Swank Capital and Cushing® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of The Cushing® 30 MLP Index

Swank Capital and Cushing^® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of The Cushing^® 30 MLP Index

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Dallas, Texas (June 13, 2014) Swank Capital, LLC and Cushing^® Asset Management, LP announced today upcoming changes to the constituents of The Cushing^® 30 MLP Index (the “Index”) as part of normal index operations. After the markets close on June 20, 2014, the 30 members of the Index will be adjusted and rebalanced to equal weights and the changes below will become effective on June 23, 2014.

Cushing^® 30 MLP Index constituents (effective June 23, 2014):
Company Name	Ticker	Index Weight	Status
Access Midstream Partners, L.P.	ACMP	3.33%	Existing
Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.	APL	3.33%	Existing
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.	APU	3.33%	Existing
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.	ARLP	3.33%	Existing
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP	CMLP	3.33%	New
DCP Midstream Partners, L.P.	DPM	3.33%	New
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.	EEP	3.33%	Existing
EnLink Midstream, LLC	ENLC	3.33%	Existing
EnLink Midstream Partners, LP	ENLK	3.33%	Existing
El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P.	EPB	3.33%	Existing
Enterprise Products Partners, L.P.	EPD	3.33%	Existing
EQT Midstream Partners, LP	EQM	3.33%	New
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.	ETE	3.33%	Existing
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.	ETP	3.33%	Existing
Kinder Morgan, Inc.	KMI	3.33%	Existing
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.	KMP	3.33%	Existing
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.	MMP	3.33%	Existing
NGL Energy Partners LP	NGL	3.33%	New
Targa Resources Partners, L.P.	NGLS	3.33%	Existing
ONEOK Partners, L.P.	OKS	3.33%	Existing
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.	PAA	3.33%	Existing
Plains GP Holdings, L.P.	PAGP	3.33%	Existing
Phillips 66 Partners LP	PSXP	3.33%	New
Regency Energy Partners, L.P.	RGP	3.33%	New
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.	SPH	3.33%	New
Sunoco Logistics Partners, L.P.	SXL	3.33%	Existing
Tesoro Logistics LP	TLLP	3.33%	Existing
Targa Resources Corp.	TRGP	3.33%	Existing
Western Gas Partners, L.P.	WES	3.33%	Existing
Williams Partners, L.P.	WPZ	3.33%	Existing

Constituents removed, effective June 23, 2014:
Company Name	Ticker
Alliance Holdings GP. L.P.	AHGP
Buckeye Partners, L.P.	BPL
Crestwood Equity Partners LP	CEQP
Genesis Energy, L.P.	GEL
MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P.	MWE
NuStar GP Holdings, LLC	NSH
Spectra Energy Partners, LP	SEP

ABOUT THE CUSHING^® MLP INDEX

The Cushing^®30 MLP Index tracks the performance of 30 publicly traded MLP securities that hold midstream energy infrastructure assets in North America, chosen according to a proprietary fundamental scoring model developed by Cushing^® Asset Management, LP to rank MLPs for potential inclusion in the Index. The Index price level is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices and reported on a real-time basis under the Bloomberg ticker “MLPX”.

ABOUT SWANK CAPITAL AND CUSHING^® ASSET MANAGEMENT

Cushing^® Asset Management, LP (“Cushing“), a subsidiary of Swank Capital, LLC, is an SEC-registered investment adviser headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Cushing serves as investment adviser to affiliated funds and managed accounts which invest primarily in securities of MLPs and other natural resource companies.

Cushing is also dedicated to serving the needs of MLP and energy income investors by sponsoring a variety of industry benchmarks, including The Cushing^®MLP Market Cap Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CMCI), The Cushing^® MLP High Income Index (Bloomberg Ticker: MLPY) and The Cushing^® Upstream Energy Income Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CRTY). For more information, please visit www.swankcapital.com/the-cushing-indices.

The Cushing® 30 MLP Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Cushing Asset Management, LP, which has contracted with S&P Opco, LLC (a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC) (“S&P Dow Jones Indices”) to calculate and maintain the Index. S&P® is a registered trademark of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“SPFS”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”); and, these trademarks have been licensed to S&P Dow Jones Indices. “Calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices” and its related stylized mark(s) have been licensed for use by Cushing Asset Management, LP. Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices, SPFS, Dow Jones nor any of their affiliates sponsor and promote the Index and none shall be liable for any errors or omissions in calculating the Index.

SOURCE Cushing Asset Management, LP; Swank Capital, LLC