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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549





FORM 11-K



 X   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.

OR

      TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
      1934
For the transition period from_______________to_______________



Commission file number  001-13643



A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF ONEOK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES



B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

ONEOK, Inc.
100 West Fifth Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma  74103
 
 
 

 

REQUIRED INFORMATION

The following financial statements prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of ERISA and exhibits are filed for the Thrift Plan for Employees of ONEOK, Inc. and Subsidiaries:

Financial Statements and Schedules

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits - December 31, 2008 and 2007

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits - Year Ended December 31, 2008

Notes to Financial Statements

Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

Exhibits

23 - Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 
 

 
 
THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF
 
ONEOK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
 
December 31, 2008 and 2007
 
(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)
 


THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF
ONEOK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
     
Page
       
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
1
       
Financial Statements:
   
       
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits - December 31, 2008 and 2007
 
2
       
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits -
 
3
 
Year Ended December 31, 2008
   
       
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
4-11
       
Schedule
     
       
1
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
 
12
 
All other schedules required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, are omitted as they are inapplicable or not required.
 
 
 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 
ONEOK, Inc. Benefit Plan Committee
Thrift Plan for Employees of ONEOK, Inc. and Subsidiaries                                                                              
Tulsa, Oklahoma
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Thrift Plan for Employees of ONEOK, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the Plan) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2008.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2008, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
As discussed in Note 2, the Plan changed its method for accounting for fair value measurements in accordance with statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157.
 
The accompanying supplemental schedule included herein is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the 2008 basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the 2008 basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the 2008 basic financial statements taken as a whole.
 

 

 
/s/ BKD LLP
 
Tulsa, Oklahoma
June 26, 2009
 
 
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THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF
 
ONEOK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
December 31, 2008 and 2007
 
(In thousands)
 
   
   
2008
     
2007
 
Investments, at fair value:
             
Money market fund
  $ 39,580       $ 41,307  
Mutual funds
    196,729         308,832  
Guaranteed investment contract funds
    8,784         10,996  
Government securities
    131         139  
Common stock of ONEOK, Inc.
    180,174         268,223  
Common stock of Westar Energy, Inc.
    1,571         2,234  
Participant loans
    19,233         19,250  
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 446,202       $ 650,981  
                   
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
                 

 
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THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF
ONEOK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Year Ended December 31, 2008
(In thousands)
 
     
2008
 
Additions to net assets attributed to:
     
Investment income (loss):
     
Net depreciation in fair value of investments
$
(204,881)
 
Dividends
   
 15,388
 
Interest
   
 1,206
 
Other
   
 107
 
Total investment loss
 
 (188,180)
 
         
Contributions:
       
Participants
   
 21,866
 
Employer
   
 14,730
 
Rollovers
   
 1,261
 
Total contributions
 
 37,857
 
         
         
Total additions (reductions)
 
 (150,323)
 
         
Deductions to net assets attributed to:
     
Benefits paid to participants
 
 54,456
 
         
Net decrease in net assets available for benefits
 
 (204,779)
 
Net assets available for benefits, beginning of period
 
 650,981
 
Net assets available for benefits, end of period
$
446,202
 
       
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
     
 
 
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Notes to Financial Statements

(1)
Description of Plan

A brief description of the Thrift Plan for Employees of ONEOK, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the Plan) follows and is provided for general information only.  Participants should refer to the full text of the Plan document for more complete information.  As noted in the Plan document, the following funds are frozen and no new monies may be added:  SEI Stable Asset Fund, Federated Capital Preservation Fund, Series “E” and “EE” Savings Bonds and common stock of Westar Energy, Inc.

 
(a)
General

The Plan is administered by ONEOK, Inc. (the Company) and is provided for the benefit of the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.  The Plan is a defined contribution plan which covers substantially all employees of the Company and is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended.

