WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (WSM) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

Insider signal In line Selling ran in line with WSM's own trailing one-year pace, with 99% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
Cluster activity 0 buyers in the last 30 days 0 buyers in the last 90 days 2 sellers in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
0
0 transactions
Insiders selling
3
56 transactions
Purchases
$0
0 shares
Sales
$60.3M
306,946 shares
Net activity
-$60.3M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 99% planned / 1% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $59.7M 55 transactions · 303,446 shares
Discretionary sales $695.8K 1 transaction · 3,500 shares

Largest single sale: $9.9M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

No open-market insider purchase on record.

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
Yearout Karalyn EVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER Sell 10b5-1 522 $246.39 $128.6K 20,195 −2.5% of holding
Yearout Karalyn EVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER Sell 10b5-1 1,000 $250.00 $250.0K 20,717 −4.6% of holding
ALBER LAURA 5 fills PRESIDENT & CEO Sell 10b5-1 35,000 $221.37 $7.7M 922,524 −3.7% of holding
Yearout Karalyn EVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER Sell 10b5-1 1,112 $228.49 $254.1K 21,717 −4.9% of holding
Yearout Karalyn EVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER Sell 10b5-1 522 $203.07 $106.0K 22,829 −2.2% of holding
ALBER LAURA PRESIDENT & CEO Sell 10b5-1 15,000 $200.00 $3.0M 923,524 −1.6% of holding
ALBER LAURA 4 fills PRESIDENT & CEO Sell 10b5-1 20,000 $172.61 $3.5M 951,222 −2.1% of holding
ALBER LAURA PRESIDENT & CEO Sell 10b5-1 15,000 $200.00 $3.0M 958,524 −1.5% of holding
Yearout Karalyn 2 fills EVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER Sell 10b5-1 2,267 $192.49 $436.4K 24,868 −8.4% of holding
Howie Jeffrey 7 fills EVP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Sell 10b5-1 1,419 $188.45 $267.4K 35,217 −3.9% of holding
Howie Jeffrey 5 fills EVP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Sell 10b5-1 32,684 $180.64 $5.9M 65,073 −33.4% of holding
ALBER LAURA 5 fills PRESIDENT & CEO Sell 10b5-1 20,000 $183.04 $3.7M 801,375 −2.4% of holding
ALBER LAURA 4 fills PRESIDENT & CEO Sell 10b5-1 35,000 $207.39 $7.3M 833,806 −4% of holding
Yearout Karalyn EVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER Sell 10b5-1 767 $205.16 $157.4K 13,236 −5.5% of holding
ALBER LAURA PRESIDENT & CEO Sell 10b5-1 12,161 $181.07 $2.2M 846,927 −1.4% of holding
ALBER LAURA 5 fills PRESIDENT & CEO Sell 10b5-1 17,839 $178.51 $3.2M 871,733 −2% of holding
Yearout Karalyn EVP CHIEF TALENT OFFICER Sell 3,500 $198.79 $695.8K 14,003 −20% of holding
Howie Jeffrey 4 fills EVP CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Sell 10b5-1 3,153 $198.84 $627.0K 36,969 −7.9% of holding
ALBER LAURA 6 fills PRESIDENT & CEO Sell 10b5-1 90,000 $200.17 $18.0M 965,865 −8.5% of holding

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.