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        811-4915

                          DNP Select Income Fund Inc.                          

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

  200 South Wacker Drive, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60606  

(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip code)

Nathan I. Partain	Lawrence R. Hamilton
DNP Select Income Fund Inc.	Mayer Brown LLP
200 South Wacker Drive, Suite 500	71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606	Chicago, Illinois  60606

(Name and address of agents for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 368-5510    

Date of fiscal year end: December 31  

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2011

 

ITEM 1.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 

The Schedule of Investments follows.      

 

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November 3, 2011

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

     Performance Review: Consistent with its primary objective of current income and its Managed Distribution Plan, the Fund declared three monthly distributions of 6.5 cents per share of common stock during the third quarter of 2011. The 6.5 cent per share monthly rate, without compounding, would be 78 cents annualized, which is equal to 7.80% of the September 30, 2011, closing price of $10.00 per share. Please refer to the inside front cover of this report and the portion of this letter captioned “About Your Fund” for important information about the Fund and its Managed Distribution Plan.

     Your Fund had a total return (income plus change in market price) of 2.09% for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, which was slightly less than the 2.79% return of the composite of the S&P Utilities Index and the Barclays Capital U.S. Utility Bond Index, reflecting the stock and bond ratio of the Fund. In comparison, the S&P Utilities Index – a stock-only index – had a total return of 1.55%. The continuing sovereign debt crisis in Europe and concerns about a potential global economic slowdown intertwined with partisan politics at home to produce broad equity market quarterly returns that were the worst since the fourth quarter of 2008. For example, the S&P 500 was down 8.53%. Compared to broad market performance during this period, the defensive nature of your Fund’s investments continued to be the right place to be.

     On a longer-term basis, as of September 30, 2011, your Fund had a five-year cumulative total return of 44.42%, which is higher than the 30.45% return of the composite of the S&P 500 Utilities Index and the Barclays Capital Utility Bond Index, reflecting the stock and bond ratio of the Fund. In comparison, the S&P 500 Utilities Index had a total return during that period of 20.95%. It is important to note that the composite and index returns stated here and below include no fees or expenses, whereas the Fund’s NAV returns are net of expenses.

     The table below compares the performance of your Fund to various market benchmarks.

	Cumulative Total Return*
For the period indicated through September 30, 2011	DNP Select Income Fund Inc.		Composite Index	S&P 500 Utilities Index	Barclays Capital Utility Bond Index
	Market	NAV
One year	10.8%	13.0%	11.0%	12.0%	8.0%
Five years	44.4%	36.9%	30.5%	21.0%	51.5%

*

Total return includes dividends reinvested in the Fund or index, as applicable. The Composite Index is a composite of the returns of the S&P 500 Utilities Index and the Barclays Capital Utility Bond Index, weighted to reflect the stock and bond ratio of the Fund. Performance returns for the S&P 500 Utilities Index and Barclays Capital Utility Bond Index were obtained from Bloomberg LLP. Fund returns were obtained from the Administrator of the Fund. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

     Fracking for Natural Gas: Natural gas is the cleanest burning fossil fuel, emitting approximately half the carbon dioxide (CO₂) of coal and 30% less than fuel oil. Other than CO₂, the combustion byproduct of natural gas is mostly water vapor. Coal and gas have nitrogen and sulfur content, so their combustion byproducts include not only CO₂, but also nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and ash. Because natural gas is cleaner burning, it is generally considered to be central to energy development and policy focused on the reduction of green house gas emissions. Another factor that makes natural gas an attractive energy source is its reliability, because its supply is not dependent on foreign countries. About 84% of the natural gas consumed in the U.S. is produced here, and about 97% is

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produced here or in Canada. Currently, natural gas accounts for about 40% of domestic electric industry output and, because of its favorable characteristics, the electric utility industry has largely moved to natural gas for new electricity generation projects.

     Historically, most of the natural gas produced domestically has come from “conventional” reservoirs. In conventional reservoirs, wells are drilled in fields that contain gas in porous materials that allow it to flow through the reservoir to the drill shaft for extraction. Wells in “unconventional” reservoirs must access gas in less or non-porous materials such as rock. Shale gas, which is frequently discussed in the media, is the term given to unconventional gas that is stored within the structure of shale.

