Swank Capital and Cushing® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of The Cushing® Upstream Energy Income Index

Swank Capital and Cushing^® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of The Cushing^® Upstream Energy Income Index

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Dallas, Texas (June 26, 2015) Swank Capital, LLC and Cushing® Asset Management, LP announce today the upcoming rebalancing of The Cushing® Upstream Energy Income Index (the “Index”) as part of normal index operations. After the markets close on July 2, 2015, the 25 constituents of the Index will be rebalanced, and the following changes will become effective on July 6, 2015.

Cushing® Upstream Energy Index constituents, effective July 6, 2015:

ExistingCompany Name	Ticker	Index Weight	Status
BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P.	BBEP	7.50%	Existing
Black Stone Minerals, L.P.	BSM	7.50%	NEW
Linn Energy, LLC	LINE	7.50%	Existing
Memorial Production Partners LP	MEMP	7.50%	Existing
Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC	VNR	7.50%	Existing
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust	BPT	7.50%	Existing
Legacy Reserves LP	LGCY	5.54%	Existing
Sabine Royalty Trust	SBR	5.37%	Existing
EV Energy Partners, L.P.	EVEP	5.31%	Existing
Dorchester Minerals LP	DMLP	5.31%	Existing
Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.	ARP	4.64%	Existing
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust	SJT	4.37%	Existing
Permian Basin Royalty Trust	PBT	3.64%	Existing
SandRidge Permian Trust	PER	3.60%	Existing
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust	CHKR	3.37%	Existing
Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P.	EROC	2.35%	Existing
LRR Energy, L.P.	LRE	1.68%	Existing
SandRidge Mississippian Trust II	SDR	1.65%	Existing
Hugoton Royalty Trust	HGT	1.40%	Existing
MV Oil Trust	MVO	1.23%	Existing
Mid-Con Energy Partners, LP	MCEP	1.21%	Existing
Pacific Coast Oil Trust	ROYT	1.19%	Existing
SandRidge Mississippian Trust I	SDT	1.16%	Existing
Enduro Royalty Trust	NDRO	1.01%	Existing
VOC Energy Trust	VOC	0.97%	NEW

Constituents removed, effective July 6, 2015:

Company Name	Ticker
Cross Timbers Royalty Trust	CRT
Whiting USA Trust II	WHZ

ABOUT THE CUSHING® UPSTREAM ENERGY INCOME INDEX

The Index is designed to track the performance of publicly traded U.S. royalty trusts and upstream exploration and production (“Upstream”) energy master limited partnerships (“MLPs”). The Index is currently comprised of 25 U.S. royalty trusts and Upstream MLPs, weighted on a float-adjusted market capitalization basis with the weight of each constituent capped at 7.5% at rebalance. The Index price level is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices while the constituents are selected from the entire universe of publicly traded U.S. royalty trusts and Upstream MLPs. The Index is quoted under the Bloomberg ticker “CRTY” as well as on a total-return basis, using end of day pricing, under the ticker “CRTYTR”. For more information about the Index, please visit: www.swankcapital.com/the-cushing-indices.

ABOUT SWANK CAPITAL AND CUSHING® MLP 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® 30 MLP Index (Bloomberg Ticker: MLPX). For more information, please visit www.swankcapital.com/the-cushing-indices.

Contact:
Gavin Worthy
214-692-6334
www.swankcapital.com

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

The Cushing® Upstream Energy 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.