FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 *   MARTIN THOMAS A 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/25/2012 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol KINDER MORGAN, INC. [KMI] (Last) (First) (Middle) 500 DALLAS STREET, SUITE 1000 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) VP (Pres., Natural Gas Pipeln) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) HOUSTON, TX 77002 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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Class P common stock 84,665 D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class B common stock	  (1)	  (1)	Class P common stock	941,326 (1)	$ (1)	D	Â
Class C common stock	  (1)	  (1)	Class P common stock	16,474 (1)	$ (1)	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
MARTIN THOMAS A 500 DALLAS STREET SUITE 1000 HOUSTON, TX 77002	Â	Â	  VP (Pres., Natural Gas Pipeln)	Â

Signatures

/s/ Thomas A. Martin		05/31/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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 shares of the issuer's Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock are convertible into a fixed aggregate number of shares of the issuer's Class P common stock. The shares of Class A common stock initially were convertible into shares of Class P common stock on a one-for-one basis, and the shares of Class B common stock and Class C common stock initially were not convertible into any shares of Class P common stock. Upon certain circumstances, the shares of Class B common stock and Class C common stock may convert into shares of Class P common stock, and the shares of Class A common stock would become convertible into a correspondingly lesser number of shares of Class P common stock. Any shares of Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock outstanding on May 31, 2015 will automatically convert into shares of Class P common stock.

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