---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001039684-23-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OKE"
cik: "0001039684"
company_name: "ONEOK INC /NEW/"
filed_at: "2023-02-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T00:23:03.204318+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ONEOK amends bylaws on proxy card color and adopts revised code of ethics

## Summary
- Board amended Section 2.06 of bylaws to require shareholder proxy solicitors to use a non-white proxy card.
- Board approved revised code of business conduct and ethics titled 'ONE Way to Work'.
- Revised code expands on workplace conduct, insider trading, conflicts of interest, and adds diversity, sustainability, and human rights.
- Amendments effective February 22, 2023; full texts filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 14.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001039684-23-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OKE
- cik: 0001039684
- company_name: ONEOK INC /NEW/
- filed_at: 2023-02-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000103968423000010/0001039684-23-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000103968423000010/oke-20230222.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001039684-23-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001039684-23-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001039684-23-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  ONEOK INC /NEW/: Board approved a revised code of business conduct and ethics titled "ONE Way to Work" (effective 2023-02-22).
  - Change: code of ethics
  - Effective: 2023-02-22
  source text: On February 22, 2023, the Board approved a revised code of business conduct and ethics (the “Code”) titled “ONE Way to Work.” The Code expands upon existing subjects such as workplace conduct, insider trading and conflicts of interest, and includes new subjects such as diversity and inclusion, environmental protection and sustainability, health and safety at work, community support and human rights.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000103968423000010/0001039684-23-000010-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  ONEOK INC /NEW/: Amended Section 2.06 of the By-laws to require a shareholder soliciting proxies to use a proxy card color other than white (effective 2023-02-22).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-22
  source text: On February 22, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of ONEOK, Inc. (the “Company”) adopted an amendment to Section 2.06 of its Amended and Restated By-laws (as amended, the “By-laws”) effective immediately to clarify and further enhance procedural mechanics in connection with shareholder nominations of directors by requiring a shareholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other shareholders to use a proxy card color other than white.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000103968423000010/0001039684-23-000010-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.