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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,” the “Company” and “WWI” refer to Weight Watchers International, Inc. and all of its operations
consolidated for purposes of its financial statements; “North America” refers to our North American Company-
owned operations; “United Kingdom” refers to our United Kingdom Company-owned operations; “Continental
Europe” refers to our Continental Europe Company-owned operations; and “Other” refers to Asia Pacific and
emerging markets operations and franchise revenues and related costs. Each of North America, United Kingdom,
Continental Europe and Other is also a reportable segment.
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 2009” refers to our fiscal year ended January 2, 2010;
• “fiscal 2010” refers to our fiscal year ended January 1, 2011;
• “fiscal 2011” refers to our fiscal year ended December 31, 2011;
• “fiscal 2012” refers to our fiscal year ended December 29, 2012;
• “fiscal 2013” refers to our fiscal year ended December 28, 2013;
• “fiscal 2014” refers to our fiscal year ended January 3, 2015 (included a 53rd week);
• “fiscal 2015” refers to our fiscal year ended January 2, 2016; and
• “fiscal 2016” refers to our fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.
The following terms used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are our trademarks: Weight Watchers®,
PointsPlus®,ProPoints®and SmartPoints™.
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