DISTRIBUTIONS DISTRIBUTIONS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2021

Disclosure of dividends [Table Text Block]

The following table outlines distributions made to each class of partnership units, including BIPC exchangeable shares and Exchange LP units that are exchangeable into limited partner units.


	For the three-month period ended June 30
	2021				2020
US$ MILLIONS EXCEPT PER UNIT INFORMATION	Total		Per Unit		Total		Per Unit(2)
Limited Partners	$	151	$	0.51	$	143	$	0.485
General Partner(1)	50				47
Non-controlling interest attributable to:
Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield	62		0.51		58		0.485
BIPC exchangeable shares	23		0.51		22		0.485
Exchange LP Units	1		0.51		1		0.485
Preferred unitholders	18		0.27		12		0.24
Total Distributions	$	305			$	283


	For the six-month period ended June 30
	2021				2020
US$ MILLIONS EXCEPT PER UNIT INFORMATION	Total		Per Unit		Total		Per Unit(2)
Limited Partners	$	302	$	1.02	$	301	$	0.970
General Partner(1)	100				93
Non-controlling interest attributable to:
Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield	124		1.02		123		0.970
BIPC exchangeable shares	46		1.02		22		0.970
Exchange LP Units	2		1.02		2		0.970
Preferred unitholders	34		0.52		24		0.48
Total Distributions	$	608			$	565

1.Distributions to the General Partner include $50 million and $100 million of incentive distributions for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

2.Our partnership paid a distribution of $0.5375 per unit in March 2020. On March 31, 2020, our partnership completed the previously announced creation of BIPC with a special distribution of BIPC exchangeable shares. The special distribution resulted in the issuance of approximately 46.3 million BIPC exchangeable shares. Per unit disclosures for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 have been retroactively adjusted for the impact of the special distribution. Refer to Note 2, Summary of Accounting Policies, for further details.