TULSA – Williams’ (NYSE: WMB) board of directors has approved a regular dividend of $0.38 per share, or $1.52 annualized, on the company’s common stock, payable on Sept. 30, 2019, to holders of record at the close of business on Sept. 13, 2019.
This is an 11.8% increase from Williams’ third-quarter 2018 quarterly dividend of $0.34 per share, paid in September 2018. Williams expects approximately 97% of this dividend to be a return of capital. Additional information regarding the return of capital distributions is available at Williams’ investor relations website under Stock Information, https://investor.williams.com/williams. Williams has paid a common stock dividend every quarter since 1974.
ABOUT WILLIAMS
Williams is a premier provider of large-scale infrastructure connecting U.S. natural gas and natural gas products. Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Williams has operations across the natural gas value chain including gathering, processing, interstate transportation and storage of natural gas and natural gas liquids. Williams owns and operates more than 30,000 miles of pipelines system wide and handles approximately 30% of U.S. natural gas.