EANS-Adhoc: Weatherford Announces Registration of Merger in Commercial Register of the Canton of Zug

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Mergers - Acquisitions - Takeovers/Company Information
17.06.2014

GENEVA, June 17, 2014 -- Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE / SIX:
WFT) ("Weatherford Switzerland") today informs its shareholders that
the merger of Weatherford Switzerland with and into Weatherford
International plc, the new public holding company and parent of the
Weatherford group of companies incorporated under Irish law (the
"Merger"), has been registered in the commercial register of the
Canton of Zug, Switzerland, and has thereby become effective. The
effective day of delisting of Weatherford Switzerland's shares from
the SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd will be June 19, 2014. It is expected that
trading of the shares of Weatherford International plc will start at
the New York Stock Exchange on June 18, 2014.

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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: Krishna Shivram +1.713.836.4610
Executive 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