ONEOK Partners LP - FORM 8-K - EX-99.1 - September 12, 2013

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Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO      News
September 9, 2013   Analyst Contact:     

T.D. Eureste

918-588-7167

  Media Contact:         

Brad Borror

918-588-7582

ONEOK Partners Announces $1.25 Billion Notes Offering

TULSA, Okla. – Sept. 9, 2013 – ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS) today announced that it has priced an offering to sell $1.25 billion of senior notes, consisting of $425 million of five-year senior notes at a coupon of 3.2 percent; $425 million of 10-year senior notes at a coupon of 5 percent; and $400 million of 30-year senior notes at a coupon of 6.2 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, are expected to be $1.24 billion. ONEOK Partners expects to use the proceeds to repay amounts outstanding under its $1.2 billion commercial paper program and for general partnership purposes.

The joint book-running managers for the offering are RBS Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ONEOK Partners expects the notes offering to close on Sept. 12, 2013.

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 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.

ONEOK Partners Announces $1.25 Billion Notes Offering

 

A copy of the prospectus and prospectus supplement may be obtained by contacting the joint book-running managers as follows:

RBS Securities Inc.

600 Washington Blvd,

Stamford, CT 06901

Phone: 1-866-884-2071

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

222 Broadway, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10038

Attention: Prospectus Department

E-mail: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com

Toll-Free: 1-800-294-1322

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Attn: Prospectus Group

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005-2836

Phone: (800) 503-4611

ONEOK Partners, L.P. (pronounced ONE-OAK) (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 approximately 41.3 percent of the overall partnership interest, as of Aug. 12, 2013. 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 and incorporated in this news release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, as amended, and Section 21E of the Exchange Act, as amended. The forward-looking statements relate to our anticipated financial performance, liquidity, 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 the items identified in the preceding paragraph, the 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,” “guidance,” “could,” “may,” “continue,” “might,” “potential,” “scheduled” and other words and terms of similar meaning.

One should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which are applicable only as of the date of this news release. 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. In addition to any assumptions and other factors referred to specifically in connection with the forward-looking statements, factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in any forward-looking statement include, among others, the following:

ONEOK Partners Announces $1.25 Billion Notes Offering

 

•   the effects of weather and other natural phenomena, including climate change, on our operations, demand for our services and energy prices;

 

•   competition from other United States and foreign energy suppliers and transporters, as well as alternative forms of energy, including, but not limited to, solar power, wind power, geothermal energy and biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel;

 

•   the capital intensive nature of our businesses;

 

•   the profitability of assets or businesses acquired or constructed by us;

 

•   our ability to make cost-saving changes in operations;

 

•   risks of marketing, trading and hedging activities, including the risks of changes in energy prices or the financial condition of our counterparties;

 

•   the uncertainty of estimates, including accruals and costs of environmental remediation;

 

•   the timing and extent of changes in energy commodity prices;

 

•   the effects of changes in governmental policies and regulatory actions, including changes with respect to income and other taxes, pipeline safety, environmental compliance, climate change initiatives and authorized rates of recovery of natural gas and natural gas transportation costs;

 

•   the impact on drilling and production by factors beyond our control, including the demand for natural gas and crude oil; producers’ desire and ability to obtain necessary permits; reserve performance; and capacity constraints on the pipelines that transport crude oil, natural gas and NGLs from producing areas and our facilities;

 

•   difficulties or delays experienced by trucks or pipelines in delivering products to or from our terminals or pipelines;

 

•   changes in demand for the use of natural gas and crude oil because of market conditions caused by concerns about global warming;

 

•   conflicts of interest between us, our general partner, ONEOK Partners GP, and related parties of ONEOK Partners GP;

 

•   the impact of unforeseen changes in interest rates, equity markets, inflation rates, economic recession and other external factors over which we have no control;

 

•   our indebtedness could make us vulnerable to general adverse economic and industry conditions, limit our ability to borrow additional funds and/or place us at competitive disadvantages compared with our competitors that have less debt or have other adverse consequences;

 

•   actions by rating agencies concerning the credit ratings of us or the parent of our general partner;

 

•   the results of administrative proceedings and litigation, regulatory actions, rule changes and receipt of expected clearances involving the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Kansas Corporation Commission, Texas regulatory authorities or any other local, state or federal regulatory body, including the FERC, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the EPA and CFTC;

 

•   our ability to access capital at competitive rates or on terms acceptable to us;

 

•   risks associated with adequate supply to our gathering, processing, fractionation and pipeline facilities, including production declines that outpace new drilling or extended periods of ethane rejection;

 

•   the risk that material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting could emerge or that minor problems could become significant;

 

•   the impact and outcome of pending and future litigation;

 

•   the ability to market pipeline capacity on favorable terms, including the effects of:

 

  •   future demand for and prices of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil;

 

  •   competitive conditions in the overall energy market;

 

  •   availability of supplies of Canadian and United States natural gas and crude oil; and

 

  •   availability of additional storage capacity;

ONEOK Partners Announces $1.25 Billion Notes Offering

 

•   performance of contractual obligations by our customers, service providers, contractors and shippers;

 

•   the timely receipt of approval by applicable governmental entities for construction and operation of our pipeline and other projects and required regulatory clearances;

 

•   our ability to acquire all necessary permits, consents and other approvals in a timely manner, to promptly obtain all necessary materials and supplies required for construction, and to construct gathering, processing, storage, fractionation and transportation facilities without labor or contractor problems;

 

•   the mechanical integrity of facilities operated;
•   demand for our services in the proximity of our facilities;

 

•   our ability to control operating costs;

 

•   acts of nature, sabotage, terrorism or other similar acts that cause damage to our facilities or our suppliers’ or shippers’ facilities;

 

•   economic climate and growth in the geographic areas in which we do business;

 

•   the risk of a prolonged slowdown in growth or decline in the United States or international economies, including liquidity risks in United States or foreign credit markets;

 

•   the impact of recently issued and future accounting updates and other changes in accounting policies;

 

•   the possibility of future terrorist attacks or the possibility or occurrence of an outbreak of, or changes in, hostilities or changes in the political conditions in the Middle East and elsewhere;

 

•   the risk of increased costs for insurance premiums, security or other items as a consequence of terrorist attacks;

 

•   risks associated with pending or possible acquisitions and dispositions, including our ability to finance or integrate any such acquisitions and any regulatory delay or conditions imposed by regulatory bodies in connection with any such acquisitions and dispositions;

 

•   the impact of uncontracted capacity in our assets being greater or less than expected;

 

•   the ability to recover operating costs and amounts equivalent to income taxes, costs of property, plant and equipment and regulatory assets in our state and FERC-regulated rates;

 

•   the composition and quality of the natural gas and NGLs we gather and process in our plants and transport on our pipelines;

 

•   the efficiency of our plants in processing natural gas and extracting and fractionating NGLs;

 

•   the impact of potential impairment charges;

 

•   the risk inherent in the use of information systems in our respective businesses, implementation of new software and hardware, and the impact on the timeliness of information for financial reporting;

 

•   our ability to control construction costs and completion schedules of our pipelines and other projects; and

 

•   the risk factors listed in the reports we have filed and may file with the SEC, which are incorporated by reference.

These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other factors could also have material adverse effects on our future results. These and other risks are described in greater detail in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, in our Annual Report. 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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