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UNITED STATES

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on June 25, 2019.

 

    

WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL PLC

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

 

WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL PLC

ATTN: CHRISTINA M. IBRAHIM

WESTSTRASSE 1

6340 BAAR, SWITZERLAND

  

 

Meeting Information

  

 

Meeting Type:        Annual General Meeting

  

 

For holders as of:   April 26, 2019

  

 

Date: June 25, 2019     Time: 10:00 AM CET

  

 

Location:   Lorzensaal Cham

                       Cham
                       Canton of Zug
  

                    Switzerland

 

 

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Voting Items      

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR

the following proposals:

 

1.

 Election of Directors

 Nominees:

  1a.

Mohamed A. Awad

 

  1b.

Roxanne J. Decyk

 

  1c.

John D. Gass

 

  1d.

Emyr Jones Parry

 

  1e.

Francis S. Kalman

 

  1f.

David S. King

 

  1g.

William E. Macaulay

 

  1h.

Mark A. McCollum

 

  1i.

Angela A. Minas

 

  1j.

Guillermo Ortiz

 

2.

To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and auditor for the financial year ending December 31, 2019 and KPMG Chartered Accountants, Dublin, as the Company’s statutory auditor under Irish law to hold office until the close of the 2020 AGM, and to authorize the Board of Directors of the Company, acting through the Audit Committee, to determine the auditors’ remuneration.

3.

To approve, in an advisory vote, the compensation of our named executive officers.

 

4.

To approve a reverse stock split (i.e., a consolidation of share capital under Irish law) whereby every 20 ordinary shares of $0.001 each be consolidated into 1 ordinary share.

 

5.

To approve an increase of the Company’s authorized share capital by the creation of an additional 33,900,000 ordinary shares.

 

6.

To grant the Board the authority to issue shares under Irish law.

 

7.

To grant the Board the power to opt-out of statutory pre-emption rights under Irish law.

 

8.

To approve an amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

 

9.

To approve an amendment to the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

 

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