ONE Gas Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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(Date of report) October 22, 2024
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
The information related to our $1.35 billion unsecured commercial paper program described under Item 2.03 below is hereby incorporated by reference under this Item 1.01.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
On October 21, 2024, we increased the size of our commercial paper program to permit the issuance of commercial paper notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1.35 billion at any time outstanding. Prior to this increase, our commercial paper program permitted us to issue commercial paper notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1.275 billion at any time outstanding. The other terms and conditions of the commercial paper program, including the form of our commercial paper program Commercial Paper Dealer Agreement, remain as previously described in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 10, 2014, and such term and conditions as well as the form of Commercial Paper Dealer Agreement are incorporated herein by reference as though fully set forth herein.
The commercial paper notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
| (d) | Exhibits |
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| 10.1 | Form of Commercial Paper Dealer Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to ONE Gas, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 10, 2014 (File No. 1-36108)). | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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.
| ONE Gas, Inc. | ||||||
| Date: October 22, 2024 | By: | /s/ Christopher P. Sighinolfi | ||||
| Christopher P. Sighinolfi | ||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||