Annual Meeting
Stockholders are invited to attend the company's annual meeting at 11 a.m. May 16, 1996, at the Adam's Mark Hotel, The Williams Center, Tulsa, Okla.
Inquiries
Phone 918/588-4084 for a copy of the Form 10-K, which the company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission; an annual report supplement, which provides more detailed information on the operating companies and 10-year financial statistics; or other financial materials.
Investor relations representatives are available to answer questions from stockholders, security analysts, portfolio managers, registered representatives and other interested parties. Phone 800/600-3782, 918/588-2087, 918/588-3679 or write The Williams Companies, Inc., One Williams Center, Tulsa, Okla. 74172.
Equal Opportunity
The Williams Companies' continuing policy is to provide equal opportunity in all aspects of employment to each individual regardless of sex, color, disability, race, age, religion or national origin.
General Offices
One Williams Center
Tulsa, Okla. 74172
Phone: 918/588-2000
Internet World Wide Web: http://www.twc.com
Washington Office
1667 K Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington, D.C. 20006
Transfer Agent and Registrar
First Chicago Trust Company of New York
P.O. Box 2535, Suite 4693
Jersey City, N.J. 07303-2535
Phone: 201/324-0313
E-mail: fctc@delphi.com
Auditors
Ernst & Young LLP
P.O. Box 1529
Tulsa, Okla. 74101
Williams Securities
The Williams Companies common stock, symbol WMB, is listed on the New York and Pacific stock exchanges. Other Williams securities traded on the New York Stock Exchange and their trading symbols are Quarterly Income Capital Securities (QUICS), WMZ; and $2.21 cumulative preferred stock, WMB-A. Williams' $3.50 cumulative convertible preferred stock is registered with the Securi ties and Exchange Commission but not listed on any exchange.
At the close of business on Dec. 31, 1995, approximately 50,000 investors, including 11,933 shareholders of record, held Williams common stock. At that time, the market value of all NYSE-listed securities of Williams and its wholly owned subsidiaries was more than $4.5 billion, of which common stock repre sented 99.5 percent.
The company's common stock traded at a daily average of 298,018 shares during 1995.
Williams Common Stock Activity
Williams paid a quarterly per-share common stock dividend of 27 cents in 1995. The board of directors in January 1996 increased the quarterly dividend to
34 cents per share.
Average Daily Volumes Traded
(thousands of shares)
Common Shares Outstanding
(thousands of shares at December 31)
Daily Closing Prices
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Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust units are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WTU. Investor information about the Trust is available from the Trustee, NationsBank, N.A., 800/365-6544, or Williams, 918/588-2087.