     Shale gas production has been enabled by the development of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technologies. Although both technologies have been in use for decades, technological advances and the rising cost of alternative energy sources have made their use economic for the development of natural gas reservoirs that previously would not have been accessible, and has resulted in a huge increase in the gas reserves available to us.

     Horizontal drilling is the process of developing a well that starts much the same way as a vertical well. Vertical well sections are drilled up to several thousand feet below the surface. As the drill passes the water table, which typically is up to several hundred feet below the surface, pipe casings and cement are put in place to protect water quality. At the desired depth the well shaft is curved from vertical to nearly horizontal. More than one horizontal shaft can be supported by a single vertical shaft, and horizontal sections can extend thousands of feet away from the vertical sections.

     The fracking process involves pumping water with chemical additives into a well and gas reservoir at high pressure. When the pressure exceeds the rock strength, the fluids open fractures that extend away from the well. After the fractures are created, sand or another substance is pumped in to keep the fractures open when the pumping pressure is released. After fracturing is complete, the internal pressure of the geologic formation causes the trapped natural gas to flow up the well.

     A well could be fracked up to ten times during its productive life. In each fracking, 2 to 9 million gallons of water can be used. Roughly half the water remains deep in the ground after fracking. The rest of the water comes up out of the well, and in addition to the chemical additives, contains dissolved heavy metals and other toxins. After being stored initially in lined waste ponds, some of the water is trucked to a new well site for reuse, and some is moved to a final disposal site which could be a dry gas well. Traditional water treatment plants are not able to purify water used in fracking.

     There are many federal, state, and local government regulations in place to oversee natural gas production. The best evidence to-date is that current regulations and procedures for handling waste water from fracking are adequate to prevent environmental hazard. Your managers have always favored the regulated income streams of gas pipeline companies over gas exploration and production companies. Therefore, our investment model does not include companies that are directly involved in the fracking process. However, many of the companies in which we invest rely – as do you – on the availability of gas produced from unconventional gas reservoirs that utilize fracking. Every form of energy production creates a byproduct that has to be managed in a responsible way. We make every effort to evaluate the associated risks when we make investments on your behalf.

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     Board of Directors Meeting: At the regular November 2011 Board of Directors’ meeting, the Board declared the following monthly dividends:

Cents Per Share		Record Date		Payable Date
6.5		December 30		January 10
6.5		January 31		February 10
6.5		February 29		March 12

     About Your Fund: The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing primarily in the public utility industries. Under normal market conditions, more than 65% of the Fund’s total assets will be invested in a diversified portfolio of equity and fixed income securities of companies of public utility companies engaged in the production, transmission or distribution of electric energy, gas or telecommunication services. The Fund does not currently use derivatives and has no investments in complex or structured investment vehicles.

     The Fund seeks to provide investors with a stable monthly dividend that is primarily derived from current fiscal year earnings and profits. The Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) and related Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules generally prohibit investment companies from distributing long-term capital gains more often than once in a twelve-month period. However, in 2008, the SEC granted the Fund’s request for exemptive relief from that prohibition, and the Fund is now permitted, subject to certain conditions, to make periodic distributions of long-term capital gains as frequently as twelve times a year. In connection with the exemptive relief, in February 2008 the Board of Directors reaffirmed the current 6.5 cent per share monthly distribution rate and formalized the monthly distribution process by adopting a Managed Distribution Plan (MDP). The Board reviews the operation of the MDP on a quarterly basis, with the most recent review having been conducted in August 2011, and retains an independent consultant to review the plan annually in February. The MDP is described on the inside front cover of this report and in a Question and Answer format on the Fund’s website, www.dnpselectincome.com.

     The Fund’s monthly distribution may be derived from one or more of the following sources: net investment income, realized capital gains, and to the extent necessary to support the monthly distribution, return of capital. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance, should not be confused with “yield” or “income”, and requires shareholders to adjust their cost basis. At the time of each distribution, the Fund is required to inform shareholders of the sources of its distributions based on U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). However, the tax treatment of the Fund’s distributions can only be determined at the end of the fiscal year, and is reported to shareholders on Form 1099-DIV early in the following year. Based on GAAP, for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2010, 61% of the total distributions were attributable to current year net investment income, 20% to long-term capital gains, and 19% to return of capital. The characterization of the distributions for GAAP purposes and federal income tax purposes can differ. For federal income tax purposes, 85% of the distributions in 2010 were derived from net investment income and 15% from return of capital. The difference in GAAP and tax reporting in 2010 was largely attributable to current period gains being offset by tax loss carryforwards.

