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accession: "0001628280-24-041493"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSM"
cik: "0000719955"
company_name: "WILLIAMS SONOMA INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:21:20.987683+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Williams-Sonoma amends bylaws to clarify director nominations, voting, and indemnification

## Summary
- Clarifies procedural mechanics and informational requirements for stockholder nominations and proposals under advance notice provisions.
- Clarifies written representation requirements for all director nominees.
- Specifies plurality voting standard for contested director elections, regardless of quorum.
- Revises indemnification: only officers elected/appointed by Board receive indemnification; expenses advanced to directors to fullest extent permitted by law.
- Includes other ministerial, clarifying, and conforming changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-041493
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSM
- cik: 0000719955
- company_name: WILLIAMS SONOMA INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828024041493/0001628280-24-041493-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/719955/000162828024041493/wsm-20240925.htm

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