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

811-22455

 

Cohen & Steers Select 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 SELECT PREFERRED AND INCOME FUND, INC.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

September 30, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

PREFERRED SECURITIES—$25 PAR VALUE 39.6%

 

 

 

 

 

BANKS 11.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp., 6.50%, Series Y

 

174,925

 

$

4,446,594

 

BB&T Corp., 5.625%, Series E(a)

 

71,045

 

1,762,627

 

Citigroup, 6.875%, Series K(a)

 

83,175

 

2,218,277

 

Countrywide Capital IV, 6.75%, due 4/1/33(a)

 

50,612

 

1,284,026

 

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

 

40,000

 

4,187,500

 

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

 

119,491

 

3,256,130

 

First Niagara Financial Group, 8.625%, Series B(a)

 

80,000

 

2,120,800

 

First Republic Bank, 5.50%(a)

 

104,398

 

2,479,453

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.125%, Series Y

 

100,000

 

2,512,000

 

PNC Financial Services Group, 6.125%, Series P(a)

 

80,000

 

2,192,800

 

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

 

48,250

 

1,289,240

 

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

 

65,000

 

1,691,950

 

US Bancorp, 6.50%, Series F(a)

 

83,278

 

2,391,744

 

Wells Fargo & Co., 6.625%(a)

 

40,564

 

1,109,425

 

Zions Bancorp, 7.90%, Series F(a)

 

176,458

 

4,771,424

 

 

 

 

 

37,713,990

 

BANKS—FOREIGN 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 7.75%, Series IV (United Kingdom)(a)

 

130,639

 

3,374,405

 

National Westminster Bank PLC, 7.763%, Series C (United Kingdom)(a)

 

127,226

 

3,245,535

 

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

 

90,000

 

2,200,500

 

 

 

 

 

8,820,440

 

ELECTRIC—INTEGRATED 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

Integrys Holdings, 6.00%, due 8/1/73(a)

 

105,582

 

2,840,156

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCE—INVESTMENT BANKER/BROKER 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

65,000

 

1,701,050

 

Morgan Stanley, 6.875%(a)

 

133,868

 

3,578,292

 

Morgan Stanley, 6.375%, Series I(a)

 

100,000

 

2,544,000

 

 

 

 

 

7,823,342

 

INDUSTRIALS—CHEMICALS 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

CHS, 6.75%(a)

 

72,040

 

1,866,556

 

CHS, 7.50%, Series 4(a)

 

31,846

 

843,919

 

CHS, 7.10%, Series II(a)

 

165,962

 

4,407,951

 

 

 

 

 

7,118,426

 

 

1



 

 

 

Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

INSURANCE 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI-LINE 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

160,000

 

$

4,888,000

 

WR Berkley Corp., 5.625%, due 4/30/53(a)

 

93,399

 

2,288,276

 

 

 

 

 

7,176,276

 

MULTI-LINE—FOREIGN 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

ING Groep N.V., 7.05% (Netherlands)(a)

 

99,064

 

2,547,926

 

ING Groep N.V., 7.20% (Netherlands)(a)

 

50,000

 

1,287,500

 

PartnerRe Ltd., 6.50%, Series D (Bermuda)

 

64,553

 

1,705,490

 

 

 

 

 

5,540,916

 

REINSURANCE 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

60,000

 

1,661,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REINSURANCE—FOREIGN 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

50,000

 

1,268,000

 

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

 

65,892

 

1,721,099

 

 

 

 

 

2,989,099

 

TOTAL INSURANCE

 

 

 

17,367,691

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Qwest Corp., 6.875%, due 10/1/54(a)

 

35,000

 

885,500

 

Qwest Corp., 7.00%, due 4/1/52(a)

 

58,323

 

1,486,653

 

Qwest Corp., 7.375%, due 6/1/51(a)

 

80,495

 

2,053,428

 

 

 

 

 

4,425,581

 

PIPELINES 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

45,759

 

1,134,365

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE 10.6%

 

 

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

DuPont Fabros Technology, 7.875%, Series A(a)

 

103,254

 

2,583,415

 

National Retail Properties, 6.625%, Series D(a)

