Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 12, 2020, The Williams Companies, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that it had priced the Offering (as defined below). A copy of the press release is furnished and attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. The information furnished is not deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 12, 2020, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto, with respect to the offering and sale in an underwritten public offering (the "Offering") of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.500% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "Notes"). The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this report.

The Offering has been registered under the Securities Act, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-223149) of the Company (the "Registration Statement"), and the prospectus supplement dated May 12, 2020 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act on May 13, 2020. The Offering is expected to close on May 14, 2020. The legal opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP related to the Offering pursuant to the Registration Statement is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this report.

The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the "Base Indenture"), dated as of December 18, 2012, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture (the "Supplemental Indenture"), to be dated as of May 14, 2020, between the Company and the Trustee. The Notes will be represented by a global security, which is included as an exhibit to the Supplemental Indenture. The form of Supplemental Indenture and the form of the Notes are filed as Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d)  Exhibits.

 Exhibit
   No.                                       Description

    1.1            Underwriting Agreement, dated May 12, 2020, by and among The
                 Williams Companies, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche
                 Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Scotia Capital (USA)
                 Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the
                 underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto.

    4.1            Form of Third Supplemental Indenture, to be dated May 14, 2020,
                 between The Williams Companies, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon
                 Trust Company, N.A. as trustee.

    4.2            Form of 3.500% Senior Notes due 2030 (included in Exhibit 4.1).

    5.1            Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP relating to the Offering.


   23.1            Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).


   99.1            Press release dated May 12, 2020.

   104           Cover Page Interactive Data File. The cover page XBRL tags are
                 embedded within the inline XBRL document (contained in Exhibit 101).

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