Swank Capital and Cushing^® Asset Management Announce Constituent Changes to the Cushing^® MLP High Income Index

Dallas, Texas (April 26, 2016) Swank Capital, LLC and Cushing^® Asset Management, LP announce an upcoming interim change to the constituents of The Cushing^® MLP High Income Index (the “Index”). Per the Index’s methodology guide, a constituent change due to a distribution cut will take place on the earlier of the distribution ex-date or the last trading day of the current month. On April 26, 2016, both Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) and Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. (NASDAQ: AHGP) announced distribution cuts. As a result of the announcements, after the market closes on April 29, 2016, (the last trading day of the current month) and effective on May 2, 2016, TC PipeLines, LP (NYSE: TCP) and MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX) will replace ARLP and AHGP, respectively.

These constituent changes are in addition to the constituent changes previously announced on April 22, 2016, in which Buckeye Partners, L.P. (NYSE: BPL), Tesoro Logistics LP (NYSE: TLLP) and Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: TEP) will replace Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: CLMT), Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE: CEQP) and NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NGL), respectively, as constituents after the market closes on April 29, 2016, and effective on May 2, 2016. The following table summarizes the upcoming constituent changes to the Index:

Cushing^® MLP High Income Index changes, effective May 2, 2016:

Each replacement constituent will be added at the then-current weight of the corresponding removed constituent. There will be no changes to the remaining constituents of the Index.

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:
Judson Redmond
214-692-6334
www.cushingasset.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.