Company: SRV
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form Type: N-CSRS
Source: 0001398344-25-014835
Chunk: 32

Company: NXG Cushing Midstream Energy Fund
Filing Date: 2025-08-08
Form: N-CSRS
Chunk 32
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 are not “interested persons,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), of the Fund (the “Independent Trustees”). The Trustees are responsible for oversight of the operations of the Fund and perform the various duties imposed by the 1940 Act on the trustees of investment companies. The Independent Trustees have retained independent legal counsel to assist them in connection with their duties. Prior to its consideration of the Agreement, the Trustees received and reviewed information provided by the Adviser. The Trustees also received and reviewed information responsive to requests from independent counsel to assist it in its consideration of the Agreement. Before the Trustees voted on the approval of the Agreement, the Independent Trustees met with independent legal counsel during executive session and discussed the Agreement and related information.

Consideration of Nature, Extent and Quality of the Services

The Board received and considered information regarding the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Agreement, including the Adviser’s Form ADV and other background materials supplied by the Adviser.

The Board reviewed and considered the Adviser’s investment advisory personnel, its history, and the amount of assets currently under management by the Adviser. The Board also reviewed the research and decision-making processes used by the Adviser, including the methods adopted to seek to achieve compliance with the investment objectives, strategies, policies, and restrictions of the Fund.

The Board considered the background and experience of the Adviser’s management in connection with the Fund, including reviewing the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of the management team members primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund and the extent of the resources devoted to research and analysis of the Fund’s actual and potential investments.

The Board also reviewed certain of the Adviser’s policies and procedures, including the Adviser’s Code of Ethics.

The Board determined that the nature, extent and quality of services to be rendered by the Adviser under the Agreement were adequate.

Consideration of Advisory Fees and the Cost of the Services

The Board considered the information they received comparing the Fund’s contractual annual advisory fee and overall expenses, to the extent available, with a peer group of competitor closed-end funds determined by FUSE Research Network LLC (“FUSE”). The Board discussed the funds contained in the peer groups and universes and the general methodology used by FUSE in preparing its report. The Board determined that because the Fund’s advisory fee waiver is a direct reduction of the advisory fee payable by the Fund and not sensitive to other fund operating expenses, the Board would use