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EX-5.1 - OPINION OF GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP - WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.d328664dex51.htm
EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE - WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.d328664dex991.htm
EX-1.1 - UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT - WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.d328664dex11.htm
8-K - FORM 8-K - WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.d328664d8k.htm

Exhibit 99.2

 

LOGO

 

DATE: March 30, 2012   

MEDIA CONTACT:

Jeff Pounds

(918) 573-3332

  

INVESTOR CONTACT:

Sharna Reingold

(918) 573-2078

Williams Prices Public Offering of Common Stock

TULSA, Okla. – Williams (NYSE: WMB) today announced that it priced a public offering of 26,000,000 shares of its common stock at $30.59 per share. The offering is expected to close on April 4, 2012.

Williams also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,900,000 shares of common stock.

Williams intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to purchase additional Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE:WPZ) common units in connection with the financing of the acquisition by Williams Partners L.P. of Caiman Eastern Midstream, LLC that was previously announced on March 19, 2012.

Barclays, Citigroup, UBS Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank Securities and J.P. Morgan are acting as joint book-running managers.

This news release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and related base prospectus may be obtained on the SEC website at www.sec.gov or from any of the underwriters, including:

Barclays

c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions

1155 Long Island Avenue

Edgewood, NY 11717

Phone: 888-603-5847

Email: Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com


Citigroup

Attention: Prospectus Delivery Department

Brooklyn Army Terminal

140 58th Street, 8th floor

Brooklyn, NY 11220

Phone: 800-831-9146

Email: batprospectusdept@citi.com

UBS Investment Bank

Attention: Prospectus Department

299 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10171

Phone: 888-827-7275

Deutsche Bank Securities

Attention: Prospectus Department

Harborside Financial Center

100 Plaza One

Jersey City, New Jersey 07311

Phone: 800-503-4611

Email: prospectus.cpdg@db.com

J.P. Morgan

c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions

1155 Long Island Avenue

Edgewood, NY 11717

Phone: 866-803-9204

Portions of this document may constitute “forward-looking statements” as defined by federal law. Although the company believes any such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there is no assurance that actual outcomes will not be materially different. Any such statements are made in reliance on the “safe harbor” protections provided under the Private Securities Reform Act of 1995. Additional information about issues that could lead to material changes in performance is contained in the partnership’s annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.