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Partners' Capital and Distributions | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Partners' Capital and Distributions |
Partners' Capital and Distributions | Note 7—Partners’ Capital and Distributions Distributions The following table details the distributions paid during or pertaining to the first three months of 2015, net of reductions to the general partner’s incentive distributions (in millions, except per unit data):
|  |  |  | Distributions Paid |  | Distributions |
|  |  |  | Limited |  | General Partner |  |  |  | per limited |
Date Declared |  | Distribution Date |  | Partners |  | 2% |  | Incentive |  | Total |  | partner unit |
April 7, 2015 |  | May 15, 2015(1) |  | $ | 272 |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 142 |  | $ | 420 |  |  | $ | 0.6850 |
January 8, 2015 |  | February 13, 2015 |  | $ | 254 |  | $ | 5 |  | $ | 131 |  | $ | 390 |  |  | $ | 0.6750 |
| (1) |  | Payable to unitholders of record at the close of business on May 1, 2015 for the period January 1, 2015 through March 31, 2015.
PAA Equity Offerings Continuous Offering Program. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we issued an aggregate of approximately 1.1 million common units under our continuous offering program, generating proceeds of $59 million, including our general partner’s proportionate capital contribution of $1 million, net of $1 million of commissions to our sales agents. Underwritten Offering. In March 2015, we completed an underwritten public offering of 21.0 million common units, generating proceeds of approximately $1.1 billion, including our general partner’s proportionate capital contribution of $21 million, net of costs associated with the offering. Noncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries As of March 31, 2015, noncontrolling interests in our subsidiaries consisted of a 25% interest in SLC Pipeline LLC.

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