Filing Details
- Accession Number:
- 0000902664-19-002070
- Form Type:
- 13G Filing
- Publication Date:
- 2019-05-01 06:17:00
- Filed By:
- Eminence Capital
- Company:
- Ww International Inc. (NASDAQ:WW)
- Filing Date:
- 2019-05-01
- SEC Url:
- 13G Filing
Please notice the below summary table is generated without human intervention and may contain errors. Please refer to the complete filing displayed below for exact figures.
| Name | Sole Voting Power | Shared Voting Power | Sole Dispositive Power | Shared Dispositive Power | Aggregate Amount Owned Power | Percent of Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eminence Capital | 0 | 4,597,121 | 0 | 4,597,121 | 4,597,121 | 6.9% |
| Eminence GP | 0 | 2,680,968 | 0 | 2,680,968 | 2,680,968 | 4.0% |
| Eminence GP II | 0 | 353,986 | 0 | 353,986 | 353,986 | 0.5% |
| Ricky C. Sandler | 0 | 4,597,121 | 0 | 4,597,121 | 4,597,121 | 6.9% |
| SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | |
| Washington, D.C. 20549 | |
| SCHEDULE 13G | |
| Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | |
| Weight Watchers International, Inc. | |
| (Name of Issuer) | |
| Common Stock, no par value | |
| (Title of Class of Securities) | |
| 948626106 | |
| (CUSIP Number) | |
| April 29, 2019 | |
| (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement) | |
| Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: | |
| ¨ | Rule 13d-1(b) |
| ☒ | Rule 13d-1(c) |
| ¨ | Rule 13d-1(d) |
| (Page 1 of 11 Pages) | |
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*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 the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in 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).
| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Eminence Capital, LP | |||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) ¨ (b) S | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | |||
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware | |||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER 0 | ||
| 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER 4,597,121 | |||
| 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 | |||
| 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 4,597,121 | |||
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 4,597,121 | |||
| 10 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ¨ | ||
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 6.9% | |||
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IA | |||
| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Eminence GP, LLC | |||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) ¨ (b) S | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | |||
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware | |||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER 0 | ||
| 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER 2,680,968 | |||
| 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 | |||
| 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 2,680,968 | |||
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 2,680,968 | |||
| 10 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ¨ | ||
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 4.0% | |||
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO | |||
| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Eminence GP II, LLC | |||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) ¨ (b) S | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | |||
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware | |||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER 0 | ||
| 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER 353,986 | |||
| 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 | |||
| 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 353,986 | |||
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 353,986 | |||
| 10 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ¨ | ||
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 0.5% | |||
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON OO | |||
| 1 | NAME OF REPORTING PERSON Ricky C. Sandler | |||
| 2 | CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP | (a) ¨ (b) S | ||
| 3 | SEC USE ONLY | |||
| 4 | CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States | |||
| NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: | 5 | SOLE VOTING POWER 0 | ||
| 6 | SHARED VOTING POWER 4,597,121 | |||
| 7 | SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 0 | |||
| 8 | SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 4,597,121 | |||
| 9 | AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 4,597,121 | |||
| 10 | CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES | ¨ | ||
| 11 | PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 6.9% | |||
| 12 | TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON IN | |||
| Item 1(a). | Name of Issuer |
| The name of the issuer is Weight Watchers International, Inc. (the "Company"). |
| Item 1(b). | Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices |
| The Company's principal executive offices are located at 675 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010. |
| Item 2. | Name of Person Filing: |
| This statement is filed on behalf of each of the following persons (collectively, the "Reporting Persons"): | |
| (i) Eminence Capital, LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Eminence Capital"); | |
| (ii) Eminence GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Eminence GP"); and | |
| (iii) Eminence GP II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Eminence GP II"); and | |
| (iv) Ricky C. Sandler, a U.S. Citizen ("Mr. Sandler"). | |
| This statement relates to shares of Common Stock (as defined in Item 2(d) below) held for the accounts of: | |
| (i) Eminence Partners, L.P., a New York limited partnership ("Eminence I"); Eminence Partners II, L.P., a New York limited partnership ("Eminence II"); Eminence Eaglewood Master, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Eminence Eaglewood"); Eminence Partners Long, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with Eminence I, Eminence II and Eminence Eaglewood, the "Partnerships"); as well as Eminence Fund Master, Ltd., a Cayman Islands company ("Eminence Offshore Master Fund"); Eminence Fund Leveraged Master, Ltd., a Cayman Islands company (together with Eminence Offshore Master Fund, the "Master Funds"), Eminence Fund II Master, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Eminence Fund II") and Eminence Fund Long, Ltd., a Cayman Islands company ("Eminence Offshore Long"). The Partnerships, Master Funds, Eminence Fund II and Eminence Offshore Long are collectively referred to as the "Eminence Funds"; and | |
| (ii) Separately managed accounts (the "SMAs"); | |
