---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001506307-26-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KMI"
cik: "0001506307"
company_name: "KINDER MORGAN, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-19T16:07:03+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T16:08:12.167044+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Kinder Morgan stockholders elect all 11 director nominees and ratify auditor at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; Richard D. Kinder received 1.62B votes for.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as auditor for 2026: 1.88B for, 87.3M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 1.61B for, 77.8M against.
- Quorum of 1.97B shares present or represented at May 13, 2026 meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001506307-26-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KMI
- cik: 0001506307
- company_name: KINDER MORGAN, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-19T16:07:03+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630726000043/0001506307-26-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630726000043/kmi-20260513.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  KINDER MORGAN, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as KMI's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: KMI stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as KMI’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630726000043/0001506307-26-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KINDER MORGAN, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  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/1506307/000150630726000043/0001506307-26-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  KINDER MORGAN, INC. shareholders approved Election of eleven nominated directors to the Board at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: KMI stockholders elected eleven directors, each to serve until KMI’s 2027 annual meeting or, if earlier, the election and qualification of his or her successor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506307/000150630726000043/0001506307-26-000043-index.htm

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