As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2015
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: 811-22396
NEUBERGER BERMAN HIGH YIELD STRATEGIES FUND INC.
(Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in Charter)
c/o Neuberger Berman Management LLC
605 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, New York 10158-0180
(Address of Principal Executive Offices – Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 476-8800
Robert Conti, Chief Executive Officer and President
Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund Inc.
c/o Neuberger Berman Management LLC
605 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, New York 10158-0180
Arthur C. Delibert, Esq.
K&L Gates LLP
1601 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006-1600
(Names and addresses of agents for service)
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
Date of reporting period: January 31, 2015
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Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
 
Schedule of Investments High Yield Strategies Fund Inc.a
(Unaudited) 1/31/15
 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT($)
 
 
VALUE($)
               
Bank Loan Obligationsµ (5.6%)
 
All Telecom (0.2%)
   
628,511
 
Integra Telecom, Term Loan B, 5.25%, due 2/22/19
 
618,562
 
Automotive (0.5%)
   
1,227,600
 
Navistar, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, due 8/17/17
 
1,227,600
 
 
Business Equipment & Services (0.8%)
   
189,847
 
Advantage Sales and Marketing, First Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, due 7/23/21
 
187,504
 
   
4,666
 
Advantage Sales and Marketing, First Lien Term Loan, 4.25%, due 7/23/21
 
4,608
 
   
1,520,000
 
Advantage Sales and Marketing, Second Lien Term Loan, 7.50%, due 7/25/22
 
1,485,800
¢^^
   
590,000
 
Presidio, Term Loan B, due 1/22/22
 
569,722
¢^^
          2,247,634  
Financial Intermediaries (0.3%)
   
898,992
 
Walter Investment Mgmt, Term Loan B, 4.75%, due 12/18/20
 
784,371
¢^^
 
Health Care (0.6%)
   
1,524,850
 
United Surgical Partners International, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, due 4/3/19
 
1,518,492
 
 
Lodging & Casinos (3.0%)
   
1,531,865
 
Centaur Acquisition, LLC, Second Lien Term Loan, 8.75%, due 2/20/20
 
1,521,647
 
   
1,759,000
 
Four Seasons Holdings Inc., Second Lien Term Loan, 6.25%, due 12/27/20
 
1,748,006
 
   
2,237,450
 
Mohegan Tribal Gaming, Term Loan B, 5.50%, due 11/19/19
 
2,160,885
 
   
2,655,000
 
Scientific Games Corp., Term Loan B-2, 6.00%, due 10/1/21
 
2,617,750
 
          8,048,288  
Publishing (0.1%)
   
365,000
 
Tribune Company, Term Loan, 4.00%, due 12/27/20
 
359,981
 
 
Radio & Television (0.1%)
   
310,544
 
iHeartCommunications Inc., Term Loan B, 3.82%, due 1/29/16
 
306,081
 
     
Total Bank Loan Obligations (Cost $15,317,889)
  15,111,009  
 
Corporate Debt Securities (134.9%)
 
Advertising (2.6%)
   
1,980,000
 
Anna Merger Sub, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 7.75%, due 10/1/22
 
1,999,800
ñ
   
1,190,000
 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, Ser. B, 7.63%, due 3/15/20
 
1,255,450
 
   
495,000
 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, Ser. A, 6.50%, due 11/15/22
 
504,900
 
   
1,800,000
 
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, Ser. B, 6.50%, due 11/15/22
 
1,856,250
 
   
1,410,000
 
Nielsen Finance LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 5.00%, due 4/15/22
 
1,413,525
ñ
          7,029,925  
Aerospace & Defense (0.3%)
   
950,000
 
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 7.00%, due 5/15/19
 
788,500
 
 
Automakers (1.1%)
   
1,200,000
 
Chrysler Group LLC/CG Co-Issuer, Inc., Secured Notes, 8.25%, due 6/15/21
 
1,335,000
 
   
670,000
 
General Motors Co., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.25%, due 10/2/43
 
836,992
 
   
660,000
 
General Motors Co., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.20%, due 4/1/45
 
738,873
 
          2,910,865  
Beverages (0.4%)
   
725,000
 
Constellation Brands, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 4.25%, due 5/1/23
 
743,125
 
   
340,000
 
Constellation Brands, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 4.75%, due 11/15/24
 
357,850
 
          1,100,975  
Building & Construction (2.3%)
   
155,000
 
D.R. Horton, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 4.38%, due 9/15/22
 
154,225
 
   
2,025,000
 
D.R. Horton, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.75%, due 8/15/23
 
2,176,875
 
   
1,545,000
 
Lennar Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 4.75%, due 11/15/22
 
1,535,730
 
   
570,000
 
Ryland Group, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.38%, due 10/1/22
 
552,900
 
   
490,000
 
Standard Pacific Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 8.38%, due 1/15/21
 
551,250
 
   
1,445,000
 
Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Monarch Communities, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.25%, due 4/15/21
 
1,361,912
ñ
          6,332,892  
Building Materials (1.5%)
   
545,000
 
Masco Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.95%, due 3/15/22
 
607,337
 
   
1,990,000
 
USG Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 9.75%, due 1/15/18
 
2,283,525
 
   
1,050,000
 
USG Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 8.38%, due 10/15/18
 
1,097,250
ñ
          3,988,112  
Cable & Satellite Television (9.0%)
   
2,310,000
 
Altice SA, Guaranteed Notes, 7.75%, due 5/15/22
 
2,385,075
ñ
   
235,000
 
Altice SA, Guaranteed Notes, 7.63%, due 2/15/25
 
235,000
ñ
   
1,040,000
 
CCO Holdings LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 8.13%, due 4/30/20
 
