Weatherford International Ltd.
EANS-Adhoc: Weatherford International Ltd.
Weatherford Announces Results of
Annual General Meeting
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Annual & Special Corporate Meetings
20.06.2013
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 20, 2013 -- Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE /
Euronext Paris / SIX: WFT) announces the voting results of its annual general
meeting of shareholders held today and informs its shareholders that a Form 8-K
will be filed later today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") providing additional details. At Weatherford's annual general meeting
of shareholders all agenda items passed with one exception. The approved items
include an amendment to Weatherford's articles of association to authorize
issuable authorized share capital in an amount equal to 18.22% of current stated
capital and grant an authorization to the Board of Directors to issue shares
from authorized share capital for the period from June 20, 2013 to June 20,
2015, as well as the reelection of all directors. The agenda item relating to
the discharge of liabilities with respect to officers and directors for fiscal
year 2012 did not pass. The Form 8-K will provide additional details on the
voting results, as well as other information regarding new and departing
officers and directors. A full copy of the amended and restated articles of
association will also be attached to the Form 8-K.
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Weatherford International Ltd. makes available free of charge on its website,
its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports
on Form 8-K, reports filed pursuant to Section 16 of the U.S. Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments to those reports filed with or furnished to
the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable after Weatherford International Ltd.
electronically files these documents with, or furnishes them to, the SEC. These
documents are posted on Weatherford International Ltd.'s website at
http://www.weatherford.com under "Investor Relations."
The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy statements and other
information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. These
materials may be obtained electronically by accessing the SEC's home page at
http://www.sec.gov.
Further inquiry note:
Copies of the above referenced information will also be made available, free of
charge, by calling or upon written request to:
Weatherford International Ltd.
Investor Relations
4-6 Rue Jean-Francois Bartholoni
1204 Geneva, Switzerland
Contacts: John H. Briscoe +1.713.836.4610
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
Karen David-Green
Vice President - Investor
Relations +1.713.836.7430
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issuer: Weatherford International Ltd.
Rue Jean-Francois Bartholoni 4-6
CH-1204 Geneva
phone: +41.22.816.1500
FAX: +41.22.816.1599
mail: karen.david-green@weatherford.com
WWW: http://www.weatherford.com
sector: Oil & Gas - Upstream activities
ISIN: CH0038838394
indexes:
stockmarkets: Main Standard: SIX Swiss Exchange, stock market: New York, Euronext
Paris
language: English