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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2020

Registration No. 333-                


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

KINDER MORGAN, INC.*
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  80-0682103
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 369-9000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Catherine Callaway James
Vice President and General Counsel
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 369-9000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)

With copies to:

Troy L. Harder
Bracewell LLP
711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2300
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 221-1456

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

            If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.    o

            If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.    ý

            If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

            If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.    o

            If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    ý

            If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    o

            Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ý   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o   Emerging growth company o

            If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.    o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

               
 
Title of Class of Securities
to be Registered

  Amount to be
Registered(1)

  Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Unit(1)

  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)

  Amount of
Registration Fee(1)

 

Debt securities

               
 

Guarantees of debt securities(2)

               
 

Class P common stock, par value $0.01 per share

               
 

Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share

               
 

Depositary shares

               

 

(1)
An indeterminate aggregate initial offering price or principal amount or number of the securities of each identified class is being registered as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices. In accordance with Rule 456(b), and in reliance on Rule 457(r), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant is deferring payment of all of the registration fee.

(2)
Subsidiaries of Kinder Morgan, Inc. may fully and unconditionally guarantee on an unsecured basis the debt securities of Kinder Morgan, Inc. In accordance with Rule 457(n), no separate fee is payable with respect to the guarantees of the debt securities being registered.

*
Includes certain subsidiaries of Kinder Morgan, Inc. identified below. Unless otherwise indicated, the address and telephone number of each registrant's principal executive offices and the name, address and telephone number of each registrant's agent for service is the same as that set forth above for Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   


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Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter
  State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or
organization
  I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

COLORADO INTERSTATE ISSUING CORPORATION

  Delaware   26-1397951

COPANO ENERGY FINANCE CORPORATION

  Delaware   20-3151590

EL PASO CITRUS HOLDINGS, INC. 

  Delaware   04-3607282

EPTP ISSUING CORPORATION

  Delaware   45-3971704

KINDER MORGAN CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

  Delaware   34-1468343

KINDER MORGAN TERMINALS, INC. 

  Delaware   26-3061236

KMGP SERVICES COMPANY, INC. 

  Delaware   76-0661680

KN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 

  Colorado   84-1456517

TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE ISSUING CORPORATION

  Delaware   45-3992009

AGNES B CRANE, LLC

  Louisiana   84-1620918

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS II LLC

  Delaware   N/A

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS III LLC

  Delaware   N/A

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS IV LLC

  Delaware   N/A

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS LLC

  Delaware   N/A

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS PARENT LLC

  Delaware   N/A

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS V LLC

  Delaware   N/A

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS VI LLC

  Delaware   N/A

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS VII LLC

  Delaware   81-4698215

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS VIII LLC

  Delaware   81-4709889

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS IX LLC

  Delaware   81-4719987

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS X LLC

  Delaware   81-4756333

AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS XI LLC

  Delaware   81-4762207

APT FLORIDA LLC

  Delaware   81-4683674

APT INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO LLC

  Delaware   N/A

APT NEW INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO LLC

  Delaware   N/A

APT PENNSYLVANIA LLC

  Delaware   81-4680078

APT SUNSHINE STATE LLC

  Delaware   N/A

BETTY LOU LLC

  Delaware   26-4569062

CAMINO REAL GAS GATHERING COMPANY LLC

  Delaware   N/A

CAMINO REAL GATHERING COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   27-3383291

CANTERA GAS COMPANY LLC

  Delaware   38-3432972

CDE PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   45-4765020

CENTRAL FLORIDA PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   59-1084277

CHEYENNE PLAINS GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   84-1618229

CIG GAS STORAGE COMPANY LLC

  Delaware   N/A

CIG PIPELINE SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   26-1102190

COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   84-0173305

COPANO DOUBLE EAGLE LLC

  Delaware   26-4316438

COPANO ENERGY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   51-0411678

COPANO ENERGY SERVICES/UPPER GULF COAST LLC

  Texas   46-4725613

COPANO FIELD SERVICES GP, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   20-1862487

COPANO FIELD SERVICES/NORTH TEXAS, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   26-1586828

COPANO FIELD SERVICES/SOUTH TEXAS LLC

  Texas   46-4668646

COPANO FIELD SERVICES/UPPER GULF COAST LLC

  Texas   46-4714794

COPANO LIBERTY, LLC

  Delaware   26-3154210

COPANO LIQUIDS MARKETING LLC

  Delaware   82-1680512

COPANO NGL SERVICES (MARKHAM), L.L.C. 

  Delaware   27-0904927

COPANO NGL SERVICES LLC

  Texas   46-4737892

COPANO PIPELINES GROUP, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   51-0411715

COPANO PIPELINES/NORTH TEXAS, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   27-1125058

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Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter
  State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or
organization
  I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

COPANO PIPELINES/ROCKY MOUNTAINS, LLC

  Delaware   20-0659235

COPANO PIPELINES/SOUTH TEXAS LLC

  Texas   46-4656852

COPANO PIPELINES/UPPER GULF COAST LLC

  Texas   46-4695294

COPANO PROCESSING LLC

  Texas   46-4458657

COPANO RISK MANAGEMENT LLC

  Texas   N/A

COPANO TERMINALS LLC

  Delaware   N/A

COPANO/WEBB-DUVAL PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   N/A

CPNO SERVICES LLC

  Texas   N/A

DAKOTA BULK TERMINAL LLC

  Delaware   41-1734333

DELTA TERMINAL SERVICES LLC

  Delaware   72-1284643

EAGLE FORD GATHERING LLC

  Delaware   27-1365749

EL PASO CHEYENNE HOLDINGS, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   N/A

EL PASO CNG COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   84-0890602

EL PASO ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   76-0228695

EL PASO LLC

  Delaware   76-0568816

EL PASO MIDSTREAM GROUP LLC

  Delaware   N/A

EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   46-0809216

EL PASO NORIC INVESTMENTS III, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   N/A

EL PASO RUBY HOLDING COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   N/A

EL PASO TENNESSEE PIPELINE CO., L.L.C. 

  Delaware   76-0233548

ELBA EXPRESS COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   N/A

ELIZABETH RIVER TERMINALS LLC

  Delaware   27-3076713

EMORY B CRANE, LLC

  Louisiana   84-1620908

EPBGP CONTRACTING SERVICES LLC

  Delaware   N/A

EP RUBY LLC

  Delaware   N/A

FRANK L CRANE, LLC

  Louisiana   84-1620921

GENERAL STEVEDORES GP, LLC

  Texas   20-5269648

GENERAL STEVEDORES HOLDINGS LLC

  Delaware   20-4087109

HARRAH MIDSTREAM LLC

  Delaware   45-0833350

HBM ENVIRONMENTAL LLC

  Delaware   72-1198254

HILAND CRUDE, LLC

  Oklahoma   20-4572594

HILAND PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC

  Delaware   47-3805791

HPH OKLAHOMA GATHERING LLC

  Delaware   N/A

ICPT, L.L.C. 

  Louisiana   72-1422387

INDEPENDENT TRADING & TRANSPORTATION COMPANY I, L.L.C. 

  Oklahoma   73-1493732

JV TANKER CHARTERER LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN 2-MILE LLC

  Delaware   36-2735673

KINDER MORGAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TAMPA LLC

  Delaware   46-2931924

KINDER MORGAN ALTAMONT LLC

  Delaware   46-2383182

KINDER MORGAN BALTIMORE TRANSLOAD TERMINAL LLC

  Delaware   20-4871985

KINDER MORGAN BATTLEGROUND OIL LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN BORDER PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   26-0634502

KINDER MORGAN BULK TERMINALS LLC

  Louisiana   72-1073113

KINDER MORGAN CO2 COMPANY, L.P. 

  Texas   76-0554627

KINDER MORGAN COMMERCIAL SERVICES LLC

  Delaware   20-4673552

KINDER MORGAN CONTRACTING SERVICES LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN CRUDE & CONDENSATE LLC

  Delaware   45-3456791

KINDER MORGAN CRUDE MARKETING LLC

  Delaware   N/A

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Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter
  State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or
organization
  I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

KINDER MORGAN CRUDE OIL PIPELINES LLC

  Delaware   26-0449613

KINDER MORGAN CRUDE TO RAIL LLC

  Delaware   83-3379277

KINDER MORGAN CUSHING LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN DALLAS FORT WORTH RAIL TERMINAL LLC

  Delaware   20-4499927

KINDER MORGAN DEEPROCK NORTH HOLDCO LLC

  Delaware   82-3848793

KINDER MORGAN ENDEAVOR LLC

  Delaware   27-1006843

KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. 

  Delaware   76-0380342

KINDER MORGAN EP MIDSTREAM LLC

  Delaware   45-5334086

KINDER MORGAN FINANCE COMPANY LLC

  Delaware   98-0477770

KINDER MORGAN FREEDOM PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN GALENA PARK WEST LLC

  Delaware   37-1778532

KINDER MORGAN IMT HOLDCO LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN KEYSTONE GAS STORAGE LLC

  Delaware   04-3617867

KINDER MORGAN KMAP LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN LAS VEGAS LLC

  Delaware   36-3686525

KINDER MORGAN LINDEN TRANSLOAD TERMINAL LLC

  Delaware   20-4871819

KINDER MORGAN LIQUIDS TERMINALS LLC

  Delaware   36-2827997

KINDER MORGAN LIQUIDS TERMINALS ST. GABRIEL LLC

  Delaware   82-3238143

KINDER MORGAN LOUISIANA PIPELINE HOLDING LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN LOUISIANA PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   20-5420094

KINDER MORGAN MARINE SERVICES LLC

  Delaware   26-1096479

KINDER MORGAN MATERIALS SERVICES, LLC

  Delaware   43-1961238

KINDER MORGAN MID ATLANTIC MARINE SERVICES LLC

  Delaware   26-1096549

KINDER MORGAN NATGAS O&M LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN NGPL HOLDINGS LLC

  Delaware   81-0973390

KINDER MORGAN NORTH TEXAS PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   26-0634555

KINDER MORGAN OPERATING L.P. "A"

  Delaware   76-0380015

KINDER MORGAN OPERATING L.P. "B"

  Delaware   76-0414819

KINDER MORGAN OPERATING L.P. "C"

  Delaware   76-0547319

KINDER MORGAN OPERATING L.P. "D"

  Delaware   76-0561780

KINDER MORGAN PECOS LLC

  Delaware   20-4540914

KINDER MORGAN PECOS VALLEY LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN PETCOKE GP LLC

  Delaware   16-1721400

KINDER MORGAN PETCOKE, L.P. 