1,093,300
 
   
655,000
 
CCO Holdings LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 5.25%, due 9/30/22
 
657,456
 
   
1,075,000
 
CCOH Safari LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 5.75%, due 12/1/24
 
1,089,781
 
   
1,832,000
 
Cequel Communications Escrow I LLC/Cequel Communications Escrow Capital Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.38%, due 9/15/20
 
1,905,280
ñ
   
1,094,000
 
Cequel Communications Escrow I LLC/Cequel Communications Escrow Capital Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.13%, due 12/15/21
 
1,069,385
ñ
   
615,000
 
CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Unsecured Notes, 7.63%, due 7/15/18
 
690,338
 
   
2,120,000
 
DISH DBS Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.13%, due 5/1/20
 
2,157,100
ØØ
   
1,145,000
 
DISH DBS Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 6.75%, due 6/1/21
 
1,243,756
 
   
1,955,000
 
DISH DBS Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.88%, due 11/15/24
 
1,964,775
 
   
1,805,000
 
Numericable Group SA, Senior Secured Notes, 4.88%, due 5/15/19
 
1,805,000
ñ
   
2,605,000
 
Numericable Group SA, Senior Secured Notes, 6.00%, due 5/15/22
 
2,664,654
ñ
   
510,000
 
Numericable Group SA, Senior Secured Notes, 6.25%, due 5/15/24
 
527,850
ñ
   
1,110,000
 
UPCB Finance III Ltd., Senior Secured Notes, 6.63%, due 7/1/20
 
1,157,175
ñ
   
895,000
 
Virgin Media Finance PLC, Guaranteed Notes, 6.00%, due 10/15/24
 
941,988
ñ
   
685,000
 
Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes, 5.38%, due 4/15/21
 
710,688
ñ
   
2,000,000
 
WideOpenWest Finance LLC/WideOpenWest Capital Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 10.25%, due 7/15/19
 
2,060,000
 
          24,358,601  
Chemicals (2.0%)
   
1,130,000
 
Huntsman Int'l LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 4.88%, due 11/15/20
 
1,134,237
 
   
1,775,000
 
Huntsman Int'l LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 8.63%, due 3/15/21
 
1,908,125
 
   
360,000
 
NOVA Chemicals Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.00%, due 5/1/25
 
373,500
ñ
   
1,075,000
 
PQ Corp., Secured Notes, 8.75%, due 5/1/18
 
1,103,219
ñ
   
715,000
 
US Coatings Acquisition, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.38%, due 5/1/21
 
761,475
ñ
          5,280,556  
Consumer – Commercial Lease Financing (8.3%)
   
1,150,000
 
AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd./AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Guaranteed Notes, 4.50%, due 5/15/21
 
1,187,375
ñ
   
2,915,000
 
Ally Financial, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.00%, due 3/15/20
 
3,476,137
ØØ
   
245,000
 
Ally Financial, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.13%, due 9/30/24
 
253,881
 
   
1,078,000
 
Ally Financial, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 8.00%, due 11/1/31
 
1,409,485
 
   
1,830,000
 
CIT Group, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.63%, due 4/1/18
 
1,971,825
ñ
   
755,000
 
CIT Group, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.38%, due 5/15/20
 
805,963
 
   
525,000
 
CIT Group, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.00%, due 8/15/22
 
551,250
 
   
1,640,000
 
Int'l Lease Finance Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 8.88%, due 9/1/17
 
1,861,400
 
   
2,345,000
 
Int'l Lease Finance Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.25%, due 5/15/19
 
2,585,363
 
   
1,340,000
 
Int'l Lease Finance Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 8.63%, due 1/15/22
 
1,695,100
 
   
550,000
 
Int'l Lease Finance Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.88%, due 8/15/22
 
607,750
 
   
3,465,000
 
Navient Corp., Senior Unsecured Medium-Term Notes, 4.88%, due 6/17/19
 
3,490,987
ØØ
   
1,325,000
 
SLM Corp., Senior Unsecured Medium-Term Notes, 5.50%, due 1/15/19
 
1,370,713
 
   
430,000
 
SLM Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.50%, due 1/25/23
 
412,800
 
   
631,000
 
SLM Corp., Senior Unsecured Medium-Term Notes, 6.13%, due 3/25/24
 
615,225
 
         
22,295,254
 
Electric - Generation (3.4%)
   
375,000
 
Calpine Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 6.00%, due 1/15/22
 
402,188
ñ
   
475,000
 
Dynegy Finance I, Inc./Dynegy Finance II, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 6.75%, due 11/1/19
 
488,656
ñ
   
890,000
 
NRG Energy, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.63%, due 1/15/18
 
971,213
 
   
1,775,000
 
NRG Energy, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.25%, due 9/1/20
 
1,881,500
 
   
3,460,000
 
NRG Energy, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.88%, due 5/15/21
 
3,710,850
ØØ
   
1,715,000
 
NRG Energy, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.25%, due 7/15/22
 
1,762,162
 
         
9,216,569
 
Electric - Integrated (0.4%)
   
1,155,000
 
RJS Power Holdings LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 5.13%, due 7/15/19
 
1,120,350
ñ
 
Electronics (1.0%)
   
365,000
 
Amkor Technology, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.38%, due 10/1/22
 
362,263
 
   
1,090,000
 
Flextronics Int'l Ltd., Guaranteed Notes, 5.00%, due 2/15/23
 
1,133,600
 
   
194,000
 
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.05%, due 2/1/20
 
205,640
 
   
840,000
 
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 6.00%, due 1/15/22
 
888,300
ñ
         
2,589,803
 
Energy - Exploration & Production (17.8%)
   
