3. PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS

WGP partnership distributions. WGP’s partnership agreement requires WGP to distribute all of its available cash (as defined in its partnership agreement) to WGP unitholders of record on the applicable record date within 55 days of the end of each quarter. The board of directors of WGP GP declared the following cash distributions to WGP unitholders for the periods presented:



thousands except per-unit amounts Quarters Ended	Total Quarterly Distribution per Unit		Total Quarterly Cash Distribution		Date of Distribution
2013
March 31	$	0.17875	$	39,128	May 2013
June 30	0.19750		43,232		August 2013
September 30	0.21375		46,789		November 2013
2014
March 31	$	0.25000	$	54,726	May 2014
June 30	0.27125		59,378		August 2014
September 30 ⁽¹⁾	0.29125		63,756		November 2014


⁽¹⁾	On October 20, 2014, the board of directors of WGP GP declared a cash distribution to WGP unitholders of $0.29125 per unit, or $63.8 million in aggregate. The cash distribution is payable on November 21, 2014, to WGP unitholders of record at the close of business on October 31, 2014.

3. PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS (CONTINUED)

WES partnership distributions. WES’s partnership agreement requires WES to distribute all of its available cash (as defined in WES’s partnership agreement) to WES unitholders of record on the applicable record date within 45 days of the end of each quarter. The board of directors of WES GP declared the following cash distributions to WES unitholders for the periods presented:



thousands except per-unit amounts Quarters Ended	Total Quarterly Distribution per Unit		Total Quarterly Cash Distribution		Date of Distribution
2013
March 31	$	0.540	$	70,143	May 2013
June 30	0.560		79,315		August 2013
September 30	0.580		83,986		November 2013
2014
March 31	$	0.625	$	98,749	May 2014
June 30	0.650		105,655		August 2014
September 30 ⁽¹⁾	0.675		111,609		November 2014


⁽¹⁾	On October 20, 2014, the board of directors of WES GP declared a cash distribution to WES unitholders of $0.675 per unit, or $111.6 million in aggregate, including incentive distributions. The cash distribution is payable on November 13, 2014, to WES unitholders of record at the close of business on October 31, 2014.