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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 2010</B></DIV>

<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#091;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#093;</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Switzerland</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>98-0606750</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>4-6 Rue Jean-Francois Bartholoni, 1204 Geneva, <BR>
Switzerland</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>N/A</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Weatherford International Ltd. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Joseph C. Henry<BR>
Weatherford International Ltd.<BR>
515 Post Oak Blvd., Suite&nbsp;600<BR>
Houston, Texas 77027<BR>
(713)&nbsp;693-4000</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b- 2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Non-accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3"><B>registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3"><B>share(1)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="3"><B>price(1)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Registered Shares, par value 1.16 Swiss francs per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,144,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$13.405</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$135,980,320</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$9,696</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act
of 1933 and based upon the average of the high and low sales
prices of a Registered Share as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. on June 30, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement covers an indeterminable number of
additional securities as may be offered or issued as a result of
the anti-dilution provisions of the Weatherford International
Ltd. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Weatherford International Ltd., a Swiss joint-stock
corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, as
amended;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2010;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than information furnished rather than
filed), filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;26, 2010, March&nbsp;23, 2010, March&nbsp;31, 2010, April&nbsp;9,
2010, April&nbsp;13, 2010, April&nbsp;20, 2010, May&nbsp;13, 2010, May&nbsp;24, 2010, June&nbsp;23, 2010 and June&nbsp;28, 2010;
and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s registered shares, par value 1.16 Swiss francs per
share, contained in the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
February&nbsp;26, 2009, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the date of the filing hereof and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in
this Registration Statement or in any subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is a Swiss joint-stock corporation. The Registrant believes, based on the
interpretation of leading Swiss legal scholars, which is a persuasive authority in Switzerland,
that under Swiss law the Registrant may indemnify its directors and officers unless the
indemnification results from a breach of their duties that constitutes gross negligence or
intentional breach of duty of the director or officer concerned. The Registrant&#146;s articles of
association make indemnification of directors and officers and advancement of expenses to defend
claims against directors and officers mandatory on the part of the Registrant to the fullest extent
allowed by law. Under the Registrant&#146;s articles of association, a director or officer may not be
indemnified if such person is found, in a final judgment or decree not subject to appeal, to have
committed an intentional or grossly negligent breach of his or her statutory duties as a director
or officer.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Swiss law permits the Registrant, or each director or officer individually, to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of such directors and officers. The Registrant has obtained such
insurance. The Registrant has also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its
directors and executive officers that provide for indemnification and expense advancement and
include related provisions meant to facilitate the indemnitee&#146;s receipt of such benefits. The
agreements provide that the Registrant will indemnify each such director and executive officer,
except in case of gross negligence or willful intent. The agreements provide that expense
advancement is provided subject to an undertaking by the indemnitee to repay amounts advanced if it
is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification. The disinterested members of
the board of directors of the Registrant or an independent counsel will determine whether
indemnification payment should be made in any particular instance. In making such determination,
the board or the independent counsel, as the case may be, must presume that the indemnitee is
entitled to such indemnification, and the Registrant has the burden of proof in seeking to overcome
such presumption. If the board or the independent counsel determines that the director or executive
officer is not entitled to indemnification, the agreements provide that such person is entitled to
seek an award in arbitration with respect to his right to indemnification under his agreement.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1
to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on June&nbsp;23, 2010)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Organizational Regulations of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on February&nbsp;26, 2009)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Weatherford International Ltd. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Annex C to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement filed on May&nbsp;13, 2010)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker &#038; McKenzie Geneva</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker &#038; McKenzie Geneva (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement )</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed with this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">a.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">i.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by
section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">ii.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #textcolor#; background: #bgcolor#">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">iii.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Provided however, that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this
section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8,
and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13
or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">b.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report
pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in
the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">c.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on June 30, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ BERNARD J. DUROC-DANNER
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Bernard J. Duroc-Danner&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">President, Chief Executive Officer,
Chairman of the Board and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Bernard J. Duroc-Danner and Joseph C. Henry, or any of them, as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in connection with this Registration
Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or
officer of the Registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and
post-effective amendments) with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self regulatory body, granting said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ BERNARD J. DUROC-DANNER
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
Officer, Chairman of the
Board and Director<br>(Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ANDREW P. BECNEL
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Andrew P. Becnel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 1, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ CHARLES E. GEER, JR.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Charles E. Geer, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President &#150; Financial Reporting<br>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ NICHOLAS F. BRADY
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Nicholas F. Brady
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DAVID J. BUTTERS
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David J. Butters
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Samuel W. Bodman, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William E. Macaulay
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ROBERT B. MILLARD
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert B. Millard
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ROBERT K. MOSES, JR.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert K. Moses, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 30, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Guillermo Ortiz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Emyr Jones Parry
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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Robert A. Rayne
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Weatherford International Ltd. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Annex C to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement filed on May&nbsp;13, 2010)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 2010
Registration No. 333-[
]
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Switzerland
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
98-0606750
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
4-6 Rue Jean-Francois Bartholoni, 1204 Geneva,
Switzerland
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
N/A
(Zip Code)
Weatherford International Ltd. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Joseph C. Henry
Weatherford International Ltd.
