-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VrHUsm733g+GgHC9LJHoi0KlBSLNMTaTWxVj+m/Tjn4B5aYwTqVi5qeUv/PgOjNt tX2PustOFtY47oJ6/HXz3w== 0000950136-06-003154.txt : 20060425 0000950136-06-003154.hdr.sgml : 20060425 20060425131344 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950136-06-003154 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060228 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060425 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060425 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20060425 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MANAGED HIGH YIELD PLUS FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001060392 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-Q SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-08765 FILM NUMBER: 06777365 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (US) INC STREET 2: 51 WEST 52ND ST CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 212 882 5575 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 WEST 52ND ST STREET 2: C/O UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT (US) INC CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 N-Q 1 file001.htm FORM N-Q

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: 811-08765 

 

Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc. 

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) 

51 West 52nd Street, New York, New York 10019-6114 

 

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) 

Mark F. Kemper, Esq.
UBS Global Asset Management Inc. 

51 West 52nd Street 

New York, NY 10019-6114
(Name and address of agent for service) 

Copy to:
Jack W. Murphy, Esq.
Dechert LLP
1775 I Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-2401 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 212-882 5000 

Date of fiscal year end: May 31 

Date of reporting period: February 28, 2006 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments 

MANAGED HIGH YIELD PLUS FUND INC. 

Schedule of Investments — February 28, 2006 (unaudited) 

Principal Amount (000) ($)

Maturity
Dates
Interest
Rates (%)
Value ($)
Corporate Bonds—142.90%
Agriculture—1.10%

3,000 Southern States Cooperative, Inc.*† 11/01/10 10.500 3,165,000
Airline—1.05%

3,000 American Airlines, Inc.* 04/01/11 8.608 3,032,600
Apparel/Textiles—5.12%

6,650 Levi Strauss & Co.* 12/15/12 12.250 7,597,625

1,250 Perry Ellis International, Inc., Series B* 03/15/09 9.500 1,280,250

2,000 Propex Fabrics, Inc.* 12/01/12 10.000 1,780,000

4,150 Rafaella Apparel Group*† 06/15/11 11.250 4,129,250




14,787,125
Automotive—0.73%

3,000 General Motors* 07/15/33 8.375 2,115,000
Auto Parts & Equipment—4.99%

2,350 Advanced Accessory Systems LLC* 06/15/11 10.750 1,868,250

1,000 Autocam Corp.* 06/15/14 10.875 682,500

5,250 Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc.*† 12/15/14 8.375 4,068,750

2,830 Dura Operating Corp., Series D* 05/01/09 9.000 1,400,850

3,000 HLI Operating Co., Inc.* 06/15/10 10.500 2,550,000

4,000 Stanadyne Corp.* 08/15/14 10.000 3,840,000




14,410,350
Beverage—1.64%

4,500 Le-Natures, Inc.*† 06/15/13 10.000 4,725,000
Building & Construction—1.36%

2,000 Stanley Martin-Community LLC*† 08/15/15 9.750 1,790,000

2,500 Technical Olympic USA, Inc.* 01/15/15 7.500 2,125,000




3,915,000
Building Materials—6.81%

2,000 Coleman Cable, Inc.*† 10/01/12 9.875 1,662,500

2,000 Collins & Aikman Floorcovering, Series B* 02/15/10 9.750 1,890,000

4,000 Compression Polymers Holding Corp.*† 07/01/13 10.500 4,020,000

3,750 FastenTech, Inc.* 05/01/11 11.500 3,600,000

4,075 Interface, Inc.* 02/01/10 10.375 4,451,937

4,825 Maax Corp.* 06/15/12 9.750 4,053,000




19,677,437
Chemicals—11.56%

3,000 Equistar Chemicals LP* 09/01/08 10.125 3,225,000

1,643 Huntsman International LLC* 07/01/09 10.125 1,684,075

1,000 IMC Global, Inc.* 08/01/13 10.875 1,150,000

2,000 IMC Global, Inc., Series B* 06/01/11 11.250 2,145,000

1,000 Millennium America, Inc.* 06/15/08 9.250 1,027,500

4,550 Omnova Solutions, Inc.* 06/01/10 11.250 4,788,875

5,285 Resolution Performance Products LLC* 11/15/10 13.500 5,654,950

3,835 Rhodia SA* 06/01/10 10.250 4,314,375

3,280 Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc.* 05/15/11 10.625 3,608,000