  Delaware   20-2640394

KINDER MORGAN PETCOKE LP LLC

  Delaware   20-2734041

KINDER MORGAN PETROLEUM TANKERS LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   36-3547843

KINDER MORGAN PORT MANATEE TERMINAL LLC

  Delaware   27-0796736

KINDER MORGAN PORT SUTTON TERMINAL LLC

  Delaware   20-0388851

KINDER MORGAN PORT TERMINALS USA LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN PORTLAND JET LINE LLC

  Delaware   84-1816653

KINDER MORGAN PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC

  Delaware   26-0449452

KINDER MORGAN PRODUCTS TERMINALS LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN RAIL SERVICES LLC

  Delaware   27-4212015

KINDER MORGAN RESOURCES II LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN RESOURCES III LLC

  Delaware   N/A

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Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter
  State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or
organization
  I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

KINDER MORGAN RESOURCES LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN SCURRY CONNECTOR LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN SEVEN OAKS LLC

  Delaware   26-0514145

KINDER MORGAN SNG OPERATOR LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN SOUTHEAST TERMINALS LLC

  Delaware   20-0387389

KINDER MORGAN TANK STORAGE TERMINALS LLC

  Delaware   36-2855293

KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   26-0449826

KINDER MORGAN TERMINALS WILMINGTON LLC

  Delaware   47-3283092

KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   26-0449814

KINDER MORGAN TEXAS TERMINALS, L.P. 

  Delaware   20-4582584

KINDER MORGAN TRANSMIX COMPANY, LLC

  Delaware   23-2992048

KINDER MORGAN TREATING LP

  Delaware   20-3799420

KINDER MORGAN URBAN RENEWAL, L.L.C. 

  New Jersey   N/A

KINDER MORGAN UTICA LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KINDER MORGAN VEHICLE SERVICES LLC

  Delaware   81-5441641

KINDER MORGAN VIRGINIA LIQUIDS TERMINALS LLC

  Delaware   46-2474610

KINDER MORGAN WINK PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   26-0449718

KINDERHAWK FIELD SERVICES LLC

  Delaware   27-2540813

KM CRANE LLC

  Maryland   86-1059673

KM DECATUR LLC

  Delaware   63-1026019

KM EAGLE GATHERING LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KM GATHERING LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KM KASKASKIA DOCK LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KM LIQUIDS TERMINALS LLC

  Delaware   26-0449722

KM NORTH CAHOKIA LAND LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KM NORTH CAHOKIA SPECIAL PROJECT LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KM NORTH CAHOKIA TERMINAL PROJECT LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KM SHIP CHANNEL SERVICES LLC

  Delaware   26-4690171

KM TREATING GP LLC

  Delaware   27-0864888

KM TREATING PRODUCTION LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KM UTOPIA OPERATOR LLC

  Delaware   84-3037112

KMBT LLC

  Delaware   N/A

KMBT LEGACY HOLDINGS LLC

  Tennessee   62-1525376

KNIGHT POWER COMPANY LLC

  Delaware   26-2988233

LOMITA RAIL TERMINAL LLC

  Delaware   72-1552009

MILWAUKEE BULK TERMINALS LLC

  Wisconsin   39-1569624

MJR OPERATING LLC

  Maryland   86-1059670

MOJAVE PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   76-0145884

MOJAVE PIPELINE OPERATING COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Texas   76-0228861

PADDY RYAN CRANE, LLC

  Louisiana   84-1620920

PALMETTO PRODUCTS PIPE LINE LLC

  Delaware   N/A

PI 2 PELICAN STATE LLC

  Delaware   N/A

PINNEY DOCK & TRANSPORT LLC

  Delaware   34-0758193

QUEEN CITY TERMINALS LLC

  Delaware   58-2572406

RAHWAY RIVER LAND LLC

  Delaware   N/A

RIVER TERMINALS PROPERTIES GP LLC

  Delaware   N/A

RIVER TERMINALS PROPERTIES, L.P. 

  Tennessee   35-1915981

SCISSORTAIL ENERGY, LLC

  Delaware   74-2964091

SNG PIPELINE SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   26-1102043

SOUTHERN DOME, LLC

  Delaware   04-3807363

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Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter
  State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or
organization
  I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

SOUTHERN GULF LNG COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   N/A

SOUTHERN LIQUEFACTION COMPANY LLC

  Delaware   N/A

SOUTHERN LNG COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   63-0590022

SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA GATHERING LLC

  Delaware   N/A

SOUTHTEX TREATERS LLC

  Delaware   45-3909314

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   N/A

SRT VESSELS LLC

  Delaware   N/A

STEVEDORE HOLDINGS, L.P. 

  Delaware   20-2640477

TEJAS GAS, LLC

  Delaware   76-0619237

TEJAS NATURAL GAS, LLC

  Delaware   76-0614235

TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   74-1056569

TEXAN TUG LLC

  Delaware   26-4690640

TGP PIPELINE SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   27-4829301

TRANSCOLORADO GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY LLC

  Delaware   26-2061358

TRANSLOAD SERVICES, LLC

  Illinois   36-4289637

UTICA MARCELLUS TEXAS PIPELINE LLC

  Delaware   N/A

WESTERN PLANT SERVICES LLC

  Delaware   68-0214553

WYOMING INTERSTATE COMPANY, L.L.C. 

  Delaware   84-0867957

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PROSPECTUS

LOGO

KINDER MORGAN, INC.
Debt Securities
Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Depositary Shares

        We may from time to time, in one or more offerings, offer and sell an unlimited amount of debt securities and an unlimited number of shares of our Class P common stock, referred to as our "common stock," shares of preferred stock and depositary shares under this prospectus. The debt securities that we may issue from time to time may benefit from a cross guarantee agreement among us and substantially all of our wholly owned subsidiaries. See "Cross Guarantee."

        We may offer and sell these securities in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions and other factors at the time of our offerings. This prospectus describes only the general terms of these securities and the general manner in which we will offer the securities. The specific terms of any securities we offer will be included in a supplement to this prospectus. The prospectus supplement also may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. This prospectus may be used to offer and sell securities only if accompanied by a prospectus supplement. We urge you to read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement carefully before you invest. You should also read the documents we refer to in the section entitled "Where You Can Find More Information" in this prospectus.

        Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "KMI." We will provide information in the related prospectus supplement for the trading market, if any, for any debt securities, preferred stock or depositary shares that may be offered.

        Investing in our securities involves risks. You should review carefully the risk factors identified in the documents incorporated by reference herein for a discussion of important risks you should consider before investing in our securities. Also, please read the section entitled "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in this prospectus.

        Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is July 27, 2020.


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About This Prospectus

    1  

Where You Can Find More Information

   
1
 

Kinder Morgan, Inc. 

   
3
 

Use of Proceeds

   
3
 

Description of Debt Securities

   
4
 

Cross Guarantee

   
17
 

Description of Our Capital Stock

   
19
 

Description of Depositary Shares

   
24
 

Plan of Distribution

   
25
 

Validity of the Securities

   
27
 

Experts

   
27
 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

   
28
 

        You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any other information to which we have referred you. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. This prospectus may only be used where it is legal to offer or sell the offered securities. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front cover of this prospectus. You should not assume that the information incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date the respective information was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

        This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the SEC under the Securities Act using a shelf registration process. Using this shelf registration process, we may offer from time to time, in one or more offerings, and sell an unlimited number and amount of any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings at an aggregate initial offering price to be specified at the time of any such offering. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement, or the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement, parts of which are omitted as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC. For further information about us and about the securities to be sold pursuant to this prospectus, please refer to the information below and to the registration statement and the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement.

        Each time we sell securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering and the securities offered by us in that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus.

        As used in this prospectus, the terms "we," "us" and "our" mean Kinder Morgan, Inc. and, unless the context otherwise indicates, include its consolidated subsidiaries.


WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

        We file annual, quarterly and other reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference into this prospectus the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the actual documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information as well as the information included in this prospectus. Some documents or information, such as that called for by Items 2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K, or the exhibits related thereto under Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, are deemed furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules. None of those documents and none of that information is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We incorporate by reference the following documents:

        The SEC maintains an Internet website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other material that are filed through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) System. This system can be accessed at http://www.sec.gov. You can find information we file with the SEC by reference to our company name or to our SEC file number, 1-35081. Our SEC filings are also available to the public through the New York Stock Exchange, on which our common stock is listed, at 11 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005.

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        We will provide a copy of any document incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any exhibit specifically incorporated by reference in those documents, without charge, by written or oral request directed to us at the following address and telephone number:

        Our internet address is www.kindermorgan.com. Information on our website is not part of, and is not incorporated by reference into, this prospectus.

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KINDER MORGAN, INC.

        We are a publicly traded Delaware corporation, with our common stock traded on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "KMI." We are one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. We own an interest in or operate approximately 83,000 miles of pipelines and 147 terminals. Our pipelines transport natural gas, refined petroleum products, crude oil, condensate, carbon dioxide ("CO2") and other products, and our terminals store and handle various commodities including gasoline, diesel fuel, chemicals, ethanol, metals and petroleum coke.

        The address of our principal executive offices is 1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77002, and our telephone number at this address is (713) 369-9000.


USE OF PROCEEDS

        Unless we inform you otherwise in a prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities we are offering for general corporate purposes. This may include, among other things, additions to working capital, repayment or refinancing of existing indebtedness or other corporate obligations, financing of capital expenditures and acquisitions, investment in existing and future projects, and repurchases and redemptions of securities. Pending any specific application, we may initially invest funds in short-term marketable securities or apply them to the reduction of other indebtedness.

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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

General

        We may issue debt securities from time to time in one or more series. The debt securities will be:

        Senior debt securities will be issued under a senior indenture dated as of March 1, 2012, between Kinder Morgan, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, which we call the senior indenture, and subordinated debt securities will be issued under a subordinated indenture dated as of March 1, 2012, between Kinder Morgan, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, which we call the subordinated indenture. Together the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture are called the indentures, and the senior debt securities and the subordinated debt securities are called debt securities.

        We have not restated these indentures in their entirety. The indentures are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. We urge you to read the indentures, because they, and not this description, control your rights as holders of the debt securities. In the summary below, we have included references to section numbers of the applicable indenture so that you can easily locate these provisions. Capitalized terms used in the summary have the meanings specified in the indentures. In this section, the words "we," "us" and "our" refer only to Kinder Morgan, Inc. and not to any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

        Neither indenture limits the amount of debt securities that we may issue under the indenture from time to time in one or more series. We may in the future issue debt securities under either indenture, in addition to the debt securities offered pursuant to this prospectus. As of the date of this prospectus, $10.9 billion of debt securities were outstanding under the senior indenture and no debt securities were outstanding under the subordinated indenture.

