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Equity and Partners' Capital
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Partners' Capital Notes [Abstract]  
Equity and Partners' Capital
4.  EQUITY AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

Holdings of WGP equity. WGP’s common units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WGP.” As of September 30, 2014, Anadarko held 193,387,365 of WGP’s common units, representing an 88.3% limited partner interest in WGP, and, through its ownership of WGP GP, Anadarko indirectly held a non-economic general partner interest in WGP. The public held 25,516,133 WGP common units, representing an 11.7% limited partner interest in WGP.
In July 2014, Anadarko sold 5,750,000 of its WGP common units to the public through an underwritten offering, including 750,000 common units pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. WGP did not receive any proceeds from, or incur any expense in, the public offering.

Net income per common unit. For WGP, earnings per unit is calculated by dividing the limited partners’ interest in net income by the weighted average number of common units outstanding. Net income per common unit is calculated assuming that cash distributions are equal to the net income attributable to WGP. Net income attributable to the WES assets (as defined in Note 1) acquired from Anadarko for periods prior to WES’s acquisition of the WES assets is not allocated to the limited partners when calculating net income per common unit. Net income equal to the amount of available cash (as defined by WGP’s partnership agreement) is allocated to WGP common unitholders consistent with actual cash distributions.

4.  EQUITY AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL (CONTINUED)

Holdings of WES equity. As of September 30, 2014, WGP held 49,296,205 WES common units, representing a 40.6% limited partner interest in WES, and, through its ownership of WES GP, WGP indirectly held 2,430,007 general partner units, representing a 2.0% general partner interest in WES, and 100% of WES’s IDRs. As of September 30, 2014, other subsidiaries of Anadarko held 757,619 WES common units, representing a 0.6% limited partner interest in WES, and the public held 69,016,280 WES common units, representing a 56.8% limited partner interest in WES, which are both reflected as noncontrolling interests within the consolidated financial statements of WGP (see Note 1).

WES public equity offerings. WES completed the following public offerings of its common units during 2014 and 2013:
thousands except unit
   and per-unit amounts
WES Common
Units Issued
 
WES GP
Units Issued (1)
 
Price Per
Unit
 
Underwriting
Discount and
Other Offering
Expenses
 
Net
Proceeds to WES
May 2013 equity offering (2)
7,015,000

 
143,163

 
$
61.18

 
$
13,203

 
$
424,733

December 2013 equity offering (3)
4,800,000

 
97,959

 
61.51

 
9,447

 
291,827

Continuous Offering Program - 2013 (4)
685,735

 
13,996

 
60.84

 
965

 
41,603

Continuous Offering Program - 2014 (5)
1,133,384

 
23,132

 
73.48

 
1,726

 
83,257

                                                                                                                                                                                    
(1) 
Represents general partner units of WES issued to WES GP in exchange for WES GP’s proportionate capital contribution to maintain its 2.0% general partner interest in WES.
(2) 
Includes the issuance of 915,000 WES common units pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option granted in connection with the May 2013 equity offering.
(3) 
Includes the issuance of 300,000 WES common units on January 3, 2014, pursuant to the partial exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option granted in connection with the December 2013 equity offering. Net proceeds from this partial exercise (including WES GP’s proportionate capital contribution) were $18.1 million.
(4) 
Represents common and general partner units of WES issued during the year ended December 31, 2013, pursuant to WES’s registration statement filed with the SEC in August 2012 authorizing the issuance of up to an aggregate of $125.0 million of common units (the “Continuous Offering Program”). Gross proceeds generated (including WES GP’s proportionate capital contributions) during the year ended December 31, 2013, were $42.6 million. The price per unit in the table above represents an average price for all issuances under the Continuous Offering Program during 2013.
(5) 
Represents common and general partner units of WES issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, under the Continuous Offering Program. Gross proceeds generated (including WES GP’s proportionate capital contributions) were $85.0 million. The price per unit in the table above represents an average price for all issuances under the Continuous Offering Program during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. As of September 30, 2014, WES had used all the capacity to issue common units under this registration statement.

WES common and general partner units. The following table summarizes WES’s common and general partner units issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2014:
 
 
WES Common
Units
 
WES General
Partner Units
 
Total
Balance at December 31, 2013
 
117,322,812

 
2,394,345

 
119,717,157

December 2013 equity offering
 
300,000

 
6,122

 
306,122

Long-Term Incentive Plan awards
 
5,418

 
112

 
5,530

TEFR Interests acquisition
 
308,490

 
6,296

 
314,786

Continuous Offering Program
 
1,133,384

 
23,132

 
1,156,516

Balance at September 30, 2014
 
119,070,104

 
2,430,007

 
121,500,111