KMI-11K 2014 Savings Plan





UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 11-K



x
 
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014
or

o
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _____________to_____________

Commission File Number 001-35081

A.
Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

KINDER MORGAN SAVINGS PLAN

B.
Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

Kinder Morgan, Inc.
1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77002




Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Index to Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

 
Pages
 
 
 
 
Financial Statements:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental Schedule*:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
Other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, have been omitted because they are not applicable.





Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Fiduciary Committee
Kinder Morgan Savings Plan

We have audited the accompanying Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits of the Kinder Morgan Savings Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2014. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the Net Assets Available for Benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 and the Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2014 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The supplemental information in the accompanying Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2014 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental information is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements, but includes supplemental information required by the Department of Labor's (‘DOL”) Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). This supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our procedures include determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the DOL’s Rules and Regulation’s for Reporting and Disclosure under ERISA. In our opinion, the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

    
Houston, Texas
June 26, 2015
/s/ Ham, Langston & Brezina, L.L.P.

1


Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 
December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Assets
 
 
 
Investments, at fair value (See Notes 2, 3, 4 and 5)
$
2,025,658,945

 
$
1,971,819,096

Notes receivable from Participants
45,356,073

 
43,715,712

Total assets
2,071,015,018

 
2,015,534,808

 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
Administrative expenses payable
463,901

 
353,308

Total liabilities
463,901

 
353,308

 
 
 
 
Net assets available for benefits at fair value
2,070,551,117

 
2,015,181,500

 
 
 
 
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in collective trust relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
(9,855,364
)
 
(8,249,586
)
Net assets available for benefits
$
2,060,695,753

 
$
2,006,931,914



The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



2


Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2014
Additions to net assets attributable to:
 
Investment income:
 
Interest income
$
4,221

Dividend income
20,340,992

Net appreciation in fair value of investments (See Note 4)
106,616,266

Other, net
965,142

Total investment income
127,926,621

 
 
Interest income on notes receivable from Participants
2,162,025

 
 
Contributions
 
Participant contributions
72,788,532

Employer contributions
43,121,579

Rollovers
5,417,123

Total contributions
121,327,234

 
 
Total additions
251,415,880

 
 
Deductions from net assets attributable to:
 
Benefits paid to Participants
195,610,151

Administrative fees
2,041,890

Total deductions
197,652,041

 
 
Net increase in net assets available for benefits
53,763,839

 
 
Net assets available for benefits
 
Beginning of year
2,006,931,914

End of year
$
2,060,695,753



The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.

3


Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements


1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN

General

The Kinder Morgan Savings Plan, (the “Plan”) was established in 1945 for the benefit of eligible employees of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the “Company”). The following description of the Plan provides only general information. Plan participants (“Participants”) should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). Benefits under the Plan are not guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Effective November 1, 2013, the Plan was amended and restated to incorporate all previous amendments.

Plan Administration

The Plan is administered by the Company's Fiduciary Committee. Great-West Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC (formerly known as J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services, LLC) provides record keeping services to the Plan and the Plan assets are maintained under the custody of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Trustee”). Effective January 1, 2015, Great-West Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC was re-branded as Empower Retirement.

Contributions

Participants may elect to make pre-tax contributions from 1% to 50% of their annual compensation, limited by requirements of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). Participants may discontinue their elections to contribute at any time. All new Participants are automatically enrolled in the Plan with a pre-tax contribution by the Participant of 3% of their eligible annual compensation. Within the first 30 days of hire, employees may opt out of automatic enrollment. The Company has established a Company goal percentage rate of 8% (“SmartGoal”). Every February the Participants who have not opted out of automatic enrollment and who have a participation rate below the SmartGoal will automatically get a 1% increase until the Participant meets the SmartGoal. Prior to February, 2013, the SmartGoal percentage rate was 6%. Participants can opt out of SmartGoal at any time.

The Company makes Qualified Non-Elective Contributions (“QNEC”) to the Plan on behalf of each Participant. The QNEC are equal to 5% of eligible compensation and are allocated as of each pay period.

