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The 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Weatherford International plc (the “Company”) was held on June 15, 2023. At the Annual Meeting holders of 62,169,144 ordinary shares, nominal value $0.001 per share, or approximately 86.31%, of the 72,028,738 issued and outstanding ordinary shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, were present in person or by proxies.

1.    The shareholders voted at the Annual Meeting as follows to elect each of the five nominees to serve a one-year term that is anticipated to expire at the Company’s 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders.

2.    The shareholders voted at the Annual Meeting as follows to: (a) ratify the appointment of (i) KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and auditor for the financial year ending December 31, 2023 and (ii) KPMG Chartered Accountants, Dublin, as the Company’s statutory auditor under Irish law to hold office until the close of the Company’s 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders; and (b) authorize the Board of Directors of the Company, acting through the Audit Committee, to determine the auditors’ remuneration.

3.    The shareholders voted at the Annual Meeting as follows to approve, on a nonbinding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

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.