Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 3, 2022, 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.

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 and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto are deemed to be "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 of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or the Exchange Act.




Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 3, 2022, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., 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 $1.00 billion aggregate principal amount of its 4.650% Senior Notes due 2032 (the "2032 Notes") and $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.300% Senior Notes due 2052 (the "2052 Notes" and, together with the 2032 Notes, 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. 333-253451) of the Company (the "Registration Statement"), and the prospectus supplement dated August 3, 2022 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act on August 5, 2022. The Offering is expected to close on August 8, 2022. 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, 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 Sixth Supplemental Indenture (the "Supplemental Indenture"), to be dated as of August 8, 2022, between the Company and the Trustee. Each of the 2032 Notes and the 2052 Notes will be represented by a global security, the applicable form of which is included as an exhibit to the Supplemental Indenture. The form of Supplemental Indenture and the forms of the 2032 Notes and the 2052 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
Number                                    Description

 1.1           Underwriting Agreement, dated August 3, 2022, by and among The
             Williams Companies, Inc. and BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global
             Markets Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.,
             as representatives of the underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto.

 4.1           Form of Sixth Supplemental Indenture, to be dated August 8, 2022,
             between The Williams Companies, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon
             Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.

 4.2           Form of 4.650% Senior Notes due 2032 (included in Exhibit 4.1).

 4.3           Form of 5.300% Senior Notes due 2052 (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 August 3, 2022.

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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