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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000107263-26-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WMB"
cik: "0000107263"
company_name: "WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:49:00.851688+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams Cos. stockholders approve incentive plan share increase to 85M

## Summary
- Shareholders approved amendment to 2007 Incentive Plan, increasing authorized shares from 50M to 85M.
- Incentive Plan expiration date removed; annual director equity grant limit increased; share recycling for tax withholding eliminated.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan shares increased from 5.2M to 7.2M; term extended by six years.
- All ten director nominees elected; say-on-pay approved; Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000107263-26-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WMB
- cik: 0000107263
- company_name: WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000010726326000013/0000107263-26-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000010726326000013/wmb-20260504.htm

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