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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Date of report)
January 18, 2017
(Date of earliest event reported)
January 17, 2017

ONE Gas, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Oklahoma
 
001-36108
 
46-3561936
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)

15 East Fifth Street; Tulsa, OK
(Address of principal executive offices)

74103
(Zip code)

(918) 947-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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The information disclosed in Item 7.01, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 
 
 
Item 7.01
 
Regulation FD Disclosure
 
 
 
 
 
On January 17, 2017, we issued our 2017 financial guidance and updated our expected five-year financial and dividend growth rates, increased our capital expenditure forecast and disclosed how a new accounting standard impacts guidance.
 
 
 
 
 
We also announced that our board of directors declared a cash dividend of 42 cents per share of common stock.
 
 
 
 
 
The news releases are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2 and incorporated by reference herein.
 
 
 
Item 8.01
 
Other Events
 
 
 
 
 
On January 17, 2017, our board of directors declared a cash dividend of 42 cents per share of common stock, payable March 10, 2017, to shareholders of record at the close of business February 24, 2017.

 
 
 
Item 9.01
 
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
 
 
(d)
Exhibits
 
 
 
Exhibit
Number
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Financial Guidance news release issued by ONE Gas, Inc. dated January 17, 2017.

 
 
 
99.2
 
Dividend news release issued by ONE Gas, Inc. dated January 17, 2017.



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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
ONE Gas, Inc.
 
 
 
 
Date:
January 18, 2017
By:
/s/ Curtis L. Dinan
 
 
 
Curtis L. Dinan
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer



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EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number
Description
 
 
 
99.1
 
Financial Guidance news release issued by ONE Gas, Inc. dated January 17, 2017.

 
 
 
99.2
 
Dividend news release issued by ONE Gas, Inc. dated January 17, 2017.





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