---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-077921"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WW"
cik: "0000105319"
company_name: "WW INTERNATIONAL, INC."
filed_at: "2023-03-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T17:30:54.914835+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WW International announces board changes: Chairman Debbane to step down, Semmelbauer named Chairman, Brown nominated

## Summary
- Raymond Debbane and Jonas Fajgenbaum will not stand for re-election at the May 9, 2023 annual meeting.
- Thilo Semmelbauer appointed Chairman of the Board effective May 9, 2023.
- Tracey D. Brown nominated for election as a Class I director at the annual meeting.
- Board size to be reduced from 11 to 10 members following the annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-077921
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WW
- cik: 0000105319
- company_name: WW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-03-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105319/000119312523077921/0001193125-23-077921-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105319/000119312523077921/d470130d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-077921
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-077921.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-077921.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Raymond Debbane resigned as Chairman of the Board at WW INTERNATIONAL, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: Mr. Debbane also resigned from his role as Chairman of the Board (“Chairman”) effective as of the midnight prior to the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105319/000119312523077921/0001193125-23-077921-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tracey D. Brown was appointed as Director at WW INTERNATIONAL, INC..
  - Action: nominated
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board unanimously nominated Tracey D. Brown, a former member of the Board from February 2019 to January 2022, to stand for election as a Class I director of the Board at the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105319/000119312523077921/0001193125-23-077921-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jonas M. Fajgenbaum departed as Director at WW INTERNATIONAL, INC..
  - Action: not standing for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Jonas M. Fajgenbaum each notified the Secretary of WW International, Inc. (the “Company”) that he would not be standing for re-election as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) at the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 9, 2023 (the “2023 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105319/000119312523077921/0001193125-23-077921-index.htm
- Executive change
  Thilo Semmelbauer was appointed as Chairman of the Board at WW INTERNATIONAL, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chairman of the Board
  source text: The Board unanimously appointed Thilo Semmelbauer to serve as Chairman effective as of 12:01 a.m. the morning of the 2023 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105319/000119312523077921/0001193125-23-077921-index.htm

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