1. Sometimes, using multiple regexen is easier or clearer than trying to do all the work with one (more complex) regex
2. Captures the first element OP wanted; also perhaps somewhat easier to read.

#!/usr/bin/perl
use 5.016;
# 1027211
use Data::Dumper;

my @info;
my $info = '19476 2013-04-05,12:10:51.909293 host:internal.machine44.c
+ompany.net main INFO Running normally with ACTION=<processing> FAN_A=
+<OK> FAN_B=<OK> SEND=<Sent mail (221 2.0.0 Service closing transmissi
+on channel)> FAILURE=<2> ';

if ($info =~ /\d+\s(\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d,\d\d:\d\d:\d\d\.\d+) / ) { # ex
+cessively detailed.
    push @info, $1;                                               # A 
+well written  
                                                                  # ch
+ar_class would be 
                                                                  # an
+ improvement, as
}                                                                 # wu
+d using quantifiers

while ( $info=~ /(\w+=<.*?)>/g) {
    push @info, $1;
}

say Dumper @info;
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output:

$VAR1 = '2013-04-05,12:10:51.909293';
$VAR2 = 'ACTION=<processing';
$VAR3 = 'FAN_A=<OK';
$VAR4 = 'FAN_B=<OK';
$VAR5 = 'SEND=<Sent mail (221 2.0.0 Service closing transmission chann
+el)';
$VAR6 = 'FAILURE=<2';
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