Plains All American Announces Governance Enhancement
August 24 2021 - 4:16PM
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains GP Holdings (Nasdaq:
PAA & PAGP) (collectively, “Plains”) today announced that its
Board of Directors has approved amendments to the underlying
governance arrangements for Plains that eliminate all previously
negotiated “director designation” rights and require that all
Directors be subject to public election. The amendments, which have
also been approved by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. (“Kayne
Anderson”), became effective on August 19, 2021 and eliminate Kayne
Anderson’s legacy contractual right to designate an individual to
serve on the Plains Board without being subject to public election.
The Plains Board has simultaneously approved the appointment of
Kevin McCarthy, Kayne Anderson’s previously designated director to
Plains’ Board, to serve as a Director until PAGP’s Annual Meeting
of Shareholders to be held in May of 2022, and the nomination of
Mr. McCarthy to stand for election at such Annual Meeting. As a
result of this change, together with the amendment of Plains’
governance documents in February of this year to require public
election for all Directors who are current or former members of
management, all of Plains’ Board Members are now subject to public
election. In addition, going forward, Mr. McCarthy will serve as a
Director on the same basis as all other non-management Directors in
terms of the rights, duties, and obligations of Directors.
“Today’s announcement reflects an additional positive
enhancement to Plains’ governance structure,” stated Willie Chiang,
Chairman and CEO of Plains. “We appreciate Kayne Anderson’s
long-term support and shared commitment to driving the enhancement
of our governance practices and long-term alignment with all of our
investors. This step builds on numerous enhancements we have made
to our governance structure and practices over the course of the
five-year period following our 2016 simplification transaction. We
also look forward to continuing to have Kevin’s insight and
guidance on our board.”
About Plains
PAA is a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns
and operates midstream energy infrastructure and provides logistics
services for crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL), and natural gas.
PAA owns an extensive network of pipeline transportation,
terminalling, storage, and gathering assets in key crude oil and
NGL producing basins and transportation corridors and at major
market hubs in the United States and Canada. On average, PAA
handles more than 5 million barrels per day of crude oil and NGL in
its Transportation segment.
PAGP is a publicly traded entity that owns an indirect,
non-economic controlling general partner interest in PAA and an
indirect limited partner interest in PAA, one of the largest energy
infrastructure and logistics companies in North America.
PAA and PAGP are headquartered in Houston, Texas. For more
information, please visit www.plainsallamerican.com.
Contact:Brett MagillDirector, Investor Relations(866)
809-1291
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