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Equity-Indexed Compensation Plans (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Equity-Indexed Compensation Plans |
Summary of activity for long-term incentive plan awards under equity-indexed compensation plans | Activity for LTIP awards denominated in PAA units under our equity-indexed compensation plans is summarized in the following table (units in millions):
|  | Units (1) |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value per Unit |
Outstanding at December 31, 2013 |  | 8.4 |  | $ | 36.97 |
Granted |  | 1.1 |  | $ | 47.27 |
Vested (2) |  | (1.9 | ) | $ | 25.54 |
Cancelled or forfeited |  | (0.3 | ) | $ | 39.63 |
Outstanding at September 30, 2014 |  | 7.3 |  | $ | 41.28 |
(1) Amounts do not include AAP Management Units. (2) During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, approximately 0.6 million PAA common units were issued, net of approximately 0.3 million units withheld for taxes, in connection with the settlement of vested awards. The remaining PAA awards (approximately 1.0 million units) that vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were settled in cash.
Summary of AAP Management Units | Activity for AAP Management Units is summarized in the following table (in millions):
|  | Reserved for Future Grants |  | Outstanding |  | Outstanding Units Earned |  |  | Grant Date Fair Value Of Outstanding AAP Management Units (1) |
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | 3.5 |  | 48.6 |  | 47.0 |  |  | $ | 51 |
Granted |  | (0.4 | ) | 0.4 |  | — |  |  | 11 |
Earned |  | N/A |  | N/A |  | 0.8 |  |  | N/A |
Balance at September 30, 2014 |  | 3.1 |  | 49.0 |  | 47.8 |  |  | $ | 62 |
(1) Of the $62 million grant date fair value, approximately $54 million had been recognized through September 30, 2014. Approximately $5 million of such amount was recognized as expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Summary of expense recognized and value of vested long-term incentive plan awards under equity-indexed compensation plans | The table below summarizes the expense recognized and the value of vested LTIPs (settled both in common units and cash) under our equity-indexed compensation plans and includes both liability-classified and equity-classified awards (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |  | September 30, |
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
Equity-indexed compensation expense |  | $ | 22 |  | $ | 17 |  | $ | 90 |  | $ | 96 |
LTIP unit-settled vestings |  | $ | 1 |  | $ | 1 |  | $ | 52 |  | $ | 47 |
LTIP cash-settled vestings |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 52 |  | $ | 61 |
DER cash payments |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 2 |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 5 |

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