# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000107263
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-051008
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 6771
**Document Hash:** b54950baedd00bc25485db9738f027f9
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-051008.hdr.sgml**: 20230227

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-051008

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: FWP

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230227

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230227

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000107263
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 730569878
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** FWP
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-253451
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23676694

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE WILLIAMS CTR
- **CITY:** TULSA
- **STATE:** OK
- **ZIP:** 74172
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 9185732000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE WILLIAM CENTER
- **CITY:** TULSA
- **STATE:** OK
- **ZIP:** 74172

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** WILLIAMS BROTHERS COMPANIES
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19710817
**FILED BY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000107263
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 730569878
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** FWP

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE WILLIAMS CTR
- **CITY:** TULSA
- **STATE:** OK
- **ZIP:** 74172
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 9185732000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** ONE WILLIAM CENTER
- **CITY:** TULSA
- **STATE:** OK
- **ZIP:** 74172

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** WILLIAMS BROTHERS COMPANIES
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19710817

**Filed Pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act of 1933** 

**Registration Statement No. 333-253451** 

**Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, dated February 27, 2023** 

**THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.** 

**$750,000,000 5.400% Senior Notes due 2026** 

**$750,000,000 5.650% Senior Notes due 2033** 

**<u>PRICING TERM SHEET</u>**

**Dated: February 27, 2023** 

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| Issuer: | The Williams Companies, Inc. |
| Expected Ratings (Moody's / S&P / Fitch)\*: | Baa2 / BBB / BBB |
| Pricing Date: | February 27, 2023 |
| Settlement Date: | March 2, 2023 (T + 3) |
| Use of Proceeds: | We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of our outstanding commercial paper notes or other near-term debt maturities. |

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Notes due 2026** | **Notes due 2033** |
| Security Type: | $750,000,000 5.400% Senior Notes due 2026 | $750,000,000 5.650% Senior Notes due 2033 |
| Maturity Date: | March 2, 2026 | March 15, 2033 |
| Interest Payment Dates: | March 2 and September 2, commencing September 2, 2023 | March 15 and September 15, commencing September 15, 2023 |
| Principal Amount: | $750000000 | $750000000 |
| Benchmark Treasury: | 4.000% due February 15, 2026 | 3.500% due February 15, 2033 |
| Benchmark Treasury Price: | 98-19 5/8 | 96-19+ |
| Benchmark Treasury Yield: | 4.504% | 3.914% |
| Spread to Benchmark Treasury: | + 93 bps | + 175 bps |
| Re-Offer Yield: | 5.434% | 5.664% |
| Coupon: | 5.400% | 5.650% |
| Public Offering Price: | 99.907% of the principal amount | 99.891% of the principal amount |
| Make-Whole Call: | T+15 bps (prior to March 2, 2026) | T+30 bps (prior to December, 15, 2032) |
| Par Call | Not applicable | On or after December 15, 2032 |
| CUSIP / ISIN: | 969457 CH1 / US969457CH11 | 969457 CJ7 / US969457CJ76 |

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Joint Book-Running Managers: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Mizuho Securities USA LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC Barclays Capital Inc. SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. Truist Securities, Inc. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

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|:---|:---|
| Co-Managers: | BofA Securities, Inc.<br> BOK Financial Securities, Inc.<br> CIBC World Markets Corp.<br> Citigroup Global Markets Inc.<br> Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC<br> MUFG Securities Americas Inc.<br> PNC Capital Markets LLC<br> RBC Capital Markets, LLC<br> Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.<br> TD Securities (USA) LLC<br> Tuohy Brothers Investment Research, Inc. |

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**\* Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.** 

**It is expected that delivery of the notes in this offering will be made against payment therefor by purchasers in this offering on or about March 2, 2023, which is the third business day following the pricing date of the notes (such settlement cycle being referred to as T+3). Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the notes prior to the second business day before the settlement date will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+3, to specify an alternative settlement cycle at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the notes who wish to trade the notes prior to the second business day before the settlement date should consult their own advisors.** 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a preliminary prospectus supplement and a prospectus) and a prospectus supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the offering to which this communication relates; capitalized terms used in this term sheet, but otherwise not defined, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the related prospectus supplement and prospectus. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement for this offering, the issuer's prospectus in that registration statement and any other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by searching the SEC online data base (EDGAR) on the SEC web site at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus supplement and prospectus if you request it by calling Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. at 1-800-503-4611; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (collect) at 1-212-834-4533; Mizuho Securities USA LLC toll-free at 1-866-271-7403 and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC toll-free at 1-866-718-1649.