     The use of leverage enables the Fund to borrow at short-term rates and invest at longer-term rates. As of September 30, 2011 the Fund’s leverage consisted of $200 million of Remarketed Preferred Stock (RP), $200 million of Auction Preferred Stock (APS), and $600 million of debt. On that date the total amount of leverage represented approximately 35% of the Fund’s total assets. The amount and type of leverage used is reviewed by the Board of Directors based on the Fund’s expected earnings relative to the anticipated costs (including fees and expenses) associated with the leverage. In addition, the long-term expected benefits of leverage are weighed against the potential effect of increasing the volatility of both the Fund’s net asset value and the market value of its common stock. Historically, the tendency of the U.S. yield curve to exhibit a positive slope (i.e., long-term rates higher than short-term rates) has fostered an environment in which leverage can make a positive contribution to the earnings of

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the Fund. There is no assurance that this will continue to be the case in the future. A prolonged period of low longer-term interest rates and the resultant modest reinvestment opportunities for the fixed income portion of the portfolio could adversely affect the income provided from leverage. If the use of leverage were to cease being beneficial, the amount and type of leverage employed by the Fund could potentially be modified or eliminated.

     Early in 2008, disruptions in the short-term fixed income markets resulted in failures in the periodic auctions and remarketings of many closed-end fund’s preferred shares, including the preferred shares of the Fund. After reviewing options for resolving preferred share illiquidity, in March 2009 management arranged a $1 billion credit facility with a commercial bank. Subsequent to the implementation of the credit facility, the Fund redeemed $300 million of RP and $300 million of APS.

     Management of the Fund continues to seek ways to mitigate the impact of auction failures on preferred shareholders. The Fund is limited in its ability to use debt to refinance all of its outstanding preferred shares because of the asset coverage requirements of the 1940 Act and related SEC rules, and by guidelines established by the rating agencies as a condition of maintaining the AAA rating of the preferred shares. Accordingly, the exact timing of any share redemptions is uncertain, and it is unlikely that all of the Fund’s outstanding preferred shares will be retired in the near future. The Fund will announce any redemption through press releases and postings to its website.

     The Fund’s preferred shares are currently rated AAA by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and Aaa by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”). S&P has released for public comment proposed changes to its methodology for rating certain securities, including the preferred stock of closed-end investment companies like your Fund. The proposed new methodology would limit the ability of certain types of securities to maintain a AAA rating. Securities potentially affected include some of the most complex and least understood asset-backed and structured vehicles, many of which experienced substantial losses during the market turmoil associated with the Great Recession of 2008-2009. Although your Fund’s preferred shares have continuously paid their dividends during all market conditions, if the new methodology is implemented as proposed, the Fund’s preferred shares could have their S&P rating reduced. Any change in rating could impact the cost of leverage because the preferred dividend rates are tied to the S&P and Moody’s ratings. Management of the Fund believes that the preferred stock of closed-end investment companies, because of their regulation under the 1940 Act, should be treated differently from the securities of asset-backed and structured vehicles and accordingly we have submitted comments to S&P on the proposed changes in methodology.

     Automatic Distribution Reinvestment Plan and Direct Deposit Service—The Fund has a distribution reinvestment plan available as a benefit to all registered shareholders and also offers direct deposit service through electronic funds transfer to all registered shareholders currently receiving a monthly distribution check. These services are offered through BNY Mellon Shareowner Services. For more information and/or an authorization form on automatic distribution reinvestment or direct deposit, please contact BNY Mellon Shareowner Services (1-877-381-2537 or www.stock.bankofny.com). Information on these services is also available on the Fund’s website at the address noted below.

     Visit us on the Web—You can obtain the most recent shareholder financial reports and distribution information at our website, www.dnpselectincome.com.

     We appreciate your interest in DNP Select Income Fund Inc., and we will continue to do our best to be of service to you.

