Swank Capital and Cushing® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of the Cushing® MLP High Income Index

Swank Capital and Cushing^® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of the Cushing^® MLP High Income Index

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Dallas, Texas (April 2, 2015) Swank Capital, LLC and Cushing® Asset Management, LP announce today upcoming rebalancing of The Cushing® MLP High Income Index (the “Index”) as part of normal index operations. After the markets close on April 10, 2015, the 30 members of the Index will be rebalanced, and the following changes will become effective on April 13, 2015.

Cushing® MLP High Income Index constituents, effective April 13, 2015:

Company Name	Ticker	Tier	Index Weight	Prior Tier
Memorial Production Partners LP	MEMP	1	5.0%	1
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P.	CLMT	1	5.0%	1
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP	CMLP	1	5.0%	2
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P.	TOO	1	5.0%	1
NGL Energy Partners LP	NGL	1	5.0%	1
Crestwood Equity Partners LP	CEQP	1	5.0%	2
Regency Energy Partners, L.P.	RGP	1	5.0%	2
DCP Midstream Partners, L.P.	DPM	1	5.0%	3
Golar LNG Partners LP	GMLP	1	5.0%	3
Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.	FGP	1	5.0%	1
Legacy Reserves LP	LGCY	2	3.5%	2
Natural Resource Partners, L.P.	NRP	2	3.5%	New
Seadrill Partners LLC	SDLP	2	3.5%	2
Navios Maritime Partners L.P.	NMM	2	3.5%	2
Capital Product Partners L.P.	CPLP	2	3.5%	2
Martin Midstream Partners L.P.	MMLP	2	3.5%	1
Exterran Partners, L.P.	EXLP	2	3.5%	1
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.	ARLP	2	3.5%	New
ONEOK Partners, L.P.	OKS	2	3.5%	3
Transocean Partners LLC	RIGP	3	1.5%	New
SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P.	SXCP	3	1.5%	New
CSI Compressco LP	CCLP	3	1.5%	3
Foresight Energy LP	FELP	3	1.5%	3
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P.	SPH	3	1.5%	2
Hi-Crush Partners LP	HCLP	3	1.5%	1
Global Partners LP	GLP	3	1.5%	3
Teekay LNG Partners L.P.	TGP	3	1.5%	1
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.	APU	3	1.5%	3
NuStar Energy, L.P.	NS	3	1.5%	3

Constituents removed, effective April 13, 2015:

Company Name	Ticker
Williams Partners, L.P.	WPZ
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.	ETP
USA Compression Partners, LP	USAC
Holly Energy Partners, L.P.	HEP

ABOUT THE CUSHING® MLP HIGH INCOME INDEX

The Cushing® MLP High Income Index provides a benchmark that is designed to track the performance of 30 publicly traded energy and shipping master limited partnership (MLP) securities with an emphasis on current yield. The securities are chosen for inclusion according to a three-tier proprietary weighting system developed by Cushing® Asset Management, LP. The Cushing® MLP High Income Index is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices and reported on a real-time basis under the Bloomberg ticker “MLPY”.

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® 30 MLP Index (Bloomberg Ticker: MLPX), The Cushing® MLP Market Cap Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CMCI) and The Cushing® Upstream Energy Income Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CRTY). For more information, please visit www.swankcapital.com/the-cushing-indices.

For additional information contact:
Gavin Worthy
214-692-6334
www.swankcapital.com

Source: Cushing^® Asset Management, LP and Swank Capital, LLC

The Cushing® MLP High Income 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 maintain and calculate 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 S&P nor any of their affiliates sponsor and promote the Index and none shall be liable for any errors or omissions in calculating the Index.