-------- UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ----------------------------- FORM 4 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL -------- ----------------------------- / / CHECK THIS BOX IF NO STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB NUMBER: 3235-0287 LONGER SUBJECT TO EXPIRES: JANUARY 31, 2005 SECTION 16. FORM 4 OR Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, ESTIMATED AVERAGE BURDEN FORM 5 OBLIGATIONS MAY Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or HOURS PER RESPONSE .... 0.5 CONTINUE. SEE Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ----------------------------- INSTRUCTION 1(b). (Print or Type Responses) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Penn Scott Weight Watchers International, Inc. ---- ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officer (give Other (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. I.R.S. Identification 4. Statement for _X__ title ---- (specify Number of Reporting Month/Day/Year below) below) c/o Weight Watchers International, Inc. Person, if an entity Vice President Australasia 175 Crossways Park West (voluntary) 01/23/03 ----------------- ------------------ -------------------------------------------- --------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Street) 5. If Amendment, (Check Applicable Line) Date of Original _X_Form filed by One Reporting Person (Month/Day/Year) ___Form filed by More than One Woodbury New York 11797 Reporting Person ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of 2. Trans- 2A. Deemed 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature Security action Execution action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship of In- (Instr. 3) Date Date, Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form: direct if any (Instr. 8) Owned Follow- Direct Bene- (Month/ (Month/ ing Reported (D) or ficial Day/ Day/ ------------------------------------------ Transaction(s) Indirect Owner- Year) Year) (A) or (Instr. 3 (I) ship Code V Amount (D) Price and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, 01/23/03 M 65,875 A $2.125 291,492 D no par value ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, 01/23/03 M 16,469 A $2.125 87,583 I Through no par value Spouse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FORM 4 (CONTINUED) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 3A. Deemed 4. Transac- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exer- (Instr. 3) sion or action Execution tion Code ative Securities Ac- cisable and Ex- Exercise Date Date, (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Dis- piration Date Price of (Month/ if any posed of (D) (Month/Day/ Deriv- Day/ (Month/ (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) Year) ative Year) Day/ Security Year) -------------------------------------- ---------------- Date Expira- Exer- tion Code V (A) (D) cisable Date ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Options (right to buy) $2.125 01-23-03 M 65,875 See Note 1 12/17/09 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Options (right to buy) $2.125 01-23-03 M 16,469 See Note 2 12/17/09 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Title and Amount of 8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Underlying Securities Derivative Derivative Form of Indirect (Instr. 3 and 4) Security Securities Derivative Beneficial (Instr. 5) Beneficially Securities: Ownership Owned Direct (D) or (Instr. 4) Following Indirect (I) Reported (Instr. 4) Transaction(s) ----------------------- (Instr. 4) Title Amount or Number of Shares ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, 65,875 32,937 D no par value ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, 16,469 8,235 I Through no par value Spouse ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /s/ Scott Penn 01/24/03 ----------------------------------- ----------- Scott Penn Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 4(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. Explanation of Responses: Note 1: Options for 94,107 shares were granted to Mr. Penn on December 17, 1999 that vest on the following schedule: 10% on December 17, 1999; 15% on December 30, 2000; 20% on December 29, 2001; 20% on December 28, 2008; 20% on January 3, 2003; and 15% on January 1, 2004. Options for 188,215 shares were granted on December 17, 1999 that, subject to meeting certain EBITDA targets, vest on the following schedule: 25% on December 30, 2000; 25% on December 29, 2001; 25% on December 28, 2002; 12.5% on January 3, 2003; and 12.5% on January 1, 2004. Note 2: Options for 70,581 shares were granted on December 17, 1999 to the spouse of Mr. Penn. 23,527 of these options vest on the following schedule: 10% on December 17, 1999; 15% on December 30, 2000; 20% on December 29, 2001; 20% on December 28, 2002; 20% on January 3, 2003; and 15% on January 1, 2004. 47,054 of these options, subject to meeting certain EBITDA targets, vest on the following schedule: 25% on December 30, 2000; 25% on December 29, 2001; 25% on December 28, 2002; 12.5% on January 3, 2003; and 12.5% on January 1, 2004.

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