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

811-22707

 

Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

280 Park Avenue
New York, NY

 

10017

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Tina M. Payne
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(212) 832-3232

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

March 31, 2015

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 



 

COHEN & STEERS LIMITED DURATION PREFERRED AND INCOME FUND, INC.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

March 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Number 
of Shares

 

Value

 

PREFERRED SECURITIES—$25 PAR VALUE 45.8%

 

 

 

 

 

BANKS 19.5%

 

 

 

 

 

AgriBank FCB, 6.875%, ($100 Par Value)(a)

 

65,000

 

$

6,829,062

 

Ally Financial, 8.50%, Series A

 

195,800

 

5,221,986

 

Ally Financial, 7.00%, Series G, 144A ($1000 Par Value)(b)

 

5,000

 

5,132,032

 

Bank of America Corp., 6.50%, Series Y(a)

 

100,000

 

2,558,000

 

Citigroup, 6.875%, Series K(a)

 

222,375

 

6,061,942

 

CoBank ACB, 6.25%, 144A ($100 Par Value)(a),(b)

 

117,000

 

12,025,412

 

CoBank ACB, 6.125%, Series G ($100 Par Value)(a)

 

32,250

 

2,975,063

 

Farm Credit Bank of Texas, 6.75%, 144A(b)

 

67,500

 

7,049,531

 

Fifth Third Bancorp, 6.625%, Series I(a)

 

268,640

 

7,589,080

 

GMAC Capital Trust I, 8.125%, due 2/15/40, Series II (TruPS)(a)

 

200,000

 

5,250,000

 

HSBC USA, 3.50%, Series F (FRN)(a)

 

872,801

 

20,161,703

 

HSBC USA, 4.918%, Series G (FRN)(a)

 

278,498

 

6,717,372

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.125%, Series Y(a)

 

200,000

 

5,080,000

 

PrivateBancorp, 7.125%, due 10/30/42(a)

 

200,100

 

5,316,657

 

RBS Capital Funding Trust VII, 6.08%, Series G(a)

 

344,938

 

8,544,114

 

Regions Financial Corp., 6.375%, Series B(a)

 

301,000

 

7,801,920

 

US Bancorp, 3.50%, Series A, ($1,000 Par Value)(FRN)(a)

 

34,051

 

27,751,906

 

Zions Bancorp, 7.90%, Series F(a)

 

144,694

 

3,986,320

 

Zions Bancorp, 6.30%, Series G(a)

 

80,078

 

2,091,637

 

 

 

 

 

148,143,737

 

BANKS—FOREIGN 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 8.125%, Series V (United Kingdom)(a)

 

50,000

 

1,312,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTRIC—INTEGRATED 5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Southern California Edison Co., 4.63%, Series D ($100 Par Value)(FRN)(a)

 

408,851

 

41,076,769

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCE—INVESTMENT BANKER/BROKER 5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Group, 6.375%, Series K(a)

 

111,782

 

2,986,815

 

Morgan Stanley, 6.875%(a)

 

603,012

 

16,588,860

 

Morgan Stanley, 4.00%, Series A (FRN)(a)

 

542,675

 

11,488,430

 

Morgan Stanley, 6.375%, Series I(a)

 

400,000

 

10,416,000

 

 

 

 

 

41,480,105

 

INDUSTRIALS—CHEMICALS 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

CHS, 6.75%(a)

 

333,191

 

8,669,630

 

CHS, 7.10%, Series II(a)

 

377,802

 

10,204,432

 

 

 

 

 

18,874,062

 

 

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Number 
of Shares

 

Value

 

INSURANCE 6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

MetLife, 4.00%, Series A (FRN)(a)

 

526,431

 

$

13,002,846

 

Principal Financial Group, 5.563%, Series A ($100 Par Value)(a)

 

96,513

 

9,714,641

 

 

 

 

 

22,717,487

 

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE—FOREIGN 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Aegon NV, 4.00%, Series I (FRN) (Netherlands)

 

159,074

 

3,876,634

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI-LINE 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Hartford Financial Services Group, 7.875%, due 4/15/42(a)

 

240,000

 