424,000
 
Antero Resources Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.13%, due 12/1/22
 
405,980
ñ
   
2,110,000
 
Antero Resources Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.38%, due 11/1/21
 
2,057,250
 
   
965,000
 
California Resources Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.00%, due 1/15/20
 
832,313
ñ
   
1,145,000
 
California Resources Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.50%, due 9/15/21
 
961,800
ñ
   
690,000
 
California Resources Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 6.00%, due 11/15/24
 
565,800
ñ
   
535,000
 
Chesapeake Energy Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 6.50%, due 8/15/17
 
569,775
 
   
620,000
 
Chesapeake Energy Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 6.63%, due 8/15/20
 
664,175
 
   
535,000
 
Chesapeake Energy Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 6.13%, due 2/15/21
 
564,425
 
   
1,570,000
 
Chesapeake Energy Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 4.88%, due 4/15/22
 
1,558,225
 
   
664,000
 
Concho Resources, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.50%, due 4/1/23
 
664,000
 
   
210,000
 
Denbury Resources, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.50%, due 5/1/22
 
184,800
 
   
3,655,000
 
Denbury Resources, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 4.63%, due 7/15/23
 
3,115,887
 
   
5,722,000
 
EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 9.38%, due 5/1/20
 
5,764,915
 
   
2,560,000
 
EXCO Resources, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.50%, due 9/15/18
 
1,632,000
ØØ
   
2,155,000
 
EXCO Resources, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.50%, due 4/15/22
 
1,314,550
 
   
1,600,000
 
Laredo Petroleum, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.63%, due 1/15/22
 
1,416,000
 
   
1,050,000
 
Laredo Petroleum, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.38%, due 5/1/22
 
1,005,375
 
   
5,625,000
 
Linn Energy LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 6.25%, due 11/1/19
 
4,289,062
 
   
590,000
 
Linn Energy LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 8.63%, due 4/15/20
 
473,475
 
   
4,406,000
 
Linn Energy LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 7.75%, due 2/1/21
 
3,326,530
 
   
45,000
 
Linn Energy LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 6.50%, due 9/15/21
 
33,075
 
   
4,345,000
 
Newfield Exploration Co., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.75%, due 1/30/22
 
4,290,687
 
   
650,000
 
Newfield Exploration Co., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.63%, due 7/1/24
 
641,875
 
   
2,965,000
 
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.88%, due 3/15/22
 
2,735,213
 
   
1,085,000
 
Rosetta Resources, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.63%, due 5/1/21
 
1,022,613
 
   
1,245,000
 
Rosetta Resources, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.88%, due 6/1/22
 
1,170,300
 
   
820,000
 
Rosetta Resources, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.88%, due 6/1/24
 
748,250
 
   
4,233,000
 
SandRidge Energy, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.50%, due 3/15/21
 
2,941,935
 
   
895,000
 
SandRidge Energy, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.13%, due 10/15/22
 
608,600
 
   
2,865,000
 
SandRidge Energy, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.50%, due 2/15/23
 
1,919,550
 
   
500,000
 
WPX Energy, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.25%, due 9/15/24
 
465,000
 
         
47,943,435
 
Food & Drug Retailers (1.1%)
   
750,000
 
Rite Aid Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 9.25%, due 3/15/20
 
823,125
 
   
1,442,000
 
Rite Aid Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 8.00%, due 8/15/20
 
1,539,335
 
   
570,000
 
Rite Aid Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 6.75%, due 6/15/21
 
595,650
 
         
2,958,110
 
Food - Wholesale (0.8%)
   
2,340,000
 
Post Holdings, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.00%, due 12/15/22
 
2,234,700
ñ
 
Gaming (9.7%)
   
900,000
 
Ameristar Casinos, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.50%, due 4/15/21
 
936,000
 
   
435,000
 
GLP Capital L.P./GLP Financing II, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 4.38%, due 11/1/18
 
445,875
 
   
3,545,000
 
GLP Capital L.P./GLP Financing II, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 4.88%, due 11/1/20
 
3,657,997
 
   
670,000
 
GLP Capital L.P./GLP Financing II, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.38%, due 11/1/23
 
696,800
 
   
3,300,000
 
Graton Economic Development Authority, Senior Secured Notes, 9.63%, due 9/1/19
 
3,605,250
ñ
   
740,000
 
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.88%, due 6/15/20
 
782,550
 
   
1,225,000
 
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.88%, due 3/15/21
 
1,270,938
 
   
1,245,000
 
MGM Resorts Int'l, Guaranteed Notes, 8.63%, due 2/1/19
 
1,403,737
 
   
640,000
 
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Guaranteed Notes, 11.00%, due 9/15/18
 
633,600
ñ
   
2,930,000
 
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Guaranteed Notes, 9.75%, due 9/1/21
 
2,973,950
 
   
1,635,000
 
MTR Gaming Group, Inc., Secured Notes, 11.50%, due 8/1/19
 
1,769,887
 
   
1,580,000
 
Peninsula Gaming LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 8.38%, due 2/15/18
 
1,651,100
ñ
   
625,000
 
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.38%, due 8/1/21
 
640,625
 
   
750,000
 
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.75%, due 4/1/22
 
785,625
 
   
570,000
 
Scientific Games Int'l, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.63%, due 5/15/21
 
393,300
ñ
   
2,940,000
 
Scientific Games Int'l, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 10.00%, due 12/1/22
 
2,697,450
ñ
   
1,810,000
 
Station Casinos LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 7.50%, due 3/1/21
 
1,900,500
 
          26,245,184  
Gas Distribution (7.3%)
   
