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      into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &#8220;Agreement&#8221;) with Knight Holdco LLC, a
      Delaware corporation (&#8220;Parent&#8221;), and Knight Acquisition Co., a Kansas
      corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (&#8220;Merger Sub&#8221;). Under the
      terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the
      Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a
      wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the &#8220;Merger&#8221;). Parent is owned by a
      consortium of private investment firms affiliated with GS Capital Partners
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      Fund, L.P., AIG Global Asset Management Holdings Corp., Carlyle Partners IV,
      L.P. and Carlyle/Riverstone Energy Partners III, L.P. (collectively, the
&#8220;Sponsors&#8221;). </font></div>
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      Company (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), other than any shares owned by Parent, Merger Sub,
      the Company or its subsidiaries, any stockholders who are entitled to and who
      properly exercise appraisal rights under Kansas law and the Rollover
      Stockholders (as defined below), will be cancelled and converted into the right
      to receive $107.50 in cash, without interest. </font></div>
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      recommendation of a Special Committee comprised entirely of independent
      directors (the &#8220;Special Committee&#8221;). </font></div>
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      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Richard D. Kinder, together
      with certain other members of management, Company co-founder Bill Morgan, and
      two current members of the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors, Fayez Sarofim and Mike
      Morgan (collectively, the &#8220;Rollover Stockholders&#8221;) have agreed, at the request
      of the Sponsors, to contribute a portion of their Company equity into Parent.
      Richard D. Kinder has also agreed to vote his shares in favor of the Merger.
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      Company has made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the
      Agreement, which expire at the effective time of the Merger. The Company may
      not
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      Board of Directors (or the Special Committee) to take actions required by their
      fiduciary duties, participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding
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      has obtained conditional equity and debt financing commitments for the
      transactions contemplated by the Agreement, the aggregate proceeds of which
      will
      be sufficient for Parent to pay the aggregate merger consideration and all
      related fees and expenses. Consummation of the Merger is not subject to a
      financing condition, but is subject to various other conditions, including
      approval of the Merger by the Company&#8217;s stockholders, expiration or termination
      of applicable waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements
      Act of 1976, and other customary closing conditions. The parties expect to
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      Agreement may be terminated under certain circumstances, including if the
      Company&#8217;s Board of Directors (or the Special Committee) has determined in good
      faith that it has received a superior proposal and otherwise complies with
      certain terms of the Agreement. Upon the termination of the Agreement, under
      specified circumstances, the Company will be required to reimburse Parent and
      Merger Sub for their transaction expenses up to $45,000,000 and under specified
      circumstances, the Company will be required to pay Parent a termination fee
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      $215,000,000. Additionally, under specified circumstances, Parent will be
      required to pay the Company a termination fee of $215,000,000. The Sponsors
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      severally agreed to guarantee their proportionate liability of any such amounts
      payable by Parent to the Company. </font></div>
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      foregoing summary of the Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby
      does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety
      by, the full text of the Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 and
      incorporated herein by reference. </font></div>
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      Special Committee engaged The Blackstone Group L.P. ("Blackstone") and Morgan
      Stanley &amp; Co. Incorporated ("Morgan Stanley" and, together with Blackstone,
      the "Financial Advisors") to serve as financial advisors to the Special
      Committee. On August 27, 2006, Blackstone and Morgan Stanley each delivered
      an
      opinion to the Special Committee and the Board of Directors that, as of the
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      of the opinion, the merger consideration was fair, from a financial point of
      view, to the stockholders of the Company (other than Parent, Merger Sub and
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      Agreement has been included to provide investors and security holders with
      information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual
      information about the Company. The representations, warranties and covenants
      contained in the Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and
      as
      of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement,
      and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties,
      including being qualified by confidential disclosures exchanged between the
      parties in connection with the execution of the Agreement. The representations
      and warranties may have been made for the purposes of allocating contractual
      risk between the parties to the agreement instead of establishing these matters
      as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the
      contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors
      are not third-party beneficiaries under the Agreement and should not rely on
      the
      representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as
      characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company,
      Parent, or Merger Sub or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates.
      Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations
      and
      warranties may change after the date of the Agreement, which subsequent
      information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company&#8217;s public
      disclosures. </font></div>
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      SEC:</em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font></div>
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      connection with the proposed Merger, the Company will file a proxy statement
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). INVESTORS AND SECURITY
      HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE
      BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE MERGER AND THE PARTIES
      TO THE MERGER. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the
      proxy statement (when available) and other relevant documents filed with the
      SEC
      from the SEC&#8217;s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Company&#8217;s security holders and
      other interested parties will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy
      of
      the proxy statement and other relevant documents (when available) by directing
      a
      request by mail or telephone to Investor Relations, Kinder Morgan, Inc., 500
      Dallas Street, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77002, telephone (713) 369-9490,
      or
      from the Company&#8217;s website, www.kindermorgan.com. </font></div>
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      Company and its directors, executive officers and other members of its
      management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation
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      about the Company&#8217;s directors and executive officers and their ownership of the
      Company&#8217;s common stock is set forth in the proxy statement for the Company&#8217;s
      2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April
      3,
      2006. Stockholders and investors may obtain additional information regarding
      the
      interests of the Company and its directors and executive officers in the Merger,
      which may be different than those of the Company&#8217;s stockholders generally, by
      reading the proxy statement and other relevant documents regarding the Merger,
      which will be filed with the SEC. </font></div>
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        accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the following information
        shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall it be deemed
        incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933,
        as
        amended, or the Exchange Act.</font></div>
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        into
        the Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1
        hereto.</font></div>
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      Current Report and the exhibits furnished herewith contain forward-looking
      statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933,
      as
      amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
      These forward-looking statements include statements regarding expectations
      as to
      the completion of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the
      Agreement. The forward-looking statements contained herein involve risks and
      uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
      referred to in the forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are
      not
      limited to, the ability of the parties to the Agreement to satisfy the
      conditions to closing specified in the Agreement. More information about the
      Company and other risks related to the Company are detailed in the Company&#8217;s
      most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
      2005, and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K
      as
      filed with the SEC. The Company does not undertake an obligation to update
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                  Knight
                  Holdco LLC and Knight Acquisition
                  Co.*</font></div>
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                S-K. The
                Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule
                to
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      has
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      duly authorized.</font></div>
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                MORGAN, INC.</font></div>
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Unassociated Document
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT
Pursuant
      to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
      of
      Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 28, 2006
KINDER
      MORGAN, INC.
(Exact
      name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Kansas
(State
                or other jurisdiction
of
                incorporation)
1-06446
(Commission
File
                Number)
48-0290000
(I.R.S.
                Employer
Identification
                No.)
500
      Dallas Street, Suite 1000
Houston,
      Texas 77002
(Address
      of principal executive offices, including zip code)
713-369-9000
(Registrant's
      telephone number, including area code)
Check
      the
      appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
      satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
      provisions:
o
Written communications
      pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
x
Soliciting material
      pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant
      to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant
      to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item
      1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On
      August
      28, 2006, Kinder Morgan, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the "Company"), entered
      into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Agreement") with Knight Holdco LLC, a
      Delaware corporation ("Parent"), and Knight Acquisition Co., a Kansas
      corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"). Under the
      terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the
      Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a
      wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (the "Merger"). Parent is owned by a
      consortium of private investment firms affiliated with GS Capital Partners
      V
      Fund, L.P., AIG Global Asset Management Holdings Corp., Carlyle Partners IV,
      L.P. and Carlyle/Riverstone Energy Partners III, L.P. (collectively, the
"Sponsors").
At
      the
      effective time of the Merger, each outstanding share of common stock of the
      Company (the "Common Stock"), other than any shares owned by Parent, Merger Sub,
      the Company or its subsidiaries, any stockholders who are entitled to and who
      properly exercise appraisal rights under Kansas law and the Rollover
      Stockholders (as defined below), will be cancelled and converted into the right
      to receive $107.50 in cash, without interest.
The
      Board
      of Directors of the Company approved the Merger Agreement on the unanimous
      recommendation of a Special Committee comprised entirely of independent
      directors (the "Special Committee").
The
      Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, Richard D. Kinder, together
      with certain other members of management, Company co-founder Bill Morgan, and
      two current members of the Company's Board of Directors, Fayez Sarofim and Mike
      Morgan (collectively, the "Rollover Stockholders") have agreed, at the request
      of the Sponsors, to contribute a portion of their Company equity into Parent.
      Richard D. Kinder has also agreed to vote his shares in favor of the Merger.
The
      Company has made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the
      Agreement, which expire at the effective time of the Merger. The Company may
      not
      solicit competing proposals or, subject to exceptions that permit the Company's
      Board of Directors (or the Special Committee) to take actions required by their
      fiduciary duties, participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding
      alternative proposals.
Parent
      has obtained conditional equity and debt financing commitments for the
      transactions contemplated by the Agreement, the aggregate proceeds of which
      will
      be sufficient for Parent to pay the aggregate merger consideration and all
      related fees and expenses. Consummation of the Merger is not subject to a
      financing condition, but is subject to various other conditions, including
      approval of the Merger by the Company's stockholders, expiration or termination
      of applicable waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements
      Act of 1976, and other customary closing conditions. The parties expect to
      close
      the transaction by early 2007.
The
      Agreement may be terminated under certain circumstances, including if the
      Company's Board of Directors (or the Special Committee) has determined in good
      faith that it has received a superior proposal and otherwise complies with
      certain terms of the Agreement. Upon the termination of the Agreement, under
      specified circumstances, the Company will be required to reimburse Parent and
      Merger Sub for their transaction expenses up to $45,000,000 and under specified
      circumstances, the Company will be required to pay Parent a termination fee
      of
      $215,000,000. Additionally, under specified circumstances, Parent will be
      required to pay the Company a termination fee of $215,000,000. The Sponsors
      have
      severally agreed to guarantee their proportionate liability of any such amounts
      payable by Parent to the Company.
