Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDE R MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Each Class A Unit is exchangeable, through Computershare Trust Company (“Computershare”) (formerly Equiserve LP), the Partnership’s Depositary Agent, for 30 Depositary Receipts (“Receipts”). The Receipts are listed and publicly traded on the NYSE MKT Exchange under the symbol “NEN.” There has never been an established trading market for the Class B Units or General Partnership Units.
Effective January 3, 2012, the Partnership authorized a 3-for-1 forward split of its Depositary Receipts listed on the NYSE MKT 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.
All references to Depositary Receipts in the report are reflective of the 3-for-1 forward split.
Distribution to Limited & General Partners were:
2022
2021
Class A—Limited Partners (80%)
$
7,414,385
$
3,738,512
Class B—Limited Partners (19%)
1,760,916
887,897
Class C—General Partner (1%)
92,680
46,731
Total
$
9,267,981
$
4,673,140
22
Table of Contents
On March 1, 2023, the closing price on the NYSE American for a Depositary Receipt was $73.78. There were 2,810,678 Depositary Receipts outstanding and 1,715 Units (representing 51,450 receipts) held by approximately 699 record holders.
Any portion of the Partnership’s cash, which the General Partner deems not necessary for cash reserves, is distributed to the Partners, and distributions are made on a quarterly basis. The Partnership has made annual distributions to its Partners since 1978.The Partnership made distributions of $76.80 per unit ($2.56 per Receipt) in 2022. The Partnership made distributions of $38.40 per Unit ($1.28 per Receipt) in 2021. The total distribution was $9,267,981 in 2022 and $4,673,140 in 2021. In March 2023, the Partnership declared a quarterly distribution of $9.60 per Unit ($0.32 per Receipt) payable on March 31, 2023. In addition to the quarterly distribution, there will be a special distribution of $38.40 per Class A unit ($1.28 per Receipt).
See “Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” for certain information relating to the number of holders of each class of Units.
Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities during the fourth quarter of 2022:
Remaining number
Depositary Receipts
of Depositary Receipts
Purchased as Part
that may be purchased
Average
of Publicly
Under the Plan
Period
Price Paid
Announced Plan
(as Amended)
October 1–31, 2022
$
76.66
1,437
511,759
November 1–30, 2022
$
76.04
221
511,538
December 1-31,2022
$
—
—
511,538
Total
1,658
23
Table of Contents
See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information concerning this repurchase program.
The Partnership does not have any securities authorized for issuance under any equity compensation plans that are subject to disclosure under Item 201(d) of regulation S-K.
ITEM 6. [Reserved]
24
Table of Contents
Text extracted from the filing as submitted to EDGAR. Formatting, tables and exhibits are simplified for reading; the original document is authoritative for anything you rely on.