---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-123966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WMB"
cik: "0000107263"
company_name: "WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T06:08:54.155474+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams Companies 2023 annual meeting: all director nominees elected, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees received majority votes; including Alan Armstrong with 972M for, 4M against.
- Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for FY 2023 with 1.03B votes for vs 54.7M against.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed with 936M for, 37M against, 3.2M abstentions.
- Stockholders voted (every year) for future say-on-pay frequency with 954M for every year.
- No stockholder questions were received at the meeting (Item 7.01).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-123966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WMB
- cik: 0000107263
- company_name: WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312523123966/0001193125-23-123966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312523123966/d414831d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. shareholders approved Approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes to approve the compensation of our named executive officers at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, holding future advisory votes to approve the compensation of our named executive officers every year. The voting results were as follows: EVERY YEAR EVERY TWO YEARS EVERY THREE YEARS ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES 953,764,479 4,732,947 15,620,555 2,826,291 108,577,320
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312523123966/0001193125-23-123966-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. shareholders approved Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers. The voting results were as follows: VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES 936,314,475 37,444,784 3,185,014 108,577,320
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312523123966/0001193125-23-123966-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. shareholders approved Ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Ernst and Young LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. The voting results were as follows: VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES 1,030,034,377 54,652,289 834,926 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312523123966/0001193125-23-123966-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. shareholders approved Elect twelve director nominees for a one-year term at the 2023-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-04-25
  source text: Each of the following director nominees was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors to serve a one-year term expiring at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders. Voting results were as follows: NOMINEE VOTES FOR VOTES AGAINST ABSTENTIONS BROKER NON-VOTES Alan S. Armstrong 972,009,079 4,167,403 767,617 108,577,320
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/107263/000119312523123966/0001193125-23-123966-index.htm

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