| Eminence Capital serves as the management company to the Eminence Funds with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by the Eminence Funds and the investment adviser to the SMAs with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by the SMAs. Eminence Capital may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held for the accounts of the Eminence Funds and the SMAs. | |
| Eminence GP serves as general partner or manager with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by the Partnerships and Master Funds and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held for the accounts of the Partnerships and Master Funds. | |
Eminence GP II serves as the general partner with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by Eminence Fund II and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the shares held for the accounts of Eminence Fund II. |
| Mr. Sandler is the Chief Executive Officer of Eminence Capital and the Managing Member of Eminence GP and Eminence GP II and may be deemed to have voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares of Common Stock directly owned by the Eminence Funds and the SMAs, as applicable. | |
| The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that any of the Reporting Persons is, for the purposes of Section 13G of the Act, the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock reported herein. |
| Item 2(b). | Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence: |
| The address of the principal business and principal office of Eminence GP, Eminence GP II and Eminence Capital is 399 Park Avenue, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10022. The business address of Mr. Sandler is 399 Park Avenue, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10022. |
| Item 2(c). | Citizenship |
| (i) Eminence Capital, a Delaware limited partnership; | |
| (ii) Eminence GP, a Delaware limited liability company; | |
(iii) Eminence GP II, a Delaware limited liability company; and | |
| (iv) Mr. Sandler is a United States citizen. |
| Item 2(d). | Title of Class of Securities |
| Common Stock, no par value (the "Common Stock"). |
| Item 2(e). | CUSIP Number |
| 948626106 |
| Item 3. | If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a: |
| (a) | ¨ | Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act; | |
| (b) | ¨ | Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act; | |
| (c) | ¨ | Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act; | |
| (d) | ¨ | Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940; | |
| (e) | ¨ | An investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E); | |
| (f) | ¨ | An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F); |
| (g) | ¨ | A parent holding company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G); | |
| (h) | ¨ | A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; | |
| (i) | ¨ | A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act; | |
| (j) | ¨ | A non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J); | |
| (k) | ¨ | Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). |
| If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), | ||||
| please specify the type of institution: | ||||
| Item 4. | Ownership | |
| A. Eminence Capital, LP | ||
| (a) | Amount beneficially owned: 4,597,121 | |
| (b) | Percent of class: 6.9%. The percentages used herein and in the rest of Item 4 are calculated based upon the 66,975,962 shares outstanding as of March 21, 2019, as set forth in the Issuer's Proxy Statement filed pursuant to Section 14(a), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2019. | |
| (c) | (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0 | |
| (ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 4,597,121 | ||
| (iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 | ||
| (iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 4,597,121 | ||
| B. Eminence GP, LLC | ||
| (a) | Amount beneficially owned: 2,680,968 | |
| (b) | Percent of class: 4.0% | |
| (c) | (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0 | |
| (ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 2,680,968 | ||
| (iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 | ||
| (iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 2,680,968 | ||
| C. Eminence GP II, LLC | ||
| (a) | Amount beneficially owned: 353,986 | |
| (b) | Percent of class: 0.5% | |
| (c) | (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0 | |
| (ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 353,986 | ||
| (iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 | ||
| (iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 353,986 | ||
| D. Ricky C. Sandler | ||
| (a) | Amount beneficially owned: 4,597,121 | |
| (b) | Percent of class: 6.9% | |
| (c) | (i) Sole power to vote or direct the vote: 0 | |
| (ii) Shared power to vote or direct the vote: 4,597,121 | ||
| (iii) Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0 | ||
| (iv) Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 4,597,121 | ||
| Item 5. | Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class |
| Not Applicable. |
| Item 6. | Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person |
| Not Applicable. |
| Item 7. | Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company. |
| Not Applicable. |
| Item 8. | Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. |
| Not Applicable. |
| Item 9. | Notice of Dissolution of Group. |
| Not Applicable. |
| Item 10. | Certification |
| Each of the Reporting Persons hereby makes the following certification: | |
| By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. |
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his or its knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
DATE: May 1, 2019
| /s/ Ricky C. Sandler | |
| Ricky C. Sandler, individually; as | |
| Managing Member of Eminence Capital GP, LLC, the General Partner of Eminence Capital, LP; | |
| as Managing Member of Eminence GP, LLC; and | |
| as Managing Member of Eminence GP II, LLC |
EXHIBIT 1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(k)
The undersigned acknowledge and agree that the foregoing statement on Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned and that all subsequent amendments to this statement on Schedule 13G shall be filed on behalf of each of the undersigned without the necessity of filing additional joint filing agreements. The undersigned acknowledge that each shall be responsible for the timely filing of such amendments, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning him or it contained herein and therein, but shall not be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning the others, except to the extent that he or it knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.
DATE: May 1, 2019
| /s/ Ricky C. Sandler | |
| Ricky C. Sandler, individually; as | |
| Managing Member of Eminence Capital GP, LLC, the General Partner of Eminence Capital, LP; | |
| as Managing Member of Eminence GP, LLC; and | |
| as Managing Member of Eminence GP II, LLC |