wsm-20250429

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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3250 Van Ness Avenue

San Francisco, California 94109

www.williams-sonomainc.com

NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS


Meeting Date and Time	Virtual Meeting	Record Date
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time	Virtual meeting via live webcast. Registration is required online at register.proxypush.com/wsm.	You may vote if you were a stockholder of record as of the close of business on April 14, 2025.

The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the Annual Meeting, of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., or the Company, we or us, will be held as a virtual-only meeting on June 11, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials will be mailed, and the attached proxy statement is being made available, to our stockholders beginning on or about April 29, 2025.

Agenda

At the Annual Meeting, stockholders will be asked to vote on the following proposals:


PROPOSAL	BOARD VOTING RECOMMENDATION	PAGE REFERENCE (FOR MORE DETAIL)
Management Proposals
The election of our Board of Directors	FOR each Director	1
An advisory vote on executive compensation	FOR	28
The ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending February 1, 2026	FOR	70

Stockholders may also transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.

Important notice regarding the availability of proxy materials for the Annual Meeting.

This Proxy Statement and our Annual Report on Form 10-K are available at our website at ir.williams-sonomainc.com/financial-reports-page.

Other Important Information

The platform for the virtual Annual Meeting includes functionality that affords validated stockholders substantially the same meeting participation rights and opportunities they would have at an in-person meeting. Stockholders who attend the Annual Meeting by following the instructions below will have the opportunity to vote and submit questions or comments electronically during the Annual Meeting.


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SEC Form DEF 14A filed by Williams-Sonoma Inc.