Filing Details
- Accession Number:
- 0001193125-23-240568
- Form Type:
- 13G Filing
- Publication Date:
- 2023-09-21 20:00:00
- Filed By:
- Green Equity Investors Ix, L.p.
- Company:
- Williams Sonoma Inc (NYSE:WSM)
- Filing Date:
- 2023-09-22
- SEC Url:
- 13G Filing
Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.
| Name | Sole Voting Power | Shared Voting Power | Sole Dispositive Power | Shared Dispositive Power | Aggregate Amount Owned Power | Percent of Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Equity Investors IX | 0 | 3,212,015 | 0 | 3,212,015 | 3,212,015 | 5.0% |
| Green Equity Investors Side IX | 0 | 3,212,015 | 0 | 3,212,015 | 3,212,015 | 5.0% |
| GEI Capital IX | 0 | 3,212,015 | 0 | 3,212,015 | 3,212,015 | 5.0% |
| LGP Management, Inc | 0 | 3,212,015 | 0 | 3,212,015 | 3,212,015 | 5.0% |
| Leonard Green Partners | 0 | 3,212,015 | 0 | 3,212,015 | 3,212,015 | 5.0% |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
(Rule 13d-102)
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
969904101
(CUSIP Number)
September 21, 2023
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
| ☐ | Rule 13d-1(b) |
| ☒ | Rule 13d-1(c) |
| ☐ | Rule 13d-1(d) |
| * | The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. |
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act.
| CUSIP No. 969904101 | 13G | Page 1 of 10 |
| 1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Green Equity Investors IX, L.P. | |||||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐ (b) ☐
| |||||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
| |||||
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware | |||||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||||
| 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||||
| 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 10 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
☐ | |||||
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
5.0% beneficial ownership of the shares of the Common Stock (based on 64,144,950 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 27, 2023, as reported in the Issuers Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2023). | |||||
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
PN | |||||
| CUSIP No. 969904101 | 13G | Page 2 of 10 |
| 1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Green Equity Investors Side IX, L.P. | |||||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐ (b) ☐
| |||||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
| |||||
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware | |||||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||||
| 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||||
| 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 10 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
☐ | |||||
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
5.0% beneficial ownership of the shares of the Common Stock (based on 64,144,950 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 27, 2023, as reported in the Issuers Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2023). | |||||
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
PN | |||||
| CUSIP No. 969904101 | 13G | Page 3 of 10 |
| 1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
GEI Capital IX, LLC | |||||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐ (b) ☐
| |||||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
| |||||
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware | |||||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||||
| 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||||
| 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 10 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
☐ | |||||
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
5.0% beneficial ownership of the shares of the Common Stock (based on 64,144,950 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 27, 2023, as reported in the Issuers Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2023). | |||||
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
OO (Limited Liability Company) | |||||
| CUSIP No. 969904101 | 13G | Page 4 of 10 |
| 1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
LGP Management, Inc. | |||||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐ (b) ☐
| |||||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
| |||||
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware | |||||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||||
| 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||||
| 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 10 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
☐ | |||||
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
5.0% beneficial ownership of the shares of the Common Stock (based on 64,144,950 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 27, 2023, as reported in the Issuers Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2023). | |||||
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
CO | |||||
| CUSIP No. 969904101 | 13G | Page 5 of 10 |
| 1 | NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. | |||||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) ☐ (b) ☐
| |||||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY
| |||||
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
Delaware | |||||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER
0 | ||||
| 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
0 | |||||
| 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
3,212,015 shares of Common Stock | |||||
| 10 | CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
☐ | |||||
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
5.0% beneficial ownership of the shares of the Common Stock (based on 64,144,950 shares of Common Stock outstanding as of August 27, 2023, as reported in the Issuers Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2023). | |||||
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
PN | |||||
| CUSIP No. 969904101 | 13G | Page 6 of 10 |
| Item 1. |
| (a) | Name of Issuer |
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (Issuer)
| (b) | Address of Issuers Principal Executive Offices |
3250 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, California 94109
| Item 2. |
| (a) | Name of Person(s) Filing: |
| A. | Green Equity Investors IX, L.P. |
| B. | Green Equity Investors Side IX, L.P. |
| C. | GEI Capital IX, LLC |
| D. | Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. |
| E. | LGP Management, Inc. |
Green Equity Investors IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (GEI IX) is the direct owner of 1,274,092 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer (the GEI IX Shares). Green Equity Investors Side IX, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (GEI Side IX and together with GEI IX, the LGP Funds) is the direct owner of 1,937,923 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer (the GEI Side IX Shares and, collectively with the GEI IX Shares, the Shares).
