FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

3 Months Ended

May 05, 2019

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

NOTE A. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

These financial statements include Williams-Sonoma, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (“we,” “us” or “our”). The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of May 5, 2019 and April 29, 2018, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the thirteen weeks then ended, have been prepared by us, without audit. In our opinion, the financial statements include all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position at the balance sheet dates and the results of operations for the thirteen weeks then ended. Intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated. The balance sheet as of February 3, 2019, presented herein, has been derived from our audited Consolidated Balance Sheet included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2019.

The results of operations for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results of the full year.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been omitted. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2019.

Reclassifications

Certain amounts reported in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of April 29, 2018 have been reclassified in order to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications impacted goodwill and other long-term assets. There was no change to total current assets as a result of these reclassifications.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, Leases, which requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and an operating lease liability for virtually all leases. This ASU, as amended, was effective for us beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The adoption of the ASU resulted in an increase in total long-term assets and total liabilities of approximately

$1.2

billion, which includes an increase in liabilities for lease obligations of approximately

$1.4

billion, a decrease in deferred rent and deferred lease incentives of approximately

$0.2

billion, and an increase in right-of-use assets of approximately

$1.2

billion. We also recorded an approximate $

3.3

million, net of tax, reduction to the opening balance of retained earnings resulting from impairment of certain long-lived assets upon adoption of the ASU. We have elected to apply the provisions of this ASU at the adoption date, instead of to the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. We have elected the package of practical expedients upon adoption, which permits us not to reassess whether existing contracts are or contain leases, the lease classification of existing leases, or initial direct costs for existing leases. We have also elected not to separate lease and non-lease components for all of our leases and not to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for short-term leases. The adoption of the ASU did not materially impact our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12,

Derivatives and Hedging: Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities (Topic 815),

which expands and refines hedge accounting for both non-financial and financial risk components and aligns the recognition and presentation of the effects of the hedging instrument and the hedged item in the financial statements. The guidance also makes certain targeted improvements to simplify the application of hedge accounting guidance and ease the administrative burden of hedge documentation requirements and assessing hedge effectiveness. Entities should apply the guidance to existing cash flow and net investment hedge relationships using a modified retrospective approach with a cumulative effect adjustment recorded to opening retained earnings on the date of adoption. The guidance also provides transition relief to make it easier for entities to apply certain amendments to existing hedges where the hedge documentation needs to be modified. This ASU was effective for us in the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15,

Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement

That Is a Service Contract.

The ASU aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. Accordingly, the amendments require an entity in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract to follow the guidance in Subtopic 350-40 to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as an asset related to the service contract and which costs to expense. We do not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.