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See Notes to Schedule of Investments

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July 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

Notes to Schedule of Investments

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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 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 non-exchange traded 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.

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 July 31, 2015:

^	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 significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

Securities categorized as Level 3 are valued based on a single quotation obtained from a dealer. The Fund does not have access to unobservable inputs and therefore cannot disclose inputs used in formulating such quotation.

As of the period ended July 31, 2015, no securities were transferred from one level (as of October 31, 2014) to another.

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

Asset Valuation Inputs

Liability Valuation Inputs

 

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At July 31, 2015, the cost of investments for U.S. federal income tax purposes was $410,173,980. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $7,040,098 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $22,095,720, resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $15,055,622 based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

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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 July 31, 2015, these securities amounted to $108,686,901 or 41.7% of net assets applicable to common shareholders.

Ñ	These securities have been deemed by the investment manager to be illiquid. At July 31, 2015 these securities amounted to $15,767,177 or 6.0% of net assets applicable to common stockholders.

ØØ	All or a portion of this security is segregated in connection with interest rate swap contracts and/or delayed delivery purchase commitments. In addition, the Fund had deposited $1,197,263 in a segregated account for interest rate swap contracts.

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 July 31, 2015, and at their final maturities.

 

c	Payment-in-kind (PIK) security for which part of the income earned may be paid as additional principal.

f	Value of the security was determined using methods the Board has approved in the good-faith belief the resulting valuation will reflect the fair value of the security.

‡	Security had an event of default.

 

¢	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 July 31, 2015 and thus does not have an interest rate in effect. Interest rates do not take effect until settlement.

±	At July 31, 2015, the Fund had outstanding over the counter interest rate swap contracts as follows:

(1)  90 day LIBOR at May 7, 2015.

(2)  90 day LIBOR at June 4, 2015.

 

 

 

(1)	90 day LIBOR at May 12, 2015.

(2)	90 day LIBOR at July 15, 2015.

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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 1940 Act), as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the Chief Executive Officer and President and the 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-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.