3,735 Terra Capital, Inc.* 10/15/08 12.875 4,323,262

1,300 Terra Capital, Inc.* 06/01/10 11.500 1,449,500




33,370,537
Computer Hardware—1.56%

2,000 Activant Solutions, Inc.*† 04/01/10 10.530 2,050,000

2,250 Activant Solutions, Inc.* 06/15/11 10.500 2,452,500




4,502,500
Consumer Products—5.65%

3,350 Amscan Holdings, Inc.* 05/01/14 8.750 2,914,500

2,500 Da-Lite Screen Co., Inc.* 05/15/11 9.500 2,656,250

3,477 Jafra Cosmetics International, Inc.* 05/15/11 10.750 3,785,584

4,060 Prestige Brands, Inc.* 04/15/12 9.250 4,110,750

3,000 Revlon Consumer Products*† 04/01/11 9.500 2,835,000




16,302,084

 


Principal Amount (000) ($)

Maturity
Dates
Interest
Rates (%)
Value ($)
Diversified Capital Goods—1.07%

3,000 Invensys PLC*† 03/15/11 9.875 3,105,000
Electric—Generation—5.36%

5,500 Dynegy Holdings, Inc.*† 07/15/13 10.125 6,187,500

5,250 Mission Energy Holding Co.* 07/15/08 13.500 6,050,625

3,185 Reliant Energy, Inc.* 07/15/10 9.250 3,236,756




15,474,881
Electronics—1.18%

1,000 Amkor Technology, Inc.* 02/15/08 9.250 1,015,000

2,250 Telex Communications, Inc.* 10/15/08 11.500 2,407,500




3,422,500
Food & Drug Retailers—4.20%

350 Ameriqual Group LLC*† 04/01/12 9.000 367,500

3,750 Jean Coutu Group PLC* 08/01/14 8.500 3,581,250

2,000 Pathmark Stores, Inc.* 02/01/12 8.750 1,900,000

4,000 Rite Aid Corp.* 02/15/11 9.500 4,200,000

2,000 Stripes Acquisition/Susser Finance† 12/15/13 10.625 2,090,000




12,138,750
Food —Wholesale—2.83%

1,000 Land O' Lakes, Inc.* 11/15/11 8.750 1,047,500

2,225 Pinnacle Foods Holding* 12/01/13 8.250 2,180,500

4,750 Wornick Co.* 07/15/11 10.875 4,951,875




8,179,875
Forestry/Paper—3.25%

942 Buckeye Technologies, Inc.* 09/15/08 9.250 942,000

4,500 Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc.* 03/15/10 9.750 4,432,500

2,500 Exopac Holding Corp.*† 02/01/14 11.250 2,500,000

2,083 Millar Western Forest* 11/15/13 7.750 1,499,760




9,374,260
Gaming—11.65%

4,250 Circus & Eldorado Joint Venture* 03/01/12 10.125 4,568,750

4,400 Inn Of The Mountain Gods Resort & Casino* 11/15/10 12.000 4,647,500

5,250 Jacobs Entertainment, Inc.* 02/01/09 11.875 5,538,750

3,000 Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians*† 02/15/14 10.250 2,962,500

3,345 Majestic Star Casino LLC* 10/15/10 9.500 3,579,150

2,525 MTR Gaming Group, Inc., Series B* 04/01/10 9.750 2,704,906

2,750 River Rock Entertainment Authority* 11/01/11 9.750 2,976,875

6,350 Wheeling Island Gaming, Inc.* 12/15/09 10.125 6,643,688




33,622,119
Health Services—9.49%

3,000 American Holding Co./Emcare Holding Co.*† 02/15/15 10.000 3,195,000

4,500 Ameripath, Inc.* 04/01/13 10.500 4,747,500

4,000 HealthSouth Corp.* 10/01/08 10.750 4,130,000

2,250 National Mentor, Inc.† 12/01/12 9.625 2,396,250

4,500 Radiologix, Inc., Series B* 12/15/08 10.500 3,510,000

2,000 Tenet Healthcare Corp.*† 02/01/15 9.250 2,005,000

3,750 Universal Hospital Services, Inc.* 11/01/11 10.125 3,918,750

3,500 US Oncology Holdings, Inc.*† 03/15/15 9.264 3,482,500




27,385,000
Hotels—0.90%

2,250 MeriStar Hospitality Corp.* 01/15/11 9.125 2,610,000
Media—Broadcast—3.36%

2,250 Granite Broadcasting Corp.* 12/01/10 9.750 2,036,250

1,000 Rainbow National Services LLC*† 09/01/14 10.375 1,131,250

3,550 Sirius Satellite Radio† 08/01/13 9.625 3,479,000

851 XM Satellite Radio, Inc.* 06/15/10 12.000 950,993

2,358 Young Broadcasting, Inc.* 03/01/11 10.000 2,107,462




9,704,955
Media—Cable—4.75%

3,000 CCH I Holdings LLC*† 05/15/14 10.000 1,560,000

5,295 Insight Midwest LP/Insight Capital, Inc.* 11/01/10 10.500 5,579,606

6,150 Mediacom Broadband LLC* 07/15/13 11.000 6,580,500




13,720,106

 


