Weatherford International Ltd.
EANS-Adhoc: Weatherford Announces Registration of Merger in Commercial Register of the Canton of Zug
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Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers/Company Information
17.06.2014
GENEVA, June 17, 2014 -- Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE / SIX: WFT)
("Weatherford Switzerland") today informs its shareholders that the merger of
Weatherford Switzerland with and into Weatherford International plc, the new
public holding company and parent of the Weatherford group of companies
incorporated under Irish law (the "Merger"), has been registered in the
commercial register of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland, and has thereby become
effective. The effective day of delisting of Weatherford Switzerland's shares
from the SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd will be June 19, 2014. It is expected that
trading of the shares of Weatherford International plc will start at the New
York Stock Exchange on June 18, 2014.
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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: Krishna Shivram +1.713.836.4610
Executive 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