        Neither indenture contains provisions that would afford holders of debt securities protection in the event of a sudden and significant decline in our credit quality or a takeover, recapitalization or highly leveraged or similar transaction. Accordingly, in the future we could enter into transactions that could increase the amount of indebtedness outstanding at that time or otherwise adversely affect our capital structure or credit ratings.

        None of the debt securities will be secured by our property or assets or those of our subsidiaries. Neither indenture requires our subsidiaries to guarantee the debt securities. The cross guarantee agreement described under "Cross Guarantee" is not a part of either indenture, and none of our subsidiaries is or will be a party to either indenture.

        The registered holder of a debt security will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered holders have rights under an indenture. References in this section to holders mean only registered holders of debt securities. See "—Form, Denomination and Registration; Book-Entry Only System."

Specific Terms of Each Series of Debt Securities in the Prospectus Supplement

        A prospectus supplement and any supplemental indenture or other necessary corporate action taken pursuant to an indenture relating to any series of debt securities being offered will include specific terms relating to the offering. Examples of these terms include the following:

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        We will maintain in each place specified by us for payment of any series of debt securities an office or agency where debt securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where debt securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon us in respect of the debt securities of that series and the related indenture may be served. (Section 1002)

        Debt securities may be issued under an indenture as Original Issue Discount Securities to be offered and sold at a substantial discount below their principal amount. Material federal income tax, accounting and other considerations applicable to any such Original Issue Discount Securities will be described in any related prospectus supplement. "Original Issue Discount Security" means any security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof as a result of the occurrence of an event of default and the continuation thereof. (Section 101)

Provisions Only in the Senior Indenture

        The senior debt securities will rank equally in right of payment with all of our other senior and unsubordinated Debt. The senior indenture contains provisions that:

The subordinated indenture does not contain any similar provisions.

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        The senior indenture provides that we will not, nor will we permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any lien upon any Principal Property, as defined below, or upon any shares of Capital Stock of any Subsidiary owning or leasing any Principal Property, whether owned or leased on the date of the senior indenture or thereafter acquired, to secure any of our Debt or the Debt of any other Person, other than the senior debt securities issued under the senior indenture, without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of the senior debt securities outstanding thereunder shall be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, that Debt so long as that Debt is so secured.

        "Principal Property" means, whether owned or leased on the date of the senior indenture or thereafter acquired:

except, in the case of either of the foregoing clauses (a) or (b):

        This restriction does not apply to:

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        Notwithstanding the foregoing, under the senior indenture, we may, and may permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur, or suffer to exist any lien upon any Principal Property to secure our Debt or the Debt of any other Person, other than the senior debt securities, that is not excepted by clauses (1) through (9), inclusive, above without securing the senior debt securities issued under the senior indenture; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Debt then outstanding secured by such lien and all similar liens, together with all Attributable Indebtedness, as defined below, from Sale-Leaseback Transactions (excluding Sale-Leaseback Transactions permitted by clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, of the first paragraph of the restriction on sale-leasebacks covenant described below) does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, as defined below. (Section 1005 of the senior indenture)

        "Permitted Liens" means:

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        "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means, at any date of determination, the total amount of assets after deducting therefrom:

all as set forth, or on a pro forma basis would be set forth, on our consolidated balance sheet for our most recently completed fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

        The senior indenture provides that we will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage in the sale or transfer by us or any Subsidiary of any Principal Property to a Person, other than us or a Subsidiary, and the taking back by us or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, of a lease of such Principal Property, called a "Sale-Leaseback Transaction" in the senior indenture, unless:

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        "Attributable Indebtedness," when used with respect to any Sale-Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present value, discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease included in such transaction, of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, including any period for which such lease has been extended. In the case of any lease that is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty or other termination payment, such amount shall be the lesser of the amount determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated, in which case the amount shall also include the amount of the penalty or termination payment, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated, or the amount determined assuming no such termination.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing, under the senior indenture we may, and may permit any Subsidiary to, effect any Sale-Leaseback Transaction that is not excepted by clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, of the first paragraph under "—Restriction on Sale-Leasebacks," provided that the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, together with the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Debt (other than the senior debt securities) secured by liens upon Principal Properties not excepted by clauses (1) through (9), inclusive, of the first paragraph of the limitation on liens covenant described above, do not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. (Section 1006 of the senior indenture)

Provisions Only in the Subordinated Indenture

        Any subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and will be subordinate and junior in priority of payment to some of our other debt to the extent described in a prospectus supplement. (Section 1401 of the subordinated indenture)

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Provisions in Both Indentures

        Both indentures generally allow us to consolidate or merge with a Person. They also allow us to sell, lease or transfer our property and assets substantially as an entirety to a Person.

        However, we will only consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or sell, lease or transfer our assets substantially as an entirety according to the terms and conditions of the indentures, which include the following requirements:

        The remaining or acquiring Person will be substituted for us in the indentures with the same effect as if it had been an original party to the indentures. Thereafter, the successor may exercise our rights and powers under the indentures, in our name or in its own name. If we sell or transfer our assets substantially as an entirety, we will be released from all our liabilities and obligations under the indentures and the debt securities. If we lease our assets substantially as an entirety, we will not be released from our obligations under the indentures and the debt securities. (Sections 801 and 802)

        "Event of Default," with respect to any series of debt securities, when used in an indenture, means any of the following:

        If an Event of Default with respect to a series of debt securities occurs and is continuing, upon written notice, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all the outstanding debt securities of a particular series may declare the principal of all the debt securities of that series to be due and payable. When such declaration is made, such amounts will be immediately due and payable. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series may rescind such declaration and its consequences if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived before judgment has been obtained, other than nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely as a result of acceleration. (Section 502)

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        Holders of a series of debt securities may not enforce the indenture or the series of debt securities, except as provided in the indenture or a series of debt securities. (Section 507) The trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the indenture or such series of debt securities. (Section 603) The trustee may withhold notice to the holders of debt securities of any default, except in the payment of principal or interest, if it considers such withholding of notice to be in the best interests of the holders. (Section 602)

        Other than its duties in case of a default, a trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under any indenture at the request, order or direction of any holders, unless the holders offer the trustee reasonable indemnity. (Section 601) If they provide this reasonable indemnification, the holders of a majority in principal amount of any series of debt securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding or any remedy available to the trustee, or exercising any power conferred upon the trustee, for any series of debt securities. (Section 512)

        An Event of Default for a particular series of debt securities does not necessarily constitute an Event of Default for any other series of debt securities issued under an indenture. Further, an Event of Default under our other indebtedness will not necessarily constitute an event of default under the debt securities of any series issued under one of these indentures or vice versa.

        Holders of beneficial interests in global notes as described under "—Form, Denomination and Registration; Book-Entry Only System" are not registered holders for purposes of the indentures and should consult their banks or brokers for information on how to give notice or direction to or make requests of the trustee or how to declare or cancel an acceleration of the maturity with respect to a series of debt securities.

        Under each indenture, generally we and the trustee may modify our rights and obligations and the rights of the holders with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of all series affected by the modification, voting as one class.

        No modification of the principal or interest payment terms, no modification reducing the percentage required for modifications and no modification impairing the right to institute suit for the payment on debt securities of any series when due, is effective against any holder without its consent. (Section 902)

        In addition, we and the trustee may amend the indentures without the consent of any holder of the debt securities to make certain technical changes, such as:

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        At any time we may terminate all our obligations under an indenture as it relates to the notes of any series, a process commonly called "legal defeasance," except for certain obligations, including those respecting the defeasance trust described below, and obligations to register the transfer of or to exchange the notes of that series, to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes of that series and to maintain a registrar and paying agent in respect of such notes. (Section 1302)

        We also at any time may terminate our obligations under covenant restrictions on the debt securities of any series by a process commonly called "covenant defeasance." (Section 1303)

        We may exercise our legal defeasance option notwithstanding the prior exercise of our covenant defeasance option. If we exercise our legal defeasance option, payment of the notes of the defeased series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If we exercise our covenant defeasance option for the notes of a particular series, payment of the debt securities of that series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in the third bullet point under "—Events of Default and Remedies" above.

        We may exercise either defeasance option at any time on or following the 91st day after we irrevocably deposit in trust (the "defeasance trust") with the trustee money, U.S. Government Obligations (as defined in the indentures) or a combination thereof for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities of the relevant series to redemption or stated maturity, as the case may be, and comply with certain other conditions, including delivery to the trustee of an opinion of counsel (subject to customary exceptions and exclusions) to the effect that holders of the debt securities of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred. In the case of legal defeasance only, such opinion of counsel must be based on a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or other change in applicable federal income tax law.

        In the event of any legal defeasance, holders of the debt securities of the relevant series would be entitled to look only to the defeasance trust for payment of principal of and any premium and interest on their debt securities until maturity.

        Although the amount of money and U.S. Government Obligations on deposit with the trustee would be intended to be sufficient to pay amounts due on the debt securities of a defeased series at the time of their stated maturity, if we exercise our covenant defeasance option for the debt securities of any series and the debt securities are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on the notes of that series at the time of the acceleration resulting from such Event of Default. However, in that circumstance we would remain liable for such payments.

        We may discharge all our obligations under an indenture with respect to the notes of any series, other than our obligation to register the transfer of and to exchange notes of that series, when either:

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        U.S. Bank National Association is the trustee under the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture. The corporate trust office of the trustee is located at 8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100, Houston, Texas 77046.

        Under provisions of the indentures and the Trust Indenture Act governing trustee conflicts of interest, any uncured Event of Default with respect to any series of senior debt securities will force the trustee to resign as trustee under either the subordinated indenture or the senior indenture. Also, any uncured Event of Default with respect to any series of subordinated debt securities will force the trustee to resign as trustee under either the senior indenture or the subordinated indenture. Any resignation will require the appointment of a successor trustee under the applicable indenture in accordance with its terms and conditions.

