Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  WESTEND SA
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/11/2003
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL INC [WTW]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
105, GRAND-RUE, L-1661
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
08/11/2003
(Street)

LUXEMBOURG N4 00000 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, no par value 4,493,258
I
By Artal Participations & Management S.A. (1)
Common Stock, no par value 59,772,567
I
By Artal Luxembourg S.A. (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
WESTEND SA
105, GRAND-RUE, L-1661
LUXEMBOURG N4 00000 
    X    

Signatures

Westend S.A. By: Pascal Minne, Director 03/10/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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).
(1) Westend S.A. is the parent company of Artal Group S.A. Artal Group S.A. is the parent company of Artal International S.A., which, in turn, is the parent company of Artal Services N.V. Artal Services N.V. is the parent company of Artal Participations & Management S.A. Artal Participations & Management S.A. is the record holder of 4,493,258 shares which were previously reported by Artal Participations & Management S.A. on a Form 3 dated August 13, 2003. Hereafter, Westend S.A. will be the Reporting Person for the shares.
(2) Westend S.A., is the parent company of Artal Group S.A. Artal Group S.A. is the parent company of Artal International S.A., which, in turn, is the parent company of Artal Luxembourg S.A. Artal Luxembourg S.A. is the record holder of 59,772,567 shares which were previously reported by Artal Luxembourg S.A. on a Form 3 dated November 14, 2001 and on Form 4s dated September 19, 2002 and August 13, 2003. Hereafter, Westend S.A. will be the Reporting Person for the shares.

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