Company: OXY-WT
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000797468-25-000029
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Company: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
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 the redemption obligation and accrued unpaid dividends are paid up to but not including the redemption date. Occidental cannot voluntarily redeem preferred stock before August 2029. After August 2029, Occidental can voluntarily redeem preferred stock at a 5% premium to face value.

104 OXY 2024 FORM 10-K

table of contentsFINANCIAL STATEMENTSFOOTNOTES

 Dividends on the preferred stock accrue on the face value at a rate per annum of 8%, but will be paid only when, as and if declared by Occidental’s Board of Directors. At any time, when such dividends have not been paid in full, the unpaid amounts will accrue dividends, compounded quarterly, at a rate per annum of 9%. Following the payment in full of any accrued but unpaid dividends, the dividend rate will remain at 9% per annum. If preferred dividends are not paid in full, Occidental is prohibited from paying dividends on common stock. Occidental paid $679 million in preferred stock dividends in 2024.Occidental did not redeem preferred stock in 2024. To the extent Occidental's trailing 12-month distributions to common shareholders is above $4.00 per share, Occidental is required to match any common shareholder distributions with preferred stock redemptions. As of the date of this filing approximately $8.5 billion face value of the preferred stock remains outstanding.BERKSHIRE WARRANTIn connection with the preferred stock issuance, Occidental also issued the Berkshire Warrant. The Berkshire Warrant is exercisable at the holder’s option, in whole or in part, until the first anniversary of the date on which no shares of preferred stock remain outstanding, at which time the Berkshire Warrant expires. The holder of the Berkshire Warrant and the preferred stock may redeem the preferred stock as payment for the exercise price of the Warrant in lieu of cash payment upon exercise. As of December 31, 2024, the Berkshire Warrant would result in the issuance of 83.9 million shares of Occidental common stock, if exercised in full for its current strike price of $59.62 per share of Occidental common stock. COMMON STOCK WARRANTSOccidental issued approximately 116 million Common Stock Warrants on August 3, 2020 to holders of record of outstanding shares of Occidental’s common stock as of the close of business on July 6, 2020. The Common Stock Warrants have an exercise price of $22.00