 
(b)
Participation and Contributions

An employee may begin participation on the first day of the month following or coinciding with employment.  There is no minimum service or age requirement.  Effective January 1, 2007, participants may contribute to a Roth 401(k) on an after-tax basis.  Participants may make pre-tax and/or Roth 401(k) contributions of any whole percentage of their eligible compensation up to a combined maximum of 24 percent if certain contribution limitations are not exceeded.  Participants may make after-tax contributions of any whole percentage of their eligible compensation up to a maximum of 6 percent.

Participants age 50 and older before the end of the calendar year can make an additional pre-tax or Roth 401(k) catch-up contribution if they are either deferring the 24 percent maximum pre-tax and/or Roth 401(k) contribution or will reach the maximum dollar amount.  The maximum dollar amount allowed in 2008 was $15,500 and the maximum catch-up contribution allowed was $5,000.  Catch-up contributions are not eligible for Company matching contributions.

Prior to January 1, 2008, after one year of service, the Company matched 100 percent of pre-tax, Roth 401(k) and/or after-tax contributions up to a maximum of 6 percent of eligible gross wages, not to exceed the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) annual compensation limit, pursuant to IRS Section 401(a)(17).  Effective January 1, 2008, employees not covered by a collective bargaining agreement are eligible for Company matching contributions immediately upon enrollment in the Plan.  Employees that are participating in the Plan and are covered by a collective bargaining agreement will receive Company matching contributions after one year of service.

Federal tax law limits the total combined employee and employer annual contributions for all defined contribution plans sponsored by the Company.  The Plan is a defined contribution plan subject to the combined annual contribution limit.  For 2008, the maximum for employee and employer contributions was the lesser of 100 percent of the participant’s base earnings or $46,000.  These limits are indexed and may be adjusted periodically by the IRS.

The Plan contains a power of choice feature for dividends paid on ONEOK, Inc. common stock held in a participant’s account.  Participants that have ONEOK, Inc. common stock as an investment option are eligible to receive cash payments for dividends over $100.  If the quarterly dividend is over $200, participants receive 50 percent of the dividend in cash and have 50 percent of the

 
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dividend reinvested in ONEOK, Inc. common stock.  If the quarterly dividend payment is under $100, 100 percent of the dividends will be reinvested in ONEOK, Inc. common stock.

Dividends reinvested are considered pre-tax contributions, but are not subject to Plan limits or limits under applicable rules of the IRS.
 
(c)
Participant Accounts
 
Participants have the right to designate the investment of their account balances, including their contributions and deferrals and the Company’s matching contributions.  If no investment option is elected by a participant, the funds in the participant’s account are invested in the Schwab Managed Retirement Trust fund maturing closest to the year in which the participant will attain age 65.  Participants may direct the investment of their account balances to more than one option.  However, the minimum investment that can be directed to any one option is 1 percent, and whole increments of 1 percent must be used.

Participants may direct the sale or other disposition of securities in their account and may change their investment instructions to the Trustee of the Plan (Plan Trustee) on a daily basis except during scheduled suspension periods.  Neither the Company nor the Plan Trustee guarantees the value of the investments nor do they indemnify any participant against any loss that may result from such investments.

All interest, dividends and other income received by the Plan Trustee and all gains and losses from the sale of securities are credited or charged to the respective participant’s account.  The cost charged to a participant’s account for securities purchased is the average cost for all such securities purchased during the day for the Plan.  Brokerage commissions, transfer taxes, and other charges and expenses in connection with the purchase or sale of securities for the Plan are either added to the cost of the securities purchased or deducted from the proceeds of the sale.

The Plan provides for regularly scheduled suspension periods during which participants cannot change Plan investments in ONEOK, Inc. common stock.  Dividends are generally declared on ONEOK, Inc. common stock after the end of each calendar quarter.  A record date for determining the shareholders entitled to receive a quarterly dividend is set by the Board of Directors.  Under the Plan, purchases and sales of ONEOK, Inc. common stock are usually temporarily suspended shortly before the record date for about three to five days in order to determine which Plan accounts hold ONEOK, Inc. common stock on the record date and are entitled to receive a dividend payment.