Company contributions for bargaining Participants follow the respective collective bargaining agreements. All QNEC and other Company contributions (matched or fixed contributions) are invested according to Participants’ investment elections on file or the default, if no election is filed. Participants can transfer from the default fund(s) to any other available investment fund(s) at any time.

For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company contribution was approximately $43.1 million.

The Plan provides an option to all Participants to make after-tax “Roth” contributions (Roth 401(k) option) to a separate Participant account. Unlike traditional 401(k) plans, where Participant contributions are made with pre-tax dollars, earnings grow tax-deferred and the withdrawals are treated as taxable income, Roth 401(k) contributions are made with after-tax dollars, earnings are tax-free, and the withdrawals are tax-free if they occur after both (i) the fifth year of participation in the Roth 401(k) option, and (ii) attainment of age 59 ½, death or disability. The Company contribution will still be considered taxable income at the time of withdrawal.

Under the IRC, annual additions under the Plan and all other qualified plans sponsored by the Company are limited to the lesser of 100% of eligible compensation or $52,000 for each Participant for 2014. Annual additions are defined as Company contributions and Participant contributions.

Benefits/Vesting

Company contributions vest on the second anniversary of the date of hire. Vesting of Company contributions for bargaining Participants will follow the respective collective bargaining agreements.


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Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements


Participant contributions may be withdrawn, in the event of unusual expenses connected with illness or disability, for college or funeral expenses for a Participant or his or her dependents, for the repair of damage to a primary residence caused by fire, storm, or other casualties, or for the purchase of a primary residence, as defined in the Plan document. If not withdrawn earlier, a Participant’s account will be available for distribution, rollover, or payable in the event of termination of employment, death, or termination of the Plan. If a Participant’s account is $1,000 or less, a lump-sum distribution will automatically be made. If a Participant’s account is greater than $1,000, the Participant’s distribution options are: lump-sum distribution, partial distributions, or periodic installments. Upon termination, Participants whose accounts exceed $1,000 may choose to leave their accounts in the Plan until age 70 ½, when minimum distributions are required under the IRC.

Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan, subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, Participants would become fully vested in Company contributions.

Notes Receivable from Participants

Participants may borrow, from the vested portion of their Plan accounts, a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of 50% of their vested balance or $50,000, minus the highest outstanding loan balance from the previous 12 months. All loans are charged a variable interest rate equal to the prime rate published on the first day of each month. The loans are subject to certain restrictions as defined in the Plan document and applicable restrictions under the IRC.

Forfeitures

Forfeitures of non-vested employer contributions remain in the Plan and earn interest income. During 2014, terminated Participants forfeited $880,636 of employer contributions, and available forfeitures in the amount of $936,444 were used to reduce future Company QNEC, pay administrative expenses of the Plan, or were reallocated to participant accounts.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Plan’s management to use estimates and assumptions that affect the accompanying financial statements and disclosures. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Subsequent events have been evaluated, which are events or transactions that occurred after December 31, 2014, through the issuance of the accompanying financial statements on June 26, 2015.

As described in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 962, Defined Contribution Pension Plans, investment contracts held by a defined-contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount Participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The Plan invests in fully benefit-responsive investment contracts through a collective trust. Contract value for this collective trust is based on the net asset value of the fund as reported by the investment advisor. As required, the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits present the fair value of the investment in the collective trust as well as the adjustment of the investment in the collective trust from fair value to contract value relating to the investment contracts. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis. The Plan also invests in insurance contracts through a group annuity contract with Principal Financial Group. Such insurance contracts are reported at fair value which approximates contract value and, accordingly, no adjustment from fair value to contract value is required.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Shares of registered investment companies (mutual funds) are accounted for at fair market values as determined by quoted market prices in an active market. The Plan’s interest in the collective trust is based

5


Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements


on the fair value of the collective trust’s underlying investments as based on information reported by the investment advisor using the audited financial statements of the collective trust at year-end. Life insurance contracts are stated at cash surrender value, which approximates fair value. Common stocks are valued at the closing price reported on the active markets on which the individual securities are traded.

