Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund received a Tortoise North American Five-Star Overall Morningstar Rating™ among 94 Energy Limited Partnership Funds based on threeyear Pipeline Fund (TPYP) risk-adjusted performance ending 9/30/2019. 3Q 2019 QUARTERLY COMMENTARY The broader energy sector, as represented by the S&P Energy Select Sector® Index, fell during The Tortoise North American the third quarter, returning -6.2%, bringing year-to-date performance to 6.1%. Energy demand Pipeline Fund is an exchange is at an all-time high and a global energy transition is taking place reducing global carbon traded fund that uses a passive emissions while meeting that demand. We are witnessing the next phase of U.S. energy management approach and seeks independence emerge as the U.S. becomes a net exporter of low-cost energy to the rest of to track the total return performance the world. Against that backdrop, approximately $15 trillion1 of investment in global energy of the Tortoise North American infrastructure is required to support this energy transition, making it a compelling opportunity Pipeline IndexSM. for midstream energy investors. Tortoise provides research-driven North American pipeline sector update indices that can be used as a Midstream sector performance fared slightly better than broader energy for the third quarter with realistic basis for exchange-traded the Tortoise North American Pipeline IndexSM return of -0.8% and the Tortoise MLP Index® return products and thought leadership in of -4.3%, bringing year to date performance to 22.2% and 14.2%, respectively. Phillips 66 Partners the universe of essential assets. Its LP (PSXP) announced the elimination of its Incentive Distribution Rights (IDRs) in the third quarter. As the era of simplification comes to a close, the results have advanced the midstream sector and indices are intended to fill a void in accomplished widespread cost of capital and corporate governance improvements. the market and provide benchmarks and investable asset class universes Interest in publicly-traded midstream companies and assets, from both public and private entities, remains elevated, highlighting their strategic value and attractive valuations . In addition to the for use by investment professionals, previously announced acquisition of Buckeye Partners by an Australian global institutional funds research analysts and industry manager, current bids or announced transactions include ownership stakes in Tallgrass Energy executives to analyze relative (TGE) and SemGroup Corp (SEMG). performance as well as to provide Capital markets a basis for passively managed exchange-traded products. Capital markets activity remained slow during the third quarter with MLPs and other pipeline companies raising approximately $9.0 billion in total capital, all of which was in debt. Merger and acquisition activity among MLPs and other pipeline companies remained light at $9.5 billion for the quarter, almost entirely comprised of Energy Transfer LP’s (ET) purchase of SemGroup Corp (SEMG) and Pembina Pipeline Corp’s (PBA) purchase of certain businesses and assets from Kinder Morgan (KMI). Our outlook for capital investments remains at approximately $132 billion for 2019 to 2021 in MLPs, pipelines and related organic projects. Regulatory updates The Financing Our Energy Future Act (formally known as the MLP Parity Act) was reintroduced to congress in June, with the goal of allowing clean energy resources access to the tax advantaged structure of the MLP that combines the tax benefits of a limited partnership with the liquidity of publicly traded securities. Specifically, wind, solar, biomass, fuel cells, energy storage and other clean transportation related fuels would qualify for the MLP structure if the bill passes the legislative process and is signed into law. We believe this would greatly expand the potential MLP universe and would be positive for the sector. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) allowed 31 refineries to be exempt from their biofuel volume obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard. An average of 28 petitions for exemption were approved over the past three years versus an average of eight approvals over the three years prior, diminishing the value of credits generated by those in compliance. The EPA has said it will increase ethanol blending requirements in 2020 to offset the negative impact that elevated exemption levels have had on the biofuel industry, though no details have been provided. ¹ Bank of America Merrill Lynch, June 2018 Broad energy = S&P Energy Select Sector® Index Equity market = S&P 500® Index Pipeline companies = Tortoise North American Pipeline IndexSM–The Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund seeks to track this index. MLPs = Tortoise MLP Index® © 2019 Tortoise www.tortoiseadvisors.com Page 1 Key quarterly asset performance drivers Top five contributors Company type Performance driver Portfolio* as of 9/30/2019 Announced natural gas Midstream natural gas/natural ONEOK, Inc. liquids (NGL) and natural gas By pipeline type gas liquids pipeline company expansion projects Natural gas pipelines 44% Midstream natural gas/natural Asset sales leading to reduced Crude oil pipelines 20% TC Energy Corp. gas liquids pipeline company leverage Local gas distribution 17% Steady business model Gathering & processing 14% Atmos Energy Corp. Local gas distribution rewarded following lower Refined product pipelines 5% interest rates By structure type Midstream crude oil pipeline Bid to acquire the company in Inter Pipeline Ltd. C-Corps/LLCs 81% company corporate transaction MLPs 19% Steady business model Midstream natural gas local * Portfolio composition is subject to change due Nisource Inc. rewarded following lower distribution company interest rates to ongoing management of the fund. References to specific securities or sectors should not be construed as a recommendation Bottom five contributors Company type Performance driver by the fund or its advisor. Expectation for slowing Midstream crude oil pipeline Williams Companies, Inc. production volume growth in company Northeast Trade tensions with China Midstream crude oil pipeline Cheniere Energy Inc. pausing new liquefied natural company gas (LNG) contract negotiations Equitrans Midstream Midstream natural gas/natural Uncertainty around Mountain Corporation gas liquids pipeline company Valley Pipeline project Concern around parent (AR) Antero Midstream Corporation Natural gas pipeline company financial health Midstream natural gas/natural Leverage levels remain Energy Transfer LP gas liquids pipeline company relatively high Top 10 holdings (as of 9/30/2019) 1. TC Energy Corporation 7.8% 6. Pembina Pipeline Corporation 6.4% 2. Enbridge Inc. 7.6% 7. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. 5.3% 3. Kinder Morgan, Inc. 7.5% 8. Cheniere Energy, Inc. 5.0% 4. ONEOK, Inc 7.5% 9. Atmos Energy Corporation 4.5% 5. The Williams Companies, Inc. 7.2% 10. NiSource Inc. 3.8% © 2019 Tortoise www.tortoiseadvisors.com Page 2 Performance (as of 9/30/2019) 3Q 2019 1 year 3 year Since inception1 TPYP market price (total return) -0.98% 4.87% 3.62% 2.57% TPYP NAV (total return) -1.00% 4.96% 3.72% 2.55% Tortoise North American Pipeline IndexSM (TNAPT) -0.84% 5.61% 4.34% 3.18% Source: Bloomberg for TNAPT 1Period from fund inception through 9/30/2019. The fund commenced operations on 6/29/2015. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. NAV prices are used to calculate market price performance prior to the date when the fund first traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Market performance is determined using the bid/ask midpoint at 4:00pm Eastern time, when the NAV is typically calculated. Market performance does not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. For the fund’s most recent month end performance, please call (844) TR-INDEX or (844) 874-6339. As stated in the Prospectus, the total annual operating expenses are 0.40%. The advisor has agreed to pay all expenses incurred by the fund except for the advisory fee, interest, taxes, brokerage expenses and other fees, charges, taxes, levies or expenses (such as stamp taxes) incurred in connection with the execution of portfolio transactions or in connection with creation and redemption transactions. Index returns are for illustrative purposes only. Unlike the fund return, index return is pre-expenses and taxes. Index performance returns do not reflect any management fees, transaction costs or expenses. 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