Plains All American Pipeline L P : 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 24, 2023

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

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.

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Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2023 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 24, 2023. 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, 2023 (the "Proxy Statement"): (i) the election of four Class I directors to serve on the board of directors of PAA GP Holdings LLC until the 2026 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, 2023; and (iii) the approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of our 2022 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 528,478,046 common units and Series A Preferred units eligible to vote on Items 1, 2 and 3, approximately 81.4%, or 429,957,815 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 I directors to serve on the board of directors of PAA GP Holdings LLC until the 2026 annual meeting as follows:

Nominees		For		Withheld		Percentage of Votes Cast FOR*		Broker Non-Votes
1. Willie Chiang		309,138,731		2,279,510		99.3%		118,539,574
2. Ellen DeSanctis		309,854,944		1,563,297		99.5%		118,539,574
3. Alexandra Pruner		302,878,188		8,540,053		97.3%		118,539,574
4. Larry Ziemba		308,458,841		2,959,400		99.1%		118,539,574

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, 2023 as follows:

For		Against		Abstained		Percentage of Votes Cast FOR*		Broker Non-Votes
423,410,208		5,114,650		1,432,957		98.5%		-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 2022 named executive officer compensation as follows:

For		Against		Abstained		Percentage of Votes Cast FOR*		Broker Non-Votes
305,972,882		3,281,877		2,163,481		98.3%		118,539,575

*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 26, 2023	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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