Nathan I. Partain, CFA
Director, President, and
Chief Executive Officer

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DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
(UNAUDITED)
September 30, 2011

COMMON STOCKS—108.8%

Shares			Description	Value (Note 1)
			n ELECTRIC, GAS AND WATER—86.9%
	500,000		AGL Resources Inc.	$	20,370,000
	1,500,000		Alliant Energy
			Corp.(a)(b)		58,020,000
	1,000,000		American Water Works
			Co.(a)(b)		30,180,000
	2,500,000		CMS Energy Corp.		49,475,000
	3,071,300		CenterPoint Energy
			Inc.(a)(b)		60,258,906
	640,000		DTE Energy Co.		31,372,800
	1,400,000		Dominion Resources,
			Inc.(a)(b)		71,078,000
	1,600,000		Enbridge Inc. (Canada)		51,088,000
	850,000		Entergy Corp.(a)(b)		56,346,500
	1,185,000		FirstEnergy Corp.(a)(b)		53,218,350
	500,000		Great Plains Energy Inc.		9,650,000
	1,500,000		Kinder Morgan, Inc.		38,835,000
	188,673		National Grid PLC ADR
			(United Kingdom)		9,358,181
	675,714		National Grid PLC
			(United Kingdom)		6,721,024
	1,350,000		NextEra Energy, Inc.(a)(b)		72,927,000
	2,000,000		NiSource Inc.		42,760,000
	2,000,000		Northeast Utilities
			Inc.(a)(b)		67,300,000
	800,000		Northwest Natural Gas
			Co.(a)(b)		35,280,000
	3,000,000		NV Energy, Inc.		44,130,000
	675,000		ONEOK, Inc.(a)(b)		44,577,000
	1,500,000		PPL Corp.		42,810,000
	2,000,000		Pepco Holdings Inc.		37,840,000
	1,000,000		Piedmont Natural Gas Co.		28,890,000
	1,500,000		Pinnacle West Capital
			Corp.(a)		64,410,000
	1,800,000		Public Service Enterprise
			Group Inc.(a)(b)		60,066,000
	1,500,000		Questar Corp.		26,565,000
	1,000,000		Sempra Energy(a)(b)		51,500,000
	1,500,000		Southern Co.(a)(b)		63,555,000
	1,515,000		Spectra Energy Corp.		37,162,950
	3,000,000		TECO Energy Inc.(a)(b)		51,390,000
	1,000,000		TransCanada Corp.
			(Canada)(a)(b)		40,490,000
	1,500,000		Vectren Corp.(a)		40,620,000
	1,000,000		WGL Holdings Inc.		39,070,000
	1,750,000		Westar Energy Inc.		46,235,000
	1,400,000		Wisconsin Energy Corp.		43,806,000
	3,000,000		Xcel Energy Inc.(a)(b)		74,070,000
					1,601,425,711
			n TELECOMMUNICATION—21.9%
	2,508,260		AT&T Inc.(a)(b)		71,535,575
	1,600,000		CenturyLink Inc.(a)		52,992,000
	1,000,000		France Telecom SA
			(France)		16,502,912
	3,518,491		Frontier Communications
			Corp.(a)(b)		21,497,980
	998,000		SES (Luxembourg)		24,463,837
	8,400,000		Telstra Corp. Ltd.
			(Australia)		25,308,287
	757,900		Telus Corp. (Canada)		37,347,695
	2,160,028		Verizon Communications
			Inc.(a)(b)		79,489,030
	1,121,640		Vodafone Group PLC ADR
			(United Kingdom)		28,770,066
	4,000,000		Windstream Corp.		46,640,000
					404,547,382
			Total Common Stocks
			(Cost—$1,826,691,060)		2,005,973,093
	PREFERRED STOCKS—6.7%
			n UTILITY—1.2%
	220,000		Southern California Edison
			61/8% Perpetual		21,759,386
					21,759,386
			n NON-UTILITY—5.5%
	650,000		Duke Realty Corp. 6.95%
			Series M Perpetual		16,373,500
	605,000		Kimco Realty Corp. 73/4%
			Series G Perpetual		15,488,000
	710,432		Prologis, Inc. 7% Series O
			Perpetual		17,334,541
	600,000		Realty Income Corp. 73/8%
			Series D Perpetual(a)		15,426,000

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Statement of Net Assets.