Certain mutual fund companies have implemented market timing restrictions, which are intended to limit the number of exchanges an investor can initiate within a given period of time.  These restrictions, which are designed to protect the long-term investors in the mutual fund, may exclude sales from a fund in order to fund a loan or distribution and purchases due to regularly scheduled payroll contributions.

If a participant is an officer or an employee in one of certain designated work groups (regardless of the level of position), the participant must obtain approval of all trading activity in the participant’s Plan account which involves ONEOK, Inc. common stock prior to the execution of the transaction.  For these employees, there are periods during which the participant can buy or sell ONEOK, Inc. common stock during the year.  Generally, these periods begin three days after the public release of quarterly or annual financial results for ONEOK, Inc. and continue until the first day of the following calendar quarter.
 
 
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(d)
Vesting

Company contributions to the account of a participant and income and earnings, if any, attributable to the account of the participant are immediately and fully vested for the benefit of that participant upon receipt by the Plan Trustee (subject to subsequent loss, if any, through a decline in the market value of investments).
 
(e)
Distributions and Withdrawals

Participants may borrow from the Plan in accordance with Section 408(b)(1) of ERISA, as amended.  A participant may borrow a minimum of $1,000 with a maximum amount not to exceed $50,000 or 50 percent of the non-forfeitable accrued benefit of the participant, whichever is less.  The Plan allows two outstanding loans from a participant’s account at any time.  Roth 401(k) contributions and related earnings are not eligible for loan withdrawal.

Participant loans have a repayment schedule of no more than 60 months with the exception of a loan used to purchase a principal residence, in which case the term of the loan repayment may be for a period not to exceed 120 months.  The participant has the option to repay the loan in full at any time without penalty.

The interest rate on participant loans is the prime interest rate published in The Wall Street Journal on the first day of the month in which the loan was requested.  The interest rate remains the same throughout the term of the loan.  Interest rates on loans outstanding at December 31, 2008, ranged from 4.0 percent to 12.5 percent.

In-service withdrawals from a participant’s account are permitted under specific circumstances as follows:

·  
After-tax contributions can be withdrawn for at least $500 or the full value of the participant’s after-tax contributions, if less than $500.  If earnings are included in the withdrawal, there is a six-month suspension of Company matching contributions on new contributions by the participant into the Plan.
·  
When participants reach age 59 ½ and have completed five years of Plan participation, they are allowed a one-time in-service withdrawal from the Plan at any time and for any reason, without qualifying for a hardship withdrawal or suspending Plan contributions or Company matching contributions.
·  
Former Western Resources, Inc. employees have grandfathered withdrawal options based on their account balances as of January 11, 1999.  A withdrawal using these grandfathered withdrawal options results in a six-month suspension of Company matching contributions on new contributions by the participant into the Plan.
·  
Roth 401(k) contributions and related earnings are not eligible for in-service withdrawals.

Hardship withdrawals from a participant’s account are allowed after a participant has exhausted all in-service withdrawals and participant loans and has submitted an application to the Plan showing current proof of qualifying hardship.  If a hardship withdrawal is approved, the participant is ineligible to make contributions to the Plan or receive Company matching contributions during the following six months.
 
 
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The full value of the participant’s Plan account balance becomes payable if any of the following occur:

1.  
the participant retires or otherwise terminates employment with the Company, for any reason, and the participant’s total account balance does not exceed $5,000;
2.  
the participant dies;
3.  
the Plan is terminated; or
4.  
the Plan is modified in such a way that it adversely affects the participant’s right to the use of or withdrawal from the account (as long as the participant’s request is made within 90 days of the effective date of the modification).

