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0001185026
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0001039684
ONEOK INC /NEW/
001-13643
100 WEST 5TH ST
TULSA
OK
74103
9185887000
MOORE PATTYE L
Director
Common
The Charles Schwab Corporation
3000 Schwab Way
Westlake
TX
76262
3379
310293.57
584073924
09/05/2024
NYSE
Common
06/26/2003
Open Market Purhcase
Open Market
N
3379
06/26/2003
Open Market Purchase
Y
Shares being sold out of account titled: MPML, LLC Shares purchase in various open market purchases on the following dates: 06/26/2003, 11/09/2005 & 07/03/2017
09/05/2024
Pattye Moore