Company: OXY-WT
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001140361-25-006655
Chunk: 63

Company: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 424B2
Chunk 63
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 a Delaware corporation are not entitled to the right to cumulate votes in the election of directors unless its certificate of incorporation provides otherwise. Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights in the election of directors or otherwise. A cumulative voting provision could make it easier for minority stockholders to elect one or more directors to our board of directors. General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We are a Delaware corporation that is subject to Section 203 of the DGCL. Section 203 provides that, subject to certain exceptions specified in the law, a Delaware corporation shall not engage in certain “business combinations” with any “interested stockholder” for a three-year period following the time that the stockholder became an interested stockholder unless:

| • | prior to such time, the board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder; |

| • | upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the corporation’s voting stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding certain shares; or |

| • | at or subsequent to that time, the business combination is approved by the board of directors of the corporation and by the affirmative vote of holders of at least 662/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder. |

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A “business combination” includes certain mergers, asset or stock sales and other transactions involving the interested stockholder. Subject to certain exceptions, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with that person’s affiliates and associates, owns (or within the previous three years did own) 15% or more of our voting stock.

Section 203 could prohibit or delay a merger or other takeover attempt and, accordingly, may discourage attempts to acquire us.

#### Stock Exchange Listing
Our common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol “OXY.”

#### Transfer Agent and Registrar
EQ Shareowner Services acts as transfer agent and registrar for our common stock.

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DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK General The following summary describes the material provisions of our preferred stock. The summary in this prospectus is not complete. We urge you to read our Certificate of Incorporation and our Bylaws, which are incorporated herein by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a