14 Dec 2011capital raising announcement● NeutralMajor
The general partner, which holds the incentive distribution rights, elected to reset them effective December 12, 2011, and was issued 3,873,357 Class B units. The minimum quarterly distribution rose from $0.40 to $0.7615 and the levels at which the incentive rights participate were reset higher. Class B units get the same distributions and votes as common units and become convertible into common units after one year, so this adds units that share in distributions; the general partner's 2% interest is unchanged and it makes no extra capital contribution.