secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WILLIAMS SONOMA INC (WSM)
CIK:        0000719955
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-09-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-22-024901
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Williams-Sonoma appoints Jeff Howie as CFO; Julie Whalen resigns for Expedia role
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- CFO Julie Whalen resigns effective Sep 14, 2022 to become Expedia Group CFO.
- Jeff Howie appointed EVP, CFO; previously EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, 20-year tenure.
- Howie receives $900k base salary, $2.1M RSUs, $1.4M PSUs as compensation.
- Jeremy Brooks named principal accounting officer, succeeding Whalen in that role.
- West Elm President Alex Bellos leaves to become Co-CEO of Food 52, Schoolhouse, Dansk.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828022024901/0001628280-22-024901-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828022024901/wsm-20220909.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-22-024901

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