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5 Pages
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CUSIP
No. 969904101
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Name
of Reporting Person: Taube Hodson Stonex Partners
LLP
I.R.S.
Identification No. of above person (entities
only): Not Applicable
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2
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Check
the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions): (a)
*
(b)
S
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3
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SEC
Use Only
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4
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Citizenship
or Place of Organization: England
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NUMBER
OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
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5
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Sole
Voting Power: 3,367,359 shares
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6
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Shared
Voting Power: -0-
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7
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Sole
Dispositive Power: 3,367,359 shares
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8
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Shared
Dispositive Power: -0-
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9
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Aggregate
Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 3,367,359
shares
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10
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Check
if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See
Instructions):*
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11
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Percent
of Class Represented by Amount in Row
(9): 3.2%*
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12
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Type
of Reporting
Person: FI
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Page 2
of 5 Pages
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(a)
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Name
of Issuer:
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Williams-Sonoma
Incorporated
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(b)
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Address
of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
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3250
Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco,
CA 94133-1310
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(a)
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Name
of Person Filing: Taube Hudson Stonex Partners
LLP
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(b)
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Address
of Principal Business Office
or,
if none, Residence:
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Cassini
House 1st
Floor
57-59
St. James’s Street
London,
SW1A 1LD
England
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(c)
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Citizenship:
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England
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(d)
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Title
of Class of Securities:
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Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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(e)
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CUSIP
Number: 969904101
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(a) o
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Broker
or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C.
78o).
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(b) o
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Bank
as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C.
78c).
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(c) o
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Insurance
company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C.
78c).
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(d) o
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Investment
company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940
(15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
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(e) o
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An
investment adviser in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
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(f) o
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An
employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
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(g) o
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A
parent holding company or control person in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
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5 Pages
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(h) o
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A
savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
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(i) o
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A
church plan that is excluded form the definition of an investment company
under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C.
80a-3);
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(j) x
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A
non-U.S. institution in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
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(k) o
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Group,
in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). If filing as a
non-U.S. institution in accordance with
§240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of
institution:
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Item
4.
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Ownership
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(a)
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Amount
beneficially owned: 3,367,359
shares
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(b)
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Percent
of class:
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3.2%
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(c)
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Number
of shares as to which the person
has:
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(i)
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sole
power to vote or to direct the vote: 3,367,359
shares
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(ii)
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shared
power to vote or to direct the
vote: -0-
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(iii)
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sole
power to dispose or to direct the disposition
of: 3,367,359
shares
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(iv)
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shared
power to dispose or to direct the disposition
of: -0-
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Item
5.
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Ownership
of Five Percent or Less of a Class
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Item
6.
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Ownership
of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
Person
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Page 4 of
5 Pages
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Item
7.
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Identification
and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
Reported on By the Parent Holding
Company
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Item
8.
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Identification
and Classification of Members of the
Group
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Item
9.
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Notice
of Dissolution of Group
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Item
10.
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Certification
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| Date: February 3rd, 2011 | TAUBE HODSON STONEX PARTNERS LLP | |
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By:
/s/Wayne
Jacobs
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Wayne
Jacobs
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Financial
Controller
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