515 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 600
Houston, Texas 77027
(713) 693-4000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b- 2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered
share(1)
price(1)
registration fee
Registered Shares, par value 1.16 Swiss francs per share
10,144,000
(2)
$13.405
$135,980,320
$9,696
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act
of 1933 and based upon the average of the high and low sales
prices of a Registered Share as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange, Inc. on June 30, 2010.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement covers an indeterminable number of
additional securities as may be offered or issued as a result of
the anti-dilution provisions of the Weatherford International
Ltd. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Weatherford International Ltd., a Swiss joint-stock
corporation (the "Registrant"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
•
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as
amended;
•
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010;
•
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K (other than information furnished rather than
filed), filed with the Commission on January 26, 2010, March 23, 2010, March 31, 2010, April 9,
2010, April 13, 2010, April 20, 2010, May 13, 2010, May 24, 2010, June 23, 2010 and June 28, 2010;
and
•
The description of the Registrant's registered shares, par value 1.16 Swiss francs per
share, contained in the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
February 26, 2009, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the date of the filing hereof and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in
this Registration Statement or in any subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is a Swiss joint-stock corporation. The Registrant believes, based on the
interpretation of leading Swiss legal scholars, which is a persuasive authority in Switzerland,
that under Swiss law the Registrant may indemnify its directors and officers unless the
indemnification results from a breach of their duties that constitutes gross negligence or
intentional breach of duty of the director or officer concerned. The Registrant's articles of
association make indemnification of directors and officers and advancement of expenses to defend
claims against directors and officers mandatory on the part of the Registrant to the fullest extent
allowed by law. Under the Registrant's articles of association, a director or officer may not be
indemnified if such person is found, in a final judgment or decree not subject to appeal, to have
committed an intentional or grossly negligent breach of his or her statutory duties as a director
or officer.
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Swiss law permits the Registrant, or each director or officer individually, to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of such directors and officers. The Registrant has obtained such
insurance. The Registrant has also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its
directors and executive officers that provide for indemnification and expense advancement and
include related provisions meant to facilitate the indemnitee's receipt of such benefits. The
agreements provide that the Registrant will indemnify each such director and executive officer,
except in case of gross negligence or willful intent. The agreements provide that expense
advancement is provided subject to an undertaking by the indemnitee to repay amounts advanced if it
is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification. The disinterested members of
the board of directors of the Registrant or an independent counsel will determine whether
indemnification payment should be made in any particular instance. In making such determination,
the board or the independent counsel, as the case may be, must presume that the indemnitee is
entitled to such indemnification, and the Registrant has the burden of proof in seeking to overcome
such presumption. If the board or the independent counsel determines that the director or executive
officer is not entitled to indemnification, the agreements provide that such person is entitled to
seek an award in arbitration with respect to his right to indemnification under his agreement.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 23, 2010)
4.2
Organizational Regulations of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2009)
4.3
Weatherford International Ltd. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Annex C to the Registrant's Proxy Statement filed on May 13, 2010)
5.1*
Opinion of Baker & McKenzie Geneva
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2*
Consent of Baker & McKenzie Geneva (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement )
*
Filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 9. Undertakings.
a.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
1.
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
i.
To include any prospectus required by
section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
ii.
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth
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in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.
iii.
To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
Provided however, that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this
section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8,
and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13
or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
2.
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3.
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
b.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in
the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
c.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on June 30, 2010.
WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
/s/ BERNARD J. DUROC-DANNER
Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
President, Chief Executive Officer,
Chairman of the Board and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Bernard J. Duroc-Danner and Joseph C. Henry, or any of them, as his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, in connection with this Registration
Statement, including to sign and file in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or
officer of the Registrant any and all amendments or supplements (including any and all stickers and
post-effective amendments) with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or
securities self regulatory body, granting said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ BERNARD J. DUROC-DANNER
Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
President, Chief Executive
Officer, Chairman of the
Board and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
June 30, 2010
/s/ ANDREW P. BECNEL
Andrew P. Becnel
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
July 1, 2010
/s/ CHARLES E. GEER, JR.
Charles E. Geer, Jr.
Vice President – Financial Reporting
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 30, 2010
/s/ NICHOLAS F. BRADY
Nicholas F. Brady
Director
June 30, 2010
/s/ DAVID J. BUTTERS
David J. Butters
Director
June 30, 2010
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Signature
Title
Date
Samuel W. Bodman, III
Director
William E. Macaulay
Director
/s/ ROBERT B. MILLARD
Robert B. Millard
Director
June 30, 2010
/s/ ROBERT K. MOSES, JR.
Robert K. Moses, Jr.
Director
June 30, 2010
Guillermo Ortiz
Director
Emyr Jones Parry
Director
/s/ ROBERT A. RAYNE
Robert A. Rayne
Director
June 30, 2010
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporate by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 23, 2010)
4.2
Organizational Regulations of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 26, 2009)
4.3
Weatherford International Ltd. 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Annex C to the Registrant's Proxy Statement filed on May 13, 2010)
5.1*
Opinion of Baker & McKenzie Geneva
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2*
Consent of Baker & McKenzie Geneva (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement)
*
Filed with this Registration Statement.
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