As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2017
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: 811-22770
NEUBERGER BERMAN MLP INCOME FUND INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
c/o Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10104
(Address of Principal Executive Offices – Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 476-8800
Robert Conti, Chief Executive Officer and President
Neuberger Berman MLP Income Fund Inc.
c/o Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC
1290 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10104

Arthur C. Delibert, Esq.
K&L Gates LLP
1601 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006-1600
(Names and Addresses of Agents for Service)
Date of fiscal year end: November 30
Date of reporting period: February 28, 2017
Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
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Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
Schedule of Investments MLP Income Fund Inc. (Unaudited) February 28, 2017

               
NUMBER OF SHARES
     
VALUE
               
               
Master Limited Partnerships and Related Companies 120.9%
   
               
Coal & Consumable Fuels 8.5%
         
          1,906,000
 
Alliance Holdings GP, L.P.
   
 $        54,340,000
 (a)
               
Leisure Facilities 9.4%
         
             874,100
 
Cedar Fair L.P.
     
           59,858,368
 (a)
               
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation 96.3%
       
             900,000
 
American Midstream Partners LP
   
           14,265,000
 (a)
             826,000
 
Antero Midstream Partners LP 
   
           28,331,800
 (a)
             454,645
 
DCP Midstream Partners, LP 
   
           17,822,084
 (a)
             150,000
 
Dominion Midstream Partners, LP 
   
             4,642,500
 (a)
             576,000
 
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.
   
           10,851,840
 (a)
          4,500,000
 
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. 
   
           72,905,236
 *(b)(d)
          1,400,000
 
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 
   
           52,934,000
 (a)
          1,460,000
 
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. 
   
           40,923,800
 (a)
             552,800
 
EQT GP Holdings LP 
   
           15,113,552
 (a)
             526,000
 
EQT Midstream Partners, LP 
   
           41,459,320
 (a)
             900,000
 
MPLX LP 
   
           33,489,000
 (a)
             240,000
 
NuStar Energy L.P. 
   
           12,537,600
 (a)
          1,343,571
 
NuStar GP Holdings, LLC 
   
           38,829,202
 (a)
             960,000
 
ONEOK, Inc. 
   
           51,888,000
 (a)
             200,000
 
ONEOK Partners, L.P. 
   
           10,476,000
 (a)
               90,000
 
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. 
   
             2,887,200
 
             276,000
 
Spectra Energy Partners, LP 
   
           12,345,480
 (a)
             276,000
 
Targa Resources Corp. 
   
           15,594,000
 (a)
             700,000
 
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. 
   
           13,090,000
 (a)
          1,676,000
 
Western Gas Equity Partners, LP 
   
           76,844,600
 (a)
             640,000
 
Western Gas Partners, LP 
   
           39,788,800
 (a)
             232,000
 
Williams Cos., Inc. 
   
             6,574,880
 (a)
          
         613,593,894
 
Propane 0.9%
             
               90,000
 
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
   
             4,227,300
 (a)
               70,000
 
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.
 
   
             1,176,750
 (a)
           
             5,404,050
 
               
Utilities 5.8%
             
          1,200,000
 
NextEra Energy Partners LP
   
           36,936,000
 (a)
               
Total Master Limited Partnerships and Related Companies (Cost $646,650,991) 
         770,132,312
 
               
Convertible Preferred Stock 3.5% 
       
               
Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation 3.5% 
       
          4,500,000
 
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Preferred (Cost $3,150,000) 
           22,026,004
 (b)(d)
               
Real Estate Investment Trusts  0.7%
         
               
Specialized REITs 0.7%
         
               50,000
 
Crown Castle International Corp. (Cost $4,374,732) 
             4,676,500
 
               
Short-Term Investment 0.6%
         
           
 Investment Company 0.6%
         
          4,019,982
 
Invesco STIT Treasury Portfolio Money Market Fund Institutional Class, 0.41% (Cost $4,019,982)
 4,019,982
 (c)
         
Total Investments 125.7% (Cost $658,195,705)  
 
         800,854,798
 ##
           
Other Assets Less Liabilities (25.7%) 
   
       (163,688,825)
 
           
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders 100.0% 
   
 $      637,165,973
 
               
* Non-income producing security.
         
           
(a) All or a portion of this security is pledged with the custodian for loans payable.
   
(b) Security fair valued as of February 28, 2017 in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund's Board of Directors (the "Board").  Total value of all such securities at February 28, 2017 amounted to $94,931,240, which represents 14.9% of net assets applicable to common stockholders of the Fund.
(c) Represents 7-day effective yield as of February 28, 2017.
     
(d) These securities have been deemed by the investment manager to be illiquid, and are restricted securities subject to restrictions on resale.
At February 28, 2017, these securities amounted to $94,931,240, which represents 14.9% of net assets applicable to common stockholders of the Fund.
 
