Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The Williams Companies, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting") on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. As previous disclosed in the Company's proxy statement, directors Stephen I. Chazen and Charles I. Cogut retired from the Board upon the expiration of their terms at the Annual Meeting.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders considered and voted upon the following proposals, which are more fully described in the Company's proxy statement: (1) Elect twelve director nominees for a one-year term; (2) Ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022; and (3) Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. The following are the final voting results:



    1.   Each of the following director nominees was elected to the Company's
         Board of Directors to serve a one-year term expiring at the Company's
         next annual meeting of stockholders. Voting results were as follows:



      NOMINEE           VOTES FOR    VOTES AGAINST   ABSTENTIONS   BROKER NON-VOTES
 Alan S. Armstrong     960,594,942     6,647,097       820,003       108,923,008
Stephen W. Bergstrom   930,631,123    36,541,145       889,774       108,923,008
   Nancy K. Buese      963,364,505     3,811,606       885,932       108,923,008
  Michael A. Creel     961,373,384     5,804,179       884,479       108,923,008
   Stacey H. Doré      949,086,196    18,131,203       844,643       108,923,008
Richard E. Muncrief    963,960,972     3,221,840       879,230       108,923,008
  Peter A. Ragauss     928,454,676    38,728,629       878,737       108,923,008
  Rose M. Robeson      944,198,164    23,016,225       847,653       108,923,008
 Scott D. Sheffield    962,662,889     4,508,105       891,048       108,923,008
  Murray D. Smith      959,830,840     7,330,003       901,199       108,923,008
 William H. Spence     909,359,859    57,822,238       879,945       108,923,008
   Jesse J. Tyson      946,380,861    20,790,445       890,736       108,923,008

2. Ernst and Young LLP was ratified as the Company's independent registered


         public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2022. The voting
         results were as follows:



  VOTES FOR     VOTES AGAINST   ABSTENTIONS   BROKER NON-VOTES
1,024,196,507    51,938,306       850,237            0



    3.   Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our
         named executive officers. The voting results were as follows:



 VOTES FOR    VOTES AGAINST   ABSTENTIONS   BROKER NON-VOTES
928,633,427    36,931,443      2,497,173      108,923,008

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

In connection with the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting, the Company did not receive any stockholder questions.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information furnished under this Item 7.01 on this Current Report on Form 8-K is deemed to be "furnished" and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.



  (d) Exhibits.



Exhibit
Number                                    Description

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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