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Partners' Capital and Distributions (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]

Schedule of activity for preferred units and common units

The following tables present the activity for our preferred and common units:

	Limited Partners
	Series A Preferred Units			Series B Preferred Units			Common Units
Outstanding at December 31, 2018	71,090,468			800,000			726,361,924
Issuances of common units under equity-indexed compensation plans	—			—			423,889
Outstanding at March 31, 2019	71,090,468			800,000			726,785,813
Issuances of common units under equity-indexed compensation plans	—			—			638,806
Outstanding at June 30, 2019	71,090,468			800,000			727,424,619
Issuances of common units under equity-indexed compensation plans	—			—			603,957
Outstanding at September 30, 2019	71,090,468			800,000			728,028,576

	Limited Partners
	Series A Preferred Units			Series B Preferred Units			Common Units
Outstanding at December 31, 2017	69,696,542			800,000			725,189,138
Issuance of Series A preferred units in connection with in-kind distribution	1,393,926			—			—
Issuances of common units under equity-indexed compensation plans	—			—			17,766
Outstanding at March 31, 2018	71,090,468			800,000			725,206,904
Issuances of common units under equity-indexed compensation plans	—			—			375,835
Outstanding at June 30, 2018	71,090,468			800,000			725,582,739
Issuances of common units under equity-indexed compensation plans	—			—			505,650
Outstanding at September 30, 2018	71,090,468			800,000			726,088,389

Series A Preferred Units

Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]

Schedule of distributions

The following table details distributions to our Series A preferred unitholders paid during or pertaining to the first nine months of 2019 (in millions, except per unit data):

		Series A Preferred Unitholders
Distribution Payment Date		Cash Distribution					Distribution per Unit
November 14, 2019 (1)		$	37				$	0.525
August 14, 2019		$	37				$	0.525
May 15, 2019		$	37				$	0.525
February 14, 2019		$	37				$	0.525

⁽¹⁾  Payable to unitholders of record at the close of business on October 31, 2019 for the period from July 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019. At September 30, 2019, such amount was accrued to distributions payable in “Other current liabilities” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Series B Preferred Units

Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]

Schedule of distributions

The following table details distributions paid or to be paid to our Series B preferred unitholders during the first nine months of 2019 (in millions, except per unit data):

		Series B Preferred Unitholders
Distribution Payment Date		Cash Distribution					Distribution per Unit
November 15, 2019 (1)		$	24.5				$	30.625
May 15, 2019		$	24.5				$	30.625

⁽¹⁾ 

Payable to unitholders of record at the close of business on November 1, 2019 for the period from May 15, 2019 through November 14, 2019.

Common Units

Limited Partners' Capital Account [Line Items]

Schedule of distributions

The following table details distributions to our common unitholders paid during or pertaining to the first nine months of 2019 (in millions, except per unit data):

		Distributions													Cash Distribution per Common Unit
		Common Unitholders								Total Cash Distribution
Distribution Payment Date		Public				AAP
November 14, 2019 (1)		$	171			$	91			$	262				$	0.36
August 14, 2019		$	166			$	96			$	262				$	0.36
May 15, 2019		$	161			$	101			$	262				$	0.36
February 14, 2019		$	134			$	84			$	218				$	0.30

⁽¹⁾ 

Payable to unitholders of record at the close of business on October 31, 2019 for the period from July 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019.

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