570,000
 
Access Midstream Partners L.P., Senior Unsecured Notes, 4.88%, due 5/15/23
 
587,100
 
   
540,000
 
Access Midstream Partners L.P., Senior Unsecured Notes, 4.88%, due 3/15/24
 
557,550
 
   
2,280,000
 
AmeriGas Finance LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 6.75%, due 5/20/20
 
2,388,300
 
   
2,207,000
 
AmeriGas Finance LLC, Guaranteed Notes, 7.00%, due 5/20/22
 
2,311,832
 
   
420,000
 
Chesapeake Midstream Partners L.P., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.88%, due 4/15/21
 
439,950
 
   
1,200,000
 
Chesapeake Midstream Partners L.P., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.13%, due 7/15/22
 
1,284,000
 
   
960,000
 
Energy Transfer Equity L.P., Senior Secured Notes, 7.50%, due 10/15/20
 
1,068,192
 
   
755,000
 
Energy Transfer Equity L.P., Senior Secured Notes, 5.88%, due 1/15/24
 
783,464
 
   
1,690,000
 
Ferrellgas L.P./Ferrellgas Finance Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.75%, due 1/15/22
 
1,647,750
 
   
1,618,000
 
MarkWest Energy Partners L.P./MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 4.50%, due 7/15/23
 
1,601,820
 
   
455,000
 
Regency Energy Partners L.P./Regency Energy Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 6.50%, due 7/15/21
 
482,300
 
   
1,110,000
 
Regency Energy Partners L.P./Regency Energy Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.88%, due 3/1/22
 
1,215,450
 
   
725,000
 
Regency Energy Partners L.P./Regency Energy Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.50%, due 4/15/23
 
757,625
 
   
2,035,000
 
Regency Energy Partners L.P./Regency Energy Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 4.50%, due 11/1/23
 
2,055,350
 
   
250,000
 
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, Senior Secured Notes, 5.75%, due 5/15/24
 
251,250
 
   
487,000
 
Suburban Propane Partners L.P./Suburban Energy Finance Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 7.38%, due 8/1/21
 
515,003
 
   
765,000
 
Targa Resources Partners L.P./Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 4.13%, due 11/15/19
 
745,875
ñ
   
300,000
 
Targa Resources Partners L.P./Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 4.25%, due 11/15/23
 
280,500
 
   
295,000
 
Tesoro Logistics L.P./Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.50%, due 10/15/19
 
299,056
ñ
   
430,000
 
Tesoro Logistics L.P./Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 6.25%, due 10/15/22
 
436,450
ñ
         
19,708,817
 
Health Facilities (9.5%)
   
1,080,000
 
Amsurg Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.63%, due 7/15/22
 
1,116,450
ñ
   
680,000
 
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 5.13%, due 8/15/18
 
704,140
 
   
605,000
 
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 5.13%, due 8/1/21
 
626,931
 
   
1,720,000
 
CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.88%, due 2/1/22
 
1,829,650
 
   
1,500,000
 
Columbia/HCA Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 7.69%, due 6/15/25
 
1,680,000
 
   
1,160,000
 
Columbia/HCA Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 7.05%, due 12/1/27
 
1,177,400
 
   
1,250,000
 
DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.13%, due 7/15/24
 
1,284,750
 
   
665,000
 
DaVita, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.75%, due 8/15/22
 
704,900
 
   
1,225,000
 
HCA, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 6.50%, due 2/15/20
 
1,376,594
 
   
335,000
 
HCA, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 4.75%, due 5/1/23
 
350,913
 
   
1,565,000
 
HCA, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 5.00%, due 3/15/24
 
1,674,550
 
   
490,000
 
HCA, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.38%, due 2/1/25
 
506,231
 
   
2,845,000
 
IASIS Healthcare LLC/IASIS Capital Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 8.38%, due 5/15/19
 
2,980,137
 
   
1,630,000
 
MPT Operating Partnership L.P./MPT Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.50%, due 5/1/24
 
1,719,650
 
   
735,000
 
Sabra Health Care L.P./Sabra Capital Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.50%, due 2/1/21
 
777,263
 
   
1,375,000
 
Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 6.25%, due 11/1/18
 
1,493,594
 
   
360,000
 
Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.00%, due 3/1/19
 
359,100
ñ
   
670,000
 
Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.75%, due 2/1/20
 
706,850
 
   
970,000
 
Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 6.00%, due 10/1/20
 
1,047,600
 
   
1,665,000
 
Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 8.13%, due 4/1/22
 
1,877,287
 
   
1,165,000
 
Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.88%, due 11/15/31
 
1,106,750
 
   
625,000
 
United Surgical Partners Int'l, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 9.00%, due 4/1/20
 
668,750
 
         
25,769,490
 
Health Services (0.5%)
   
620,000
 
Envision Healthcare Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.13%, due 7/1/22
 
629,300
ñ
   
670,000
 
Service Corp. Int'l, Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.38%, due 5/15/24
 
696,934
 
         
1,326,234
 
Investments & Misc. Financial Services (1.7%)
   
1,915,000
 
Icahn Enterprises L.P./Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 4.88%, due 3/15/19
 
1,948,513
 
   
2,955,000
 
Walter Investment Management Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 7.88%, due 12/15/21
 
2,504,362
 
         
4,452,875
 
Machinery (1.8%)
   
2,235,000
 
Case New Holland Industrial, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.88%, due 12/1/17
 
2,461,294
ØØ
   
950,000
 
Terex Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 6.00%, due 5/15/21
 
964,250
 
   
870,000
 
The Manitowoc Co., Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.50%, due 11/1/20
 
940,687
 
   
560,000
 
The Manitowoc Co., Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.88%, due 10/15/22
 
603,400
 
         
4,969,631
 
Media - Diversified (1.6%)
   
