Company: OXY-WT
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000797468-25-000054
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Company: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form: DEF 14A
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 street name and their voting instruction form indicates that they may vote those shares through the http://www.proxyvote.com website, then they may join the 2025 Annual Meeting with the 16-digit access code indicated on that voting instruction form. Otherwise, shareholders who hold their shares in street name should contact their bank, broker or other nominee (preferably at least five days before the 2025 Annual Meeting) and obtain a “legal proxy” in order to be able to join the 2025 Annual Meeting. Please see “Questions and Answers about the Annual Meeting and Voting” beginning on page 80 for additional information. HOW TO V OTE Your vote is extremely important. Regardless of whether you plan to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting, we encourage you to vote using any of the methods listed below. This will ensure your shares are represented and will save Occidental additional expenses of soliciting proxies.

| INTERNETOnline using your smartphone,computer or other electronicdevice at the website listed onthe NOIA, proxy card or votinginstruction form | CALLBy telephone call to thetoll-free number listed on yourproxy card or votinginstruction form | MAILCompleting, signing andreturning your proxy card orvoting instruction form in thepostage-paid envelope provided | VIRTUAL MEETINGIf you plan to participate in the2025Annual Meeting via thelive webcast, you may voteonline during the meeting usingyour smartphone, computer orother electronic device |

If you have any questions or require any assistance in voting your shares, please contact Alliance Advisors , Occidental’s proxy solicitor, toll-free at 833-218-3875 or by email at oxy@allianceadvisors.com . By Order of the Board,

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Table of Contents

| Message from the Board of Directors                                                 |     |  3 |
| Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders                                            |     |  4 |
| Company Highlights                                                                  |     |  6 |
| Proxy Statement Summary                                                             |     |  7 |
| PROPOSAL 1                                                                          |     |    |
| ELECTION OF DIRECTORS                                                               |     | 13 |
| Director Nominations                                                                |     | 13 |
| About the Director Nominees                                                         |     | 14 |
| Summary of the Board’s Director Nominee CoreCompetencies and Composition Highlights |     | 19 |
| Corporate Governance                                                                |     | 21 |
| Corporate Governance Highlights                                                     |     | 21 |
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