-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, NBZqQGsUTrKyfjclLndRurb14AOkAcJGPCDn5/ZKxijWsYUD9SOPFW4HekXLSHrg JNR1AM/uVB0//d2PgjPzvA== 0000054502-03-000011.txt : 20030402 0000054502-03-000011.hdr.sgml : 20030402 20030402160256 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000054502-03-000011 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-8 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 FILED AS OF DATE: 20030402 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20030402 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KINDER MORGAN INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000054502 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION [4923] IRS NUMBER: 480290000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: KS FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-8 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-104264 FILM NUMBER: 03636889 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 DALLAS STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 BUSINESS PHONE: 713-369-9000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 DALLAS STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: HUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KN ENERGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920430 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KANSAS NEBRASKA NATURAL GAS CO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19830403 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: K N ENERGY INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 S-8 1 kmis8.htm KINDER MORGAN, INC. FORM S-8 Kinder Morgan, Inc. Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2003

Registration No. 333-_________


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

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____________

KINDER MORGAN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Kansas
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

48-0290000
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

  500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77002
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices)

Kinder Morgan, Inc. Employees Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of Plan)

Joseph Listengart
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Kinder Morgan, Inc.
500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas  77002
(Name and address of agent for service)

(713) 369-9000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Gary W. Orloff
Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.
South Tower Pennzoil Place
711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2900
Houston, Texas  77002-2781
Telephone: (713) 221-1306
Fax: (713) 221-2166
____________

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

  
Title of Securities
to be Registered

  
Amount to be
Registered

  
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(1)

  
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)

  
Amount of
Registration
Fee

  
  Common Stock, par value $5.00
   per share(2)

  
1,050,000 shares

  
$44.95

  
$47,197,500.00

  
$3,823.00

(1)  Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices for the common stock, par value $5.00 per share, of Kinder Morgan, Inc. on The New York Stock Exchange on April 1, 2003 ($44.95 per share).

(2)  Includes, with respect to each share of common stock, preferred share purchase rights granted pursuant to the Rights Agreement, dated as of August 21, 1995, as amended, between Kinder Morgan, Inc. and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as successor rights agent.


PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The following documents filed by Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the "Corporation") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

  

1.

The Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002; and

  

  
2.

  
The description of the common stock, par value $5.00 per share (the "Common Stock") contained in the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as amended.

     All documents filed by the Corporation pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

     Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Not applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

     Section 17-6305 of the Kansas General Corporation Code provides that a Kansas corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit (including an action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, including attorney fees, and against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, including attorney fees, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation; and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person's conduct was unlawful. Article Ninth of the Corporation's articles of incorporation requires it to provide substantially the same indemnification of its directors and officers as that authorized by Kansas General Corporation Law.

     The Corporation maintains liability insurance policies covering its officers and directors against some liabilities, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act, that may be incurred by them.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

     Not applicable.

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Item 8.  Exhibits.

     Any reference made to K N Energy, Inc. in the exhibit list that follows is a reference to the Corporation's former name and is made because the exhibit being listed was originally filed on or before October 7, 1999, the date the Corporation changed its name to Kinder Morgan, Inc.

Exhibit
Number
  


Description
  

4.1

Certificate of Restatement of Articles of Incorporation of K N Energy, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, Amendment No. 1, for the year ended December 31, 1999.

  
4.2

  
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Restatement of Articles of Incorporation of K N Energy, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.19 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-55921) of K N Energy, Inc. filed on June 3, 1998.

  
4.3

  
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Restatement of Articles of Incorporation of K N Energy, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999.

  
4.4

  
By-laws of Kinder Morgan, Inc., as amended on October 7, 1999, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999.

  
4.5

  
Form of certificate representing Common Stock of Kinder Morgan, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-102963) filed on February 4, 2003.

  
4.6

  
Rights Agreement between K N Energy, Inc. and the Bank of New York, as Rights Agent, dated as of August 21, 1995, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to K N Energy, Inc.'s Form 8-A filed on August 31, 1995.

