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PARTNERS' CAPITAL
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
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 2020, the Partnership approved a quarterly distribution to its Class A Limited Partners and holders of Depositary Receipts of record as of March 15, 2020 and payable on March 31, 2020, of $9.60 per unit ($0.32 per receipt).

In 2019,regular quarterly distributions of $9.60.per unit,($0.32 per receipt),were paid in March, June, September, and December.

In 2018, regular quarterly distributions of $9.00 per unit ($0.30 per receipt) were paid in March, June, September and December.

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,

 

 

    

2019

    

2018

 

Net Income per Depositary Receipt

    

$

1.78

    

$

1.12

 

Distributions per Depositary Receipt

 

$

1.28

 

$

1.20