 

128,000

 

3,243,520

 

Retail Properties of America, 7.00%(a)

 

79,500

 

2,035,200

 

VEREIT, 6.70%, Series F

 

170,372

 

4,123,003

 

Vornado Realty Trust, 6.625%, Series I(a)

 

50,000

 

1,250,500

 

 

 

 

 

13,235,638

 

HOTEL 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Chesapeake Lodging Trust, 7.75%, Series A(a)

 

75,000

 

1,959,375

 

Hersha Hospitality Trust, 8.00%, Series B(a)

 

70,969

 

1,788,419

 

 

 

 

 

3,747,794

 

 

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Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

INDUSTRIALS 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

First Potomac Realty Trust, 7.75%, Series A(a)

 

120,000

 

$

3,056,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFFICE 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

Hudson Pacific Properties, 8.375%, Series B(a)

 

70,000

 

1,772,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESIDENTIAL—MANUFACTURED HOME 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

Campus Crest Communities, 8.00%, Series A(a)

 

28,681

 

697,809

 

Equity Lifestyle Properties, 6.75%, Series C(a)

 

47,378

 

1,241,303

 

UMH Properties, 8.25%, Series A(a)

 

50,000

 

1,284,000

 

 

 

 

 

3,223,112

 

SHOPPING CENTERS 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

COMMUNITY CENTER 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

Kite Realty Group Trust, 8.25%, Series A(a)

 

100,000

 

2,546,500

 

WP GLIMCHER, 6.875%, Series I(a)

 

69,100

 

1,717,826

 

 

 

 

 

4,264,326

 

REGIONAL MALL 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

CBL & Associates Properties, 7.375%, Series D(a)

 

174,935

 

4,378,623

 

TOTAL SHOPPING CENTERS

 

 

 

8,642,949

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

 

 

 

33,677,943

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSPORT—MARINE—FOREIGN 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

35,027

 

888,635

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILITIES 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

SCE Trust III, 5.75%(a)

 

41,100

 

1,107,234

 

SCE Trust IV, 5.375%, Series J

 

92,000

 

2,369,000

 

 

 

 

 

3,476,234

 

TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES—$25 PAR VALUE
(Identified cost—$118,264,030)

 

 

 

125,286,803

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED SECURITIES—CAPITAL SECURITIES 94.8%

 

 

 

 

 

BANKS 28.7%

 

 

 

 

 

AgriBank FCB, 6.875%

 

26,000

 

2,736,500

 

Bank of America Corp., 6.10%, Series AA

 

2,288,000

 

2,233,660

 

Bank of America Corp., 6.50%, Series Z

 

4,314,000

 

4,405,673

 

Citigroup, 5.875%, Series O

 

2,100,000

 

2,065,875

 

Citigroup, 5.95%, Series Q

 

2,000,000

 

1,974,460

 

Citigroup Capital III, 7.625%, due 12/1/36

 

4,115,000

 

5,173,530

 

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

 

1,229,000

 

1,201,348

 

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

 

25,000

 

2,596,875

 

CoBank ACB, 6.125%, Series G(a)

 

25,000

 

2,427,345

 

 

3



 

 

 

Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

Countrywide Capital III, 8.05%, due 6/15/27, Series B(c)

 

1,815,000

 

$

2,290,221

 

Farm Credit Bank of Texas, 10.00%, Series I(a)

 

10,000

 

12,481,250

 

Goldman Sachs Capital I, 6.345%, due 2/15/34

 

3,250,000

 

3,733,223

 

Goldman Sachs Capital II, 4.00%, (FRN)

 

4,300,000

 

3,117,500

 

Huntington Bancshares, 8.50%, Series A (Convertible)(a)

 

3,712

 

4,955,520

 

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

 

8,575,000

 

8,918,000

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.75%, Series S

 

4,500,000

 

4,691,250

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.125%, Series U

 

1,350,000

 

1,350,000

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.30%, Series Z

 

1,600,000

 

1,576,000

 

PNC Financial Services Group, 6.75%

 

4,500,000

 

4,888,125

 

Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust, 12.00%, 144A(a),(b)

