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Chad Zamarin became President and CEO of Williams in July 2025. He previously served as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategic Development for Williams since January 2023 where he led the company's Strategic and Business Development functions, as well as Investment Analysis, New Energy Ventures, Commodity Marketing, Upstream, and Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility. Mr. Zamarin joined Williams in 2017 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Development and had led multiple strategic acquisitions for the Company. Prior to Williams, he served as Senior Vice President and President, Pipeline and Midstream at Cheniere Energy, Inc. (Cheniere). Before joining Cheniere, he served in various executive roles at NiSource/Columbia Pipeline Group, including Chief Operating Officer at NiSource Midstream, LLC and NiSource Energy Ventures, LLC, as well as President of Pennant Midstream, LLC. Mr. Zamarin is past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and serves on the Department of Transportation's Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee. Education: MBA, Business Administration. BS, Materials Engineering, Purdue University.

Mr. John D. Porter, 2026 to present Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Williams Companies, Inc. ; 2022 to present Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Williams Companies, Inc.; 2020 to 2022 Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller and Financial Planning & Analysis, The Williams Companies, Inc.

Mr. Terrance Lane Wilson, 2017 to present Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The Williams Companies, Inc.; 2017 to 2020, Senior Vice President - Business Policy and Development, PacifiCorp. 2009 to 2017, Vice President - Resource Development and Construction, PacifiCorp. Prior to joining Williams, Mr. Wilson served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma from 2009 until he joined Williams in April 2017. Mr. Wilson previously served as a shareholder and member of the board of directors of the Hall Estill law firm from 1994 through 2008.

Mr. Bergstrom brings to our Board 45 years of experience with natural gas midstream operations and electric utilities as well as prior board experience. He was a director on the Board of American Midstream Partners GP LLC, a natural gas gathering, processing, and transporting company until it merged with ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC in July 2019. From 2013 to 2015, he served as Executive Board Chair, President, and Chief Executive Officer of American Midstream Partners' general partner. Mr. Bergstrom acted as an exclusive consultant to ArcLight Capital Partners, an energy-focused investment firm, from 2003 to 2015, assisting ArcLight in connection with its energy investments. From 1986 to 2002, Mr. Bergstrom served in several leadership roles for Natural Gas Clearinghouse, which became Dynegy, Inc., a major electric utility company. Mr. Bergstrom acted in various capacities at Dynegy, ultimately serving as President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Bergstrom began his career with Transco Energy Company, Inc. in 1980. Education: BS, Industrial Administration, Iowa State University. Following Mr. Armstrong's departure, Stephen W. Bergstrom, Independent Lead Director, and former Chairman of the Board, was elected by the Board to again be the Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Spence brings to our Board experience with electric utilities and natural gas as well as alternative energy sources, including nuclear energy. He is the retired chair of the board of PPL Corporation. At the time of his retirement, the PPL family of companies held assets of more than $40 billion, delivering electricity and natural gas to about 10 million customers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Mr. Spence was named PPL President and CEO in 2011 and elected Chair in 2012. Previously, he had 19 years of service with Pepco Holdings, Inc., where he held a number of senior management positions. He currently serves on the board of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, who provides solar power and battery storage. Additionally, Mr. Spence has served on various industry boards, including the Edison Electric Institute, which is the association representing all U.S. investor-owned electric companies, and the Electric Power Research Institute, which is an independent research organization related to emerging technologies. As part of his service on industry boards, he has participated in, and lead initiatives related to, cyber and physical security, the environment, and electric reliability. Current public company directorships: Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (Human Resources (Chair); Corporate Governance and Public Responsibility; Nuclear and Operating). Prior public company directorships (within the last five years): PPL Corporation. Education: MBA, Bentley College. BS, Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Pennsylvania State University. Executive Development Program, University of Pennsylvania; Nuclear Technology Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ms. Robeson brings over 44 years of experience in accounting and finance expertise as well as experience from other public company boards in the energy industry. She currently serves on the boards for an exploration and production company and a provider of site access solutions for critical infrastructure markets, where she transitioned to board chair from audit committee chair in 2023. She served as Chief Financial Officer of DCP Midstream LLC from January 2002 to May 2012. She also served as the Chief Financial Officer of DCP Midstream GP LLC, the general partner of DCP Midstream Partners, LP, from May 2012 until January 2014. Prior to joining DCP Midstream LLC, Ms. Robeson served as Vice President and Treasurer with Kinder Morgan, Inc. Prior to that, she held positions of increasing responsibility with Total Petroleum, Inc. and Ernst & Young and was recognized to the Top Women in Energy - 2014 by the Denver Business Journal. From 2014 to 2016, she served as a director of American Midstream GP, LLC, the general partner of American Midstream Partners, LP. From 2017 to 2019, she served as a director of AMGP GP LLC, the general partner of Antero Midstream GP LP, a publicly traded limited partnership. In March 2019, when Antero Midstream Corporation was formed, she continued to serve as a director until 2022. She served as a director of Tesco Corporation until its acquisition by Nabors Industries Ltd. in 2017. CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS SM Energy Company Audit Compensation NPK International Inc. (formally known as Newpark Resources, Inc.) Board Chair PRIOR PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS (within the last 5 years) Antero Midstream Corporation AMGP GP LP. Education: BS, Accounting, Northwest Missouri State University. Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Mr. Tyson brings 38 years of experience in the energy industry from his longstanding career with Exxon Mobil Corporation. Early/mid-career, he developed Exxon's U.S. affiliate's annual financial plan. In addition, he provided oversight of their U.S. fuel distribution operations, including bulk storage, ground, and pipeline transportation. He served as Global Aviation Director from October 2008 to March 2011, President and CEO of Exxon Mobil Inter-Americas from October 2002 to October 2008, and Global Customer Service & Logistics Manager from January 2000 to October 2002. He led the global call center consolidation for Exxon. Previously, he held numerous management positions with Exxon. Upon retirement from ExxonMobil in 2011, he became President and CEO of the National Black MBA Association from January 2012 to June 2018. In addition to his corporate leadership experience, he is the President-Elect of the largest and oldest Black business fraternity in the USA. Currently, he serves as a trustee at Lane College and Benedict College. He is also on the Dean's Advisory Board at the Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University. Education: MBA, The Ohio State University. BA, Economics, Lane College.

