Wdesk | Form 8K - WFT Annual General Shareholders Meeting 2014


 
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): September 24, 2014

Weatherford International public limited company
(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.)


Bahnhofstrasse 1, 6340 Baar, Switzerland
CH 6340
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
 
 Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +41.22.816.1500
 
 
Not Applicable
 
 
(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)
 


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Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Weatherford’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders was held on September 24, 2014 (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, shareholders:
•
Item 1 – Elected all 9 director nominees;
•
Item 2 – Approved the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm and authorized the board of directors to approve auditors’ remuneration;
•
Item 3 – Approved, on an advisory basis, Weatherford’s executive compensation; and
•
Item 4 – Approved holding the 2015 annual general meeting of shareholders at a location outside of Ireland.

The proposals are described in detail in Weatherford’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2014.

The following are the results of the matters voted upon by the shareholders at the Annual Meeting:
Agenda Item
Votes For
Votes Against
Votes Abstaining
Broker Non-Votes
Item 1.
Election of the following directors:
 
 
 
 
 
   David J. Butters
599,989,182

15,497,603

1,731,133

56,583,198

 
   Dr. Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
594,939,187

18,879,730

3,399,001

56,583,198

 
   John D. Gass
608,072,939

6,771,729

2,373,250

56,583,198

 
   Francis S. Kalman
610,388,356

4,452,721

2,376,841

56,583,198

 
   William E. Macaulay
549,942,927

65,544,487

1,730,504

56,583,198

 
   Robert K. Moses, Jr.
550,317,971

65,175,499

1,724,448

56,583,198

 
   Dr. Guillermo Ortiz
530,041,105

84,802,181

2,374,632

56,583,198

 
   Sir Emyr Jones Parry
611,616,493

3,553,115

2,048,310

56,583,198

 
   Robert A. Rayne
604,507,290

10,975,326

1,735,302

56,583,198

 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm and authorize the board to determine auditors’ remuneration.
671,910,215

1,098,340

792,561

—

 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 3.
Adopt an advisory resolution approving executive compensation.
418,657,403

196,622,510

1,938,005

56,583,198

 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 4.
Authorize holding the 2015 annual general meeting at a location outside of Ireland as required under Irish law.
671,266,489

1,241,428

1,293,199

—

Item 8.01
Other Events.
    Effective as of September 24, 2014, Mr. Francis Kalman became the chair of Weatherford’s Audit Committee. Mr. Rayne, the former chair, continues to be a member of the Audit Committee.






SIGNATURES

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: September 24, 2014
 
 
/s/ Krishna Shivram
 
Krishna Shivram

 
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer