Tortoise
Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc.

2013 3rd Quarter Report    August 31, 2013
 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2013 3rd Quarter Report 1

Company at a glance

Tortoise believes Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. (NYSE: TTP) is the first closed-end fund that focuses particularly on the broader $400 billion+ North American pipeline universe.

Investment strategy

TTP seeks to provide stockholders with a high level of total return, with an emphasis on current distributions. Our fund focuses particularly on North American pipeline companies that transport natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and refined products, and to a lesser extent, on other energy infrastructure companies.

Because of our traditional flow-through nature as a regulated investment company (RIC), we have the differentiated ability and flexibility to efficiently target and access traditional pipeline corporations alongside master limited partnerships (MLPs). Over 75 percent of our portfolio will generally be in companies structured as corporations or limited liability companies domiciled in the United States, Canada or United Kingdom with the remaining up to 25 percent in MLPs. We believe the broader North American pipeline universe offers strong business fundamentals and expanded growth opportunities.

We also write (sell) covered call options to seek to enhance long-term return potential across economic environments, increase current income and mitigate portfolio risk through option income. Our covered call strategy focuses on other energy infrastructure companies that we believe are integral links in the value chain for pipeline companies.

TTP seeks to provide:

Attractive total return potential with high current income in a defensive sector

Access to real, long-lived pipeline assets essential to the functioning of the US economy

Exposure to expanded energy infrastructure growth projects that connect new areas of supply with demand

Ability to efficiently invest across North American pipeline universe through traditional flow-through fund structure

Investor simplicity through one 1099, no K-1s, no unrelated business taxable income, IRA suitability

Expertise of Tortoise Capital Advisors, a leading and pioneering energy infrastructure investment firm

Portfolio statistics by ownership structure Portfolio statistics by asset type

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2 2013 3rd Quarter Report

September 15, 2013

Dear Fellow Stockholders,

Equity market performance was uneven over the summer months, with the S&P 500® registering gains in July but declines for both June and August. The broad market index closed the three month period with a paltry 0.7 percent gain and a much healthier 17.2 percent return for the fiscal year to date ending Aug. 31, 2013. Disappointing data on manufacturing and new home sales in July set the tone for a downbeat August that erased much of July’s gains. Early in August, U.S. unemployment dropped to its lowest level since December 2008, renewing speculation that the Federal Reserve may begin to taper its quantitative easing. Additional headwinds in August included an escalation of the crisis in Syria and economic data showing sluggish consumer spending. Against this uneven backdrop, pipeline companies outperformed the broader market.

Pipeline sector review and outlook

The Tortoise North American Pipeline IndexSM posted a 1.5 percent and 15.9 percent total return for the three and nine months ending Aug. 31, 2013, respectively. Pipeline companies’ performance during the quarter was markedly lower than in previous fiscal quarters. This was largely in response to concern and uncertainty around rising interest rates and the digestion of increased equity offerings and some compression in crude oil location price differentials that had previously been at record-levels. The performance of pipeline companies was driven by solid fundamentals, strong underlying dividend/distribution growth and continued infrastructure build-out.

Pipeline companies continued to benefit from escalating volumes of oil and natural gas production out of North American shales. To put this production growth into perspective, consider that domestic crude oil production rose 17.4 percent from July 2012 to July 2013, averaging a 25-year high of nearly 7.5 million barrels per day,¹ and by 2020, oil production may reach more than 10 million barrels per day.² The natural gas production numbers are equally astounding. It is estimated that U.S. natural gas production, which effectively has eliminated U.S. dependency on foreign gas imports, will reach nearly 74 billion cubic feet per day by the end of this decade, an increase of 50 percent since 2005.³ We anticipate more than $120 billion in MLP, pipeline and related organic growth projects over the course of the next three years.

Capital markets are humming, with MLP and pipeline companies raising approximately $33 billion in equity and $28 billion in debt fiscal year to date through Aug. 31, 2013. Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity also has been vigorous, with announced MLP and pipeline transactions totaling more than $43 billion year to date. The largest announced pipeline transactions in the quarter were two sponsor dropdowns, with Spectra Energy Corporation and EQT Corporation both announcing dropdowns of midstream assets to their respective MLPs. Both transactions are pending.

Fund performance review

The fund’s total assets increased from $372.5 million at May 31, 2013 to $380.7 million at Aug. 31, 2013, resulting primarily from market appreciation of its investments. The market-based total return to fund stockholders was -3.4 percent and 19.6 percent (both including the reinvestment of distributions) for the three and nine months ending Aug. 31, 2013. The fund’s NAV-based total return was 3.8 percent and 21.1 percent for the same periods. The difference between the market value total returns as compared to the NAV total returns reflected the decrease in the fund’s stock price to a market discount relative to its NAV during the period.

During the fiscal quarter, the fund’s asset performance was boosted by its exposure to natural gas pipelines, refined product pipelines and gathering and processing as well as its overall midstream focus. Refined product pipelines specifically saw a boost from a favorable tariff escalator (PPI + 2.65 percent) and, along with natural gas pipelines, the ongoing investment in energy infrastructure to support the

(unaudited)
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country’s emerging supply basins. Gathering and processing companies in particular benefitted from a growing emphasis on fee-based contracts. On a broader basis, crude oil pipelines experienced some downward pressure during the quarter due in part to narrowing of location price differentials, somewhat mitigated by the fund’s specific holdings. The fund’s covered call strategy in integrated/ independent energy companies had a generally positive impact on performance and continued to provide current income. The fund generally maintained the targeted notional amount of the portfolio’s covered calls as well as out-of-the-money percentage, even in a historically low VIX (low volatility) environment.

The fund paid a distribution of $0.4075 per common share ($1.63 annualized) to stockholders on Sept. 3, 2013, in line with the previous quarterly distribution. The distribution represented an annualized distribution rate of 5.9 percent based on the fund’s third fiscal quarter closing price of $27.65 per share. The fund ended the period with leverage (including bank debt, senior notes and preferred stock) at 21.5 percent of total assets. Additional information about the fund’s financial performance, distributions and leverage is available in the Key Financial Data and Management’s Discussion sections of this report.

Concluding thoughts

The unconventional oil and gas revolution taking place in North America today is profoundly altering the energy landscape. Prolific oil and gas production is creating opportunities for energy companies across the energy value chain. In particular, pipeline companies continue to see solid dividend/distribution growth as a result of the robust infrastructure build-out taking place. We remain enthusiastic about these opportunities and about the future of North American energy. We look forward to serving you as your professional investment adviser as this compelling story continues.

Sincerely,
The Managing Directors
Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.
The adviser to Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. 

P. Bradley Adams H. Kevin Birzer Zachary A. Hamel
 
Kenneth P. Malvey Terry Matlack David J. Schulte
 
1 American Petroleum Institute, 2013
2 Citi, 2011
3 Energy Information Administration, 2013
The Tortoise North American Pipeline IndexSM is a float-adjusted, capitalization-weighted index of energy pipeline companies domiciled in the United States and Canada. The S&P 500 Index® is an unmanaged market-value-weighted index of stocks, which is widely regarded as the standard for measuring large-cap U.S. stock market performance.

(unaudited)
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4 2013 3rd Quarter Report

Key Financial Data (Supplemental Unaudited Information)
(dollar amounts in thousands unless otherwise indicated)

The information presented below regarding Distributable Cash Flow and Selected Financial Information is supplemental non-GAAP financial information, which we believe is meaningful to understanding our operating performance. The Distributable Cash Flow Ratios include the functional equivalent of EBITDA for non-investment companies, and we believe they are an important supplemental measure of performance and promote comparisons from period-to-period. This information is supplemental, is not inclusive of required financial disclosures (e.g. Total Expense Ratio), and should be read in conjunction with our full financial statements.

