Kinder Morgan Increases Distribution by 7% to $0.31

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share ($1.24 annualized), payable on Feb. 15, 2012, to shareholders of record as of Jan. 31, 2012. This represents an increase of 7 percent from the declared dividend of $0.29 per share ($1.16 annualized) that was announced when KMI was taken public in February 2011.