Swank Capital and Cushing® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of The Cushing® Energy Supply Chain Index

Swank Capital and Cushing® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of The Cushing® Energy Supply Chain Index

DALLAS, March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Swank Capital, LLC, and Cushing(®) Asset Management, LP, announce today the upcoming rebalancing of The Cushing(®) Energy Supply Chain Index (the "Index") as part of normal index operations. After the markets close on March 29, 2018, the constituents of the Index will be rebalanced, and the following changes will become effective on April 2, 2018:

Cushing(®) Energy Supply Chain Index constituents, effective April 2, 2018:

                                             Company Name Ticker Index Weight        Status
                                             ------------ ------ ------------        ------

    LyondellBasell Industries N.V.                          LYB               3.58% Existing
    ------------------------------                          ---                ----  --------

    International Paper Company                             IP                3.43% Existing
    ---------------------------                             ---                ----  --------

    ONEOK, Inc.                                             OKE               3.41% Existing
    -----------                                             ---                ----  --------

    The Williams Companies, Inc.                            WMB               3.31% Existing
    ----------------------------                            ---                ----  --------

    Occidental Petroleum Corporation                        OXY               3.07% Existing
    --------------------------------                        ---                ----  --------

    CF Industries Holdings, Inc.                            CF                3.04% Existing
    ----------------------------                            ---                ----  --------

    Helmerich & Payne, Inc.                                 HP                2.73% Existing
    -----------------------                                 ---                ----  --------

    Exxon Mobil Corporation                                 XOM               2.66% Existing
    -----------------------                                 ---                ----  --------

    WestRock Company                                        WRK               2.56% Existing
    ----------------                                        ---                ----  --------

    Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.                        APD               2.55% Existing
    --------------------------------                        ---                ----  --------

    Chevron Corporation                                     CVX               2.50% Existing
    -------------------                                     ---                ----  --------

    Nucor Corporation                                       NUE               2.28% Existing
    -----------------                                       ---                ----  --------

    DowDuPont Inc.                                         DWDP               2.20% Existing
    --------------                                         ----                ----  --------

    Valero Energy Corporation                               VLO               2.16% Existing
    -------------------------                               ---                ----  --------

    Praxair, Inc.                                           PX                2.11% Existing
    -------------                                           ---                ----  --------

    Packaging Corporation of America                        PKG               2.08% Existing
    --------------------------------                        ---                ----  --------

    Kinder Morgan, Inc.                                     KMI               2.04% Existing
    -------------------                                     ---                ----  --------

    Eastman Chemical Company                                EMN               2.03% Existing
    ------------------------                                ---                ----  --------

    Alliance Holdings GP, L.P.                             AHGP               2.00%   NEW
    --------------------------                             ----                ----    ---

    Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.                       ARLP               2.00% Existing
    --------------------------------                       ----                ----  --------

    EnLink Midstream Partners, LP                          ENLK               2.00% Existing
    -----------------------------                          ----                ----  --------

    Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP                           TEP               2.00% Existing
    -----------------------------                           ---                ----  --------

    DCP Midstream, LP                                       DCP               2.00% Existing
    -----------------                                       ---                ----  --------

    Andeavor Logistics LP                                  ANDX               2.00% Existing
    ---------------------                                  ----                ----  --------

    Spectra Energy Partners, LP                             SEP               2.00% Existing
    ---------------------------                             ---                ----  --------

    Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.                            ETE               2.00% Existing
    ----------------------------                            ---                ----  --------

    Western Gas Partners, L.P.                              WES               2.00% Existing
    --------------------------                              ---                ----  --------

    Tallgrass Energy GP, LP                                TEGP               2.00%   NEW
    -----------------------                                ----                ----    ---

    MPLX LP                                                MPLX               2.00%   NEW
    -------                                                ----                ----    ---

    Sunoco LP                                               SUN               2.00%   NEW
    ---------                                               ---                ----    ---

    Schlumberger N.V. (Schlumberger Limited)                SLB               1.95% Existing
    ---------------------------------------                 ---                ----  --------

    International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.                 IFF               1.95% Existing
    ---------------------------------------                 ---                ----  --------

    Phillips 66                                             PSX               1.88% Existing
    -----------                                             ---                ----  --------

    Apache Corporation                                      APA               1.76% Existing
    ------------------                                      ---                ----  --------

    Monsanto Company                                        MON               1.75% Existing
    ----------------                                        ---                ----  --------

    Marathon Petroleum Corporation                          MPC               1.64% Existing
    ------------------------------                          ---                ----  --------

    Avery Dennison Corporation                              AVY               1.56% Existing
    --------------------------                              ---                ----  --------

    Baker Hughes, A GE Company                             BHGE               1.54% Existing
    --------------------------                             ----                ----  --------

    PPG Industries, Inc.                                    PPG               1.52% Existing
    --------------------                                    ---                ----  --------

    Andeavor                                               ANDV               1.50% Existing
    --------                                               ----                ----  --------

    Newmont Mining Corporation                              NEM               1.44%   NEW
    --------------------------                              ---                ----    ---

    Sealed Air Corporation                                  SEE               1.41% Existing
    ----------------------                                  ---                ----  --------

    Albemarle Corporation                                   ALB               1.35% Existing
    ---------------------                                   ---                ----  --------

    ConocoPhillips                                          COP               1.33% Existing
    --------------                                          ---                ----  --------

    Hess Corporation                                        HES               1.31% Existing
    ----------------                                        ---                ----  --------

    Ecolab Inc.                                             ECL               1.16% Existing
    -----------                                             ---                ----  --------

    TechnicFMC plc                                          FTI               1.11% Existing
    --------------                                          ---                ----  --------

    Anadarko Petroleum Corporation                          APC               1.09%   NEW
    ------------------------------                          ---                ----    ---

    Halliburton Company                                     HAL               1.01% Existing
    -------------------                                     ---                ----  --------

Constituents removed, effective April 2, 2018:

    Company Name                                            Ticker
    ------------                                            ------

    Ball Corporation                                                BLL
    ----------------                                                ---

    Buckeye Partners, L.P.                                          BPL
    ----------------------                                          ---

    CNX Midstream Partners LP                                      CNXM
    -------------------------                                      ----

                         Enterprise Products Partners, L.P.         EPD
                         ----------------------------------         ---

    Summit Midstream Partners, LP                                  SMLP
    -----------------------------                                  ----

ABOUT THE CUSHING(®) ENERGY SUPPLY CHAIN INDEX

The Cushing(® )Energy Supply Chain Index tracks the performance of widely held companies engaged in exploration and production, refining and marketing, or storage and transportation of oil, natural gas, coal and consumable fuels; oil and natural gas equipment and services companies; and companies that extract and/or manufacture materials. Constituents of the Index are weighted based on current yield. The Index price level is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices and reported on a real-time basis under the Bloomberg ticker "CSCI".

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 investors by sponsoring a variety of benchmarks, including The Cushing(® )30 MLP Index (Bloomberg Ticker: MLPX), The Cushing(® )30 MLP Market Cap Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CMCI), The Cushing(®) MLP High Income Index (Bloomberg Ticker: MLPY), The Cushing(®) Energy Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CENI), The Cushing(®) Transportation Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CTRI) and The Cushing(®) Utility Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CUTI). For more information, please visit http://www.cushingasset.com/indices.

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

The Cushing(®) Energy Supply Chain Index (the "Index") is the exclusive property of Swank Capital, LLC, and Cushing Asset Management, LP, which have 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.

CUSH-CSCI

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