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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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) 200 WEST STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/25/2012 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10282 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 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 (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 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 06/25/2012   X   246 D (4) 238,416 I See footnotes (1) (2) (3) (4)

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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 (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

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 (Month/Day/Year)

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

Warrants (right to buy)

$ 40

06/25/2012

X

384

(5)

05/25/2017

Class P Common Stock

384

(4)

359,916

I

See footnotes (1) (2) (3) (4)

Call Option (obligation to sell)

$ 17.5 (4)

06/25/2012

X

6

(5)

01/19/2013

See footnote (4)

(4)

$ 0

0

I

See footnotes (1) (2) (3) (4)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
PONTARELLI KENNETH A 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282	X

Signatures

/s/ Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact		07/06/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(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"), Warrants and Call Options of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the "Company") reported herein as indirectly exercised were beneficially owned directly by Goldman Sachs and indirectly by GS Group. Without admitting any legal obligation, Goldman Sachs or another wholly-owned subsidiary of GS Group will remit appropriate profits, if any, to the Company.
(3)	In addition, Goldman Sachs held open short positions of 74,449 Common Stock, 113,694 Warrants, and 71 shares of El Paso Energy Capital Trust I 4.75% Trust Convertible Preferred Securities (the "El Paso Trust Preferred"). Each share of El Paso Trust Preferred is convertible into 0.7195778 shares of Common Stock and 1.099904 Warrants. Additionally, Goldman Sachs may be deemed to have indirectly held open short positions of 221 shares of Common Stock through Goldman Sachs' open short positions of depositary receipts of Utilities HOLDRs Trust, which holds shares of several issuers, one of which is the Company.
(4)	Each call option is exercisable for 41 shares of Common Stock, 64 Warrants and $1,492.38 in cash. The aggregate value paid for the exercise of the six call options was $10,500. In exchange for the $10,500, 246 shares of Common Stock, 384 Warrants and $8,954.28 were delivered.
(5)	Immediately exercisable.

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