        The trustee may resign or be removed by us with respect to one or more series of debt securities and a successor trustee may be appointed to act with respect to any such series. The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of any series may remove the trustee with respect to the debt securities of such series. (Section 610)

        Each indenture contains certain limitations on the right of the trustee thereunder, in the event that it becomes our creditor, to obtain payment of claims in some cases, or to realize on property received in respect of any such claim, as security or otherwise. (Section 613)

        The trustee is required to submit an annual report to the holders of the debt securities regarding, among other things, the trustee's eligibility to serve as such, the priority of the trustee's claims regarding certain advances made by it, and any action taken by the trustee materially affecting the debt securities. (Section 703)

        Each indenture provides that, in addition to other certificates or opinions that may be specifically required by other provisions of an indenture, every application by us for action by the trustee shall be accompanied by a certificate of certain of our officers and an opinion of counsel, who may be our counsel, stating that, in the opinion of the signers, we have complied with all conditions precedent to the action. (Section 102)

        The indentures are and the debt securities will be governed by the laws of the State of New York. (Section 112)

        Our directors, officers, employees, agents and shareholders will not have any liability for our obligations under the indentures or the debt securities or for any certificate or similar writing delivered pursuant to the indentures. Each holder of debt securities, by accepting a debt security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the debt securities. (Section 116)

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Form, Denomination and Registration; Book-Entry Only System

        Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, the debt securities of a series will be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. (Section 302) You will not have to pay a service charge to transfer or exchange debt securities of a series, but we may require you to pay for taxes or other governmental charges due upon a transfer or exchange. (Section 305)

        Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, each series of debt securities will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or any successor depositary, which we call a depositary, and will be represented by one or more global notes registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. The interests of beneficial owners in the global notes will be represented through financial institutions acting on their behalf as direct or indirect participants in DTC.

        Ownership of beneficial interests in a global note will be limited to persons, called participants, who have accounts with DTC or persons who hold interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in the global notes will be shown on, and the transfer of these ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC or its nominee (with respect to interests of participants) and the records of participants (with respect to interests of persons other than participants).

        So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner or holder of a global note, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities of that series represented by such global note for all purposes of the indenture, the debt securities of that series and applicable law. Accordingly, owners of interests in global notes will not be considered registered owners or holders of the global notes. In addition, no beneficial owner of an interest in a global note will be able to transfer that interest except in accordance with DTC's applicable procedures, in addition to those under the applicable indenture.

        Payments on debt securities represented by global notes will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the registered owner thereof. Neither we, the trustee, any underwriter nor any paying agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in global notes, for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests or for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the depositary or any participant.

        We expect that DTC or its nominee will credit participants' accounts on the payable date with payments in respect of a global note in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interest in the principal amount of such global note as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee, unless DTC has reason to believe that it will not receive payment on the payable date. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in such global note held through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers registered in "street name." Such payments will be the responsibility of such participants.

        Transfers between participants in DTC will be effected in accordance with DTC rules. The laws of some states require that certain persons take physical delivery of securities in definitive form. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global note to such persons may be impaired. Because DTC can only act on behalf of participants, who in turn act on behalf of others, such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies, called indirect participants, the ability of a person having a beneficial interest in a global note to pledge that interest to persons or entities that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of that interest, may be impaired by the lack of a physical certificate of that interest.

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        DTC will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of debt securities of a series only at the direction of one or more participants to whose account interests in global notes are credited and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of a series as to which such participant or participants has or have given such direction.

        If:

the respective global notes representing the affected series of debt securities will be exchanged for debt securities in definitive form of like tenor and of an equal aggregate principal amount, in authorized denominations. Such definitive debt securities shall be registered in such name or names as the depositary shall instruct the trustee. Such instructions will most likely be based upon directions received by the depositary from participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in global notes.

        DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a "clearing agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC holds securities that its participants deposit with DTC and facilitates the settlement among participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in participants' accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. DTC is owned by a number of its direct participants, including those who may act as underwriters of our debt securities. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as indirect participants that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a direct participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC.

        Although DTC has agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of interests in global notes among participants of DTC, it is under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures and may discontinue such procedures at any time. Neither we, the trustee, any underwriter nor any paying agent will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC or its participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

        Investors may hold interests in the notes outside the United States through the Euroclear System ("Euroclear") or Clearstream Banking ("Clearstream") if they are participants in those systems, or indirectly through organizations which are participants in those systems. Euroclear and Clearstream will hold interests on behalf of their participants through customers' securities accounts in Euroclear's and Clearstream's names on the books of their respective depositaries which in turn will hold such positions in customers' securities accounts in the names of the nominees of the depositaries on the books of DTC. All securities in Euroclear or Clearstream are held on a fungible basis without attribution of specific certificates to specific securities clearance accounts.

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time). The relevant European international clearing system will, if the exercise meets its requirements, deliver instructions to its depositaries to take action to effect exercise of the notes on its behalf by delivering notes through DTC and receiving payment in accordance with its normal procedures for next-day funds settlement. Payments with respect to the notes held through Euroclear or Clearstream will be credited to the cash accounts of Euroclear participants in accordance with the relevant system's rules and procedures, to the extent received by its depositaries.

        Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of debt securities among participants of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform such procedures and they may discontinue the procedures at any time.

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CROSS GUARANTEE

        On November 26, 2014, we entered into a cross guarantee agreement, which we refer to as the "Cross Guarantee Agreement" with substantially all of our wholly owned subsidiaries whereby each party to the agreement, including us, agrees to unconditionally guarantee certain indebtedness of each other party to the agreement.

        The Cross Guarantee Agreement is filed as an exhibit to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, and as updates are made to the guarantors and guaranteed obligations thereunder, we file updated versions of the Cross Guarantee Agreement as exhibits to our subsequent Exchange Act reports. See "Where You Can Find More Information." The following description is a summary of the material provisions of the Cross Guarantee Agreement. This summary does not purport to be complete and may not contain all of the information about the Cross Guarantee Agreement that is important to investors in our debt securities. We encourage investors to read carefully the Cross Guarantee Agreement in its entirety before making any investment decision. In this section, the words "we," "us" and "our" refer only to Kinder Morgan, Inc. and not to any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.

General

        We and substantially all of our wholly owned subsidiaries, which we collectively refer to as the "Guarantors," are parties to the Cross Guarantee Agreement. Each Guarantor jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees, as primary obligor, the prompt and complete payment when due (whether at the stated maturity by acceleration or otherwise) of the obligations subject to the agreement, which we refer to as the "Guaranteed Obligations." The Guaranteed Obligations are set forth on a schedule to the agreement, which will be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of the agreement. We expect that the debt securities that may be offered and sold hereunder will be Guaranteed Obligations.

        The guarantees under the Cross Guarantee Agreement are made for the benefit of, and may be enforced by, the "Guaranteed Parties," which in the case of our debt securities means the holders of such debt securities, as discussed under "Description of Debt Securities." We will provide a copy of the Cross Guarantee Agreement, including the most recently amended schedules and supplements thereto, to any Guaranteed Party upon written request to us at the address set forth in the agreement; provided that this obligation will be deemed to be satisfied if we have filed a copy of the agreement, including the most recently amended schedules and supplements thereto, with the SEC within three months preceding the date on which we receive such written request.

Additional Guarantors and Guaranteed Obligations

        We will cause each "Subsidiary" (as defined in the Cross Guarantee Agreement) that is not an "Excluded Subsidiary" (as defined in the Cross Guarantee Agreement) formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the date of the Cross Guarantee Agreement (including any Subsidiary that ceases to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary) to execute a supplement to the agreement and become a Guarantor within 45 days of the occurrence of the event that requires such entity to become a Guarantor.

        Any "Indebtedness" issued by a Guarantor or for which a Guarantor otherwise becomes obligated after the date of the agreement will become a Guaranteed Obligation upon the execution by all Guarantors of a notation of guarantee, which will be affixed to the instrument or instruments evidencing such Indebtedness. "Indebtedness" generally means any senior, unsecured obligation for borrowed money and any payment obligation with respect to obligations under certain hedging agreements.

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Release of Guarantors and Guaranteed Obligations

        A Guarantor will be automatically released from its guarantee under the Cross Guarantee Agreement upon release of such Guarantor from the guarantee under our revolving credit facility, including upon consummation of any transaction resulting in such Guarantor ceasing to constitute a Subsidiary or upon any Guarantor becoming an Excluded Subsidiary. Such a transaction or event is referred to as a "Release Event."

        Upon the occurrence of a Release Event, each Guaranteed Obligation for which such released Guarantor was the issuer will be automatically released from the provisions of the Cross Guarantee Agreement and will cease to constitute a Guaranteed Obligation; provided that in the case of any Guaranteed Obligation that has been assigned an investment grade rating by specified rating agencies, such Guaranteed Obligation will be released, effective as of the 91st day after the occurrence of the Release Event, if and only if a "Rating Decline" with respect to such Guaranteed Obligation does not occur. "Rating Decline" generally means the occurrence of the following on, or within 90 days after, the date of the occurrence of a Release Event or of public notice of the intention to effect a Release Event (which period may be extended so long as the rating of such Guaranteed Obligation is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either of the specified rating agencies): (i) in the event the applicable Guaranteed Obligation is assigned an investment grade rating by both rating agencies on the date immediately prior to the Release Event or public notice of the intention to effect the Release Event, the rating of such Guaranteed Obligation by one or both of the rating agencies is below an investment grade rating; or (ii) in the event such Guaranteed Obligation is rated below an investment grade rating by either of the Rating Agencies on such date, any such below- investment grade rating is decreased by one or more gradations.

Termination of Guarantees

        The guarantee obligations under the Cross Guarantee Agreement will terminate when all Guaranteed Obligations thereunder have been paid in full or have been deemed paid and discharged by defeasance pursuant to the terms of the instruments governing such Guaranteed Obligations. This date is referred to as the "Guarantee Termination Date."

Amendment

        The Guarantors may amend or supplement the Cross Guarantee Agreement:

        Except as set forth above, the Guarantors may not amend, supplement or otherwise modify the agreement prior to the Guarantee Termination Date without the prior written consent of the holders of the majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Guaranteed Obligations (excluding obligations with respect to hedging agreements, subject to specified exceptions).

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DESCRIPTION OF OUR CAPITAL STOCK

        The following information is a summary of the material terms of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and the shareholders agreement between us and certain of our investors. Copies of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and the shareholders agreement are filed as exhibits to our Exchange Act reports and incorporated by reference in this prospectus. See "Where You Can Find More Information." You should refer to the provisions of these documents because they, and not this summary, will govern your rights as a holder of shares of our capital stock.

General

        Our authorized capital stock consists of:

Common Stock

        Each share of our common stock entitles the holder to one vote with respect to each matter presented to our stockholders on which the holders of our common stock are entitled to vote. Holders of our capital stock do not have cumulative voting rights.

        Holders of our common stock share equally in any dividend declared by our board of directors, subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding preferred stock.

