Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

MARKET INFORMATION

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, under the symbol WSM. The closing price of our common stock on the NYSE on March 20, 2022 was $164.18.

STOCKHOLDERS

The number of stockholders of record of our common stock as of March 20, 2022 was 290. This number excludes stockholders whose stock is held in nominee or street name by brokers.

DIVIDENDS

While we have historically paid dividends to holders of our common stock on a quarterly basis, the declaration and payment of future dividends will depend on many factors, including, but not limited to, our earnings, financial condition, business development needs and regulatory considerations, and are at the discretion of our Board of Directors.

PERFORMANCE GRAPH

This graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return for our common stock with those of the NYSE Composite Index and S&P Retailing, our peer group index. The cumulative total return listed below assumed an initial investment of $100 and reinvestment of dividends. The graph shows historical stock price performance, including reinvestment of dividends, and is not necessarily indicative of future performance.

COMPARISON OF FIVE YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*

Among Williams-Sonoma, Inc., the NYSE Composite Index,

and S&P Retailing

*$100 invested on 1/29/2017 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal year ending January 30, 2022.

Notes:

A.The lines represent monthly index levels derived from compounded daily returns that include all dividends.

B.The indices are re-weighted daily, using the market capitalization on the previous trading day.

C.If the monthly interval, based on the fiscal year-end, is not a trading day, the preceding trading day is used.

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STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

During fiscal 2021, we repurchased 5,102,624 shares of our common stock at an average cost of $176.27 per share and a total cost of $899,433,000. As of January 30, 2022, there was $810,751,000 remaining under our current stock repurchase program. In March 2022, our Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program for $1,500,000,000, which replaced our existing program.

The following table summarizes our repurchases of shares of our common stock during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 under our stock repurchase program:

1**Excludes shares withheld for employee taxes upon vesting of stock-based awards

Stock repurchases under our program may be made through open market and privately negotiated transactions at times and in such amounts as management deems appropriate. The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors including price, corporate and regulatory requirements, capital availability and other market conditions. The stock repurchase program does not have an expiration date and may be limited or terminated at any time without prior notice.