Williams Cos. announced its offer of $1.5 billion in senior notes as the Tulsa company intends to use the source of funds to not only repay its commercial payer but to fund capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes.
Williams announced that it has priced a public offering of $450 million of its 4.800% Senior Notes due 2029 at a price of 99.810 percent of par, $300 million of its 5.150% Senior Notes due 2034 at a price of 99.037 percent of par (the “new 2034 notes”), and $750 million of its 5.800% Senior Notes due 2054 at a price of 99.784 percent of par.
The new 2034 notes are an additional issuance of Williams’ 5.150% Senior Notes due 2034 issued on January 5, 2024 and will trade interchangeably with the $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of such notes outstanding, resulting in $1.3 billion aggregate principal amount of such notes outstanding. The expected settlement date for the offering is August 13, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Williams intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay its commercial paper, fund capital expenditures and for other general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of its near-term debt maturities or other obligations.
BofA Securities, Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.