7,372,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REINSURANCE 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Reinsurance Group of America, 6.20%, due 9/15/42(a)

 

287,951

 

8,316,025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REINSURANCE—FOREIGN 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., 5.95% (Bermuda)(a)

 

140,023

 

3,595,791

 

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., 7.25% (Bermuda)(a)

 

105,099

 

2,785,123

 

 

 

 

 

6,380,914

 

TOTAL INSURANCE

 

 

 

48,663,860

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIPELINES 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

NuStar Logistics LP, 7.625%, due 1/15/43(a)

 

87,632

 

2,286,319

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Colony Financial, 8.50%, Series A(a)

 

240,000

 

6,384,000

 

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., 8.50%, Series D(a)

 

134,475

 

3,501,729

 

Retail Properties of America, 7.00%(a)

 

99,400

 

2,607,262

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties, 7.125%, Series F(a)

 

128,484

 

3,406,111

 

 

 

 

 

15,899,102

 

HOTEL 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Summit Hotel Properties, 7.125%(c)

 

115,500

 

2,983,365

 

Summit Hotel Properties, 7.875, Series B(c)

 

186,650

 

4,983,555

 

 

 

 

 

7,966,920

 

OFFICE 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

American Realty Capital Properties, 6.70%, Series F(a)

 

327,627

 

7,731,997

 

Corporate Office Properties Trust, 7.375%, Series L(a)

 

90,866

 

2,385,233

 

 

 

 

 

10,117,230

 

RESIDENTIAL - MANUFACTURED HOME 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Communities, 7.125%, Series A(a)

 

100,000

 

2,586,000

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

 

 

 

36,569,252

 

 

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Number 
of Shares

 

Value

 

TRANSPORT—MARINE—FOREIGN 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Seaspan Corp., 6.375%, due 4/30/19 (Hong Kong)(a)

 

129,351

 

$

3,257,058

 

Seaspan Corp., 9.50%, Series C (Hong Kong)(a)

 

102,108

 

2,732,410

 

 

 

 

 

5,989,468

 

UTILITIES 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

SCE Trust III, 5.75%(a)

 

135,150

 

3,709,867

 

TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES—$25 PAR VALUE
(Identified cost—$334,721,429)

 

 

 

348,105,939

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED SECURITIES—CAPITAL SECURITIES 89.4%

 

 

 

 

 

BANKS 23.4%

 

 

 

 

 

BAC Capital Trust XIV, 4.00%, Series G, (FRN)

 

16,930,000

 

13,573,627

 

Bank of America Corp., 6.10%, Series AA

 

6,620,000

 

6,731,713

 

Bank of America Corp., 8.125%, Series M

 

10,500,000

 

11,379,375

 

Bank of America Corp., 6.50%, Series Z

 

16,636,000

 

17,634,160

 

Citigroup, 5.875%, Series O

 

7,750,000

 

7,846,875

 

Citizens Financial Group, 5.50%, 144A(b)

 

2,854,000

 

2,854,000

 

Goldman Sachs Capital II, 4.00%, (FRN)

 

24,567,000

 

19,162,260

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 7.90%, Series I

 

7,200,000

 

7,785,000

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.75%, Series S

 

10,400,000

 

11,336,000

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.10%, Series X

 

4,900,000

 

5,059,250

 

Mellon Capital IV, 4.00%, Series 1 (FRN)

 

16,115,000

 

13,339,191

 

USB Capital IX, 3.50%, (FRN)

 

8,878,000

 

7,390,935

 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, 5.57%, (FRN)

 

5,000,000

 

4,962,000

 

Wells Fargo & Co, 5.90%, Series S

 

5,946,000

 

6,206,138

 

Wells Fargo & Co., 7.98%, Series K

 

20,700,000

 

22,770,000

 

Wells Fargo & Co., 5.875%, Series U

 

8,850,000

 

9,382,770

 

Zions Bancorp, 7.20%, Series J

 

5,490,000

 

5,882,535

 

Zions Bancorporation, 5.65%, due 11/15/23

 

4,250,000

 

4,436,469

 

 

 

 

 

177,732,298

 

BANKS—FOREIGN 27.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Baggot Securities Ltd., 10.24%, 144A (EUR) (Ireland)(a),(b)

 

1,161,000

 

1,315,653

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, 6.75%, (EUR) (Spain)(a)

 

4,400,000

 

4,851,413

 

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, 9.00% (Spain)(a)

 

5,400,000

 

5,886,000

 

Banco Bradesco SA/Cayman, 5.75%, due 3/1/22, 144A (Brazil)(b)

 

4,000,000

 

4,150,000

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 7.625%, due 11/21/22 (United Kingdom)

 

4,800,000

 

5,628,000

 

Barclays PLC, 8.00% (EUR) (United Kingdom)(a)

 

2,700,000

 

3,241,036

 

 

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Number 
of Shares

 

Value

 

Barclays PLC, 8.25% (United Kingdom)

 

7,695,000

 

$

8,259,936

 

BBVA Bancomer SA Texas, 6.75%, due 9/30/22, 144A (Mexico)(b)

 

5,000,000

 

5,666,000

 

BNP Paribas, 7.195%, 144A (France)(b)

 

7,500,000

 

9,075,000

 

Credit Agricole SA, 7.875%, 144A (France)(b)

 

5,261,000

 

5,588,076

 

Credit Suisse AG, 6.50%, due 8/8/23, 144A (Switzerland)(b)

 

4,500,000

 

5,149,291

 

Credit Suisse Group AG, 7.50%, 144A (Switzerland)(b)

 

5,863,000

 

6,310,054

 

Deutsche Bank AG, 7.50% (Germany)

 

9,200,000

 

9,372,485

 

Deutsche Bank Capital Trust IV (Germany)

 

6,000,000

 

5,940,000

 

Deutsche Bank Capital Trust V, 144A, (Germany)(b)

 

2,800,000

 

2,814,000

 

Dresdner Funding Trust I, 8.151%, due 6/30/31, 144A (Germany)(b)

 

6,530,280

 

8,138,361

 

HBOS Capital Funding LP, 6.85% (United Kingdom)

 

6,350,000

 

6,549,225

 

HSBC Capital Funding LP, 10.176%, 144A (United Kingdom)(b)

 

5,395,000

 

8,200,400

 

HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.375% (United Kingdom)

 

6,600,000

 

6,765,000

 

HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.375% (United Kingdom)

 

6,700,000

 

6,850,750

 

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., 6.00%, 144A (China)(b)

 

2,750,000

 

2,874,438

 

Itau Unibanco Holding SA/Cayman Island, 5.50%, due 8/6/22, 144A (Brazil)(b)

 

4,600,000

 

4,590,800

 

Itau Unibanco Holding SA/Cayman Island, 6.20%, due 12/21/21, 144A (Brazil)(b)

 

3,000,000

 

3,159,600

 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 7.50% (United Kingdom)

 

12,850,000

 

13,685,250

 

Nationwide Building Society, 10.25%, (United Kingdom)(a)

 

7,080,000

 

13,325,327

 

Rabobank Nederland, 8.40% (Netherlands)(a)

 

7,500,000

 

8,326,425

 

Rabobank Nederland, 11.00%, 144A (Netherlands)(b)

 

4,000,000

 

5,160,000

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 7.648% (United Kingdom)

 

8,427,000

 

10,660,155

 

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, 9.50%, due 3/16/22 (United Kingdom)(a)

 

5,000,000

 

5,649,655

 

Societe Generale SA, 8.875% (GBP) (France)(a)

 

1,750,000

 

2,960,681

 

Standard Chartered PLC, 6.50%, 144A (United Kingdom)(b)

 

7,000,000

 

7,068,894

 

UBS AG, 7.625%, due 8/17/22 (Switzerland)

 

6,700,000

 

8,138,101

 

 

 

 

 

205,350,006

 

FINANCE—DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES 6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

General Electric Capital Corp., 7.125%, Series A

 

32,200,000

 

37,915,500

 

UBS Group AG, 7.00% (Switzerland)(a)

 

4,000,000

 

4,162,400

 

UBS Group AG, 7.125% (Switzerland)(a)

 

3,900,000

 

4,095,975

 