Principal Amount (000) ($)

Maturity
Dates
Interest
Rates (%)
Value ($)
Media—Services—2.55%

4,100 Advanstar Communications, Inc.* 08/15/10 10.750 4,469,000

3,000 Affinion Group, Inc.*† 10/15/13 10.125 2,895,000




7,364,000
Metals/Mining Excluding Steel—3.08%

3,000 American Rock Salt Co. LLC* 03/15/14 9.500 3,030,000

2,300 Better Minerals & Aggregates Co. #(c) 09/15/09 13.000 1,840,000

5,000 Wolverine Tube, Inc.* 04/01/09 10.500 4,012,500




8,882,500
Non-Food & Drug Retailers—5.24%

4,400 Brookstone Co., Inc.*† 10/15/12 12.000 4,092,000

4,400 Gregg Appliances, Inc.*† 02/01/13 9.000 4,158,000

2,250 Mothers Work, Inc.* 08/01/10 11.250 2,295,000

1,400 National Wine & Spirits, Inc.* 01/15/09 10.125 1,410,500

2,935 PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.* 11/01/11 10.750 3,162,463




15,117,963
Oil Field Equipment & Services—1.96%

5,250 Bluewater Finance Ltd.* 02/15/12 10.250 5,656,875
Oil Refining & Marketing—1.39%

3,605 Giant Industries, Inc.* 05/15/12 11.000 4,010,563
Packaging—3.87%

4,750 Berry Plastics Corp.* 07/15/12 10.750 5,165,625

3,000 Graham Packaging Co.*† 10/15/14 9.875 3,045,000

2,000 Solo Cup Co. 02/15/14 8.500 1,780,000

2,000 Tekni-Plex, Inc., Series B* 06/15/10 12.750 1,170,000




11,160,625
Printing & Publishing—8.23%

2,250 American Color Graphics, Inc.* 06/15/10 10.000 1,631,250

4,000 American Media Operation, Series B* 05/01/09 10.250 3,580,000

3,500 Clarke American Corp.*† 12/15/13 11.750 3,508,750

975 Hollinger, Inc.*† 03/01/11 12.875 1,017,656

4,000 Houghton Mifflin Co.* 02/01/13 9.875 4,360,000

4,500 Sheridan Acquisition Corp.* 08/15/11 10.250 4,663,125

3,250 Vertis, Inc.*† 12/07/09 13.500 2,665,000

2,375 Vertis, Inc., Series B* 06/15/09 10.875 2,333,438




23,759,219
Restaurants—7.06%

4,100 Buffets, Inc.* 07/15/10 11.250 4,264,000

2,000 Friendly Ice Cream Corp.*† 06/15/12 8.375 1,870,000

3,725 Restaurant Co.*† 10/01/13 10.000 3,576,000

4,660 Sbarro, Inc.* 09/15/09 11.000 4,764,850

2,000 UNO Restaurants Holdings Corp.*† 02/15/11 10.000 1,680,000

4,500 VICORP Restaurants, Inc.* 04/15/11 10.500 4,230,000




20,384,850
Software/Services—3.73%

2,000 SS&C Technologies, Inc.*† 12/01/13 11.750 2,100,000

5,000 Sungard Data Systems, Inc.*† 08/15/15 10.250 5,243,750

3,500 Unisys Corp.* 10/15/15 8.500 3,434,375




10,778,125
Steel Producers/Products—0.61%

1,750 Edgen Acquisition Corp.*† 02/01/11 9.875 1,750,000
Support—Services—6.08%

2,750 Ahern Rentals, Inc.† 08/15/13 9.250 2,887,500

3,000 Brickman Group Ltd., Series B* 12/15/09 11.750 3,300,000

4,000 Hertz Corp.*† 01/01/16 10.500 4,310,000

3,500 HydroChem Industrial Services, Inc.*† 02/15/13 9.250 3,465,000

1,000 Monitronics International, Inc.* 09/01/10 11.750 995,000

2,500 Sunstate Equipment Co.*† 04/01/13 10.500 2,600,000




17,557,500

 


