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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-12-005871
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120119
FILED AS OF DATE: 20120127
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120127
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Smith Murray D
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001540413
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 3
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04174
FILM NUMBER: 12553028
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE WILLIAMS CENTER
CITY: TULSA
STATE: OK
ZIP: 74172
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000107263
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922]
IRS NUMBER: 730569878
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE WILLIAMS CTR
CITY: TULSA
STATE: OK
ZIP: 74172
BUSINESS PHONE: 9185732000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE WILLIAM CENTER
CITY: TULSA
STATE: OK
ZIP: 74172
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WILLIAMS BROTHERS COMPANIES
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19710817
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doc3.xml
FORM 3 SUBMISSION
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2012-01-19
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0000107263
WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC
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Smith Murray D
1111 VARSITY ESTATES DRIVE NW
CALGARY
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T3B 3B1
ALBERTA, CANADA
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Common Stock
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Cher S. Lawrence, Attorney-in-Fact for Murray D. Smith
2012-01-27
EX-24.3_406355
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poa.txt
POA DOCUMENT
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Beth A. Burkholder, William H. Gault, Cher S. Lawrence, Sarah C.
Miller, and Lorna R. Simms as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on
behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:
(1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including
any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of The Williams
Companies, Inc. a Delaware corporation, (the "Corporation"), with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and
the Corporation, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");
(2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Corporation's securities from any
third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and
trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any
such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release
of information; and
(3) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
(1) this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;
(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form
and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in
his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
(3) neither the Corporation nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability
for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the
Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply
with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned
for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
(4) this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on
behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney.
This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such
attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 25th day of January, 2012.
/s/ Murray D. Smith
Signature
Murray D. Smith
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