Equity and Partners' Capital (tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

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.

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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.

Limited Partner and General Partner Units Table

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