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Partners' Capital (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Partners' Capital. |
Schedule of cash distributions |
|  | Distribution per |  | Amount Paid to |  | Amount Paid to |  | Amount Paid to |  |
|  | Limited Partner |  | Common |  | Subordinated |  | General |  | Total
Payment Date |  | Unit |  | Unitholders |  | Unitholder |  | Partner |  | Distribution
May 15, 2013 |  | $ | 0.348 | (1) | $ | 5.2 |  | $ | 4.9 |  | $ | 0.2 |  | $ | 10.3
August 14, 2013 |  |  | 0.44 |  |  | 6.7 |  |  | 6.2 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 13.2
November 14, 2013 |  |  | 0.46 |  |  | 10.6 |  |  | 6.5 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 17.4
February 14, 2014 |  |  | 0.48 |  |  | 11.3 |  |  | 6.7 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 18.4
May 15, 2014 |  |  | 0.49 |  |  | 11.8 |  |  | 6.9 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 19.1
August 14, 2014 |  |  | 0.50 |  |  | 15.1 |  |  | 7.0 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 22.6
| (1) |  | Prorated to reflect 72 days of quarterly cash distribution rate of $0.435 per unit.
Schedule of percentage allocations of available cash from operating surplus between the unitholders and general partner |
|  |  |  | Marginal percentage interest
|  | Total quarterly |  | in distributions
|  | distribution per unit |  | Unit holders |  | General Partner
Minimum Quarterly Distribution |  | $0.425 |  | 98.3 | % |  | 1.7 | %
First Target Distribution |  | up to $0.4888 |  | 98.3 | % |  | 1.7 | %
Second Target Distribution |  | above $0.4888 up to $0.5313 |  | 85.3 | % |  | 14.7 | %
Third Target Distribution |  | above $0.5313 up to $0.6375 |  | 75.3 | % |  | 24.7 | %
Thereafter |  | above $0.6375 |  | 50.3 | % |  | 49.7 | %

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