GEI Capital IX, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Capital) is the general partner of GEI IX and GEI Side IX. Leonard Green & Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (LGP) is the management company of GEI IX and GEI Side IX. LGP Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (LGPM) is the general partner of LGP.
Capital, as the general partner of GEI IX and GEI Side IX, LGP, as the manager of GEI IX and GEI Side IX, and LGPM, as the general partner of LGP, directly (whether through ownership or position) or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, may be deemed to share voting and investment power with respect to the Shares. As such, Capital, LGP, and LGPM may be deemed to be the indirect beneficial owners of the Shares.
Each of Capital, LGP, and LGPM disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares reported herein, except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting persons are the beneficial owners of such securities for purposes of Section 13(d), Section 13(g), Section 16, or for any other purposes.
| (b) | Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence |
(A) (E): 11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 2000, Los Angeles, CA 90025
| (c) | Citizenship |
(A) (E): Delaware
| (d) | Title of Class of Securities |
This statement relates to the Issuers Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.
| (e) | CUSIP Number |
969904101
| CUSIP No. 969904101 | 13G | Page 7 of 10 |
| Item 3. |
Not applicable.
| Item 4. | Ownership |
| (a) | Amount Beneficially Owned: |
See response to Item 9 on each cover page.
| (b) | Percent of class: |
See response to Item 11 on each cover page.
| (c) | Number of shares as to which such person has: |
| (i) | Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: |
See response to Item 5 on each cover page.
| (ii) | Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: |
See response to Item 6 on each cover page.
| (iii) | Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: |
See response to Item 7 on each cover page.
| (iv) | Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: |
See response to Item 8 on each cover page.
| Item 5. | Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class |
Not applicable.
| Item 6. | Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person |
Not applicable.
| Item 7. | Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person |
Not applicable.
| Item 8. | Identification and Classification of Members of the Group |
Not applicable.
| Item 9. | Notice of Dissolution of Group |
Not applicable.
| CUSIP No. 969904101 | 13G | Page 8 of 10 |
| Item 10. | Certifications |
By signing the below, each of the Reporting Persons certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the securities referenced to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the Issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under § 240.14a-11.
| CUSIP No. 969904101 | 13G | Page 9 of 10 |
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated as of September 22, 2023
| Green Equity Investors IX, L.P. | ||
| By: GEI Capital IX, LLC, its General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Andrew Goldberg | |
| Andrew Goldberg | ||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| Green Equity Investors Side IX, L.P. | ||
| By: GEI Capital IX, LLC, its General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Andrew Goldberg | |
| Andrew Goldberg | ||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| GEI Capital IX, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Andrew Goldberg | |
| Andrew Goldberg | ||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. | ||
| By: LGP Management, Inc., its General Partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Andrew Goldberg | |
| Andrew Goldberg | ||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| LGP Management, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Andrew Goldberg | |
| Andrew Goldberg | ||
| Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
| CUSIP No. 969904101 | 13G | Page 10 of 10 |
| 24.1 | Power-of-Attorney, dated September 22, 2023 | |
| 99.1 | Joint Filing Agreement, dated September 22, 2023 |