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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-141944"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WW"
cik: "0000105319"
company_name: "WW INTERNATIONAL, INC."
filed_at: "2026-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:29:44.476238+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# WW CEO Tara Comonte resigns; OCEO established; legal chief Cooke departs with $1.5M separation

## Summary
- CEO Tara Comonte resigned March 31, 2026; Board established Office of the CEO with CFO DellaFortuna and COO Volkmann effective April 3.
- Chief Legal Officer Jacqueline Cooke resigns April 10; receives $1.5M cash separation plus health benefits; Debra Cotter succeeds her.
- Directors Julie Bornstein and Fallon O'Connor resign April 1, not due to disagreement; Board reduced from 7 to 4 directors.
- Bylaws amended to set minimum directors at 3 (down from 5), range 3 to 15; Transition Committee formed to find permanent CEO.
- Company reaffirms Q1 2026 subscriber estimates and full-year 2026 financial guidance provided on March 16, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-141944
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WW
- cik: 0000105319
- company_name: WW INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105319/000119312526141944/0001193125-26-141944-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105319/000119312526141944/d73119d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: f1e8a1fba72c09754c05c7fb2ea4d77f3c31c8ca
  claim: WW INTERNATIONAL, INC.: Amended Section 2.1 of Article II of Amended and Restated Bylaws to change the range for authorized number of directors from a minimum of five to a minimum of three, keeping the maximum at 15 (effective 2026-04-03).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 3, 2026, the Board amended Article II, Section 2.1 of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Bylaws”), effective immediately, to change the authorized number of directors to be no less than three and no more than 15, with the number of directors to be fixed by resolution adopted by the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/105319/000119312526141944/0001193125-26-141944-index.htm

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