Partners' Capital

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Partners’ Capital

Issuance of Common Units

In June 2020, we issued 6,153,846 common units in a private placement at a price of $32.50 per common unit for gross proceeds of $200.0 million. We received proceeds of $190.8 million, net of $9.2 million of issuance costs.

Allocations of Net Income

Our partnership agreement contains provisions for the allocation of net income and loss to our unitholders and Enviva Partners GP, LLC (“General Partner”), a wholly owned subsidiary of our sponsor. For purposes of maintaining partner capital accounts, the partnership agreement specifies that items of income and loss shall be allocated among the partners of the Partnership in accordance with their respective percentage ownership interest. Such allocations are made after giving effect, if any, to priority income allocations in an amount equal to incentive cash distributions, which are allocated 100% to the General Partner.

Prior to the Hamlet Drop-Down, John Hancock had received all of its capital contributions and substantially all of its preference amount and the historical net losses of the Hamlet JV had been allocated to the members of the Hamlet JV in proportion to their unreturned capital contributions; consequently, the balance of members’ capital attributable to John Hancock was negative at the time of the Hamlet Drop-Down. We have not received repayment of revolving borrowings from the Hamlet JV pursuant to the Hamlet JV Revolver or its capital contributions and full preference amount as of September 30, 2020; as a result, none of the earnings of the Hamlet JV have been allocated to John Hancock following the Hamlet Drop-Down and no change has been recognized to the negative noncontrolling interest balance attributable to John Hancock that we acquired.

Incentive Distribution Rights

Incentive distribution rights (“IDRs”) represent the right to receive increasing percentages (from 15.0% to 50.0%) of quarterly distributions from operating surplus after we achieve distributions in amounts exceeding specified target distribution levels. Our General Partner currently holds the IDRs, but may transfer them at any time.

Cash Distributions to Unitholders

Distributions that have been paid or declared related to the reporting period are considered in the determination of earnings per unit. The following table details the cash distribution paid or declared (in millions, except per-unit amounts):


Quarter Ended	Declaration Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Distribution Per Unit		Total Cash Distribution		Total Payment to General Partner for Incentive Distribution Rights










September 30, 2019	October 30, 2019	November 15, 2019	November 29, 2019	$	0.6700	$	22.4	$	3.1
December 31, 2019	January 29, 2020	February 14, 2020	February 28, 2020	$	0.6750	$	22.7	$	3.3
March 31, 2020	April 29, 2020	May 15, 2020	May 29, 2020	$	0.6800	$	22.9	$	3.5
June 30, 2020	August 5, 2020	August 14, 2020	August 28, 2020	$	0.7650	$	30.4	$	7.5
September 30, 2020	October 30, 2020	November 13, 2020	November 27, 2020	$	0.7750	$	30.8	$	7.9

For purposes of calculating our earnings per unit under the two-class method, common units are treated as participating preferred units. IDRs are treated as participating securities.

Distributions made in future periods based on the current period calculation of cash available for distribution are allocated to each class of equity that will receive the distribution. Any unpaid cumulative distributions are allocated to the appropriate class of equity.

We determine the amount of cash available for distribution for each quarter in accordance with our partnership agreement. The amount to be distributed to unitholders and IDR holders is based on the distribution waterfall set forth in our partnership agreement. Net earnings for the quarter are allocated to each class of partnership interest based on the distributions to be made.