PARTNERS' CAPITAL

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

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.

In January 2023, the Partnership approved a quarterly distribution of $9.60 per Unit ($0.32 per Receipt), payable on March 31, 2023. In addition to the quarterly distribution, there will be a special distribution of $38.40 per Class A unit ($1.28 per Receipt) payable on March 31, 2023.

In 2022 the Partnership paid a total distribution of an aggregate $76.80 per Unit ($2.56 per Receipt) for a total payment of $9,267,981. In 2021 the Partnership paid a total distribution of an aggregate $38.40 per Unit ($1.28 per Receipt) for a total payment of $4,673,140.

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,
	2022		2021
Net Income (Loss) per Depositary Receipt	$	1.03	$	(0.74)
Distributions per Depositary Receipt	$	2.56	$	1.28