840,000
 
Gannett Co., Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.13%, due 9/1/18
 
870,450
 
   
1,480,000
 
Gannett Co., Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.13%, due 10/15/19
 
1,531,800
 
   
865,000
 
Gannett Co., Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.13%, due 7/15/20
 
890,950
 
   
165,000
 
Gannett Co., Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 4.88%, due 9/15/21
 
165,000
ñ
   
245,000
 
Gannett Co., Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.50%, due 9/15/24
 
247,450
ñ
   
615,000
 
IAC/InterActiveCorp, Guaranteed Notes, 4.88%, due 11/30/18
 
631,912
 
         
4,337,562
 
Media Content (4.0%)
   
652,000
 
AMC Networks, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.75%, due 7/15/21
 
704,160
 
   
1,840,000
 
Cumulus Media Holdings, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.75%, due 5/1/19
 
1,876,800
 
   
920,000
 
iHeartCommunications, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 10.00%, due 1/15/18
 
798,100
 
   
452,000
 
iHeartCommunications, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.88%, due 6/15/18
 
404,540
 
   
485,000
 
iHeartCommunications, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 9.00%, due 12/15/19
 
472,875
 
   
3,382,000
 
iHeartCommunications, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 11.25%, due 3/1/21
 
3,475,005
 
   
1,665,000
 
iHeartCommunications, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 7.25%, due 10/15/27
 
1,332,000
 
   
155,000
 
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 4.25%, due 5/15/20
 
151,125
ñ
   
1,205,000
 
Univision Communications, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 6.88%, due 5/15/19
 
1,256,212
ñ
   
375,000
 
Univision Communications, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 7.88%, due 11/1/20
 
401,250
ñ
         
10,872,067
 
Medical Products (1.6%)
   
80,000
 
DJO Finance LLC/DJO Finance Corp., Secured Notes, 8.75%, due 3/15/18
 
82,000
 
   
895,000
 
DJO Finance LLC/DJO Finance Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 9.88%, due 4/15/18
 
895,000
 
   
1,480,000
 
Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 4.13%, due 10/15/20
 
1,518,850
ñ
   
590,000
 
Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.88%, due 1/31/22
 
658,588
ñ
   
1,025,000
 
Fresenius Medical Care US Finance II, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 4.75%, due 10/15/24
 
1,078,812
ñ
          4,233,250  
Metals - Mining Excluding Steel (1.0%)
   
695,000
 
Alcoa, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.13%, due 10/1/24
 
760,018
 
   
2,080,000
 
CONSOL Energy, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.88%, due 4/15/22
 
1,804,400
 
         
2,564,418
 
Packaging (5.6%)
   
4,225,000
 
Berry Plastics Corp., Secured Notes, 9.75%, due 1/15/21
 
4,700,312
ØØ
   
890,000
 
Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA/Beverage Packaging Holdings II Issuer, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.63%, due 12/15/16
 
876,650
ñ
   
765,000
 
Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA/Beverage Packaging Holdings II Issuer, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.00%, due 6/15/17
 
751,131
ñ
   
635,000
 
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.00%, due 1/15/22
 
661,194
ñ
   
2,065,000
 
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 7.88%, due 8/15/19
 
2,181,156
 
   
3,650,000
 
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 9.88%, due 8/15/19
 
3,878,125
 
   
535,000
 
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 5.75%, due 10/15/20
 
547,038
 
   
905,000
 
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 6.88%, due 2/15/21
 
952,512
 
   
550,000
 
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.25%, due 2/15/21
 
558,938
 
         
15,107,056
 
Pharmaceuticals (4.1%)
   
770,000
 
Endo Finance LLC & Endo Finco, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.00%, due 7/15/19
 
806,575
ñ
   
355,000
 
Endo Finance LLC & Endo Finco, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.25%, due 1/15/22
 
377,188
ñ
   
2,135,000
 
Endo Finance LLC & Endo Finco, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.38%, due 1/15/23
 
2,102,975
ñ
   
375,000
 
Endo Finance LLC/Endo Ltd./Endo Finco, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.00%, due 2/1/25
 
383,203
ñ
   
1,080,000
 
Jaguar Holding Co. II/Jaguar Merger Sub, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 9.50%, due 12/1/19
 
1,155,600
ñ
   
406,000
 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Int'l, Guaranteed Notes, 6.88%, due 12/1/18
 
420,616
ñ
   
4,700,000
 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Int'l, Guaranteed Notes, 6.38%, due 10/15/20
 
4,970,250
ñ
   
750,000
 
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Int'l, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.75%, due 8/15/18
 
797,812
ñ
         
11,014,219
 
Printing & Publishing (3.0%)
   
2,610,000
 
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Senior Unsecured Notes, 8.25%, due 3/15/19
 
3,014,550
 
   
1,755,000
 
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Senior Unsecured Notes, 7.63%, due 6/15/20
 
1,948,050
 
   
950,000
 
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Senior Unsecured Notes, 7.88%, due 3/15/21
 
1,054,500
 
   
285,000
 
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Senior Unsecured Notes, 7.00%, due 2/15/22
 
306,375
 
   
605,000
 
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.50%, due 11/15/23
 
620,125
 
   
1,155,000
 
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.00%, due 4/1/24
 
1,160,775
 
         
8,104,375
 
Real Estate Dev. & Mgt. (0.3%)
   
680,000
 
Realogy Group LLC, Senior Secured Notes, 7.63%, due 1/15/20
 
731,000
ñ
 
Recreation & Travel (0.4%)
   
535,000
 
Cedar Fair L.P./Canada's Wonderland Co./Magnum Management Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.25%, due 3/15/21
 
