ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE:OKE) Files An 8-K Other EventsItem 8.01
Other Events
As previously reported, we completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding common units of ONEOK Partners, L.P. (ONEOK Partners) that we did not already own on June 30, 2017. Effective upon close of the transaction, we, ONEOK Partners and the Intermediate Partnership issued, to the extent not already in place, guarantees of the indebtedness of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners.
In connection with the guarantees, ONEOK, Inc. (ONEOK) became subject to the requirements of Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X regarding financial statements of guarantors and issuers of guaranteed securities registered or being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). ONEOK is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K for the purpose of updating the audited financial statements contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as amended (the “2016 Form 10-K”), to include an additional footnote (“Note U – Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Financial Information”). No other information in the 2016 Form 10-K, other than that relating to the information identified above, is being updated by this filing.
The updated financial statements are filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference and have been updated solely to include the new footnote information referenced above relating to the condensed consolidating financial information. All other information provided in the 2016 Form 10-K remains unchanged and this Form 8-K does not modify or update the disclosures in the 2016 Form 10-K in any way other than the inclusion of the additional financial information. This Current Report on Form 8-K should be read in conjunction with the related Current Report on Form 8-K also filed today which updates our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to include quarterly condensed consolidating financial information and ONEOK’s other filings with the SEC.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
99.1
Item 8 of Part II to ONEOK’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, updated only to reflect certain condensed consolidating financial information of subsidiary issuers, guarantors and nonguarantors.