What SEC filings does Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. submit to the SEC?

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) submits several types of SEC filings including Form 4 (insider transactions), Form 144 (proposed insider sales), 8-K reports (material events such as earnings releases, acquisitions, leadership changes), and periodic reports — the 10-Q (quarterly) and 10-K (annual). All filings are publicly available through SEC EDGAR.

What does a Form 4 filing tell me about PAA?

A Form 4 for PAA discloses a transaction by a company insider — typically a director, officer, or 10%+ shareholder. It shows the source-reported date, number of shares, price, and updated ownership. These facts do not establish motive or predict future returns.

How do I interpret an 8-K filing from Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.?

An 8-K signals a material event requiring prompt disclosure. Common triggers include earnings pre-announcements, acquisitions, leadership appointments or departures, credit changes, or regulatory actions. Read the item codes inside the filing to understand exactly what was disclosed before drawing conclusions.

What is the difference between a 10-K and 10-Q for PAA?

The 10-K is Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.'s annual report with fully audited financial statements, comprehensive MD&A, and complete risk factor disclosures — filed 60–90 days after fiscal year-end. The 10-Q is a lighter quarterly report with unaudited financials filed for the first three quarters. Together they provide a continuous financial picture of the company.

Where can I see all PAA SEC filings directly on EDGAR?

You can view all historical Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. filings on the SEC EDGAR company page for PAA. Each filing card on this page links directly to the original SEC document.

How often does Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. file with the SEC?

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. files one 10-K per year and up to three 10-Qs per year. Form 4 insider transactions must be reported within two business days of each trade, so the frequency depends on how often insiders are buying or selling PAA shares. 8-K filings occur whenever a material event happens — which can be several times per quarter for an active company.

PAA SEC Filing News — Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.

Latest SEC filings for Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-10-02.

Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., through its subsidiaries, engages in the pipeline transportation, terminalling, storage, and gathering of crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States and Canada. The company operates through two segments, Crude Oil and NGL. The Crude Oil segment offers gathering and transporting crude oil through pipelines, trucks, and on barges or railcars. This segment provides terminalling, storage, and other related services, as well as merchant activities…

Sector: Energy Industry: Oil & Gas Midstream Market Cap: $17.8B CIK: 1070423

Total Filings

Bullish Classifications

Bearish Classifications

Insider Transactions

Material Events (8-K)

Periodic Reports

Rule-based classifications for PAA currently lean bearish. Of the 20 filing records displayed, 1 carry bearish classifications (such as insider sales or negative 8-K disclosures) versus 0 bullish. This does not necessarily signal fundamental deterioration — insiders sell for many reasons — but it is worth monitoring alongside the company's core financial metrics.

PAA Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-05-22 — 2026-10-02

Insider Transactions (Form 4)

0 buys vs 1 sell

Net insider selling in this period — insiders sell for many reasons beyond conviction.

Largest Form 144 Filing

$51.5K

Ziemba Lawrence Michael (Director) · 2026-06-30

2,346 shares · Form 4

Form 144 Notices

Proposed insider sale filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.

Insider Transactions 10 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 10 filings in this group are Form 4s for Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 10 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 6 compensation award, 1 disposition to issuer, 1 option exercise, 1 gift and 1 open-market sale. 1 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Compensation award ×6: Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.
Disposition to issuer ×1: Shares were surrendered to or repurchased by the issuer rather than sold to other investors.
Option exercise ×1: The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.
Gift ×1: Shares were transferred as a gift, typically for estate or charitable planning. No sale into the market took place.
Open-market sale ×1: The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Form 4 Gift Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-10-02

PAA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

McGee Richard K. (EVP, General Counsel & Sec.) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were transferred as a gift, typically for estate or charitable planning. No sale into the market took place.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`G`	Gift derivative · Class A Units/Class B Shares	120,000	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: McGee Richard K. (EVP, General Counsel & Sec.)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Disposition to issuer Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-09-16

