Williams’board of directors has approved a regular dividend of $0.40 per share, or $1.60 annualized, on the company’s common stock, payable on March 30, 2020, to holders of record at the close of business on March 13, 2020. This is a 5.3% increase from Williams’ first-quarter 2019 quarterly dividend of $0.38 per share, paid in March 2019.