 

 

 

 

 46,173,875

 

 

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Number 
of Shares

 

Value

 

INSURANCE 26.9%

 

 

 

 

 

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

MetLife Capital Trust IV, 7.875%, due 12/15/37, 144A(b)

 

9,000,000

 

$

11,970,000

 

MetLife Capital Trust X, 9.25%, due 4/8/38, 144A(b)

 

4,300,000

 

6,423,125

 

 

 

 

 

18,393,125

 

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE—FOREIGN 9.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Achmea BV, 4.25%, Series EMTN, (EUR) (Netherlands)(a)

 

3,200,000

 

3,675,715

 

Aegon NV, 2.722%, ($100 Par Value) (FRN) (Netherlands)(a)

 

20,985,000

 

18,152,025

 

CNP Assurances, 3.4212%, (FRN) (France)(a)

 

5,000,000

 

5,040,236

 

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd., 5.10%, 144A (Japan)(b)

 

6,900,000

 

7,550,649

 

La Mondiale Vie, 7.625% (France)(a)

 

13,250,000

 

14,715,781

 

Nippon Life Insurance Co., 5.10%, due 10/16/44, 144A (Japan)(b)

 

8,200,000

 

8,921,838

 

Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., 6.50%, due 9/20/73, 144A (Japan)(b)

 

9,800,000

 

11,495,224

 

 

 

 

 

69,551,468

 

MULTI-LINE 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

American International Group, 8.175%, due 5/15/68, (FRN)(a)

 

9,000,000

 

12,807,450

 

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 5.81%, due 12/15/24, 144A(b)

 

3,125,000

 

3,131,413

 

 

 

 

 

15,938,863

 

MULTI-LINE—FOREIGN 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Aviva PLC, 8.25% (United Kingdom)(a)

 

6,600,000

 

7,399,326

 

AXA SA, 1.794%, (FRN) (EUR) (France)(a)

 

5,000,000

 

3,878,052

 

AXA SA, 6.463%, 144A (France)(a),(b)

 

10,902,000

 

11,665,140

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, 3.83%, (FRN) (Netherlands)

 

3,329,000

 

3,312,355

 

 

 

 

 

26,254,873

 

PROPERTY CASUALTY 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Liberty Mutual Group, 7.00%, due 3/15/37, 144A(b)

 

6,575,000

 

6,775,537

 

Liberty Mutual Group, 7.80%, due 3/15/37, 144A(b)

 

10,682,000

 

13,112,155

 

TOTAL PROPERTY CASUALTY

 

 

 

19,887,692

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROPERTY CASUALTY—FOREIGN 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd., 7.00%, due 3/15/72, 144A (Japan)(b)

 

9,000,000

 

10,743,750

 

QBE Insurance Group Ltd., 6.75%, due 12/2/44 (Australia)(a)

 

4,005,000

 

4,335,412

 

 

5



 

 

 

Number 
of Shares

 

Value

 

RL Finance Bonds No. 2 PLC, 6.125%, due 11/30/43 (United Kingdom)(a)

 

4,000,000

 

$

6,656,016

 

 

 

 

 

21,735,178

 

REINSURANCE—FOREIGN 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Aquarius + Investments PLC, 8.25% (Switzerland)(a)

 

17,000,000

 

19,061,250

 

QBE Capital Funding III Ltd., 7.25%, due 5/24/41, 144A (Australia)(b)

 

12,000,000

 

13,366,692

 

 

 

 

 

32,427,942

 

TOTAL INSURANCE

 

 

 

204,189,141

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Centaur Funding Corp., 9.08%, due 4/21/20, 144A (Cayman)(a),(b)

 

4,622

 

5,763,056

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIPELINES 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Enbridge Energy Partners LP, 8.05%, due 10/1/77

 

3,100,000

 

3,340,250

 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 7.034%, due 1/15/68, Series B

 

4,000,000

 

4,327,232

 

 

 

 

 

7,667,482

 

UTILITIES 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

FPL Group Capital, 7.30%, due 9/1/67, Series D

 

5,000,000

 

5,265,395

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES—FOREIGN 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

