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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)
May 10, 2017
(Date of earliest event reported)
May 9, 2017

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:

[] 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)

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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).
Emerging growth company __

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.__



Item 7.01
 
Regulation FD Disclosure
 
 
 
 
 
On May 9, 2017, we and ONEOK Partners, L.P. (ONEOK Partners) announced that separate special meetings of ONEOK shareholders and ONEOK Partners unitholders will be held June 30, 2017, to vote on the previously announced merger transaction between the two companies. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Shareholders and unitholders of record at the close of business May 19, 2017, will be entitled to vote at their respective special meeting.

SPECIAL MEETING OF ONEOK, INC. SHAREHOLDERS:

When:    9 a.m. CDT, June 30, 2017
Where:     ONEOK Plaza, 100 West 5th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma

SPECIAL MEETING OF ONEOK PARTNERS UNITHOLDERS:

When:     10 a.m. CDT, June 30, 2017
Where:     ONEOK Plaza, 100 West 5th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma

The information disclosed in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 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 9.01
 
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
 
 
(d)
Exhibits
 
 
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
News release issued by ONEOK, Inc. and ONEOK Partners, L.P. dated May 9, 2017.

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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:
May 10, 2017
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. and ONEOK Partners, L.P. dated May 9, 2017.




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