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     DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS—(Continued)
(UNAUDITED) September 30, 2011

Shares			Description	Value (Note 1)
	660,000		UDR, Inc. 63/4% Series G
			Perpetual	$	16,665,000
	200,000		Vornado Realty Trust 7%
			Series E Perpetual		5,032,000
	234,900		Vornado Realty Trust 65/8%
			Series G Perpetual		5,879,547
	350,000		Vornado Realty Trust 65/8%
			Series I Perpetual		8,774,500
					100,973,088
			Total Preferred Stocks
			(Cost—$121,582,989)		122,732,474
BONDS—35.8%
Par Value			Description		Value (Note 1)
			n ELECTRIC, GAS AND WATER—24.3%
$	15,000,000		American Water
			Capital Corp. 6.085%,
			due 10/15/17(a)	$	17,581,125
	22,000,000		Arizona Public Service Co.
			67/8%, due 8/01/36(a)		28,198,808
	8,950,000		Atmos Energy Corp.
			81/2%, due 3/15/19		12,085,364
	11,000,000		Cleveland Electric
			Illuminating Co.
			87/8%, due 11/15/18(a)		14,876,444
	6,750,000		Commonwealth
			6.95%, due 7/15/18		7,843,986
	15,305,000		Consolidated Edison Co.
			of New York
			71/8%, due 12/01/18		19,537,552
	24,000,000		Dominion Resources
			Capital Trust I
			7.83%, due 12/01/27(a)		24,801,888
	9,354,000		Dominion Resources Inc.
			6.4%, due 6/15/18		11,251,814
	10,000,000		DPL Capital Trust II
			81/8%, due 9/01/31		10,090,670
	4,125,000		Duke Energy Corp.
			6.3%, due 2/01/14		4,573,313
	5,000,000		Entergy Louisiana LLC
			6.30%, due 9/01/35		4,976,725
	20,000,000		Entergy Texas Inc.
			71/8%, due 2/01/19(a)		24,245,720
	12,826,000		EQT Corp.
			81/8%, due 6/01/19		15,550,230
	14,376,000		Exelon Generation Co. LLC
			6.20%, due 10/01/17		16,210,148
	15,060,000		FPL Group Capital Inc.
			77/8%, due 12/15/15(a)		17,966,460
	10,000,000		Georgia Power Co.
			5.70%, due 6/01/17(a)		11,736,300
	10,242,000		Indiana Michigan Power Co.
			63/8%, due 11/01/12		10,793,122
	5,618,000		Indiana Michigan Power Co.
			7%, due 3/15/19		6,934,859
	8,030,000		Kinder Morgan, Inc.
			6.85%, due 2/15/20		9,480,788
	5,000,000		Metropolitan Edison Co.
			7.70%, due 1/15/19		6,328,245
	10,000,000		National Fuel Gas Co.
			83/4%, due 5/01/19(a)		13,093,190
	10,000,000		National Grid PLC
			(United Kingdom)
			6.3%, due 8/01/16		11,496,000
	12,711,000		National Rural Utilities
			Cooperative Finance Corp.
			71/4%, due 3/01/12		13,047,066
	9,500,000		Nevada Power Co.
			61/2%, due 4/15/12		9,758,732
	15,123,000		Oncor Electric Delivery
			Co. LLC
			63/8%, due 5/01/12		15,571,866
	11,000,000		ONEOK, Inc.
			6%, due 6/15/35		11,829,191
	6,500,000		ONEOK Partners, LP
			6.15%, due 10/01/16		7,384,734
	5,000,000		PPL Energy Supply LLC
			61/2%, due 5/01/18		5,848,760
	14,000,000		Progress Energy Inc.
			7.05%, due 3/15/19		17,410,624
	5,000,000		Sempra Energy
			6.15%, due 6/15/18		5,889,480
	9,712,000		Sempra Energy
			61/2%, due 6/01/16		11,363,254

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Statement of Net Assets.