If a participant retires or otherwise terminates employment with the Company and the total account balance is more than $5,000, the participant may leave the balance in the Plan, make a direct rollover from the Plan to another employer’s qualified retirement plan or an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), or receive a single lump sum payment from the Plan as soon as administratively possible after leaving the Company.  Such participant who leaves the balance in the Plan may elect to defer distribution of the account until a later date but not beyond April 1 of the calendar year following the calendar year the participant attains age 70 ½, at which time a distribution of the full account is required.  If the participant’s account balance does not exceed $5,000, then the account will be distributed to the participant as soon as administratively possible, unless the participant directs a rollover to another employer’s qualified plan or an IRA.  If the participant does not complete a distribution election form and the account balance is less than $1,000, a lump sum cash payment will be made.  If a distribution election form is not completed and the balance is between $1,000 and $5,000, it will be paid to an IRA for the participant.
 
(f)
Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right to terminate the Plan at any time subject to the provisions of ERISA.  Upon termination of the Plan, each participant would receive distribution of the entire balance of his/her Plan account.

 (2)
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 
(a)
Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements of the Plan have been prepared on an accrual basis of accounting.

 
(b)
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

The guaranteed investment contract funds are the result of the Plan’s investment in the Federated Capital Preservation Fund and the SEI Stable Asset Fund, which primarily invest in guaranteed investment contracts, synthetic guaranteed investment contracts and other investments with similar characteristics.  Investments in the guaranteed investment contract funds are stated at contract value, which approximates fair value.  Participant loans are stated at cost, which approximates market value.  All other investments are stated at fair value based on the current market value of the respective investments at the end of the year.  All investments are held by Bank of Oklahoma, N.A., as Plan Trustee.

 
The Company has a Plan Expense Reimbursement Program with Fidelity Investment Company (Fidelity), which pays the Plan an amount equal to 3.75 basis points per quarter (or 15 basis points annually) based on the average daily balances invested in Fidelity’s mutual funds by participants in the Plan.  As of December 31, 2008 and 2007, the Fidelity Balanced Fund is the only Fidelity mutual

 
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fund offered by the Plan.  The total quarterly payment is limited to $6.25 per participant as of the last day of the quarter.  This quarterly payment is paid by Fidelity and does not impact the overall expense ratio of the fund.  The Company passes the quarterly payments through as earnings to participants invested in the Fidelity Balanced Fund.  The quarterly payments are allocated based on each individual participant’s account balance on the day the reimbursement is received.

Dividend income is recorded as of the ex-dividend date and is allocated to participants’ accounts on the date of payment.

The Plan provides for investments in various investment securities which, in general, are exposed to risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall price and market volatility.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the value of investment securities held in participants’ accounts will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

 
 (c)
Administrative Costs

The Company pays all costs and expenses for administering the Plan, including expenses of the ONEOK, Inc. Benefit Plan Committee and fees and expenses of the Plan Trustee, except for loan origination fees, brokerage commissions, investment management fees, including redemption fees, and transfer taxes applicable to investment of securities or investments acquired or sold for a participant’s account.  The costs incurred by the Company will not be reimbursed by the Plan.

 
(d)
Payment of Benefits

Benefits or withdrawals are recorded when paid.

 
(e)
Income Taxes

The Plan is a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).  The Plan trust is exempt from federal income tax under the provisions of Section 501(a) of the Code.  The Plan received a favorable determination letter from the IRS dated November 4, 2002, stating that the Plan, as designed with the proposed amendments (which were adopted in the amendment and restatement effective January 1, 2003), was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code.  Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Company believes that the Plan is currently designed and being operated within the applicable requirements of the Code.

 
 (f)
Use of Estimates

The preparation of these financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires a number of estimates and assumptions by the Company, which is the Plan Administrator, relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of additions and deductions during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 
(g)
Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2007 Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits to conform to the 2008 Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits presentation.  These reclassifications had no effect on the changes in net assets available for benefits.
 
 
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(h)
New Accounting Standard
 
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (Statement 157), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.  As of January 1, 2008, the Plan applied the provisions of Statement 157 to its recurring fair value measurements. See Note 3 for applicable disclosures.