PAA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

RAYMOND JOHN T (Director) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were surrendered to or repurchased by the issuer rather than sold to other investors.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`D`	Disposition to issuer derivative · Series A Convertible Preferred Units	20,376,259	$28.88	$588.36M

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: RAYMOND JOHN T (Director)

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Option exercise Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-17

PAA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Herbold Chris (Sr. VP Finance & CAO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

The insider converted options into shares. The exercise price was fixed when the options were granted, so the timing usually tracks an expiry schedule.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	100,000	—	—
`M`	Option exercise	40,609	—	—
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	54,241	$23.45	$1.27M
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Phantom Units	100,000	—	—
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Phantom Units	40,609	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Herbold Chris (Sr. VP Finance & CAO) Shares: 194,850

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-17

PAA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Swanson Al (EVP & CFO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	109,165	—	—
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	42,957	$23.45	$1.01M
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Phantom Units	109,165	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Phantom Units	85,600	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Swanson Al (EVP & CFO) Shares: 152,122

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-17

PAA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	109,165	—	—
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	42,957	$23.45	$1.01M
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Phantom Units	109,165	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Phantom Units	88,500	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: McGee Richard K. (EVP, General Counsel & Sec.) Shares: 152,122

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-17

PAA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Goebel Jeremy L. (EVP & CCO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	500,000	—	—
`M`	Option exercise	140,691	—	—
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	252,112	$23.45	$5.91M
`G`	Gift	388,579	—	—
`G`	Gift	388,579	—	—
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Phantom Units	500,000	—	—
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Phantom Units	140,691	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Phantom Units	113,600	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Goebel Jeremy L. (EVP & CCO) Shares: 1,669,961

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-17

PAA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Chandler Chris R. (EVP & COO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	500,000	—	—
`M`	Option exercise	140,691	—	—
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	252,112	$23.45	$5.91M
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Phantom Units	500,000	—	—
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Phantom Units	140,691	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Phantom Units	113,600	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Chandler Chris R. (EVP & COO) Shares: 892,803

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-17

PAA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

Chiang Willie CW (Director, Chairman & CEO) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`M`	Option exercise	346,357	—	—
`F`	Tax withholding on vested shares	136,292	$23.45	$3.20M
`M`	Option exercise derivative · Phantom Units	346,357	—	—
`A`	Compensation award derivative · Phantom Units	373,000	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Chiang Willie CW (Director, Chairman & CEO) Shares: 482,649

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Compensation award Tax / Compensation Filing 2026-08-17

PAA insider Form 4 filed for equity award, exercise, or tax withholding

PAA GP Holdings LLC (Director, 10% Owner) filed a Form 4 covering compensation-related activity such as stock awards, option exercises, conversions, or tax withholding. These filings are usually neutral.

Shares were granted as compensation rather than purchased. No cash changed hands, so the filing reflects a pay decision by the company, not a judgement about the price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`A`	Compensation award	59,200	—	—

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: PAA GP Holdings LLC (Director, 10% Owner) Shares: 59,200

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-06-30

PAA insider Ziemba Lawrence Michael (Director) sold 2,346 shares (~$51.5K)

Ziemba Lawrence Michael, listed as Director at PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE LP, reported an open-market sale of 2,346 PAA shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code	Nature	Shares	Price	Value
`S`	Open-market sale	2,346	$21.95	$51.5K

Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Ziemba Lawrence Michael (Director) Shares: 2,346 Est. Value: $51.5K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Proposed Insider Sales 1 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. has 1 such notice in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-06-29

PAA Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by ZIEMBA FAMILY TRUST (2,346 shares) ~$51.5K

ZIEMBA FAMILY TRUST filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell PAA (PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE LP) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: ZIEMBA FAMILY TRUST Shares: 2,346 Est. Value: $51.5K

View on SEC EDGAR → Open Filing Document →

Material Events 8 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There are 8 in this period for Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-09-29