8-K
Oneok Inc /New/ (OKE)
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 (date of earliest event reported): September 20, 2023
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ONEOK, Inc.****(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Oklahoma | 001-13643 | 73-1520922 |
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| (State or other jurisdiction<br><br> <br>of incorporation) | (Commission File<br> Number) | (I.R.S. Employer<br><br> <br>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)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
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| Common stock, par value of $0.01 | OKE | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 20, 2023, the Board of Directors of ONEOK, Inc. appointed Lyndon C. Taylor as ONEOK’s Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel and Assistant Secretary, effective October 1, 2023. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
| Exhibit<br><br> <br>Number | Description |
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| 99.1 | Press release, dated September 25, 2023. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document (contained in Exhibit 101). |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ONEOK, INC. | ||
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| Date:<br> September 25, 2023 | By: | /s/ Walter S. Hulse III |
| Name: | Walter S. Hulse III | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and<br><br> <br>Executive Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development |
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Exhibit 99.1
| News | ||
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| September 25, 2023 | Analyst Contact: | Megan Patterson |
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| 918-561-5325 | ||
| Media Contact: | Brad Borror | |
| 918-588-7582 |
Lyndon C. Taylor Joins ONEOK As Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel and Assistant Secretary
TULSA, Okla. – Sept. 25, 2023 – Lyndon C. Taylor has joined ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) as executive vice president, chief legal counsel and assistant secretary of ONEOK, reporting to Pierce H. Norton II, president and chief executive officer of ONEOK.
Before joining ONEOK, Taylor was executive vice president, chief legal and administrative officer of Devon Energy Corporation, responsible for overseeing the legal, corporate governance, compliance and government relations functions. Prior to Devon, Taylor founded and led the Houston office of Skadden Arps, serving the legal needs of numerous energy clients for 12 years. He has in-depth experience in many aspects of the energy business, including capital markets and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) activities, merger & acquisition (M&A) deals, commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, labor and employment matters, intellectual property and litigation.
With nearly 40 years of legal expertise, primarily in the energy space, Taylor has extensive experience guiding organizations on legal and business strategies that balance risk and company objectives, helping them to be successful in a changing market.
“We’re excited to have Lyndon join the ONEOK team,” said Norton. “Lyndon’s legal expertise and experience in leading and developing teams with a shared vision of creating value will serve us and our stakeholders well.”
Taylor will be based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He earned a Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering and management from Oklahoma State University.
ONEOK, Inc. (pronounced ONE-OAK) (NYSE: OKE) is a leading midstream service provider and owns one of the nation’s premier natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, connecting NGL supply in the Rocky Mountain, Permian and Mid-Continent regions with key market centers and owns an extensive network of gathering, processing, fractionation, transportation and storage assets.
ONEOK is a FORTUNE 500 company and is included in the S&P 500. For information about ONEOK, visit the website: www.oneok.com. For the latest news about ONEOK, find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and X.