Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company
811 Main Street, 14th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
(877) 657-3863
June 12, 2017
VIA EDGAR [CORRESPONDENCE FILING]
Mr. Edward P. Bartz
Senior Counsel
Division of Investment Management,
Disclosure Review Office
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F. Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-8626
| Re: | Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company |
| Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-217551 and 811-21593) |
| Acceleration Request |
Dear Mr. Bartz:
Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form N-2 be accelerated so that it may become effective at 1:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on June 14, 2017, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
The Company acknowledges the following: (1) should the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; (2) the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and (3) the Company may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
| Very truly yours, | ||
| Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company | ||
| By: | /s/ TERRY A. HART | |
| Terry A. Hart | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
| cc: | R. William Burns III, Esq., Paul Hastings LLP |
| David A. Hearth, Esq., Paul Hastings LLP |