FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT CUSHING MLP FUNDS TRUST

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

XXXXXXX MLP FUNDS TRUST

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT, dated as of the 2^nd day of April, 2012, to the Distribution Agreement dated as of October 1, 2010 (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and between XXXXXXX MLP FUNDS TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and QUASAR DISTRIBUTORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor.”)

WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement desire to amend the Agreement in the manner set forth herein;

WHEREAS, the parties to the Agreement desire to amend the series of the Trust to add an additional fund and to amend the name of the investment adviser;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to section 11 of the Agreement, the parties hereby amend the Agreement as follows:

Exhibit A of the Agreement shall be amended and replaced in its entirety by the amended Exhibit A (“Amended Exhibit A”) attached herein.

Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP, the investment advisor to the Trust, is now known as Xxxxxxx MLP Asset Management, LP. Accordingly, all references to Swank Energy Income Advisors, LP in the Agreement shall be replaced by Xxxxxxx MLP Asset Management, LP.

The Agreement, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Amendment to be executed by a duly authorized officer on one or more counterparts as of the date first above written.

XXXXXXX MLP FUNDS TRUST						QUASAR DISTRIBUTORS, LLC
By:		/s/  Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx				By:		/s/  Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx

Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx

Title: Executive Vice President Title: President

XXXXXXX MLP ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP

By: /s/  Xxxxx X. Xxxxx

Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx

Title: Managing Partner

Amended Exhibit A

to the

Distribution Agreement

Fund Names

Separate Series of Xxxxxxx MLP Funds Trust

Name of Series

The Xxxxxxx MLP Premier Fund

The Xxxxxxx Royalty Energy Income Fund