NORTHWEST PIPELINE LLC

Outlook

Williams’ growth capital and investment expenditures in 2026 are expected to range from $7.0 billion to $7.6 billion, as previously discussed in Company Outlook.

On January 8, 2026, Williams issued $2.8 billion of long-term debt and on March 2, 2026, Williams retired $1.1 billion of long-term debt (see Note 7 – Debt and Banking Arrangements).

As of March 31, 2026, Williams, including consolidated subsidiaries, had $0.2 billion of long-term debt due within one year. Williams’ potential sources of liquidity available to address these maturities include cash on hand, proceeds from refinancing, the credit facility, or the commercial paper program, as well as proceeds from asset monetizations.

Liquidity

Williams expects to have sufficient liquidity to manage its businesses in 2026 based on forecasted levels of cash flow from operations and other sources of liquidity. Williams’ potential material internal and external sources and uses of liquidity are as follows:

Sources:

Cash and cash equivalents on hand

Cash generated from operations

Distributions from equity-method investees

Utilization of the credit facility and/or commercial paper program

Cash proceeds from issuance of debt and/or equity securities

Proceeds from asset monetizations

Uses:

Working capital requirements

Capital and investment expenditures

Product costs

Gas & NGL Marketing Services payments for transportation and storage capacity and gas supply

Other operating costs, including human capital expenses

Quarterly dividends to shareholders

Repayments of borrowings under the credit facility and/or commercial paper program

Debt service payments, including payments of long-term debt

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

Share repurchase program

As of March 31, 2026, Williams had $30.1 billion of long-term debt due after one year. Potential sources of liquidity available to address these maturities include cash generated from operations, proceeds from refinancing, the credit facility, the commercial paper program, and proceeds from asset monetizations.

Potential risks associated with Williams’ planned levels of liquidity discussed above include those previously discussed in Company Outlook.

As of March 31, 2026, Williams had a working capital deficit of $0.7 billion, including cash and cash equivalents and long-term debt due within one year. Williams’ available liquidity is as follows:

(1)In managing its available liquidity, Williams does not expect a maximum outstanding amount in excess of the capacity of its credit facility inclusive of any outstanding amounts under its commercial paper program. Williams had no Commercial paper outstanding at March 31, 2026. Through March 31, 2026, the highest amount outstanding under the commercial paper program and credit facility during 2026 was $735 million. Williams expects to be in compliance with the financial covenants associated with the credit facility for the March 31, 2026, reporting period.

Dividends

Williams increased the regular quarterly cash dividend to common stockholders from $0.500 per share paid in each quarter of 2025, to $0.525 per share paid in March 2026.

Distributions from Equity-Method Investees

The organizational documents of entities in which Williams has an equity-method investment generally require periodic distributions of their available cash to their members. In each case, available cash is reduced, in part, by reserves appropriate for operating their respective businesses.

Credit Ratings

The interest rates at which Williams is able to borrow money are impacted by its credit ratings, which are currently as follows:

These credit ratings are included for informational purposes and are not recommendations to buy, sell, or hold Williams securities, and each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. No assurance can be given that the credit rating agencies will continue to assign Williams investment-grade ratings even if it meets or exceeds their current criteria for investment-grade ratios. A downgrade of its credit ratings might increase Williams’ future cost of borrowing and, if ratings were to fall below investment-grade, could require it to provide additional collateral to third parties, negatively impacting Williams’ available liquidity.

Sources (Uses) of Cash

The following table summarizes the sources (uses) of cash and cash equivalents for each of the periods presented in Williams’ Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows:

Operating activities

The factors that determine Williams’ operating activities are largely the same as those that affect Net income (loss), with the exception of noncash items, such as Depreciation, depletion, and amortization, Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes, Equity (earnings) losses, Net unrealized (gain) loss from commodity derivative instruments, Gain on sale of certain assets, Inventory write-downs, and Amortization of stock-based awards.

Williams’ Net cash provided (used) by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2026 increased from the three months ended March 31, 2025 primarily due to higher operating income (excluding noncash items previously discussed), partially offset by unfavorable changes in margin requirements.