Plains All American prices $1.5B notes
PAA plans to refinance outstanding preferred units with $1.5 billion in junior subordinated notes and related funding, with redemptions expected in September and October 2026.
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Rhea-AI Filing Summary
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE LP (PAA) has priced an underwritten public offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Series A Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056 and $800 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Series B Junior Subordinated Notes due 2056, under an effective shelf registration statement. The offering is expected to close on September 14, 2026, subject to customary conditions. PAA intends to use the net proceeds, together with cash on hand and commercial paper borrowings, to redeem all 58,411,908 outstanding Series A preferred units at $28.875 per unit and all 800,000 outstanding Series B preferred units at $1,000 per unit, with redemptions expected on or about September 14, 2026 for Series A and October 9, 2026 for Series B, including accrued and unpaid distributions.
Filing Explained
The September 9 filing makes neither the debt closing nor the preferred-unit redemptions a condition of the other.
PAA reported issuing separate redemption notices for its two preferred-unit series, but clarified that this Form 8-K itself is not a redemption notice.
The debt offering may close without the preferred-unit redemptions, and the redemptions may occur without the offering closing; neither transaction is a condition to the other.
8-K Event Classification
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When are the PAA preferred unit redemptions expected to occur?
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