      2012 2013
Q3(1)       Q4(1)       Q1(1)       Q2(1)       Q3(1)
Total Income from Investments
       Distributions received from investments $ 2,952 $ 3,042 $ 3,031 $ 3,144 $ 3,153
       Less foreign withholding taxes (49 ) (50 ) (49 ) (45 ) (42 )
       Dividends paid in stock 537   553 570 616 631
       Net premiums on options written 2,189 1,946 1,728 1,643 1,659
       Interest and dividend income 1
              Total from investments 5,629 5,492 5,280 5,358 5,401
Operating Expenses Before Leverage Costs
       Advisory fees, net of fees waived 694 718 759 854 862
       Other operating expenses 137 124 146 137 132
  831 842 905 991 994
       Distributable cash flow before leverage costs 4,798 4,650 4,375 4,367 4,407
       Leverage costs(2) 629 632 625 629 628
Distributable Cash Flow(3) $ 4,169 $ 4,018 $ 3,750 $ 3,738 $ 3,779
Net realized gain (loss) on investments
       and foreign currency translation,
       for the period $ (442 )     $ 10,854 $ 1,296 $ 2,301 $ 2,921
As a percent of average total assets(4)
       Total from investments 6.83 % 6.48 % 6.13 % 5.65 % 5.64 %
       Operating expenses before leverage costs 1.01 % 0.99 % 1.05 % 1.05 % 1.04 %
       Distributable cash flow before leverage costs 5.82 % 5.49 % 5.08 % 4.60 % 4.60 %
As a percent of average net assets(4)
       Total from investments 9.10 % 8.52 % 8.05 % 7.24 % 7.23 %
       Operating expenses before leverage costs 1.34 % 1.31 % 1.38 % 1.34 % 1.33 %
       Leverage costs and current taxes 1.02 % 0.98 % 0.95 % 0.85 % 0.84 %
       Distributable cash flow 6.74 % 6.23 % 5.72 % 5.05 % 5.06 %
 
Selected Financial Information
Distributions paid on common stock $ 4,077 $ 4,077 $ 4,077 $ 4,077 $ 4,081
Distributions paid on common stock per share 0.40750 0.40750 0.40750 0.40750 0.40750
Total assets, end of period 334,671 374,855 361,540 372,498 380,701
Average total assets during period(5) 327,931 340,698 349,310 376,027 379,776
Leverage(6) 77,100 81,600 79,700 80,500 81,700
Leverage as a percent of total assets 23.0 % 21.8 % 22.0 % 21.6 % 21.5 %
Net unrealized appreciation, end of period 24,357 16,909 43,584 55,953 63,230
Net assets, end of period 251,748 252,508 276,211 286,167 292,958
Average net assets during period(7) 245,989 259,294 266,070 293,444 296,319
Net asset value per common share 25.16 25.24 27.61   28.60   29.25
Market value per common share   25.00 24.15   27.15 29.05 27.65
Shares outstanding (actual) 10,004,200 10,004,200 10,004,200 10,004,200 10,016,413

(1) Q1 is the period from December through February. Q2 is the period from March through May. Q3 is the period from June through August. Q4 is the period from September through November.
(2) Leverage costs include interest expense, distributions to preferred stockholders and other recurring leverage expenses.
(3) “Net investment income” on the Statement of Operations is adjusted as follows to reconcile to Distributable Cash Flow (DCF): increased by net premiums on options written, the return of capital on MLP distributions, the value of paid-in-kind distributions, and amortization of debt issuance costs.
(4) Annualized for periods less than one full year.
(5) Computed by averaging month-end values within each period.
(6) Leverage consists of long-term debt obligations, preferred stock and short-term borrowings.
(7) Computed by averaging daily net assets for the period.

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2013 3rd Quarter Report 5

Management’s Discussion (unaudited)

The information contained in this section should be read in conjunction with our Financial Statements and the Notes thereto. In addition, this report contains certain forward-looking statements. These statements include the plans and objectives of management for future operations and financial objectives and can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” or “continue” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions. Certain factors that could cause actual results and conditions to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements are set forth in the “Risk Factors” section of our public filings with the SEC.

Overview

Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc.’s (“TTP”) primary investment objective is to provide a high level of total return, with an emphasis on current distributions. We seek to provide stockholders an efficient vehicle to invest in a portfolio consisting primarily of equity securities of pipeline and other energy infrastructure companies. We focus primarily on pipeline companies that engage in the business of transporting natural gas, natural gas liquids (“NGLs”), crude oil and refined petroleum products, and, to a lesser extent, on other energy infrastructure companies. Energy infrastructure companies own and operate a network of asset systems that transport, store, distribute, gather, process, explore, develop, manage or produce crude oil, refined petroleum products (including biodiesel and ethanol), natural gas or NGLs or that provide electrical power generation (including renewable energy), transmission and/or distribution. We also seek to provide current income from gains earned through a covered call option strategy, which consists of writing (selling) call options on selected equity securities in our portfolio.

TTP is a registered non-diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and expects to qualify as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C. (the “Adviser”) serves as investment adviser.

Company update

Market values of our investments increased during the quarter, contributing to an increase in total assets of approximately $8.2 million since May 31, 2013. Distribution increases from our investments were in line with our expectations while an increase in average total assets during the quarter resulted in increased asset-based expenses. We maintained our quarterly distribution of $0.4075 per share. Additional information on these events and results of our operations are discussed below.

Critical accounting policies

The financial statements are based on the selection and application of critical accounting policies, which require management to make significant estimates and assumptions. Critical accounting policies are those that are both important to the presentation of our financial condition and results of operations and require management’s most difficult, complex, or subjective judgments. Our critical accounting policies are those applicable to the valuation of investments and certain revenue recognition matters as discussed in Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

Determining distributions to stockholders

We pay quarterly distributions based primarily upon our current and estimated future distributable cash flow (“DCF”). In addition, and to the extent that the sum of our net investment company taxable income and net realized gains from investments exceed our quarterly distributions, we intend to make an additional distribution to common stockholders in the last quarter of the calendar year in order to avoid being subject to U.S. federal income taxes. Our Board of Directors reviews the distribution rate quarterly and may adjust the quarterly distribution throughout the year.

Determining DCF

DCF is income from investments less expenses. Income from investments includes the amount we receive as cash or paid-in-kind distributions from common stock, MLPs, affiliates of MLPs, and pipeline and other energy companies in which we invest, and dividend payments on short-term investments we own. Income also includes the premiums received from sales of covered call options, net of amounts paid to buy back out of the money options. The total expenses include current or anticipated operating expenses and leverage costs. Each are summarized for you in the Key Financial Data table and are discussed in more detail below.

The Key Financial Data table discloses the calculation of DCF and should be read in conjunction with this discussion. The difference between income from investments in the DCF calculation and total investment income as reported in the Statement of Operations, is reconciled as follows: (1) the Statement of Operations, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), recognizes distributions and dividend income from MLPs and common stock on their ex-dates, whereas the DCF calculation may reflect distributions and dividend income on their pay dates; (2) GAAP recognizes that a significant portion of the cash

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Management’s Discussion (unaudited)
(continued)

distributions received from MLPs are characterized as a return of capital and therefore excluded from investment income, whereas the DCF calculation includes the return of capital; (3) income from investments in the DCF calculation includes the value of dividends paid-in-kind (additional stock or units), whereas such amounts are not included as income for GAAP purposes; and (4) net premiums on options written (premiums received less amounts paid to buy back out of the money options) with expiration dates during our fiscal quarter are included in the DCF calculation, whereas GAAP recognizes the net effect of options written as realized and unrealized gains (losses). A reconciliation of Net Investment Income to DCF is included below.

Income from investments

We seek to achieve our investment objectives by investing in a portfolio consisting primarily of equity securities of pipeline and other energy infrastructure companies. We evaluate each holding based upon its contribution to our investment income and its risk relative to other potential investments.

We focus primarily on pipeline companies that engage in the business of transporting natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and refined products through pipelines, and, to a lesser extent, on other energy infrastructure companies. These pipeline companies own and operate long haul, gathering and local gas distribution pipelines.

We also seek to provide current income from gains earned through a covered call option strategy, which consists of writing (selling) call options on selected equity securities in our portfolio. We focus our covered call strategy on other energy infrastructure companies that we believe are integral links in the energy infrastructure value chain for pipeline companies. We typically aim to write call options that are approximately 5 to 15 percent out-of-the-money on approximately 20 percent of our portfolio, although we may adjust these targets depending on market volatility and other market conditions.

Total distributions received from our investments and option strategy for the 3rd quarter 2013 were approximately $5.40 million. This reflects earnings on our investments of $3.74 million and net premiums on options written of approximately $1.66 million. Dividends and distributions from our long-term investments and net premiums on options written during the quarter increased slightly from 2nd quarter 2013. On an annualized basis, the total received from investments equates to 5.64 percent of our average total assets for the quarter.

Expenses

We incur two types of expenses: (1) operating expenses, consisting primarily of the advisory fee; and (2) leverage costs. On a percentage basis, operating expenses before leverage costs were an annualized 1.04 percent of average total assets for the 3rd quarter 2013, an increase of 0.03 percent as compared to 3rd quarter 2012 and a decrease of 0.01 percent as compared to 2nd quarter 2013. While the contractual advisory fee is 1.10 percent of average monthly managed assets, the Adviser waived an amount equal to 0.25 percent of average monthly managed assets through December 31, 2012, and has agreed to waive an amount equal to 0.20 percent of average monthly managed assets for calendar year 2013 and 0.15 percent of average monthly managed assets for calendar year 2014. Other operating expenses decreased approximately $5,000 as compared to 2nd quarter 2013, primarily as a result of decreased professional and custodian fees during the quarter.

Leverage costs consist of two major components: (1) the direct interest expense on our senior notes and short-term credit facility, and (2) distributions to preferred stockholders. Other leverage expenses include rating agency fees and commitment fees. Total leverage costs for DCF purposes were approximately $0.6 million for the 3rd quarter 2013, relatively unchanged as compared to 2nd quarter 2013.

The weighted average annual rate of our leverage at August 31, 2013 was 2.95 percent including balances on our bank credit facility which accrue interest at a variable rate equal to one-month LIBOR plus 1.125 percent. Our weighted average rate may vary in future periods as a result of changes in LIBOR, the utilization of our credit facility, and as our leverage matures or is redeemed. Additional information on our leverage is included in the Liquidity and Capital Resources discussion below.

Distributable cash flow and capital gains

For 3rd quarter 2013, our DCF was approximately $3.78 million, an increase of 1.1 percent as compared to 2nd quarter 2013. This increase is the net result of the changes in income and expenses as described above. This equates to an annualized rate of 4.60 percent of average total assets for the quarter and 5.06 percent of average net assets for the quarter. In addition, we had net realized gains on investments of approximately $2.9 million during the quarter.

We declared a distribution of approximately $4.1 million for 3rd quarter 2013. On a per share basis, we declared a $0.4075 distribution on August 8, 2013, unchanged from the 2nd quarter 2013.

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Management’s Discussion (unaudited)
(continued)

Net Investment Income on the Statement of Operations is adjusted as follows to reconcile to DCF for 2013 YTD and 3rd quarter 2013 (in thousands):

        2013       3rd Qtr
YTD 2013
Net Investment Income $ 703 $ 354
Adjustments to reconcile to DCF:
       Net premiums on options written 5,030 1,659
       Distributions characterized as return of capital 3,634 1,107
       Dividends paid in stock 1,817 631
       Amortization of debt issuance costs 83 28
              DCF $ 11,267 $ 3,779

Liquidity and capital resources

We had total assets of $381 million at quarter-end. Our total assets reflect the value of our investments, which are itemized in the Schedule of Investments. It also reflects cash, interest and dividends receivable and any expenses that may have been prepaid. During the 3rd quarter 2013, total assets increased approximately $8.2 million. This change was primarily the result of a $9.3 million increase in the value of our investments as reflected by the change in realized and unrealized gains on investments (excluding return of capital on distributions) and net sales during the quarter of $1.1 million.

Total leverage outstanding at August 31, 2013 was $81.7 million, an increase of $1.2 million as compared to May 31, 2013. Outstanding leverage is comprised of $49 million in senior notes, $16 million in preferred shares and $16.7 million outstanding under the credit facility, with approximately 67 percent of leverage with fixed rates and a weighted average maturity of 3.9 years. Total leverage represented 21.5 percent of total assets at August 31, 2013, as compared to 21.6 percent as of May 31, 2013 and 23.0 percent as of August 31, 2012. This is below our long-term target level of 25 percent of total assets, allowing the opportunity to add leverage when compelling investment opportunities arise. Temporary increases to up to 30 percent of our total assets may be permitted, provided that such leverage is consistent with the limits set forth in the 1940 Act, and that such leverage is expected to be reduced over time in an orderly fashion to reach our long-term target. Our leverage ratio is impacted by increases or decreases in investment values, issuance of equity and/or the sale of securities where proceeds are used to reduce leverage.

Our longer-term leverage (excluding our bank credit facility) of $65 million is comprised of 75 percent private placement debt and 25 percent private placement preferred equity with a weighted average fixed rate of 3.35 percent and remaining weighted average laddered maturity of approximately 4.7 years.

We use leverage to acquire equity investments consistent with our investment philosophy. The terms of our leverage are governed by regulatory and contractual asset coverage requirements that arise from the use of leverage. Additional information on our leverage and asset coverage requirements is discussed in Notes 9, 10 and 11 in the Notes to Financial Statements. Our coverage ratios are updated each week on our Web site at www.tortoiseadvisors.com.

Taxation of our distributions

We expect that distributions paid on common shares will generally consist of: (i) investment company taxable income (“ICTI”) which includes ordinary income net of deductions plus any short-term capital gains in excess of net long-term capital losses (under current law, distributions of ICTI may be designated as qualified dividend income (“QDI”) to the extent of any QDI received from our investment in common stocks); (ii) long-term capital gain (net gain from the sale of a capital asset held longer than 12 months over net short-term capital losses) and (iii) return of capital. The QDI and long-term capital gain tax rates are variable based on the taxpayer’s taxable income.

We may designate a portion of our quarterly distributions as capital gains and we may also distribute additional capital gains in the last calendar quarter if necessary to meet minimum distribution requirements and to avoid being subject to excise taxes. If, however, we elect to retain any capital gains, we will be subject to U.S. capital gains taxes. The payment of those taxes will flow-through to stockholders as a tax credit to apply against their U.S. income tax payable on the deemed distribution of the retained capital gain.

For tax purposes, distributions paid to common stockholders for the calendar year ended December 31, 2012 were approximately 37 percent QDI, 21 percent ordinary dividend income, 22 percent long-term capital gain, and 20 percent return of capital. A holder of our common stock would reduce their cost basis for income tax purposes by the amount designated as return of capital. This information is reported to stockholders on Form 1099-DIV and is available on our Web site at www.tortoiseadvisors.com. We currently estimate that 80 to 100 percent of 2013 distributions will be characterized as dividend income and capital gains, with the remaining percentage, if any, characterized as return of capital. A final determination of the characterization will be made in January 2014.

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8 2013 3rd Quarter Report

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
August 31, 2013

      Shares       Fair Value
Common Stock — 85.1%(1)
 
Crude/Refined Products Pipelines — 5.9%(1)
Canada — 5.9%(1)
Enbridge Inc. 268,300 $ 10,986,885
Pembina Pipeline Corporation 199,200 6,180,439
17,167,324
Local Distribution Companies — 12.6%(1)
United States — 12.6%(1)
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 926,500 21,244,645
NiSource Inc. 533,600 15,613,136
36,857,781
Marine Transportation — 2.4%(1)
Republic of the Marshall Islands — 2.4%(1)
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. 223,330 7,095,194
Natural Gas Gathering Pipelines — 3.9%(1)
United States — 3.9%(1)
Targa Resources Corp. 166,600 11,343,794
Natural Gas Pipelines — 39.0%(1)
Canada — 3.1%(1)
Keyera Corp. 17,550 960,226
TransCanada Corporation 187,700 8,187,474
United States — 35.9%(1)
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 266,000 10,089,380
National Fuel Gas Company 13,400 874,752
ONEOK, Inc. 450,200 23,158,288
Questar Corporation 330,750 7,250,040
Spectra Energy Corp 965,100 31,954,461
Williams Companies, Inc. 880,900 31,923,816
114,398,437
Oil and Gas Production — 19.9%(1)
United Kingdom — 1.0%(1)
BP p.l.c. (ADR)(2) 69,800 2,882,740
United States — 18.9%(1)
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation(2) 46,900 4,287,598
Apache Corporation(2) 55,000 4,712,400
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation(2) 126,400 4,946,032
Chesapeake Energy Corporation(2) 69,200 1,786,052
Continental Resources, Inc.(2)(3) 46,300 4,271,638
Denbury Resources Inc.(2)(3) 66,000 1,141,140
EOG Resources, Inc.(2) 24,300 3,816,315
Hess Corporation(2) 38,700 2,896,695
Marathon Oil Corporation(2) 132,700 4,568,861
Newfield Exploration Company(2)(3) 48,700 1,160,034
Noble Energy, Inc.(2) 74,400 4,570,392
Occidental Petroleum Corporation(2) 50,000 4,410,500
Pioneer Natural Resources Company(2) 29,500 5,161,615
Range Resources Corporation(2) 53,300 3,996,434
Southwestern Energy Company(2)(3) 35,600 1,359,920
Whiting Petroleum Corporation(2)(3) 49,500 2,498,265
58,466,631
Power/Utility — 1.4%(1)
United States — 1.4%(1)
NRG Yield, Inc. 145,100 4,042,486
Total Common Stock
       (Cost $208,861,566) 249,371,647
Master Limited Partnerships
     and Related Companies — 44.4%(1)
 
