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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000719955-26-000223"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSM"
cik: "0000719955"
company_name: "WILLIAMS SONOMA INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-19T13:06:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-19T13:08:03.210572+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams-Sonoma adds NYSE Group President Lynn Martin to board, effective October 19

## Summary
- Board appointed Lynn Martin as director on October 16, 2026, effective October 19, 2026; no committee assignments disclosed.
- Martin is President of NYSE Group, an Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) subsidiary, overseeing NYSE equities and options exchanges and chairing ICE Fixed Income & Data Services.
- She will receive the standard non-employee director compensation described in the May 6, 2026 proxy, pro-rated for the initial year, plus the company's standard indemnification agreement.
- Prior roles: President of ICE Fixed Income & Data Services and ICE Data Services, COO of ICE Clear U.S., CEO of NYSE Liffe U.S. and New York Portfolio Clearing; began career at IBM.
- CEO Laura Alber and Board Chair Scott Dahnke cited her capital-markets, data and governance experience; board size not disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000719955-26-000223
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSM
- cik: 0000719955
- company_name: WILLIAMS SONOMA INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-19T13:06:45+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000223/0000719955-26-000223-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000223/wsm-20261016.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lynn Martin was appointed as director at WILLIAMS SONOMA INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On October 16, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Lynn Martin to serve as a director of the Company, effective October 19, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000223/0000719955-26-000223-index.htm

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