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)
November 3, 2015
(Date of earliest event reported)
October 28, 2015

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)

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Item 5.02
 
Departure of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
 
 
 
 
On October 28, 2015, the ONE Gas, Inc. Board of Directors elected Mark A. Bender, 50, to serve as the Company’s senior vice president, administration and chief information officer, effective November 1, 2015. Mr. Bender joined the Company in April 2014 as vice president and chief information officer.  Mr. Bender was with Chesapeake Energy Corporation, where he served as Vice President of Information Technology Operations from January 2012 to March 2014. From January 2010 to December 2012, Mr. Bender was Chief Information Officer at Oral Roberts University.
Mr. Bender is eligible to participate in the benefit plans described under the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” on pages 41 through 50 of the ONE Gas, Inc. Proxy Statement relating to its 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2015 (and such descriptions are incorporated herein by this reference).
 
 
 
Item 7.01
 
Regulation FD Disclosure
 
 
 
 
 
The information set forth under “Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers” of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.


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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
ONE Gas, Inc.
 
 
 
 
Date:
November 3, 2015
By:
/s/ Curtis L. Dinan
 
 
 
Curtis L. Dinan
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer








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