Crude/Refined Products Pipelines — 17.3%(1)
United States — 17.3%(1)
Buckeye Partners, L.P. 83,000 5,810,000
Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C.(4) 547,317 16,414,031
Genesis Energy L.P. 18,700 910,129
Holly Energy Partners, L.P. 63,900 2,270,367
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. 76,700 4,161,742
MPLX LP 102,268 3,650,968
Phillips 66 Partners LP 59,100 1,818,507
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. 213,300 10,784,448
Rose Rock Midstream, L.P. 28,714 938,086
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. 61,400 3,944,336
50,702,614

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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2013 3rd Quarter Report 9

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
August 31, 2013

      Shares       Fair Value
Natural Gas/Natural Gas Liquids Pipelines — 19.4%(1)
United States — 19.4%(1)
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. 199,700 $ 10,238,619
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. 163,200 9,697,344
Inergy Midstream, L.P. 165,333 3,842,339
Kinder Morgan Management, LLC(4) 260,464 20,795,427
ONEOK Partners, L.P. 48,900 2,424,951
Regency Energy Partners LP 219,600 5,935,788
Williams Partners L.P. 75,200 3,709,616
56,644,084
Natural Gas Gathering/Processing — 7.7%(1)
United States — 7.7%(1)
Access Midstream Partners, L.P. 119,700 5,459,517
DCP Midstream Partners, LP 97,900 4,692,347
MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. 59,850 3,997,381
Targa Resources Partners LP 70,000 3,420,200
Western Gas Equity Partners, LP 61,652 2,427,856
Western Gas Partners LP 42,905 2,537,402
  22,534,703
Total Master Limited Partnerships
       and Related Companies (Cost $107,198,873) 129,881,401
 
Short-Term Investment — 0.0%(1)
 
United States Investment Company — 0.0%(1)
Fidelity Institutional Money Market Portfolio —
     Class I, 0.05%(5) (Cost $100,637) 100,637 100,637
             
Total Investments — 129.5%(1)
     (Cost $316,161,076) 379,353,685
Long-Term Debt Obligations — (16.7%)(1) (49,000,000 )
Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Stock
     at Liquidation Value — (5.5%)(1) (16,000,000 )
Total Value of Options Written
     (Premiums received $626,731) — (0.2%)(1) (587,445 )
Other Assets and Liabilities — (7.1%)(1) (20,808,684 )
 
Total Net Assets Applicable to
     Common Stockholders — 100.0%(1) $ 292,957,556

(1) Calculated as a percentage of net assets applicable to common stockholders.
(2) All or a portion of the security represents cover for outstanding call option contracts written.
(3) Non-income producing security.
(4) Security distributions are paid-in-kind.
(5) Rate indicated is the current yield as of August 31, 2013.
 
Key to abbreviation
ADR = American Depository Receipts

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Options Written (unaudited)
August 31, 2013

              Expiration               Strike                             Fair
Call Options Written Date Price Contracts Value
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation September 2013 $ 97.50     469     $ (20,167 )
Apache Corporation September 2013 80.00 180 (108,900 )
Apache Corporation September 2013 87.50 370 (41,440 )
BP p.l.c. (ADR) September 2013 43.00 695 (10,425 )
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation September 2013 40.00 1,264 (94,800 )
Chesapeake Energy Corporation September 2013 26.00 692 (45,672 )
Continental Resources, Inc. September 2013 100.00 463 (11,575 )
Denbury Resources Inc. September 2013 18.00 660 (10,560 )
EOG Resources, Inc. September 2013 165.00 243 (27,216 )
Hess Corporation September 2013 80.00 387 (8,901 )
Marathon Oil Corporation September 2013 36.00 1,327 (31,848 )
Newfield Exploration Company September 2013 26.00 487 (7,305 )
Noble Energy, Inc. September 2013 67.50 744 (7,440 )
Occidental Petroleum Corporation September 2013 92.50 500 (18,500 )
Pioneer Natural Resources Company September 2013 180.00 295 (82,600 )
Range Resources Corporation September 2013 82.50 533 (13,325 )
Southwestern Energy Company September 2013 40.00 356 (14,596 )
Whiting Petroleum Corporation September 2013 52.50 495 (32,175 )
Total Value of Call Options Written  
       (Premiums received $626,731) $ (587,445 )
 
Key to abbreviation
ADR = American Depository Receipts

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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2013 3rd Quarter Report 11

Statement of Assets & Liabilities (unaudited)
August 31, 2013

Assets      
       Investments at fair value (cost $316,161,076) $ 379,353,685
       Receivable for Adviser fee waiver 130,648
       Dividends receivable 724,964
       Prepaid expenses and other assets 491,447
                     Total assets 380,700,744
Liabilities
       Options written, at fair value
              (premiums received $626,731) 587,445
       Payable to Adviser 718,566
       Distribution payable to common stockholders 4,081,711
       Accrued expenses and other liabilities 655,466
       Short-term borrowings 16,700,000
       Long-term debt obligations 49,000,000
       Mandatory redeemable preferred stock
              ($25.00 liquidation value per share;
              640,000 shares outstanding) 16,000,000
                     Total liabilities 87,743,188
                     Net assets applicable to common
                            stockholders $ 292,957,556
 
Net Assets Applicable to Common Stockholders
       Consist of:
       Capital stock, $0.001 par value;
              10,016,413 shares issued and outstanding
              (100,000,000 shares authorized) $ 10,016
       Additional paid-in capital 229,717,072
       Net unrealized appreciation 63,230,468
                     Net assets applicable to common
                            stockholders $ 292,957,556
 
       Net Asset Value per common share outstanding
              (net assets applicable to common stock,
              divided by common shares outstanding) $ 29.25

Statement of Operations (unaudited)
Period from December 1, 2012 through
August 31, 2013

Investment Income      
       Distributions from master limited partnerships $ 3,617,151
       Less return of capital on distributions (3,633,794 )
       Net distributions from master limited partnerships (16,643 )
       Dividends from common stock
              (net of foreign taxes withheld of $136,373) 5,574,295
       Dividends from money market mutual funds 165
              Total Investment Income 5,557,817
Operating Expenses
       Advisory fees 3,041,984
       Administrator fees 111,793
       Professional fees 94,739
       Directors’ fees 46,878
       Stockholder communication expenses 43,578
       Fund accounting fees 38,764
       Registration fees 18,698
       Custodian fees and expenses 14,961
       Stock transfer agent fees 8,831
       Other operating expenses 37,009
              Total Operating Expenses 3,457,235
Leverage Expenses
       Interest expense 1,324,064
       Distributions to mandatory redeemable
              preferred stockholders 514,801
       Amortization of debt issuance costs 83,337
       Other leverage expenses 42,799
              Total Leverage Expenses 1,965,001
              Total Expenses 5,422,236
       Less fees waived by Adviser (567,202 )
              Net Expenses 4,855,034
Net Investment Income 702,783
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)
       Net realized gain on investments, including
              foreign currency gain (loss) 6,519,378
       Net realized loss on options (1,207,793 )
       Net realized loss on foreign currency
              and translation of other assets and
              liabilities denominated in foreign currency (901 )
              Net realized gain 5,310,684
       Net unrealized appreciation of investments,
              including foreign currency gain (loss) 46,471,577
       Net unrealized depreciation of options (147,676 )
       Net unrealized depreciation of other assets and
              liabilities due to foreign currency translation (2,059 )
              Net unrealized appreciation 46,321,842
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains 51,632,526
Net Increase in Net Assets Applicable
       to Common Stockholders Resulting
       from Operations $ 52,335,309

