Williams Companies, Inc. (The)

Good morning, everyone. We're going to get started here. I know that some people are still coming in. But in the interest of time, we'll try to get the show going here because there are people that will be joining us virtually. So I'm Danilo Giovanni, Vice President of Investor Relations and ESG. Again, thank you for joining us. And of course, thanks for those that are joining us virtually as well. Definitely great to have people continue to come here after a couple of years of not being able to do this because of the pandemic. Presenting from Williams today will be our President and CEO, Alan Armstrong, our Chief Operating Officer, Michael Dunn, our Chief Financial Officer, John Porter, and our Executive Vice President of Corporate and Strategic Development, Chad Zammering. During a Q&A session, we will also be joined by the rest of our executive team, and that will comprise of Lane Wilson, our general counsel, and Debbie Cowan, our chief human resources officer. As you can see from our agenda this morning, we have a lot to cover with you, and we will power through the entire presentation prior to getting to the Q&A session at the end. Finally, in our presentation materials, you'll find disclaimers related to forward-looking statements. The disclaimer is important and integral to our remarks, and you should review it. So with that, we'll get our show started here.

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