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