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:   July 31, 2016


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

See the Statement of Net Assets below.


DUFF & PHELPS GLOBAL UTILITY INCOME FUND INC.

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS

July 31, 2016

(Unaudited)

 

Shares     

Description

   Value
(Note 1)
 

 

COMMON STOCKS & MLP INTERESTS—127.4%

  
   ¢ ELECTRIC, GAS AND WATER—52.4%   
  1,670,000       CenterPoint Energy, Inc.      $39,946,400   
  21,937,500       Duet Group (Australia)      44,845,940   
  3,128,000       E.ON AG (Germany)      33,544,386   
  3,292,000       National Grid plc (United Kingdom)      47,184,172   
  218,000       NextEra Energy, Inc.      27,967,220   
  1,220,000       PPL Corp.(1)      46,006,200   
  731,700       Southern Co.      39,145,950   
  1,067,000       Suez Environnement SA (France)      17,315,115   
  2,900,381       United Utilities Group plc (United Kingdom)      39,037,685   
  564,000       WEC Energy Group, Inc.      36,609,240   
  568,093       Westar Energy, Inc.      31,568,928   
     

 

 

 
        403,171,236   
     

 

 

 
   ¢ OIL & GAS STORAGE, TRANSPORTATION AND PRODUCTION—39.8%   
  4,287,455       APA Group (Australia)      31,637,526   
  368,424       DCP Midstream Partners LP      12,331,151   
  688,861       Enbridge Energy Partners LP      16,091,793   
  536,346       Energy Transfer Partners LP      21,185,667   
  802,800       Enterprise Products Partners LP      22,855,716   
  355,500       Genesis Energy LP      12,933,090   
  1,431,854       Kinder Morgan, Inc.      29,109,592   
  435,477       Knot Offshore Partners LP (Marshall Islands)      8,583,252   
  400,575       MPLX LP      12,998,659   
  285,716       NuStar Energy LP      14,328,657   
  451,000       Sunoco LP      13,981,000   
  43,298       Tallgrass Energy Partners LP      2,047,562   
  311,528       Targa Resources Corp.      11,607,533   
  278,834       TC Pipelines LP      15,528,266   
  1,080,000       TransCanada Corp. (Canada)      50,077,126   
  814,270       Williams Partners LP      30,404,842   
     

 

 

 
        305,701,432   
     

 

 

 
   ¢ TELECOMMUNICATIONS—35.2%   
  810,000       BCE, Inc. (Canada)      38,790,900   
  1,119,440       Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc.      34,792,195   
  225,000       Crown Castle International Corp.      21,831,750   
  4,154,000       Frontier Communications Corp.      21,600,800   
  1,468,000       Orange SA (France)      22,468,467   
  15,565,000       Spark New Zealand Ltd. (New Zealand)      44,345,850   
  7,351,000       TeliaSonera AB (Sweden)      33,546,401   
  7,610,000       Telstra Corp., Ltd. (Australia)      33,369,076   
  2,168,200       Windstream Holdings, Inc.(1)      20,185,942   
     

 

 

 
        270,931,381   
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks & MLP Interests (Cost $860,385,783)      979,804,049   
     

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT—7.0%

  
   ¢ MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUND—7.0%   
  53,729,941      

BlackRock Liquidity Funds TempFund Portfolio - Institutional Shares

(seven-day effective yield 0.390%)(2)

     53,729,941   
     

 

 

 
   Total Short-term Investment (Cost $53,729,941)      53,729,941   
     

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE WRITTEN OPTIONS—134.4%

  

 

(Cost $914,115,724)

     $1,033,533,990 (3) 
     

 

 

 

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)

July 31, 2016

(Unaudited)

 

 

WRITTEN OPTIONS—(0.1)%

  
   ¢ CALL OPTIONS—(0.1)%   
  8,200       PPL Corp. Expiration: 10/21/16 Strike Price $39    $(328,000)
  8,000       Windstream Holdings, Inc. Expiration: 08/19/16 Strike Price $10.    (104,000)
     

 

  

Total Written Options

(Premiums received $369,946)

   (432,000)
     

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS AFTER WRITTEN OPTIONS—134.3%

  

 

(Cost $913,745,778)

   $1,033,101,990
     

 

 

Borrowings—(20.8)%

   (160,000,000)

 

Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares at liquidation value—(13.0)%

   (100,000,000)

 

Other assets less other liabilities—(0.5)%

   (4,008,109)
     

 

 

NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCK—100.0%

   $769,093,881
     

 

 

(1) 

All or a portion of the security is segregated as collateral for written options.

(2) 

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

(3) 

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

The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of that category as a percentage of the net assets applicable to the 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)

July 31, 2016

(Unaudited)

 

SECTOR ALLOCATIONS

Electric, Gas and Water

     39

Oil & Gas Storage, Transportation and Production

     30   

Telecommunications

     26   

Money Market Mutual Fund

     5   

Total

     100

 

COUNTRY WEIGHTINGS *

United States

     57

Australia

     11   

Canada

     9   

United Kingdom

     8   

New Zealand

     4   

France

     4   

Sweden

     3   

Germany

     3   

Marshall Islands

     1   

Total

     100

 

CURRENCY EXPOSURE *

United States Dollar

     62

Australian Dollar

     11   

British Pound

     8   

Euro

     7   

Canadian Dollar

     5   

New Zealand Dollar

     4   

Swedish Krona

     3   

Total

     100

 

* Percentages are based on total investments before written options 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)

July 31, 2016

(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 semi-annual report. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each of the Fund’s investments at July 31, 2016:

 

      Level 1  

Common stocks & MLP interests

     $979,804,049   

Money market mutual fund

     53,729,941   

Written Options

     (432,000
  

 

 

 

Total

     $1,033,101,990   
  

 

 

 

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 July 31, 2016.

Note 2. Federal Income Tax Information

At October 31, 2015, 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

  $889,771,427     $159,952,674   $(63,032,712)   $96,919,962

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    9/21/16                                                                                                                                 

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    9/21/16                                                                                                                                 

 

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

 

          Alan M. Meder, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

          (Principal Financial Officer)

Date    9/21/16