Enel SpA, 8.75%, due 9/24/73, 144A (Italy)(b)

 

10,232,000

 

12,365,106

 

MULTI-UTILITIES 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Dominion Resources, 5.75%, due 10/1/54

 

8,873,000

 

9,501,199

 

Dominion Resources, 2.534%, due 9/30/66, (FRN)

 

5,400,000

 

5,058,110

 

 

 

 

 

14,559,309

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

 

 

32,189,810

 

TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES—CAPITAL SECURITIES
(Identified cost—$629,864,049)

 

 

 

679,065,668

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal 
Amount

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

INSURANCE-PROPERTY CASUALTY 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Liberty Mutual Insurance, 7.697%, due 10/15/97, 7.697%, 144A(b)

 

$

5,000,000

 

6,547,145

 

 

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Principal 
Amount

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Frontier Communications Corp., 9.00%, due 8/15/31

 

$

12,500,000

 

$

13,437,500

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Identified cost—$18,065,786)

 

 

 

19,984,645

 

 

 

 

Number 
of Shares

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund, 0.00%(d)

 

10,400,000

 

10,400,000

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Identified cost—$10,400,000)

 

 

 

10,400,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Identified cost—$993,051,264)

 

139.2

%

 

 

1,057,556,252

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS

 

(39.2

)

 

 

(298,025,744

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS (Equivalent to $26.34 per share based on 28,830,580 shares of common stock outstanding)

 

100.0

%

 

 

$

759,530,508

 

 


Note: Percentages indicated are based on the net assets of the Fund.

(a)    All or a portion of the security is pledged as collateral in connection with the Fund’s revolving credit agreement. $484,505,384 in aggregate has been pledged as collateral.

(b)    Resale is restricted to qualified institutional investors. Aggregate holdings equal 31.1% of the net assets of the Fund, of which 0.0% are illiquid.

(c)     A portion of the security is segregated as collateral for interest rate swap transactions. $2,626,500 in aggregate has been segregated as collateral.

(d)    Rate quoted represents the annualized seven-day yield of the Fund.

 

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Interest rate swaps outstanding at March 31, 2015 were as follows:

 

Counterparty

 

Notional 
Amount

 

Fixed
Rate 
Payable

 

Floating 
Rate(resets 
monthly)
Receivable(a)

 

Termination Date

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

Bank of America, N.A.

 

$

94,500,000

 

0.914

%

0.172

%

December 1, 2017

 

$

(146,778

)

Bank of America, N.A.

 

94,500,000

 

1.164

%

0.172

%

December 1, 2018

 

(217,874

)

BNP Paribas

 

94,500,000

 

1.395

%

0.172

%

December 1, 2019

 

(446,914

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(811,566

)

 


(a) Based on LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate). Represents rates in effect at March 31, 2015.

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at March 31, 2015 were as follows:

Counterparty

 

Contracts to
Deliver

 

In Exchange
For

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

EUR

 

20,002,900

 

USD

 

22,436,813

 

4/2/15

 

$

928,688

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

GBP

 

14,439,068

 

USD

 

22,302,844

 

4/2/15

 

883,931

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

USD

 

21,430,465

 

GBP

 

14,439,068

 

4/2/15

 

(11,551

)

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

USD

 

21,478,914

 

EUR

 

20,002,900

 

4/2/15

 

29,211

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

EUR

 

20,448,263

 

USD

 

21,964,216

 

5/5/15

 

(32,284

)

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

GBP

 

14,575,308

 

USD

 

21,625,851

 

5/5/15

 

9,503

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,807,498

 

 

Glossary of Portfolio Abbreviations

 

 

EUR

Euro Currency

 

FRN

Floating Rate Note

 

GBP

Great British Pound

 

TruPS

Trust Preferred Securities

 

USD

United States Dollar

 

8



 

Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

 

Note 1. Portfolio Valuation

 

Investments in securities that are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) are valued, except as indicated below, at the last sale price reflected at the close of the NYSE on the business day as of which such value is being determined. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and ask prices on such day or, if no ask price is available, at the bid price. Forward contracts are valued daily at the prevailing forward exchange rate.

