form_8-k.htm
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)
October 25, 2010
 
(Date of earliest event reported)
October 20, 2010

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)

[] Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 
 
 


Item 8.01
  
Other Events
   
 
On October 20, 2010, ONEOK Partners, L.P. announced an increase in its quarterly cash distribution to $1.13 per unit from $1.12 per unit, effective for the third quarter 2010, resulting in an annualized cash distribution of $4.52 per unit.  The third-quarter distribution is payable November 12, 2010, to unitholders of record as of October 29, 2010.
 
We own approximately 42.4 million common and Class B limited partner units and the entire 2 percent general partner interest, including incentive distribution rights, which together, represent a 42.8 percent ownership interest in ONEOK Partners, L.P.  We receive our portion of the referenced third-quarter distribution in accordance with our ownership interests as provided under the terms of the ONEOK Partners L.P. partnership agreement.
 
Item 9.01
  
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
         
  
 
Exhibits
   
99.1      News release issued by ONEOK Partners, L.P. dated October 20, 2010.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

     
ONEOK, Inc.
 
Date:
 
October 25, 2010
 
By:
 
/s/ Curtis L. Dinan
     
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer

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