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Exhibit 10.4




WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD.

RESTRICTED SHARE UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT



This Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and
entered into by and between Weatherford International Ltd., a Swiss corporation (the
“Company”), and _______________ (the “Holder”) effective as of the 15th
day of February, 2011, pursuant to the Weatherford International Ltd. 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(the “Plan”), which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.



Whereas, the Company desires to grant the Company’s restricted share units (the
“Units”) to the Holder, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Plan;
and



Whereas, the Holder desires to have the opportunity to hold the Units subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement;



Now, therefore, in consideration of the premises, mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as
follows:





	1.	 	Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, “Forfeiture Restrictions” shall
mean any prohibitions and restrictions set forth herein or in the Plan with respect to the
sale or other disposition of the Units and the obligation to forfeit such Units to the
Company. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings
given to such terms in the Plan.






	2.	 	Grant of Units. Effective as of the date of this Agreement, the Company grants to
the Holder _______________ Units. The Company and the Holder agree that this Agreement,
together with the Plan and the Employment Agreement between the Company and the Holder
currently in effect, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Employment
Agreement”), sets forth the complete terms of the Award and that the Award shall be
subject to the terms of the Employment Agreement.






	3.	 	Transfer Restrictions. Except as specified herein or in the Plan, the Units may not
be sold, assigned, pledged, exchanged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred, encumbered or
disposed of. Any such attempted sale, assignment, pledge, exchange, hypothecation, transfer,
encumbrance or disposition in violation of this Agreement or the Plan shall be void, and the
Company shall not be bound thereby.






	4.	 	Vesting.






	 	(a)	 	Except as specified otherwise in this Section 4, the Units shall be subject to
Forfeiture Restrictions. The Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse as to the Units that
are granted hereby in accordance with the following schedule provided that the Units
have not been forfeited to the Company prior to such date:






	 	 	 
	 	 	Number of Units as to Which

	Lapse Date	 	Forfeiture Restrictions Lapse
	February 15, 2012
	 	 
	February 15, 2013
	 	 
	February 15, 2014
	 	 







					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	 	(b)	 	Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (a) the Holder’s employment or affiliation
relationship with the Company and its Affiliates is terminated prior to February 15,
2014 (i) due to the death or Disability of the Holder, (ii) by the Holder for Good
Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreement) or (iii) by the Company for any reason
other than Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement) then, in any such event, all
Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse on the date of termination of the Holder’s
employment or affiliation relationship, or (b) there is a Change in Control, then all
Forfeiture Restrictions shall lapse with respect to all Units subject to Forfeiture
Restrictions immediately prior to such Change of Control. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Change in Control” means a change in the ownership of the Company,
a change in the effective control of the Company or a change in the ownership of a
substantial portion of the assets of the Company as described in Section 409A.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If the Holder’s employment or affiliation relationship with the Company and its
Affiliates terminates prior to February 15, 2014 for any reason other than the Holder’s
death or Disability, or is terminated by the Holder for any reason other than Good
Reason or by the Company for Cause, then any Forfeiture Restrictions that have not
previously lapsed pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4 shall not lapse, and any
Units with respect to which the Forfeiture Restrictions have not lapsed shall be
forfeited to the Company on the date of the termination of the Holder’s employment or
affiliation relationship with the Company and its Affiliates. In the event any Units
are forfeited to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company will not be
obligated to pay the Holder any consideration whatsoever for the forfeited Units.






	5.	 	Dividend Equivalents. If during the period the Holder holds any Units awarded
hereby the Company pays a dividend in cash, Shares or otherwise with respect to the
outstanding shares of Company’s registered shares, par value CHF 1.16 per share (the
“Shares”), the Holder shall receive no dividend equivalent payment with respect to the
Holder’s Units.






	6.	 	Delivery of Shares. Upon the date of lapse of the Forfeiture Restrictions under
Section 4 the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered a number of Shares equal to the
number of Units with respect to which the Forfeiture Restrictions have lapsed (subject to the
satisfaction by the Holder of any liability arising under Section 8 of this Agreement).






	7.	 	Capital Adjustments and Reorganizations. The existence of the Units shall not affect
in any way the right or power of the Company or its shareholders to make or authorize any or
all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the Company’s capital
structure or its business, or any acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation of the
Company, or any issue of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference shares ahead of or
affecting the Shares or the rights thereof, or the winding up, dissolution or liquidation of
the Company, or any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any
other corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise, including a
Change of Control (as defined in the Plan).