Mr. Ragauss brings to our Board extensive finance and accounting expertise specific to the energy industry. He retired from Baker Hughes Company, an oilfield services company, in November 2014, after serving eight years as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From 2003 to 2006, prior to joining Baker Hughes, Mr. Ragauss was Controller, Refining and Marketing for BP Plc. From 2000 to 2003, he was Chief Executive Officer for Air BP. From 1998 to 2000, he was Assistant to Group Chief Executive for BP Amoco. He was Vice President of Finance and Portfolio Management for Amoco Energy International when Amoco Corporation merged with BP Plc. in 1998. Earlier in his career, from 1996 to 1998, Mr. Ragauss served as Vice President of Finance for El Paso Energy International. He held positions of increasing responsibility at Tenneco Inc. from 1993 to 1996 and Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated from 1987 to 1993. He currently serves as a director of APA Corporation, the holding company of Apache Corporation, an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration. He also serves on the board of Skulte LNG, a private energy company in Latvia. Current public company directorships: APA Corporation (Audit); Prior public company directorships (within the last five years): None. Education: MBA, Harvard Business School. BS, Mechanical Engingeering, Michigan State University.

Mr. Sheffield has more than 50 years of experience in the energy industry, including building a company into a top tier exploration and production company that was acquired by Exxon Mobil Corporation in a transaction that closed in May 2024. From 2019 until December 31, 2023, he served as a director and CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources Company (Pioneer), a large domestic upstream oil and gas company. He retired on December 31, 2023 as CEO and remained as a director until May 2024. Mr. Sheffield served as the founding CEO of Pioneer from August 1997 until his retirement in December 2016, and he also served as board chair from 1999 until 2019 when he returned as the CEO. Mr. Sheffield was the CEO of Parker and Parsley Petroleum Company, a predecessor company of Pioneer, from 1985 until it merged with MESA, Inc. to form Pioneer in 1997. Mr. Sheffield joined Parker and Parsley as a petroleum engineer in 1979, was promoted to Vice President of Engineering in 1981, was elected President and a director in 1985, and became board chair and CEO in 1989. Mr. Sheffield served as a director of Santos Limited, an Australian exploration and production company, from 2014 to 2017. He previously served as a director from 1996 to 2004 on the board of Evergreen Resources, Inc., an independent natural gas energy company. Current public company directorships: Tamboran Resources Corporation (Sustainability). Prior public company directorships (within the last five years): Pioneer Natural Resources Company. Education: BS, Petroleum Engineering, The University of Texas.

