0001145549-23-058986.txt : 20230928 0001145549-23-058986.hdr.sgml : 20230928 20230928133222 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-23-058986 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-P PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230731 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230928 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230928 PERIOD START: 20231031 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001519505 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-P SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22553 FILM NUMBER: 231288470 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 45 PINE GROVE AVE STREET 2: SUITE 301 CITY: KINGSTON STATE: NY ZIP: 12401 BUSINESS PHONE: 845-679-9166 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 45 PINE GROVE AVE STREET 2: SUITE 301 CITY: KINGSTON STATE: NY ZIP: 12401 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MILLER/HOWARD HIGH DIVIDEND FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20110628 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Miller/Howard Fund DATE OF NAME 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Exelon Corp 3SOUA6IRML7435B56G12 Exelon Corp 30161N101 130000.000000000000 NS USD 5441800.000000000000 2.6053413898 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Gilead Sciences Inc 549300WTZWR07K8MNV44 Gilead Sciences Inc 375558103 50000.000000000000 NS USD 3807000.000000000000 1.8226569648 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Hercules Capital Inc 549300UJ5OC256GR2B73 Hercules Capital Inc 427096508 400000.000000000000 NS USD 6708000.000000000000 3.2115531704 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N Ingredion Inc PKSTQ48QDN0XSVS7YK88 Ingredion Inc 457187102 30000.000000000000 NS USD 3337800.000000000000 1.5980205981 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N KeyCorp RKPI3RZGV1V1FJTH5T61 KeyCorp 493267108 200000.000000000000 NS USD 2462000.000000000000 1.1787185309 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Lamar Advertising Co 529900Y8WW4MKVPTB543 Lamar Advertising Co 512816109 25000.000000000000 NS USD 2467500.000000000000 1.1813517364 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N MPLX LP 5493000CZJ19CK4P3G36 MPLX LP 55336V100 224000.000000000000 NS USD 7954240.000000000000 3.8082088089 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-12.000000000000 -0.0000057452 N/A DE US N 1 NYSEAmerican N/A Call Written OneMain Holdings Inc OneMain Holdings Inc 100.000000000000 50.000000000000 USD 2023-08-18 XXXX 168.000000000000 N N N 2023-09-22 Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund /s/ Charles Atkins Charles Atkins Chief Compliance Officer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 mh-hie.htm PART F

Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund
           
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
           
July 31, 2023 (unaudited)
           
             
Mutual Funds - 4.5%
 
Shares
   
Fair Value
 
Business Credit Institutions - 3.2%
           
Hercules Capital, Inc. (b)
   
400,000
   
$
6,708,000
 
                 
Investing - 1.3%
               
Main Street Capital Corp. (b)
   
62,000
     
2,620,740
 
                 
Total Mutual Funds (Cost $7,375,668)
           
9,328,740
 
                 
Common Stock - 72.0%
               
                 
Activities Related to Credit Intermediation - 1.0%
               
Western Union Co.
   
175,000
     
2,131,500
 
                 
Biological Products, except Diagnostic Substances - 1.8%
               
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (d)
   
50,000
     
3,807,000
 
                 
Crude Petroleum - 4.7%
               
EOG Resources, Inc.
   
36,000
     
4,771,080
 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
   
22,000
     
4,964,740
 
             
9,735,820
 
                 
Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing - 2.7%
               
Ralph Lauren Corp.
   
42,400
     
5,568,392
 
                 
Eating Places - 3.4%
               
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (b)
   
75,000
     
6,990,000
 
                 
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution - 4.8%
               
Exelon Corp. (c)
   
130,000
     
5,441,800
 
Portland General Electric Co. (b)
   
94,400
     
4,500,048
 
             
9,941,848
 
                 
Electric Services - 2.6%
               
Dominion Energy, Inc.
   
100,000
     
5,355,000
 
                 
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing - 3.5%
               
Conagra Brands, Inc. (b)(c)
   
225,000
     
7,382,250
 
                 
Grain and Oilseed Milling - 1.6%
               
Ingredion, Inc. (b)
   
30,000
     
3,337,800
 
                 
Metal Ore Mining - 1.9%
               
Vale SA ADR
   
275,000
     
4,023,250
 
                 
Nondepository Credit Intermediation - 1.8%
               
OneMain Holdings, Inc. (b)
   
84,000
     
3,820,320
 
                 
Oil and Gas Extraction - 7.2%
               
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. ADR (c)
   
150,000
     
9,120,000
 
Phillips 66 (d)
   
54,000
     
6,023,700
 
             
15,143,700
 
                 
Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 2.2%
               
British American Tobacco Plc ADR (c)
   
135,000
     
4,546,800
 
                 
Petroleum Refining - 2.9%
               
TotalEnergies SE ADR
   
100,000
     
6,085,000
 
                 
Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing - 1.8%
               
Novo Nordisk A/S ADR
   
24,000
     
3,866,400
 
                 
Pharmaceutical Preparations - 1.6%
               
AbbVie, Inc. (d)
   
22,000
     
3,290,760
 
                 
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas - 7.1%
               
Antero Midstream Corp. (b)
   
250,000
     
2,985,000
 
Equitrans Midstream Corp. (b)
   
