UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2016
WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Virginia | 001-16769 | 11-6040273 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 675 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor New York, New York |
10010 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 589-2700
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
Weight Watchers International, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 annual meeting of shareholders on May 10, 2016. At this meeting, the Company’s shareholders (1) elected the persons listed below to serve as Class III directors for a term of three years expiring at the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified; (2) elected the person listed below to serve as a Class II director for a term of two years expiring at the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of shareholders and until her successor has been duly elected and qualified; and (3) ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2016. Set forth below are the voting results for these proposals.
| (1) | Election of three Class III directors for a term of three years expiring at the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified: |
| Nominee Name |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Steven M. Altschuler, M.D. |
48,359,940 | 754,356 | 10,319,917 | |||
| Philippe J. Amouyal |
45,623,194 | 3,491,102 | 10,319,917 | |||
| James R. Chambers |
46,698,757 | 2,415,539 | 10,319,917 |
| (2) | Election of one Class II director for a term of two years expiring at the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of shareholders and until her successor has been duly elected and qualified: |
| Nominee Name |
Votes For | Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| Oprah Winfrey |
46,665,535 | 2,448,761 | 10,319,917 |
| (3) | Ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2016: |
| Votes For |
Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 59,071,322 |
260,278 | 102,613 | N/A |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||||||
| DATED: May 11, 2016 |
By: | /s/ Nicholas P. Hotchkin | ||||
| Name: |
Nicholas P. Hotchkin | |||||
| Title: |
Chief Financial Officer | |||||
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