Mr. Muncrief has more than 45 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including a strong background in operations, mergers and acquisitions, and as CEO for a publicly traded exploration and production company. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Devon Energy Corporation from January 2021 following the merger of Devon Energy Corporation and WPX Energy, Inc. until his retirement in March 2025. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair of WPX Energy, Inc., where he oversaw numerous acquisitions and divestitures that reshaped the company's asset portfolio. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Operations and Resource Development of Continental Resources, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Muncrief served as Corporate Business Manager at Resource Production Company from August 2008 through May 2009. From September 2007 to August 2008, he served as President, Chief Operating Officer and as a Director of Quest Midstream Partners, LP. From 1980 to 2007, he served in various managerial capacities with ConocoPhillips and its predecessor companies Burlington Resources, Meridian Oil, and El Paso Exploration. Current public company directorships: None. Prior public company directorships (within the last five years): WPX Energy, Inc.; Devon Energy Corporation. Education: BS, Petroleum Engineering Technology, Oklahoma State University.

With over two decades of experience in the international energy industry, Ms. Lockhart has a broad background in production operations, facility management, and business development. She is currently the CEO and Managing Director of Karoon Energy Ltd., an ASX listed international oil and gas exploration company. Prior to joining Karoon, Ms. Lockhart served as Equinor's (formerly known as Statoil, the Norwegian state oil company) Executive Vice President, Technology, Digital & Innovation in Oslo, Norway. As Equinor's Chief Technology Officer, she was responsible for developing technology to progress renewables and the energy transition, leading the information technology organization, and driving the digital agenda. Previously, she served as Equinor's Senior Vice President Portfolio & Partner Operated in Development & Production International. Prior to this, she was Senior Vice President for Equinor's U.S. Offshore business. Prior to joining Equinor, she was with Marathon Oil Corporation where she started her career as a reservoir and production/operations engineer in Anchorage, Alaska before going on to senior leadership positions including Director of Business Development - the Americas, Alaska Regional General Manager, Vice President UK - North Sea, Vice President Bakken, and Vice President Eagle Ford. Ms. Lockhart brings extensive experience in offshore, onshore conventional and unconventional assets, field supervision, facilities construction and operations, international country management, strategic planning, and business development. She also brought perspective to our Board from previous service on two other energy industry boards: Innovex International, Inc. (merged with Dril-Quip, Inc in September 2024), a publicly traded energy services provider, and Ascent Resources LLC, a private exploration and production company operating in the Utica Shale region. Current public company directorships: Karoon Energy Ltd. Prior public company directorships (within the last five years): Innovex International, Inc. (formerly Dril-Quip, Inc.). Education: BS, Petroleum Engineering, Montana College of Mineral Science Technology.

On July 1, 2026, The Williams Companies, Inc. announced that Robb E. Turner has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2026. Robb E. Turner is chairman of The Madava Group, a holding company with interests in private and public energy companies, real estate and consumer food products, and has more than 35 years of energy operations, corporate finance and public and private equity and debt investment experience. He currently serves as chairman of Revenant Energy, an East Texas natural gas upstream company, and previously served as chairman of Crowheart Energy prior to its sale to Williams Companies. Through his Madava family office, Turner has made 15 private energy investments since 2017 across upstream, midstream, natural gas pipelines, terminals and metal trading, successfully exiting 14 of those investments. Prior to Madava, Turner was senior partner and co-founder of ArcLight Capital Partners, a leading power and energy private equity firm, where he helped oversee investment, asset management, strategic planning and operations for ArcLight and its funds. During his career at ArcLight, the firm raised six funds and invested more than $17 billion of private equity across the energy sector. Before co-founding ArcLight in 2001, Turner held senior positions at Wall Street firms advising on buyouts, corporate finance structures, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to his business career, Turner served as an officer in the United States Army as a combat engineer. Turner earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

On July 1, 2026, The Williams Companies, Inc. announced that Mr. Lloyd W. Helms, Jr has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2026. Lloyd W. Billy Helms, Jr. has more than 40 years of oil and gas industry experience, including more than 15 years in executive leadership roles. He most recently served at EOG Resources, Inc., where he held several senior positions of increasing responsibility, including president from October 2021 to May 2024, chief operating officer from December 2017 to December 2023, executive vice president, exploration and production from August 2013 to December 2017, executive vice president, operations from February 2012 to August 2013, vice president and general manager of the Calgary, Alberta office from March 2008 to February 2012, and vice president, engineering and acquisitions from September 2006 to March 2008. In these roles, Helms led significant operational, technical, engineering and acquisition-related functions across EOG's business. Helms joined the SM Energy Board of Directors in January 2026 upon the closing of the merger with Civitas Resources, Inc. and served on its Audit Committee. He currently serves as chair of the Operations and EHS Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee. He previously served as an independent director of Civitas Resources. Helms holds a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech University.

Mr. Glen G. Jasek, 2026 to present Senior Vice President - Transmission, Power & Gulf, The Williams Companies, Inc. ; 2019 to 2026 Vice President/General Manager Eastern Interstates, The Williams Companies, Inc.

Mr. Payvand Fazel, 2026 to present Senior Vice President - Commercial, The Williams Companies, Inc.; 2025 to 2026 Vice President Western Interstates, The Williams Companies, Inc.; 2024 to 2025 Vice President Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) Operations & Commercial - G&P, The Williams Companies, Inc.; 2022 to 2024 Vice President Strategic Development, The Williams Companies, Inc.; 2021 to 2022 Vice President Origination and NGL Marketing/Commercial, The Williams Companies, Inc.

Mr. Todd J. Rinke, 2025 to present Senior Vice President - Gathering & Processing, The Williams Companies, Inc. ; 2021 to 2025 Vice President/General Manager - ORSH, The Williams Companies, Inc.; 2018 to 2021 Vice President/General Manager - Central, The Williams Companies, Inc.

Mr. Eric J. Ormond, 2023 to present: Senior Vice President Project Execution, The Williams Companies, Inc. 2023: Senior Vice President Commercial Operations, Engineering & Project Management, Crestwood Midstream Partners LP. 2020 to 2023: Senior Vice President Engineering & Project Management, Crestwood Midstream Partners LP. 2017 to 2020: Vice President Strategic Development & New Ventures, Crestwood Midstream Partners LP.

On April 24, 2025, The Williams Companies, Inc. announced that Larry Larsen has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, effective May 3, 2025. Mr. Larsen has served as the Company's Senior Vice President Gathering and Processing, since March 2022. Prior to his current role, Mr. Larsen served as the Company's Vice President Strategic Development from 2020 to 2022, Vice President and General Manager Rocky Mountain Midstream from 2018 to 2020, Vice President Central Services from 2016 to 2018, and Vice President and General Manager Piceance from 2015 to 2016. Mr. Larsen joined the Company in 1999, working in engineering and commercial roles of increasing responsibility. He holds Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah. Larsen joined Williams in 1999, working within the Northwest Pipeline franchise. He then served as vice president, Central Services, where he led the teams responsible for Williams' supply chain, commodity services (volume management, systems planning, commodity optimization and commercial contracts), NGL and gas marketing, measurement and pipeline control functions.

Mr. Robert R. Wingo, 2025 to present Executive Vice President and Corporate Strategic Development, The Williams Companies, Inc.; 2024 to 2025 Executive Vice President of Corporate Ventures & Midstream, EQT Corporation; 2021 to 2024 Executive Vice President of Corporate Ventures, EQT Corporation; 2018 to 2021 Managing Director, Encap Flatrock Midstream.

Mr. Thomas F. McCoy, 2025 to present Senior Vice President - Upstream, The Williams Companies, Inc. ; 2024 to 2025 Adjunct Professor of Petroleum Practice, University of Tulsa; 2020 to 2022 Senior Vice President of Production, Cimarex Energy.

On December 13, 2021, the Company also announced that Mary A. Hausman has been named the Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, effective January 1, 2022. Ms. Hausman, age 50, currently serves as the Company's Staff Vice President of Internal Audit. Ms. Hausman joined the Company in 2019 as a Director of Special Projects, assisting in a change initiative to implement Oracle Cloud for Company financial, projects, accounting, and supply chain systems and was promoted to her current role later that year. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Hausman spent 17 years at Berkshire Hathaway Energy, serving in various roles of increasing responsibility, including Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for subsidiary NV Energy from 2013 to 2019 where she was responsible for financial reporting, financial planning and analysis and regulated rate review strategy and filings. From 2007 to 2013, she was Controller at subsidiary Kern River Gas Transmission Company, responsible for financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, and filings with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Prior to that, she spent six years in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche LLP and has held roles of increasing responsibility in auditing, internal controls, finance and financial reporting throughout her 28-year career. Ms. Hausman received her bachelor's degree in accounting from Kansas State University and is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor.

Ms. Debbie Pickle, 2026 to present Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility, The Williams Companies, Inc. ; 2018 to 2026 Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, The Williams Companies, Inc.