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DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS—(Continued)
(UNAUDITED)
September 30, 2011

Par Value			Description	Value (Note 1)
$	6,488,000		Southern Union Co.
			7.60%, due 2/01/24	$	7,677,069
	8,850,000		Southern Union Co.
			81/4%, due 11/15/29		10,431,079
	2,615,000		Spectra Energy
			63/4%, due 7/15/18		2,966,963
	9,140,000		TransCanada PipeLines
			Ltd. (Canada)
			71/8%, due 1/15/19		11,603,102
	14,380,000		Williams Partners, LP
			71/4%, due 2/01/17		16,675,551
					447,110,222
			n TELECOMMUNICATION—10.9%
	10,000,000		AT&T Wireless Services Inc.
			81/8%, due 5/01/12		10,403,570
	10,000,000		Alltel Corp.
			7%, due 7/01/12		10,440,080
	10,000,000		BellSouth Capital
			Funding Corp.
			77/8%, due 2/15/30(a)		13,427,020
	15,000,000		Centurytel Inc.
			67/8%, due 1/15/28(a)		12,987,660
	8,900,000		Comcast Corp.
			7.05%, due 3/15/33		10,855,045
	15,000,000		Koninklijke KPN NV
			(Netherlands)
			83/8%, due 10/01/30(a)		19,308,045
	10,311,000		Rogers Wireless Inc. (Canada)
			71/2%, due 3/15/15		12,152,380
	10,000,000		TCI Communications Inc.
			83/4%, due 8/01/15		12,191,450
	5,000,000		TCI Communications Inc.
			71/8%, due 2/15/28		6,126,525
	5,500,000		Tele-Communications Inc.
			77/8%, due 8/01/13		6,111,490
	29,700,000		Telecom Italia Capital
			(Italy)
			7.20%, due 7/18/36(a)		27,149,869
	5,000,000		Telefonica Europe BV
			(Spain)
			81/4%, due 9/15/30		5,593,540
	23,304,000		Time Warner Cable Inc.
			71/2%, due 4/01/14		26,359,434
	15,500,000		Verizon Global Funding
			Corp
			73/4%, due 12/01/30(a)		21,304,874
	5,000,000		Vodafone Group PLC
			(United Kingdom)
			77/8%, due 2/15/30		7,132,690
					201,543,672
			n NON-UTILITY—0.6%
	8,000,000		Dayton Hudson Corp.
			97/8%, due 7/01/20		11,887,824
					11,887,824
			Total Bonds
			(Cost—$625,733,524)		660,541,718

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—151.3% (Cost—$2,574,007,573)	2,789,247,285
BORROWINGS—(32.5%)	(600,000,000	)
OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES—(7.9%)	(145,285,411	)
AUCTION PREFERRED STOCK—(10.9%)	(200,000,000	)
NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCK—100.0%	$1,843,961,874

(a)

All or a portion of this security has been segregated and made available for loan.

(b)

All or a portion of this security has been loaned.

The percentage shown for each investment category is the total value of that category as a percentage of the net assets applicable to common stock of the Fund.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this Statement of Net Assets.

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DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
NOTES TO STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
(UNAUDITED)
September 30, 2011

(1)

The Fund’s investments are carried at fair value which is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market of the investment. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs established to classify fair value measurements for disclosure purposes is summarized in the three broad levels listed below. Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical securities  Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment spreads, credit risks, etc.) Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining fair value of investments) Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining fair value of investments) The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these securities. For more information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund’s most recent financial statements contained in its semi-annual report. The following is a summary of the inputs used to value each of the Fund’s investments at September 30, 2011.

		Level 1		Level 2
	Common stocks	$2,005,973,093		—
	Preferred stocks	122,732,474		—
	Bonds	—		$660,541,718
	Total	$2,128,705,567		$660,541,718

There were no significant transfers between level 1 and level 2 during the quarter ended September 30, 2011.

(2)	At December 31, 2010, the Fund’s most recent fiscal tax year end, based on a tax cost of investments of $2,549,895,236, the Fund had gross unrealized appreciation of $264,308,100 and gross unrealized depreciation of $71,349,805.

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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 (the “1940 Act”)) are effective, based on an evaluation of those controls and procedures made as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.     

(b) There has been no change 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 has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. 

 

 

ITEM 3.

EXHIBITS.

 

Exhibit 99.CERT

Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

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.          

(Registrant)		DNP SELECT INCOME FUND INC.
By (Signature and Title)		/s/ Nathan I. Partain
		Nathan I. Partain President and Chief Executive Officer

Date

November 18, 2011

 

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 (Signature and Title)		/s/ Nathan I. Partain
		Nathan I. Partain President and Chief Executive Officer

Date

November 18, 2011

By (Signature and Title)		/s/ ALAN M. MEDER
		Alan M. Meder Treasurer (principal financial officer) and Assistant Secretary

Date

November 18, 2011

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