Principal Amount (000) ($)

Maturity
Dates
Interest
Rates (%)
Value ($)
Telecommunications Equipment—0.03%

2,000 World Access, Inc. # (b) 01/15/08 13.250 100,000
Telecom—Fixed Line—0.93%

3,000 Level 3 Communications, Inc.*† 03/01/10 11.500 2,692,500
Telecom—Wireless—8.17%

3,608 Alamosa Delaware, Inc.* 07/31/10 11.000 4,022,920

6,000 American Cellular Corp., Series B* 08/01/11 10.000 6,525,000

1,168 Centennial Cellular Operating Co. LLC* 12/15/08 10.750 1,192,820

3,000 Centennial Communications Corp.* 06/15/13 10.125 3,285,000

2,000 Horizon PCS, Inc.*† 07/15/12 11.375 2,300,000

1,750 US Unwired, Inc., Series B* 06/15/12 10.000 1,977,500

4,000 Wind Acquisition Finance SA*† 12/01/15 10.750 4,280,000




23,583,240
Theaters & Entertainment—0.36%

1,000 Imax Corp.* 12/01/10 9.625 1,032,500
Total Corporate Bonds (cost—$419,236,968)
412,570,539
Number
of
Shares




Common Stocks (a)—0.01%



Oil Refining & Marketing—0.00%




1,253 Orion Refining Corp. #(c)

0
Restaurants—0.00%




129 American Restaurant Group, Inc. #(c)

0
Support—Services—0.00%




5,456 NCI Holdings, Inc. #(c)

0
Telecom—Integrated/Services—0.00%




929 XO Communications, Inc.

2,118
Telecom—Wireless—0.01%




636 American Tower Corp., Class A*

20,244
Total Common Stocks (cost—$2,716,866)


22,362
Preferred Stock (a)—0.00%



Media—Broadcast—0.00%




20,000 Adelphia Communications Corp., Series B (cost—$2,042,500)

5,000
Number
of
Warrants




Warrants (a) —0.23%



Building Materials—0.00%




2,500 Dayton Superior Corp., strike @ $0.01, expires 06/15/09 #(c) (1)

0
Computer Hardware—0.00%




3,000 Knology Holdings, Inc., strike @ $0.10, expires 10/22/07 #(c) (1)

0
Oil Field Equipment & Services—0.23%




4,500 Key Energy Services, Inc., strike @ $4.88, expires 01/15/09*

657,562
Telecom—Integrated/Services—0.00%




4,950 Pathnet, Inc., strike @ $0.01, expires 04/15/08 #(c)

0

1,859 XO Communications, Inc., Series A, strike @ $6.25, expires 01/16/10

744

1,394 XO Communications, Inc., Series B, strike @ $7.50, expires 01/16/10

279

1,394 XO Communications, Inc., Series C, strike @ $10.00, expires 01/16/10

167




1,190
Total Warrants (cost—$51,560)


658,752

 


Principal
Amount (000) ($)

Maturity
Date
Interest
Rate (%)
Value ($)
Repurchase Agreement—0.72%

2,079 Repurchase Agreement dated 02/28/06 with State Street Bank & Trust Co., collateralized by $2,125,795 U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.000% to 4.625% due 05/15/06 to 08/15/10 (value—$2,120,611); proceeds: $2,079,240 (cost—$2,079,000) 03/01/06 4.150 2,079,000
Total Investments (cost—$426,126,894) (d) (2) —143.86%
415,335,653
Liabilities in excess of other assets—(43.86)%
(126,636,140 )
Net Assets—100.00%
288,699,513

Entire or partial amount pledged as collateral for bank loan. 

Illiquid securities representing 0.67% of net assets. 

† 

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 42.62% of net assets as of February 28, 2006, are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. 

‡ 

Floating rate securities. The interest rates shown are the current rates as of February 28, 2006. 

(a) 

Non-income producing securities. 

(b) 

Bond interest in default. 

(c) 

Security is being fair valued by a valuation committee under the direction of the Board of Directors. 

(d) 

Cost of investments shown approximates cost for federal income tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments and gross unrealized depreciation of investments at February 28, 2006 were $13,524,471 and $24,315,712 respectively, resulting in net unrealized depreciation of investments of $10,791,241. 

(1) 

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities, which represent 0.00% of net assets as of February 28, 2006, are considered illiquid and restricted.
(See table below for more information.) 

