The board of directors of ONEOK Inc. approved the separation of the company's natural gas distribution business into a stand-alone, publicly traded company that will be called ONE Gas Inc. ONEOK Inc. announced that in connection with the Distribution, Pierce H. Norton II will resign as an officer of ONEOK effective as of the Distribution Date, and Robert F. Martinovich will step down as Executive Vice President of Operations and has been appointed as Executive Vice President of Commercial, replacing Pierce H. Norton II, effective as of the Distribution Date. On January 8, 2014, in connection with the Distribution, the Board of Directors approved the expansion of the number of directors of the Board of Directors of ONEOK from ten to eleven and elected Terry K. Spencer to serve as a member of the Board of Directors effective as of the Distribution Date. In connection with the Distribution, the Board of Directors has appointed Wesley J. Christenson as Senior Vice President of Operations, replacing Mr. Martinovich, effective as of the Distribution Date.