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:

September 30, 2015

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 



 

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

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

September 30, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

PREFERRED SECURITIES—$25 PAR VALUE 32.3%

 

 

 

 

 

BANKS 12.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Ally Financial, 8.50%, Series A

 

81,647

 

$

2,117,107

 

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

 

100,000

 

2,542,000

 

Citigroup, 6.875%, Series K(a)

 

222,375

 

5,930,741

 

Citigroup Capital XIII, 7.875%, due 10/30/40

 

119,187

 

3,061,914

 

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

 

67,500

 

7,066,406

 

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

 

228,046

 

6,214,254

 

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

 

645,475

 

16,478,977

 

HSBC USA, 3.50%, Series F (FRN)(a)

 

872,801

 

18,747,765

 

HSBC USA, 4.00%, Series G (FRN)(a)

 

278,498

 

6,282,915

 

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

 

200,100

 

5,346,672

 

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

 

245,990

 

6,403,120

 

Zions Bancorp, 7.90%, Series F(a)

 

144,694

 

3,912,526

 

Zions Bancorp, 6.30%, Series G(a)

 

80,078

 

2,091,637

 

 

 

 

 

86,196,034

 

BANKS—FOREIGN 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

50,000

 

1,293,500

 

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

 

108,518

 

2,653,265

 

 

 

 

 

3,946,765

 

FINANCE—INVESTMENT BANKER/BROKER 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley, 6.875%(a)

 

603,012

 

16,118,511

 

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

 

246,641

 

4,918,022

 

Morgan Stanley, 6.375%, Series I(a)

 

351,430

 

8,940,379

 

 

 

 

 

29,976,912

 

INDUSTRIALS—CHEMICALS 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

CHS, 6.75%(a)

 

333,191

 

8,632,979

 

CHS, 7.10%, Series II(a)

 

376,854

 

10,009,242

 

 

 

 

 

18,642,221

 

INSURANCE 5.3%

 

 

 

 

 

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

MetLife, 4.00%, Series A (FRN)(a)

 

526,431

 

12,692,252

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE—FOREIGN 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

159,074

 

3,840,046

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI-LINE 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

240,000

 

7,332,000

 

 

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Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

REINSURANCE 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

287,951

 

$

7,973,363

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REINSURANCE—FOREIGN 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

140,023

 

3,550,983

 

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

 

105,099

 

2,745,186

 

 

 

 

 

6,296,169

 

TOTAL INSURANCE

 

 

 

38,133,830

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIPELINES 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

87,632

 

2,172,397

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Colony Financial, 8.50%, Series A(a)

 

240,000

 

6,132,000

 

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

 

134,475

 

3,227,400

 

Retail Properties of America, 7.00%(a)

 

99,400

 

2,544,640

 

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

 

128,484

 

3,379,129

 

VEREIT, 6.70%, Series F

 

327,627

 

7,928,573

 

 

 

 

 

23,211,742

 

HOTEL 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

Summit Hotel Properties, 7.125%(c)

 

115,500

 

2,887,500

 

Summit Hotel Properties, 7.875%, Series B(c)

 

186,650

 

4,852,900

 

 

 

 

 

7,740,400

 

OFFICE 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

90,866

 

2,317,083

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESIDENTIAL 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

APARTMENT 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

American Homes 4 Rent, 5.00%, Series A

 

133,435

 

3,315,860

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANUFACTURED HOME 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Sun Communities, 7.125%, Series A(a)

 

100,000

 

2,574,000

 

TOTAL RESIDENTIAL

 

 

 

5,889,860

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

 

 

 

39,159,085

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSPORT—MARINE—FOREIGN 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

72,311

 

1,790,420

 

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

 

102,108

 

2,590,480

 

 

 

 

 

4,380,900

 

UTILITIES 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

SCE Trust III, 5.75%(a)

 

135,150

 

3,640,941

 

 

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Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

SCE Trust IV, 5.375%, Series J

 

216,000

 

$

5,562,000

 

 

 

 

 

9,202,941

 

TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES—$25 PAR VALUE
(Identified cost—$226,316,507)

 

 

 

231,811,085

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED SECURITIES—CAPITAL SECURITIES 103.2%

 

 

 

 

 

BANKS 31.7%

 

 

 

 

 

AgriBank FCB, 6.875%(a)

 

65,000

 

6,841,250

 

Ally Financial, 7.00%, Series G, 144A(b)

 

8,002

 

8,067,267

 

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

 

16,930,000

 

13,014,937

 

Bank of America Corp., 6.10%, Series AA

 

1,416,000

 

1,382,370

 

Bank of America Corp., 8.125%, Series M

 

9,500,000

 

9,939,375

 

