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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

(Mark One)

 

x	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the year ended December 31, 2014

 

OR

 

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from              to             

 

Commission file number 001-14077

 

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

 

WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.

401(k) PLAN

 

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

 

WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.

3250 Van Ness Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94109

(415) 421-7900

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WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC. 401(k) PLAN

 

Employer ID No: 94-2203880

Plan Number: 001

 

Financial Statements for the Years Ended December 31, 2014 and 2013,

Supplemental Schedule as of December 31, 2014

and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC. 401(k) PLAN

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM			1
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014 AND 2013
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits			2
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits			3
Notes to Financial Statements			4–12
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014
Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)			13

 

 

 

 

All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 have been omitted because they are not applicable.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Administrative Committee and Participants

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan

San Francisco, California

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2014 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental schedule reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental schedule. In forming our opinion on the supplemental schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental schedule, including its form and content, is presented in compliance with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, such schedule is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

 

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

 

San Francisco, California

June 29, 2015

 

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WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC. 401(k) PLAN

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

As of December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

 

		2014				2013
Cash		$	1,303			$	-
Investments, at fair value:
Mutual funds			118,170,430				109,130,118
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Stock Fund			105,003,523				85,054,187
Collective common trust funds:
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Funds			59,365,122				51,495,688
Galliard Retirement Income Fund			14,777,410				13,196,870
BlackRock U.S. Debt Index Fund			2,826,703				2,735,431
Total investments at fair value			300,143,188				261,612,294
Employee contributions receivable			928,801				801,721
Employer contributions receivable			3,320,677				3,112,302
Loans receivable from participants			5,610,424				5,118,634
Accrued interest on loans receivable from participants			17,212				15,296
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS		$	310,021,605			$	270,660,247

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC. 401(k) PLAN

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

For the Years Ended December 31, 2014 and 2013

 

 

		2014				2013
ADDITIONS TO NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO:
Contributions:
Employee		$	20,229,366			$	18,918,611
Employer, net of forfeitures			6,114,999				5,627,777
Total contributions			26,344,365				24,546,388
Investment income:
Net appreciation in investments			35,211,519				52,902,076
Interest			256,535				304,219
Dividends			1,833,603				1,699,727
Total investment income			37,301,657				54,906,022
Interest income on loans receivable from participants			218,611				191,305
DEDUCTIONS FROM NET ASSETS ATTRIBUTED TO:
Benefit payments to participants			24,429,161				21,416,555
Participant paid administrative expenses			39,657				36,649
Administrative expenses paid from forfeitures			34,457				257,601
Total deductions			24,503,275				21,710,805
Net increase			39,361,358				57,932,910
Transfers to Plan (Note 1)			-				4,168,648
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS:
Beginning of year			270,660,247				208,558,689
End of year		$	310,021,605			$	270,660,247

 

See notes to financial statements.

 

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WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC. 401(k) PLAN

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014 AND 2013

 

 

1.	DESCRIPTION OF PLAN

 

The following description of the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan provisions.

 

General – The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering eligible salaried and hourly associates and was created to provide savings opportunities to the associates of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (the “Company”). The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and is intended to be qualified under Internal Revenue Code Sections 401(a), 401(k), 401(m), and 4975(e)(7).

 

In November 2011, the Plan sponsor, Williams-Sonoma, Inc., acquired Rejuvenation, Inc. Effective upon the close of business on July 15, 2013, the Rejuvenation, Inc. 401(k) Employee Savings Plan (“Rejuvenation Plan”) was merged into the Plan. As a result of the merger, the accounts of all Rejuvenation Plan participants were transferred into the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. 401(k) Plan.

 

Contributions – The Plan allows participants to defer a portion of their income and have such amounts paid into the Plan, thus reducing the participant’s taxable income in the year of contribution. Full-time regular associates who are at least 21 years old may participate as soon as administratively practicable (approximately 30 days) after their date of hire. Part-time and casual associates who are at least 21 years old may participate as soon as administratively practicable after the completion of 1,000 hours of service with the Company within a given Plan year or their first year of service. Temporary associates are eligible to participate only if eligibility criteria had previously been met as a former full-time, part-time or casual associate. The Plan permits eligible employees to make elective deferral contributions up to 75% of their eligible compensation (base salary, hourly wages, and overtime) each pay period (7% for highly-compensated employees) up to the maximum salary deferral contributions allowed under federal income tax rules. Participants who reach age 50 by the end of a calendar year and make the maximum deferrals into the Plan can make additional “catch-up” contributions. Participants are also allowed to “rollover” to the Plan certain pre-tax distributions from other qualified plans and arrangements. During both 2014 and 2013, federal income tax rules limited participants’ maximum annual salary deferral contributions to $17,500, and “catch-up” contributions to $5,500.