The
      foregoing summary of the Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby
      does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety
      by, the full text of the Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 2.1 and
      incorporated herein by reference.
The
      Special Committee engaged The Blackstone Group L.P. ("Blackstone") and Morgan
      Stanley & Co. Incorporated ("Morgan Stanley" and, together with Blackstone,
      the "Financial Advisors") to serve as financial advisors to the Special
      Committee. On August 27, 2006, Blackstone and Morgan Stanley each delivered
      an
      opinion to the Special Committee and the Board of Directors that, as of the
      date
      of the opinion, the merger consideration was fair, from a financial point of
      view, to the stockholders of the Company (other than Parent, Merger Sub and
      the
      Rollover Stockholders).
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The
      Agreement has been included to provide investors and security holders with
      information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual
      information about the Company. The representations, warranties and covenants
      contained in the Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and
      as
      of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement,
      and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties,
      including being qualified by confidential disclosures exchanged between the
      parties in connection with the execution of the Agreement. The representations
      and warranties may have been made for the purposes of allocating contractual
      risk between the parties to the agreement instead of establishing these matters
      as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the
      contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors. Investors
      are not third-party beneficiaries under the Agreement and should not rely on
      the
      representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as
      characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the Company,
      Parent, or Merger Sub or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates.
      Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations
      and
      warranties may change after the date of the Agreement, which subsequent
      information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company's public
      disclosures.
Important
      Additional Information Regarding the Merger will be Filed with the
      SEC:
In
      connection with the proposed Merger, the Company will file a proxy statement
      with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). INVESTORS AND SECURITY
      HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE
      BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE MERGER AND THE PARTIES
      TO THE MERGER. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the
      proxy statement (when available) and other relevant documents filed with the
      SEC
      from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. The Company's security holders and
      other interested parties will also be able to obtain, without charge, a copy
      of
      the proxy statement and other relevant documents (when available) by directing
      a
      request by mail or telephone to Investor Relations, Kinder Morgan, Inc., 500
      Dallas Street, Suite 1000, Houston, Texas 77002, telephone (713) 369-9490,
      or
      from the Company's website, www.kindermorgan.com.
The
      Company and its directors, executive officers and other members of its
      management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation
      of
      proxies from the Company's stockholders with respect to the Merger. Information
      about the Company's directors and executive officers and their ownership of the
      Company's common stock is set forth in the proxy statement for the Company's
      2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April
      3,
      2006. Stockholders and investors may obtain additional information regarding
      the
      interests of the Company and its directors and executive officers in the Merger,
      which may be different than those of the Company's stockholders generally, by
      reading the proxy statement and other relevant documents regarding the Merger,
      which will be filed with the SEC.
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Item
      7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
In
        accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the following information
        shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall it be deemed
        incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933,
        as
        amended, or the Exchange Act.
On
        August
        28, 2006, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had entered
        into
        the Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1
        hereto.
Forward-Looking
      Statements
This
      Current Report and the exhibits furnished herewith contain forward-looking
      statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933,
      as
      amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
      These forward-looking statements include statements regarding expectations
      as to
      the completion of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the
      Agreement. The forward-looking statements contained herein involve risks and
      uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
      referred to in the forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are
      not
      limited to, the ability of the parties to the Agreement to satisfy the
      conditions to closing specified in the Agreement. More information about the
      Company and other risks related to the Company are detailed in the Company's
      most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
      2005, and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K
      as
      filed with the SEC. The Company does not undertake an obligation to update
      forward-looking statements.
Item
      9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
      Exhibits:
Exhibit
                2.1
Agreement
                  and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 28, 2006, among the Company,
                  Knight
                  Holdco LLC and Knight Acquisition
                  Co.*
Exhibit
                99.1
Press
                  Release, dated August 28,
                  2006
*
Schedules
                and Exhibits omitted pursuant to Section 601(b)(2) of Regulation
                S-K. The
                Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule
                to
                the SEC upon request.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
      has
      duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
      duly authorized.
KINDER
                MORGAN, INC.
By
/s/
                Joseph
                Listengart
Name:
Joseph
                Listengart
Title:
Vice
                President and General
                Counsel
Date:
      August 28, 2006
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EXHIBIT
      INDEX
Exhibit
              2.1
Agreement
                and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 28, 2006, among the Company,
                Knight
                Holdco LLC and Knight Acquisition
                Co.*
Exhibit
              99.1
Press
                Release, dated August 28, 2006
*
Schedules
                and Exhibits omitted pursuant to Section 601(b)(2) of Regulation
                S-K. The
                Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule
                to
                the SEC upon request.
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