EANS-Adhoc: Weatherford Files Form 8-K

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8-K

14.07.2011

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 13, 2011 -- 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 a disclosure that the
company has amended its existing senior credit agreement to increase
the facility size from US$1.75 billion to US$2.25 billion, extend the
scheduled maturity date to July 13, 2016 and decrease the interest
rate margins under the facility.

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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

SOURCE Weatherford International Ltd.

Further inquiry note:
Contacts: Andrew P. Becnel +41.22.816.1502
Chief Financial Officer

Karen David-Green +1.713.693.2530
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: stock market: Euronext Paris, New York, Main Standard: SIX Swiss
Exchange
language: English