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Full Year Fiscal 2018 Earnings Guidance
The Company is updating its full year fiscal 2018 earnings guidance to between $3.15 and $3.25 per fully diluted share. Prior earnings guidance was between $3.10 and $3.25 per fully diluted share. This guidance reflects the Company’s strong operating performance, as well as a lower tax rate.
Third Quarter 2018 Conference Call and Webcast
The Company has scheduled a conference call today at 5:00 p.m. ET. During the conference call, Mindy Grossman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Nicholas Hotchkin, Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the third quarter of fiscal 2018 results and answer questions from the investment community. Live audio of the conference call will be simultaneously webcast on the Company’s corporate website, corporate.ww.com, in the Investors section under Presentations and Events. A replay of the webcast will be available on this site for approximately 90 days.
Statement regardingNon-GAAP Financial Measures
The following provides information regardingnon-GAAP financial measures used in this earnings release:
To supplement the Company’s consolidated results presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), the Company has disclosednon-GAAP financial measures of operating results that exclude or adjust certain items. The Company presents in the attachments to this release thenon-GAAP financial measure earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and stock-based compensation (“EBITDAS”). In addition, the Company presents certain of its financial results on a constant currency basis in addition to GAAP results. Constant currency information compares results between periods as if exchange rates had remained constant period-over-period. In this release and any attachments, the Company calculates constant currency by calculating current-year results using prior-year foreign currency exchange rates.
Management believes thesenon-GAAP financial measures provide useful supplemental information for its and investors’ evaluation of the Company’s business performance and are useful for period-over-period comparisons of the performance of the Company’s business. While management believes that thesenon-GAAP financial measures are useful in evaluating the Company’s business, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, thesenon-GAAP financial measures may not be the same as similarly entitled measures reported by other companies. See “Reconciliation ofNon-GAAP Financial Measures” attached to this release and reconciliations, if any, included elsewhere in this release for a reconciliation of thenon-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.
About Weight Watchers International, Inc.
WW is a global wellness company and the world’s leading commercial weight management program. We inspire millions of people to adopt healthy habits for real life. Through our engaging digital experience andface-to-face group workshops, members follow our livable and sustainable program that encompasses healthy eating, physical activity, and a positive mindset. With more than five decades of experience in building communities and our deep expertise in behavioral science, we aim to deliver wellness for all. To learn more about the WW approach to healthy living, please visitww.com. For more information about our global business, visit our corporate website atcorporate.ww.com.
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