FORM 8-K

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

 

February 3, 2003

(Date of earliest event reported)

 


 

ONEOK, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Oklahoma

 

001-13643

 

73-1520922

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer 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)


 


 

Item 5.    Other Events

 

On January 31, 2003, Kansas Gas Service (KGS), a division of ONEOK, Inc., filed for a $76 million rate increase with the Kansas Corporation Commission. The last time KGS was granted a rate increase by the Kansas Corporation Commission was in 1996.

 

KGS was allowed to earn a return on investment of just less than nine percent in its 1996 rate filing and is requesting a return of 9.3 percent with this rate increase.

 

The Kansas Corporation Commission has until the latter part of September 2003 to issue an order related to this rate increase filing. If approved, the new rates could become effective as early as November 1, 2003.

 

Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

 

(a)   Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired

 

Not applicable.

 

(b)   Pro Forma Financial Information

 

Not applicable.

 

(c)   Exhibits

 

99.1    Press release issued by ONEOK, Inc. dated February 3, 2003.

 

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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:  February 5, 2003

     

By:

 

/s/    Jim Kneale


               

Jim Kneale

Senior Vice President, Treasurer

and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

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