8. Equity

Equity Offerings

The Partnership has a Continuous Offering Program (the “COP”) in place with a financial institution (the “Manager”) which allows the Partnership from time to time, through the Manager as its sales agent, to offer and sell common units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership having an aggregate offering price of up to $600 million. Sales of such common units are made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the NYSE at market prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed upon by the Manager and the Partnership. The Partnership may also sell common units to the Manager as principal for its own account at a price to be agreed upon at the time of the sale. For any such sales, the Partnership will enter into a separate agreement with the Manager. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Partnership sold an aggregate of 1.9 million common units under the COP, receiving net proceeds of $103.9 million after deducting $1.8 million in manager fees and other third-party expenses. The proceeds from sales were used to fund capital expenditures and for general partnership purposes.

Distributions of Available Cash and Range of Unit Prices

	Common Unit Price				Distribution Per Common
Quarter Ended	High		Low		Unit		Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date
March 31, 2013	$	61.97	$	51.77	$	0.83	April 25, 2013	May 7, 2013	May 15, 2013
December 31, 2012	$	55.95	$	46.03	$	0.82	January 23, 2013	February 6, 2013	February 14, 2013