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PARTNERS' CAPITAL
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
PARTNERS' CAPITAL  
PARTNERS' CAPITAL

NOTE 7. PARTNERS' CAPITAL

        The Partnership has two classes of Limited Partners (Class A and B) and one category of General Partner. Under the terms of the Partnership Agreement, distributions to holders of Class B Units and General Partnership Units must represent 19% and 1%, respectively, of the total units outstanding. All classes have equal profit sharing and distribution rights, in proportion to their ownership interests.

        Effective January 3, 2012, the Partnership authorized a 3-for-1 forward split of its Depositary Receipts listed on the NYSE Amex and a concurrent adjustment of the exchange ratio of Depositary Receipts for Class A Units of the Partnership from 10-to-1 to 30-to-1, such that each Depositary Receipt represents one-thirtieth (1/30) of a Class A Unit of the Partnership.

        On February 4, 2013, the Partnership announced the approval of a quarterly distribution of its Class A Limited Partners and holders of Depositary Receipts of record as of March 15, 2013 and payable on March 31, 2013, $7.50 per unit and $0.25 per receipt.

        In 2012, the Partnership paid quarterly distributions of $7.50 per unit ($0.25 per receipt) in March, June, September, and December for a total distribution of $30.00 per unit ($1.00 per receipt). In 2011 and 2010 the Partnership paid quarterly distributions of $7.00 per unit ($0.23 per receipt) in March, June, September, and December for a total distribution of $28.00 per unit ($0.93 per receipt) each year.

        The Partnership has entered into a deposit agreement with an agent to facilitate public trading of limited partners' interests in Class A Units. Under the terms of this agreement, the holders of Class A Units have the right to exchange each Class A Unit for 30 Depositary Receipts. The following is information per Depositary Receipt:

 
  Year Ended
December 31,
 
 
  2012   2011  

Income per Depositary Receipt before Discontinued Operations

  $ 0.92   $ 0.38  

Income from Discontinued Operations

    0     1.98  
           

Net Income per Depositary Receipt after Discontinued Operations

  $ 0.92   $ 2.36  
           

Distributions per Depositary Receipt

  $ 1.00   $ 0.93