 

Securities not listed on the NYSE but listed on other domestic or foreign securities exchanges are valued in a similar manner. Securities traded on more than one securities exchange are valued at the last sale price reflected at the close of the exchange representing the principal market for such securities on the business day as of which such value is being determined. If after the close of a foreign market, but prior to the close of business on the day the securities are being valued, market conditions change significantly, certain non-U.S. equity holdings may be fair valued pursuant to procedures established by the Board of Directors.

 

Readily marketable securities traded in the over-the-counter market, including listed securities whose primary market is believed by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (the investment advisor) to be over-the-counter, are valued at the last sale price on the valuation date as reported by sources deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors to reflect their fair market value. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and ask prices on such day or, if no ask price is available, at the bid price. However, certain fixed-income securities may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a third-party pricing service or third-party broker- dealers when such prices are believed by the investment advisor, pursuant to delegation by the Board of Directors, to reflect the fair market value of such securities. Interest rate swaps are valued utilizing quotes received from an outside pricing service. The pricing services or broker-dealers use multiple valuation techniques to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity exists, the pricing services or broker-dealers may utilize a market-based approach through which quotes from market makers are used to determine fair value. In instances where sufficient market activity may not exist or is limited, the pricing services or broker-dealers also utilize proprietary valuation models which may consider market transactions in comparable securities and the various relationships between securities in determining fair value and/or characteristics such as benchmark yield curves, option-adjusted spreads, credit spreads, estimated default rates, coupon rates, anticipated timing of principal repayments, underlying collateral, and other unique security features which are used to calculate the fair values.

 

Short-term debt securities with a maturity date of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at their closing net asset value.

 

The policies and procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors delegate authority to make fair value determinations to the investment advisor, subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors. The investment advisor has established a valuation committee (Valuation Committee) to administer, implement and oversee the fair valuation process according to the policies and

 



 

Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

procedures approved annually by the Board of Directors. Among other things, these procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities and financial instrument dealers and other market sources to determine fair value.

 

Securities for which market prices are unavailable, or securities for which the investment advisor determines that the bid and/or ask price or a counterparty valuation does not reflect market value, will be valued at fair value, as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee, pursuant to procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. Circumstances in which market prices may be unavailable include, but are not limited to, when trading in a security is suspended, the exchange on which the security is traded is subject to an unscheduled close or disruption or material events occur after the close of the exchange on which the security is principally traded. In these circumstances, the Fund determines fair value in a manner that fairly reflects the market value of the security on the valuation date based on consideration of any information or factors it deems appropriate. These may include, but are not limited to, recent transactions in comparable securities, information relating to the specific security and developments in the markets.

 

Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would expect to receive upon the sale of an investment or expect to pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction with an independent buyer in the principal market or, in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the investment or liability.  The hierarchy of inputs that are used in determining the fair value of the Fund’s investments is summarized below.

 

·      Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

·                  Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, credit risk, etc.)

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

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

For movements between the levels within the fair value hierarchy, the Fund has adopted a policy of recognizing the transfer at the end of the period in which the underlying event causing the movement occurred. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 securities as of March 31, 2015.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of March 31, 2015 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

 



 

Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

 

 

Total

 

Quoted Prices 
In Active 
Markets for 
Identical 
Investments
(Level 1)

 

Other 
Significant 
Observable 
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant 
Unobservable 
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Preferred Securities - $25 Par Value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

$

148,143,737

 

$

114,132,637

 

$

34,011,100

 

$

 

Electric - Integrated

 

41,076,769

 

 

41,076,769

 

 

Insurance - Life/Health Insurance

 

22,717,487

 

13,002,846

 

9,714,641

 

 

Other Industries

 

136,167,946

 

136,167,946

 

 

 

Preferred Securities - Capital Securities

 

679,065,668

 

 

679,065,668

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

19,984,645

 

 

19,984,645

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

10,400,000

 

 

10,400,000

 

 

Total Investments(a)

 

$

1,057,556,252

 

263,303,429

 

$

794,252,823

 

$

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

$

1,851,333

 

$

 

$

1,851,333

 

$

 

Total Appreciation in Other Financial Instruments(a)

 

$

1,851,333

 

$

 

$

1,851,333

 

$

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

(811,566

)

$

 

$

(811,566

)

$

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

(43,835

)

 

(43,835

)

 

Total Depreciation in Other Financial Instruments(a)

 

$

(855,401

)

$

 

$

(855,401

)

$

 

 


(a)  Portfolio holdings are disclosed individually on the Schedule of Investments.