 

1,500

 

1,985,625

 

Wells Fargo & Co., 7.98%, Series K

 

9,850,000

 

10,416,375

 

Wells Fargo & Co., 5.90%, Series S

 

1,706,000

 

1,710,265

 

Wells Fargo & Co., 5.875%, Series U

 

2,750,000

 

2,818,750

 

Zions Bancorp, 7.20%, Series J

 

1,097,000

 

1,175,161

 

 

 

 

 

90,922,531

 

BANKS—FOREIGN 33.1%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

2,000,000

 

2,177,863

 

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

 

1,327,000

 

1,505,046

 

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

 

2,200,000

 

2,330,625

 

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

 

1,800,000

 

2,026,404

 

Bank of Ireland, 10.00%, due 7/30/16, Series EMTN (EUR) (Ireland)(a)

 

1,400,000

 

1,650,008

 

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

 

2,425,000

 

2,722,063

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 7.75%, due 4/10/23 (United Kingdom)

 

3,200,000

 

3,432,000

 

Barclays Bank PLC, 6.86%, 144A (United Kingdom)(b)

 

3,297,000

 

3,750,338

 

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

 

600,000

 

893,060

 

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

 

1,450,000

 

1,716,333

 

Barclays PLC, 8.25% (United Kingdom)

 

3,193,000

 

3,334,281

 

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

 

1,950,000

 

2,266,875

 

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

 

3,600,000

 

3,627,000

 

Credit Agricole SA, 8.125%, due 9/19/33, 144A (France)(b)

 

2,000,000

 

2,191,100

 

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

 

2,000,000

 

2,158,750

 

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

 

2,487,000

 

2,597,112

 

Deutsche Bank AG, 7.50% (Germany)

 

1,000,000

 

953,750

 

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

 

3,007,869

 

3,763,596

 

HBOS Capital Funding LP, 6.85% (United Kingdom)

 

3,300,000

 

3,329,469

 

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

 

7,750,000

 

11,683,125

 

 

4



 

 

 

Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

HSBC Holdings PLC, 6.375% (United Kingdom)

 

5,900,000

 

$

5,641,875

 

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

 

1,000,000

 

978,037

 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 7.50% (United Kingdom)

 

5,837,000

 

5,973,586

 

Nationwide Building Society, 10.25%, due 12/6/99 (GBP) (United Kingdom)(a)

 

2,460,000

 

4,793,563

 

Rabobank Nederland, 8.40% (Netherlands)(a)

 

3,000,000

 

3,202,014

 

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

 

3,350,000

 

4,131,387

 

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

 

2,500,000

 

2,500,775

 

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

 

4,327,000

 

5,408,750

 

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

 

1,800,000

 

1,680,154

 

Standard Chartered PLC, 7.014%, 144A (United Kingdom)(b)

 

2,050,000

 

2,234,500

 

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

 

3,750,000

 

4,320,206

 

UBS Group AG, 6.875% (Switzerland)

 

3,000,000

 

2,899,590

 

UBS Group AG, 7.00% (Switzerland)

 

2,100,000

 

2,144,625

 

UBS Group AG, 7.125% (Switzerland)

 

900,000

 

926,438

 

 

 

 

 

104,944,298

 

FINANCE—DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES 4.9%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

1,250,000

 

1,246,875

 

General Electric Capital Corp., 7.125%, Series A

 

7,000,000

 

8,093,750

 

General Electric Capital Corp., 6.25%, Series B

 

5,700,000

 

6,191,625

 

 

 

 

 

15,532,250

 

INSURANCE 19.6%

 

 

 

 

 

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

MetLife, 5.25%, Series C

 

3,029,000

 

3,006,283

 

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

 

3,950,000

 

4,858,500

 

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

 

5,599,000

 

7,740,617

 

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

 

2,350,000

 

2,338,250

 

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

 

1,558,000

 

1,548,263

 

 

 

 

 

19,491,913

 

LIFE/HEALTH INSURANCE—FOREIGN 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

4,100,000

 

4,424,675

 

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

 

2,000,000

 

2,070,000

 

Prudential PLC, 7.75% (United Kingdom)(a)

