Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund

Miller/Howard High Income Equity Fund (the Fund) is a closed-end, diversified management investment company. The Fund's primary objective is to provide high current income with capital appreciation. The Fund invests, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets in dividend or distribution paying equity securities of United States companies and non- United States companies traded on United States exchanges. The Fund may invest in equity securities including common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible securities, warrants, depository receipts and equity interests in trust and other entities. The Fund may also invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities of master limited partnerships (MLPs). The Fund invests in various sectors, which include oil and gas extraction, insurance carriers, natural gas transmission, real estate investment trusts, petroleum refining, eating places, and others. The Fund’s investment advisor is Miller/Howard Investments, Inc.