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

Period from
December 1, 2012
through       Year Ended
August 31, 2013 November 30, 2012
(unaudited)          
Operations        
       Net investment income $ 702,783 $ 1,236,571
       Net realized gain 5,310,684 12,411,737
       Net unrealized appreciation 46,321,842 10,877,359
              Net increase in net assets applicable to common stockholders
                     resulting from operations 52,335,309 24,525,667
Distributions to Common Stockholders
       Net investment income (2,407,093 ) (2,382,329 )
       Net realized gain (4,116,553 ) (10,673,567 )
       Return of capital (5,711,466 ) (3,225,940 )
              Total distributions to common stockholders (12,235,112 ) (16,281,836 )
Capital Stock Transactions
       Issuance of 12,213 common shares from reinvestment of distributions to stockholders 349,292
       Total increase in net assets applicable to common stockholders 40,449,489 8,243,831
Net Assets
       Beginning of period 252,508,067 244,264,236
       End of period $ 292,957,556 $ 252,508,067
       Undistributed net investment income, end of period $ $ 1,704,310

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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2013 3rd Quarter Report 13

Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)
Period from December 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013

Cash Flows From Operating Activities      
       Distributions received from master limited partnerships $ 3,617,151
       Dividend income received 5,494,378
       Purchases of long-term investments (117,790,968 )
       Proceeds from sales of long-term investments 122,405,671
       Purchases of short-term investments, net (45,405 )
       Call options written, net (1,291,338 )
       Interest expense paid (1,323,423 )
       Other leverage expenses paid (53,469 )
       Distributions to mandatory redeemable preferred stockholders (514,800 )
       Operating expenses paid (2,793,689 )
              Net cash provided by operating activities 7,704,108
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
       Advances from revolving line of credit 36,200,000
       Repayments on revolving line of credit (36,100,000 )
       Distributions paid to common stockholders (7,804,108 )
              Net cash used in financing activities (7,704,108 )
       Net change in cash  
       Cash — beginning of period
       Cash — end of period $
 
Reconciliation of net increase in net assets applicable to common stockholders
       resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities
       Net increase in net assets applicable to common stockholders resulting from operations $ 52,335,309
       Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets applicable to common stockholders
              resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:
                     Purchases of long-term investments (78,842,380 )
                     Proceeds from sales of long-term investments 83,482,018
                     Purchases of short-term investments, net (45,405 )
                     Call options written, net (1,291,338 )
                     Return of capital on distributions received 3,633,794
                     Net unrealized appreciation (46,321,842 )
                     Net realized gain (5,310,684 )
                     Amortization of debt issuance costs 83,337
                     Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                            Increase in dividends receivable (80,082 )
                            Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets (23,509 )
                            Decrease in receivable for investments sold 38,923,653
                            Decrease in payable for investments purchased (38,948,588 )
                            Increase in payable to Adviser, net of fee waiver 106,921
                            Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities 2,904
                                   Total adjustments (44,631,201 )
       Net cash provided by operating activities $ 7,704,108
Non-Cash Financing Activities
       Reinvestment of distributions by common stockholders in additional common shares $ 349,292

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

      Period from             Period from
December 1, 2012 October 31, 2011(1)
through Year Ended through
August 31, 2013 November 30, 2012 November 30, 2011
(unaudited)                          
Per Common Share Data(2)            
       Net Asset Value, beginning of period $ 25.24 $ 24.42 $
       Public offering price 25.00
       Income from Investment Operations
              Net investment income (loss)(3) 0.07 0.12 (0.02 )
              Net realized and unrealized gains(3) 5.16 2.33 0.61
                     Total income from investment operations 5.23 2.45 0.59
       Distributions to Common Stockholders
              Net investment income (0.24 ) (0.24 )
              Net realized gain (0.41 ) (1.07 )
              Return of capital (0.57 ) (0.32 )
                     Total distributions to common stockholders (1.22 ) (1.63 )
       Underwriting discounts and offering costs on
              issuance of common stock(4) (1.17 )
       Net Asset Value, end of period $ 29.25 $ 25.24 $ 24.42
       Per common share market value, end of period $ 27.65 $ 24.15 $ 25.01
       Total Investment Return Based on Market Value(5) 19.62 % 3.18 % 0.04 %
Supplemental Data and Ratios
       Net assets applicable to common stockholders,
              end of period (000’s) $ 292,958 $ 252,508 $ 244,264
       Average net assets (000’s) $ 285,418 $ 253,815 $ 237,454
       Ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets(6)
              Advisory fees 1.42 % 1.44 % 1.17 %
              Other operating expenses 0.19 0.21 0.56
              Fee waiver (0.26 ) (0.33 ) (0.27 )
                     Subtotal 1.35 1.32 1.46
              Leverage expenses 0.92 1.03 0.31
                     Total expenses 2.27 % 2.35 % 1.77 %
       Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
              before fee waiver(6) 0.07 % 0.16 % (1.12 )%
       Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
              after fee waiver(6) 0.33 % 0.49 % (0.85 )%
       Portfolio turnover rate 21.47 % 34.65 % 1.68 %
       Short-term borrowings, end of period (000’s) $ 16,700 $ 16,600
       Long-term debt obligations, end of period (000’s) $ 49,000 $ 49,000 $ 24,500
       Preferred stock, end of period (000’s) $ 16,000 $ 16,000 $ 8,000
       Per common share amount of long-term debt obligations
              outstanding, end of period $ 4.89 $ 4.90 $ 2.45
       Per common share amount of net assets, excluding
              long-term debt obligations, end of period $ 34.14 $ 30.14 $ 26.87
       Asset coverage, per $1,000 of principal amount of
              long-term debt obligations and short-term borrowings(7) $ 5,703 $ 5,093 $ 11,296
       Asset coverage ratio of long-term debt obligations
              and short-term borrowings(7) 570 % 509 % 1,130 %
       Asset coverage, per $25 liquidation value per share
              of mandatory redeemable preferred stock(8) $ 115 $ 102 $ 213
       Asset coverage ratio of preferred stock(8) 459 % 409 % 852 %

(1) Commencement of Operations.
(2) Information presented relates to a share of common stock outstanding for the entire period.
(3) The per common share data for the year ended November 30, 2012 and the period from October 31, 2011 through November 30, 2011 do not reflect the change in estimate of investment income and return of capital. See Note 2C to the financial statements for further disclosure.
(4) Represents the dilution per common share from underwriting and other offering costs for the period from October 31, 2011 through November 30, 2011.
(5) Not annualized for periods less than one full year. Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock at the beginning of the period (or initial public offering price) and a sale at the closing price on the last day of the period reported (excluding brokerage commissions). The calculation also assumes reinvestment of distributions at actual prices pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan.
(6) Annualized for periods less than one full year.
(7) Represents value of total assets less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by long-term debt obligations, short-term borrowings and preferred stock at the end of the period divided by long-term debt obligations and short-term borrowings outstanding at the end of the period.
(8) Represents value of total assets less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by long-term debt obligations, short-term borrowings and preferred stock at the end of the period divided by long-term debt obligations, short-term borrowings and preferred stock outstanding at the end of the period.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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2013 3rd Quarter Report 15

Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)
August 31, 2013

1. Organization

Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) was organized as a Maryland corporation on July 19, 2011, and is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Company’s primary investment objective is to provide a high level of total return, with an emphasis on current distributions. The Company seeks to provide its stockholders an efficient vehicle to invest in a portfolio consisting primarily of equity securities of pipeline and other energy infrastructure companies. The Company commenced operations on October 31, 2011. The Company’s stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TTP.”

2. Significant accounting policies

A. Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, recognition of distribution income and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

B. Investment valuation
The Company primarily owns securities that are listed on a securities exchange or over-the-counter market. The Company values those securities at their last sale price on that exchange or over-the-counter market on the valuation date. If the security is listed on more than one exchange, the Company uses the price from the exchange that it considers to be the principal exchange on which the security is traded. Securities listed on the NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price. If there has been no sale on such exchange or over-the-counter market on such day, the security will be valued at the mean between the last bid price and last ask price on such day.

The Company may invest up to 30 percent of its total assets in unregistered or otherwise restricted securities. Restricted securities are subject to statutory or contractual restrictions on their public resale, which may make it more difficult to obtain a valuation and may limit the Company’s ability to dispose of them. Investments in restricted securities and other securities for which market quotations are not readily available will be valued in good faith by using fair value procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Such fair value procedures consider factors such as discounts to publicly traded issues, time until conversion date, securities with similar yields, quality, type of issue, coupon, duration and rating. If events occur that will affect the value of the Company’s portfolio securities before the net asset value has been calculated (a “significant event”), the portfolio securities so affected will generally be priced using fair value procedures. The Company did not hold any restricted securities at August 31, 2013.