543,025
 
   
645,000
 
NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.25%, due 11/15/19
 
649,838
ñ
         
1,192,863
 
Software - Services (5.3%)
   
755,000
 
First Data Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 7.38%, due 6/15/19
 
791,806
ñ
   
1,520,000
 
First Data Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 11.25%, due 1/15/21
 
1,723,300
 
   
3,855,000
 
First Data Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 12.63%, due 1/15/21
 
4,572,994
 
   
648,000
 
First Data Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 10.63%, due 6/15/21
 
734,670
 
   
553,000
 
First Data Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 11.75%, due 8/15/21
 
637,332
 
   
302,000
 
Infor Software Parent LLC/Infor Software Parent, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.13% Cash/7.88% PIK, due 5/1/21
 
303,510
ñc
   
570,000
 
MSCI, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.25%, due 11/15/24
 
594,225
ñ
   
1,285,000
 
Sophia Holding Finance L.P./Sophia Holding Finance, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 9.63% Cash/10.38% PIK, due 12/1/18
 
1,285,000
ñc
   
1,660,000
 
Sophia, L.P., Guaranteed Notes, 9.75%, due 1/15/19
 
1,772,050
ñ
   
1,015,000
 
SunGard Data Systems, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.63%, due 11/15/20
 
1,082,244
 
   
810,000
 
Syniverse Holdings, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 9.13%, due 1/15/19
 
844,425
 
         
14,341,556
 
Specialty Retail (0.8%)
   
270,000
 
L Brands, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.63%, due 10/15/23
 
292,950
 
   
110,000
 
Michaels FinCo Holdings LLC/Michaels FinCo, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 7.50% Cash/8.25% PIK, due 8/1/18
 
112,475
ñc
   
1,685,000
 
Party City Holdings, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.88%, due 8/1/20
 
1,819,800
 
         
2,225,225
 
Steel Producers - Products (1.1%)
   
2,950,000
 
ArcelorMittal, Senior Unsecured Notes, 7.50%, due 10/15/39
 
3,053,250
 
 
Support - Services (5.6%)
   
330,000
 
ADT Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 2.25%, due 7/15/17
 
320,265
 
   
690,000
 
AECOM Technology Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.88%, due 10/15/24
 
720,188
ñ
   
245,000
 
APX Group, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 6.38%, due 12/1/19
 
233,363
 
   
3,260,000
 
APX Group, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.75%, due 12/1/20
 
2,656,900
 
   
730,000
 
Hertz Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 5.88%, due 10/15/20
 
740,950
 
   
845,000
 
IHS, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.00%, due 11/1/22
 
851,866
ñ
   
1,295,000
 
Iron Mountain, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.75%, due 10/1/19
 
1,384,031
 
   
116,000
 
Iron Mountain, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.38%, due 8/15/21
 
120,988
 
   
3,035,000
 
Iron Mountain, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.75%, due 8/15/24
 
3,088,112
 
   
1,710,000
 
ServiceMaster Co., Guaranteed Notes, 8.00%, due 2/15/20
 
1,808,325
ØØ
   
711,000
 
ServiceMaster Co., Guaranteed Notes, 7.00%, due 8/15/20
 
741,218
 
   
750,000
 
United Rental N.A., Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 7.38%, due 5/15/20
 
807,187
 
   
1,610,000
 
United Rental N.A., Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.25%, due 2/1/21
 
1,740,812
 
         
15,214,205
 
Tech Hardware & Equipment (0.4%)
   
280,000
 
CommScope Holding Co., Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.63% Cash/7.38% PIK, due 6/1/20
 
282,100
ñc
   
280,000
 
CommScope, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.00%, due 6/15/21
 
269,500
ñ
   
565,000
 
CommScope, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.50%, due 6/15/24
 
545,931
ñ
         
1,097,531
 
Telecom - Satellite (2.0%)
   
810,000
 
Hughes Satellite Systems Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 6.50%, due 6/15/19
 
865,687
 
   
1,085,000
 
Inmarsat Finance PLC, Guaranteed Notes, 4.88%, due 5/15/22
 
1,083,644
ñ
   
1,480,000
 
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Guaranteed Notes, 5.50%, due 8/1/23
 
1,461,500
 
   
1,225,000
 
Intelsat Luxembourg SA, Guaranteed Notes, 7.75%, due 6/1/21
 
1,214,281
 
   
875,000
 
Intelsat Luxembourg SA, Guaranteed Notes, 8.13%, due 6/1/23
 
884,844
 
         
5,509,956
 
Telecom - Wireless (7.6%)
   
813,000
 
Crown Castle Int'l Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 4.88%, due 4/15/22
 
823,569
 
   
180,000
 
MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.63%, due 11/15/20
 
187,155
 
   
455,000
 
SBA Telecommunications, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.75%, due 7/15/20
 
469,788
 
   
2,355,000
 
Sprint Capital Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 6.88%, due 11/15/28
 
2,163,656
ØØ
   
2,662,000
 
Sprint Capital Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 8.75%, due 3/15/32
 
2,721,895
 
   
2,185,000
 
Sprint Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 7.88%, due 9/15/23
 
2,215,044
 
   
1,640,000
 
Sprint Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 7.13%, due 6/15/24
 
1,594,900
 
   
475,000
 
Sprint Nextel Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 9.00%, due 11/15/18
 