The Plan presents in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits the net appreciation in the fair value of investments, which consists of realized gains and losses, and the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (see Note 4). Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is the difference between the fair value of the investment at the end of the current year and the cost of the investment, if acquired during the Plan year, or the fair value of the investment at the beginning of the Plan year. Purchases and sales of the funds are reflected on a trade date basis. Gain or loss on sale of investments is based on average cost.

Notes Receivable from Participants

Notes receivable from Participants are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent notes receivable from Participants are reclassified as distributions based upon the terms of the Plan document.

Administrative Expenses

Certain administrative services for the Plan may be provided by the Company at no cost to the Plan. All other expenses are paid by the Plan with the exception of expenses associated with any Qualified Domestic Relations Order, which are paid by the Participant.

Expense Offset Arrangement

Fees incurred by the Plan for investment management services or record keeping services are included in net appreciation in fair value of investments, as they are paid through revenue sharing, rather than a direct payment.

Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

3. INVESTMENT CONTRACTS

The Plan, through its Stable Value Fund (the “Fund”), holds investments in common/collective trust funds. To reduce the risk of market losses on these investments, the Fund enters into synthetic investment contracts (which consist of common/collective trust funds and wrapper contracts) with financial institutions and insurance companies. Synthetic investment contracts enable participants to transact at the investments' contract value by protecting the principal amount invested over a specified period of time. The assets underlying the investment contracts are owned by the Plan. These investment contracts are fully benefit-responsive, and an adjustment of these contracts to their contract value is reflected in the accompanying Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits. Contract value represents the original cost of the contract, plus interest (based upon the crediting rates of the underlying contracts) and deposits, reduced by administrative fees, transfers out, and withdrawals.

The Plan's investments that are covered by the synthetic investment contracts earn interest at interest crediting rates that typically reset on a monthly or quarterly basis. These interest crediting rates use a formula that is based on the characteristics of the underlying fixed income portfolio. The minimum interest crediting rate for all investment contracts is zero percent. Factors that can influence the future average crediting rates are (i) the level of market interest rates; (ii) the amount and timing of participant contributions, transfers and withdrawals in or out of the investment contract; (iii) the investment returns generated by the fixed income investments that underlie the investment contracts; or (iv) the duration of the investments underlying the investment contracts. The crediting rate formula amortizes the market value gains and losses over the duration of the underlying investments. The resulting gains and losses in the fair value of the underlying investments relative to the contract value are reported in the accompanying Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as an adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts.


6


Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements


For the Plan's investments covered by synthetic investment contracts, the average yield earned by the Plan and the average yield earned by the Plan adjusted for actual interest credited to Participants at December 31, 2014 and 2013, are as follows:
 
December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
 
 
Average yield earned by the Plan
1.546%
 
1.436%
Average yield earned by the Plan adjusted for actual interest credited to Participants
2.068%
 
1.913%

The average yield earned by the Plan (which may differ from the interest rate credited to Participants in the Plan) is calculated by dividing the yield to maturity (an estimate of annualized earnings) of the Fund on December 31, 2014 (irrespective of the interest rate credit to participants in the Fund) by the fair value of all investments in the Fund, as applicable at December 31, 2014.

The average yield earned by the Plan, with an adjustment to reflect the actual interest rate credited to Participants in the Plan, is calculated by dividing the interest crediting rate (an estimate of annualized earnings) credited to Participants on December 31, 2014 (irrespective of the actual earnings of the investments in the Fund) by the fair value of all investments in the Fund, as applicable at December 31, 2014.

Under certain events, the amounts withdrawn from investment contracts may be payable at fair value rather than contract value. These events include termination of the Plan, a material adverse change to the provisions of the Plan, if the employer elects to withdraw from an investment contract or if the terms of a successor plan do not meet the contract issuer’s criteria for the issuance of a similar contract. In some cases, an investment contract issuer may terminate a contract with the Plan and settle at an amount different than the contract value. Examples of these events include the Plan’s loss of its qualified status, material breaches of responsibilities that are not cured or material and adverse changes to the provisions of the Plan.

4. INVESTMENTS

Participants may designate their contributions and their allocated portion of the employer contributions, in one percentage increments, to one or more of the eligible investment programs. New Plan Participants may elect to transfer investments from other qualified plans into the Plan.

