Cushing MLP Total Return Fund declared a quarterly distribution for the fiscal quarter ending February 28, 2013 of $0.225 per common share. The fund's distribution will be payable on March 20, 2013 to shareholders of record on February 28, 2013. The ex-date for the fund's distribution is February 26, 2013.

The fund also announced that N. Paul Euseppi has joined the portfolio management team responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund's portfolio. N. Paul Euseppi joined the fund's investment adviser, Cushing MLP Asset Management, LP, in 2008.