(3)
Investments
 
(a)
Fair Value of Plan Assets

Statement 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  Statement 157 also establishes the fair value hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques based on observable and unobservable data and categorizes the inputs into three levels.  The levels are described below.

·  
Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. 
·  
Level 2 - Significant observable pricing inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date.  Essentially, this represents inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. 
·  
Level 3 - Generally unobservable inputs, which are developed based on the best information available and may include our own internal data.  In certain cases where Level 1 and Level 2 inputs are not available, investments are classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy.

The following table sets forth the Plan’s recurring fair value measurements for the level within the Statement 157 fair value hierarchy in which they fall for the period indicated (in thousands):
 
   
Fair Value at December 31, 2008
 
Assets
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Investments:
                       
Money market fund
  $ 39,580     $ -     $ -     $ 39,580  
Mutual funds
    196,729       -       -       196,729  
Guaranteed investment contract funds
    -       -       8,784       8,784  
Government securities
    131       -       -       131  
Common stocks
    181,745       -       -       181,745  
Participant loans
    -       -       19,233       19,233  
Total assets
  $ 418,185     $ -     $ 28,017     $ 446,202  
 
 
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The following sets forth a reconciliation of the Plan’s recurring Level 3 fair value measurements for the period indicated (in thousands):
 
   
Guaranteed Investment Contract Funds
   
Participant Loans
 
Balance, January 1, 2008
  $ 10,996     $ 19,250  
Purchases, issuances and settlements, net
    (2,212 )     (17 )
Balance, December 31, 2008
  $ 8,784     $ 19,233  
 
(b)
Individual Investments Greater Than 5 persent of Net Assets

The following table presents the fair value of individual investments that represent 5 percent or more of the Plan’s net assets at December 31, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands):
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
Cavanal Hill U.S. Treasury Fund**
  $ 39,580     $ 41,307  
American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund
    32,057       56,656  
Dodge and Cox International Stock Fund
    *       34,204  
Fidelity Balanced Fund
    24,555       37,172  
Vanguard Primecap Fund
    45,731       71,560  
Vanguard Institutional Index Fund
    23,338       40,677  
PIMCO Total Return Fund
    25,149       *  
Common stock of ONEOK, Inc.
    180,174       268,223  
                 
* Amounts less than 5% for periods indicated.
               
** Effective December 1, 2008, the American Perfomance U.S. Treasury Fund
     was renamed to Cavanal Hill U.S. Treasury Fund.
 
 
(c)
Net Depreciation by Investment Class
 
The following table presents the net depreciation in fair value for each class of investment for the year ended December 31, 2008 (in thousands):
 
   
2008
 
Mutual funds
  $ (108,234 )
Government securities
    (5 )
Common stock of ONEOK, Inc.
    (96,203 )
Common stock of Westar Energy, Inc.
    (439 )
Net depreciation
  $ (204,881 )
 
(4)
Distributions Payable

At December 31, 2008, net assets available for plan benefits included $31,571 for deemed distributions to participants who were in default of their outstanding loans at the end of the Plan year.
 
 
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(5)
Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Schedule H of Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of participant loans per the financial statements at December 31, 2008, to Schedule H of Form 5500 (in thousands):
 
Participant loans per the financial statements
  $ 19,233  
Deemed distributions
    (32 )
Participant loans per Schedule H to the Form 5500
  $ 19,201  

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements at December 31, 2008, to Schedule H of Form 5500 (in thousands):
 
Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
  $ 446,202  
Deemed distributions
    (32 )
Net assets available for benefits per Schedule H to the Form 5500
  $ 446,170  

The following is a reconciliation of deductions to net assets available for benefits per the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008, to total expenses per Schedule H of Form 5500 (in thousands):
 
Deductions to net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
  $ 54,456  
Deemed distributions
    32  
Total expenses per Schedule H to the Form 5500
  $ 54,488  

The following is a reconciliation of the net decrease in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008, to Schedule H of Form 5500 (in thousands):
 
Net decrease in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
  $ (204,779 )
Deemed distributions
    (32 )
Net decrease in net assets available for benefits per Schedule H to the Form 5500
  $ (204,811 )

Benefits paid to participants are recorded on the Schedule H of Form 5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December 31, but not yet paid as of that date.

