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3250 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, California 94109
www.williams-sonomainc.com
NOTICE OF 2012 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING DATE: May 24, 2012
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
Incentive Bonus Plan to increase the participant payment limit to ten
million dollars per award period, to extend its term for an additional
year and to approve the material terms of the plan so that we may
continue to use the plan to achieve the company’s goals and
continue to receive a federal income tax deduction for certain
compensation paid under the 2001 Incentive Bonus Plan;
3) An advisory vote to approve executive compensation;
4) The ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our
independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year
ending February 3, 2013; and
5) 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 stockholder of record as of March 26, 2012.
DATE OF MAILING: The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or this notice, the
Proxy Statement and the Annual Report are first being mailed to
stockholders and posted on our website on or about April 6, 2012.
By Order of the Board of Directors
David King
Secretary
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT
Instructions for submitting your proxy are provided in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy
Materials, 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. You may revoke your
proxy at any time prior to its exercise at the Annual Meeting.
Proxy