As filed with the SEC on April 28, 2020
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
FORMS-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ONEOK, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Oklahoma | 73-1520922 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
100 West Fifth Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103
(918)588-7000
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant’s principal executive offices)
ONEOK, Inc. 401(k) Plan
(Formerly known as “Thrift Plan for Employees of ONEOK, Inc. and Subsidiaries”)
(Full title of the plan)
Stephen B. Allen.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
100 West Fifth Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74173
(918)588-7000
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jordan B. Edwards | Eric Grimshaw | |
GABLEGOTWALS | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and | |
100 West Fifth Street, Suite 1100 | Corporate Secretary | |
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 | 100 West Fifth Street | |
(918)595-4800 | Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 | |
(918)588-7000 |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | |||||
Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company | ☐ | ||||
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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of securities to be registered | Amount to be registered (1)(2) | Proposed maximum | Proposed maximum aggregate | Amount of registration fee | ||||
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | 10,000,000 | $26.53 | $265,300,000 | $34,435.94 | ||||
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(1) | This registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) includes 10,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of ONEOK, Inc. (the “Company,” “Registrant” or “our”) that may be offered under the ONEOK, Inc. 401(k) Plan, as amended (formerly known as the Thrift Plan for Employees of ONEOK, Inc. and Subsidiaries) (the “401(k) Plan”). |
(2) | This Registration Statement, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of our Common Stock with respect to the shares registered hereunder in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the 401(k) Plan. |
(3) | Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee (based on the average of the highest and lowest sale prices of our Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April 21, 2020, which is a date within five business days prior to the date of filing of this Registration Statement). |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of FormS-8 under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement of the Registrant on FormS-8 is being filed in order to register 10,000,000 additional shares of ONEOK Inc.’s Common Stock which may be offered from time to time under the ONEOK, Inc. 401(k) Plan. The contents of the earlier registration statements on FormS-8, filed on November 20, 2018 (SEC FileNo. 333-228499), March 3, 2014 (SEC FileNo. 333-194284), December 21, 2012 (SEC FileNo. 333-185633), December 20, 2011 (SEC FileNo. 333-178622), December 21, 2010 (SEC FileNo. 333-171308), February 24, 2010 (SEC FileNo. 333-165044), February 26, 2009 (SEC FileNo. 333-157548), August 4, 2008 (SEC FileNo. 333-152748), February 12, 2007 (SEC FileNo. 333-140629), November 28, 1997 (SEC FileNo. 333-41263) and the post-effective amendment No. 1 to FormS-8 Registration Statement filed on April 19, 1999 (SEC FileNo. 333-41263), respectively, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, and are supplemented by the information set forth below.
PART II
Item 3. | Incorporation of Documents by Reference. |
The following documents, which have been previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to the Securities Act and pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
(a) | The Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K filed with the SEC onFebruary 25, 2020; |
(b) | The Company’s Current Reports on Form8-K filed with the SEC onJanuary 16, 2020,February 27, 2020,March 10, 2020, andApril 17, 2020, but excluding in each portions of those reports and the exhibits related thereto that were furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01; |
(c) | The 401(k) Plan’s Annual Report on Form11-K filed with the SEC onJune 18, 2019; and |
(d) | The description of our Common Stock contained in our Form8-A registration statement filed with the SEC onNovember 21, 1997, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating that description. |
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless specifically stated to the contrary, none of the information that the Company discloses under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of any Current Report on Form8-K that it may from time to time furnish to the SEC will be incorporated by reference into, or otherwise included in, this Registration Statement.
Any statement, including financial statements, contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 8. | Exhibits. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on FormS-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on FormS-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Tulsa and the State of Oklahoma, on April 28, 2020.
ONEOK, INC. | ||
By: | /S/ WALTER S. HULSE | |
Name: | Walter S. Hulse | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Strategic and Corporate Affairs |
Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Walter S. Hulse, Stephen B. Allen and Eric Grimshaw, and each of them, each of whom may act without joinder of the other, to execute in the name of each such person who is then an officer or director of the Registrant and to file any amendments to this Registration Statement, including post effective amendments, and to do any and all acts they or either of them determines may be necessary or advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the registration of the securities which are the subject of this Registration Statement.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 28th day of April, 2020.
Signature | Title | |
/S/ JOHN W. GIBSON | Chairman of the Board | |
John W. Gibson | ||
/S/ TERRY K. SPENCER | Director, Chief Executive Officer and President | |
Terry K. Spencer | (Principal Executive Officer) | |
/S/ WALTER S. HULSE | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, | |
Walter S. Hulse | Strategic and Corporate Affairs | |
(Principal Financial Officer) | ||
/S/ MARY M. SPEARS | Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer | |
Mary M. Spears | (Principal Accounting Officer) | |
/S/ BRIAN L. DERKSEN | Director | |
Brian L. Derksen | ||
/S/ JULIE H. EDWARDS | Director | |
Julie H. Edwards | ||
/S/ MARK W. HELDERMAN | Director | |
Mark W. Helderman | ||
/S/RANDALL J. LARSON | Director | |
Randall J. Larson | ||
/S/ STEVEN J. MALCOLM | Director | |
Steven J. Malcolm | ||
/s/ JIM W. MOGG | Director | |
Jim W. Mogg | ||
/s/PATTYE L. MOORE | Director | |
Pattye L. Moore | ||
/S/ GARY D. PARKER | Director | |
Gary D. Parker | ||
/s/ EDUARDO A. RODRIGUEZ | Director | |
Eduardo A. Rodriguez |
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