        In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs, holders of our common stock would be entitled to share ratably in our assets that are legally available for distribution to our stockholders after payment of liabilities. If we have any preferred stock outstanding at such time, holders of the preferred stock may be entitled to distributions and/or liquidation preferences. In either such case, we must pay the applicable distribution to the holders of our preferred stock, if required pursuant to the terms of any such preferred stock, before we may pay distributions to the holders of common stock.

        Our stockholders have no preemptive or other rights to subscribe for additional shares. All outstanding shares are, and all shares offered by this prospectus will be, when sold, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

Preferred Stock

        Our board of directors is authorized, subject to the limits imposed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, which we refer to in this prospectus as the "DGCL," to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series of preferred stock, and to fix the rights, preferences, privileges, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the shares of each wholly unissued series of preferred

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stock. Our board of directors also is authorized to increase or decrease the number of shares of any series, but not below the number of shares of that series of preferred stock then outstanding and not above the total number of shares of preferred stock authorized by our certificate of incorporation, without any further vote or action by our stockholders.

        Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock with voting rights that affect adversely the voting power or other rights of our other classes of stock. The issuance of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, also could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control or causing the market price of our common stock to decline.

Shareholders Agreement

        In 2011, in connection with our initial public offering, we entered into a shareholders agreement with a group of shareholders referred to as the "Investors." The Investors consisted of:

        None of the Sponsor Investors are still parties to the shareholders agreement. As a result, certain provisions in the shareholders agreement no longer apply. The shareholders agreement provides certain registration rights to the remaining Investors who are party to the agreement. The shareholders agreement will terminate when none of the shareholder parties thereto hold any shares of common stock.

        Persons who become holders of our common stock by purchasing shares in an offering under this prospectus or by purchasing shares in the open market will not become parties to the shareholders agreement, but the shareholders agreement will continue in effect. A summary of the provisions of our shareholders agreement is contained in our proxy statement for our 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC April 3, 2020 and is incorporated into this prospectus by reference. See "Where You Can Find More Information." We encourage you to read the shareholders agreement, which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, in its entirety.

Certain Other Provisions of Our Charter and Bylaws and Delaware Law

        Our certificate of incorporation provides that the number of directors will be fixed in the manner provided in our bylaws. Our bylaws provide that the number of directors will be no more than 16 and no less than 10, as fixed from time to time by our board of directors.

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actions taken as a director to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL. The DGCL does not permit exculpation for liability:

        Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that we shall indemnify our current and former directors and officers, and may indemnify our employees, agents and other persons, to the fullest extent permitted by law. We also are expressly authorized to carry directors' and officers' insurance providing indemnification for our directors, officers and certain employees and agents for any liabilities incurred in any such capacity, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability. We believe that these indemnification provisions and insurance are useful to attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers.

        The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. These provisions also may have the effect of reducing the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though such an action, if successful, might otherwise benefit us and our stockholders. In addition, an investment in our stock may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers pursuant to these indemnification provisions.

        Our certificate of incorporation may be amended in any manner provided by the DGCL. Because our common stock is the only class of capital stock that is outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, our certificate of incorporation may be amended with the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock, except that any provision requiring a supermajority vote of stockholders may only be amended with such supermajority vote.

        Our bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders holding shares representing two-thirds of total number of votes that may be cast in the election of directors or by the board of directors at any regular meeting of the stockholders or the board of directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or the board of directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal, or adoption of new bylaws be contained in the notice of such special meeting.

Certain Anti-takeover Provisions of Our Charter and Bylaws and Delaware Law

        Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws have the following provisions that could deter, delay or prevent a third party from acquiring us, even if doing so would benefit our stockholders.

        The ability to authorize undesignated preferred stock makes it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock with super voting, special approval, dividend or other rights or preferences on a discriminatory basis that could impede the success of any attempt to acquire us. These and other provisions may have the effect of deferring, delaying or discouraging hostile takeovers, or changes in control or management of our company. Further, the rights of the holders of our common stock will be

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subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of any preferred shares that may be issued in the future.

        Our bylaws provide that special meetings of the stockholders may be called only upon the request of the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or the board of directors or upon the written request of stockholders of record of not less than 10% of all voting power entitled to vote at such meeting. Our bylaws prohibit the conduct of any business at a special meeting other than as specified in the notice for such meeting.

        Our bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals for annual meetings and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors. In order for any matter to be "properly brought" before a meeting, a stockholder will have to comply with advance notice requirements and provide us with specified information. Our bylaws provide that any director or the board of directors may be removed, with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of shares representing the majority of all voting power then entitled to vote at an election of directors. Our bylaws also provide that vacancies may be filled only by a vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum, and not by our stockholders. Our bylaws allow the chairman of a meeting of the stockholders to adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings that may have the effect of precluding the conduct of certain business at a meeting if the rules and regulations are not followed. These provisions also may defer, delay or discourage a potential acquiror from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquiror's own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us.

        Our certificate of incorporation provides that any vote or similar action required or permitted to be taken by holders of our common stock must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of our stockholders and may not be effected by consent in writing by such stockholders.

        We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corporation from engaging in a "business combination" with any "interested stockholder" for a three-year period following the time that such stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed manner. A "business combination" includes, among other things, a merger, asset or stock sale or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. An "interested stockholder" is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns (or who is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and did own within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status) 15% or more of the corporation's voting stock. Under Section 203, a business combination between a corporation and an interested stockholder is prohibited unless:

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        Section 203 defines a business combination to include:

        A Delaware corporation may opt out of this provision either with an express provision in its original certificate of incorporation or in an amendment to its certificate of incorporation or bylaws approved by its stockholders. We have not opted out of this provision, so Section 203 will apply to any stockholder that becomes an interested stockholder after our initial public offering. The statute, as it applies to interested stockholders other than Mr. Kinder, could prohibit or delay mergers or other takeover or change in control attempts and, accordingly, may discourage attempts to acquire us. These provisions of the DGCL could have the effect of deferring, delaying or discouraging hostile takeovers and may also have the effect of preventing changes in control or management of our company. It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish transactions other stockholders might deem desirable.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

        As of the date of this prospectus, the transfer agent and registrar of our common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A. It may be contacted at 480 Washington Blvd., Jersey City, New Jersey 07310.

New York Stock Exchange Listing

        Our common stock is listed on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "KMI."

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DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES

        We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement a description of any depositary shares issued by us that may be offered and sold pursuant to this prospectus.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

        We may sell the securities offered by this prospectus:

By Agents

        Securities may be sold through agents designated by us. Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, the agents will agree to use their reasonable best efforts to solicit purchases for the period of their appointment.

By Underwriters

        If underwriters are used in the sale, the securities offered will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities offered will be subject to certain conditions. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities offered if any of the securities are purchased. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.

Direct Sales

        Securities may also be sold directly by us. In this case, no underwriters or agents would be involved. We may use electronic media, including the Internet, to sell offered securities directly.

Delayed Delivery Contracts or Forward Contracts

        If indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will authorize agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers to purchase securities from us at the public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts or forward contracts providing for payment or delivery on a specified date in the future at prices determined as described in the prospectus supplement. Such contracts will be subject only to those conditions set forth in the prospectus supplement, and the prospectus supplement will set forth the commission payable for solicitation of such contracts.

General Information

        The debt securities, preferred stock or depositary shares, when first issued, will have no established trading market. Any underwriters or agents to whom or through whom such securities are sold for public offering and sale may make a market in such securities, but such underwriters or agents will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity of the trading market for any such securities.

        The debt securities, preferred stock or depositary shares offered may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange. No assurances can be given that there will be a market for the such securities.

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        Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act, and any discounts or commissions received by them from us and any profit on the resale of the securities by them may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Any underwriters or agents will be identified and their compensation will be described in a prospectus supplement.

        We may have agreements with the underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute with respect to payments which the underwriters, dealers or agents may be required to make because of those liabilities.

        Underwriters, dealers and agents or their affiliates may engage in transactions with, or perform services for, us or our affiliates in the ordinary course of their businesses.

        One or more firms, referred as "remarketing firms," may also offer or sell the securities, if a prospectus supplement so indicates, in connection with a remarketing arrangement upon the purchase of the securities. Remarketing firms will act as principals for their own accounts or as agents for us. These remarketing firms will offer or sell the securities in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to the terms of the securities. The prospectus supplement will identify any remarketing firm and terms of the agreement, if any, with us and will describe the remarketing firm's compensation. Remarketing firms may be deemed to be underwriters in connection with the securities they remarket. Remarketing firms may be entitled under agreements that may be entered into with us to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments which they may be required to make because of those liabilities. Remarketing firms or their affiliates may engage in transaction with, or perform services for, us or our affiliates in the ordinary course of their business.

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VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES

        The validity of the securities being offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Bracewell LLP, Houston, Texas.


EXPERTS

        The financial statements and management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

        This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are identified as any statement that does not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They use words such as "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "plan," "projection," "forecast," "strategy," "outlook," "continue," "estimate," "expect," "may," "will," "shall," or the negative of those terms or other variations of them or comparable terminology. In particular, expressed or implied statements concerning future actions, conditions or events, future operating results or the ability to generate sales, income or cash flow, service debt or pay dividends, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Future actions, conditions or events and future results may differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. Many of the factors that will determine these results are beyond our ability to control or accurately predict. Specific factors that could cause actual results to differ from those in our forward-looking statements include:

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        The foregoing list should not be construed to be exhaustive. We believe the forward-looking statements in this prospectus are reasonable. However, there is no assurance that any of the actions, events or results expressed in forward-looking statements will occur, or if any of them do, of their timing or what impact they will have on our results of operations or financial condition. Because of these uncertainties, you should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

        See Item 1A "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 for

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a more detailed description of these and other factors that may affect the forward-looking statements. The risk factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. In addition, there is a general level of uncertainty regarding the extent to which potential positive or negative changes to fiscal, tax and trade policies may impact us and those with whom we do business. It is not possible at this time to predict the extent of any such impact. When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the factors described in this section and the other sections referenced above. These factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. We disclaim any obligation, other than as required by applicable law, to publicly update or revise any of our forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments.

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PART II.

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.    Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

        The following table sets forth the expenses to be incurred by Kinder Morgan, Inc. in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered.

SEC Registration Fee

  $          *

Legal Fees and Expenses

      **

Accounting Fees and Expenses

      **

Fees and Expenses of Transfer Agent and Trustee

      **

Listing Fees

      **

Printing Fees

      **

Miscellaneous

      **

Total

  $          **

*
To be deferred pursuant to Rule 456(b) and calculated in connection with the offering of securities under this registration statement pursuant to Rule 457(r).

