---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001506307-24-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMI"
cik: "0001506307"
company_name: "KINDER MORGAN, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T09:46:15.717476+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kinder Morgan stockholders re-elect all 13 directors, defeat GHG target proposal

## Summary
- All 13 director nominees elected; Richard D. Kinder received 1.54B votes for, 65.2M against.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor approved with 1.83B for, 77.7M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with ~95.6% support (1.53B for, 69.2M against).
- Shareholder proposal on greenhouse gas emission reduction target defeated: 499.7M for, 1.09B against.
- Stockholders voted for 1-year frequency for future advisory say-on-pay votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001506307-24-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMI
- cik: 0001506307
- company_name: KINDER MORGAN, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630724000039/0001506307-24-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630724000039/kmi-20240508.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001506307-24-000039.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  KINDER MORGAN, INC. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal relating to establishing a greenhouse gas emission reduction target at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: KMI stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal relating to establishing a greenhouse gas emission reduction target.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630724000039/0001506307-24-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KINDER MORGAN, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: KMI stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, a frequency of one year for future advisory votes regarding the compensation of our named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630724000039/0001506307-24-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KINDER MORGAN, INC. shareholders approved Election of thirteen nominated directors at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: KMI stockholders elected thirteen directors, each to serve until KMI’s 2025 annual meeting or, if earlier, the election and qualification of his or her successor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630724000039/0001506307-24-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KINDER MORGAN, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as KMI’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: KMI stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as KMI’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630724000039/0001506307-24-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KINDER MORGAN, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: KMI stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of KMI’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630724000039/0001506307-24-000039-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.