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www.weightwatchersinternational.com. In addition shareholders may request a free copy of the Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics from Weight Watchers International, Inc., Attn: Corporate Secretary, 11
Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010, (212) 589-2700.
Any amendment of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or waiver thereof applicable to any
of our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller
will be disclosed on our website within 5 days of the date of such amendment or waiver. In the case of
a waiver, the nature of the waiver, the name of the person to whom the waiver was granted and the
date of the waiver will also be disclosed.
Corporate Governance Guidelines
We have adopted a Corporate Governance Guidelines for our officers, directors and employees.
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines are available on our website at
www.weightwatchersinternational.com. In addition, shareholders may request a free copy of our
Corporate Governance Guidelines from: Weight Watchers International, Inc., Attn: Corporate
Secretary, 11 Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010, (212) 589-2700.
NYSE and SEC Certifications
On May 31, 2005, we filed with the NYSE the Annual CEO Certification regarding our
compliance with the NYSE’s Corporate Governance listing standards as required by Section 303A.12(a)
of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. In addition, we filed as exhibits to this annual report, the
applicable certifications of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer required
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, regarding the quality of our public
disclosures.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, as amended, requires our directors, executive officers and
holders of more than 10% of our common stock (collectively, ‘‘Reporting Persons’’) to file with the
SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock. Such
persons are required by regulations of the SEC to furnish us with copies of all such filings. Based on
our review of the copies of such filings received by us with respect to fiscal 2005 and written
representations from certain Reporting Persons, we believe that all Reporting Persons complied with all
Section 16(a) filing requirements in fiscal 2005, except that two Form 4 filings for Mr. Kirchhoff were
not timely filed due to an administrative oversight on our part. Each of these covered one transaction.
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