UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 19, 2015

 

 

WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Virginia   001-16769   11-6040273

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

675 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor,

New York, New York

  10010
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 589-2700

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

Weight Watchers International, Inc. (the “Company”) has closed the issuance and sale to Oprah Winfrey of an aggregate of 6,362,103 shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value per share, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2015, between the Company and Ms. Winfrey. The Share Purchase Agreement was previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 19, 2015.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
DATED: October 20, 2015     By:  

/s/ Nicholas P. Hotchkin

    Name:   Nicholas P. Hotchkin
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer