OKE Q2 2014 Divid, OKS Dist, Knox


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)
July 25, 2014
(Date of earliest event reported)
July 23, 2014

ONEOK, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Oklahoma
 
001-13643
 
73-1520922
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)

100 West Fifth Street; Tulsa, OK
(Address of principal executive offices)

74103
(Zip code)

(918) 588-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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:

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Item 7.01
 
Regulation FD Disclosure
 
 
 
 
 
On July 23, 2014, we announced that our board of directors approved a cash dividend of 57.5 cents per share of common stock. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

On July 24, 2014, ONEOK Partners, L.P. (ONEOK Partners) announced that the board of directors of its general partner, ONEOK Partners GP, L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of ONEOK, Inc., approved a cash distribution of 76 cents per unit for the second quarter 2014. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

On July 24, ONEOK Partners announced plans to invest $365 million to $470 million to construct a new natural gas processing plant and related infrastructure in Grady and Stephens counties in Oklahoma. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information disclosed in this Item 7.01, including Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
 
 
 
Item 8.01
 
Other Events
 
 
 
 
 
On July 23, 2014, our board of directors approved a cash dividend of 57.5 cents per share of common stock, payable August 14, 2014, to shareholders of record at the close of business August 4, 2014.

On July 24, 2014, the board of directors of ONEOK Partners’ general partner, ONEOK Partners GP, L.L.C., approved a cash distribution of 76 cents per unit for the second quarter 2014. The second-quarter distribution is payable on August 14, 2014, to unitholders of record as of August 4, 2014.

We own approximately 92.8 million common and Class B limited partner units and the entire 2 percent general partner interest, including incentive distribution rights, which together represented a 38.8 percent ownership interest in ONEOK Partners as of May 16, 2014. We receive our portion of the referenced second-quarter distribution in accordance with our ownership interests as provided under the terms of the ONEOK Partners partnership agreement.
 
 
 
Item 9.01
 
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
 
 
(d)
Exhibits
 
 
 
Exhibit
Number
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
News release issued by ONEOK, Inc. dated July 23, 2014 – Dividend.
99.2
 
News release issued by ONEOK Partners, L.P. dated July 24, 2014 – Quarterly Distribution.
99.3
 
News release issued by ONEOK Partners, L.P. dated July 24, 2014 – Knox Plant.


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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
ONEOK, Inc.
 
 
 
 
Date:
July 25, 2014
By:
/s/ Derek S. Reiners
 
 
 
Derek S. Reiners
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer


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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
News release issued by ONEOK, Inc. dated July 23, 2014 – Dividend.
99.2
 
News release issued by ONEOK Partners, L.P. dated July 24, 2014 – Quarterly Distribution.
99.3
 
News release issued by ONEOK Partners, L.P. dated July 24, 2014 – Knox Plant.



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