EANS-Adhoc: Weatherford Publishes Annual Report And Files Definitive Proxy Statement

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Annual Reports/Proxy Filings
30.04.2013

GENEVA, April 30, 2013 -- Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE /
Euronext Paris / SIX: WFT) today informs its shareholders that it has
published its 2012 Annual Report and filed its definitive proxy
statement for the 2013 Annual General Meeting.

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Weatherford's 2013 Annual General Meeting will be held on June 20,
2013 at 9:00 a.m. local time at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Quai
Turrettini 1, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland. Weatherford has established
the close of business on May 30, 2013 as the record date for
determining the registered shareholders entitled to attend, vote or
grant proxies to vote at the meeting or any adjournments or
postponements of the meeting.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

Weatherford International Ltd. has filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") the definitive proxy statement for its
upcoming 2013 Annual General Meeting. The document includes
additional information about Weatherford, its corporate governance,
executive compensation, and other matters pertaining to the meeting.
Weatherford will commence mailing the definitive proxy statement to
its shareholders on or about May 8, 2013. Investors are urged to read
Weatherford's proxy statement carefully as it contains important
information.

Weatherford 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 electronically files these documents with, or furnishes
them to, the SEC.

Copies of Weatherford's proxy statement for its upcoming 2013 Annual
General Meeting are and, its 2012 Annual Report and the documents
filed with or furnished to the SEC are or will be, publicly available
for free through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or
on Weatherford International Ltd.'s website at http://www.weatherford
.com/AboutWeatherford/InvestorRelations/ProxyMaterials/. These
materials may also be obtained without charge by calling Weatherford
International Ltd.'s toll phone line at: +1 (713) 836-4000 or upon
written request to:

Weatherford International Ltd.
Investor Relations
4-6 Rue Jean-Francois Bartholoni
1204 Geneva, Switzerland

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

Participants in the Solicitation

Weatherford International Ltd. and its directors, executive officers
and certain other members of management and employees, as well as
Phoenix Advisory Services, as proxy solicitor, and Mr. Gass and Mr.
Kalman, as director nominees, may be deemed to be participants in the
solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed matters to be
voted upon at Weatherford International Ltd.'s 2013 Annual General
Meeting. Information about the directors and executive officers of
Weatherford International Ltd. who may, under the rules of the SEC,
be considered participants in the solicitation, and their direct or
indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, which may be
different from those of Weatherford International Ltd.'s shareholders
generally, may be found in the definitive proxy statement for the
2013 Annual General Meeting, filed with the SEC on April 30, 2013 and
other relevant materials filed, or to be filed with the SEC. Such
filings may be found on the websites listed above or by contacting
the company as noted above.

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
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stockmarkets: Main Standard: SIX Swiss Exchange, stock market: New York, Euronext
Paris
language: English