UNITED STATES


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





(Date of report)May 26, 2017(Date of earliest event reported)May 24, 2017





ONEOK PARTNERS, L.P.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)





Delaware1-1220293-1120873(State or other jurisdiction(Commission(IRS Employerof incorporation)File Number)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)





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Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.We announced the following management changes effective May 25, 2017:Walter S. Hulse III, 53, who currently serves as Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Affairs of ONEOK, Inc. (“ONEOK”) and ONEOK Partners GP, L.L.C. (“ONEOK Partners GP”), the sole general partner of ONEOK Partners, L.P., will become Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Affairs of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP.  Mr. Hulse has served as Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Affairs of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP since his hiring in 2015.  Beginning in 2010, until his hiring, Mr. Hulse served as the Managing Member of Spinnaker Strategic Advisory Services, LLC, which provided consulting services to mid-cap and large-cap publicly traded companies.Kevin L. Burdick, 52, who currently serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP will become Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP.  Mr. Burdick has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP since March 2017 and, prior to that time, served as Senior Vice President of Natural Gas Gathering and Processing of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP beginning in February 2016, Vice President, Natural Gas Gathering and Processing of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP from January 2013  until February 2016 and Vice President, Chief Information Officer of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP from July 2009 until December 2012.Derek S. Reiners, 46, who currently serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP will become Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP.  Mr. Reiners has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP since 2012 and, prior to that time, served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of ONEOK and ONEOK Partners GP since his hiring in 2009.All of these officers are eligible to participate in the compensation and benefit plans described under the “Executive Compensation Discussion and Analysis” on pages 42 through 67 of ONEOK’s Proxy Statement relating to its 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, as originally filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2017 (and such descriptions are incorporated herein by this reference).Item 7.01Regulation FD DisclosureOn May 25, 2017, we announced the appointment of certain officers. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.The information disclosed in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits(d)Exhibits





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ExhibitNumberDescription99.1News release of ONEOK, Inc. and of ONEOK Partners, L.P. dated May 25, 2017, announcing officer appointments.








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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.





ONEOK Partners, L.P.By:  ONEOK Partners GP, L.L.C.,General PartnerDate:May 26, 2017By:/s/ Walter S. Hulse IIIWalter S. Hulse IIIChief Financial Officer andExecutive Vice President, StrategicPlanning and Corporate Affairs








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EXHIBIT INDEX








ExhibitNumberDescription99.1News release of ONEOK, Inc. and of ONEOK Partners, L.P. dated May 25, 2017, announcing officer appointments.











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