Bank of America Corp., 6.50%, Series Z

 

18,632,000

 

19,027,930

 

Citigroup, 5.875%, Series O

 

7,750,000

 

7,624,062

 

Citigroup, 5.95%, Series Q

 

6,000,000

 

5,923,380

 

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

 

2,854,000

 

2,789,785

 

CoBank ACB, 6.25%, 144A(a),(b)

 

117,000

 

12,153,375

 

CoBank ACB, 6.125%, Series G(a)

 

32,250

 

3,131,275

 

Goldman Sachs Capital II, 4.00%, (FRN)

 

24,567,000

 

17,811,075

 

Goldman Sachs Group/The, 5.375%, Series M(a)

 

4,080,000

 

3,990,750

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 7.90%, Series I(a)

 

1,450,000

 

1,508,000

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.75%, Series S(a)

 

12,400,000

 

12,927,000

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.30%, Series Z(a)

 

7,000,000

 

6,895,000

 

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

 

20,115,000

 

15,890,850

 

US Bancorp, 3.50%, Series A, (FRN)(a)

 

34,051

 

27,088,422

 

USB Capital IX, 3.50%, (FRN)

 

8,878,000

 

7,235,570

 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, 5.57%, (FRN)

 

5,000,000

 

4,906,500

 

Wells Fargo & Co., 7.98%, Series K

 

17,700,000

 

18,717,750

 

Wells Fargo & Co., 5.875%, Series U

 

10,000,000

 

10,250,000

 

Zions Bancorporation, 7.20%, Series J

 

5,490,000

 

5,881,163

 

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

 

4,250,000

 

4,409,375

 

 

 

 

 

227,406,461

 

BANKS—FOREIGN 29.2%

 

 

 

 

 

ABN AMRO Bank NV, 5.75% (EUR) (Netherlands)

 

6,900,000

 

7,513,628

 

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

 

1,161,000

 

1,316,773

 

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

 

5,400,000

 

5,720,625

 

Bank of Ireland, 7.375% (EUR) (Ireland)

 

4,200,000

 

4,728,276

 

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

 

4,800,000

 

5,388,000

 

Barclays PLC, 7.875% (GBP) (United Kingdom)

 

2,200,000

 

3,274,554

 

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

 

2,700,000

 

3,195,931

 

 

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Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

Barclays PLC, 8.25% (United Kingdom)

 

7,695,000

 

$

8,035,481

 

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

 

8,900,000

 

10,346,250

 

BNP Paribas, 7.375%, 144A (France)(a),(b)

 

7,600,000

 

7,657,000

 

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

 

4,500,000

 

4,857,188

 

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

 

5,863,000

 

6,122,584

 

Deutsche Bank AG, 7.50% (Germany)

 

2,700,000

 

2,575,124

 

Deutsche Bank Capital Trust IV, 4.589% (Germany)

 

6,000,000

 

5,968,440

 

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

 

6,530,280

 

8,171,013

 

HBOS Capital Funding LP, 6.85% (United Kingdom)

 

6,350,000

 

6,406,706

 

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

 

5,395,000

 

8,132,962

 

HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.00% (EUR) (United Kingdom)

 

2,800,000

 

3,072,480

 

HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.375% (United Kingdom)

 

10,900,000

 

10,423,125

 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 7.70%, 144A (Italy)(b)

 

3,000,000

 

2,934,111

 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 7.50% (United Kingdom)

 

13,650,000

 

13,969,410

 

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

 

7,080,000

 

13,796,108

 

Rabobank Nederland, 8.40% (Netherlands)(a)

 

7,500,000

 

8,005,035

 

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

 

5,000,000

 

6,166,250

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 7.50% (United Kingdom)

 

6,800,000

 

6,802,108

 

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

 

8,427,000

 

10,533,750

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, 8.00% (United Kingdom)

 

2,400,000

 

2,424,000

 

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, 7.375% (GBP) (United Kingdom)

 

3,400,000

 

5,135,247

 

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

 

1,750,000

 

2,925,279

 

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

 

3,400,000

 

3,173,625

 

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

 

6,700,000

 

7,718,768

 

UBS Group AG, 6.875% (Switzerland)

 

4,100,000

 

3,962,773

 

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

 

4,000,000

 

4,085,000

 

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

 

4,900,000

 

5,043,938

 

 

 

 

 

209,581,542

 

FINANCE—DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES 6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Depository Trust & Clearing Corp/The, 4.875%, Series C, 144A(b)

 

4,750,000

 

4,738,125

 

General Electric Capital Corp., 7.125%, Series A(d)

 

32,200,000

 

37,231,250

 

State Street Corp., 5.25%, Series F

 

4,802,000

 

4,826,010

 

 

 

 

