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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 ☐ Title of each class Class P Common Stock 1.500 % Senior Notes due 2022 2.250 % Senior Notes due 2027 ✔ Form 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 Delaware ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from Commission file number : 001-35081 KINDER ER MORGA to MORGAN Kinder Morgan , Inc. ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) INC . KMI KMI 22 KMI 27 A Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading Symbol ( s ) . 80-0682103 1001 Louisiana Street , Suite 1000 , Houston , Texas 77002 ( Address of principal executive offices ) ( zip code ) Registrant's telephone number , including area code : 713-369-9000 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes No No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth 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 Accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company 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 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . □ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C.7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ) . Yes No Aggregate market value of the voting and non - voting common equity held by non - affiliates of the registrant , based on closing prices in the daily composite list for transactions on the New York Stock Exchange on June 30 , 2020 was approximately $ 29,459,747,400 . As of February 4 , 2021 , the registrant had 2,264,450,220 Class P shares outstanding . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the Registrant's definitive proxy statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders , which shall be filed no later than April 30 , 2021 , are incorporated into PART III , as specifically set forth in PART III .