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- Neuberger Berman Energy Infrastructure and Income Fund Inc. (NYSE American: NML) is a closed-end fund that seeks total return with an emphasis on cash distributions through investments in the energy infrastructure sector. Launched and managed by Neuberger Berman Management LLC and co-managed by Neuberger Berman LLC, the fund primarily invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity and fixed income securities of energy infrastructure companies, including master limited partnerships (MLPs), limited liability companies taxed as partnerships, MLP affiliates, YieldCos, pipeline companies, utilities, C corporations, and other entities involved in oil and gas storage, transportation, refining, marketing, equipment and services, drilling, exploration, production, natural gas liquids, crude oil, refined products, renewables, and alternative energy sources. It generates distributable cash flow from cash and paid-in-kind distributions from MLPs or affiliates, dividends from common stocks, interest from debt instruments, and other investment income, less operating expenses, leverage costs, and taxes, with regular monthly distributions declared to common stockholders at a fixed per-share rate based on projected net returns.
The fund, formed on November 16, 2012, and domiciled in the United States, is headquartered at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10104. It operates within the asset management industry, focusing on public equity markets in the financials sector, and targets investors seeking income from midstream natural resources and broader energy infrastructure, including U.S. and non-U.S. securities. Unlike regulated investment companies, the fund is taxed as a C corporation, subjecting it to federal, state, and local income taxes that reduce amounts available for distributions.
In March 2023, the fund underwent a significant reorganization, changing its name from Neuberger Berman MLP and Energy Income Fund Inc. (formerly Neuberger Berman MLP Income Fund Inc.) and amending its investment policy to broaden its scope beyond MLPs and energy companies to encompass a wider array of energy infrastructure entities, effective around May 15, 2023; this shift better reflects its emphasis on midstream natural resources while maintaining its core objective. Recent activity includes ongoing monthly distribution declarations, such as $0.0584 per share payable November 28, 2025 (record and ex-date November 17, 2025), funded from cash flows with portions potentially as non-taxable return of capital. No major acquisitions, funding rounds, partnerships, or new product launches have been reported in the last 1-2 years, with focus remaining on portfolio management amid energy sector dynamics.