Kinder Morgan Inc. chopped its dividend 75%. It is the first ever the company has slashed payouts to shareholders since it has been a publicly traded company.

The move will reduce the annual dividend to $.50 a share from about $2 a share.

The pipeline giant’s shares have cut about half their value since it first warned on October 21 that payouts would be slow.

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