 

The Company’s matching contribution is equal to 50% of each participant’s salary deferral contribution each pay period, taking into account only those contributions that do not exceed 6% of the participant’s eligible pay. Each participant’s matching contribution is earned on a semi-annual basis with respect to eligible salary deferrals for those employees that are employed with the Company on June 30 or December 31 of the year in which the deferrals are made. Each associate must complete one year of service prior to receiving company matching contributions. The Company does not match participants’ rollover and “catch-up” contributions. The matching contributions are subject to the vesting provision of the Plan document as described below.

 

Participant accounts – The Plan maintains individual accounts for participants. Each participant’s account includes their contributions and withdrawals, the Company’s matching contributions and an allocation of Plan earnings and losses, which are based upon participant earnings or account balances, as defined. Participants can transfer their own contributions freely between funds at any time and still qualify for the Company’s matching contribution.

 

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Investments – Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. Company matching contributions are invested in the same funds as the participant’s elective deferral contributions. The investment alternatives available to participants as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:

 

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Dodge & Cox Stock Fund – a large cap value fund invested in stocks of large, mature U.S. companies.

 

•

Schwab S&P 500 Index Fund – a large cap equity fund invested in stocks of the 500 large U.S. companies whose results are included in the S&P 500 average.

 

•

T. Rowe Price Institutional Large Cap Growth Fund – a large cap value fund invested in stock of large cap U.S. growth companies.

 

•

American Beacon International Equity Fund – a foreign stock fund invested primarily in stocks of large, non U.S. international companies.

 

•

Wells Fargo Advantage Discovery Institutional Class Fund – a mid cap growth equity fund invested primarily in equity securities of small- and medium-capitalization companies.

 

•

Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund – a bond fund invested primarily in investment grade fixed income securities.

 

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Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Stock Fund – consists of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. common stock.

 

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Galliard Retirement Income Fund – a collective common trust fund invested in guaranteed investment contracts, bank investment contracts, and security-backed contracts.

 

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Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Funds – these collective common trust funds are invested in a diversified portfolio of assets such as stocks, bonds and cash equivalents, and asset allocations are adjusted over time to gradually become more conservative as the participant approaches retirement age. These funds are designated by target retirement year, beginning in 2015 and through 2050, in five year increments. The funds are designed to provide a single investment solution that is adjusted over time to meet participants’ changing risks and return objectives as they near retirement.

 

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Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Income Fund – a collective common trust fund that is diversified among stocks, bonds and cash equivalents. The fund follows a conservative asset allocation strategy that does not change over time.

 

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BlackRock U.S. Debt Index Fund – a collective common trust fund invested primarily in U.S. investment grade debt securities, such as U.S. Treasury and federal agency bonds, corporate bonds, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed securities.

 

The following investment alternative was no longer available to participants after December 12, 2014:

 

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PIMCO Total Return Admin Class Fund – an intermediate term bond fund invested primarily in investment grade debt securities. This fund was replaced by the Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund.

 

The following investment alternatives were no longer available to participants after October 7, 2013:

 

•

Growth Fund of America R4 – a large cap fund with diversified investments in both growth stocks and large U.S. companies.

 

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Touchstone Diversified Small Cap Gr Y Fund – a small cap fund invested in small U.S. growth companies.

 

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Touchstone SCV Opp Institutional Fund – a small cap fund primarily invested in stocks of small U.S. companies.

 

Loans receivable from participants – Participants who are employed full-time or part-time by the Company are allowed to borrow from their individual account up to 50% of their vested account balance, from a minimum loan of $1,000 up to a maximum loan of $50,000 (reduced in the case of participants with loans outstanding in the previous year). A participant may have only one loan from the Plan outstanding at any given time. The loans receivable are secured by the vested balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at a fixed rate equal to 1% plus the prime lending rate as published by the Wall Street Journal at the beginning of the calendar month in which the loan is initiated. Loans receivable are stated at their unpaid principal balance. Principal and interest are required to be repaid ratably through regular payroll deductions for up to five years, unless the loan is to acquire a participant’s principal residence, in which case the maximum term of the loan is fifteen years. If a participant leaves the Company, any unpaid loans receivable must be paid in full on the participants’ last day of employment. If the participant does not repay the loan as required, the outstanding balance of the loan is treated as a taxable distribution from the Plan.