  
4.7

  
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement between K N Energy, Inc. and the Bank of New York, as Rights Agent, dated as of September 8, 1998, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc) to K N Energy, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998.

  
4.8

  
Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement between K N Energy, Inc. and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as successor-in-interest to the Bank of New York, as Rights Agent, dated July 8, 1999, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999.

  
4.9

  
Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement between Kinder Morgan, Inc. and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent, dated September 1, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(m) to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

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Exhibit
Number
  

  
  
Description
  

4.10

Kinder Morgan, Inc. Employees Stock Purchase Plan, dated as of January 1, 2000, incorporated by reference to Appendix E of the Proxy Statement of Kinder Morgan, Inc. filed on April 11, 2000.

  
4.11*

  
First Amendment to the Kinder Morgan, Inc. Employees Stock Purchase Plan, dated January 15, 2003.

  
5*

  
Opinion of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. as to the validity of the Common Stock registered hereunder.

  
23.1*

  
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

  
23.2*

  
Consent of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).

  
24*

  
Powers of Attorney.

  

  

  

*  Filed herewith

Item 9.  Undertakings.

  

A.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

  

  

  
     
(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

  

  

  

  
     
(i)  To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

     (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement.

     (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

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Provided, however,
that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

     (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

     B.    The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     C.    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

     The Registrant.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement or amendment thereto to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 31st day of March, 2003.

KINDER MORGAN, INC.
(Registrant)
    

By:

/s/ JOSEPH LISTENGART
Joseph Listengart
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement or amendment thereto has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 31st day of March, 2003.

Signature
  

Title
  

/s/ RICHARD D. KINDER

Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive

Richard D. Kinder

Officer (principal executive officer)

/s/ C. PARK SHAPER

Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

C. Park Shaper

(principal financial and accounting officer)

*

Director and President

Michael C. Morgan

*

Director

Edward H. Austin, Jr.

*

Director

Charles W. Battey

*

Director

Stewart A. Bliss

*

Director

Ted A. Gardner

*

Director

William J. Hybl

*

Director

Edward Randall, III

*

Director

Fayez Sarofim

*

Director

H. A. True, III

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(Constituting all of the Board of Directors)

*By: /s/ JOSEPH LISTENGART                  
             Joseph Listengart
             Attorney-in-fact

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number
  


Description
  

4.1

Certificate of Restatement of Articles of Incorporation of K N Energy, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, Amendment No. 1, for the year ended December 31, 1999.

  
4.2

  
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Restatement of Articles of Incorporation of K N Energy, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.19 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-55921) of K N Energy, Inc. filed on June 3, 1998.

  
4.3

  
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Restatement of Articles of Incorporation of K N Energy, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999.

  
4.4

  
By-laws of Kinder Morgan, Inc., as amended on October 7, 1999, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999.

  
4.5

  
Form of certificate representing Common Stock of Kinder Morgan, Inc., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-102963) filed on February 4, 2003.

  
4.6

  
Rights Agreement between K N Energy, Inc. and the Bank of New York, as Rights Agent, dated as of August 21, 1995, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to K N Energy, Inc.'s Form 8-A filed on August 31, 1995.

  
4.7

  
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement between K N Energy, Inc. and the Bank of New York, as Rights Agent, dated as of September 8, 1998, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(cc) to K N Energy, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998.

  
4.8

  
Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement between K N Energy, Inc. and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as successor-in-interest to the Bank of New York, as Rights Agent, dated July 8, 1999, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999.

  
4.9

  
Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement between Kinder Morgan, Inc. and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent, dated September 1, 2001, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(m) to Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.

 


  
Exhibit
Number
  

  
  
Description
  

4.10

Kinder Morgan, Inc. Employees Stock Purchase Plan, dated as of January 1, 2000, incorporated by reference to Appendix E of the Proxy Statement of Kinder Morgan, Inc. filed on April 11, 2000.

  
4.11*

  
First Amendment to the Kinder Morgan, Inc. Employees Stock Purchase Plan, dated January 15, 2003.

