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Issuer:     WILLIAMS SONOMA INC (WSM)
CIK:        0000719955
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-19T13:06:45+00:00
Accession:  0000719955-26-000223
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.25
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000223/0000719955-26-000223-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000071995526000223/wsm-20261016.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000719955-26-000223

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