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of trade and/or their registrations are properly maintained. We believe the protection of our trademarks,
copyrights, patents, domain names, trade dress, and trade secrets is important to our success. We aggressively
protect our intellectual property rights by relying on a combination of watch services and trademark, copyright,
patent, trade dress and trade secret laws, and through the domain name dispute resolution system.
Employees
As of December 31, 2008, we had approximately 598 administrative, sales, counseling and customer service
personnel, 82 employees dedicated to fulfillment and 44 employees in marketing. None of our employees is
represented by a labor union, and we consider relations with our employees to be good.
Seasonality
Typically in the weight loss industry, revenue is strongest in the first quarter and lowest in the fourth
calendar quarter. We believe our business experiences seasonality, driven by the predisposition of dieters to
initiate a diet and the placement of our advertising based on the price and availability of certain media. This
seasonality can be seen in our results for 2008 and 2007, however, in 2006, revenue in the third quarter was
higher than revenue in the first quarter due in part to favorable conditions in the market for certain media.
Available Information
All periodic and current reports, registration statements, code of conduct and other material that the
Company is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the Company’s
annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to
those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act
Reports”), are available free of charge through the Company’s investor relations page at www.nutrisystem.com.
Such documents are available as soon as reasonably practicable after electronic filing of the material with the
SEC. The Company’s Internet website and the information contained therein or connected thereto are not
intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The public may also read and copy any materials filed by the Company with the SEC at the SEC’s Public
Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The public may obtain information on the
operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet
site, www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding
issuers that file electronically with the SEC.
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