UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 3, 2017
The Williams Companies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-4174 | 73-0569878 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction | (Commission | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
| of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) | ||
| One Williams Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma | 74172 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 918-573-2000
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On February 3, 2017, The Williams Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued and sold an additional 9,750,000 shares (the “Additional Shares”) of the Company’s common stock pursuant to the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of common stock granted in the Underwriting Agreement, dated January 9, 2017, between the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representative of the underwriters named in Schedule 1 thereto. The Company used the net proceeds of the sale of the Additional Shares to purchase 7,659,181 common units representing limited partner interests in Williams Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) for an aggregate purchase price of $276,388,125 pursuant to the Common Unit Purchase Agreement, dated January 9, 2017, by and among the Partnership, the Company, and the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Williams Gas Pipeline Company, LLC.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. |
| /s/ Robert E. Riley, Jr. |
| Name: Robert E. Riley, Jr. |
| Title: Assistant Secretary |
DATED: February 3, 2017