Weatherford International Ltd.
EANS-Adhoc: Weatherford Files Form 8-K
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8-K
15.08.2012
GENEVA, Aug. 14, 2012 -- Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE / Euronext Paris /
SIX: WFT) today informs its shareholders that a Form 8-K has been filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). The Form 8-K includes
notification that after receiving the necessary consents of bondholders in a
consent solicitation that began August 2, 2012 (the "Consent Solicitation"),
Weatherford entered into supplemental indentures with the trustee under its
indentures. These supplemental indentures extend the due date under its
indentures for providing its Form 10-Q filings for the second and third fiscal
quarters of 2012 to no later than March 31, 2013. Weatherford expects to pay an
aggregate of approximately $29 million in connection with the successful consent
solicitations, including consent fees and costs of the solicitation.
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Weatherford International Ltd. makes available free of charge on its website,
its Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports
on Form 8-K, reports filed pursuant to Section 16 of the U.S. Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments to those reports filed with or furnished to
the SEC as soon as reasonably practicable after Weatherford International Ltd.
electronically files these documents with, or furnishes them to, the SEC. These
documents are posted on Weatherford International Ltd.'s website at
www.weatherford.com under "Investor Relations."
The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy statements and other
information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. These
materials may be obtained electronically by accessing the SEC's home page at
http://www.sec.gov.
Copies of the above referenced information will also be made available, free of
charge, by calling or upon written request to:
Weatherford International Ltd.
Investor Relations
4-6 Rue Jean-Francois Bartholoni
1204 Geneva, Switzerland
Further inquiry note:
Contacts: John H. Briscoe +1.713.836.4610
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Karen David-Green +1.713.836.7430
Vice President - Investor Relations
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issuer: Weatherford International Ltd.
Rue Jean-Francois Bartholoni 4-6
CH-1204 Geneva
phone: +41.22.816.1500
FAX: +41.22.816.1599
mail: karen.david-green@weatherford.com
WWW: http://www.weatherford.com
sector: Oil & Gas - Upstream activities
ISIN: CH0038838394
indexes:
stockmarkets: Main Standard: SIX Swiss Exchange, stock market: New York, Euronext
Paris
language: English