 

Vesting – Participants are immediately 100% vested in their elective deferral contributions, rollover contributions, “catch-up” contributions and any earnings attributable thereto. For the first five years of the participant’s employment, all matching contributions and any earnings attributable thereto vest at the rate of 20% per year of service, measuring service from the participant’s hire date. Thereafter, all matching contributions and any earnings attributable thereto vest immediately. In addition, Company matching contributions become 100% vested upon a participant’s death, attainment of age 65 or total and permanent disability, in each case while still employed with the Company.

 

Forfeitures – When a participant terminates employment prior to full vesting and takes a full distribution of the vested portion, any unvested Company matching contributions and earnings attributable thereto are immediately forfeited (subject to restoration if the participant returns to employment before incurring a five-year break in service). When a participant terminates employment prior to full vesting and defers distribution from the Plan, the unvested portion of the Company matching contributions and earnings attributable thereto remain in the Plan (except if the participant’s vested balance is $5,000 or less following separation) until the participant reaches a five-year break in service, at which time the unvested contributions and any attributable earnings thereto are forfeited. These forfeited amounts may be used to reduce future Company matching contributions, pay the Plan’s administrative expenses, or fund the restoration of forfeited amounts. Total forfeited unvested funds during 2014 were $604,741, of which $34,457 was used to pay administrative expenses incurred by the Plan and $1,365 was used to reduce Company matching contributions. Total forfeited unvested funds during 2013 were $259,991, of which $257,601 was used to pay administrative expenses incurred by the Plan and $2,390 was used to reduce Company matching contributions.

 

Payment of benefits – Benefits are payable upon termination of employment, hardship, death, disability, retirement or attainment of at least age 59 ¹/₂. A participant is not required to take the distributions until after the participant both separates from the Company and attains age 70 ¹/₂, except if the participant’s vested account balance is $5,000 or less following separation, in which case the Plan will issue the participant a full distribution. Distribution of a participant’s benefits may be made in cash and are recorded when paid.

 

Plan termination – The Company has no intention at this time to terminate the Plan, but retains the authority to amend or terminate the Plan at any time for any reason. In the event of Plan termination, participants’ accounts become fully vested. Net assets of the Plan are applied for the exclusive benefit of the participants.

 

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Plan administrative and investment expenses – Administrative expenses incurred by the Plan are generally paid by the Company. Investment expenses incurred by the Plan are generally paid from Plan assets.

 

2.	SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of accounting – The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting, and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Use of estimates – The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of additions to and deductions from net assets available for benefits during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Risks and uncertainties – The Plan invests in various securities including Williams-Sonoma, Inc. common stock, mutual funds and collective common trust funds. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility. As a result, changes in the fair market values of investment securities have occurred in the past and may occur in the near term. Such changes have materially affected and could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.

 

Purchases and sales – Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis.

 

Cash – Cash represents amounts temporarily held due to the timing of investment transactions occurring near year-end.

 

Investments – The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. The fair value of investments in the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Stock Fund and mutual funds is based on publicly quoted market prices. The fair value of investments in collective common trust funds is based on the quoted net asset value of shares held by the Plan.

 

Management fees and operating expenses charged to the Plan for investments are deducted from income earned on a daily basis and are reflected as a reduction of the investment value for such investments.

 

There are no redemption restrictions for the Plan’s investments with the exception of the Galliard Retirement Income Fund, which requires advanced written notice of one business day for redemptions executed daily throughout the year.

 

Benefits payable – As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the following amounts were due to participants who had withdrawn from participation in the Plan:

 

		2014				2013
Deferred benefits payable		$	80,422,455			$	60,979,114
Benefits payable			232,571				259,094
Total		$	80,655,026			$	61,238,208

 

Deferred benefits payable represent vested account balances greater than $5,000 payable to all terminated Plan participants who have elected to defer distribution of their account balances. Benefits payable represent vested account balances of $5,000 or less which will be paid to participants in the coming year. Benefit payments to participants are recorded upon distribution.