An equity security of a publicly traded company acquired in a direct placement transaction may be subject to restrictions on resale that can affect the security’s liquidity and fair value. Such securities that are convertible or otherwise will become freely tradable will be valued based on the market value of the freely tradable security less an applicable discount. Generally, the discount will initially be equal to the discount at which the Company purchased the securities. To the extent that such securities are convertible or otherwise become freely tradable within a time frame that may be reasonably determined, an amortization schedule may be used to determine the discount.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the mean of the highest bid and lowest asked prices across all option exchanges.

The Company generally values debt securities at prices based on market quotations for such securities, except those securities purchased with 60 days or less to maturity are valued on the basis of amortized cost, which approximates market value.

C. Security transactions and investment income
Security transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date). Realized gains and losses are reported on an identified cost basis. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts. Dividend and distribution income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions received from the Company’s investments in master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) generally are comprised of ordinary income and return of capital from the MLPs. The Company allocates distributions between investment income and return of capital based on estimates made at the time such distributions are received. Such estimates are based on information provided by each MLP and other industry sources. These estimates may subsequently be revised based on actual allocations received from MLPs after their tax reporting periods are concluded, as the actual character of these distributions is not known until after the fiscal year end of the Company.

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

For the period from December 1, 2011 through November 30, 2012, the Company estimated the allocation of investment income and return of capital for the distributions received from MLPs within the Statement of Operations. For this period, the Company had estimated approximately 7 percent of total distributions as investment income and approximately 93 percent as return of capital.

Subsequent to November 30, 2012, the Company reallocated the amount of investment income and return of capital it recognized for the period from December 1, 2011 through November 30, 2012 based on the 2012 tax reporting information received from the individual MLPs. This reclassification amounted to a decrease in net investment income of approximately $275,000 or $0.028 per share, an increase in unrealized appreciation of investments of approximately $97,000 or $0.010 per share, and an increase in realized gains of approximately $178,000 or $0.018 per share for the period from December 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013.

Subsequent to the period ended February 28, 2013, the Company reallocated the amount of investment income and return of capital it recognized in the current fiscal year based on its revised 2013 estimates, after considering the final allocations for 2012. This reclassification amounted to a decrease in net investment income of approximately $16,000 or $0.002 per share, a decrease in unrealized appreciation of investments of approximately $6,000 or $0.001 per share, and an increase in realized gains of approximately $22,000 or $0.003 per share.

In addition, the Company may be subject to withholding taxes on foreign-sourced income. The Company accrues such taxes when the related income is earned.

D. Foreign currency translation
For foreign currency, investments in foreign securities, and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency, the Company translates these amounts into U.S. dollars on the following basis: (i) market value of investment securities, assets and liabilities at the current rate of exchange on the valuation date, and (ii) purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses at the relevant rates of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. The Company does not isolate that portion of gains and losses on investments that is due to changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of equity securities.

E. Distributions to stockholders
Distributions to common stockholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Company intends to make quarterly cash distributions of its investment company taxable income to common stockholders. In addition, on an annual basis, the Company may distribute additional capital gains in the last calendar quarter if necessary to meet minimum distribution requirements and thus avoid being subject to excise taxes. The amount of any distributions will be determined by the Board of Directors. The character of distributions to common stockholders made during the year may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Distributions paid to stockholders in excess of investment company taxable income and net realized gains will be treated as return of capital to stockholders.

For the year ended November 30, 2012, the Company’s distributions to common stockholders for tax purposes were comprised of 21 percent ordinary income, 37 percent qualified dividend income, 22 percent long-term capital gain, and 20 percent return of capital. The tax character of distributions paid to common stockholders for the current year will be determined subsequent to November 30, 2013.

Distributions to mandatory redeemable preferred (“MRP”) stockholders are accrued daily and paid quarterly based on a fixed annual rate. The Company may not declare or pay distributions to its preferred stockholders if it does not meet a 200 percent asset coverage ratio for its debt or the rating agency basic maintenance amount for the debt following such distribution. The character of distributions to MRP stockholders made during the year may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Distributions paid to stockholders in excess of investment company taxable income and net realized gains will be treated as return of capital to stockholders.

F. Federal income taxation
The Company qualifies as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). As a result, the Company generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on income and gains that it distributes each taxable year to stockholders if it meets certain minimum distribution requirements. The Company is required to distribute substantially all of its income, in addition to other asset diversification requirements. The Company is subject to a 4 percent non-deductible U.S. federal excise tax on certain undistributed income unless the Company makes sufficient distributions to satisfy the excise tax avoidance requirement. The Company invests in MLPs, which generally are treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes. As a limited partner in the MLPs, the Company reports its allocable share of the MLP’s taxable income in computing its own taxable income.

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

The Company recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities based on the technical merits of the tax position. The Company’s policy is to record interest and penalties on uncertain tax positions as part of tax expense. The Company has reviewed all open tax years and major jurisdictions and concluded that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. All tax years since inception remain open to examination by federal and state tax authorities.

G. Offering and debt issuance costs
Offering costs related to the issuance of common stock are charged to additional paid-in capital when the stock is issued. Debt issuance costs related to long-term debt obligations and MRP Stock are capitalized and amortized over the period the debt and MRP Stock is outstanding.

H. Derivative financial instruments
The Company seeks to provide current income from gains earned through an option strategy which will normally consist of writing (selling) call options on selected equity securities in the portfolio (“covered calls”). The premium received on a written call option will initially be recorded as a liability and subsequently adjusted to the then current fair value of the option written. Premiums received from writing call options that expire unexercised will be recorded as a realized gain on the expiration date. Premiums received from writing call options that are exercised will be added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security to calculate the realized gain (loss). If a written call option is repurchased prior to its exercise, the realized gain (loss) will be the difference between the premium received and the amount paid to repurchase the option.

I. Indemnifications
Under the Company’s organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Company. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Company may enter into contracts that provide general indemnification to other parties. The Company’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Company that have not yet occurred, and may not occur. However, the Company has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

J. Recent accounting pronouncements
In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU 2011-11 “Balance Sheet (Topic 210) Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities”. ASU 2011-11 requires new disclosures for recognized financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either offset on the balance sheet in accordance with the offsetting guidance in ASC 210-20-45 or ASC 815-10-45 or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar arrangement. ASU 2011-11 is effective for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013 and must be applied retrospectively.

In January 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-01 “Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” (“ASU 2013-01”) which amended Accounting Standards Codification Subtopic 210-20, Balance Sheet Offsetting. ASU 2013-01 clarified the scope of ASU No. 2011-11 “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” (“ASU 2011-11”). ASU 2013-01 clarifies the scope of ASU 2011-11 as applying to derivatives accounted for in accordance with Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, including bifurcated embedded derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending transactions that are offset either in accordance with other requirements of U.S. GAAP or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The guidance in ASU 2013-01 and ASU 2011-11 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The Company has adopted these amendments, which did not have an impact on the financial statements.

3. Concentration risk

Under normal circumstances, the Company will have at least 80 percent of its total assets (including any assets obtained through leverage) in equity securities of pipeline and other energy infrastructure companies. Energy infrastructure companies own and operate a network of asset systems that transport, store, distribute, gather and/or process, explore, develop, manage or produce crude oil, refined petroleum products (including biodiesel and ethanol), natural gas or natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) or that provide electric power generation (including renewable energy), transmission and/or distribution. The Company may invest up to 30 percent of its total assets in restricted securities, primarily through direct investments in securities of listed companies. The Company may also invest up to

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

25 percent of its total assets in securities of MLPs. The Company will not invest in privately-held companies.

4. Agreements

The Company has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser. Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company pays the Adviser a fee equal to an annual rate of 1.10 percent of the Company’s average monthly total assets (including any assets attributable to leverage) minus accrued liabilities (other than debt entered into for purposes of leverage and the aggregate liquidation preference of outstanding preferred stock) (“Managed Assets”), in exchange for the investment advisory services provided. The Adviser waived fees in an amount equal to an annual rate of 0.25 percent of the Company’s average monthly Managed Assets for the period from the commencement of operations through December 31, 2012, and has contractually agreed to waive fees in an amount equal to an annual rate of 0.20 percent of average monthly Managed Assets for the period from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and 0.15 percent of average monthly Managed Assets for the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC serves as the Company’s administrator. The Company pays the administrator a monthly fee computed at an annual rate of 0.04 percent of the first $1,000,000,000 of the Company’s Managed Assets, 0.01 percent on the next $500,000,000 of Managed Assets and 0.005 percent on the balance of the Company’s Managed Assets.

