Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 6)*

 

 

 

WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Name of Issuer)

 

 

Common Stock, no par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

 

948626106

(CUSIP Number)

 

 

Anne Goffard

Westend S.A.

105 Grand-Rue

L-1661 Luxembourg

Luxembourg

(+352) 22.42.59-1

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

 

May 26, 2011

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this Schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box  ¨.

Note:  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See ss.240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

*   The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

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CUSIP No. 948626106

 

  1  

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS.

 

            Westend S.A.

   
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨

(b)  x

   
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

   
  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

            N/A

   
  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  ¨
  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            Luxembourg

   

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

WITH  

 

  7    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

                38,247,893 (See Item 5)

 

  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                0

 

  9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                38,247,893 (See Item 5)

 

10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                0

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            38,247,893 (See Item 5)

   
12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

  ¨
13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

            52.4% (See Item 5)

   
14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

            HC

   

 

 

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CUSIP No. 948626106

 

  1  

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS.

 

            Stichting Administratiekantoor Westend

   
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨

(b)  x

   
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

   
  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

            N/A

   
  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  ¨
  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            The Netherlands

   

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

WITH  

 

  7    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

                38,247,893 (See Item 5)

 

  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                0

 

  9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                38,247,893 (See Item 5)

 

10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                0

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            38,247,893 (See Item 5)

   
12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

  ¨
13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

            52.4% (See Item 5)

   
14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

            OO

   

 

 

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CUSIP No. 948626106

 

  1  

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS.

 

            Mr. Pascal Minne

   
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨

(b)  x

   
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

   
  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

            N/A

   
  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  ¨
  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            Belgium

   

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

WITH  

 

  7    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

                38,247,893 (See Item 5)

 

  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                0

 

  9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                38,247,893 (See Item 5)

 

10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                0

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            38,247,893 (See Item 5)

   
12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

  ¨
13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

            52.4% (See Item 5)

   
14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

            IN

   

 

 

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CUSIP No. 948626106

 

  1  

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS.

 

            Artal Holdings Sp. z o.o., Succursale de Luxembourg

   
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨

(b)  x

   
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

   
  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

            N/A

   
  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  ¨
  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            Poland

   

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

WITH  

 

  7    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

                38,247,893 (See Item 5)

 

  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                0

 

  9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                38,247,893 (See Item 5)

 

10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                0

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            38,247,893 (See Item 5)

   
12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

  ¨
13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

            52.4% (See Item 5)

   
14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

            OO

   

 

 

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CUSIP No. 948626106

 

  1  

NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS.

 

            Artal International Management S.A.

   
  2  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ¨

(b)  x

   
  3  

SEC USE ONLY

 

   
  4  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

            N/A

   
  5  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)

 

  ¨
  6  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

            Luxembourg

   

NUMBER OF  

SHARES  

BENEFICIALLY  

OWNED BY  

EACH  

REPORTING  

PERSON  

WITH  

 

  7    SOLE VOTING POWER

 

                38,247,893 (See Item 5)

 

  8    SHARED VOTING POWER

 

                0

 

  9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                38,247,893 (See Item 5)

 

10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

                0

11  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

            38,247,893 (See Item 5)

   
12  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

 

  ¨
13  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

            52.4% (See Item 5)

   
14  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

            OO

   

 

 

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Westend S.A. (“Westend”), Stichting Administratiekantoor Westend (the “Stichting”), Mr. Pascal Minne, Artal Holdings Sp. z o.o., Succursale de Luxembourg (“Artal Holdings”) and Artal International Management S.A. (“Artal International Management”) hereby amend, as set forth below, their Statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2004, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2006, Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2006, Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 2, 2007, Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2009 and Amendment No. 5 to Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2011 (the “Statement”), relating to the common stock, no par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of Weight Watchers International, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), to account for a recent sale of Common Stock. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to them in the Statement.

 

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Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

The responses to Item 5(a), Item 5(b) and Item 5(c) of the Statement are hereby amended and restated by the following:

(a)-(b) The information contained on the cover pages of this Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D is incorporated herein by reference.

As of the date hereof, Artal Holdings is the record owner of 38,247,893 shares, or approximately 52.4%, of the Common Stock outstanding (based on 73,031,820 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on April 30, 2011). Artal Luxembourg S.A. holds an irrevocable proxy with respect to 15,000,000 of these shares. Artal Holdings is a subsidiary of Artal Luxembourg S.A., which is a subsidiary of Artal International S.C.A., which is managed by its managing partner, Artal International Management, which is a subsidiary of Artal Group S.A. (together with Artal Holdings, Artal Luxembourg S.A., Artal International S.C.A. and Artal International Management, the “Artal Entities”), which is a subsidiary of Westend, which is a subsidiary of the Stichting, whose sole member of the Board is Mr. Pascal Minne. Consequently, each of the Reporting Persons may be deemed, for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock held of record by Artal Holdings.

(c) Other than a sale on May 26, 2011, by Artal Holdings to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated of 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock at a price per share of $83.66 in a transaction pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, there have been no transactions in shares of Common Stock by any of the Reporting Persons or by any individuals or entities named in Item 2 of the Statement during the past 60 days.

 

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SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

WESTEND S.A.
By:  

/s/ Pascal Minne

Name:  

Mr. Pascal Minne

Title:   Director
STICHTING ADMINISTRATIEKANTOOR WESTEND
By:  

/s/ Pascal Minne

Name:   Mr. Pascal Minne
Title:   Sole Member of the Board
MR. PASCAL MINNE

/s/ Pascal Minne

ARTAL HOLDINGS SP. Z O.O., SUCCURSALE DE LUXEMBOURG
By:  

/s/ Audrey Le Pit

Name:   Audrey Le Pit
Title:   Branch Manager
ARTAL INTERNATIONAL
MANAGEMENT S.A.
By:  

/s/ Anne Goffard

Name:   Anne Goffard
Title:   Managing Director

Dated: June 1, 2011

 

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