ONEOK Partners Announces 7.0M Common Units Public Offering and 7.0M Common Units Private Placement

ONEOK Partners, L.P. OKS today announced a public offering of 7.0 million of its common units, representing limited partner interests, subject to market and other conditions. The units will be offered by ONEOK Partners pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the partnership will concurrently sell 7.0 million of its common units to ONEOK, Inc. OKE in a private placement. ONEOK, Inc. and a subsidiary, which is the sole general partner of the partnership, currently own an aggregate 42.8 percent interest in the partnership. ONEOK Partners expects to use the net proceeds from the common unit public offering and private placement to repay amounts outstanding under its $1.2 billion commercial paper program, to repay amounts on the maturity of its $350 million 5.9 percent senior notes due April 2012, for capital expenditures and for other general partnership purposes.