  
5*

  
Opinion of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. as to the validity of the Common Stock registered hereunder.

  
23.1*

  
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

  
23.2*

  
Consent of Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P. (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).

  
24*

  
Powers of Attorney.

  

  

  

*  Filed herewith

  


EX-4.11 3 kmiex411.htm AMENDMENT 1 TO KMI EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN Kinder Morgan, Inc. Exhibit 4.11 to Form S-8

Exhibit 4.11

FIRST AMENDMENT
TO THE KINDER MORGAN, INC. EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2000)


W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS, Kinder Morgan, Inc. (the "Employer") maintains the Kinder Morgan, Inc. Employees Stock Purchase Plan (Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2000) (the "Plan"); and

     WHEREAS, the Employer, pursuant to Section 27 of the Plan, has the right to amend the Plan from time to time subject to certain limitations.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in order to make certain changes desired by the Employer, the Plan is hereby amended in the following manner:

1.    Effective January 1, 2003, Section 2(h) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

  

(h)

"Eligible Employee" or "Employee" shall mean and refer to all persons regularly employed by the Company, or one of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, the Plan shall neither permit nor deny participation in the Plan contrary to requirements of the Code; provided further, persons whose customary employment is for twenty hours or less per week shall not be an "Employee" or an "Eligible Employee" as those terms are used herein.

2.    Effective as of January 1, 2003, Section 7(a) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

  

(a)

An Eligible Employee may become a Participant by completing an Election to Purchase Shares and filing it with the Plan Supervisor no later than the Subscription/Enrollment Deadline. No Election to Purchase Shares will be accepted from an individual who is not on the active payroll of an Employer on the Subscription/Enrollment Deadline. Once an Employee has enrolled in the Plan, he will remain a Participant until: (i) he withdraws from the Plan, or (ii) he ceases to be an Eligible Employee of an Employer. An Eligible Employee who has withdrawn from the Plan must wait until the next Offering before re-enrolling in the Plan.

3.    Effective as of January 1, 2003, Section 7(c) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

  

(c)

Payroll deductions for a Participant shall be made through the end of a Purchase Period unless sooner terminated by a cancellation of Election to Purchase Shares as provided in Paragraphs 6, 13, 14, 16 or 17 herein. Payroll deductions shall be specified in dollar amounts from a minimum of $20 per month to a maximum of $21,250 per Plan Year. Such


  

  

  
deductions shall be in uniform amounts in conformity with the Employee's payroll deduction schedule. There shall be no rights of prepayment.

4.    Effective as of January 1, 2003, Section 16 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     16.   Termination of Employment.  If, prior to the last trading day of a Purchase Period, a Participant ceases to be employed by the Company or a Subsidiary for any reason (including death, retirement and involuntary termination, with or without cause), his Election to Purchase Shares shall be deemed to have been canceled. The Participant's or his legal representative's only right will be to receive in cash the total amount of accrued payroll deductions during the Purchase Period as soon as practicable after his termination of employment.

5.    Effective as of January 1, 2003, Section 17(c) is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence of the first paragraph thereof.

6.    Effective as of January 1, 2003, Section 20 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

  

     20.   Governmental Approvals or Consents; Amendments or Termination.  This Plan and any offering and sales to Employees and Participants under it are subject to any governmental approvals or consents that may be or become applicable in connection therewith. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Board may terminate or make such changes in the Plan and include such terms in any Offering under this Plan as may be necessary to desirable, in the opinion of the Company's counsel, to comply with the rules or regulations of any governmental authority or any national securities exchange, or to be eligible for tax benefits under the Code or the laws of any state, or for any other reason; provided that no termination or amendment may affect Options previously granted, or may make any change in an Option theretofore granted which would adversely affect the rights of any Participant; and provided, further, that the Board may not make any amendment which would materially increase the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan, increase the aggregate number of Shares which may be sold hereunder, change the designation of corporations whose employees may be offered Options under the Plan, or which would otherwise require the approval of the Company's shareholders to comply with Rule 16b-3, any rule promulgated by the New York Stock Exchange, or any other applicable laws, without approval of the stockholders of the Company.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Employer has executed this First Amendment to the Plan on this 15th day of January, 2003.

