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WW International, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 1/1/22 – ‘XML’

On:  Tuesday, 3/1/22, at 4:43pm ET   ·   For:  1/1/22   ·   Accession #:  1564590-22-8076   ·   File #:  1-16769

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/01/22  WW International, Inc.            10-K        1/01/22  117:22M                                    ActiveDisclosure/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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15: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    158K 
16: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     42K 
17: R4          Consolidated Statements of Net Income               HTML    126K 
18: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     85K 
19: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Total         HTML     71K 
                Deficit                                                          
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21: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     37K 
22: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     67K 
23: R10         Accounting Standards Adopted in Current Year        HTML     46K 
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25: R12         Revenue                                             HTML    251K 
26: R13         Acquisitions                                        HTML     40K 
27: R14         Franchise Rights Acquired, Goodwill and Other       HTML    186K 
                Intangible Assets                                                
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29: R16         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    227K 
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31: R18         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     91K 
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33: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML    326K 
34: R21         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML     41K 
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36: R23         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     44K 
37: R24         Segment and Geographic Data                         HTML    326K 
38: R25         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     69K 
39: R26         Derivative Instruments and Hedging                  HTML     38K 
40: R27         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML    199K 
41: R28         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements           HTML     46K 
42: R29         Related Party                                       HTML     41K 
43: R30         Restructuring                                       HTML     74K 
44: R31         Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves      HTML    193K 
45: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    104K 
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47: R34         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML    250K 
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                Intangible Assets (Tables)                                       
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
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                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
62: R49         Leases - Schedule of Lease Assets and Lease         HTML     57K 
                Liabilities (Detail)                                             
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66: R53         Leases - Schedule of Maturity of Lease Liabilities  HTML     84K 
                (Detail)                                                         
67: R54         Leases - Summary of Supplemental Cash Flow          HTML     44K 
                Information Related to Leases (Detail)                           
68: R55         Revenue - Schedule of Revenues Disaggregated by     HTML     45K 
                Revenue Source (Detail)                                          
69: R56         Revenue - Schedule of Revenues Disaggregated by     HTML     73K 
                Revenue Source and Segment (Detail)                              
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                Intangible Assets - Additional Information                       
                (Detail)                                                         
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                Intangible Assets - Change in Carrying Amount of                 
                Goodwill (Detail)                                                
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                Intangible Assets - Schedule of Carrying Values of               
                Finite-lived Intangible Assets (Detail)                          
76: R63         Franchise Rights Acquired, Goodwill and Other       HTML     42K 
                Intangible Assets - Schedule of Estimated                        
                Amortization Expense of Finite-lived Intangible                  
                Assets (Detail)                                                  
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78: R65         Property and Equipment - Additional Information     HTML     33K 
                (Detail)                                                         
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                (Detail)                                                         
80: R67         Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)    HTML    257K 
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                (Detail)                                                         
82: R69         Treasury Stock - Additional Information (Detail)    HTML     38K 
83: R70         Earnings Per Share - Computation of Basic and       HTML     67K 
                Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail)                              
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                (Detail)                                                         
85: R72         Stock Plans - Additional Information (Detail)       HTML    133K 
86: R73         Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair  HTML     50K 
                Value of Option Award on Grand Date (Detail)                     
87: R74         Summary of Option Activity and Initial Option       HTML     67K 
                Agreement (Detail)                                               
88: R75         Summary of RSU Activity Under Stock Plans (Detail)  HTML     56K 
89: R76         Summary of PSU Activity Under Stock Plans (Detail)  HTML     53K 
90: R77         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     89K 
91: R78         Income Taxes - Summary of Consolidated Provision    HTML     60K 
                for US Federal State and Foreign Taxes on Income                 
                (Detail)                                                         
92: R79         Income Taxes - Components of Consolidated Income    HTML     41K 
                Before Income Taxes (Detail)                                     
93: R80         Income Taxes - Summary of Differences Between U.S.  HTML     68K 
                Federal Statutory Tax Rate and Company's                         
                Consolidated Effective Tax Rate (Detail)                         
94: R81         Income Taxes - Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities  HTML     67K 
                (Detail)                                                         
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                Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits                       
                (Detail)                                                         
96: R83         Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information     HTML     50K 
                (Detail)                                                         
97: R84         Cash Flow Information - Schedule of Cash Flow,      HTML     43K 
                Supplemental Disclosures (Detail)                                
98: R85         Cash Flow Information - Schedule of Cash Flow,      HTML     33K 
                Supplemental Disclosures (Parenthetical) (Detail)                
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                Information (Detail)                                             
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                Information (Detail)                                             
101: R88         Segment and Geographic Data - Information About     HTML    107K  
                Reportable Segments (Detail)                                     
102: R89         Segment and Geographic Data - Sources of Revenue    HTML     67K  
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103: R90         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     53K  
                (Detail)                                                         
104: R91         Fair Value Measurements - Aggregate Fair Value of   HTML     38K  
                Derivative Financial Instruments (Detail)                        
105: R92         Derivative Instruments and Hedging - Additional     HTML     82K  
                Information (Detail)                                             
106: R93         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Changes in   HTML     69K  
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss by Component                
                (Detail)                                                         
107: R94         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss -              HTML     50K  
                Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other                       
                Comprehensive Loss (Detail)                                      
108: R95         Related Party - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     70K  
109: R96         Restructuring - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     71K  
110: R97         Restructuring - Components of Restructuring         HTML     44K  
                Expenses (Detail)                                                
111: R98         Restructuring - Schedule of Restructuring Expenses  HTML     44K  
                (Detail)                                                         
112: R99         Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves      HTML     50K  
                (Detail)                                                         
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