Computershare Trust Company, N.A. serves as the Company’s transfer agent and registrar and Computershare Inc. serves as the Company’s dividend paying agent and agent for the automatic dividend reinvestment plan.

U.S. Bank, N.A. serves as the Company’s custodian. The Company pays the custodian a monthly fee computed at an annual rate of 0.004 percent of the average daily market value of the Company’s domestic assets and 0.015 percent of the average daily market value of the Company’s Canadian Dollar-denominated assets, plus portfolio transaction fees.

5. Income taxes

It is the Company’s intention to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and distribute all of its taxable income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes is required in the financial statements.

The amount and character of income and capital gain distributions to be paid, if any, are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These differences are primarily due to differences in the timing of recognition of gains or losses on investments. Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, may result in reclassifications to undistributed net investment income (loss), undistributed net realized gain (loss) and additional paid-in capital.

As of November 30, 2012, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

Unrealized appreciation $ 18,371,609
Other temporary differences (952,804 )
Accumulated earnings $ 17,418,805

As of August 31, 2013, the aggregate cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was $307,709,469. The aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of fair value over tax cost was $73,318,285, the aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of tax cost over fair value was $1,674,069 and the net unrealized appreciation was $71,644,216.

6. Fair value of financial instruments

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

      Level 1 quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
 
Level 2 other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, market corroborated inputs, etc.)
 
Level 3  —  significant unobservable inputs (including the Company’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.

The following table provides the fair value measurements of applicable Company assets and liabilities by level within the fair value hierarchy as of August 31, 2013. These assets and liabilities are measured on a recurring basis.

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

Fair Value
      at August 31,                  
Description 2013 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Assets
Equity Securities:
       Common Stock(a) $ 249,371,647 $ 249,371,647 $ $
       Master Limited Partnerships
              and Related Companies(a) 129,881,401 129,881,401
Total Equity Securities 379,253,048 379,253,048
Other Securities:
       Short-Term Investment(b) 100,637 100,637
Total Assets $ 379,353,685 $ 379,353,685 $ $
Liabilities
Written Call Options $ 587,445 $ 587,445 $ $

(a) All other industry classifications are identified in the Schedule of Investments.
(b) Short-term investment is a sweep investment for cash balances in the Company at August 31, 2013.

The Company did not hold any Level 3 securities during the period ended August 31, 2013.

Valuation techniques
In general, and where applicable, the Company uses readily available market quotations based upon the last updated sales price from the principal market to determine fair value. This pricing methodology applies to the Company’s Level 1 investments and liabilities.

An equity security of a publicly traded company acquired in a private placement transaction without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), is subject to restrictions on resale that can affect the security’s fair value. If such a security is convertible into publicly-traded common shares, the security generally will be valued at the common share market price adjusted by a percentage discount due to the restrictions and categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. If the security has characteristics that are dissimilar to the class of security that trades on the open market, the security will generally be valued and categorized as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

The Company utilizes the beginning of reporting period method for determining transfers between levels. There were no transfers between levels during the period from December 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013.

7. Derivative financial instruments

The Company has adopted the disclosure provisions of FASB Accounting Standard Codification 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). ASC 815 requires enhanced disclosures about the Company’s use of and accounting for derivative instruments and the effect of derivative instruments on the Company’s results of operations and financial position. Tabular disclosure regarding derivative fair value and gain/loss by contract type (e.g., interest rate contracts, foreign exchange contracts, credit contracts, etc.) is required and derivatives accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 must be disclosed separately from those that do not qualify for hedge accounting. Even though the Company may use derivatives in an attempt to achieve an economic hedge, the Company’s derivatives are not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 because investment companies account for their derivatives at fair value and record any changes in fair value in current period earnings.

Transactions in written option contracts for the period from December 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013, are as follows:

      Number of      
Contracts Premium
Options outstanding at November 30, 2012    10,509       $ 710,275   
Options written 92,331 5,290,083
Options closed (78,080 ) (4,796,407 )
Options exercised (4,031 ) (224,891 )
Options expired (10,569 ) (352,329 )
Options outstanding at August 31, 2013 10,160 $ 626,731

The following table presents the types and fair value of derivatives by location as presented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at August 31, 2013:

Liabilities
Derivatives not accounted for as      
hedging instruments under ASC 815 Location Fair Value
Written equity call options Options written, at fair value $587,445

The following table presents the effect of derivatives on the Statement of Operations for the period ended August 31, 2013:

Location of Losses on Derivatives
Derivatives not accounted for as Net Realized       Net Unrealized
hedging instruments under ASC 815 Loss on Options Depreciation of Options
Written equity call options $(1,207,793) $(147,676)

8. Investment transactions

For the period from December 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013, the Company purchased (at cost) and sold securities (proceeds received) in the amount of $78,842,380 and $83,482,018 (excluding short-term debt securities), respectively.

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

9. Long-term debt obligations

The Company has $49,000,000 aggregate principal amount of private senior notes, Series A, Series B, Series C, and Series D (collectively, the “Notes”), outstanding. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company and, upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, will rank: (1) senior to all of the Company’s outstanding preferred shares; (2) senior to all of the Company’s outstanding common shares; (3) on parity with any unsecured creditors of the Company and any unsecured senior securities representing indebtedness of the Company and (4) junior to any secured creditors of the Company. Holders of the Notes are entitled to receive cash interest payments each quarter until maturity. The Series B, Series C and Series D Notes accrue interest at fixed rates and the Series A Notes accrue interest at an annual rate that resets each quarter based on the 3-month LIBOR plus 1.75 percent. The Notes are not listed on any exchange or automated quotation system.

The Notes are redeemable in certain circumstances at the option of the Company. The Notes are also subject to a mandatory redemption if the Company fails to meet asset coverage ratios required under the 1940 Act or the rating agency guidelines if such failure is not waived or cured. At August 31, 2013, the Company was in compliance with asset coverage covenants and basic maintenance covenants for its senior notes.

The estimated fair value of each series of fixed-rate Notes was calculated, for disclosure purposes, by discounting future cash flows by a rate equal to the current U.S. Treasury rate with an equivalent maturity date, plus either 1) the spread between the interest rate on recently issued debt and the U.S. Treasury rate with a similar maturity date or 2) if there has not been a recent debt issuance, the spread between the AAA corporate finance debt rate and the U.S. Treasury rate with an equivalent maturity date plus the spread between the fixed rates of the Notes and the AAA corporate finance debt rate. The estimated fair value of the Series A Notes approximates the carrying amount because the interest rate fluctuates with changes in interest rates available in the current market. The estimated fair values in the table below are Level 2 valuations within the fair value hierarchy. The following table shows the maturity date, interest rate, notional/carrying amount and estimated fair value for each series of Notes outstanding at August 31, 2013.

Maturity Interest Notional/Carrying Estimated
Series       Date       Rate       Amount       Fair Value
Series A December 15, 2016   2.02 % (1)        $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000
Series B December 15, 2014 2.50 % 17,000,000 17,229,685
Series C December 15, 2018 3.49 % 6,000,000 6,105,835
Series D December 15, 2021 4.08 % 16,000,000 16,266,866
$ 49,000,000 $ 49,602,386

(1) Floating rate; rate effective for period from June 15, 2013 through September 15, 2013. The weighted-average interest rate for the period from December 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013 was 2.04 percent.

10. Preferred stock

The Company has 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized. Of that amount, the Company has 640,000 shares of Series A Mandatory Redeemable Preferred (“MRP”) Stock authorized and 640,000 shares are outstanding at August 31, 2013. The MRP Stock has a liquidation value of $25.00 per share plus any accumulated but unpaid distributions, whether or not declared. Holders of the MRP Stock are entitled to receive cash interest payments each quarter at a fixed rate until maturity. The MRP Stock is not listed on any exchange or automated quotation system.

The MRP Stock has rights determined by the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise indicated in the Company’s Charter or Bylaws, or as otherwise required by law, the holders of MRP Stock have voting rights equal to the holders of common stock (one vote per MRP share) and will vote together with the holders of shares of common stock as a single class except on matters affecting only the holders of preferred stock or the holders of common stock. The 1940 Act requires that the holders of any preferred stock (including MRP Stock), voting separately as a single class, have the right to elect at least two directors at all times.

