LMP REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND INC (RIT)

 

 

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 811-21098

LMP Real Estate Income Fund Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 777-0102

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2015

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


LMP REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND INC.

FORM N-Q

MARCH 31, 2015


LMP REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    March 31, 2015

 

SECURITY

   SHARES      VALUE  
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST COMMON STOCKS - 92.7%      

Apartments - 10.1%

     

Apartment Investment and Management Co., Class A Shares

     107,800       $ 4,243,008 (a) 

AvalonBay Communities Inc.

     24,200         4,216,850 (a) 

Camden Property Trust

     13,300         1,039,129   

Equity Residential

     58,720         4,571,939   

UDR Inc.

     87,600         2,981,028   
     

 

 

 

Total Apartments

        17,051,954   
     

 

 

 

Diversified - 15.1%

     

Digital Realty Trust Inc.

     74,200         4,894,232 (a) 

Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trust

     125,000         2,600,568   

DuPont Fabros Technology Inc.

     88,600         2,895,448   

EPR Properties

     120,000         7,203,600 (a) 

Lexington Corporate Properties Trust

     105,100         1,033,133   

Liberty Property Trust

     176,000         6,283,200 (a) 

STORE Capital Corp.

     25,200         588,420   
     

 

 

 

Total Diversified

        25,498,601   
     

 

 

 

Health Care - 12.4%

     

HCP Inc.

     116,390         5,029,212 (a) 

Health Care REIT Inc.

     63,800         4,935,568 (a) 

Healthcare Trust of America Inc., Class A Shares

     85,050         2,369,493   

OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc.

     108,000         4,381,560 (a) 

Senior Housing Properties Trust

     190,000         4,216,100 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care

        20,931,933   
     

 

 

 

Industrial - 1.9%

     

DCT Industrial Trust Inc.

     90,590         3,139,849   
     

 

 

 

Lodging/Resorts - 5.7%

     

Hersha Hospitality Trust

     310,100         2,006,347   

Hospitality Properties Trust

     166,000         5,476,340 (a) 

LaSalle Hotel Properties

     55,100         2,141,186   
     

 

 

 

Total Lodging/Resorts

        9,623,873   
     

 

 

 

Mortgage - 7.3%

     

American Capital Agency Corp.

     115,310         2,459,562 (a) 

Annaly Capital Management Inc.

     224,700         2,336,880 (a) 

Starwood Property Trust Inc.

     307,100         7,462,530 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Mortgage

        12,258,972   
     

 

 

 

Office - 14.7%

     

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

     31,400         3,078,456   

BioMed Realty Trust Inc.

     209,700         4,751,802 (a) 

First Potomac Realty Trust

     163,619         1,945,430   

Highwoods Properties Inc.

     110,200         5,044,956 (a) 

Kilroy Realty Corp.

     103,740         7,901,876 (a) 

Paramount Group Inc.

     60,000         1,158,000   

Parkway Properties Inc.

     59,800         1,037,530   
     

 

 

 

Total Office

        24,918,050   
     

 

 

 

Regional Malls - 6.2%

     

CBL & Associates Properties Inc.

     50,800         1,005,840   

Macerich Co.

     34,350         2,896,736   

Simon Property Group Inc.

     34,000         6,651,760 (a) 
     

 

 

 

Total Regional Malls

        10,554,336   
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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LMP REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2015

 

 

SECURITY

    SHARES      VALUE  

Retail -Free Standing - 2.7%

       

Spirit Realty Capital Inc.

  

    384,769       $ 4,648,010   
       

 

 

 

Shopping Centers - 16.6%

       

Excel Trust Inc.

  

    249,000         3,490,980 (a) 

Inland Real Estate Corp.

  

    480,000         5,131,200 (a) 

Kite Realty Group Trust

  

    66,000         1,859,220   

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

  

    247,620         4,605,732 (a) 

Regency Centers Corp.

  

    88,500         6,021,540 (a) 

Retail Properties of America Inc., Class A Shares

  

    186,900         2,996,007 (a) 

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Class A Shares

  

    46,000         1,060,760 (a) 

Westfield Corp.

