Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number             811-22533                        

                         Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc.                        

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

200 South Wacker Drive, Suite 500

                                                       Chicago, Illinois 60606                                                 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

  Alan M. Meder    Lawrence R. Hamilton, Esq.  
  Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc.    Mayer Brown LLP  
  200 South Wacker Drive, Suite 500    71 South Wacker Drive  
  Chicago, Illinois 60606    Chicago, Illinois 60606  
  (Name and address of agent for service)  

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

Date of fiscal year end:   October 31    

Date of reporting period:   January 31, 2017


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

See the Statement of Net Assets below.


DUFF & PHELPS GLOBAL UTILITY INCOME FUND INC.

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS

JANUARY 31, 2017

(Unaudited)

 

Shares     

Description

   Value  
 

COMMON STOCKS & MLP INTERESTS—132.3%

  
   ELECTRIC, GAS AND WATER—41.9%   
  1,670,000      CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      $43,770,700  
  860,000      Emera, Inc. (Canada)      30,031,431  
  866,000      innogy SE (Germany)(2)      29,620,781  
  2,871,000      National Grid plc (United Kingdom)      33,506,016  
  218,000      NextEra Energy, Inc.      26,970,960  
  731,700      Southern Co.      36,167,931  
  2,900,381      United Utilities Group plc (United Kingdom)      33,458,497  
  564,000      WEC Energy Group, Inc.      33,304,200  
  656,293      Westar Energy, Inc.      35,892,664  
     

 

 

 
        302,723,180  
     

 

 

 
   OIL & GAS STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION AND PRODUCTION—59.1%   
  4,287,455      APA Group (Australia)      27,378,426  
  480,184      DCP Midstream LP      18,664,752  
  688,861      Enbridge Energy Partners LP      13,343,238  
  536,346      Energy Transfer Partners LP      20,461,600  
  802,800      Enterprise Products Partners LP      22,743,324  
  500,000      GasLog Partners LP (Marshall Islands)      11,450,000  
  355,500      Genesis Energy LP      12,893,985  
  1,431,854      Kinder Morgan, Inc.      31,987,618  
  484,223      KNOT Offshore Partners LP (Marshall Islands)      10,556,061  
  400,575      MPLX LP      15,161,764  
  285,716      NuStar Energy LP      15,802,952  
  856,000      Pembina Pipeline Corp. (Canada)      26,556,557  
  756,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP      23,730,840  
  710,000      Sunoco Logistics Partners LP      18,119,200  
  500,000      Sunoco LP      14,150,000  
  343,298      Tallgrass Energy Partners LP      16,986,385  
  446,528      Targa Resources Corp.      25,728,943  
  278,834      TC Pipelines LP      16,752,347  
  1,080,000      TransCanada Corp. (Canada)      50,951,931  
  814,270      Williams Partners LP      33,417,641  
     

 

 

 
        426,837,564  
     

 

 

 
   TELECOMMUNICATIONS—31.3%   
  810,000      BCE, Inc. (Canada)      36,547,200  
  1,119,440      Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc.      29,418,883  
  225,000      Crown Castle International Corp.      19,761,750  
  2,974,000      Frontier Communications Corp.      10,379,260  
  1,468,000      Orange SA (France)      22,701,031  
  15,565,000      Spark New Zealand Ltd. (New Zealand)      40,084,486  
  6,211,000      Telia Company AB (Sweden)      25,185,967  
  6,860,000      Telstra Corp., Ltd. (Australia)      26,013,029  
  1,978,200      Windstream Holdings, Inc.      15,983,856  
     

 

 

 
        226,075,462  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks & MLP Interests (Cost $873,432,863)      955,636,206  
     

 

 

 

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

 

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DUFF & PHELPS GLOBAL UTILITY INCOME FUND INC.

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS – (Continued)

JANUARY 31, 2017

(Unaudited)

 

Shares     

Description

   Value  
 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT—2.9%

  
   MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUND—2.9%   
  21,240,386     

BlackRock Liquidity Funds FedFund Portfolio Institutional Shares

(seven-day effective yield 0.470%)(3)

     $21,240,386  
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-term Investment (Cost $21,240,386)      21,240,386  
     

 

 

 
 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—135.2%

  
 

(Cost $894,673,249)

     976,876,592 (1) 
     

 

 

 
 

Secured borrowings—(22.1)%

     (160,000,000
 

Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares at liquidation value—(13.8)%

     (100,000,000
 

Other assets less other liabilities—0.7%

     5,839,766  
     

 

 

 
 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCK—100.0%

     $722,716,358  
     

 

 

 

 

(1) 

All or a portion of the total investments have been pledged as collateral for borrowings.

(2) 

Non-income producing.

(3) 

Shares of this fund are publicly offered and its prospectus and annual report are publicly available.

The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of that category as a percentage of the net assets applicable to common stock of the Fund.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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DUFF & PHELPS GLOBAL UTILITY INCOME FUND INC.

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS – (Continued)

JANUARY 31, 2017

(Unaudited)

 

SECTOR ALLOCATIONS *

Oil & Gas Storage, Transportation and Production

     44

Electric, Gas and Water

     31  

Telecommunications

     23  

Money Market Mutual Fund

     2  

Total

     100

 

COUNTRY WEIGHTINGS *

United States

     59

Canada

     15  

United Kingdom

     7  

Australia

     5  

New Zealand

     4  

Germany

     3  

Sweden

     3  

France

     2  

Marshall Islands

     2  

Total

     100

 

CURRENCY EXPOSURE *

United States Dollar

     65

Canadian Dollar

     11  

British Pound

     7  

Australian Dollar

     5  

Euro

     5  

New Zealand Dollar

     4  

Swedish Krona

     3  

Total

     100

 

* Percentages are based on total investments rather than net assets applicable to common stock.

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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DUFF & PHELPS GLOBAL UTILITY INCOME FUND INC.

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS – (Continued)

JANUARY 31, 2017

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1. Investment Valuation

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

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

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

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

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these securities. For more information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements contained in its annual report. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each of the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2017:

 

      Level 1  

Common stocks & MLP interests

     $955,636,206   

Money market mutual fund

     21,240,386   
  

 

 

 

Total

     $976,876,592   
  

 

 

 

There were no Level 2 or Level 3 priced securities held and there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 related to securities held at January 31, 2017.

Note 2. Federal Income Tax Information

At October 31, 2016, the Fund’s most recent fiscal tax year-end, the federal tax cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were as follows:

 

   

Federal

Tax Cost

  Unrealized
Appreciation
  Unrealized
Depreciation
  Net Unrealized
Appreciation

Investments

  $862,532,332     $159,321,971   $(66,181,114)   $93,140,857

The difference between the book basis and tax basis of unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and cost of investments is primarily attributable to investments in MLPs.

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


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a)

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

 

  (b)

There has been no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

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


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant)                            Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc.                               

 

By (Signature and Title)*     /s/ Nathan I. Partain                                                                            

 

          Nathan I. Partain

          President and Chief Executive Officer

 

          (Principal Executive Officer)

Date    March 17, 2017                                                                                                                                 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)*      /s/ Nathan I. Partain                                                                            

 

          Nathan I. Partain

          President and Chief Executive Officer

 

          (Principal Executive Officer)

Date    March 17, 2017                                                                                                                                 

 

By (Signature and Title)*      /s/ Alan M. Meder                                                                               

 

          Alan M. Meder

          Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

          (Principal Financial Officer)

Date    March 17, 2017