Sec Form 4 Filing - PONTARELLI KENNETH A @ KINDER MORGAN, INC. - 2012-03-06

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person PONTARELLI KENNETH A 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol KINDER MORGAN, INC. [ KMI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., 200 WEST STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 03/06/2012 (Street) NEW YORK, NY10282 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class P Common Stock 03/06/2012 S 258 D $ 35.89 0 I See footnotes ( 1 ) ( 2 ) Class P Common Stock 03/08/2012 P 111 A $ 36.75 0 I See footnotes ( 1 ) ( 2 ) Class P Common Stock 03/09/2012 P 147 A $ 37.34 0 I See footnotes ( 1 ) ( 2 )

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares Class A Common Stock, Series A-1 ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 3 )( 4 ) ( 3 )( 4 ) Class P Common Stock 108,089,296 ( 5 ) 108,089,296 ( 5 ) I See footnotes ( 1 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 ) Class A Common Stock, Series A-2 ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 3 )( 4 ) ( 3 )( 4 ) Class P Common Stock 26,736,842 ( 5 ) 26,736,842 ( 5 ) I See footnotes ( 1 ) ( 3 ) ( 4 ) ( 5 )

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other PONTARELLI KENNETH A C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY10282 X Signatures /s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact 03/09/2012 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )The Reporting Person is a managing director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"). Goldman Sachs is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"). The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose. ( 2 )The shares of Class P Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the "Company")reported herein as indirectly sold and purchased were beneficially owned directly by Goldman Sachs and indirectly by GSGroup. Without admitting any legal obligation, Goldman Sachs or another wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group will remitappropriate profits, if any, to the Company. ( 3 )The Limited Partnerships (as defined below) hold Series A-1 and Series A-2 shares of Class A Common Stock ("Class A Shares"). A holder of Class A Shares may, from time to time prior to May 31, 2015, elect to convert some, or all, of its Class A Shares in order to sell the resulting shares of the Company's Common Stock to a third party or to make a distribution of such resulting Common Stock to its investors or partners. As of the date of this filing, Class A Shares are convertible on a one-for-one basis into Common Stock. As certain thresholds are met through holders of Class A Shares receiving additional value in the future from their ownership of the Class A Shares, either via distributions paid by the Company on such Class A Shares or future sales or distributions to its investors or partners of Common Stock received upon conversion of their Class A Shares, the holders of the Company's Series B-1 or Series B-2 (as applicable) (continued in next footnote) ( 4 )Class B Common Stock ("Class B Shares") and Series C-1 or Series C-2 (as applicable) Class C Common Stock ("Class C Shares") will convert or be entitled to convert a portion of their Class B Shares and Class C Shares into Common Stock, and the Class A Shares will have their conversion ratio reduced in proportion to the amount of Common Stock that the Class B Shares and Class C Shares receive upon conversion. The total number of Common Stock that the Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares may receive in the aggregate is fixed. The formula for the conversion of Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares into Common Stock, as well as the terms and conditions of such conversions, are specified in Article Fourth of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, filed as Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 26, 2011. ( 5 )GS Group and Goldman Sachs may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly, in the aggregate, 108,089,296 shares of Series A-1 Class A Shares and 26,736,842 shares of Series A-2 Class A Shares through certain limited partnerships (the "Limited Partnerships"). Affiliates of GS Group and Goldman Sachs are the general partner, managing limited partner or managing partner of the Limited Partnerships. Goldman Sachs serves as the investment manager of certain of the Limited Partnerships.

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