4 1 NYSE0001185018 7oxysh@w Director ONEOK, Inc. 000103968473-1520922 10/11/02 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s) Ford, William L. 100 W. Fifth Street Tulsa, OK 74103 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ONEOK, Inc. (OKE) 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 10/11/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) Director 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person [ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Security 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial (Month/ or Owned at or Ownership Day/Year) Code V Amount D Price End of Month I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D) Derivative Security Code V A D Exercisable Expiration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phantom Stock (1) $0.0000 10/10/02 A (2) 35 (3) Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership Number of Owned at I - Title Shares End of Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phantom Stock (1) 10/10/02 Common Stock, par value $.0.01 35 $17.3600 17,035 D Direct Explanation of Responses: (1) Shares of phantom stock are convertible into Issuer common stock on a 1:1 ratio. (2) Board and/or Board Committee meeting fees elected to be deferred to phantom stock under the Issuer's Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors and to be issued at determination date under the Issuer's Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended. (3) Phantom stock is accrued under the Issuer's Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors and is to be settled in shares of Issuer common stock upon the reporting person's retirement. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ By: Eric Grimshaw, Attorney in Fact For: William L. Ford DATE 10/11/02