The Plan’s investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets at December 31, 2014 and 2013 are separately identified as follows:
 
December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
 
 
State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 Index Fund
$
215,877,767

 
$
201,351,524

Kinder Morgan, Inc. Common Stock
171,478,330

 
148,035,430

Columbia Trust Focused Large Cap Growth-II Fund
140,310,717

 
136,555,746

State Street Global Target Retirement 2020 Fund
121,322,919

 
121,485,552

Dodge & Cox Stock Fund
106,593,807

 
100,929,117

Putnam Stable Value Fund
106,074,695

 
112,697,139

Investments less than 5%
1,164,000,710

 
1,150,764,588

Total investments at fair value
$
2,025,658,945

 
$
1,971,819,096



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Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements


During 2014, the Plan’s investments appreciated in value, including gains and losses on investments sold during the year, as well as appreciation of investments held at the end of the year, as follows:
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2014
 
 
Common collective trusts
$
78,334,586

Self-directed brokerage accounts
(428,956
)
Kinder Morgan, Inc. Common Stock
25,266,673

Registered investment companies (mutual funds)
3,443,963

 
$
106,616,266


5. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is a market-based measurement that is determined based on assumptions (inputs) that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable, and valuation techniques used to measure fair value should maximize the use of relevant observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The Plan uses a hierarchal disclosure framework that ranks the quality and reliability of information used to determine fair values.

The hierarchy is associated with the level of pricing observability utilized in measuring fair value and defines three levels of inputs to the fair value measurement process—quoted prices are the most reliable valuation inputs, whereas model values that include inputs based on unobservable data are the least reliable.

The three broad levels of inputs defined by the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1
Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2
Inputs to the valuation methodology include:
Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;
Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; and
Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3
Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. These unobservable inputs reflect the entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, and are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (which might include the reporting entity’s own data).

The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

In determining fair value, the Plan uses three different approaches (the market approach, the income approach and the cost approach) depending on the nature of the assets and liabilities. The market approach uses prices and other relevant data based on market transactions involving identical or comparable assets and liabilities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts such as cash flows or earnings to a single present amount, with the measurement based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. The cost approach is the amount that would be currently required to replace an asset and indicates the cost to the Plan to acquire a substitute asset.


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Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements


Following is a description of the valuation methodologies and approaches used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2014 and 2013.

Common and preferred equity: Valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded. (Market approach)

Corporate bonds: Valued using pricing models maximizing the use of observable inputs for similar securities. This includes basing value on yields currently available on comparable securities of issuers with similar credit ratings. (Income approach)

Registered investment companies (mutual funds, including exchanged traded funds): Valued at the daily closing price as reported by the fund. Mutual funds held by the Plan are open-end mutual funds that are registered with the SEC. These funds are required to publish their daily net asset value (“NAV”) and to transact at that price. The mutual funds held by the Plan are deemed to be actively traded. (Market approach)

Common collective trusts and unitized mutual funds: The fair value of the common collective trust fund is based on NAV, as reported by the manager of the common collective trust fund, and as supported by the unit prices of actual purchases and sales transactions occurring as of or close to the financial statement date. The NAV is used as a practical expedient and is based on the fair value of the underlying investments held by the fund less its liabilities. (Market approach except in the case of the stable value fund for which an Income approach is used)

Insurance contracts: Valued at cash surrender value, which approximates fair value, by discounting the cash flows based on current yields of similar instruments with comparable durations considering the credit-worthiness of the issuer. (Income approach)

The following tables set forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s assets at fair value as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:
 
 
Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2014
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kinder Morgan, Inc. Common Stock
 
$
171,478,330

 
$

 
$

 
$
171,478,330

Registered investment companies (mutual funds)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Growth funds
 
127,995,434

 
28,972,796

 

 
156,968,230

     Value funds
 
106,593,807

 
34,690,144

 

 
141,283,951

     Money market funds
 
8,870,207

 

 

 
8,870,207

Common collective trusts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


     Target retirement
 

 
494,182,965

 

 
494,182,965

     Index
 

 
485,765,507

 

