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<title>wft-20210526</title></head><body><div style="display:none"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="i3a97e8c81aec415a8fba937dd110ec1b_D20210526-20210526" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmU3NTUyZDNkNjYxYjQ5MGM5NTQ5ZGExMDZlYjY5ZTFhL3NlYzplNzU1MmQzZDY2MWI0OTBjOTU0OWRhMTA2ZWI2OWUxYV80L2ZyYWc6OWJkYTcwYjU5Y2JjNGZjNWE2ZGU0YWMzNDc3N2I2YTUvdGFibGU6YmRkMDdhMDg1MTM4NDk2YmFmYjIyMWU5ZTFiMzBjYjMvdGFibGVyYW5nZTpiZGQwN2EwODUxMzg0OTZiYWZiMjIxZTllMWIzMGNiM18yLTEtMS0xLTA_bcfe59c0-5a00-4a05-a746-d2d0f74394e3">0001603923</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="i3a97e8c81aec415a8fba937dd110ec1b_D20210526-20210526" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" 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style="padding-left:18pt;padding-right:18pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:97.293%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="i3a97e8c81aec415a8fba937dd110ec1b_D20210526-20210526" name="dei:DocumentType" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmU3NTUyZDNkNjYxYjQ5MGM5NTQ5ZGExMDZlYjY5ZTFhL3NlYzplNzU1MmQzZDY2MWI0OTBjOTU0OWRhMTA2ZWI2OWUxYV8xL2ZyYWc6MmY1ZWQ0ZmE1ZTc2NGM1NTk0YmIzMTI0MmRlY2Q2ZWEvdGV4dHJlZ2lvbjoyZjVlZDRmYTVlNzY0YzU1OTRiYjMxMjQyZGVjZDZlYV8xNTc0_5f8b850d-eb79-48bc-bd58-adb21bb6ee10">8-K</ix:nonNumeric> </span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CURRENT REPORT</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Pursuant to Section&#160;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="i3a97e8c81aec415a8fba937dd110ec1b_D20210526-20210526" format="ixt:datemonthdayyearen" name="dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmU3NTUyZDNkNjYxYjQ5MGM5NTQ5ZGExMDZlYjY5ZTFhL3NlYzplNzU1MmQzZDY2MWI0OTBjOTU0OWRhMTA2ZWI2OWUxYV8xL2ZyYWc6MmY1ZWQ0ZmE1ZTc2NGM1NTk0YmIzMTI0MmRlY2Q2ZWEvdGV4dHJlZ2lvbjoyZjVlZDRmYTVlNzY0YzU1OTRiYjMxMjQyZGVjZDZlYV8yMjk_603a868b-dc33-49a9-8daf-f0674abf485e">May 26, 2021</ix:nonNumeric></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#168;</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:45pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><div id="ie7552d3d661b490c9549da106eb69e1a_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.373%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">At the Annual Meeting 58,117,594 ordinary shares, nominal value $0.001 per share, or approximately 82.88%, of the 70,120,153 issued and outstanding ordinary shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting were present in person or by proxies.</span></div><div style="text-indent:22.5pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:22.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Set forth below are the results of the matters voted upon by the shareholders at Annual Meeting.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.087%"></td><td 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Election of the following directors:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Benjamin C. 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Saligram</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">57,936,072</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">170,642</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10,880</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8211;</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Charles M. Sledge</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">57,764,771</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">344,508</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8,315</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8211;</span></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Votes For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Votes Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Votes Abstaining</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Broker Non-Votes</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Item 2.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm and auditor for the financial year ending December 31, 2021 and to authorize the board of directors of the Company, acting through the Audit Committee, to determine auditor&#8217;s remuneration.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">57,941,129</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">172,359</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4,106</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8211;</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><div id="ie7552d3d661b490c9549da106eb69e1a_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SIGNATURE</span></div><div style="text-indent:24.75pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:24.75pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</span></div><div style="text-indent:24.75pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-indent:24.75pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:97.660%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:43.660%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:54.140%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Weatherford International plc</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date: May 27, 2021</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Scott C. Weatherholt</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Scott C. Weatherholt</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer </span></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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wft-20210526
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):
May 26, 2021
Weatherford International plc
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ireland
001-36504
98-0606750
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2000 St. James Place
,
Houston,
Texas
77056
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
713
.
836.4000
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))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
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 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Weatherford International plc (the "Company") was held on May 26, 2021.
At the Annual Meeting 58,117,594 ordinary shares, nominal value $0.001 per share, or approximately 82.88%, of the 70,120,153 issued and outstanding ordinary shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting were present in person or by proxies.
Set forth below are the results of the matters voted upon by the shareholders at Annual Meeting.
Agenda Item
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstaining
Broker Non-Votes
Item 1.
Election of the following directors:
Benjamin C. Duster IV
57,940,678
168,565
8,351
–
Neal P. Goldman
57,937,900
171,369
8,325
–
Jacqueline C. Mutschler
57,939,327
169,931
8,336
–
Girishchandra K. Saligram
57,936,072
170,642
10,880
–
Charles M. Sledge
57,764,771
344,508
8,315
–
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstaining
Broker Non-Votes
Item 2.
Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm and auditor for the financial year ending December 31, 2021 and to authorize the board of directors of the Company, acting through the Audit Committee, to determine auditor's remuneration.
57,941,129
172,359
4,106
–
SIGNATURE
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.
Weatherford International plc
Date: May 27, 2021
/s/ Scott C. Weatherholt
Scott C. Weatherholt
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer