ONEOK Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
ONEOK, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan
At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of ONEOK, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 21, 2025 (the “Effective Date”), the Company’s shareholders approved the ONEOK, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2025 EIP”), which was approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) on February 19, 2025, subject to shareholder approval. Subject to adjustment as set forth in the 2025 EIP, the aggregate number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), authorized for issuance or delivery pursuant to the 2025 EIP will not exceed (i) 16,870,000 shares of Common Stock, plus (ii) 2,278,971 shares of Common Stock, which is the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the ONEOK, Inc. 2018 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2018 EIP”) that remained available for awards under the 2018 EIP as of the Effective Date. In addition, any shares of Common Stock that are subject to outstanding awards under the 2018 EIP that, following the Effective Date, expire, or are terminated, surrendered or forfeited for any reason without issuance of such shares, or are settled in cash, will become available for new awards under the 2025 EIP, subject to adjustment as set forth in the 2025 EIP. The 2025 EIP replaces the 2018 EIP, and no additional awards will be granted under the 2018 EIP on or after the Effective Date.
The 2025 EIP, which will be administered by the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Committee”), provides for grants of awards to non-employee directors, officers, and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries in the form of restricted stock units, restricted stock awards, performance units, performance shares, nonqualified and incentive options, stock appreciation rights, other awards, and director stock awards. Award agreements provided with respect to any award under the 2025 EIP will describe the specific terms of the award, including vesting schedules and applicable performance goals, if any. It is not possible to determine specific amounts and types of awards that may be granted to eligible participants under the 2025 EIP subsequent to the Annual Meeting because the grant and payment of such awards is subject to the discretion of the Committee. The 2025 EIP will terminate on the day immediately before the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, unless terminated earlier pursuant to its terms.
The foregoing description of the 2025 EIP does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2025 EIP, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
ONEOK, Inc. 2025 Employee Stock Award Program
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the ONEOK, Inc. 2025 Employee Stock Award Program (the “2025 ESAP”), which was previously approved by the Board on February 19, 2025, subject to shareholder approval. The 2025 ESAP is intended to be the successor to the ONEOK, Inc. Employee Stock Award Program, which terminated as of November 7, 2024. The 2025 ESAP is designed to award Eligible Employees (as defined below) one share of Common Stock for no monetary consideration when certain share price benchmarks are attained. Specifically, the 2025 ESAP provides for an initial share issuance when, on or following the Effective Date, the per share closing price of the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) attains the next whole one dollar increment above the all-time highest closing price of the Common Stock on the NYSE before the Effective Date (the “Base Share Price”). Subsequently, the Company will issue one additional share of Common Stock, for no consideration, to all Eligible Employees when the per share closing price of the Common Stock on the NYSE is for the first time at or above each one dollar increment above the Base Share Price.
The Board may approve awards of additional shares of Common Stock under the 2025 ESAP to Eligible Employees in its sole discretion if the Board determines that the closing price of the Common Stock has attained one or more specified price thresholds at or before the date of the award and the circumstances warrant an issuance of additional shares. If the Board so determines, Eligible Employees will each be awarded, for no monetary consideration, one additional share of the Common Stock based on the attainment of each such price threshold at such time as the Board deems appropriate. “Eligible Employees” under the 2025 ESAP are active, full-time U.S. employees of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, as well as any full-time U.S. employees of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries who are on short-term disability, as of the applicable Benchmark Date (as defined in the 2025 ESAP) for each issuance of Common Stock under the 2025 ESAP.
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In connection with implementation of the 2025 ESAP and in accordance with the terms of the 2025 ESAP, the Board amended the 2025 ESAP on May 21, 2025 to make immaterial operational and administrative changes, including to permit share withholding for taxes for discretionary awards, reflect a change in the stock plan administrator, and allow the Board to restrict eligibility for 2025 ESAP discretionary awards.
The number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance pursuant to the 2025 ESAP is 700,000, subject to adjustment as set forth in the 2025 ESAP. The 2025 ESAP will be administered by the Board or the Committee; however, the Board will make all decisions to grant awards under the 2025 ESAP. The 2025 ESAP will terminate on the day immediately before the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date, unless terminated earlier pursuant to its terms.
The foregoing description of the 2025 ESAP does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2025 ESAP (as amended), a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted upon the following five proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2025. The final vote results for each proposal were as follows:
| PROPOSAL 1: | Election of Directors |
The shareholders elected each of the director nominees set forth below to serve on the Board for a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstain | Broker Non-Votes |
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| Brian L. Derksen | 440,714,333.450 | 11,196,605.295 | 1,128,796.501 | 94,366,308.000 | ||||||||||||
| Julia H. Edwards | 432,207,870.888 | 19,753,926.556 | 1,077,937.802 | 94,366,308.000 | ||||||||||||
| Lori A. Gobillot | 448,433,457.650 | 3,227,854.056 | 1,378,423.540 | 94,366,308.000 | ||||||||||||
| Mark W. Helderman | 446,964,286.308 | 4,833,243.210 | 1,242,205.728 | 94,366,308.000 | ||||||||||||
| Randall J. Larson | 425,929,723.049 | 25,853,333.097 | 1,256,679.100 | 94,366,308.000 | ||||||||||||
| Pattye L. Moore | 433,888,176.604 | 17,716,827.435 | 1,434,731.207 | 94,366,308.000 | ||||||||||||
| Pierce H. Norton II | 448,257,729.038 | 3,660,357.376 | 1,121,648.832 | 94,366,308.000 | ||||||||||||
| Eduardo A. Rodriguez | 419,253,079.032 | 32,330,758.105 | 1,455,898.109 | 94,366,308.000 | ||||||||||||
| Gerald B. Smith | 445,545,951.182 | 6,013,766.737 | 1,480,017.327 | 94,366,308.000 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne T. Smith | 447,110,722.794 | 4,711,082.635 | 1,217,929.817 | 94,366,308.000 | ||||||||||||
| PROPOSAL 2: | Ratify the Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2025 |
The appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025 was ratified by the shareholders, with votes as follows:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 535,486,505.707 | 10,261,761.405 | 1,657,776.134 | - |
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| PROPOSAL 3: | Approval of the ONEOK, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan |
The shareholders approved the 2025 EIP, with votes as follows:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 427,495,226.639 | 22,882,101.971 | 2,662,406.636 | 94,366,308.000 |
| PROPOSAL 4: | Approval of the ONEOK, Inc. 2025 Employee Stock Award Program |
The shareholders approved the 2025 ESAP, with votes as follows:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 437,300,970.670 | 13,671,479.977 | 2,067,284.599 | 94,366,308.000 |
| PROPOSAL 5: | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation |
The shareholders approved a non-binding resolution to approve the 2024 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, with votes as follows:
| Votes For |
Votes Against |
Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 422,790,933.638 | 27,394,808.292 | 2,853,993.316 | 94,366,308.000 |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 10.1 | ONEOK, Inc. 2025 Equity Incentive Plan. | |
| 10.2 | ONEOK, Inc. 2025 Employee Stock Award Program, as amended. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File-the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
| ONEOK, Inc. | ||
| Date: May 22, 2025 | By: | /s/ Walter S. Hulse III |
| Walter
S. Hulse III Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development | ||
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