 8% or greater discount will lead to increases in NAV per share."

The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 whose common stock is traded on the NYSE. The Fund’s investment objective is to obtain a high total return with an emphasis on current income by investing primarily in securities of companies engaged in the energy industry, principally including publicly-traded energy-related master limited partnerships and limited liability companies taxed as partnerships and their affiliates, energy-related U.S. and Canadian trusts and income trusts and other companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues from operating assets used in, or providing energy-related services for, the exploration, development, production, gathering, transportation, processing, storing, refining, distribution, mining or marketing of natural gas, natural gas liquids (including propane), crude oil, refined petroleum products or coal.

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