	8.	 	Responsibility for Taxes & Withholding. Regardless of any action the Company or any
of its Affiliates takes with respect to any or all income tax, social insurance, payroll tax,
payment on account or other tax-related items related to the Holder’s participation in the
Plan and legally applicable to the Holder (“Tax-Related Items”), the Holder acknowledges that
the ultimate liability for all Tax-Related Items is and remains the Holder’s responsibility
and may exceed the amount actually withheld by the Company or any of its Affiliates. The
Holder further acknowledges that the Company and/or its Affiliates (1) make no representations
or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax-Related Items in connection with any aspect
to the Units, including, but not limited to, the grant of the Units, the lapse of the
Forfeiture Restrictions, the delivery of Shares, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired
pursuant to such delivery and the receipt of any dividends and/or dividend equivalents; and
(2) do not commit to and are under no





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	 	 	obligation to structure the terms of any award to reduce or eliminate Holder’s liability for
Tax-Related Items or achieve any particular tax result. Further, if the Holder becomes
subject to tax in more than one jurisdiction between the date of grant and the date of any
relevant taxable event, the Holder acknowledges that Company and/or its Affiliates may be
required to withhold or account for Tax-Related Items in more than one jurisdiction.
	 
	 	 	Prior to any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, the Holder will pay
or make adequate arrangements satisfactory to the Company and/or its Affiliates to satisfy
all Tax-Related Items. In this regard, the Holder authorizes the Company and/or its
Affiliates, or their respective agents, at their discretion, to satisfy the obligations with
regard to all Tax-Related Items by one or a combination of the following:






	 	(a)	 	withholding from the Holder’s wages or other cash compensation paid to the
Holder by the Company and/or its Affiliates; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	withholding from proceeds of the Shares acquired following the lapse of the
Forfeiture Restrictions either through a voluntary sale or through a mandatory sale
arranged by the Company (on Holder’s behalf pursuant to this authorization); or
	 
	 	(c)	 	withholding in Shares to be delivered upon the lapse of the Forfeiture
Restrictions.






	 	 	To avoid negative accounting treatment, the Company and/or its Affiliates may withhold or
account for Tax-Related Items by considering applicable minimum statutory withholding
amounts or other applicable withholding rates. If the obligation for Tax-Related Items is
satisfied by withholding in Shares, for tax purposes, the Holder is deemed to have been
issued the full number of Shares attributable to the awarded Units, notwithstanding that a
number of Shares are held back solely for the purpose of paying the Tax-Related Items due as
a result of any aspect of the Holder’s participation in the Plan.
	 
	 	 	Finally, the Holder shall pay to the Company and/or its Affiliates any amount of Tax-Related
Items that the Company and/or its Affiliates may be required to withhold or account for as a
result of the Holder’s participation in the Plan that cannot be satisfied by the means
previously described. The Company may refuse to issue or deliver the Shares or the proceeds
of the sale of Shares, if the Holder fails to comply with the Holder’s obligations in
connection with the Tax-Related Items.
	 
	9.	 	Employment or Affiliation Relationship. For purposes of this Agreement, the Holder
shall be considered to be in the employment of, or affiliated with, the Company or its
Affiliates as long as the Holder has an employment or affiliation relationship with the
Company or its Affiliates. The Committee shall determine any questions as to whether and when
there has been a termination of such employment or affiliation relationship, and the cause of
such termination, under the Plan and the Committee’s determination shall be final and binding
on all persons.
	 
	10.	 	Voting and Other Rights. The Holder shall have no rights as a shareholder of the
Company in respect of the Units, including the right to vote and to receive dividends and
other distributions, until delivery of certificates representing Shares in satisfaction of
such Units.
	 
	11.	 	Not an Employment or Affiliation Agreement. This Agreement is not an employment or
affiliation agreement, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to
create an employment relationship between the Holder and the Company or any of its Affiliates
or guarantee the right to remain employed by or affiliated with the Company or any of its
Affiliates for any specified term.





