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3250 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, California 94109
www.williams-sonomainc.com
NOTICE OF 2006 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
TIME: 9:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time
PLACE: Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
3250 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, California 94109
ITEMS OF BUSINESS: 1) The election of our Board of Directors;
2) The amendment and restatement of the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 2001
Long-Term Incentive Plan to (i) increase the shares issuable under
the plan by 6,000,000 shares, plus 705,743 shares that remain
available for issuance in our 1993 Stock Option Plan and our 2000
Nonqualified Stock Option Plan as of March 15, 2006, plus any
shares subject to outstanding options under these plans that
subsequently expire unexercised, up to a maximum of 754,160
shares and (ii) to make certain other amendments;
3) The ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending January 28, 2007; and
4) Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or
any adjournment or postponement of the meeting.
WHO CAN VOTE: You may vote if you were a shareholder of record as of March 24, 2006.
DATE OF MAILING: This notice, the Proxy Statement and the Annual Report are first being
mailed to shareholders on or about April 14, 2006.
By Order of the Board of Directors
Seth R. Jaffe
Secretary
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
Instructions for submitting your proxy are summarized in the Proxy Statement and on your proxy card. It is
important that your shares be represented and voted at the Annual Meeting. Please submit your proxy
through the Internet, by telephone, or mark, sign, date and promptly return the enclosed proxy card in the
enclosed envelope. Any proxy may be revoked at any time prior to its exercise at the Annual Meeting.
Proxy