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BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Weight Watchers International, Inc. is a Virginia corporation with its principal executive offices in New
York, New York. In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, unless the context indicates otherwise: “we”, “us”, “our”
and the “Company” refers to Weight Watchers International, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries consolidated for
purposes of its financial statements, including WeightWatchers.com, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries; “Weight
Watchers International” or “WWI” refers to Weight Watchers International, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries other
than WeightWatchers.com, Inc. and subsidiaries of WeightWatchers.com, Inc.; “WeightWatchers.com” refers to
WeightWatchers.com, Inc. and all of its subsidiaries; “NACO” refers to our North American Company-owned
meeting operations; and “China Joint Venture” refers to Weight Watchers Danone China Limited and all of its
subsidiaries.
Our fiscal year ends on the Saturday closest to December 31st and consists of either 52- or 53-week periods.
In this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
• “fiscal 2000” refers to our fiscal year ended April 29, 2000;
• “fiscal 2001” refers to our fiscal year ended December 29, 2001;
• “fiscal 2002” refers to our fiscal year ended December 28, 2002;
• “fiscal 2003” refers to our fiscal year ended January 3, 2004;
• “fiscal 2004” refers to our fiscal year ended January 1, 2005;
• “fiscal 2005” refers to our fiscal year ended December 31, 2005;
• “fiscal 2006” refers to our fiscal year ended December 30, 2006;
• “fiscal 2007” refers to our fiscal year ended December 29, 2007;
• “fiscal 2008” refers to our fiscal year ended January 3, 2009; and
• “fiscal 2009” refers to our fiscal year ended January 2, 2010.
The following terms used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are our trademarks: Weight Watchers®,
WeightWatchers.com®,POINTS®,Momentum™ and Core Plan®.
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