**
Because an indeterminate amount of securities is covered by this registration statement, the expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities cannot be determined at this time. The estimates of such expenses will be included in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Item 15.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL, provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Section 145 further provides that a corporation similarly may indemnify any such person serving in any such capacity who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

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        As permitted by the DGCL, the registrant's certificate of incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of its directors for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:

    for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the registrant or its stockholders;

    for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law;

    under Section 174 of the DGCL regarding unlawful dividends and stock purchases; or

    for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

        As permitted by the DGCL, the registrant's certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that:

    the registrant is required to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL, subject to very limited exceptions;

    the registrant may indemnify its other employees and agents to the fullest extent permitted by law, subject to very limited exceptions;

    the registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with a proceeding to the maximum extent permitted under the DGCL, subject to very limited exceptions; and

    the rights conferred in the certificate of incorporation or bylaws are not exclusive.

        The registrant maintains liability insurance policies covering its officers and directors against some liabilities, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act, that may be incurred by them.

        Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Item 16.    Exhibits.

        Reference is made to the Exhibit Index following the signature pages hereto, which Exhibit Index is hereby incorporated into this item.

Item 17.    Undertakings.

        (a)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

            (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                (i)  To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

               (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;

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              (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

    provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement;

            (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

            (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

            (4)   That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

                (i)  each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

               (ii)  each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be a part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

            (5)   That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

                (i)  Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

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               (ii)  Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

              (iii)  The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

              (iv)  Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

        (b)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (c)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
   
  Description of Exhibit
  1.1 **   Underwriting Agreement.

 

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Senior Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2012, between Kinder Morgan, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on March 1, 2012 (File No. 333-179812) and incorporated herein by reference).

 

4.2

 


 

Form of Senior Note of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (included in the Senior Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on March 1, 2012 (File No. 333-179812) and incorporated herein by reference).

 

4.3

 


 

Subordinated Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2012, between Kinder Morgan, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on March 1, 2012 (File No. 333-179812) and incorporated herein by reference).

 

4.4

 


 

Form of Subordinated Note of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (included in the Subordinated Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on March 1, 2012 (File No. 333-179812) and incorporated herein by reference).

 

4.5

**


 

Form of Deposit Agreement.

 

4.6

**


 

Form of Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation.

 

4.7

 


 

Cross Guarantee Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 (File No. 001-35081) and incorporated herein by reference).

 

4.8

 


 

Form of certificate representing Class P common shares of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on January 18, 2011 (File No. 333-170773) and incorporated herein by reference).

 

4.9

 


 

Shareholders Agreement among Kinder Morgan, Inc. and certain holders of common stock (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 (File No. 1-35081) and incorporated herein by reference).

 

4.10

 


 

Amendment No. 1 to the Shareholders Agreement among Kinder Morgan, Inc. and certain holders of common stock (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 30, 2012 (File No. 1-35081) and incorporated herein by reference).

 

4.11

 


 

Amendment No. 2 to the Shareholders Agreement among Kinder Morgan, Inc. and certain holders of common stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 3, 2014 (File No. 1-35081) and incorporated herein by reference).

 

5.1

*


 

Opinion of Bracewell LLP as to the legality of the securities being offered.

 

23.1

*


 

Consent of Bracewell LLP (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).

 

23.2

*


 

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

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Exhibit
Number
   
  Description of Exhibit
  24.1 *   Powers of attorney.

 

25.1

*


 

Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility related to Senior Debt Securities and Subordinated Debt Securities under the Trust Indenture Act of U.S. Bank National Association.

*
Filed herewith.

**
To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with a specific offering.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 or amendment thereto to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on July 27, 2020.

    KINDER MORGAN, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS

        Name:   David P. Michels
        Title:   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement, or amendment thereto, has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 27, 2020.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ RICHARD D. KINDER*

Richard D. Kinder
  Director and Executive Chairman

/s/ STEVEN J. KEAN*

Steven J. Kean

 

Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG*

Kimberly A. Dang

 

Director and President

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS

David P. Michels

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ TED A. GARDNER*

Ted A. Gardner

 

Director

/s/ ANTHONY W. HALL, JR.*

Anthony W. Hall, Jr.

 

Director

/s/ GARY L. HULTQUIST*

Gary L. Hultquist

 

Director

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Signature
 
Title

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ RONALD L. KUEHN, JR.*

Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.
  Director

/s/ DEBORAH A. MACDONALD*

Deborah A. Macdonald

 

Director

/s/ MICHAEL C. MORGAN*

Michael C. Morgan

 

Director

/s/ ARTHUR C. REICHSTETTER*

Arthur C. Reichstetter

 

Director

/s/ FAYEZ SAROFIM*

Fayez Sarofim

 

Director

/s/ C. PARK SHAPER*

C. Park Shaper

 

Director

/s/ WILLIAM A. SMITH*

William A. Smith

 

Director

/s/ JOEL V. STAFF*

Joel V. Staff

 

Director

/s/ ROBERT F. VAGT*

Robert F. Vagt

 

Director

/s/ PERRY M. WAUGHTAL*

Perry M. Waughtal

 

Director

*By:

 

/s/ CATHERINE CALLAWAY JAMES

Catherine Callaway James
Attorney-in-fact for persons indicated

 

 

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant below has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas on July 27, 2020.

    KINDER MORGAN ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
KINDER MORGAN OPERATING L.P. "A"
KINDER MORGAN OPERATING L.P. "B"
KINDER MORGAN OPERATING L.P. "C"
KINDER MORGAN OPERATING L.P. "D"
KINDER MORGAN CO2 COMPANY, L.P.

 

 

By: Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.,
its general partner

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

        Name:   Adam S. Forman
        Title:   Vice President

        Pursuant to requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on July 27, 2020.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 
/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG

Kimberly A. Dang
  Director and President of Kinder Morgan, G.P., Inc. (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS

David P. Michels

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman

 

Director of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant below (each a "Corporation") has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas on July 27, 2020.

    COPANO ENERGY FINANCE CORPORATION
EL PASO CITRUS HOLDINGS, INC.
EPTP ISSUING CORPORATION
KINDER MORGAN CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
KINDER MORGAN TERMINALS, INC.
KMGP SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
KN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE ISSUING CORPORATION

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman
Vice President of each Corporation

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on July 27, 2020.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 
/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG

Kimberly A. Dang
  Director of each Corporation and President of each of Copano Energy Finance Corporation, El Paso Citrus Holdings, Inc., EPTP Issuing Corporation, KMGP Services Company, Inc. and KN Telecommunications, Inc. (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS

David P. Michels

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of each Corporation (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ JESSE ARENIVAS

Jesse Arenivas

 

President of Kinder Morgan Carbon Dioxide Transportation Company (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ JOHN W. SCHLOSSER

John W. Schlosser

 

President of Kinder Morgan Terminals, Inc. (Principal Executive Officer)

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Signature
 
Title

 

 

 
/s/ KIMBERLY S. WATSON

Kimberly S. Watson
  President of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Issuing Corporation (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman

 

Director of each Corporation

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant below (each an "OLP A Member Managed Subsidiary") has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas on July 27, 2020.

    CAMINO REAL GATHERING COMPANY, L.L.C.
EAGLE FORD GATHERING LLC
EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY, L.L.C.
KINDERHAWK FIELD SERVICES LLC
KINDER MORGAN ALTAMONT LLC
KINDER MORGAN BORDER PIPELINE LLC
KINDER MORGAN CRUDE & CONDENSATE LLC
KINDER MORGAN ENDEAVOR LLC
KINDER MORGAN EP MIDSTREAM LLC
KINDER MORGAN FREEDOM PIPELINE LLC
KINDER MORGAN KEYSTONE GAS STORAGE LLC
KINDER MORGAN LOUISIANA PIPELINE HOLDING LLC
KINDER MORGAN LOUISIANA PIPELINE LLC
KINDER MORGAN NATGAS O&M LLC
KINDER MORGAN NORTH TEXAS PIPELINE LLC
KINDER MORGAN PECOS VALLEY LLC
KINDER MORGAN PRODUCTS TERMINALS LLC
KINDER MORGAN TEJAS PIPELINE LLC
KINDER MORGAN TEXAS PIPELINE LLC
KINDER MORGAN TRANSMIX COMPANY, LLC
KINDER MORGAN TREATING LP By KM Treating GP LLC, its general partner
KINDER MORGAN UTICA LLC
KM EAGLE GATHERING LLC
KM GATHERING LLC
KM TREATING GP LLC
KM TREATING PRODUCTION LLC
KM UTOPIA OPERATOR LLC
MOJAVE PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C.
MOJAVE PIPELINE OPERATING COMPANY, L.L.C.
SOUTHTEX TREATERS LLC
TEJAS GAS, LLC
TEJAS NATURAL GAS, LLC
TRANSCOLORADO GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY LLC
UTICA MARCELLUS TEXAS PIPELINE LLC

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By:

 

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman
Vice President

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on July 27, 2020.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 
/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG

Kimberly A. Dang
  Director and President of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., the general partner of Kinder Morgan Operating L.P. "A", the direct or indirect sole member or general partner of each OLP A Member Managed Subsidiary (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS

David P. Michels

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman

 

Director of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant below (each a "KMP Member Managed Subsidiary") has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas on July 27, 2020.

    CAMINO REAL GAS GATHERING COMPANY LLC
CANTERA GAS COMPANY LLC
CDE PIPELINE LLC
CHEYENNE PLAINS GAS PIPELINE
COMPANY, L.L.C.
CIG GAS STORAGE COMPANY LLC
COPANO DOUBLE EAGLE LLC
COPANO ENERGY, L.L.C.
COPANO ENERGY SERVICES/UPPER GULF COAST LLC
COPANO FIELD SERVICES GP, L.L.C.
COPANO FIELD SERVICES/NORTH
TEXAS, L.L.C.
COPANO FIELD SERVICES/SOUTH TEXAS LLC
COPANO FIELD SERVICES/UPPER GULF COAST LLC
COPANO LIBERTY, LLC
COPANO LIQUIDS MARKETING LLC
COPANO NGL SERVICES (MARKHAM), L.L.C.
COPANO NGL SERVICES LLC
COPANO PIPELINES GROUP, L.L.C.
COPANO PIPELINES/NORTH TEXAS, L.L.C.
COPANO PIPELINES/ROCKY MOUNTAINS, LLC
COPANO PIPELINES/SOUTH TEXAS LLC
COPANO PIPELINES/UPPER GULF COAST LLC
COPANO PROCESSING LLC
COPANO RISK MANAGEMENT LLC
COPANO TERMINALS LLC
COPANO/WEBB-DUVAL PIPELINE LLC
CPNO SERVICES LLC
ELBA EXPRESS COMPANY, L.L.C.
EPBGP CONTRACTING SERVICES LLC
EP RUBY LLC
HARRAH MIDSTREAM LLC
KINDER MORGAN SNG OPERATOR LLC
SCISSORTAIL ENERGY, LLC
SOUTHERN DOME, LLC

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    SOUTHERN GULF LNG COMPANY, L.L.C.
SOUTHERN LIQUEFACTION COMPANY LLC
SOUTHERN LNG COMPANY, L.L.C.
SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA GATHERING LLC
WYOMING INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY, L.L.C.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman
Vice President

        Pursuant to of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on July 27, 2020.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 
/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG

Kimberly A. Dang
  Director and President of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., the general partner of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., the direct or indirect sole member of each KMP Member Managed Subsidiary (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS

David P. Michels

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman

 

Director of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant below (each an "OLP C Member Managed Subsidiary") has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas on July 27, 2020.

    AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS II LLC
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS III LLC
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS IV LLC
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS V LLC
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS VI LLC
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS VII LLC
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS VIII LLC
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS IX LLC
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS X LLC
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS XI LLC
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS LLC
AMERICAN PETROLEUM TANKERS PARENT LLC
APT INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO LLC
APT NEW INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO LLC
APT FLORIDA LLC
APT PENNSYLVANIA LLC
APT SUNSHINE STATE LLC
BETTY LOU LLC
ELIZABETH RIVER TERMINALS LLC
ICPT, L.L.C.
JV TANKER CHARTERER LLC
KINDER MORGAN BALTIMORE TRANSLOAD TERMINAL LLC
KINDER MORGAN COMMERCIAL SERVICES LLC
KINDER MORGAN DALLAS FORT WORTH RAIL TERMINAL LLC
KINDER MORGAN IMT HOLDCO LLC
KINDER MORGAN KMAP LLC
KINDER MORGAN LINDEN TRANSLOAD TERMINAL LLC
KINDER MORGAN LIQUIDS TERMINALS ST. GABRIEL LLC
KINDER MORGAN PETCOKE GP LLC
KINDER MORGAN PETCOKE, L.P.
By Kinder Morgan Petcoke GP LLC, its general partner
KINDER MORGAN PETCOKE LP LLC
KINDER MORGAN PETROLEUM TANKERS LLC

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    KINDER MORGAN PORT MANATEE TERMINAL LLC
KINDER MORGAN PORT SUTTON TERMINAL LLC
KINDER MORGAN PORT TERMINALS USA LLC
KINDER MORGAN RAIL SERVICES LLC
KINDER MORGAN RESOURCES LLC
KINDER MORGAN RESOURCES II LLC
KINDER MORGAN RESOURCES III LLC
KINDER MORGAN TERMINALS WILMINGTON LLC
KM KASKASKIA DOCK LLC
KM NORTH CAHOKIA LAND LLC
KM NORTH CAHOKIA TERMINAL PROJECT LLC
LOMITA RAIL TERMINAL LLC
MJR OPERATING LLC
PI 2 PELICAN STATE LLC
PINNEY DOCK & TRANSPORT LLC
STEVEDORE HOLDINGS, L.P.
By Kinder Morgan Petcoke GP LLC, its general partner
SRT VESSELS LLC

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman
Vice President

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        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on July 27, 2020.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 
/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG

Kimberly A. Dang
  Director and President of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., the general partner of Kinder Morgan Operating L.P. "C", the direct or indirect sole member or general partner of each OLP C Member Managed Subsidiary (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS

David P. Michels

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman

 

Director of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant below (each an "OLP D Member Managed Subsidiary") has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas on July 27, 2020.

    CENTRAL FLORIDA PIPELINE LLC
KINDER MORGAN 2-MILE LLC
KINDER MORGAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TAMPA LLC
KINDER MORGAN BATTLEGROUND OIL LLC
KINDER MORGAN CRUDE MARKETING LLC
KINDER MORGAN CRUDE TO RAIL LLC
KINDER MORGAN CUSHING LLC
KINDER MORGAN DEEPROCK NORTH HOLDCO LLC
KINDER MORGAN GALENA PARK WEST LLC
KINDER MORGAN LAS VEGAS LLC
KINDER MORGAN LIQUIDS TERMINALS LLC
KINDER MORGAN MATERIALS SERVICES, LLC
KINDER MORGAN PIPELINE LLC
KINDER MORGAN PORTLAND JET LINE LLC
KINDER MORGAN SOUTHEAST TERMINALS LLC
KINDER MORGAN TANK STORAGE TERMINALS LLC
KINDER MORGAN URBAN RENEWAL, L.L.C.
KINDER MORGAN VIRGINIA LIQUIDS TERMINALS LLC
KM LIQUIDS TERMINALS LLC
PALMETTO PRODUCTS PIPE LINE LLC
RAHWAY RIVER LAND LLC
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PIPELINE LLC

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN


Adam S. Forman
Vice President

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        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on July 27, 2020.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 
/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG

Kimberly A. Dang
  Director and President of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., the general partner of Kinder Morgan Operating L.P. "D", the direct or indirect sole member or general partner of each OLP D Member Managed Subsidiary (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS

David P. Michels

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman

 

Director of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant below (each a "CO2 Member Managed Subsidiary") has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas on July 27, 2020.

    KINDER MORGAN CRUDE OIL PIPELINES LLC
KINDER MORGAN PECOS LLC
KINDER MORGAN PRODUCTION COMPANY LLC
KINDER MORGAN SCURRY CONNECTOR LLC
KINDER MORGAN WINK PIPELINE LLC

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN


Adam S. Forman
Vice President

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on July 27, 2020.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 
/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG

Kimberly A. Dang
  Director and President of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc., the general partner of Kinder Morgan CO2 Company, L.P., the direct or indirect sole member of each CO2 Member Managed Subsidiary (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS

David P. Michels

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman

 

Director of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant below (each a "KMI Subsidiary") has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas on July 27, 2020.

    AGNES B CRANE, LLC
CIG PIPELINE SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C.
DAKOTA BULK TERMINAL LLC
DELTA TERMINAL SERVICES LLC
EL PASO CHEYENNE HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
EL PASO CNG COMPANY, L.L.C.
EL PASO ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY, L.L.C.
EL PASO LLC
EL PASO MIDSTREAM GROUP LLC
EL PASO NORIC INVESTMENTS III, L.L.C.
EL PASO RUBY HOLDING COMPANY, L.L.C.
EL PASO TENNESSEE PIPELINE CO., L.L.C.
EMORY B CRANE, LLC
FRANK L. CRANE, LLC
GENERAL STEVEDORES GP, LLC
GENERAL STEVEDORES HOLDINGS LLC
HBM ENVIRONMENTAL LLC
HILAND CRUDE, LLC
HILAND PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC
HPH OKLAHOMA GATHERING LLC
INDEPENDENT TRADING & TRANSPORTATION COMPANY I, L.L.C.
KINDER MORGAN BULK TERMINALS LLC
KINDER MORGAN CONTRACTING SERVICES LLC
KINDER MORGAN FINANCE COMPANY LLC
KINDER MORGAN MARINE SERVICES LLC
KINDER MORGAN MID ATLANTIC MARINE SERVICES LLC
KINDER MORGAN NGPL HOLDINGS LLC
KINDER MORGAN SEVEN OAKS LLC
KINDER MORGAN TEXAS TERMINALS, L.P. By General Stevedores GP, LLC, its general partner
KINDER MORGAN VEHICLE SERVICES LLC
KM CRANE LLC
KM DECATUR LLC
KM NORTH CAHOKIA SPECIAL PROJECT LLC
KM SHIP CHANNEL SERVICES LLC
KMBT LLC
KMBT LEGACY HOLDINGS LLC
KNIGHT POWER COMPANY LLC
MILWAUKEE BULK TERMINALS LLC
PADDY RYAN CRANE, LLC
QUEEN CITY TERMINALS LLC

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    RIVER TERMINALS PROPERTIES GP LLC
RIVER TERMINAL PROPERTIES, L.P. By River Terminals Properties GP LLC, its general partner
SNG PIPELINE SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C.
TEXAN TUG LLC
TGP PIPELINE SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C.
TRANSLOAD SERVICES, LLC
WESTERN PLANT SERVICES LLC

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman
Vice President

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on July 27, 2020.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ RICHARD D. KINDER*

Richard D. Kinder
  Director and Executive Chairman of Kinder Morgan, Inc., the direct or indirect sole member of each KMI Subsidiary (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ STEVEN J. KEAN*

Steven J. Kean

 

Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG*

Kimberly A. Dang

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS*

David P. Michels

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kinder Morgan,Inc. (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ TED A. GARDNER*

Ted A. Gardner

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ ANTHONY W. HALL, JR.*

Anthony W. Hall, Jr.

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ GARY L. HULTQUIST*

Gary L. Hultquist

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

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Signature
 
Title

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ RONALD L. KUEHN, JR.*

Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr.
  Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ DEBORAH A. MACDONALD*

Deborah A. Macdonald

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ MICHAEL C. MORGAN*

Michael C. Morgan

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ ARTHUR C. REICHSTETTER*

Arthur C. Reichstetter

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ FAYEZ SAROFIM*

Fayez Sarofim

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ C. PARK SHAPER*

C. Park Shaper

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ WILLIAM A. SMITH*

William A. Smith

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ JOEL V. STAFF*

Joel V. Staff

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ ROBERT F. VAGT*

Robert F. Vagt

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

/s/ PERRY M. WAUGHTAL*

Perry M. Waughtal

 

Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc.

*By:

 

/s/ CATHERINE CALLAWAY JAMES

Catherine Callaway James
Attorney-in-fact for persons indicated

 

 

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant below has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas on July 27, 2020.

    COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY, L.L.C.
    COLORADO INTERSTATE ISSUING CORPORATION

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

        Adam S. Forman
Vice President

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on July 27, 2020.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ CHRIS M. MEYER

Chris M. Meyer
  President of Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. and of Colorado Interstate Issuing Corporation (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS

David P. Michels

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. and of Colorado Interstate Issuing Corporation (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG

Kimberly A. Dang

 

Member of the Management Committee of Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. and Director of Colorado Interstate Issuing Corporation (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman

 

Member of the Management Committee of Colorado Interstate Gas Company, L.L.C. and Director of Colorado Interstate Issuing Corporation

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant below has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Houston, state of Texas on July 27, 2020.

    TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

        Adam S. Forman
Vice President

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on July 27, 2020.

Signature
 
Title

 

 

 
/s/ KIMBERLY S. WATSON

Kimberly S. Watson
  President (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ DAVID P. MICHELS

David P. Michels

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG

Kimberly A. Dang

 

Director

/s/ ADAM S. FORMAN

Adam S. Forman

 

Director

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Exhibit 5.1

 

 

July 27, 2020

 

Kinder Morgan, Inc.
1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77002

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”) filed by the Corporation on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the proposed offering from time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, of (i) an indeterminate number of shares of the Corporation’s Class P common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), (ii) an indeterminate number of shares of the Corporation’s preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), (iii) an indeterminate number of depositary shares of the Corporation (the “Depositary Shares”), (iv) an indeterminate principal amount of the Corporation’s debt securities, whether senior or subordinated (collectively, the “Debt Securities”) and (v) the guarantees (the “Guarantees”) of the Corporation’s Debt Securities by one or more subsidiaries of the Corporation identified in the Registration Statement (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) pursuant to a Cross Guarantee Agreement among the Corporation and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as amended and supplemented to date (the “Cross Guarantee Agreement”). The Common Stock, the Preferred Stock, the Depositary Shares, the Debt Securities and the Guarantees are collectively referred to as the “Securities.” We have been asked by the Corporation to render this opinion.

 

We have examined originals or copies of (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Indentures, each dated as of March 1, 2012 (collectively, the “Indentures”), by and between the Corporation and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the senior Debt Securities and the subordinated Debt Securities, as applicable, will be issued, (iii) the Cross Guarantee Agreement, (iv) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended to date, (v) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended to date, (vi) certain resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and (vii) such other documents and records as we have deemed necessary and relevant for the purposes hereof. In addition, we have relied on certificates of officers of the Corporation and of public officials and others as to certain matters of fact relating to this opinion and have made such investigations of law as we have deemed necessary and relevant as a basis hereof. In the course of such examinations and investigations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures on, and the authenticity of, all documents and records submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents and records of all documents and records submitted to us as copies, and the truthfulness of all statements of fact contained therein. We also have assumed the due execution and delivery of the Indentures by a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, due execution and delivery of any deposit agreements with respect to any Depositary Shares by a duly authorized officer of the applicable depositary, that New York or Delaware law will be chosen to govern any such deposit agreements and that the Commission filing fee with respect to any Securities sold pursuant to the Registration Statement will be paid at the appropriate time.

 

Based on the foregoing and subject to the limitations, assumptions and qualifications set forth herein, and having due regard for such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.                                      with respect to any Common Stock offered pursuant to the Registration Statement (the “Offered Common Stock”), when the issuance of Offered Common Stock has been duly authorized, and when the terms of its issue and sale have been duly established, upon the issuance and delivery of the Offered Common Stock as contemplated by the Registration Statement, and upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price therefor, the Offered Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable;

 

2.                                      with respect to any Preferred Stock offered pursuant to the Registration Statement (the “Offered Preferred Stock”), when (i) a series of Offered Preferred Stock has been duly authorized for issuance, and (ii) the terms thereof and of their respective issue and sale have been duly established and a certificate of designations with respect thereto has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, upon the issuance and delivery of the Offered Preferred Stock as contemplated by the Registration Statement, and upon receipt

 


 

by the Corporation of the purchase price therefor, the Offered Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable;

 

3.                                      with respect to any Depositary Shares offered pursuant to the Registration Statement (the “Offered Depositary Shares”), when (i) the applicable deposit agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each party thereto, (ii) the terms of a particular issuance of Depositary Shares have been duly established and (iii) the Offered Depositary Shares or any applicable depositary receipts evidencing such Offered Depositary Shares have been duly executed by the Corporation and the applicable depositary, upon the issuance and delivery of the Offered Depositary Shares in accordance with the terms of the applicable deposit agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement (assuming the underlying securities have been validly issued and deposited with the depositary and, if necessary, a certificate of designations with respect thereto has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware), and upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price therefor, the Offered Depositary Shares will be validly issued and legally binding obligations of the Corporation, entitled to the benefits of the applicable deposit agreement; and

 

4.                                      with respect to any Debt Securities offered pursuant to the Registration Statement (the “Offered Debt Securities”), when (i) the Offered Debt Securities have been duly authorized for issuance, (ii) the terms thereof and of their respective issue and sale have been duly established and (iii) the Offered Debt Securities have been duly executed by the Corporation and duly authenticated by the Trustee, upon the issuance and delivery of the Offered Debt Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement, upon receipt by the Corporation of the purchase price therefor, the Offered Debt Securities will be validly issued and legally binding obligations of the Corporation, entitled to the benefits of the applicable Indenture, and upon the execution by the Subsidiary Guarantors of a notation of guarantee on the Offered Debt Securities, the Guarantees will be validly issued and legally binding obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors, entitled to the benefits of the Cross Guarantee Agreement.

 

The foregoing opinion is based on and limited to applicable New York law, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the applicable federal laws of the United States of America, and we render no opinion with respect to the law of any other jurisdiction. The reference to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware in the preceding sentence includes the referenced statutory provisions as well as all applicable provisions of the Delaware Constitution and the reported judicial cases interpreting those laws currently in effect.

 

In addition to the limitations and qualifications set forth above, the enforceability of obligations of the Corporation under the Indentures and the Offered Debt Securities is subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy (including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance and preference), insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation, moratorium or similar laws and decisions relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief.  Such principles are of general application, and in applying such principles a court, among other things, might decline to order such parties to perform covenants.  We express no opinion with respect to the enforceability of provisions in the Indentures or the Offered Debt Securities with respect to waiver, delay, extension or omission of notice or enforcement of rights or remedies, waivers of defenses or waivers of benefits of stay, extension, moratorium, redemption, statutes of limitations or other benefits provided by operation of law.  Further, the enforceability of any exculpation, indemnification or contribution provisions contained in the Indentures or the Offered Debt Securities may be limited by applicable law or public policy.  We express no opinion as to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provisions in the Indentures or the Offered Debt Securities that require or relate to the payment of interest, fees or charges at a rate or in an amount that is in excess of legal limits or that a court would determine in the circumstances under applicable law to be commercially unreasonable or a penalty or a forfeiture.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm under the heading “Validity of the Securities” in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Bracewell  LLP

 


 



Exhibit 23.2

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. of our report dated February 11, 2020 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Kinder Morgan. Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.  We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 


Houston, Texas
July 27, 2020

 




Exhibit 24.1

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ RICHARD D. KINDER

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ TED A. GARDNER

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ ANTHONY W. HALL, JR.

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ GARY L. HULTQUIST

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ RONALD L. KUEHN, JR.

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ DEBORAH A. MACDONALD

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ MICHAEL C. MORGAN

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ ARTHUR C. REICHSTETTER

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ FAYEZ SAROFIM

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ C. PARK SHAPER

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ WILLIAM A. SMITH

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ JOEL V. STAFF

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ ROBERT F. VAGT

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean, Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ PERRY M. WAUGHTAL

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as President of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Steven J. Kean and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ KIMBERLY A. DANG

 


 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as Director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., constitutes and appoints Kimberly A. Dang and Catherine C. James, and each of them, any one of whom may act without joinder of the others, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the registration statement on Form S-3 of Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors thereto (the “Registration Statement”) and any amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 22nd day of July, 2020.

 

 

 

 

/s/ STEVEN J. KEAN

 




Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM T-1

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER

THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of

a Trustee Pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) o

 


 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)

 

31-0841368

I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

 

800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

55402

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Alejandro Hoyos

U.S. Bank National Association

8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100

Houston, TX 77046

(713) 212-7576

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

KINDER MORGAN, INC.

(Issuer with respect to the Securities)

 

Delaware

 

80-0682103

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas

 

77002

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Debt Securities

 (Title of the Indenture Securities)

 

 

 


 

FORM T-1

 

Item 1.         GENERAL INFORMATION.  Furnish the following information as to the Trustee.

 

a)                       Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Comptroller of the Currency

Washington, D.C.

 

b)                       Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes

 

Item 2.                                 AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.  If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None

 

Items 3-15                                     Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.

 

Item 16.                          LIST OF EXHIBITS:  List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification.

 

1.                        A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee.*

 

2.                        A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, attached as Exhibit 2.

 

3.                        A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, attached as Exhibit 3.

 

4.                        A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee.**

 

5.                        A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4.  Not applicable.

 

6.                        The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as Exhibit 6.

 

7.                        Report of Condition of the Trustee as of March 31, 2020 published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.

 


* Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to Amendment No. 2 to registration statement on S-4, Registration Number 333-128217 filed on November 15, 2005.

** Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to registration statement on form S-3ASR,  Registration Number 333-199863 filed on November 5, 2014.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Houston, State of Texas on the 27th of July, 2020.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alejandro Hoyos

 

 

 

Alejandro Hoyos

 

 

 

Vice President

 

3


 

Exhibit 2

 

 

4


 

Exhibit 3

 

 

5


 

Exhibit 6

 

CONSENT

 

In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the undersigned, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.

 

 

Dated: July 27, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alejandro Hoyos

 

 

 

Alejandro Hoyos

 

 

 

Vice President

 

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Exhibit 7

 

U.S. Bank National Association

Statement of Financial Condition

As of 3/31/2020

 

($000’s)

 

 

 

3/31/2020

 

Assets

 

 

 

Cash and Balances Due From Depository Institutions

 

$

46,699,020

 

Securities

 

122,149,987

 

Federal Funds

 

2,807

 

Loans & Lease Financing Receivables

 

316,711,655

 

Fixed Assets

 

9,075,777

 

Intangible Assets

 

12,477,802

 

Other Assets

 

26,012,043

 

Total Assets

 

$

533,129,091

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

Deposits

 

$

405,823,094

 

Fed Funds

 

1,428,527

 

Treasury Demand Notes

 

0

 

Trading Liabilities

 

1,392,214

 

Other Borrowed Money

 

55,078,404

 

Acceptances

 

0

 

Subordinated Notes and Debentures

 

3,850,000

 

Other Liabilities

 

14,338,298

 

Total Liabilities

 

$

481,910,537

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

Common and Preferred Stock

 

18,200

 

Surplus

 

14,266,915

 

Undivided Profits

 

36,132,907

 

Minority Interest in Subsidiaries

 

800,532

 

Total Equity Capital

 

$

51,218,554

 

 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

 

$

533,129,091

 

 

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