CORRESP 8 filename8.txt June 26, 2006 Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance Mr. Amit Pande Assistant Chief Accountant Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: Comment Letter of Securities and Exchange Commission BOK Financial Corporation Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2005 Forms 10-Q for Quarter Ended March 31, 2006 File No. 000-19341 Dear Mr. Pande: In your letter dated June 15, 2006 (the "Comment Letter") you provided BOK Financial Corporation (the "Company") with the following comment: Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2005, filed June 8, 2006 Item 8 1. We note that in response to your comment issued on May 25, 2006, you filed a Form 10-K/A with revised reports of your independent accountant's on your consolidated financial statements and effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting filed as Exhibits (a) and (b). Please revise to include the complete text of Item 8 in an amended Form 10K/A as required by Rule 12b-15 of the Exchange Act Rules or advise us. In response, we have amended Item 8 and filed the entire Annual report as an exhibit with the corrected date in the auditor's opinion. Certifications 2. Please revise to include new certifications by each of your principal executive and principal financial officer in an amended Form 10/KA. In response, we have included new certifications. In addition to providing the above response, the Company hereby acknowledges the following: i) the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; ii) staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and iii) the Company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. If you have any further comments, or need additional information, please contact myself at the contacts provided above or Tamara Wagman, counsel for the Company, at (918) 583-9958. Thank you. Sincerely, /s/ Steven E. Nell Steven E. Nell Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer