Williams prepares for May 9 annual meeting

 

Tulsa’s Williams plans to hold its 2019 annual stockholders meeting on May 9 and filed the notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The filing included a proxy statement and letter to stockholders from board chairman, Stephen W. Bergstrom.

During the meeting in the Williams Resource Center Theater in Tulsa, 12 director nominees will be elected. The nominees are all current board members including Alan Armstrong, the company’s President and CEO; Stephen Bergstrom, the chairman of the board; Nancy Buese, Stephen Chazen, Charles Cogut, Kathleen Coooper, Michael Creel, Vicki Fuller, Peter Ragauss,, Scott Sheffield, Murray Smith, and William Spence.

The shareholders will be asked to ratify the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP as the firm’s independent auditors for 2019.

The agenda also calls for an advisory vote to approve executive compensation.

The meeting will be held at 2 p.m. CDT.