Form 8-K · Current report
Williams Companies 8-K, filed Sep 10, 2026
- Filed
- CIK
- 0000107263
- Accession no.
- 0001193125-26-387359
Summary
The Williams Companies priced a $2.75 billion underwritten public offering of senior notes across four tranches — $500 million of 5.000% notes due 2029, $1.0 billion of 5.600% notes due 2033, $750 million of 5.800% notes due 2036, and $500 million of 6.400% notes due 2056 — with Citigroup Global Markets, Mizuho Securities USA, Morgan Stanley and SMBC Nikko Securities America as representatives of the underwriters. Williams said it intends to use the net proceeds to repay outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes, including funding capital expenditures, with settlement expected on September 10, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
Key points
- The notes priced at 99.931% of par for the 2029s, 99.999% for the 2033s, 99.819% for the 2036s and 99.800% for the 2056s.
- Net proceeds are intended to repay outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures.
- The offering is registered under an automatic shelf registration statement, with a prospectus supplement dated September 8, 2026.
- The notes will be issued under an indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as trustee, as supplemented by a fourteenth supplemental indenture dated September 10, 2026.
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Items reported
- 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure
- 8.01Other Events
- 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits
From the filing
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure. On September 8, 2026, 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…
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