X0202 4/A 2006-08-31 2006-09-05 0 0000719955 WILLIAMS SONOMA INC WSM 0001225919 LESTER HOWARD 3250 VAN NESS AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO CA 94109 1 1 0 0 Chairman & CEO Common Stock 2006-08-31 4 P 0 352211 29.46 A 7002269 D Common Stock 2006-08-31 4 J 0 194 29.46 A 35310 I by Managed Account The reporting person received 352,211 shares of WSM stock in connection with his redemption of a portion of his interest in an exchange fund. The shares were valued at $29.4600 per share, the closing price of the stock on 8/31/06, for the purpose of determining the number of shares distributable to him in connection with the redemption. The reporting person owns $1,040,233.69 in the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. stock fund under the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan, based on a statement dated August 31, 2006. The number of shares indirectly owned and noted on Table I was calculated by dividing the amount owned in the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. stock fund by $29.46, the closing price of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. common stock on August 31, 2006. Nicolas de Porcel, Attorney-in-Fact for: Howard Lester 2006-09-05