 

1,650,000

 

1,709,812

 

 

5



 

 

 

Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

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

 

3,500,000

 

$

3,937,500

 

 

 

 

 

12,141,987

 

MULTI-LINE 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

3,551,000

 

4,705,075

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MULTI-LINE—FOREIGN 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

2,000,000

 

2,149,008

 

AXA SA, 8.60%, due 12/15/30 (France)

 

1,000,000

 

1,361,880

 

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

 

2,250,000

 

2,337,188

 

Cloverie PLC, 8.25% (Switzerland)(a)

 

2,000,000

 

2,230,200

 

 

 

 

 

8,078,276

 

PROPERTY CASUALTY 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

Liberty Mutual Group, 7.80%, due 3/7/37, 144A(b)

 

3,200,000

 

3,728,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROPERTY CASUALTY—FOREIGN 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

3,100,000

 

3,565,155

 

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

 

2,250,000

 

2,517,187

 

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

 

2,051,000

 

2,143,295

 

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

 

1,200,000

 

1,898,687

 

 

 

 

 

10,124,324

 

REINSURANCE—FOREIGN 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

3,510,000

 

3,782,334

 

TOTAL INSURANCE

 

 

 

62,051,909

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

7,500

 

9,192,187

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIPELINES 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

1,980,000

 

2,093,850

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UTILITIES 4.9%

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

7,015,000

 

6,962,387

 

 

6



 

 

 

Number
of Shares

 

Value

 

ELECTRIC UTILITIES—FOREIGN 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

2,830,000

 

$

3,257,245

 

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

 

122,000

 

109,169

 

 

 

 

 

3,366,414

 

MULTI-UTILITIES 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

2,647,000

 

2,723,101

 

Dominion Resources, 7.50%, due 6/30/66, Series A

 

1,430,000

 

1,288,788

 

PPL Capital Funding, 6.70%, due 3/30/67, Series A

 

1,300,000

 

1,108,614

 

 

 

 

 

5,120,503

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

 

 

15,449,304

 

TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES—CAPITAL SECURITIES
(Identified cost—$280,270,983)

 

 

 

300,186,329

 

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

INSURANCE-PROPERTY CASUALTY 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

$

4,829,000

 

6,134,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

Embarq Corp., 7.995%, due 6/1/36

 

2,000,000

 

2,068,120

 

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

 

2,500,000

 

2,075,000

 

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

 

1,550,000

 

1,515,125

 

 

 

 

 

5,658,245

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Identified cost—$10,577,714)

 

 

 

11,792,837

 

 

 

 

Number
of Shares

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

MONEY MARKET FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

900,000

 

900,000

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Identified cost—$900,000)

 

 

 

900,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS (Identified cost—$410,012,727)

138.4

%

 

 

$

438,165,969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS

(38.4

)

 

 

(121,559,013

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS (Equivalent to $26.41 per share based on 11,989,361 shares of common stock outstanding)

100.0

%

 

 

$

316,606,956

 

 

7



 


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. $177,305,120  in aggregate has been pledged as collateral.

(b) Resale is restricted to qualified institutional investors. Aggregate holdings equal 33.0% of the net assets of the Fund, of which 0.0% are illiquid.

(c) A portion of the security is segregated as collateral for open forward foreign currency exchange contracts. $1,009,464 in aggregate has been segregated as collateral.

(d) A portion of the security is segregated as collateral for interest rate swap transactions. $676,000 in aggregate has been segregated as collateral.

(e) Rate quoted represents the 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

 

Royal Bank of Canada

 

$

38,700,000

 

0.855

%

0.194

%

October 30, 2017

 

$

(154,518

)

Royal Bank of Canada

 

38,700,000

 

1.087

%

0.194

%

October 29, 2018

 

(250,064

)

Royal Bank of Canada

 

38,700,000

 

1.309

%

0.194

%

October 29, 2019

 

(362,694

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(767,276

)

 


(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

6,269,521

 

USD

7,028,697

 

10/2/15

 

$

23,137

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

EUR

1,999,300

 

USD

2,258,429

 

10/2/15

 

