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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE LP
 
 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) - May 19, 2021

 

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-14569

 

76-0582150

 (State or other jurisdiction of 
incorporation)
 (Commission File Number)    (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

333 Clay Street, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

713-646-4100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

  

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Units   PAA   Nasdaq

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company  ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

The 2021 annual meeting of common unitholders and Series A Convertible Preferred unitholders (collectively, the “Unitholders”) of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (“PAA” or the “Partnership”) was held on May 19, 2021. At the annual meeting, the Unitholders (other than Plains AAP, L.P.) considered and voted on how to instruct PAA to vote the Class C shares of Plains GP Holdings, L.P. (“PAGP”) that PAA owns at PAGP’s annual meeting with respect to the following matters, each of which is described in greater detail in PAA’s Proxy Statement dated April 12, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement”): (i) the election of four Class III directors to serve on the board of directors of PAA GP Holdings LLC until the 2024 annual meeting; (ii) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as PAGP’s and PAA’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021; and (iii) the approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of our named executive officer compensation. In addition, at the annual meeting, all Unitholders (including Plains AAP, L.P.) considered and voted on the approval of the Plains All American 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as described in the Proxy Statement.

 

The voting results for each matter presented at the PAA annual meeting were as follows (Note, for Items 1, 3 and 4 below, which are considered non-routine matters, broker non-votes are not considered votes cast and have no impact on the outcome. Out of the 547,590,593 common units and Series A Preferred units eligible to vote on Items 1, 2 and 3, approximately 83%, or 454,208,228 units, were represented in person or by proxy at the PAA annual meeting.):

 

  1. Unitholders (other than Plains AAP, L.P.) voted to instruct PAA to vote the PAGP Class C shares that it owns at the PAGP annual meeting on the election of four Class III directors to serve on the board of directors of PAA GP Holdings LLC until the 2024 annual meeting as follows:

 

Nominees  For   Withheld   Percentage of Votes Cast
FOR*
  Broker Non-Votes 
1. Greg L. Armstrong   341,646,685    10,501,696    97.0 %   102,059,847 
2. John T. Raymond   342,615,065    9,533,316    97.3 %   102,059,847 
3. Bobby S. Shackouls   327,429,721    24,718,660    93.0 %   102,059,847 
4. Christopher M. Temple   338,304,998    13,843,383    96.1 %   102,059,847 

 

  2. Unitholders (other than Plains AAP, L.P.) voted to instruct PAA to vote the PAGP Class C shares that it owns at the PAGP annual meeting on the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as PAGP’s and PAA’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021 as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstained   Percentage of Votes Cast
FOR*
  Broker Non-Votes 
 433,726,242    19,353,234    1,128,752    95.5 %   -0- 

 

  3. Unitholders (other than Plains AAP, L.P.) voted to instruct PAA to vote the PAGP Class C shares that it owns at the PAGP annual meeting on the approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of our named executive officer compensation as follows:

 

For   Against   Abstained   Percentage of Votes Cast
FOR*
   Broker Non-Votes 
 342,646,565    7,365,974    2,135,842    97.3 %   102,059,847 

 

  4. Unitholders (including Plains AAP, L.P.) voted on the approval of the Plains All American 2021 Long-Term Incentive Plan as follows (Note that out of the 793,146,315 common units and Series A Preferred units eligible to vote on this matter, approximately 83%, or 655,144,649 units, were represented in person or by proxy at the PAA annual meeting.):

 

For   Against   Abstained   Percentage of Vote Cast
FOR
   Broker Non-Votes 
 509,210,696    14,300,722    2,855,387    96.7 %   128,777,844 

 

 

*With respect to Items 1, 2 and 3, PAA Unitholders (other than Plains AAP, L.P.) voted on a “pass-through” basis by instructing PAA how to vote the PAGP Class C shares that it owns on Items 1, 2 and 3 at the PAGP annual meeting.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:   May 25, 2021 PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.  
   
  By: PAA GP LLC, its general partner
     
  By: Plains AAP, L.P., its sole member
     
  By: Plains All American GP LLC, its general partner
     
  By: /s/ Richard McGee
    Name: Richard McGee
    Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

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