 
485,765,507

     Value
 

 
106,074,695

 

 
106,074,695

     Fixed income
 

 
262,449,525

 

 
262,449,525

     Growth funds
 

 
140,310,717

 

 
140,310,717

Insurance contracts
 

 

 
442,544

 
442,544

Insurance wrapper
 

 

 
50,947

 
50,947

Self-directed brokerage accounts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


     Common and preferred equity
 
41,833,364

 

 

 
41,833,364

     Interest-bearing cash
 
9,668,029

 

 

 
9,668,029

     Mutual funds
 
6,226,599

 

 

 
6,226,599

Corporate bonds
 
 
 
53,190

 
 
 
53,190

     Other
 
145

 

 

 
145

 
 
$
472,665,915

 
$
1,552,499,539

 
$
493,491

 
$
2,025,658,945



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Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements


 
 
Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2013
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kinder Morgan, Inc. Common Stock
 
$
148,035,430

 
$

 
$

 
$
148,035,430

Registered investment companies (mutual funds)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Growth funds
 
147,632,962

 
30,622,620

 

 
178,255,582

     Value funds
 
100,929,117

 
36,885,358

 

 
137,814,475

     Fixed income funds
 

 
66,662,494

 

 
66,662,494

     Money market funds
 
6,497,979

 

 

 
6,497,979

Common collective trusts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Target retirement
 

 
477,893,098

 

 
477,893,098

     Index
 

 
434,557,989

 

 
434,557,989

     Value
 

 
113,693,946

 

 
113,693,946

     Fixed income
 

 
214,347,162

 

 
214,347,162

     Growth funds
 

 
136,555,746

 

 
136,555,746

Insurance contracts
 

 

 
468,537

 
468,537

Insurance wrapper
 

 

 
53,674

 
53,674

Self-directed brokerage accounts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


     Common and preferred equity
 
41,790,167

 

 

 
41,790,167

     Interest-bearing cash
 
9,788,099

 

 

 
9,788,099

     Mutual funds
 
5,350,218

 

 

 
5,350,218

Corporate bonds
 

 
54,500

 

 
54,500

 
 
$
460,023,972

 
$
1,511,272,913

 
$
522,211

 
$
1,971,819,096


Level 3 Gains and Losses

The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Plan’s level 3 assets for the year ended December 31, 2014:
 
Insurance Contracts and Wrapper
 
 
Balance at January 1, 2014
$
522,211

Insurance contract rate adjustment
(8,022
)
Distributions
(20,698
)
Balance at December 31, 2014
$
493,491



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Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements


Fair Value of Investments in Entities that Use NAV

The following tables summarize investments measured at fair value based on NAV per share as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
December 31, 2014
 
Fair Value
 
Unfunded Commitments
 
Redemption Frequency
(if currently eligible)
 
Redemption Notice period
Common Collective Trusts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
State Street Global Advisors Global Equity EX US Index Non-lending Series
 
$
98,474,979

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Advisors Russell Small Cap Index
 
23,381,021

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 Index Fund
 
215,877,767

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Advisors S&P Mid Cap Index Non-lending Series Fund
 
51,676,790

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2010 Fund
 
20,850,085

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2015 Fund
 
49,226,836

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2020 Fund
 
121,322,919

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2025 Fund
 
70,034,764

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2030 Fund
 
81,786,243

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2035 Fund
 
30,683,364

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2040 Fund
 
47,153,915

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2045 Fund
 
24,795,986

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2050 Fund
 
13,093,084

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2055 Fund
 
2,622,375

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement Income Fund
 
32,613,394

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Advisors US Bond Index Fund
 
96,354,950

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
Columbia Trust Focused Large Cap Growth-II Fund
 
140,310,717

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
Putnam Stable Value Fund
 
106,074,695

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco Short-term Bond Fund
 
93,393,600

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
Loomis Sayles Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
 
59,187,116

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco Jennison A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
23,728,778

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
23,696,097

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco PIMCO A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
23,615,566

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco A or Better Core Fund
 
15,471,062

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco BlackRock A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
6,241,831

