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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
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
March 22, 2020
NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Bermuda
001-32657
98-0363970
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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Crown House
4 Par-la-Ville Road
Second Floor
Hamilton
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HM08
Bermuda
N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(441)
292-1510
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common shares
NBR
NYSE
Preferred shares – Series A
NBR.PRA
NYSE
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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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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On March 22, 2020, Nabors Industries Ltd. ("Nabors") announced that, for the remainder of 2020, (i) the base salary of Mr. Anthony G. Petrello, Nabors' Chairman, President and CEO, would be reduced an additional 10 percent on top of the 10 percent reduction in place since the beginning of 2019 and (ii) the base salary of Mr. William Restrepo, Nabors' Chief Financial Officer, would be reduced by 20 percent.
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SIGNATURE
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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.
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NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD.
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Date:  March 25, 2020
By:
/s/Mark D. Andrews
Mark D. Andrews
Corporate Secretary
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