EANS-Adhoc: Weatherford Files Form 8-K

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14.09.2012

GENEVA, Sept. 13, 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 effective September
12, 2012, Weatherford amended its Articles of Association to update
them for changes in its outstanding share capital resulting from its
issuance of registered shares out of conditional capital in
connection with the exercise of certain warrants in February 2012.
The exercise of the warrants resulted in an increase of Weatherford's
share capital by a total of CHF 5,571,670.24 (an amount equal to the
4,803,164 registered shares issued in connection with the transaction
multiplied by the par value per share of CHF 1.16). As a result,
the amended Articles of Association now reflect a registered share
capital of CHF 973,941,253.64, which is divided into 839,604,529
registered shares. Weatherford also made corresponding changes to
its Articles of Association to reduce its remaining conditional share
capital by the amount of the capital increase. The amended Articles
of Association also reflect, as required under Swiss law, the removal
of Article 5 relating to authorized capital resulting from the
expiration of authorized capital on June 23, 2012.

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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