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There's the hammer...

Kinder Morgan whacks dividend by 75%
Dec 8 2015, 17:11 ET | About: Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) | By: Carl Surran, SA

Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) -7% AH after announcing a 75% cut in its 2016 quarterly dividend to $0.125/share ($0.50 annually) from the current $0.51, the company's first-ever dividend cut.

KMI says the move enables it to use a significant portion of its cash flow to fund the equity portion of its expansion capital requirements, eliminate any need to access the equity market for the foreseeable future, and maintain a solid investment grade credit rating."This is in the best long term interest of our shareholders,"

CEO Steven Kean tells WSJ. "It gives us the flexibility to fund our growth in other ways."The company will hold a guidance webcast tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m.


It was already priced in, mostly anyway...I'm thinking the stock might just pick back up some steam now. Main complaint has been cash flow related, this stops that, right?