Restricted Security
Acquisition Date
 
Acquisition Cost
   
 
Acquisition Cost
Percentage of Net
Assets Applicable to Common
Stockholders as of
Acquisition Date 
 
Value as of
2/28/2017
   
Fair Value Percentage of
Net Assets Applicable to
Common Stockholders as
of 2/28/2017 
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.
3/16/2016
   
$
57,957,425
       
15.0
%
 
$
72,905,236
       
11.4
%
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Preferred
3/16/2016
     
3,150,000
       
0.8
     
22,026,004
       
3.5
 
       
$
61,107,425
             
$
94,931,240
       
14.9
%
                                   
                                   
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments

As of the period ended February 28, 2017, no securities were transferred from one level (as of November 30, 2016) to another.
 

The following table presents additional information about valuation techniques and inputs used for investments that are measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 as of February 28, 2017:
 
 
   
Asset
class
Fair value
at 02/28/2017
Valuation
techniques
Unobservable
inputs
Range
Input
Value
Impact to
valuation
from an
increase
in input
         
Quarterly Cash
Distribution
$0.285
$0.285
Increase
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.
Master Limited
Partnerships and
Related
Companies
$72,905,236
Income Approach
Discount for Lack of Marketability
5.5%
5.5%
 
 
Decrease
         
Quarterly Cash
Distribution
$0.285
$0.285
Increase
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P., Preferred
Convertible
Preferred Stock
$22,026,004
Income Approach
Discount for Lack of Marketability
5.5%
5.5%
 
 
Decrease
 
 
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
 

February 28, 2017
Notes to Schedule of Investments
(Unaudited)

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820 “Fair Value Measurement” (“ASC 820”), all investments held by Neuberger Berman MLP Income Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) are carried at the value that Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC (“Management”) believes the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment under current market conditions. Various inputs, including the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability in the market, are considered in valuing the Fund’s investments, some of which are discussed below. Significant Management judgment may be necessary to value investments in accordance with ASC 820.

ASC 820 established a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to create a classification of value measurements for disclosure purposes. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

Level 2 – other observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, amortized cost, etc.)

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

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

The value of the Fund’s investments in equity securities (including master limited partnerships) and convertible preferred stocks, for which market quotations are readily available, is generally determined by Management by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services based on the latest sale price quoted on a principal exchange or market for that security (Level 1 inputs). Securities traded primarily on the NASDAQ Stock Market are normally valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”) provided by NASDAQ each business day. The NOCP is the most recently reported price as of 4:00:02 p.m., Eastern Time, unless that price is outside the range of the “inside” bid and asked prices (i.e., the bid and asked prices that dealers quote to each other when trading for their own accounts); in that case, NASDAQ will adjust the price to equal the inside bid or asked price, whichever is closer. Because of delays in reporting trades, the NOCP may not be based on the price of the last trade to occur before the market closes. If there is no sale of a security on a particular day, the independent pricing services may value the security based on market quotations.

Management has developed a process to periodically review information provided by independent pricing services for all types of securities.

Investments in non-exchange traded investment companies are valued using the respective fund’s daily calculated net asset value per share (Level 2 inputs).

If a valuation is not available from an independent pricing service, or if Management has reason to believe that the valuation received does not represent the amount the Fund might reasonably expect to receive on a current sale in an orderly transaction, Management seeks to obtain quotations from brokers or dealers (generally considered Level 2 or Level 3 inputs depending on the number of quotes available). If such quotations are not readily available, the security is valued using methods the Board has approved in the good-faith belief that the resulting valuation will reflect the fair value of the security. Numerous factors may be considered when determining the fair value of a security based on Level 2 or Level 3 inputs, including available analyst, media or other reports, securities within the same industry with recent highly correlated performance, trading in futures or American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and whether the issuer of the security being fair valued has other securities outstanding.

Fair value prices are necessarily estimates, and there is no assurance that such a price will be at or close to the price at which the security is next quoted or next trades.

 
For information on the Fund’s significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent stockholder reports.


##
At February 28, 2017, the cost of investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes was $592,956,075. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $243,424,017 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $35,525,294 resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $207,898,723 based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For information on the Fund’s significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent stockholder reports.


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
(a)
Based on an evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the 1940 Act), as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the Chief Executive Officer and President and the Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of the Registrant have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
 (b)
There were no significant changes in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3. Exhibits.
The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) of the 1940 Act are filed herewith.

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.

Neuberger Berman MLP Income Fund Inc.
 
By:
/s/ Robert Conti
 
 
Robert Conti
 
Chief Executive Officer and President
 
 
Date: April 26, 2017

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/ Robert Conti
 
 
Robert Conti
 
Chief Executive Officer and President
 
 
Date: April 26, 2017
 
By:
/s/ John M. McGovern
 
 
John M. McGovern
 
Treasurer and Principal Financial
  and Accounting Officer 

 
Date: April 26, 2017