UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Date of report) October 23, 2023
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| Item 1.01 | Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement |
Effective October 20, 2023, ONE Gas, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a commitment increase agreement (the “Increase Agreement”) related to its $1.0 billion second amended and restated revolving credit agreement, dated as of March 16, 2021, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”), with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender, and letter of credit issuer, and the other lenders and letter of credit issuers party thereto from time to time. The Increase Agreement increases the aggregate commitments available under the Credit Agreement from $1,000,000,000 to $1,200,000,000. All other terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect.
Some of the lenders under the Credit Agreement and their respective affiliates have, from time to time, performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory, commercial and investment banking services for the Company, for which they received or will receive customary fees and expenses. Certain affiliates of the lenders under the Credit Agreement were underwriters of the Company’s prior underwritten note and equity issuances and may serve as underwriters in any future note and/or equity issuances. In addition, certain of the lenders under the Credit Agreement and their respective affiliates act as dealers in connection with the Company’s commercial paper program, and also as managers, forward purchasers and/or forward sellers, including under the Company’s at-the-market equity program.
The foregoing description of the Increase Agreement is not complete and is in all respects subject to the actual provisions of the Increase Agreement, a copy of which has been filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and which is incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 2.03 | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant |
The information included under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
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| 10.1 | Commitment Increase Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2023, among ONE Gas, Inc., Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender, and letter of credit issuer, and the other lenders and letter of credit issuers parties thereto. | |
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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.
Date: October 23, 2023
| ONE Gas, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Caron A. Lawhorn | |
| Name: | Caron A. Lawhorn | |
| Title: | Senior Vice President and | |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
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