 

Related party transactions – The Charles Schwab Trust Company is the trustee of the Plan, and Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Inc. is the administrator of the Plan. All investments managed by both companies

 

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qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions. Total trustee and administrative fees charged by the Charles Schwab Trust Company and Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Inc. to the Company for 2014 and 2013 were $219,960 and $317,058, respectively.

 

In addition, the Plan issues loans receivable from participants that are secured by the vested balances in the participants’ accounts. These transactions qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions.

 

Interest – Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.

 

Dividends – Dividends represent amounts paid on shares held in the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Stock Fund and are determined based on shares held as of the record date and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Participants may elect to receive a payout or have their dividends reinvested into the fund.

 

3.	FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

The Plan accounts for the fair value of its assets and liabilities using the fair value hierarchy established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification 820, Fair Value Measurement, which defines three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value, as follows:

 

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Level 1: inputs which include quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

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Level 2: inputs which include observable inputs other than Level 1 inputs, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability;

 

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Level 3: inputs which include unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the underlying asset or liability

 

The Plan has classified the inputs used to measure the fair values of the Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Stock Fund and mutual funds as Level 1. The Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Stock Fund is valued using the daily closing price of Williams-Sonoma, Inc. common stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange. Mutual funds are valued at the daily closing price as reported by the fund, which represents the net asset value of shares held by the Plan. These funds are required to publish their daily net asset value and to transact at that price, and are deemed to be actively traded.

 

Inputs used to measure the fair value of investments in collective common trust funds are classified as Level 2. The net asset value as provided by the trustee is used as a practical expedient to estimate fair value of investments in collective common trust funds. The net asset value is based on the fair value of the underlying investments held by the fund less its liabilities. This practical expedient is not used when it is deemed probable that the fund will sell the investment for an amount different than the reported net asset value.

 

The following tables set forth by level within the fair value hierarchy a summary of the Plan’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2014 and 2013. Significant transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy are recognized as they occur. During 2014 and 2013, there were no transfers of assets or liabilities between Level 1, 2 or 3 categories.

 

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Investments measured at fair value as of December 31, 2014 were:

 

		Fair Value Measurements
		Level 1-Active markets for identical assets				Level 2-Other observable inputs				Level 3- Significant unobservable inputs				Total
Mutual funds:
Domestic equity securities		$	88,839,986			$	-			$	-			$	88,839,986
International equity securities			15,268,573				-				-				15,268,573
Domestic debt securities			14,061,871				-				-				14,061,871
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Stock Fund			105,003,523				-				-				105,003,523
Collective common trust funds:
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Funds			-				59,365,122				-				59,365,122
Galliard Retirement Income Fund			-				14,777,410				-				14,777,410
BlackRock U.S. Debt Index Fund			-				2,826,703				-				2,826,703
Total investments measured at fair value		$	223,173,953			$	76,969,235			$	-			$	300,143,188

 

Investments measured at fair value as of December 31, 2013 were:

 

		Fair Value Measurements
		Level 1-Active markets for identical assets				Level 2-Other observable inputs				Level 3- Significant unobservable inputs				Total
Mutual funds:
Domestic equity securities		$	80,342,705			$	-			$	-			$	80,342,705
International equity securities			15,475,257				-				-				15,475,257
Domestic debt securities			13,312,156				-				-				13,312,156
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Stock Fund			85,054,187				-				-				85,054,187
Collective common trust funds:
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Funds			-				51,495,688				-				51,495,688
Galliard Retirement Income Fund			-				13,196,870				-				13,196,870
BlackRock U.S. Debt Index Fund			-				2,735,431				-				2,735,431
Total investments measured at fair value		$	194,184,305			$	67,427,989			$	-			$	261,612,294

 

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4.	INVESTMENTS

 

At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the fair value of the following investment funds were 5% or more of the net assets available for benefits:

 

		2014				2013
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Stock Fund1		$	105,003,523			$	85,054,187
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund			29,746,944				26,736,604
Schwab S&P 500 Index Fund1			25,137,644				21,245,261
T Rowe Price Institutional Large Cap Growth Fund			19,874,264				18,255,554
American Beacon International Equity Fund2			15,268,573				15,475,257
Wells Fargo Advantage Discovery Institutional Class Fund2			14,081,134				14,105,286

 

1	Represents an exempt party-in-interest transaction.

2	Presented for comparative purposes only as the fair value of the investment represents less than 5% of the net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2014.

