UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

WATSON WYATT WORLDWIDE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

703-258-8000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

n/a
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.02.     Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

In a press release on August 12, 2008, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) announced and commented on its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2008 and provided its financial outlook for fiscal 2009. A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 (c) Exhibits.      The following exhibit is furnished with this report:

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc.

(Registrant)