  

    394,000         2,858,292 (b) 
       

 

 

 

Total Shopping Centers

          28,023,731   
       

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost - $110,131,193)

  

  

     156,649,309   
       

 

 

 
     RATE               
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST PREFERRED STOCKS - 26.2%        

Diversified - 6.6%

       

DuPont Fabros Technology Inc., Cumulative, Series B

     7.625     103,000         2,652,250   

EPR Properties, Series E

     9.000     60,000         2,039,400   

LBA Realty Fund LP, Cumulative Redeemable

     8.750     90,000         4,089,375 * 

Retail Properties of America Inc., Cumulative

     7.000     90,000         2,360,700   
       

 

 

 

Total Diversified

          11,141,725   
       

 

 

 

Lodging/Resorts - 6.6%

       

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series E

     9.000     64,000         1,702,400 (a) 

Chesapeake Lodging Trust, Series A

     7.750     70,000         1,844,500   

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Series B

     8.000     120,000         3,126,000   

LaSalle Hotel Properties, Series I

     6.375     30,000         756,000   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, Series A

     7.875     118,000         3,066,820   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, Series C

     6.500     27,000         681,750   
       

 

 

 

Total Lodging/Resorts

          11,177,470   
       

 

 

 

Office - 2.5%

       

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., Series D

     7.000     50,000         1,475,000   

Corporate Office Properties Trust, Series L

     7.375     105,000         2,756,250   
       

 

 

 

Total Office

          4,231,250   
       

 

 

 

Regional Malls - 2.5%

       

CBL & Associates Properties Inc., Series E

     6.625     70,000         1,778,700   

General Growth Properties Inc., Series A

     6.375     96,000         2,448,000   
       

 

 

 

Total Regional Malls

          4,226,700   
       

 

 

 

Retail-Free Standing - 2.3%

       

National Retail Properties Inc., Series D

     6.625     64,001         1,680,666   

National Retail Properties Inc., Series E

     5.700     85,000         2,120,750   
       

 

 

 

Total Retail-Free Standing

          3,801,416   
       

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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LMP REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2015

 

SECURITY

   RATE     SHARES      VALUE  

Shopping Centers - 5.7%

       

Cedar Realty Trust Inc., Series B

     7.250     107,400       $ 2,752,662   

Excel Trust Inc., Series B

     8.125     67,000         1,780,860   

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., Cumulative, Series F

     7.125     87,500         2,319,625   

WP Glimcher Inc.

     7.500     105,000         2,787,750   
       

 

 

 

Total Shopping Centers

          9,640,897   
       

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost - $41,012,481)

          44,219,458   
       

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 118.9%

(Cost - $151,143,674#)

          200,868,767   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (18.9)%

          (31,922,753
       

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $ 168,946,014   
       

 

 

 

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) All or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral pursuant to the loan agreement.

 

(b) Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors (See Note 1).

 

# Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same.

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

REIT   

— Real Estate Investment Trust

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

LMP Real Estate Income Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) was incorporated in Maryland and is registered as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s primary investment objective is high current income and the Fund’s secondary objective is capital appreciation.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

(a) Investment valuation. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, unless it is determined that using this method would not reflect an investment’s fair value. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee (formerly, Legg Mason North American Fund Valuation Committee) (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Directors, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Directors. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Directors, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Directors quarterly.

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. 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, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

   

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

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:

 

ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Long-term investments†:

           

Real estate investment trust common stocks:

           

Shopping centers

   $ 25,165,439       $ 2,858,292         —         $ 28,023,731   

Other real estate investment trust common stocks

     128,625,578         —           —           128,625,578   

Real estate investment trust preferred stocks:

           

Diversified

     7,052,350         4,089,375         —           11,141,725   

Other real estate investment trust preferred stocks

     33,077,733         —           —           33,077,733   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments

   $ 193,921,100       $ 6,947,667         —         $ 200,868,767   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

2. Investments

At March 31, 2015, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 52,056,945   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (2,331,852
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 49,725,093   
  

 

 

 

 

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ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

  (a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

  (b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control 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 likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached hereto.


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.

 

LMP Real Estate Income Fund Inc.
By  

/s/    KENNETH D. FULLER        

  Kenneth D. Fuller
  Chief Executive Officer
Date:   May 26, 2015

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By  

/s/    KENNETH D. FULLER      

  Kenneth D. Fuller
  Chief Executive Officer
Date:   May 26, 2015
By  

/s/     RICHARD F. SENNETT      

  Richard F. Sennett
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   May 26, 2015