Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.



Effective January 20, 2021, the board of directors of Kinder Morgan, Inc.
("KMI") approved the Amended and Restated Annual Incentive Plan of Kinder
Morgan, Inc. (the "Annual Incentive Plan"), which amends and restates the
previous Amended and Restated Annual Incentive Plan of Kinder Morgan, Inc. dated
January 21, 2015, as amended (the "Previous Plan"). The Annual Incentive Plan
amends and restates the Previous Plan to, among other things:
•Remove references to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, which no longer applies to awards under the Annual Incentive Plan as a
result of the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which eliminated
the performance-based compensation exception under Section 162(m) for tax years
beginning on or after January 1, 2018, and make related adjustments to affected
provisions;
•Revise the list of performance criteria upon which performance goals may be
based; and
•More clearly describe the procedures for establishing the bonus pool,
performance goals and bonus opportunities.
The foregoing summary is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full
text of the Amended and Restated Annual Incentive Plan of Kinder Morgan, Inc.,
which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) The exhibit set forth below is furnished with this Current Report on Form
8-K.

Exhibit
Number                                           Description

    10.1        Amended and Restated Annual Incentive Plan of Kinder Morgan, Inc.    ,
                effective January 20, 2021.

     104      Cover Page Interactive Data File pursuant to Rule 406 of Regulation S-T formatted
              in iXBRL (Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language).


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                               S I G N A T U R E

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


            KINDER MORGAN, INC.


Dated: January 26, 2021             By:      /s/ David P. Michels
                                             David P. Michels
                                             Vice President and Chief Financial Officer




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