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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Timmermans Ted T   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol WILLIAMS COMPANIES INC [WMB] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Vice President and Controller (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE WILLIAMS CENTER 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/23/2012 (Street) TULSA, OK 74172 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock (1) 02/23/2012   M   15,738 A $ 29.06 18,172 D   Common Stock 02/23/2012   F   5,003 D $ 29.06 13,169 D   Common Stock (1) 02/23/2012   M   14,076 A $ 29.06 27,245 D   Common Stock 02/23/2012   F   4,303 D $ 29.06 22,942 D   Common Stock               714 (2) I By Company Plan (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units (3)

$ 0

02/23/2012

A

6,941

02/23/2012

02/23/2012

Common Stock

6,941

$ 0

56,168

D

Restricted Stock Units (1)

$ 0

02/23/2012

M

15,738

02/23/2012

02/23/2012

Common Stock

15,738

$ 0

40,430

D

Restricted Stock Units (1)

$ 0

02/23/2012

M

14,076

02/23/2012

02/23/2012

Common Stock

14,076

$ 0

26,354

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Timmermans Ted T ONE WILLIAMS CENTER TULSA, OK 74172			Vice President and Controller

Signatures

Cher S. Lawrence, Attorney-in-Fact for Mr. Ted T. Timmermans		02/24/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Payout of Restricted Stock Units, in a transaction exempt under Rules 16b-3(d) and 16b-6(b), of shares of common stock awarded under The Williams Companies, Inc. 2007 Incentive Plan of which a portion of the shares were withheld for taxes.
(2)	Represents shares of the Company's common stock held in The Investment Plus Plan and includes shares acquired from a dividend of WPX shares from the spin-off of WPX Energy, Inc. on December 31, 2012. The WPX shares were subsequently sold and WMB shares were purchased by an independent fiduciary on behalf of reporting person.
(3)	Represents restricted stock units acquired pursuant to the 2009 performance-based RSU grant agreement resulting from the performance of defined relative and absolute Total Shareholder Return ("TSR") metrics, as certified by the compensation committee.

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