24,412

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

GBP

615,073

 

USD

940,281

 

10/2/15

 

9,829

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

GBP

4,428,107

 

USD

6,809,986

 

10/2/15

 

111,369

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

USD

7,640,670

 

GBP

5,043,180

 

10/2/15

 

(11,602

)

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

USD

9,231,890

 

EUR

8,268,821

 

10/2/15

 

7,687

 

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

EUR

8,110,475

 

USD

9,058,468

 

11/3/15

 

(8,540

)

Brown Brothers Harriman

 

GBP

5,027,935

 

USD

7,615,667

 

11/3/15

 

10,810

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

167,102

 

 

Glossary of Portfolio Abbreviations

 

 

EUR

Euro Currency

 

FRN

Floating Rate Note

 

GBP

Great British Pound

 

USD

United States Dollar

 

9



 

Cohen & Steers Select 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 manager) 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 manager, 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 manager, subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors. The investment manager has established a valuation committee (Valuation Committee) to administer, implement and oversee the fair valuation process according to the policies and

 



 

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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 manager 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 Select 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:

 

 

 

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

 

$

37,713,990

 

$

33,526,490

 

$

4,187,500

 

$

 

Other Industries

 

87,572,813

 

87,572,813

 

 

 

Preferred Securities - Capital Securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banks

 

90,922,531

 

4,955,520

 

83,981,386

 

1,985,625

 

Other Industries

 

209,263,798

 

 

209,263,798

 

 

Corporate Bonds

 

11,792,837

 

 

11,792,837

 

 

Short-Term Investments

 

900,000

 

 

900,000

 

 

Total Investments(a)

 

$

438,165,969

 

$

126,054,823

 

$

310,125,521

 

$

1,985,625

(b)

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

$

187,244

 

$

 

$

187,244

 

$

 

Total Appreciation in Other Financial Instruments(a)

 

$

187,244

 

$

 

$

187,244

 

$

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

(767,276

)

$

 

$

(767,276

)

$

 

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

(20,142

)

 

(20,142

)

 

Total Depreciation in Other Financial Instruments(a)

 

$

(787,418

)

$

 

$

(787,418

)

$

 

 


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

(b) Level 3 investments are valued by a third-party pricing service. The inputs for these securities are not readily available or cannot be reasonably estimated. A change in the significant unobservable inputs could result in a significantly lower or higher value in such Level 3 investments.

 



 

Cohen & Steers Select Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

Following is a reconciliation of investments for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

 

 

Total
Investments
in
Securities

 

Preferred
Securities
- $25 Par
Value -
Banks

 

Preferred
Securities -
Capital
Securities-
Banks

 

Balance as of December 31, 2014

 

$

14,256,250

 

$

2,025,000

 

$

12,231,250

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

210,625

 

(39,375

)

250,000

 

Transfers out of Level 3(a)

 

(12,481,250

)

 

(12,481,250

)

Transfers within Level 3(b)

 

 

(1,985,625

)

1,985,625

 

Balance as of September 30, 2015

 

$

1,985,625

 

$

 

$

1,985,625

 

 

The change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) attributable to securities owned on September 30, 2015 which were valued using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) amounted to $(39,375).

 


(a) As of December 31, 2014, the Fund used significant unobservable inputs in determining the value of certain investments. As of September 30, 2015, the Fund used significant observable inputs in determining the value of the same investments.

(b) As of September 30, 2015, transfers within Level 3 occurred due to changes in sector classifications.

 

Note 2.   Derivative Instruments

 

The following is a summary of the Fund’s derivative instruments as of September 30, 2015:

 

Interest rate swaps

 

$

(767,276

)

Forward foreign currency exchange contracts

 

167,102

 

 

 

$

(600,174

)

 



 

Cohen & Steers Select 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

 

$

116,100,000

 

$

14,206,266

 

Ending Notional Balance

 

116,100,000

 

16,674,135

 

 

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

 



 

Cohen & Steers Select Preferred and Income Fund, Inc.

 

NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

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 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

 

$

410,012,727

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

31,317,959

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(3,164,717

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

28,153,242

 

 



 

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 SELECT 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