Swank Capital and Cushing® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of The Cushing® Utility Index

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

Cushing(®) Utility Index constituents, effective July 2, 2018:

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

    SCANA Corporation                                     SCG               4.78% Existing
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    PPL Corporation                                       PPL               4.38% Existing
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    The Southern Company                                  SO                3.89% Existing
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    Dominion Energy, Inc.                                  D                3.67% Existing
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    Duke Energy Corporation                               DUK               3.41% Existing
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    Entergy Corporation                                   ETR               3.24% Existing
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    CenterPoint Energy, Inc.                              CNP               3.08% Existing
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    FirstEnergy Corp.                                     FE                3.01% Existing
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    The AES Corporation                                   AES               2.93% Existing
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    Edison International                                  EIX               2.92% Existing
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    Consolidated Edison, Inc.                             ED                2.78% Existing
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    American Electric Power Company, Inc.                 AEP               2.70% Existing
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    Eversource Energy                                     ES                2.64% Existing
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    Pinnacle West Capital Corporation                     PNW               2.62% Existing
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    WEC Energy Group, Inc.                                WEC               2.61% Existing
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    DTE Energy Company                                    DTE               2.59% Existing
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    Xcel Energy Inc.                                      XEL               2.53% Existing
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    Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.                  PEG               2.47% Existing
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    Exelon Corporation                                    EXC               2.41% Existing
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    Alliant Energy Corporation                            LNT               2.38% Existing
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    Sempra Energy                                         SRE               2.32% Existing
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    CMS Energy Corporation                                CMS               2.31% Existing
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    NiSource Inc.                                         NI                2.30% Existing
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    Ameren Corporation                                    AEE               2.29% Existing
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    Evergy, Inc.                                         EVRG               2.15%    NEW
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    Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.                     ARLP               2.00% Existing
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    EnLink Midstream Partners, LP                        ENLK               2.00% Existing
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    Dominion Energy Midstream Partners, LP                DM                2.00% Existing
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    Andeavor Logistics LP                                ANDX               2.00% Existing
    ---------------------                                ----                ----  --------

    DCP Midstream, LP                                     DCP               2.00% Existing
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    Western Gas Partners, L.P.                            WES               2.00% Existing
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    Crestwood Equity Partners LP                         CEQP               2.00% Existing
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    EQT Midstream Partners, LP                            EQM               2.00% Existing
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    Enable Midstream Partners, LP                        ENBL               2.00% Existing
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    Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.                          ETE               2.00% Existing
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    MPLX LP                                              MPLX               2.00%    NEW
    -------                                              ----                ----     ---

    Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.                        ETP               2.00% Existing
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    NextEra Energy, Inc.                                  NEE               1.99% Existing
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    American Water Works Company, Inc.                    AWK               1.60% Existing
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Constituents removed, effective July 2, 2018:

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

    AmeriGas Partners, L.P.                                              APU
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ABOUT THE CUSHING(®) UTILITY INDEX

The Cushing(® )Utility Index tracks the performance of widely held companies engaged in electric, gas and water utility services as well as master limited partnerships (MLPs) engaged in storage and transportation of oil, natural gas, coal and consumable fuels. 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 "CUTI".

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(®) Energy Supply Chain Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CSCI) and The Cushing(®) Transportation Index (Bloomberg Ticker: CTRI). For more information, please visit http://www.cushingasset.com/indices.

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

The Cushing(®) Utility 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.

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