547,438
ñ
   
1,945,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.54%, due 4/28/20
 
2,014,903
 
   
1,120,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.63%, due 4/28/21
 
1,162,840
 
   
850,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.13%, due 1/15/22
 
874,437
 
   
605,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.73%, due 4/28/22
 
627,687
 
   
1,055,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.00%, due 3/1/23
 
1,078,737
 
   
295,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.84%, due 4/28/23
 
307,538
 
   
475,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.50%, due 1/15/24
 
492,813
 
   
555,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 6.38%, due 3/1/25
 
569,569
 
   
2,660,000
 
Wind Acquisition Finance SA, Senior Secured Notes, 4.75%, due 7/15/20
 
2,580,200
ñ
         
20,432,169
 
Telecom - Wireline Integrated (6.9%)
   
485,000
 
CenturyLink, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, Ser. W, 6.75%, due 12/1/23
 
540,775
 
   
3,900,000
 
CenturyLink, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, Ser. P, 7.60%, due 9/15/39
 
3,939,000
 
   
3,194,000
 
Citizens Communications Co., Senior Unsecured Notes, 9.00%, due 8/15/31
 
3,449,520
ØØ
   
1,419,000
 
Embarq Corp., Senior Unsecured Notes, 8.00%, due 6/1/36
 
1,638,945
 
   
1,590,000
 
Level 3 Financing, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 8.63%, due 7/15/20
 
1,731,113
 
   
1,825,000
 
Telecom Italia Capital SA, Guaranteed Notes, 6.00%, due 9/30/34
 
1,875,188
 
   
655,000
 
Telecom Italia SpA, Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.30%, due 5/30/24
 
681,200
ñ
   
2,619,000
 
U.S. West Communications Group, Senior Unsecured Notes, 6.88%, due 9/15/33
 
2,642,149
 
   
425,000
 
Windstream Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 7.75%, due 10/1/21
 
431,375
 
   
1,735,000
 
Windstream Corp., Guaranteed Notes, 7.50%, due 6/1/22
 
1,741,506
 
           
18,670,771
 
Theaters & Entertainment (1.1%)
   
1,829,000
 
Activision Blizzard, Inc., Guaranteed Notes, 5.63%, due 9/15/21
 
1,959,316
ñ
   
1,047,000
 
Regal Entertainment Group, Senior Unsecured Notes, 5.75%, due 3/15/22
 
1,040,456
 
           
2,999,772
 
       
Total Corporate Debt Securities (Cost $368,090,567)
 
364,322,123
 
               
NUMBER OF SHARES
               
Short-Term Investments (3.2%)
   
8,574,899
 
State Street Institutional Liquid Reserves Fund Premier Class
(Cost $8,574,899)
 
8,574,899
 
               
       
Total Investments (143.7%) (Cost $391,983,355)
 
388,008,031
##
               
       
Liabilities, less cash, receivables and other assets [(30.7%)]
 
(83,038,914)
±
               
       
Liquidation Value of Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares [(13.0%)]
 
(35,000,000)
 
               
       
Total Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders (100.0%)
 
$269,969,117
 
 
See Notes to Schedule of Investments

January 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

Notes to Schedule of Investments

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 820 "Fair Value Measurement" ("ASC 820"), all investments held by Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund Inc. (the "Fund") are carried at the value that Neuberger Berman Management LLC ("Management") believes the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment under current market conditions. Various inputs, including the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability in the market, are considered in valuing the Fund's investments, some of which are discussed below. Significant management judgment may be necessary to value investments in accordance with ASC 820.

ASC 820 established a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to create a classification of value measurements for disclosure purposes. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

·
Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
·
Level 2 – other observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, amortized cost, etc.)
·
Level 3 – unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing an investment are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The value of the Fund's investments in debt securities is determined by Management primarily by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services based on readily available bid quotations, or if quotations are not available, by methods which include various considerations based on security type (generally Level 2 inputs). In addition to the consideration of yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type, indications as to values from dealers, and general market conditions, the following is a description of other Level 2 inputs and related valuation techniques used by an independent pricing service to value certain types of debt securities held by the Fund:

Corporate Debt Securities. Inputs used to value corporate debt securities generally include relative credit information, observed market movements, sector news, spread to the U.S. Treasury market, and other market information which may include benchmark yields, reported trades, broker-dealer quotes, issuer spreads, benchmark securities, bids, offers, and reference data, such as market research publications, when available ("Other Market Information").

High Yield Securities. Inputs used to value high yield securities generally include a number of observations of equity and credit default swap curves related to the issuer and Other Market Information.

The value of bank loan obligations is determined by Management primarily by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services based on broker quotes (generally Level 2 or Level 3 inputs depending on the number of quotes available).

The value of the Fund's investments in interest rate swap contracts is determined by Management primarily by obtaining valuations from independent pricing services based on references to the underlying rates including the overnight index swap rate and London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") forward rate to produce the daily settlement price (generally Level 2 inputs).

Management has developed a process to periodically review information provided by independent pricing services for all types of securities.

Investments in investment companies are valued using the respective fund's daily calculated net asset value per share (Level 2 inputs).

If a valuation is not available from an independent pricing service, or if Management has reason to believe that the valuation received does not represent the amount the Fund might reasonably expect to receive on a current sale in an orderly transaction, Management seeks to obtain quotations from brokers or dealers (generally considered Level 2 or Level 3 inputs depending on the number of quotes available). If such quotations are not readily available, the security is valued using methods the Fund's Board of Directors (the "Board") has approved in the good-faith belief that the resulting valuation will reflect the fair value of the security. Numerous factors may be considered when determining the fair value of a security based on Level 2 or Level 3 inputs, including available analyst, media or other reports, trading in futures or American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and whether the issuer of the security being fair valued has other securities outstanding.
 
For information on the Fund's significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent shareholder reports.


Fair value prices are necessarily estimates, and there is no assurance that such a price will be at or close to the price at which the security is next quoted or next trades.