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco Goldman Sachs A Core Fund
 
5,709,898

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco BlackRock A or Better Core
 
5,704,729

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco PIMCO A or Better Core
 
5,700,848

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
Unitized Mutual Funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Artisan Mid Cap Fund
 
28,972,796

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund
 
23,058,463

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
 
11,631,681

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a


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Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements


December 31, 2013
 
Fair Value
 
Unfunded Commitments
 
Redemption Frequency
(if currently eligible)
 
Redemption Notice period
Common Collective Trusts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
State Street Global Advisors Global Equity EX US Index Non-lending Series
 
$
87,035,088

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Advisors Russell Small Cap Index
 
25,779,149

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 Index Fund
 
201,351,524

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Advisors S&P Mid Cap Index Non-lending Series Fund
 
48,312,391

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2010 Fund
 
28,009,200

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2015 Fund
 
56,541,086

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2020 Fund
 
121,485,552

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2025 Fund
 
63,920,471

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2030 Fund
 
79,184,040

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2035 Fund
 
28,041,462

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2040 Fund
 
44,337,142

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2045 Fund
 
21,547,588

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2050 Fund
 
10,510,402

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement 2055 Fund
 
1,580,081

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Target Retirement Income Fund
 
22,736,074

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
State Street Global Advisors US Bond Index Fund
 
72,079,837

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
*
Columbia Trust Focused Large Cap Growth-II Fund
 
136,555,746

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
Putnam Stable Value Fund
 
112,697,139

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco Short-term Bond Fund
 
98,815,277

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco Jennison A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
24,968,859

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
24,954,231

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco PIMCO A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
24,922,595

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco A or Better Core Fund
 
16,157,693

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco BlackRock A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
6,611,535

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco Goldman Sachs A Core Fund
 
5,977,019

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco BlackRock A or Better Core
 
5,971,723

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
IGT Invesco PIMCO A or Better Core
 
5,968,230

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
Wells Fargo J Stable Value Fund
 
996,807

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
Unitized Mutual Funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Artisan Mid Cap Fund
 
30,622,620

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund
 
25,001,657

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
 
11,883,701

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
PIMCO Total Return
 
66,662,494

 
n/a
 
Daily
 
n/a
____________
*    Redemptions normally will settle on Trade Date plus one business day. State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) also requests notice 15 days in advance of Trade Date for all plan-directed redemptions that are of significant size, as determined by SSgA.

6. TAX STATUS

The Plan is qualified under the IRC as exempt from federal income taxes, and the Plan received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service on August 19, 2014. The Plan has been amended since receiving this determination; however, the Company's Fiduciary Committee believes that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Therefore, the Company's Fiduciary Committee believes that the Plan was tax exempt as of the financial statement dates. Employer contributions to the Plan and all earnings from Plan investments are not taxable to Participants until a partial or complete distribution of such contributions or earnings is made.


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Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements


7. PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS

Certain Plan investments are in accounts managed by the Trustee, and the Plan has notes receivable from certain of its Participants. Additionally, the Plan invests in shares of the Company’s common stock. These transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions, as defined by ERISA.  However, such transactions are permitted under the provisions of the Plan and are exempt from the prohibition of party-in-interest transactions under ERISA.

8. RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The Plan provides for various investment options in mutual funds, common stocks, money market funds, common collective trusts, and insurance contracts. Investments, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility risk. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investments, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investments will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect Participants’ account balances and the amounts shown in the accompanying Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.

9. RECONCILIATION OF THE PLAN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500

The following is a reconciliation of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits per the accompanying financial statements to Form 5500:
 
December 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
 
 
Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
$
2,060,695,753

 
$
2,006,931,914

Deemed distributions of notes receivable from Participants
(1,685,608
)
 
(1,734,095
)
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in collective trusts relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
9,855,364

 
8,249,586

Net assets available for benefits per Form 5500
$
2,068,865,509

 
$
2,013,447,405


The following is a reconciliation of the change in net assets available for benefits per the accompanying financial statements to Form 5500:
 
Year Ended
December 31, 2014
 
 
Net increase in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
$
53,763,839

Change in deemed distributions of notes receivable from Participants
48,487

Change in adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in collective trusts relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
1,605,778

Net increase in net assets available for benefits per Form 5500
$
55,418,104


Amounts allocated to deemed distributions of notes receivable from Participants are recorded as a receivable in the accompanying financial statements and recorded as an expense on Form 5500.