 

$

46,795,385

 

 

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Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

INSURANCE 29.9%

 

 

 

 

 

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

MetLife, 5.25%, Series C

 

9,877,000

 

9,802,922

 

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

 

8,800,000

 

10,824,000

 

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

 

6,300,000

 

8,709,750

 

Principal Financial Group, 4.70%, due 5/15/55

 

5,300,000

 

5,273,500

 

Prudential Financial, 5.375%, due 5/15/45

 

5,082,000

 

5,050,238

 

 

 

 

 

39,660,410

 

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE—FOREIGN 8.7%

 

 

 

 

 

Aegon NV, 2.619%, ($100 Par Value) (FRN) (Netherlands)(a)

 

20,985,000

 

16,766,784

 

CNP Assurances, 3.167%, (FRN) (EUR)(France)(a)

 

5,000,000

 

4,888,623

 

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

 

6,900,000

 

7,158,750

 

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

 

13,250,000

 

14,299,255

 

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

 

8,200,000

 

8,487,000

 

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

 

9,800,000

 

11,025,000

 

 

 

 

 

62,625,412

 

MULTI-LINE 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

6,750,000

 

8,943,750

 

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 2.627%, due 12/15/24, 144A(b)

 

3,125,000

 

3,062,906

 

 

 

 

 

12,006,656

 

MULTI-LINE—FOREIGN 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

6,600,000

 

7,091,727

 

AXA SA, 0.537%, (FRN) (EUR) (France)(a)

 

5,000,000

 

3,934,643

 

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

 

10,902,000

 

11,324,453

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, 3.927%, (FRN) (Netherlands)

 

4,329,000

 

4,312,766

 

 

 

 

 

26,663,589

 

PROPERTY CASUALTY 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

9,503,000

 

11,070,995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROPERTY CASUALTY—FOREIGN 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

9,000,000

 

10,350,450

 

 

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Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

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

 

12,000,000

 

$

13,425,000

 

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

 

7,155,000

 

7,476,975

 

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

 

4,000,000

 

6,328,956

 

 

 

 

 

37,581,381

 

REINSURANCE—FOREIGN 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

17,000,000

 

18,318,996

 

Catlin Insurance Co., Ltd., 7.249%, 144A (Bermuda)(b)

 

7,500,000

 

6,515,625

 

 

 

 

 

24,834,621

 

TOTAL INSURANCE

 

 

 

214,443,064

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

4,622

 

5,664,839

 

Frontier Communications Corp., 8.875%, due 9/15/20, 144A(b)

 

1,000,000

 

982,500

 

 

 

 

 

6,647,339

 

PIPELINES 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

4,000,000

 

4,230,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILITIES 4.4%

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

5,000,000

 

4,962,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES—FOREIGN 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

10,232,000

 

11,776,725

 

RWE AG, 6.625%, due 7/30/75 (Germany)

 

2,192,000

 

1,961,454

 

 

 

 

 

13,738,179

 

MULTI-UTILITIES 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

7,409,000

 

7,622,009

 

 

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Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

Dominion Resources, 2.627%, due 9/30/66, (FRN)

 

6,208,000

 

$

4,873,596

 

 

 

 

 

12,495,605

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

 

 

31,196,284

 

TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES—CAPITAL SECURITIES
(Identified cost—$715,561,448)

 

 

 

740,300,075

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

INSURANCE-PROPERTY CASUALTY 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

$

2,100,000

 

2,667,767

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

12,500,000

 

10,375,000

 

Frontier Communications Corp., 10.50%, due 9/15/22, 144A(b)

 

3,700,000

 

3,616,750

 

 

 

 

 

13,991,750

 

REAL ESTATE—DIVERSIFIED 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

NorthStar Realty Europe Corp., 4.625%, due 12/15/16, 144A(b)

 

5,000,000

 

4,981,905

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Identified cost—$23,694,582)

 

 

 

21,641,422

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number
of Shares

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

12,300,000

 

12,300,000

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Identified cost—$12,300,000)

 

 

 

12,300,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Identified cost—$977,872,537)

 

140.2

%

 

 

1,006,052,582

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS

 

(40.2

)

 

 

(288,620,340

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS (Equivalent to $24.88 per share based on 28,830,580 shares of common stock outstanding)

 

100.0

%

 

 

$

717,432,242

 

 

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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. $432,061,040  in aggregate has been pledged as collateral.

(b)    Resale is restricted to qualified institutional investors. Aggregate holdings equal 31.4% 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. $765,000 in aggregate has been segregated as collateral. In addition, $1,773,000 in cash has been pledged as collateral.

(d)    A portion of the security is segregated as collateral for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts. $4,046,875 in aggregate has been segregated as collateral.