The following is a summary, categorized by Level, of inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of January 31, 2015:
Asset Valuation Inputs
 
Investments:
 
Level 1
 
 
 
Level 2
 
Level 3§
 
Total
Bank Loan Obligations^
$
$
15,111,009
$
$
15,111,009
Corporate Debt Securities^
 
 
364,322,123
 
 
364,322,123
Short-Term Investments
 
 
8,574,899
 
 
8,574,899
Total Investments
$
$
388,008,031
$
$
388,008,031

^ The Schedule of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for the portfolio.

§ The following is a reconciliation between the beginning and ending balances of investments in which unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

 
 
 
 
 
Beginning
balance, as
of 11/1/14
 
 
 
 
Accrued
discounts/
(premiums)
 
 
 
 
 
Realized
gain/(loss)
 
 
 
Change in
unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchases
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales
 
 
 
 
 
Transfers in
to Level 3
 
 
 
 
 
Transfers out
of Level 3
 
 
 
 
 
Balance as of
1/31/15
Net change in
unrealized
appreciation/
(depreciation)
from
investments still
held as of 1/31/15
Investments
in Securities
                   
Bank Loan
Obligations
                   
Lodging &
Casinos
$1,763,397
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$(1,763,397)
$-
$-
Total
$1,763,397
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$-
$(1,763,397)
$-
$-

As of the period ended January 31, 2015, certain securities were transferred from one level (as of October 31, 2014) to another. Based on beginning of period market values as of October 31, 2014, $1,763,397 was transferred from Level 3 to Level 2, as a result of an increase in the number of observable inputs that were readily available to the independent pricing service. As of the period ended January 31, 2015 the Fund had no transfers between Levels 1 and 2.

The following is a summary, categorized by Level, of inputs used to value the Fund's derivatives as of January 31, 2015:

Liability Valuation Inputs

   
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Over the counter interest rate swap
contracts
 
$-
 
$(1,197,394)
 
$-
 
$(1,197,394)
Open centrally cleared interest rate
swap contracts
 
-
 
(322,572)
 
-
 
(322,572)
Total
 
$-
 
$(1,519,966)
 
$-
 
$(1,519,966)

## At January 31, 2015, the cost of investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes was $391,983,735. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $8,619,477 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $12,595,181, resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $3,975,704 based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

ñ Securities were purchased under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), or are private placements and, unless registered under the 1933 Act or exempted from registration, may only be sold to qualified institutional investors. These securities have been deemed by the investment manager to be liquid. At January 31, 2015, these securities amounted to $79,680,762 or 29.5% of net assets applicable to common shareholders.

ØØ All or a portion of this security is segregated in connection with obligations for interest rate swap contracts and delayed delivery purchase commitments. In addition, the Fund had deposited $1,720,056 in a segregated account for interest rate swap contracts.
 
 
For information on the Fund's significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent shareholder reports.

µ Floating rate securities are securities whose yields vary with a designated market index or market rate. These securities are shown at their current rates as of January 31, 2015, and their final maturity dates.

c Payment-in-kind (PIK) security for which part of the income earned may be paid as additional principal.
 
¢ All or a portion of this security was purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
 
^^ All or a portion of this security has not settled as of January 31, 2015 and thus does not have an interest rate in effect. Interest rates do not take effect until settlement.

± At January 31, 2015, the Fund had outstanding over the counter interest rate swap contracts as follows:
     
Rate Type
     
 
 
Swap
Counterparty
 
 
Notional
Amount
 
 
 
Termination Date
 
Fixed-rate
 
Variable-rate
Payments
Received/(Paid)
by the Fund
Accrued Net
Interest
Receivable
(Payable)
 
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
 
 
Total Fair Value
Citibank, N.A.
$25,000,000
March 18, 2015
1.677%
 
.243%(1)
$(147,355)
$(48,035)
$(195,390)
Citibank, N.A.
25,000,000
August 9, 2015
1.120%
 
.232%(2)
(118,873)
(111,377)
(230,250)
Citibank, N.A.
50,000,000
December 7, 2015
1.883%
 
.235%(3)
(120,687)
(651,067)
(771,754)
           
$(386,915)
$(810,479)
$(1,197,394)

(1) 90 day LIBOR at December 16, 2014.

(2) 90 day LIBOR at November 6, 2014.

(3) 90 day LIBOR at December 4, 2014.

At January 31, 2015, the Fund had outstanding centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts as follows:
 
     
Rate Type
     
 
 
Swap Counterparty
 
 
Notional
Amount(1)
 
 
 
Termination Date
 
Fixed-rate
 
Variable-rate
Payments
Received/(Paid)
by the Fund
Accrued Net
Interest
Receivable
(Payable)
 
Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
 
 
 
Total Fair Value
CME Group, Inc.
$25,000,000
May 14, 2018
1.371%
 
.233%(1)
$(62,075)
$(260,497)
$(322,572)

(1) 90 day LIBOR at November 10, 2014.

For information on the Fund's significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent shareholder reports.


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
(a) Based on an evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("1940 Act")), as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document, the Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of the Registrant have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are effectively designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR and Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(b) There were no significant changes in the Registrant's internal controls 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 reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3. Exhibits.
The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) of the 1940 Act are filed herewith.

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.
Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund Inc.
 
By:
 /s/ Robert Conti
 
Robert Conti
 
Chief Executive Officer and President
 
Date: March 31, 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/ Robert Conti
 
Robert Conti
 
Chief Executive Officer and President
 
Date: March 31, 2015

By:
 /s/ John M. McGovern
 
John M. McGovern
 
Treasurer and Principal Financial
 
and Accounting Officer

Date: March 31, 2015