Partners' Capital

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Partners' Capital [Abstract]

Partners' Capital

6. Partners’ Capital

Preferred Contributions

On March 6, 2014, the Company redeemed all 50,000 depositary shares, each representing 1/100th of a share, of the Company's 6.236%, Series F Flexible Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value (the "Series F Preferred Stock"), at a redemption price of $1,000.00 per depositary share, and paid a quarterly dividend of $11.3299 per depositary share, totaling $566. An equivalent number of Series F Cumulative Preferred Units (the "Series F Preferred Units") were redeemed on March 6, 2014 as well.

On March 31, 2014, the Company redeemed all 25,000 depositary shares, each representing 1/100th of a share, of the Company's 7.236%, Series G Flexible Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value (the "Series G Preferred Stock"), at a redemption price of $1,000.00 per depositary share, and paid a semi-annual dividend of $36.18 per depositary share, totaling $905. An equivalent number of Series G Cumulative Preferred Units (the "Series G Preferred Units") were redeemed on March 31, 2014 as well.

The initial offering costs associated with the issuance of the Series F and Series G Preferred Units, as well as costs associated with the redemptions, totaled $1,462 and are reflected as a deduction from net income in determining earnings per unit for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

The Company has 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized. At March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company has 0 and 750 shares of preferred stock outstanding, respectively.

Unit Contributions

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, 131,844 limited partnership units were converted into an equivalent number of general partnership units, resulting in a reclassification of $1,279 between Limited Partners Units and General Partner Units.

Distributions

The coupon rate of our Series F Preferred Units reset every quarter at 2.375% plus the greater of (i) the 30 year Treasury constant maturity treasury ("CMT") Rate, (ii) the 10 year Treasury CMT Rate or (iii) 3-month LIBOR. For the period January 1, 2014 through March 6, 2014 (the redemption date), the coupon rate was 6.275%.

The following table summarizes distributions accrued during the three months ended March 31, 2014:

	Total Distribution
General Partner/Limited Partner Units	$	11,824
Series F Preferred Units	$	566
Series G Preferred Units	$	453