The estimated fair value of MRP Stock was calculated, for disclosure purposes, by discounting future cash flows by a rate equal to the current U.S. Treasury rate with an equivalent maturity date, plus either 1) the spread between the interest rate on recently issued preferred stock and the U.S. Treasury rate with a similar maturity date or 2) if there has not been a recent preferred stock issuance, the spread between the AA corporate finance debt rate and the U.S. Treasury rate with an equivalent maturity date plus the spread between the fixed rates of the MRP Stock and the AA corporate finance debt rate. The estimated fair value in

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

the table below is a Level 2 valuation within the fair value hierarchy. The following table shows the mandatory redemption date, fixed rate, number of shares outstanding, aggregate liquidation preference and estimated fair value as of August 31, 2013.

Mandatory Aggregate
Redemption Shares Liquidation Estimated
Series       Date       Fixed Rate       Outstanding       Preference       Fair Value
Series A December 15, 2018 4.29% 640,000 $ 16,000,000 $ 16,316,198

The MRP Stock is redeemable in certain circumstances at the option of the Company. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Company may not declare dividends or make other distributions on shares of common stock or purchases of such shares if, at the time of the declaration, distribution or purchase, asset coverage with respect to the outstanding MRP Stock would be less than 200 percent. The MRP Stock is also subject to a mandatory redemption if the Company fails to meet an asset coverage ratio of at least 225 percent as determined in accordance with the 1940 Act or a rating agency basic maintenance amount if such failure is not waived or cured. At August 31, 2013, the Company was in compliance with asset coverage covenants and basic maintenance covenants for its MRP Stock.

11. Credit facility

As of August 31, 2013, the Company had a $25,000,000 unsecured credit facility that matures on June 16, 2014. The Bank of Nova Scotia serves as a lender and the lending syndicate agent on behalf of other lenders participating in the facility. Effective June 17, 2013, outstanding balances generally will accrue interest at a variable annual rate equal to one-month LIBOR plus 1.125 percent and unused portions of the credit facility will accrue a non-usage fee equal to an annual rate of 0.15 percent. For the period from December 1, 2012 through June 16, 2013, outstanding balances accrued interest at a variable annual rate equal to one-month LIBOR plus 1.25 percent and unused portions of the credit facility accrued a non-usage fee equal to an annual rate of 0.20 percent.

The average principal balance and interest rate for the period during which the credit facility was utilized during the period ended August 31, 2013 was approximately $18,000,000 and 1.41 percent, respectively. At August 31, 2013, the principal balance outstanding was $16,700,000 at an interest rate of 1.31 percent.

Under the terms of the credit facility, the Company must maintain asset coverage required under the 1940 Act. If the Company fails to maintain the required coverage, it may be required to repay a portion of an outstanding balance until the coverage requirement has been met. At August 31, 2013, the Company was in compliance with the terms of the credit facility.

12. Common stock

The Company has 100,000,000 shares of capital stock authorized and 10,016,413 shares outstanding at August 31, 2013. Transactions in common stock for the period ended August 31, 2013, were as follows:

Shares at November 30, 2012       10,004,200
Shares issued through reinvestment
     of distributions 12,213
Shares at August 31, 2013 10,016,413

13. Subsequent events

On September 3, 2013, the Company paid a distribution in the amount of $0.4075 per common share, for a total of $4,081,688. Of this total, the dividend reinvestment amounted to $325,328.

The Company has performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that no additional items require recognition or disclosure.

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Additional Information (unaudited)

Director and officer compensation

The Company does not compensate any of its directors who are “interested persons,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, nor any of its officers. For the period ended August 31, 2013, the aggregate compensation paid by the Company to the independent directors was $45,750. The Company did not pay any special compensation to any of its directors or officers.

Forward-looking statements

This report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. By their nature, all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Several factors that could materially affect the Company’s actual results are the performance of the portfolio of investments held by it, the conditions in the U.S. and international financial, petroleum and other markets, the price at which shares of the Company will trade in the public markets and other factors discussed in filings with the SEC.

Proxy voting policies

A description of the policies and procedures that the Company uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities owned by the Company and information regarding how the Company voted proxies relating to the portfolio of securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2013 are available to stockholders (i) without charge, upon request by calling the Company at (913) 981-1020 or toll-free at (866) 362-9331 and on the Company’s Web site at www.tortoiseadvisors.com; and (ii) on the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov.

Form N-Q

The Company files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year with the SEC on Form N-Q. The Company’s Form N-Q is available without charge upon request by calling the Company at (866) 362-9331 or by visiting the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov. In addition, you may review and copy the Company’s Form N-Q at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington D.C. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling (800) SEC-0330.

The Company’s Form N-Qs are also available on the Company’s Web site at www.tortoiseadvisors.com.

Statement of additional information

The Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Company’s directors and is available upon request without charge by calling the Company at (866) 362-9331 or by visiting the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov.

Certifications

The Company’s Chief Executive Officer submitted to the New York Stock Exchange the annual CEO certification in 2012 as required by Section 303A.12(a) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual.

The Company has filed with the SEC, as an exhibit to its most recently filed Form N-CSR, the certification of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Privacy policy

In order to conduct its business, the Company collects and maintains certain nonpublic personal information about its stockholders of record with respect to their transactions in shares of the Company’s securities. This information includes the stockholder’s address, tax identification or Social Security number, share balances, and distribution elections. We do not collect or maintain personal information about stockholders whose share balances of our securities are held in “street name” by a financial institution such as a bank or broker.

We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you, the Company’s other stockholders or the Company’s former stockholders to third parties unless necessary to process a transaction, service an account, or as otherwise permitted by law.

To protect your personal information internally, we restrict access to nonpublic personal information about the Company’s stockholders to those employees who need to know that information to provide services to our stockholders. We also maintain certain other safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal information.

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Office of the Fund and
of the Investment Adviser
Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.
11550 Ash Street, Suite 300
Leawood, KS 66211
(913) 981-1020

Managing Directors of Tortoise
Capital Advisors, L.L.C.
P. Bradley Adams
H. Kevin Birzer
Zachary A. Hamel
Kenneth P. Malvey
Terry Matlack
David J. Schulte
 
Board of Directors of Tortoise
Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc.
H. Kevin Birzer, Chairman
Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.
 
Terry Matlack
Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C.

Conrad S. Ciccotello
Independent

John R. Graham
Independent

Charles E. Heath
Independent

Administrator
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
615 East Michigan St.
Milwaukee, Wis. 53202
 
Custodian
U.S. Bank, N.A.
1555 North Rivercenter Drive, Suite 302
Milwaukee, Wis. 53212
 
Transfer, Dividend Disbursing and
Reinvestment Agent
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. /
Computershare Inc.
P.O. Box 43078
Providence, R.I. 02940-3078
(888) 728-8784
(312) 588-4990
www.computershare.com
 
Legal Counsel
Husch Blackwell LLP
4801 Main St.
Kansas City, Mo. 64112
 
Investor Relations
(866) 362-9331
info@tortoiseadvisors.com
 
Stock Symbol
Listed NYSE Symbol: TTP
 
This report is for stockholder information. This is not a prospectus intended for use in the purchase or sale of fund shares. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and your investment may be worth more or less at the time you sell.

Tortoise Capital Advisors’ Closed-end Funds

Pureplay MLP Funds    Broader Funds
Name Ticker    Focus Total Assets(1)
($ in millions)
Name Ticker    Focus Total Assets(1)
($ in millions)
Tortoise Energy
Infrastructure Corp.
Midstream Equity $2,080 Tortoise Pipeline &
Energy Fund, Inc.
Pipeline Equity $389
                 
                 
Tortoise Energy
Capital Corp.
Midstream Equity $1,092 Tortoise Energy
Independence
Fund, Inc.
North American Upstream Equity $449
                 
                 
Tortoise MLP
Fund, Inc.
Natural Gas Infrastructure Equity      $1,927 Tortoise Power and
Energy Infrastructure
Fund, Inc.
Power & Energy Infrastructure Debt & Dividend Paying Equity $230
                 
                 
Tortoise North
American Energy Corp.
Midstream/Upstream Equity $260
                   

(1) As of 9/30/13

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Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc.
11550 Ash Street, Suite 300
Leawood, KS 66211

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