A note receivable from Participants is deemed distributed during the plan year under the provisions of IRC section 72(p) and Treasury Regulation section 1.72(p) if the note receivable is treated as a note receivable solely of the Participant’s individual account and the Participant has discontinued payment of the note receivable as of the end of the year. In accordance with GAAP, the note receivable balance is still considered as an outstanding note receivable until the note receivable obligation has been satisfied and is not treated as an actual distribution until such time the participant separates from employment and the participant’s vested account balance is fully distributed.


13


Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
As of December 31, 2014


EIN:    80-0682103
PN:    002
(a)
(b) Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor
or Similar Party
 
(c) Description of Investment Including Maturity Date, Rate of Interest, Collateral, Par or Maturity Value
 
(e) Current Value***
 
 
State Street Global Advisors S&P 500 Index Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
$
215,877,767

**
*
Kinder Morgan, Inc. Common Stock
 
Common Stock
 
171,478,330

**
 
Columbia Trust Focused Large Cap Growth-II Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
140,310,717

**
 
State Street Global Target Retirement 2020 Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
121,322,919

**
 
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund
 
Registered Investment Company
 
106,593,807

**
 
Putnam Stable Value Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
106,074,695

**
 
State Street Global Advisors Global Equity EX US Index Non-lending Series
 
Common Collective Trust
 
98,474,979

 
 
State Street Global Advisors US Bond Index Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
96,354,950

 
 
IGT Invesco Short-term Bond Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
93,393,600

 
 
State Street Global Target Retirement 2030 Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
81,786,243

 
 
State Street Global Target Retirement 2025 Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
70,034,764

 
 
MFS Institutional International Equity Fund
 
Registered Investment Company
 
68,799,055

 
 
Loomis Sayles Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
59,187,116

 
 
State Street Global Advisors S&P Mid Cap Index Non-lending Series Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
51,676,790

 
 
State Street Global Target Retirement 2015 Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
49,226,836

 
 
Harbor Small Cap Growth Fund
 
Registered Investment Company
 
49,040,978

 
 
State Street Global Target Retirement 2040 Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
47,153,915

 
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account
 
Common Stock, Interest-bearing Cash, Bonds and Mutual Fund
 
41,945,120

 
 
State Street Global Target Retirement Income Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
32,613,394

 
 
State Street Global Target Retirement 2035 Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
30,683,364

 
 
Artisan Mid Cap Fund
 
Registered Investment Company
 
28,972,796

 
 
State Street Global Target Retirement 2045 Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
24,795,986

 
 
IGT Invesco Jennison A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
23,728,778

 
 
IGT Invesco A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
23,696,097

 
 
IGT Invesco PIMCO A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
23,615,566

 
 
State Street Global Advisors Russell Small Cap Index
 
Common Collective Trust
 
23,381,021

 
 
Artisan Mid Cap Value Fund
 
Registered Investment Company
 
23,058,463

 
 
State Street Global Target Retirement 2010 Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
20,850,085

 
 
IGT Invesco A or Better Core Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
15,471,062

 
*
Kinder Morgan, Inc. Warrants
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Employer Securities Warrants
 
14,335,820

 
 
State Street Global Target Retirement 2050 Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
13,093,084

 
 
Harbor Small Cap Value Fund
 
Registered Investment Company
 
11,631,681

 
 
Lazard Emerging Markets Institutional Fund
 
Registered Investment Company
 
10,155,401

 
*
JP Morgan Chase US Treasury Money Market Fund
 
Registered Investment Company
 
8,870,207

 
 
IGT Invesco BlackRock A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
6,241,831

 
 
IGT Invesco Goldman Sachs A Core Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
5,709,898

 
 
IGT Invesco BlackRock A or Better Core
 
Common Collective Trust
 
5,704,729

 
 