 

During 2014 and 2013, the Plan’s investments, including gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as those held during the year, appreciated (depreciated) in value as follows:

 

		2014				2013
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Stock Fund1		$	24,786,190			$	21,776,961
Mutual funds			6,698,910				22,941,749
Collective common trust funds:
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Funds1			3,363,138				7,974,526
Galliard Retirement Income Fund			189,996				246,809
BlackRock U.S. Debt Index Fund			173,285				(37,969	)
Total net appreciation		$	35,211,519			$	52,902,076

 

1	Represents an exempt party-in-interest transaction.

 

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5.	RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500

 

The following is a reconciliation of employer and employee contributions receivable balances per the financial statements at December 31, 2014 and 2013 to the Form 5500:

 

		2014				2013
Employer contributions receivable per the financial statements		$	3,320,677			$	3,112,302
Employer contributions earned; received in subsequent year			(298,359	)			(252,232	)
Employer contributions receivable per Form 5500		$	3,022,318			$	2,860,070
Employee contributions receivable per the financial statements		$	928,801			$	801,721
Employee contributions earned; received in subsequent year			(928,801	)			(801,721	)
Employee contributions receivable per Form 5500		$	-			$	-

 

The following is a reconciliation of employer and employee contributions per the financial statements for 2014 and 2013 to the Form 5500:

 

		2014				2013
Employer contributions (net of forfeitures) per the financial statements		$	6,114,999			$	5,627,777
Employer contributions (net of forfeitures) earned; received in subsequent year			(147,174	)			(24,179	)
Employer contributions per Form 5500		$	5,967,825			$	5,603,598
Employee contributions per the financial statements		$	20,229,366			$	18,918,611
Employee contributions earned; received in subsequent year			(127,078	)			(103,123	)
Employee contributions per Form 5500		$	20,102,288			$	18,815,488

 

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements at December 31, 2014 and 2013 to the Form 5500:

 

		2014				2013
Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements		$	310,021,605			$	270,660,247
Contributions earned; received in subsequent year			(1,227,160	)			(1,053,953	)
Net assets available for benefits per Form 5500		$	308,794,445			$	269,606,294

 

6.	INCOME TAX STATUS

 

In 2013 the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued a determination letter stating that the Plan, as amended, was qualified and the trust established thereunder was tax-exempt under the applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code (“the Code”). The Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to

 

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maintain its qualification. The Administrative Committee believes the Plan is operating in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan, as amended, is qualified and the related trust was tax-exempt as of December 31, 2014. Therefore, a provision for income taxes has not been included in the Plan’s financial statements.

 

7.	SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Subsequent events were evaluated through the date which the financial statements were issued, and no such events were noted.

 

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WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC. 401(k) PLAN

 

Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

As of December 31, 2014

 

Security Description		Number of Fund Shares/Units				Fair Value3
Mutual funds:
Dodge & Cox Stock Fund			164,402			$	29,746,944
Schwab S&P 500 Index Fund1			781,643				25,137,644
T Rowe Price Institutional Large Cap Growth Fund			723,226				19,874,264
American Beacon International Equity Fund			836,175				15,268,573
Wells Fargo Advantage Discovery Institutional Class Fund			427,478				14,081,134
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond Fund			1,288,032				14,052,434
PIMCO Total Return Admin Class Fund			885				9,437
Total mutual funds							118,170,430
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Stock Fund1			349,836				105,003,523
Collective common trust funds:
Galliard Retirement Income Fund			691,823				14,777,410
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Fund 20401			527,781				14,371,495
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Fund 20301			469,337				12,306,039
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Fund 20201			444,240				10,692,865
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Fund 20351			375,712				5,444,080
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Fund 20251			267,489				3,779,633
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Fund 20501			257,478				3,764,329
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Fund 20451			255,817				3,583,999
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Income Fund1			198,767				3,204,125
BlackRock U.S. Debt Index Fund			148,803				2,826,703
Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Fund 20151			162,412				2,218,557
Total collective common trust funds							76,969,235
Total investments at fair value						$	300,143,188
Loans receivable from participants (at interest rates of 4.25% to 9.00%)1, 2						$	5,610,424

 

¹ Represents an exempt party-in-interest transaction.

² Includes loans receivable with original maturities of up to 15 years. See Note 1 to financial statements.

³ Cost information is not required for participant-directed investments and therefore is not included.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan’s Administrative Committee has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Dated: June 29, 2015

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
23.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm