PARTNERS' CAPITAL

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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 2017, 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, 2017 and payable on March 31, 2017, of $9.00 per unit ($0.30 per receipt). In 2016, regular quarterly distributions of $7.50 per unit ($0.25 per receipt) were paid in March, June, September and December. In December 2016, the Partnership paid a special distribution of $24.00 per unit ($0.80 per receipt).

In 2016, the Partnership paid a total distribution of an aggregate of $54.00 per unit ($1.80 per Receipt). In 2015, 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).

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,
	2016		2015
Net Income per Depositary Receipt	$	1.32	$	1.00
Distributions per Depositary Receipt	$	1.80	$	1.00