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): September 6, 2016

Weatherford International public limited company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ireland
001-36504
98-0606750
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Bahnhofstrasse 1, 6340 Baar, Switzerland
CH 6340
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

 Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +41.22.816.1500
 
N/A
 
 
(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)
 

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Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.

Weatherford International plc will present to certain investors at the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference to be held in New York, NY on September 7, 2016. The presentation materials will be available on Weatherford’s website at www.weatherford.com in the Investor Relations section on the date of the event.

The investor presentation contains non-GAAP financial measures as defined under Regulation G of the rules and regulations of the SEC. Weatherford’s management believes that certain non-GAAP financial measures and ratios may provide users of this financial information, additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results of prior periods. The non-GAAP amounts shown in any presentation should not be considered as substitutes for data prepared and reported in accordance with GAAP, but should be viewed in addition to the Company’s reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The information provided pursuant to this Item 7.01 is “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” with the Securities and Exchange Commission or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filings.










SIGNATURE

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 plc
Date: September 6, 2016
 
 
/s/ Krishna Shivram
 
Krishna Shivram

 
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer