OGE ENERGY CORP
8-K, 1998-05-21
ELECTRIC SERVICES
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                                    FORM 8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                         Date of Report: May 21, 1998




                         Commission file number 1-12579



                                OGE ENERGY CORP.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Oklahoma                                73-1481638
     (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
      incorporation or organization)                 Identification No.)


                                321 North Harvey
                                  P. O. Box 321
                       Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73101-0321
                    (Address of principal executive offices)
                                   (Zip Code)

                                  405-553-3000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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Item 5. Other Events


         STOCK SPLIT
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     The Company  announced  today that its Board of  Directors  has  approved a
two-for-one  stock  split of its  common  stock,  par value  $.01 per share (the
"Common  Stock"),  by declaring a 100 percent  stock  dividend  payable June 15,
1998.  Accordingly,  each  shareowner  of record  of the  Common  Stock  will be
entitled to one additional  share of Common Stock for each share of Common Stock
held on June 1, 1998.


Item 7. (c) Exhibits

         EXHIBIT NUMBER                        DESCRIPTION
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             99.01              Press  release  dated  May 21,  1998  announcing
                                two-for-one stock split effective June 15, 1998,
                                to shareowners of record on June 1, 1998.


                                   SIGNATURES

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


                                            OGE ENERGY CORP.
                                              (Registrant)



                            By        /s/  James R. Hatfield
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                                           James R Hatfield
                                      Vice President and Treasurer

                            (On behalf of the registrant and in his capacity
                             as Vice President and Treasurer)



May 21, 1998

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99.01                 OGE ENERGY CORP. ANNOUNCES 2-FOR-1 STOCK SPLIT

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                                                                   EHHIBIT 99.01


OGE ENERGY CORP. ANNOUNCES 2-FOR-1 STOCK SPLIT

AT ITS ANNUAL SHAREOWNER MEETING, THE COMPANY ANNOUNCES STOCK SPLIT AND DECLARES
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POST-SPLIT DIVIDEND; SHAREOWNERS RE-ELECT THREE TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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     OKLAHOMA CITY - At today's annual meeting of shareowners,  OGE Energy Corp.

(NYSE:  OGE)  announced that its Board of Directors has approved a 2-for-1 stock

split of the company's  common stock,  par value $0.01per share,  effective June

15, 1998.

     Each shareowner of record of OGE Energy Corp. common stock will be entitled

to one  additional  share of common stock for each share of common stock held on

June 1, 1998.


     The board also  declared a  post-split  quarterly  dividend  of $0.3325 per

share of common stock payable on July 30, 1998, to shareowners of record on July

10, 1998.

     "The board of directors approved the split to bring our stock price in line

with  other  energy  services  companies,"  said  Steven E.  Moore,  OGE  Energy

chairman,  president and chief executive  officer.  "We believe this action will

increase the market for our shares."

     OGE Energy's stock closed Wednesday at 52-15/16.

     Certificates  for the new shares issued as a result of the stock split will

be mailed on or about June 15, 1998.  Current  shareowners will receive official

notification  and  instructions  by mail.  Participants  in OGE  Energy  Corp.'s

Automatic   Dividend   Reinvestment  and  Stock  Purchase  Plan  will  have  the

appropriate  number of shares  resulting  from the stock split credited to their

accounts.

     In other action,  three members of the OGE Energy Corp.  board of directors

were re-elected to three-year terms. They include: Luke R. Corbett, chairman and

chief executive officer

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of Kerr-McGee  Corp.;  Robert Kelley,  chairman,  president and chief  executive

officer of Noble Affiliates Inc.; and Bill Swisher, chairman and chief executive

officer of CMI Corp.

     Additional  board  members  include:  Herbert  H.  Champlin,  president  of

Champlin Exploration Inc.; William E. Durrett, senior chairman American Fidelity

Corp.;  Martha W.  Griffin,  owner of Martha  Griffin White  Enterprises;  H. L.

Hembree,  managing  partner of Sugar Hill Partners;  Steven E. Moore,  chairman,

president and chief executive  officer of OGE Energy Corp.;  and Ronald H. White

M.D., president and chief executive officer of Cardiology Inc.

     In his address to shareowners, Moore said the company's focus remains clear

despite the change and uncertainty within the electric utility industry.

     "We believe OGE Energy is a company with its feet firmly planted in today's

regulated  world,  but has its eyes  clearly  focused on the  challenges  of the

deregulated  world of tomorrow," he said. "As change and uncertainty  have ruled

the day, we have  maintained our commitment to focusing on the core business and

carefully evaluating growth opportunities."

     OGE  Energy  Corp.  is  the  parent  company  of  OG&E  Electric  Services,

Oklahoma's largest electric utility; Enogex Inc., an unregulated gas production,

gathering, transportation, and processing company; and Origen Inc.



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