Tortoise Index Solutions Announces Third Quarter 2016 Updates for Tortoise Real Yield IndexSM

LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tortoise Index Solutions today announced upcoming additions and deletions to the Tortoise Real Yield Index^SM as part of the regular quarterly rebalancing for the third quarter of 2016, as follows. Following the close of trading on Sept. 9, 2016, the index will be rebalanced and as a result, the following changes will become effective.

Tortoise Real Yield Index^SM (TYLD/TYLDT)
Action	Company	Ticker
Addition	Rice Midstream Partners LP	RMP
Addition	Easterly Government Properties, Inc.	DEA
Addition	Forest City Realty Trust, Inc.	FCE/A
Addition	Franklin Street Properties Corp.	FSP
Addition	Global Net Lease, Inc.	GNL
Addition	MGM Growth Properties LLC	MGP
Addition	National Storage Affiliates Trust	NSA
Addition	New Senior Investment Group Inc.	SNR
Addition	Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp.	SBY
Addition	Terreno Realty Corporation	TRNO
Addition	Medley Capital Corporation	MCC
Removal	BlackRock Capital Investment Corporation	BKCC
Removal	CareTrust REIT, Inc.	CTRE
Removal	Summit Midstream Partners, LP	SMLP
Removal	Teekay LNG Partners, L.P.	TGP
Removal	TPG Specialty Lending, Inc.	TSLX

The full constituent list can be viewed at www.tortoiseindexsolutions.com/tyld/constituents.

About Tortoise Index Solutions

Tortoise Index Solutions, LLC provides research-driven indices that can be used as a realistic basis for exchange-traded products and thought leadership in the universe of essential assets. Its indices are intended to fill a void in the market and provide benchmarks and investible asset class universes for use by investment professionals, research analysts and industry executives to analyze relative performance, as well as to provide a basis for passively managed exchange-traded products. Tortoise Index Solutions, LLC is affiliated with Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C., a registered investment manager specializing in actively managed listed energy investing. As of July 31, 2016, Tortoise Capital Advisors had approximately $14.9 billion of assets under management in listed closed-end funds, mutual funds, private funds and separate accounts. For more information about Tortoise Index Solutions, LLC visit www.tortoiseindexsolutions.com. For more information about Tortoise Capital Advisors, L.L.C., visit www.tortoiseadvisors.com.

About Tortoise Real Yield Index^SM

The Tortoise Real Yield Index is a new differentiated index that aims to track real asset exposure anchored in current income. It provides an efficient benchmark for real yielding, tax pass-through, liquid companies that distribute substantial cash flow streams to investors by investing in REITs (real estate investment trusts), MLPs (master limited partnerships) and BDCs (business development companies). The index provides a benchmark of companies with tangible essential assets that are supportive of economic activity with no commodity futures, precious metals, TIPs (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) or foreign currency exposure.

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