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Partners' Capital and Distributions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Partners' Capital and Distributions |
Schedule of activity for Series A preferred units and common units | The following tables present the activity for our Series A preferred units and common units:
|  | Limited Partners |
|  | Preferred Units |  | Common Units |
Outstanding at December 31, 2015 |  | — |  | 397,727,624 |
Sale of Series A preferred units |  | 61,030,127 |  | — |
Issuance of common units under LTIP |  | — |  | 3,367 |
Outstanding at March 31, 2016 |  | 61,030,127 |  | 397,730,991 |
|  | Limited Partners |
|  | Common Units |
Outstanding at December 31, 2014 |  | 375,107,793 |
Sale of common units |  | 22,133,904 |
Outstanding at March 31, 2015 |  | 397,241,697 |
Schedule of distributions paid in cash, net of reductions in the general partner's incentive distributions | The following table details the distributions paid in cash during or pertaining to the first three months of 2016, net of reductions to the general partner’s incentive distributions (in millions, except per unit data):
|  |  |  | Distributions Paid |  |  | Distributions per |
Date Declared |  | Distribution Date |  | Common Unitholders |  | General Partner |  | Total |  |  | common unit |
April 7, 2016 |  | May 13, 2016 (1) |  | $ | 278 |  | $ | 155 |  | $ | 433 |  |  | $ | 0.70 |
January 12, 2016 |  | February 12, 2016 |  | $ | 278 |  | $ | 155 |  | $ | 433 |  |  | $ | 0.70 |
(1)Payable to unitholders of record at the close of business on April 29, 2016 for the period January 1, 2016 through March 31, 2016.

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