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)	July 25, 2017	
(Date of earliest event reported)	July 24, 2017	

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 7.01	 	Regulation FD Disclosure	
 	 	 	
 	 	On July 24, 2017, we announced that our board of directors declared a cash dividend of 42 cents per share of common stock. A copy of the news release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information disclosed in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 	 	 	
Item 8.01	 	Other Events	
 	 	 	
 	 	On July 24, 2017, our board of directors declared a cash dividend of 42 cents per share of common stock, payable September 1, 2017, to shareholders of record at the close of business August 14, 2017.

	
 	 	 	
Item 9.01	 	Financial Statements and Exhibits	
 	 	 	
 	(d)	Exhibits	
 	 	 	
Exhibit
Number	Description	
 	 	 	
99.1	 	News release issued by ONE Gas, Inc. dated July 24, 2017.

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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.

	
				
 	 	 	ONE Gas, Inc.

Date:	July 25, 2017
	By:	/s/ Curtis L. Dinan	
 	 	 	Curtis L. Dinan
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer	

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EXHIBIT INDEX

	
			
Exhibit
Number	 	Description	
 	 	 	
99.1	 	News release issued by ONE Gas, Inc. dated July 24, 2017.

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Exhibit 99.1

	
				
July 24, 2017	 	Analyst Contact:	Meredith Bartlett
Megan Webb
918-947-7011	
 	 	Media Contact:	Jennifer Rector
918-947-7571	

ONE Gas Declares Quarterly Dividend

TULSA, Okla. - July 24, 2017 - The board of directors of ONE Gas, Inc. (NYSE: OGS) today declared a quarterly dividend of 42 cents per share of common stock, payable Sept. 1, 2017, to shareholders of record at the close of business Aug. 14, 2017.

ONE Gas announced previously that it expects the quarterly dividend to be 42 cents per share in 2017, or $1.68 per share on an annualized basis, with annual dividend growth of 8 to 10 percent between 2016 and 2021, with a target dividend payout ratio of 55 percent to 65 percent of net income, all subject to its board of directors’ approval.

ONE Gas, Inc. (NYSE: OGS) is a 100-percent regulated natural gas utility, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "OGS." ONE Gas is included in the S&P MidCap 400 Index, and is one of the largest natural gas utilities in the United States.

ONE Gas provides natural gas distribution services to more than 2 million customers in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas.

ONE Gas is headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., and its divisions include Oklahoma Natural Gas, the largest natural gas distributor in Oklahoma; Kansas Gas Service, the largest in Kansas, and Texas Gas Service, the third largest in Texas, in terms of customers.

Its largest natural gas distribution markets by customer count are Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Okla.; Kansas City, Wichita and Topeka, Kan.; and Austin and El Paso, Texas. ONE Gas serves residential, commercial, industrial, transportation and wholesale customers in all three states.

For more information, visit the website at http://www.ONEGas.com .

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