Exhibit 99.1
ONEOK Partners Announces Notes Offering
TULSA, Okla., Feb 26, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) today announced that it has priced an offering to sell $500 million of 10-year senior notes at a coupon of 8.625 percent. The notes will be issued under the partnership’s existing shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The net proceeds, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and expenses, are expected to be $494.3 million. ONEOK Partners expects to use the proceeds to repay indebtedness outstanding under its $1.0 billion revolving credit agreement.
The lead book-running managers for the offering are SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, J.P. Morgan and RBS Greenwich Capital. ONEOK Partners expects the notes offering to close on March 3, 2009.
This news release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
A registration statement relating to the notes was previously filed with, and became effective under the rules of, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. ONEOK Partners offered the notes to the public by means of a prospectus and prospectus supplement, which are part of the registration statement.
A copy of the prospectus and prospectus supplement may be obtained by calling SunTrust Robinson Humphrey toll-free at 800-685-4786; J.P. Morgan collect at 212-834-4533; or RBS Greenwich Capital toll-free at 866-884-2071.
ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) is one of the largest publicly traded master limited partnerships, and is a leader in the gathering, processing, storage and transportation of natural gas in the U.S. and owns one of the nation’s premier natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, connecting NGL supply in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions with key market centers. Its general partner is a wholly owned subsidiary of ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE), a diversified energy company, which owns 47.7 percent of the overall partnership interest. ONEOK is one of the largest natural gas distributors in the United States, and its energy services operation focuses primarily on marketing natural gas and related services throughout the U.S.
Some of the statements contained in this news release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements relate to our anticipated financial performance, management’s plans and objectives for our future operations, our business prospects, the outcome of regulatory and legal proceedings, market conditions and other matters. We make these forward-looking statements in reliance on the safe-harbor protections provided under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements include information concerning possible or assumed future results of our operations and other statements contained or incorporated in this news release identified by words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “should,” “goal,” “forecast,” “could,” “may,” “continue,” “might,” “potential,” “scheduled” and other words and terms of similar meaning.
You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Those factors may affect our operations, markets, products, services and prices.
Other factors could also have material adverse effects on our future results. These and other risks are described in greater detail in Item 1A, Risk Factors, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under securities laws, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or change in circumstances, expectations or otherwise.
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| | Analyst Contact: | | Christy Williamson 918-588-7163 | | |
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