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

 

Interest rate swaps outstanding at September 30, 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

%

0.197

%

December 1, 2017

 

$

(525,825

)

Bank of America, N.A.

 

94,500,000

 

1.164

%

0.197

%

December 1, 2018

 

(871,350

)

BNP Paribas

 

94,500,000

 

1.395

%

0.197

%

December 1, 2019

 

(1,261,418

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(2,658,593

)

 


(a)    Based on LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate). Represents rates in effect at September 30, 2015.

 

8



 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding at September 30, 2015 were as follows:

Counterparty

 

Contracts to
Deliver

 

In Exchange
For

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

EUR

 

5,089,324

 

USD

 

5,671,797

 

10/2/15

 

$

(15,011

)

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

EUR

 

16,754,312

 

USD

 

18,783,092

 

10/2/15

 

61,830

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

EUR

 

9,278,971

 

USD

 

10,481,618

 

10/2/15

 

113,300

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

GBP

 

20,330,992

 

USD

 

31,267,033

 

10/2/15

 

511,336

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

USD

 

30,802,469

 

GBP

 

20,330,992

 

10/2/15

 

(46,772

)

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

USD

 

2,647,024

 

EUR

 

2,368,426

 

10/2/15

 

(546

)

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

USD

 

32,103,181

 

EUR

 

28,754,181

 

10/2/15

 

26,729

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

EUR

 

25,614,655

 

USD

 

28,608,624

 

11/3/15

 

(26,970

)

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

GBP

 

20,826,135

 

USD

 

31,544,743

 

11/3/15

 

44,774

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

668,670

 

 

Glossary of Portfolio Abbreviations

 

 

EUR

Euro Currency

 

FRN

Floating Rate Note

 

GBP

Great British Pound

 

TruPS

Trust Preferred Securities

 

USD

United States Dollar

 

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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.

 

The Fund’s use of fair value pricing may cause the net asset value of Fund shares to differ from the net asset value that would be calculated using market quotations. Fair value pricing involves subjective judgments and it is possible that the fair value determined for a security may be materially different than the value that could be realized upon the sale of that security.

 

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 September 30, 2015.

 



 

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

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2015 in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:

 

 

 

 

 

Quoted Prices
In Active
Markets for
Identical
Investments

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

 

 

 

Total

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

 

Preferred Securities - $25 Par Value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

$

86,196,034

 

$

79,129,628

 

$

7,066,406

 

$

 

Other Industries

 

145,615,051

 

145,615,051

 

 

 

Preferred Securities - Capital Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

227,406,461

 

27,088,422

 

200,318,039

 

 

Other Industries

 

512,893,614

 

 

512,893,614

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

21,641,422

 

 

21,641,422

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

12,300,000

 

 

12,300,000

 

 

Total Investments(a)

 

$

1.006,052,582

 

$

251,833,101

 

$

754,219,481

 

$

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

$

757,969

 

$

 

$

757,969

 

$

 

Total Appreciation in Other Financial Instruments(a)

 

$

757,969

 

$

 

$

757,969

 

$

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

(2,658,593

)

$

 

$

 (2,658,593

)

$

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

(89,299

)

 

(89,299

)

 

Total Depreciation in Other Financial Instruments(a)

 

$

(2,747,892

)

$

 

$

(2,747,892

)

$

 

 


(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 September 30, 2015:

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

(2,658,593

)

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

668,670

 

 

 

$

(1,989,923

)

 



 

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

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

The balance of outstanding interest rate swaps at September 30, 2015 is representative of the volume outstanding during the period ended September 30, 2015. The following summarizes the volume of the Fund’s interest rate swap and forward foreign currency exchange contracts activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2015:

 

 

 

Interest rate swap
contracts

 

Forward foreign
currency exchange
contracts

 

Average Notional Balance

 

$

283,500,000

 

$

46,976,385

 

Ending Notional Balance

 

283,500,000

 

60,153,367

 

 

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 revolving 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 revolving 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 revolving 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. Unrealized appreciation is reported as an asset and unrealized depreciation is reported as a liability. The change in value of swaps, including the accrual of periodic amounts of interest to be paid or

 



 

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

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

received on swaps, is reported as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon payment or receipt of a periodic payment or termination of a swap agreement. Swap agreements involve, to varying degrees, elements of market and counterparty risk, and exposure to loss in excess of the related amounts reflected on the Schedule of Investments. 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.

 

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 September 30, 2015, the Fund did not enter into any centrally cleared swap contracts.

 

Note 3.   Income Tax Information

 

As of September 30, 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

 

$

977,872,537

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

40,241,403

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(12,061,358

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

28,180,045

 

 



 

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: November 25, 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: November 25, 2015