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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">Phantom</font></b><b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"><br /></font></b><b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">Units</font></b></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><b><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">Weighted</font></b><b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"><br /></font></b><b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">Average</font></b><b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"><br /></font></b><b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">Grant-Date</font></b><b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"><br /></font></b><b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">Fair Value</font></b><b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1"><br /></font></b><b><font style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold;" size="1">per Unit</font></b></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">Phantom units outstanding, December 31, 2012</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">63,884</font></p></td>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">23.62</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 20pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">Granted</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">55,334</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 20pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">Vested</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">(19,643</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">24.28</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: -10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 10pt;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">Phantom units outstanding, June 30, 2013</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">99,575</font></p></td>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;" size="2">23.57</font></p></td>
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