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Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ)
One Williams Center
Tulsa, OK 74172
800-600-3782
www.williamslp.com
DATE: May 30, 2012
MEDIA CONTACT:
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Jeff Pounds (918) 573-3332 |
John Porter (918) 573-0797 |
Sharna Reingold (918) 573-2078 |
Williams Partners Announces Changes to Board of Directors
TULSA, Okla. Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE:WPZ) today announced changes to the Board of Directors of its general partner, Williams Partners GP LLC. Williams (NYSE:WMB) owns approximately 68 percent of Williams Partners, including its general partner.
Laura A. Sugg has resigned from the Board, effective May 24, 2012. Sugg had served as a director on the general partners Board since December 2011. She did not resign due to any disagreement with the general partner or the partnership. She will continue to serve on Williams Board of Directors, a position she has held since 2010.
Also effective May 24, Thomas F. Karam and James E. Scheel were elected as new members of the general partners Board.
Karam is an independent director and will serve on the Audit and Conflicts committees. He was formerly president and chief executive officer of Delphi Midstream Partners LLC. He joins H. Brent Austin and Alice M. Peterson as the independent directors on the general partners Board. H. Michael Krimbill is also a non-management director on the general partners Board.
Scheel serves as senior vice president of corporate strategic development for Williams and the general partner, where he is responsible for enterprise-level business development and customer relationship management. He joins Alan Armstrong, Don Chappel, Rory Miller and Randy Barnard as Williams-employee directors on the general partners Board.
About Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ)
Williams Partners L.P. is a leading diversified master limited partnership focused on natural gas
transportation; gathering, treating, and processing; storage; natural gas liquid (NGL)
fractionation; and oil transportation. The partnership owns interests in three major interstate
natural gas pipelines that, combined, deliver 14 percent of the natural gas consumed in the United
States. The partnerships gathering and processing assets include large-scale operations in the
U.S. Rocky Mountains and both onshore and offshore along the Gulf of Mexico. Williams (NYSE: WMB)
owns approximately 68 percent of Williams Partners, including the general-partner interest. More
information is available at www.williamslp.com.
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Portions of this document may constitute forward-looking statements as defined by federal law. Although the partnership 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 partnerships annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.