Restricted Securities
Acquisition
Date (s)
Acquisition
Cost ($)
Acquisition Cost
as a
Percentage of
Net Assets (%)
Market
Value ($)
Market Value
as a
Percentage of
Net Assets (%)
Dayton Superior Corp., warrants, expiring 06/15/09
06/09/00 46,550  0.02 0 0.00
Knology Holdings, Inc., warrants, expiring 10/22/07
06/08/98, 04/26/00 5,000  0.00 0 0.00


51,550  0.02 0 0.00

(2) 

The Fund calculates its net asset value based on the current market value, where available, for its portfolio securities. The Fund normally obtains market values for its securities from independent pricing sources and broker-dealers. Independent pricing sources may use last reported sale prices, current market quotations or valuations from computerized "matrix" systems that derive values based on comparable securities. A matrix system incorporates parameters such as security quality, maturity and coupon, and/or research and evaluations by its staff, including review of broker-dealer market price quotations, if available, in determining the valuation of the portfolio securities. Securities traded in the over-the-counter ("OTC") market and listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. ("Nasdaq") normally are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. Other OTC securities are valued at the last bid price available on the valuation date prior to valuation. Securities which are listed on U.S. and foreign stock exchanges normally are valued at the last sale price on the day the securities are valued or, lacking any sales on such day, at the last available bid price. In cases where securities are traded on more than one exchange, the securities are valued on the exchange designated as the primary market by the investment manager and administrator of the Fund. If a market value is not available from an independent pricing source for a particular security, that security is valued at 

 


 

 

fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Fund's Board of Directors (the "Board"). Various factors may be reviewed in order to make a good faith determination of a security's fair value. These factors include, but are not limited to, the type and cost of the security; contractual or legal restrictions on resale of the security; relevant financial or business developments of the issuer; actively traded similar or related securities; conversion or exchange rights on the security; related corporate actions; and changes in overall market conditions. If events occur that materially affect the value of securities (particularly non-U.S. securities) between the close of trading in those securities and the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), the securities are fair valued. The amortized cost method of valuation, which approximates market value, generally is used to value short-term debt instruments with sixty days or less remaining to maturity, unless the Board determines that this does not represent fair value. All investments quoted in foreign currencies will be valued daily in U.S. dollars on the basis of the foreign currency exchange rates prevailing at the time such valuation is determined by the Fund's custodian. 

 

Issuer Breakdown By Country 


Percentage of Portfolio Assets(%)
United States
93.2
Canada
2.7
Cayman Islands
1.4
France
1.0
Luxembourg
1.0
United Kingdom
0.7
Total
100.0

For more information regarding the Fund's other signicant accounting policies, please refer
to the Fund's semiannual report to shareholders dated November 30, 2005. 

 


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, as amended ("Investment Company Act")) are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document. 

(b) 

The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company 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. 

(a) 

Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial officer of registrant pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act is attached hereto as Exhibit EX-99.CERT. 

 


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. 

Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc. 

By: 

/s/ W. Douglas Beck
W. Douglas Beck
President 

Date: 

April 25, 2006 

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: 

/s/ W. Douglas Beck
W. Douglas Beck
President 

Date: 

April 25, 2006 

By: 

/s/ Thomas Disbrow
Thomas Disbrow
Vice President and Treasurer 

Date: 

April 25, 2006 

 


Exhibit EX-99.CERT 

Certifications 

I, W. Douglas Beck, President of Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc., certify that: 

1. 

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc.; 

2. 

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 

3. 

Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed; 

4. 

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have: 

(a) 

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; 

(b) 

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; 

(c) 

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and 

(d) 

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and 

5. 

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): 

(a) 

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and 

(b) 

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. 

By: 

/s/ W. Douglas Beck
W. Douglas Beck
President 

Date: 

April 25, 2006 

 


I, Thomas Disbrow, Vice President and Treasurer of Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc., certify that: 

1. 

I have reviewed this report on Form N-Q of Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc.; 

2. 

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 

3. 

Based on my knowledge, the schedules of investments included in this report fairly present in all material respects the investments of the registrant as of the end of the fiscal quarter for which the report is filed; 

4. 

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have: 

(a) 

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; 

(b) 

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; 

(c) 

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report, based on such evaluation; and 

(d) 

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and 

5. 

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): 

(a) 

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and 

(b) 

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. 

By: 

/s/ Thomas Disbrow
Thomas Disbrow
Vice President and Treasurer 

Date: 

April 25, 2006 

 


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