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Get filing alertsPlains GP completes $3.76B sale of Canadian NGL business, to pay down $3.3B in debt
Filed May 12, 2026 · Period ending May 12, 2026 · ~1 min read
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Closed sale of substantially all Canadian natural gas liquids operations to Keyera Corp for approximately $3.76 billion cash (CAD $5.13 billion), subject to post-closing adjustments.
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Net proceeds of $3.3 billion after taxes and expenses will reduce leverage, including repaying commercial paper borrowings, a $1.1 billion term loan, and 4.50% senior notes due December 2026.
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Sale triggers mandatory prepayment of $1.1 billion term loan within seven business days; company intends to terminate the loan agreement effective May 14, 2026.
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Transition services agreements established between Plains and Keyera to support handover of the Canadian NGL business operations.
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Three amendments to the original June 2025 share purchase agreement were executed on May 11-12, 2026; financial impact already reflected as discontinued operations in recent filings.
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Summary
Plains GP Holdings completed a major strategic divestiture on May 12, 2026, selling substantially all of its Canadian natural gas liquids business to Keyera Corp for $3.76 billion in cash. After taxes and expenses, the company will receive net proceeds of approximately $3.3 billion, representing a significant liquidity event that will be deployed entirely toward debt reduction.
The transaction removes Plains' Canadian NGL operations from its portfolio, streamlining the company's geographic footprint and business mix. For unitholders, this is a material deleveraging event that should strengthen the balance sheet and potentially improve financial flexibility.
The proceeds will immediately retire $1.1 billion in term loan debt (which had a mandatory prepayment trigger tied to this sale), pay down commercial paper borrowings, and address 4.50% senior notes maturing in December 2026. The company had already classified this business as discontinued operations in recent quarterly and annual reports, so the operational impact has been telegraphed to investors. Investors should watch for the company's updated leverage metrics in the next quarterly filing to assess the full impact of this deleveraging. Additionally, monitor how management redeploys the improved financial flexibility—whether toward organic growth, additional debt reduction, or enhanced distributions to unitholders.
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Event · Item 2.01 — Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
PAGP completed sale of Canadian NGL business to Keyera for ~$3.76B, using proceeds to reduce debt.
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On May 12, 2026, a wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Seller”) of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (“PAA”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Plains GP Holdings, L.P. (“PAGP” or the “Registrant”), completed the previously announced sale of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Plains Midstream Canada ULC, the PAA subsidiary that owns substantially all of PAA’s natural gas liquids (NGL) business (the “Canadian NGL Business”) to Keyera Corp., an Alberta Corporation (“Keyera”), pursuant to the terms of a definitive Share Purchase Agreement dated as of June 17, 2025 (as amended to date, the “SPA”).
PAGP completed the divestiture of its Canadian natural gas liquids business to Keyera Corp. This transaction closes a previously announced deal from June 2025, removing substantially all of PAA's Canadian NGL operations from the company's portfolio.
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Net proceeds from the sale of approximately $3.3 billion, after taxes and expenses, will be used to reduce leverage, including repayment of outstanding borrowings under PAA’s commercial paper program, the term loan described in
After taxes and expenses, net proceeds of approximately $3.3 billion will be used to reduce debt, including paying down PAA's commercial paper program and term loan. This represents a significant deleveraging event for the company.
Event · Item 1.02 — Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
PAGP completed sale of Canadian NGL Business to Keyera and will terminate $1.1B term loan agreement using proceeds.
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In connection with the closing of the sale of the Canadian NGL Business, PAA and Keyera have entered into certain transition services agreements pursuant to which PAA and Keyera will provide certain services to support the transition of the Canadian NGL Business, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.
Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) has completed the sale of its Canadian NGL Business to Keyera. The companies have entered into transition services agreements to support the handover. This represents a strategic divestiture that will generate proceeds for debt reduction and other corporate purposes.
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On November 26, 2025, PAA entered into a term loan agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”) by and among PAA, as borrower, PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the other lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”). The Term Loan Agreement provides for a $1.1 billion senior unsecured term loan (the “Term Loan”), which was funded on December 1, 2025.
PAA had entered into a $1.1 billion senior unsecured term loan agreement in November 2025 with PNC Bank as administrative agent. The loan was funded on December 1, 2025 and was scheduled to mature in two years. This provides context for the debt structure being unwound.
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The closing of the sale of the Canadian NGL Business as described in Item 2.01 above triggers mandatory prepayment of all amounts outstanding under the Term Loan Agreement within seven (7) business days of the closing of such sale. Effective May 14, 2026, PAA intends to terminate the Term Loan Agreement and repay all amounts outstanding thereunder.
The sale of the Canadian NGL Business triggers a mandatory prepayment provision requiring PAA to repay the entire $1.1 billion term loan within seven business days. PAA intends to terminate the loan agreement effective May 14, 2026 and repay all outstanding amounts, improving its balance sheet by eliminating this debt obligation.
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Item 1.02 below and PAA’s 4.50% senior notes due December 2026, and for other general partnership purposes.
Proceeds from the Canadian NGL Business sale will be used to repay the term loan, address PAA's 4.50% senior notes due December 2026, and for other general partnership purposes. This indicates a debt reduction strategy with the divestiture proceeds.
Event · Item 7.01 — Regulation FD Disclosure
PAGP closed the sale of its Canadian NGL Business to Keyera on May 12, 2026.
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On May 12, 2026, PAA and PAGP issued a press release announcing the closing of the sale of the Canadian NGL Business to Keyera.
Plains GP Holdings and its affiliate PAA completed the previously announced divestiture of their Canadian natural gas liquids business to Keyera Corp. This transaction closed on May 12, 2026, representing a strategic exit from Canadian NGL operations.
Event · Item 9.01 — Financial Statements and Exhibits
PAGP filed three amendments to its share purchase agreement with Keyera Corp. for a previously disclosed transaction.
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First Amendment to Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2026, by and between Plains Midstream Luxembourg S.A.R.L. and Keyera Corp. (portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b) (2) of Regulation S-K)
PAGP executed three amendments to its share purchase agreement with Keyera Corp. on May 11-12, 2026. The original agreement was dated June 17, 2025. The specific terms of these amendments have been redacted as non-material and confidential information. The transaction was already reflected as discontinued operations in PAGP's Q1 2026 10-Q and 2025 10-K filings.
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The Registrant has omitted the inclusion of any pro forma financial information as the transaction has already been included as discontinued operations within the Registrant’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, included within PAGP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026, and within the Registrant’s Consolidated Financial Statements for each of the three years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, included within PAGP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
PAGP disclosed it is not providing pro forma financial information for the Keyera transaction because the financial impact has already been presented as discontinued operations in its recent quarterly and annual reports. This indicates the transaction's financial effects are already visible to investors in previously filed statements.
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