 

Note 2.   Derivative Instruments

 

The following is a summary of the Fund’s derivative instruments as of March 31, 2015:

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

(811,566

)

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

1,807,498

 

 

 

$

 995,932

 

 



 

Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

The following summarizes the volume of the Fund’s interest rate swap and forward foreign currency exchange contracts activity during the three months ended March 31, 2015:

 

 

 

Interest rate swap 
contracts

 

Forward foreign
currency exchange
contracts

 

Average Notional Balance

 

$

283,500,000

 

$

41,548,879

 

Ending Notional Balance

 

283,500,000

 

43,590,067

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts: The Fund enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge the currency exposure associated with certain of its non-U.S. dollar denominated securities. A forward foreign currency exchange contract is a commitment between two parties to purchase or sell foreign currency at a set price on a future date. The market value of a foreign forward currency exchange contract fluctuates with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These contracts are marked to market daily and the change in value is recorded by the Fund as unrealized appreciation and/or depreciation on foreign currency translations. Realized gains or losses equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed are included in net realized gain or loss on foreign currency transactions. For federal income tax purposes, the Fund has made an election to treat gains and losses from forward foreign currency exchange contracts as capital gains and losses.

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amounts reflected on the Schedule of Investments. The Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rate underlying the contract. Risks may also arise upon entering these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. In connection with these contracts, securities may be identified as collateral in accordance with the terms of the respective contracts.

 

Interest Rate Swaps: The Fund uses interest rate swaps in connection with borrowing under its credit agreement. The interest rate swaps are intended to reduce interest rate risk by countering the effect that an increase in short-term interest rates could have on the performance of the Fund’s shares as a result of the floating rate structure of interest owed pursuant to the credit agreement. In these interest rate swaps, the Fund agrees to pay the other party to the interest rate swap (which is known as the counterparty) a fixed rate payment in exchange for the counterparty’s agreement to pay the Fund a variable rate payment that is intended to approximate the Fund’s variable rate payment obligation on the credit agreement. The payment obligation is based on the notional amount of the swap. Depending on the state of interest rates in general, the use of interest rate swaps could enhance or harm the overall performance of the Fund. The market value of interest rate swaps is based on pricing models that consider the time value of money, volatility, the current market and contractual prices of the underlying financial instrument. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the contract’s remaining life, to the extent that such amount is positive.

 



 

Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

The enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) required the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission to mandate by regulation that certain derivatives, previously traded over-the-counter, including interest rate swaps, be executed in a regulated, transparent market and settled by means of a central clearing house. Any such changes may, among various possible effects, increase the cost of entering into derivatives transactions, require more assets of the Fund to be used for collateral in support of those derivatives than is currently the case, or could limit the Fund’s ability to pursue its investment strategies.

 

During the period ended March 31, 2015, the Fund did not enter into any centrally cleared swaps contracts.

 

Note 3.   Income Tax Information

 

As of March 31, 2015, the federal tax cost and net unrealized appreciation and depreciation in value of securities held were as follows:

 

Cost for federal income tax purposes

 

$

993,051,264

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

66,451,140

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(1,946,152

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

64,504,988

 

 



 

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) are effective based on their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rule 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report.

 

(b)                                 During the last fiscal quarter, there were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) 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 as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 



 

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.

 

COHEN & STEERS LIMITED DURATION PREFERRED AND INCOME FUND, INC.

 

 

By:

/s/ Adam M. Derechin

 

 

Name: Adam M. Derechin

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 27, 2015

 

 

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/ Adam M. Derechin

 

By:

/s/ James Giallanza

 

Name:

Adam M. Derechin

 

 

Name:

James Giallanza

 

Title:

President and Principal Executive Officer

 

 

Title:

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Date: May 27, 2015