IGT Invesco PIMCO A or Better Core
 
Common Collective Trust
 
5,700,848

 
 
State Street Global Target Retirement 2055 Fund
 
Common Collective Trust
 
2,622,375

 
*
Kinder Morgan, Inc. Common Stock
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Employer Securities
 
276,031

 

14


Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
As of December 31, 2014


(a)
(b) Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor
or Similar Party
 
(c) Description of Investment Including Maturity Date, Rate of Interest, Collateral, Par or Maturity Value
 
(e) Current Value***
 
 
Compass Diversified Holdings Shares Of Beneficial Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
162,500

 
 
Oneok Partners, L.P. Unit Ltd Partnership
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
120,993

 
 
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
115,356

 
 
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
79,800

 
 
Regency Energy Partners LP
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
72,000

 
 
Williams Partners L.P. Com Unit Ltd Partnership Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
60,669

 
 
Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. Common Units
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
58,492

 
 
Proshares Tr Ii Proshares Ultrashort Euro
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Exchange Traded Fund
 
54,025

 
 
Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. Units Ltd Partnership Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
53,951

 
 
Crestwood Equity Partners LP
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
51,492

 
 
Blackstone Group LP Unit Repstg Ltd Partnership Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
50,745

 
 
Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. Com Unit Ltd Partnership
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
48,821

 
 
Ferrellgas Partners LP Units Ltd Partnership Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
43,960

 
 
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP New
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
43,222

 
 
Linn Energy, LLC Unit Repstg Ltd Liability Co Interests
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account -
LLC Units
 
37,447

 
 
Breitburn Energy Partners LP Common Unit Ltd Partnership Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
28,343

 
 
Martin Midstream Partners L.P.
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
18,816

 
 
Proshares Tr Ii Proshares Ultrashort Yen
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Exchange Traded Fund
 
17,860

 
 
Access Midstream Partners LP Unit
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
17,652

 
 
Atlas Pipeline Partners LP Unit Ltd Partnership Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
16,138

 
 
Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP Common Unit Ltd Partner Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
14,660

 
 
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. Unit Ltd Partnership Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
11,476

 
 
Buckeye Partners, L.P. Units Ltd Partnership Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
11,349

 
 
Natural Resource Partners L.P.
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
10,679

 
 
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. Common Units
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
8,320

 
 
DCP Midstream Partners, LP Units Ltd Partner Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
5,043

 
 
Proshares Untra Silver
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Exchange Traded Fund
 
3,805

 
 
United States Natural Gas Fund, LP Unit Usd 0.001
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
3,456

 

15


Kinder Morgan Savings Plan
Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
As of December 31, 2014


(a)
(b) Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor
or Similar Party
 
(c) Description of Investment Including Maturity Date, Rate of Interest, Collateral, Par or Maturity Value
 
(e) Current Value***
 
 
Proshares Trust Untrashort Ftse China 50
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Exchange Traded Fund
 
1,564

 
 
Proshares Tr Proshares Ultrashort S&P 500 New
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Exchange Traded Fund
 
1,103

 
 
Proshares Trust Ultrapro Short S&P 500
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Exchange Traded Fund
 
571

 
 
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. Unit Ltd Partnership Interest
 
Self-Directed Brokerage Account - Partnership Units
 
48

 
 
Monumental Life Insurance Wrapper
 
Wrapper Contract
 
50,947

 
 
Principal Financial Group
 
Insurance Contracts
 
442,544

 
*
Notes receivable from Participants
 
Notes receivable from Participants with terms ranging from 0 - 15 years and interest rates ranging from 3.25% to 9.25%
 
45,356,073

 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
2,071,015,018

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
Represents party-in-interest transactions (Note 7).
 
 
 
 
 
**
Represents investment comprising at least 5% of net assets available for benefits.
 
 
 
***
Cost information is not presented because all investments are participant directed.
 
 
 



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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees have duly caused this annual report to be signed by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
KINDER MORGAN SAVINGS PLAN

 
By:
/s/ Matthew Wojtalewicz
 
 
Matthew Wojtalewicz, Member of the Fiduciary Committee of Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Dated: June 26, 2015
 
 



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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number    Description
23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated June 26, 2015


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