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	12.	 	Data Privacy. By signing below, the Holder voluntarily acknowledges and consents to
the collection, use, processing and transfer of personal data as described in this Section.
The Holder is not obliged to consent to such collection, use, processing and transfer of
personal data. However, failure to provide the consent may affect the Holder’s ability to
participate in the Plan. The Company and its Affiliates hold certain personal information
about the Holder, including the Holder’s name, home address and telephone number, date of
birth, social security number or other employee identification number, salary, nationality,
job title, any shares of stock or directorships held in the Company and details of all Units
or any other entitlement to shares of stock awarded, cancelled, purchased, vested, unvested or
outstanding in the Holder’s favor, for the purpose of managing and administering the Plan
(“Data”). The Company and its Affiliates will transfer Data amongst themselves as necessary
for the purpose of implementation, administration and management of the Holder’s participation
in the Plan, and the Company and its Affiliates may each further transfer Data to any third
parties assisting the Company in the implementation, administration and management of the
Plan. These recipients may be located in the European Economic Area or elsewhere throughout
the world in countries that may not provide an equivalent level of data protection to the laws
in the Holder’s home country, such as the United States. The Holder authorizes them to
receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the
purposes of implementing, administering and managing the Holder’s participation in the Plan,
including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required for the administration of the
Plan and the subsequent holding of Shares on the Holder’s behalf by a broker or other third
party with whom the Holder may elect to deposit any Shares acquired pursuant to the Plan. The
Holder may, at any time, review Data, require any necessary amendments to it or withdraw the
consents herein in writing by contacting the Company; however, withdrawing consent may affect
the Holder’s ability to participate in the Plan.






	13.	 	Notices. Any notice, instruction, authorization, request or demand required
hereunder shall be in writing, and shall be delivered either by personal delivery, by
facsimile, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, or by courier or
delivery service, addressed to the Company at the address indicated below on the execution
page of this Agreement, and to the Holder at the Holder’s address indicated in the Company’s
register of Plan participants, or at such other address and number as a party shall have
previously designated by written notice given to the other party in the manner hereinabove set
forth. Notices shall be deemed given when received, if sent by facsimile (confirmation of
such receipt by confirmed facsimile transmission being deemed receipt of communications sent
by facsimile means); and when delivered and receipted for (or upon the date of attempted
delivery where delivery is refused), if hand-delivered, sent by express courier or delivery
service, or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.






	14.	 	Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Committee in its discretion in any manner that it deems appropriate and that is consistent
with the terms of the Plan. However, no such amendment shall adversely affect in a material
manner any right of the Holder without his/her written consent. Only a written instrument
executed and delivered by the party waiving compliance hereof shall make any waiver of the
terms or conditions effective. Any waiver granted by the Company shall be effective only if
executed and delivered by a duly authorized executive officer of the Company other than the
Holder. The failure of any party at any time or times to require performance of any
provisions hereof shall in no manner affect the right to enforce the same. No waiver by any
party of any term or condition, or the breach of any term or condition contained in this
Agreement, in one or more instances, shall be construed as a continuing waiver of any such
condition or breach, a waiver of any other condition, or the breach of any other term or
condition.






	15.	 	Governing Law and Severability. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
Switzerland without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. The invalidity of any
provision of this Agreement shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which
shall remain in full force and effect.





					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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	16.	 	Successors and Assigns. Subject to the limitations which this Agreement and the Plan
impose upon the transferability of the Units, this Agreement shall bind, be enforceable by and
inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns, and to the Holder, his
permitted assigns and, upon the Holder’s death, the Holder’s estate and beneficiaries thereof
(whether by will or the laws of descent and distribution), executors, administrators, agents,
and legal and personal representatives.






	17.	 	Electronic Delivery and Execution. The Holder hereby consents and agrees to
electronic delivery of any documents that the Company may elect to deliver (including, but not
limited to, plan documents, prospectus and prospectus supplements, grant or award
notifications and agreements, account statements, annual and quarterly reports, and all other
forms of communications) in connection with this and any other Award made or offered under the
Plan. The Holder understands that, unless revoked by the Holder by giving written notice to
the Company pursuant to the Plan, this consent will be effective for the duration of the
Agreement. The Holder also understands that he or she will have the right at any time to
request that the Company deliver written copies of any and all materials referred to above.
The Holder hereby consents to any and all procedures the Company has established or may
establish for an electronic signature system for delivery and acceptance of any such documents
that the Company may elect to deliver, and agree that his or her electronic signature is the
same as, and will have the same force and effect as, his or her manual signature. The Holder
consents and agrees that any such procedures and delivery may be affected by a third party
engaged by the Company to provide administrative services related to the Plan.






	18.	 	Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be an original for all purposes but all of which taken together shall constitute
but one and the same instrument.






	19.	 	Acknowledgements. The Holder acknowledges and agrees to the following:






	 	(a)	 	The Plan is discretionary in nature and the Committee may amend, suspend, or
terminate it at any time.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The grant of the Units is voluntary and occasional and does not create any
contractual or other right to receive future grants of Units, or benefits in lieu of
the Units even if the Units have been granted repeatedly in the past.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Holder’s participation in the Plan is voluntary.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The value of the Units is an extraordinary item of compensation, which is
outside the scope of the Holder’s employment contract (if any), except as may otherwise
be explicitly provided in the Holder’s employment contract (if any).
	 
	 	(e)	 	The Units are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for any
purpose, including, but not limited to, calculating termination, severance,
resignation, redundancy, end of service, or similar payments, or bonuses, long-service
awards, pension or retirement benefits.
	 
	 	(f)	 	The future value of the Shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with
certainty.
	 
	 	(g)	 	No claim or entitlement to compensation or damages arises from the forfeiture
of the award, termination of the Plan, or diminution in value of the Units or Shares
and the Holder irrevocably releases the Company and its Affiliates from any such claim
that may arise.
	 
	 	(h)	 	Nothing in this Agreement or the Plan shall confer upon the Holder any right to
continue to be employed by the Company or any Affiliate or shall interfere with or
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	 	 	 	of the Company or the Affiliate, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate
the employment of the Holder under applicable law.
	 
	 	(i)	 	The Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the
Company making any recommendations regarding the Holder’s participation in the Plan, or
the Holder’s acquisition or sale of the underlying Shares. The Holder is hereby
advised to consult with his or her own personal tax, legal and financial advisors
regarding his or her participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the
Plan.
	 
	 	(j)	 	The Company reserves the right to impose other requirements on participation in
the Plan, on the Units and on any Shares acquired under the Plan, to the extent the
Company determines it is necessary or advisable in order to comply with local law or to
facilitate the administration of the Plan, and to require the Holders to sign any
additional agreements or undertakings that may be necessary to accomplish the
foregoing.






	20.	 	Section 409A.






	 	(a)	 	The delivery of the Holder’s Shares as described in Section 6 shall be made in
accordance with such Section, provided that with respect to delivery due to termination
of employment for reasons other than death, the delivery at such time can be
characterized as a “short-term deferral” for purposes of Section 409A or as otherwise
exempt from the provisions of Section 409A, or if any portion of the delivery cannot be
so characterized, and the Holder is a “specified employee” under Section 409A, such
portion of the delivery shall be delayed until the earlier to occur of the Holder’s
death or the date that is six months and one day following the Holder’s termination of
employment. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms “terminates,” “terminated,”
“termination,” “termination of employment,” and variations thereof, as used in this
Agreement to refer to the Holder’s termination of employment, are intended to mean a
termination of employment that constitutes a “separation from service” under Section
409A.
	 
	 	(b)	 	This Agreement and the Units provided hereunder are intended to comply with
Section 409A to the extent applicable thereto. Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall be interpreted and construed consistent
with this intent. Although the Company and the Committee intend to administer this
Agreement so that it will comply with the requirements of Section 409A, to the extent
applicable, neither the Company nor the Committee represents or warrants that this
Agreement will comply with Section 409A or any other provision of federal, state,
local, or non-United States law. Neither the Company or its Affiliates, nor their
respective directors, officers, employees or advisers shall be liable to any Holder (or
any other individual claiming a benefit through the Holder) for any tax, interest, or
penalties the Holder might owe as a result of participation in the Plan, and the
Company and its Affiliates shall have no obligation to indemnify or otherwise protect
any Holder from the obligation to pay any taxes pursuant to Section 409A.





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in witness whereof, the Company has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by an
officer thereunto duly authorized, and the Holder has executed this Agreement, all as of the date
first above written.




	 	 	 	 	 
	 	COMPANY:

Weatherford International Ltd.

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	 	 



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	   ADDRESS:

   4-6 Rue Jean-François Bartholoni

   Geneva 1204

   Switzerland

   Attn: Corporate Secretary

   Facsimile: 41 22 81 61 599

 	 
	 
	 	HOLDER:

 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 



					
	 	 	 	 	 
	 
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