375,000
     
3,888,750
 
TC Energy Corp. ADR (c)
   
220,000
     
7,891,400
 
             
14,765,150
 
                 
Plastics Materials, Synthetic Resins, & Nonvulcanizable Elastomers - 3.3%
               
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Netherlands) ADR (d)
   
70,000
     
6,920,200
 
                 
Semiconductors & Related Devices - 3.5%
               
Texas Instruments, Inc. (c)
   
40,500
     
7,290,000
 
                 
Support Activities for Mining - 2.7%
               
BHP Group Ltd. ADR (b)
   
90,000
     
5,638,500
 
                 
Surety Insurance - 3.2%
               
Old Republic International Corp. (c)
   
240,000
     
6,616,800
 
                 
Tobacco Manufacturing - 3.9%
               
Altria Group, Inc. (c)
   
180,000
     
8,175,600
 
                 
Traveler Accommodation - 2.8%
               
Vail Resorts, Inc. (c)
   
25,000
     
5,887,250
 
                 
Total Common Stock (Cost $146,858,546)
           
150,319,340
 
                 
Master Limited Partnership - 15.5%
               
                 
Investment Advice - 3.1%
               
AllianceBernstein Holding LP (c)
   
204,000
     
6,566,760
 
                 
Natural Gas Transmission - 12.4%
               
Energy Transfer L.P. (d)
   
750,500
     
9,974,145
 
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (d)
   
300,000
     
7,953,000
 
MPLX LP (c)
   
224,000
     
7,954,240
 
             
25,881,385
 
                 
Total Master Limited Partnership (Cost $21,912,428)
           
32,448,145
 
                 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 7.9%
               
                 
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (b)(c)
   
380,000
     
5,890,000
 
Lamar Advertising Co. (d)
   
25,000
     
2,467,500
 
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (c)
   
225,000
     
2,922,750
 
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. (b)
   
130,000
     
5,242,900
 
                 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) (Cost $17,459,724)
           
16,523,150
 
                 
Short-Term Investments: 1.8%
               
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Fund - Treasury Portfolio, 5.10% (a)
   
3,802,660
     
3,802,660
 
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $3,802,660)
           
3,802,660
 
                 
Investments Purchased with Proceeds from Securities Lending: 19.4%
               
Mount Vernon Liquid Assets Portfolio, LLC, 5.47% (a)
   
40,569,726
     
40,569,726
 
Total Investments Purchased with Proceeds from Securities Lending (Cost $40,569,726)
           
40,569,726
 
                 
Total Investments - 121.1% (cost $237,978,752)
           
252,991,761
 
Total Value of Options Written (Premiums received $180) - (0.0%)
           
(12
)
Other Assets and Liabilities - (21.1)%
           
(44,138,401
)
Total Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders - 100.0%
         
$
208,853,348
 

Note: Percentages indicated are based on the net assets of the Fund.
     
 
       
ADR
American Depository Receipt
     
(a)
Rate indicated is the current yield as of July 31, 2023.
     
(b)
All or a portion of this security is on loan.
     
(c)
All or a portion of this security has been pledged as collateral in connection with the Fund's Special Custody Account Agreement.
As of July 31, 2023, the total value of securites pledged as collateral for the Special Custody Account Agreement was $78,165,969.
(d)
All or a portion of the security represents collateral for written options. The value of the securities segregated as collateral for written
options is $38,459,105, which is 18.4% of total net assets.



Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund
                          
SCHEDULE OF OPTIONS WRITTEN
                       
July 31, 2023
                         
(unaudited)
                         
                           
Options Written
Expiration Date
 
Strike Price
   
Contracts
   
Notional Amount
   
Fair Value
 
Call Options
                         
OneMain Holdings, Inc.
August 2023
 
$
50
     
2
   
$
9,096
   
$
(12
)
                               
(12
)
                                   
Total Value of Options Written (Premiums received $180)
                         
$
(12
)




At July 31, 2023, the Funds' assets carried at market value were classified as follows:
          
                         
High Income-Equity Fund
                       
                         
Investments in Securities (a)
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Assets
                       
Mutual Funds
 
$
9,328,740
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
9,328,740
 
Common Stock
   
150,319,340
     
-
     
-
     
150,319,340
 
Master Limited Partnerships
   
32,448,145
     
-
     
-
     
32,448,145
 
Real Estate Investment Trusts
   
16,523,150
     
-
     
-
     
16,523,150
 
Short-Term Investments (b)
   
3,802,660
     
-
     
-
     
3,802,660
 
Investments Purchased as
                               
    Securities Lending Collateral (c)
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
40,569,726
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
203,093,295
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
252,991,761
 
Liabilities
                               
Written Options
 
$
12
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
12
 
                                 
(a) All industry classifications are identified in the Schedule of Investments.
         
(b) Short-term Investment is a sweep investment for cash balances in the Fund at July 31, 2023.
 
(c) Certain investments are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share (or its
 
equivalent) have not been categorized in the fair value hierarchy in accordance with ASC 820. The
 
fair value amounts presented in the table are intended to permit reconciliation to the fair value
 
hierarchy to the amounts presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
         
                                 
The Fund did not hold any Level 2 or 3 securities during the period ended July 31, 2023.