1. | ORGANIZATION
In this report, unless the context requires otherwise, references to "we," "us" or "our" are intended to mean Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. (the "General Partner") and its consolidated subsidiaries. Effective February 14, 1997, Kinder Morgan (Delaware), Inc. acquired all of the issued and outstanding stock of Enron Liquids Pipeline Company, and Enron Liquids Pipeline Company was renamed Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. On October 7, 1999, Kinder Morgan (Delaware), Inc. was acquired by K N Energy, Inc., a Kansas corporation and an integrated energy services provider, which was renamed Kinder Morgan, Inc. and trades under the New York Stock Exchange symbol "KMI." Kinder Morgan (Delaware), Inc. remains our sole stockholder. Apart from our investment in i-units as discussed following, as of September 30, 2004, we owned an interest in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., a publicly traded pipeline master limited partnership, referred to in these Notes as "Kinder Morgan Energy Partners," consisting of (i) a 1% general partner interest; (ii) a 1.0101% general partner interest in each of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' five operating limited partnerships and (iii) an approximate 1% limited partner interest, represented by the ownership of 1,724,000 common units of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. On February 14, 2001, Kinder Morgan Management, LLC, a limited liability company, was formed as a direct subsidiary of Kinder Morgan G.P., Inc. under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act. The General Partner owns the only two Kinder Morgan Management voting shares and is its sole managing member. On May 17, 2001, Kinder Morgan Management issued 2,975,000 of its shares representing limited liability company interests to Kinder Morgan, Inc. and on May 18, 2001, it issued 26,775,000 of its shares representing limited liability company interests with limited voting rights to the public in an initial public offering. Kinder Morgan Management used substantially all of the net proceeds from this offering to purchase i-units from Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. The equity interests in Kinder Morgan Management (our consolidated subsidiary - see "CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES" in Note 2) purchased by Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the public created a minority interest on our Consolidated Balance Sheet of $991.9 million at the time of the transaction. The i-units are a separate class of limited partner interests in Kinder Morgan Energy Partners and are issued only to Kinder Morgan Management. The i-units are similar to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' common units, except that quarterly distributions are paid in additional i-units rather than in cash. Kinder Morgan Management trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "KMR." |