DALLAS, Jan. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cushing® Asset Management, LP,
and Swank Capital, LLC, and announce an upcoming interim change to
the constituents of The Cushing® MLP Market Cap
Index (the "Index"). On October 21,
2018, Index constituent EnLink Midstream Partners, LP
(NYSE: ENLK) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger ("Merger
Agreement") with EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) and affiliated
entities wherein ENLC would acquire ENLK, subject to the approval
of ENLK unitholders. A special meeting of ENLK unitholders is
scheduled for January 23, 2019, for
the purpose of voting on the Merger Agreement. Per the Index's
methodology guide, after the market closes on January 23, 2019, and effective on January 24, 2019, NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE:
NGL) will replace ENLK as a constituent of the Index at ENLK's
then-current weight.
There will be no changes to the remaining constituents of the
Index due to this event.
ABOUT THE CUSHING®
MLP MARKET CAP INDEX
The Cushing® MLP
Market Cap Index provides a benchmark that is designed to track the
performance of widely held midstream energy infrastructure
companies, including master limited partnerships (MLPs) and non-MLP
midstream corporations (each, a "Midstream Company" and
collectively, "Midstream Companies"). The Index is 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 Midstream
Companies. The Cushing®
MLP Market Cap Index is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices and
reported on a real-time basis under the Bloomberg ticker
"CMCI".
ABOUT CUSHING® ASSET
MANAGEMENT AND SWANK CAPITAL
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 Midstream Companies 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 High Income Index
(Bloomberg Ticker: MLPY), The Cushing® Energy Index (Bloomberg
Ticker: CENI), The Cushing® Energy Supply Chain Index
(Bloomberg Ticker: CSCI), 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® MLP Market Cap 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-CMCI
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SOURCE Cushing® Asset Management, LP; Swank Capital, LLC