 
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Schedule 1
 
 
THRIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF
 
ONEOK, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
 
December 31, 2008
 
(In thousands, except shares)
 
   
Column (a)
 
Column (b)
Column (c)
 
Column (d)
   
Column (e)
 
Party-in-
 
Identity of Issue,
Description of Investment
           
Interest
 
Borrower, Lessor,
Including Maturity Date, Rate
       
Current
 
Identification
 
or Similar Party
of Interest, Par or Maturity Value
 
Cost
   
Value
 
*
 
Cavanal Hill U.S.
             
   
Treasury Fund
Money market fund - 39,579,805 shares
 
**
    $ 39,580  
   
American Beacon Large
               
   
Cap Value Fund
Mutual fund - 2,329,727 shares
 
**
      32,057  
   
Dodge and Cox
               
   
International Stock Fund
Mutual fund - 825,466 shares
 
**
      18,078  
   
Fidelity Balanced Fund
Mutual fund - 1,871,541 shares
 
**
      24,555  
   
American Funds Growth
               
   
Fund of America
Mutual fund - 212,924 shares
 
**
      4,352  
   
Laudus Rosenberg
               
   
US Discovery Fund
Mutual fund - 1,763,473 shares
 
**
      18,234  
   
SMRT Income Fund
Mutual fund - 3,593 shares
 
**
      37  
   
SMRT 2050 Fund
Mutual fund - 63,618 shares
 
**
      410  
   
SMRT 2040 Fund
Mutual fund - 40,869 shares
 
**
      500  
   
SMRT 2030 Fund
Mutual fund - 102,120 shares
 
**
      1,266  
   
SMRT 2020 Fund
Mutual fund - 151,622 shares
 
**
      1,869  
   
SMRT 2010 Fund
Mutual fund - 93,253 shares
 
**
      1,153  
   
Vanguard Primecap Fund
Mutual fund - 989,843 shares
 
**
      45,731  
   
Vanguard Institutional
               
   
Index Fund
Mutual fund - 282,753 shares
 
**
      23,338  
   
PIMCO Total Return Fund
Mutual fund - 2,468,680 shares
 
**
      25,149  
   
SEI Stable Asset Fund
Guaranteed investment contract fund - 1,498,525 shares
 
**
      1,502  
   
Federated Capital
               
   
Preservation Fund
Guaranteed investment contract fund - 725,950 shares
 
**
      7,282  
   
Series "E" Bonds
U.S. Government securities - 1,050 shares
 
**
      5  
   
Series "EE" Bonds
U.S. Government securities - 69,250 shares
 
**
      126  
*
 
ONEOK, Inc.
Common stock - 6,187,281 shares
 
**
      180,174  
*
 
Westar Energy, Inc.
Common stock - 75,538 shares
 
**
      1,571  
*
 
Participant loans
Participant loans at interest rates from
             
     
  4.0% to 12.5% and various maturities
 
**
      19,233  
                $ 446,202  
*  
Party-in-interest
               
**  
This column is not applicable to participant-directed investments.
             

 
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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Thrift Plan for Employees of ONEOK, Inc. and Subsidiaries has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 
   
Thrift Plan for Employees
of ONEOK, Inc. and Subsidiaries
 
ONEOK, Inc.
 
Date:
 
June 26, 2009
 
By:
 
/s/ Caron A. Lawhorn                                          
     
Caron A. Lawhorn
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 

 
EXHIBIT
 
NUMBER                                 EXHIBIT
 
23  
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 

 

 
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