Plains All American Pipeline LP

05/27/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/27/2022 13:30

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders - Form 8-K

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 25, 2022

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, Texas77002

(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)

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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

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

The 2022 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 25, 2022. 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 14, 2022 (the "Proxy Statement"): (i) the election of four Class II directors to serve on the board of directors of PAA GP Holdings LLC until the 2025 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, 2022; and (iii) the approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of our 2021 named executive officer compensation.

The voting results for each matter presented at the PAA annual meeting were as follows (Note, for Items 1 and 3 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 532,273,469 common units and Series A Preferred units eligible to vote on Items 1, 2 and 3, approximately 81%, or 433,360,410 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 II directors to serve on the board of directors of PAA GP Holdings LLC until the 2025 annual meeting as follows:
Nominees For Withheld Percentage of Votes Cast
FOR*
Broker Non-Votes
1. Victor Burk 320,054,093 2,556,771 99.2% 110,749,546
2. Kevin S. McCarthy 319,738,327 2,872,537 99.1% 110,749,546
3. Harry N. Pefanis 320,148,444 2,462,420 99.2% 110,749,546
4. Gary R. Petersen 299,691,755 22,919,109 92.9% 110,749,546
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, 2022 as follows:
For Against Abstained Percentage of Votes Cast
FOR*
Broker Non-Votes
406,228,351 26,507,149 624,910 93.7% -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 2021 named executive officer compensation as follows:
For Against Abstained Percentage of Votes Cast
FOR*
Broker Non-Votes
317,201,345 3,643,496 1,766,023 98.3% 110,749,546

*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 27, 2022 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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