Subsequent Events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Declaration of Dividends/Distributions

The General Partner's board of directors declared the following dividends/distributions at its regularly scheduled board meeting held on January 30, 2013:



Class of stock/units	Quarterly Amount per Share or Unit		Record Date	Payment Date
Common	$	0.170000	February 13, 2013	February 28, 2013
Preferred (per depositary share):
Series J	$	0.414063	February 13, 2013	February 28, 2013
Series K	$	0.406250	February 13, 2013	February 28, 2013
Series L	$	0.412500	February 13, 2013	February 28, 2013

Common Stock Issuance

In January 2013, the General Partner completed a public offering of 41.4 million common shares, at an issue price of $14.25 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $590.0 million and, after underwriting fees and estimated offering costs, net proceeds of approximately $571.9 million. A portion of the net proceeds from this offering were used to repay all of the outstanding borrowings under the Partnership's existing revolving credit facility, which had an outstanding balance of $285.0 million as of December 31, 2012, and the remaining proceeds will be used to redeem all of the General Partner's outstanding Series O Shares, which are redeemable as of February 22, 2013 and for general corporate purposes.

Preferred Series O Redemption Notice

In January 2013, the General Partner called for redemption all 711,820 of its outstanding Series O Shares. The redemption date is February 22, 2013 and the cash redemption price for the Series O Shares is $178.0 million, or $250.00 per share.