UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 8, 2010
Weatherford International Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Switzerland
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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001-34258
Commission File Number
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98-0606750
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
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4-6 Rue Jean-François Bartholoni
1204 Geneva
Switzerland
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Not Applicable
(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: +41-22-816-1500
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On April 8, 2010, the Compensation Committee (the Committee) of our board of directors approved
an amendment to our Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the Plan) to allow participants a
one-time option to convert their vested, fixed-amount dollar-denominated benefits under the plan
into equity-denominated benefits. The amendment does not provide participants in the Plan with new
or additional compensation, nor does it accelerate the timing of the payment of any benefits under
than Plan.
The amendment permits a participant in the Plan to make a one-time, irrevocable election on or
before June 7, 2010, to convert between 50% and 100% of his or her cash balance under the Plan into
units representing the right to receive Weatherford registered shares (the Notional Share Units).
The number of Notional Share Units into which a participants balance is converted will be based on
the closing price of our shares on the New York Stock Exchange on the effective date of the
participants election.
As our executives are currently subject to our regularly-scheduled quarterly trading blackout
pending our announcement of first quarter earnings, participants in the Plan will not be able to
make this election until that blackout expires.
The Plan participants right to accumulate LIBOR-based interest on their Plan cash balances will
terminate for any portion of the balance converted to Notional Share Units. Upon a distribution
event under the Plan (generally, a participants termination of employment for any reason) , we
will deliver to the Plan participant (i) any cash balance plus interest that has not been converted
into Notional Share Units and (ii) a number of Weatherford registered shares equal to the number of
Notional Share Units held by the participant.
This description of the amendment of the Plan is a summary and is qualified by the terms of the
amendment to the Plan, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by
reference into this Item 5.02.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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10.1 |
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Second Amendment to the Weatherford International Ltd. Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
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/s/ JOSEPH C. HENRY
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Joseph C. Henry, Vice President |
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April 9, 2010