 

   Kinder Morgan, Inc.
  
  

By:

/s/ James E. Street

  

Name:

James E. Street

  

Title:

Vice President, Human Resources and Administration
  

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EX-5 4 kmiex5.htm OPINION OF BRACEWELL & PATTERSON, L.L.P. Kinder Morgan, Inc. Exhibit 5 to Form S-8



Exhibit 5


April 2, 2003



Kinder Morgan, Inc.
500 Dallas Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77002

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the proposed issuance by the Corporation of 1,050,000 additional shares (the "Shares") of its common stock, par value $5.00 per share, to participants in the Kinder Morgan, Inc. Employees Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). The Corporation is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the Shares.

We have examined originals or copies of (i) the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended to date, (ii) the By-laws of the Corporation, as amended to date, (iii) the Plan, (iv) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and (v) such other documents and records as we have deemed necessary and relevant for purposes hereof. In addition, we have relied on certificates of officers of the Corporation and of public officials and others as to certain matters of fact relating to this opinion and have made such investigations of law as we have deemed necessary and relevant as a basis hereof. In such examination and investigation, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents, certificates and records submitted to us as originals, the conformity to authentic original documents, certificates and records of all documents, certificates and records submitted to us as copies, and the truthfulness of all statements of fact contained therein.

Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, assumptions and qualifications set forth herein and having due regard for such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

     1.   the Corporation is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Kansas; and


     2.   the Shares have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Plan, for a consideration at least equal to the par value thereof, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

The foregoing opinion is based on and limited to the Kansas General Corporation Code and the relevant law of the United States of America, and we render no opinion with respect to the law of any other jurisdiction. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement. By giving such consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.

Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.

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EX-23.1 5 kmiex231.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Kinder Morgan, Inc. Exhibit 23.1 to Form S-8

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 21, 2003 relating to the financial statements of Kinder Morgan, Inc., which appears in Kinder Morgan, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002.




PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Houston, Texas
March 31, 2003

EX-24 6 kmiex24.htm POWERS OF ATTORNEY Kinder Morgan, Inc. Exhibit 24 to Form S-8, Powers of Attorney

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the registration by the Corporation of the sale of shares of common stock, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 31st day of March, 2003.

  

   /s/ Edward H. Austin, Jr.
Edward H. Austin, Jr.

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the registration by the Corporation of the sale of shares of common stock, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 31st day of March, 2003.

  

   /s/ Charles W. Battey
Charles W. Battey

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the registration by the Corporation of the sale of shares of common stock, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 31st day of March, 2003.

  

   /s/ Stewart A. Bliss
Stewart A. Bliss

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the registration by the Corporation of the sale of shares of common stock, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 31st day of March, 2003.

  

   /s/ Ted A. Gardner
Ted A. Gardner

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the registration by the Corporation of the sale of shares of common stock, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 31st day of March, 2003.

  

   /s/ William J. Hybl
William J. Hybl

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the registration by the Corporation of the sale of shares of common stock, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 31st day of March, 2003.

  

   /s/ Michael C. Morgan
Michael C. Morgan

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the registration by the Corporation of the sale of shares of common stock, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 31st day of March, 2003.

  

   /s/ Edward Randall, III
Edward Randall, III

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the registration by the Corporation of the sale of shares of common stock, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 31st day of March, 2003.

  

   /s/ Fayez Sarofim
Fayez Sarofim

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer or director of Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Corporation"), in connection with the registration by the Corporation of the sale of shares of common stock, hereby constitutes and appoints Joseph Listengart and C. Park Shaper, and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, for the undersigned and on the undersigned's behalf and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form), together with all amendments thereto, with all exhibits and any and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with any regulatory authority, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto signed this power of attorney this 31st day of March, 2003.

  

   /s/ H.A. True, III
H.A. True, III

 



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