UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 17, 2012
WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Switzerland | 1-34258 | 98-0606750 | ||
| (State of Incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 4-6 Rue Jean-Francois Bartholoni, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland | Not Applicable | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Telephone number, area code: 41.22.816.1500
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report are Weatherford's restated consolidated Swiss statutory financial statements, which comprise restated balance sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and restated statements of operations, restated shareholder's equity, and restated cash flows and notes thereto for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011.
The restated consolidated Swiss statutory financial statements are identical to the restated consolidated financial statements being filed contemporaneously in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, except that the covering audit report attached to the restated consolidated Swiss statutory financial statements is from our Swiss statutory auditor.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
| 99.1 | Restated consolidated Swiss statutory financial statements of Weatherford International Ltd. and its Subsidiaries, which comprise restated consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the restated consolidated statements of operations, restated shareholder's equity, and restated cash flows and notes thereto for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011. | ||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD. | |||||||
Dated: December 17, 2012 | /s/ John H. Briscoe | ||||||
| John H. Briscoe | |||||||
| Senior Vice President and | |||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
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INDEX TO EXHIBIT
Number | Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Restated consolidated Swiss statutory financial statements of Weatherford International Ltd. and its Subsidiaries, which comprise the restated consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the restated consolidated statements of operations, restated shareholders' equity and restated cash flows and the notes thereto for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011. | |
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