Company: OXY-WT
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001628280-25-036238
Chunk: 62

Company: OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form: 424B2
Chunk 62
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#### Voting Rights
Each holder of common stock entitled to vote will have one vote for each one share of common stock held on all matters to be voted upon by our stockholders, including elections of directors. Unless a different or minimum vote is required by applicable law, our Certificate of Incorporation, our Bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to us or any law or regulation applicable to us or our securities, in which case such different or minimum vote shall be the applicable vote on the matter, any question brought before any meeting of stockholders (other than the election of directors) will be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter. Directors will be elected by a majority of the votes cast, unless (a) the Secretary receives a notice that a stockholder has nominated one or more persons for election to the board of directors pursuant to our Bylaws and (b) each such nomination has not been withdrawn by such stockholder or such nominee on or prior to the date that is ten (10) days in advance of the date we file our definitive proxy statement (regardless of whether thereafter revised or supplemented) for such meeting of stockholders with the SEC, as a result of which the total number of nominees for director exceeds the number of directors to be elected at such meeting of stockholders, in which case the directors will be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast.

#### Conversion, Redemption and Preemptive Rights
Holders of our common stock have no conversion, redemption, preemptive, subscription or similar rights.

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Anti-Takeover Effects of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and of Delaware Law

Our Certificate of Incorporation and our Bylaws and Delaware law contain certain provisions that may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider in its best interest, including those attempts that result in a premium over the market price for the shares held by stockholders. Following is a description of certain of the anti-takeover effects of such provisions.

#### Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws currently provide that special meetings of our stockholders may be called by our board of directors or the Chairman of our board of directors. In addition, subject to certain procedural requirements contained in our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, special meetings