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

Dallas, Texas (December 12, 2014)   Swank Capital, LLC and Cushing® Asset Management, LP announce today upcoming rebalance of the constituent weights of The Cushing® 30 MLP Index (the “Index”) as part of normal index operations. After the markets close on December 19, 2014, the 30 members of the Index will be rebalanced to equal weights and the changes below will become effective on December 22, 2014.

Cushing® 30 MLP Index constituents (effective December 22, 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% Existing
DCP Midstream Partners, L.P. DPM 3.33% Existing
Enbridge Energy Partners,  L.P. EEP 3.33% Existing
EnLink Midstream, LLC ENLC 3.33% Existing
EnLink Midstream Partners, LP ENLK 3.33% Existing
Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. EPD 3.33% Existing
EQT Midstream Partners, LP EQM 3.33% Existing
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. ETE 3.33% Existing
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. ETP 3.33% Existing
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. MMP 3.33% Existing
MPLX LP MPLX 3.33% Existing
MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. MWE 3.33% Existing
NGL Energy Partners LP NGL 3.33% Existing
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% Existing
Regency Energy Partners, L.P. RGP 3.33% Existing
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. SPH 3.33% Existing
Sunoco LP SUN 3.33% Existing
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

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 visitwww.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