0001193125-12-158602.txt : 20120411 0001193125-12-158602.hdr.sgml : 20120411 20120411141047 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-158602 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120411 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120411 GROUP MEMBERS: ARTAL INTERNATIONAL S.C.A. GROUP MEMBERS: ARTAL LUXEMBOURG S.A. SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000105319 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-PERSONAL SERVICES [7200] IRS NUMBER: 116040273 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1230 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-78065 FILM NUMBER: 12754021 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 17TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10010 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125892700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 17TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10010 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ARTAL GROUP S A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001053906 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 10-12 AVENUE PASTEUR CITY: LUXEMBOURG STATE: N4 ZIP: L-2310 BUSINESS PHONE: 3522242591 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O THE INVUS GROUP, LLC STREET 2: 750 LEXINGTON AVE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 SC 13G/A 1 d331334dsc13ga.htm AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13G

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 4)*

 

 

 

Weight Watchers International, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

 

 

Common Stock, no par value per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

948626106

(CUSIP Number)

 

April 9, 2012

(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)

x Rule 13d-1(d)

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s 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 on 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 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 

CUSIP No. 948626106   13G  

 

  1.   

Name of Reporting Persons

 

Artal Group S.A.

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

(a)  ¨        (b)   x

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization:

 

Luxembourg     

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY 

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

    5.    

Sole Voting Power:

 

28,749,089

   6.   

Shared Voting Power:

 

0

   7.   

Sole Dispositive Power:

 

28,749,089

   8.   

Shared Dispositive Power:

 

0

  9.

  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

 

28,749,089

10.

  

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)    ¨

 

11.

  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):

 

51.76%

12.

  

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions):

 

OO

CUSIP No. 948626106   13G  

 

  1.   

Name of Reporting Persons

 

Artal International S.C.A.

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization:

 

Luxembourg

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY 

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

    5.    

Sole Voting Power:

 

28,749,089

   6.   

Shared Voting Power:

 

0

   7.   

Sole Dispositive Power:

 

28,749,089

   8.   

Shared Dispositive Power:

 

0

  9.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

 

28,749,089

10.  

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)    ¨

 

11.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):

 

51.76%

12.  

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions):

 

OO

CUSIP No. 948626106   13G  

 

  1.   

Name of Reporting Persons

 

Artal Luxembourg S.A.

  2.  

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  3.  

SEC Use Only

 

  4.  

Citizenship or Place of Organization:

 

Luxembourg

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY 

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

    5.    

Sole Voting Power:

 

28,749,089

   6.   

Shared Voting Power:

 

0

   7.   

Sole Dispositive Power:

 

28,749,089

   8.   

Shared Dispositive Power:

 

0

  9.  

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:

 

28,749,089

10.  

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)    ¨

 

11.  

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9):

 

51.76%

12.  

Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions):

 

OO

Item 1   (a).      Name of Issuer:
     Weight Watchers International, Inc. (the “Issuer”)
Item 1   (b).    Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
     The Issuer’s principal executive offices are located at 11 Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10010.
Item 2   (a).    Name of Person Filing:
     This Schedule 13G is filed by:
    

(i)       Artal Group S.A.;

    

(ii)      Artal International S.C.A.; and

    

(iii)     Artal Luxembourg S.A.

Item 2   (b).    Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:
     The principal office and business address of each of Artal Group S.A., Artal International S.C.A. and Artal Luxembourg S.A. is 10-12 avenue Pasteur, L-2310 Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Item 2   (c).    Citizenship:
     Each of Artal Group S.A., Artal International S.C.A. and Artal Luxembourg S.A. is organized under the laws of Luxembourg.
Item 2   (d).    Title of Class of Securities:
     Common Stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”).
Item 2   (e).    CUSIP Number:
     948626106
Item 3.      If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
     Not applicable.

Item 4.      Ownership.
   (a)    Amount beneficially owned:
   As of the date hereof, Artal Holdings Sp. z o.o., Succursale de Luxembourg (“Artal Holdings”) is the record owner of 28,749,089 shares of Common Stock. Artal Luxembourg S.A. holds an irrevocable proxy with respect to 15,000,000 of these shares. Artal Holdings is a subsidiary of Artal Luxembourg S.A., which is a subsidiary of Artal International S.C.A., which is managed by its managing partner, Artal International Management S.A., which is a subsidiary of Artal Group S.A., which is a subsidiary of Westend S.A., which is a subsidiary of Stichting Administratiekantoor Westend, whose sole member of the Board is Mr. Pascal Minne. Consequently, each of Artal Group S.A., Artal International S.C.A. and Artal Luxembourg S.A. may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock held of record by Artal Holdings.
   (b)    Percent of class:
   Based on the Issuer having 55,538,970 shares of Common Stock outstanding (which, based on information provided by the Issuer, was the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of April 9, 2012) as of the date hereof, each of Artal Group S.A., Artal International S.C.A. and Artal Luxembourg S.A. may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of approximately 51.76% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.
   (c)    Number of shares of Common Stock as to which the reporting person has:
   Artal Group S.A.
      (i)    Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 28,749,089
      (ii)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
      (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 28,749,089
      (iv)    Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
   Artal International S.C.A.
      (i)    Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 28,749,089
      (ii)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
      (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 28,749,089
      (iv)    Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
   Artal Luxembourg S.A.
      (i)    Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 28,749,089

         (ii)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
     (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 28,749,089
     (iv)    Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
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.
  See Item 4 above.
Item 7.   Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company.
  Not applicable.
Item 8.   Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
  Not applicable.
Item 9.   Notice of Dissolution of Group.
  Not applicable.
Item 10.     Certification.
  Not applicable.

SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: April 11, 2012

 

ARTAL GROUP S.A.
By:   Anne Goffard, as its Authorized Person

/s/ Anne Goffard

ARTAL INTERNATIONAL S.C.A.
By:   Artal International Management S.A., as its Managing Partner
By:   Anne Goffard, as its Managing Director

/s/ Anne Goffard

ARTAL LUXEMBOURG S.A.
By:   Anne Goffard, as its Managing Director

/s/ Anne Goffard

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

   

Title

1.    Joint Filing Agreement among Artal Group, S.A., Artal International S.C.A. and Artal Luxembourg S.A., as required by Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 EX-1 2 d331334dex1.htm JOINT FILING AGREEMENT Joint Filing Agreement

EXHIBIT 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the undersigned agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13G (including any and all amendments thereto) with respect to the common stock, no par value per share, of Weight Watchers International, Inc and further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement shall be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing. In evidence thereof, the undersigned, being duly authorized, hereby execute this Joint Filing Agreement as of April 11, 2012.

 

ARTAL GROUP S.A.
By:  

/s/ Anne Goffard

Name:   Anne Goffard
Title:   Authorized Person
ARTAL INTERNATIONAL S.C.A.
By: Artal International Management S.A., as its Managing Partner
By:  

/s/ Anne Goffard

Name:   Anne Goffard
Title:   Managing Director
ARTAL LUXEMBOURG S.A.
By:  

/s/ Anne Goffard

Name:   Anne Goffard
Title:   Managing Director