---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-23-079268"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OKE"
cik: "0001039684"
company_name: "ONEOK INC /NEW/"
filed_at: "2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T08:30:41.069835+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ONEOK elects Lori Gobillot and Wayne Smith to its board of directors, effective September 25, 2023

## Summary
- Lori Gobillot, 62, previously independent director of Magellan Midstream Partners (since 2016), joins board.
- Wayne Smith, 63, retired chairman & CEO of BASF North America (2015-2021), joins board.
- Both directors are independent under NYSE rules; Gobillot appointed to Compensation & Governance committees, Smith to Audit & Governance.
- Directors receive prorated annual retainer per non-management director compensation policy approved Feb. 22, 2023.
- ONEOK enters indemnification agreements with both new directors, consistent with standard form.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-23-079268
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OKE
- cik: 0001039684
- company_name: ONEOK INC /NEW/
- filed_at: 2023-09-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000121390023079268/0001213900-23-079268-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000121390023079268/ea185777-8k_oneokinc.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-079268
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-079268.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-23-079268.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Wayne T. Smith was elected as director at ONEOK INC /NEW/.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On September 20, 2023, the Board of Directors (the ONEOK Board) of ONEOK, Inc. (ONEOK) elected Lori A. Gobillot and Wayne T. Smith as directors to the ONEOK Board, effective September 25, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000121390023079268/0001213900-23-079268-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lori A. Gobillot was elected as director at ONEOK INC /NEW/.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On September 20, 2023, the Board of Directors (the ONEOK Board) of ONEOK, Inc. (ONEOK) elected Lori A. Gobillot and Wayne T. Smith as directors to the ONEOK Board, effective September 25, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1039684/000121390023079268/0001213900-23-079268-index.htm

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