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Partners' Capital and Distributions | 6 Months Ended
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Partners' Capital and Distributions |
Partners' Capital and Distributions | Note 8—Partners’ Capital and Distributions Distributions The following table details the distributions paid to Class A shareholders during or pertaining to the first six months of 2014 (in millions, except per share data):
Date Declared |  | Distribution Date |  | Distributions to Class A Shareholders |  |  | Distributions per Class A Share (2) |
July 8, 2014 |  | August 14, 2014 (1) |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 0.18340 |
April 7, 2014 |  | May 15, 2014 |  | $ | 23 |  |  | $ | 0.17055 |
January 9, 2014 |  | February 14, 2014 |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 0.12505 |
(1) Payable to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 1, 2014, for the period April 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014. (2) The distribution per Class A share paid on February 14, 2014 was prorated for the partial quarter following the closing of our IPO on October 21, 2013. Units Outstanding Exchange Rights. Holders of AAP units and their permitted transferees each have the right to exchange all or a portion of their AAP units into Class A shares at an exchange ratio of one Class A share for each AAP unit exchanged (referred to herein as their “Exchange Right”). This Exchange Right may be exercised only if, simultaneously therewith, an equal number of Class B shares and general partner units are transferred by the exercising party to us. For additional information regarding Exchange Rights, see Note 10 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part IV of our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, certain holders of AAP units and their permitted transferees exercised their Exchange Right, which resulted in the exchange of AAP units, general partner units and our Class B shares for our Class A shares. The following table reflects the impact of such Exchange Right exercises on our Class A and Class B shares outstanding:
|  | Class B Shares |  | Class A Shares |
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | 472,196,136 |  | 133,833,637 |
Shares (exchanged)/issued in connection with Exchange Right exercises |  | (2,213,000 | ) | 2,213,000 |
Balance at June 30, 2014 |  | 469,983,136 |  | 136,046,637 |
Consolidated Subsidiaries Sales of Common Units by Subsidiaries PAA Continuous Offering Program. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, PAA sold an aggregate of approximately 8.1 million common units under its continuous offering program, generating proceeds of approximately $444 million, net of offering costs. Noncontrolling Interests in Subsidiaries As of June 30, 2014, noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries consisted of the following: (i) a 98% limited partner interest in PAA, (ii) an approximate 78% limited partner interest in AAP that consists of Class A units and AAP Management Units (a profits interest) and (iii) a 25% interest in SLC Pipeline LLC. Subsidiary Distributions PAA Distributions. The following table details the distributions to PAA’s partners paid during or pertaining to the first six months of 2014, net of incentive distribution reductions (in millions, except per unit data):
|  |  |  | Distributions to PAA’s Partners |  | Distributions |
|  |  |  | Limited |  | AAP |  |  |  | per limited |
Date Declared |  | Distribution Date |  | Partners |  | Incentive |  | 2% |  | Total |  | partner unit |
July 8, 2014 |  | August 14, 2014 (1) |  | $ | 238 |  | $ | 117 |  | $ | 5 |  | $ | 360 |  |  | $ | 0.6450 |
April 7, 2014 |  | May 15, 2014 |  | $ | 229 |  | $ | 110 |  | $ | 5 |  | $ | 344 |  |  | $ | 0.6300 |
January 9, 2014 |  | February 14, 2014 |  | $ | 221 |  | $ | 102 |  | $ | 5 |  | $ | 328 |  |  | $ | 0.6150 |
(1) Payable to unitholders of record at the close of business on August 1, 2014, for the period April 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, distributions of approximately $1 million were paid to noncontrolling interests in SLC Pipeline LLC. AAP Distributions. The following table details the distributions to AAP’s partners paid during or pertaining to the first six months of 2014 (in millions):
|  |  |  |  |  | Distributions to AAP’s Partners |
|  | Distributions received |  | Cash |  |  |  | Noncontrolling |  |  |
Distribution Date |  | by AAP from PAA |  | Reserves |  | Total |  | Interests |  | PAGP |
August 14, 2014 (1) |  | $ | 122 |  | $ | (3 | ) | $ | 119 |  | $ | 94 |  | $ | 25 |
May 15, 2014 |  | $ | 115 |  | $ | (4 | ) | $ | 111 |  | $ | 88 |  | $ | 23 |
February 14, 2014 (2) |  | $ | 107 |  | $ | (3 | ) | $ | 104 |  | $ | 87 |  | $ | 17 |
(1) Payable to unitholders of record at the close of business on August 1, 2014, for the period April 1, 2014 through June 30, 2014. (2) The distribution paid by AAP on February 14, 2014 was prorated as of the date of the consummation of our IPO, such that the owners of AAP prior to our IPO received the portion of the distribution attributable to the period prior to our IPO, and the owners of AAP at the date of record of January 31, 2014, including us, received the portion of the distribution attributable to the period beginning on the date of the IPO through the end of the fourth quarter of 2013.

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