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Kinder Morgan Inc.: Kinder Morgan's announced dividend increase is credit negative, but in-line with expectations

CORPORATES ISSUER COMMENT 19 July 2017 Contacts Terry Marshall 416-214-3863 Senior Vice President [email protected] Donald S. Carter, CFA +1 416 214 3851 MD-Corporate Finance [email protected] Kinder Morgan Inc. Kinder Morgan’s announced dividend increase is credit negative, but in-line with expectations Kinder Morgan Inc.’s announcement that it will increase its common share divide
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Kinder Morgan Inc Class P

Kinder Morgan is an energy infrastructure company. The company's segments are: Natural Gas Pipelines, which includes the ownership and operation of, among others, main interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline and storage systems; Products Pipelines, which includes the refined petroleum products, crude oil and condensate pipelines; Terminals, which includes the ownership and/or operation of, among others, liquids and bulk terminal facilities; and carbon dioxide (CO2), which includes the production, transportation and marketing of CO2, ownership interests in and/or operation of oil fields and gasoline processing plants in West Texas.

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