Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):         March 22, 2011                                                                                                        

 

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

 

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

                        California                                                001-14077                                                94-2203880                     

(State or other

jurisdiction of

incorporation)

  

(Commission File    

Number)    

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3250 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California 94109

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

                                     Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

            (415) 421-7900                    

 

 

                                                         N/A                                                              
        (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)        

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 22, 2011, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (the “Company”) awarded a special bonus of $350,000 to the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Laura Alber, in recognition of her outstanding performance and the Company’s results for the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year. This bonus was made outside of the Company’s 2001 Incentive Bonus Plan.

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

      WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.

Date: March 25, 2011

     By:   /s/  Sharon L. McCollam
       

 Sharon L. McCollam

 Executive Vice President,

 Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer