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Exhibit 10.33

AMENDED AND RESTATED EXECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Amended and Restated Executive Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of the date set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Effective Date”) by and between Weatherford Management Company Switzerland LLC, a Swiss limited liability company (the “Company”), and the individual signing as “Executive” on the signature page hereto (the “Executive”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Weatherford International plc, an Irish public limited company and the publicly traded holding company of the Weatherford group of companies (“Weatherford Ireland”);

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Weatherford Ireland has previously determined that it is in the best interests of Weatherford Ireland and its shareholders to induce and/or retain the employment of the Executive by the Company, as contracting party, for the long-term benefit of Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliate companies (collectively, the “Affiliated Companies”); 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to continue to employ the Executive on the terms set forth below to provide services to Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies, and the Executive is willing to accept such continued employment and provide such services on the terms set forth in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, following the effective date of this Agreement, the Executive will be seconded to the employment of Weatherford U.S., L.P.  

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto do hereby agree that: 

		
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	Certain Definitions.

(a)“Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. 

(b)“Annual Bonus” shall mean the Executive’s annual bonus under the then-current annual incentive plan of the Weatherford Ireland and any of its Affiliated Companies. 

(c)“Annual Bonus Amount” shall mean the amount of the Annual Bonus, if any, paid or provided in any form (whether in cash, securities or any combination thereof) by the Company or any Affiliated Company to or for the benefit of the Executive for services rendered or labor performed during a fiscal year of the Company (it being understood that if an Annual Bonus is paid in multiple installments for a year, all such installments shall be aggregated as a single payment for that year in determining the Annual Bonus Amount). The Executive’s Annual Bonus Amount shall be determined by including any portion thereof that the Executive could have received in cash or securities in lieu of (i) any elective deferrals made by the Executive pursuant to all nonqualified deferred compensation plans or (ii) elective contributions made on the Executive’s behalf by the Company pursuant to a qualified cash or deferred arrangement (as defined in section 401(k) of the Code) or pursuant to a plan maintained under section 125 of the Code. 

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(d)“Applicable Multiple” shall mean the number identified as such on the signature page hereto. 

(e)“Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.
 
(f)“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of Weatherford Ireland.

(g)“Cause” shall mean:

(i)the willful and continued failure of the Executive to substantially perform the Executive’s duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness or anticipated failure after the issuance of a Notice of Breach for Good Reason by the Executive pursuant to Section 4(d)), after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the Executive by the Board which specifically identifies the manner in which the Executive has not substantially performed the Executive’s duties; or

(ii)the Executive willfully engaging in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is materially and demonstrably injurious to Weatherford Ireland or any of its Affiliated Companies.

No act, or failure to act, on the part of the Executive shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Company or Weatherford Ireland.  Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the instructions of the Chief Executive Officer of Weatherford Ireland or based upon the duly informed advice of outside or inside counsel for Weatherford Ireland shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company and Weatherford Ireland. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters (3/4) of the entire membership of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive, and the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described in subparagraph (i) or (ii) above, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.   
(h)“Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if any event set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred:

(i)any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of twenty percent (20%) or more of either (A) the then outstanding ordinary shares of Weatherford Ireland (the “Outstanding Ordinary Shares”) or (B) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of Weatherford Ireland entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Voting Securities”), excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction that complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of paragraph (iii) below; 

(ii)individuals, who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by Weatherford Ireland’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual was a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or 

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threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; 

(iii)the consummation of an acquisition, reorganization, reincorporation, redomestication, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, plan or scheme of arrangement, exchange offer, business combination or similar transaction of Weatherford Ireland or any of its Subsidiaries or the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Weatherford Ireland Assets (any of which, a “Corporate Transaction”), unless, following such Corporate Transaction or series of related Corporate Transactions, as the case may be, (A) all of the individuals and Entities who were the Beneficial Owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Ordinary Shares and Outstanding Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction own or beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of, respectively, the Outstanding Ordinary Shares and the combined voting power of the Outstanding Voting Securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or other governing body), as the case may be, of the Entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including, without limitation, an Entity (including any new parent Entity) which as a result of such transaction owns Weatherford Ireland or all or substantially all of the Weatherford Ireland Assets either directly or through one (1) or more Subsidiaries or Entities) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the Outstanding Ordinary Shares and the Outstanding Voting Securities, as the case may be, (B) no Person (excluding any Entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of Weatherford Ireland or such Entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, twenty percent (20%) or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such Entity except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Corporate Transaction and (C) at least two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the board of directors (or other governing body) of the Entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the approval of such Corporate Transaction; or  

(iv)approval or adoption by the Board or the shareholders of Weatherford Ireland of a plan or proposal which could result directly or indirectly in the liquidation, transfer, sale or other disposal of all or substantially all of the Weatherford Ireland Assets or the dissolution of Weatherford Ireland, excluding any transaction that complies with clauses (A), (B) and (C) of paragraph (iii) above. 

(i)“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(j)“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble, and shall include (but not be limited to) any Entity into which the Company is merged, consolidated or amalgamated.

(k)“Disability” shall mean the absence of the Executive from performance of the Executive’s duties with the Company on a substantial basis for one hundred twenty (120) calendar days within any 12 month period as a result of incapacity due to mental or physical illness.

(l)“Employment Period” shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the third anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however, that commencing on the third anniversary of the Effective Date and on each subsequent annual anniversary of such date (such date and each annual anniversary thereof shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Renewal Date”), unless previously terminated, the Employment Period shall be automatically extended so as to terminate one (1) year after such Renewal Date, unless at least 120 days prior to the Renewal Date the Company shall give notice to the Executive that the Employment Period shall not be so extended.  

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(m)“Entity” shall mean any corporation, partnership, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or other business entity.

(n)“Exchange Act” shall mean the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time. 

(o)“Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:

(i)the assignment to the Executive of any position, authority, duties or responsibilities materially inconsistent with the Executive’s position (including offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as contemplated by Section 3(a), or any other action by the Company, Weatherford Ireland or any Subsidiary which results in a material diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities (including, in connection with a Change of Control or other Corporate Transaction in which Weatherford Ireland’s ordinary shares may cease to be publicly traded, Executive being assigned to any position (including offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities that are not at or with the ultimate parent company engaged in the business of the successor to Weatherford Ireland or the corporation or other Entity surviving or resulting from such Corporate Transaction), excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is remedied by Weatherford Ireland or the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive; provided that any alteration by the Company or Weatherford Ireland of Executive’s position, authority, duties or responsibilities shall not constitute Good Reason if the Executive continues to report directly to a Senior Vice President, an Executive Vice President or more senior executive officer of Weatherford Ireland;  

(ii)any material failure by the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, its obligations under Section 3(a)), other than an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent failure not occurring in bad faith and which is remedied by the Company or any Subsidiary, as appropriate, promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by the Executive; or
(iii)[reserved];

(iv)any failure by the Company to comply with and satisfy Section 13(c) (regarding assumption of this Agreement by a successor); or

(v)the Company’s giving of notice to the Executive that the Employment Period shall not be extended.

provided, that no such event described in (i) through (iv) above shall constitute “Good Reason” if the Company cures such event within thirty (30) days following the Company’s receipt of a Notice of Breach asserting that such event constitutes Good Reason; and provided, further, that no event described in (i) through (iv) above shall constitute “Good Reason” unless the Company receives a Notice of Breach within ninety (90) days following the date such Executive obtains actual knowledge of such event (or such longer period as Executive and the Company may agree to allow for reasonable investigation and remedy of such event).

(p)“IRS” shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

(q)“Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) Weatherford Ireland or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under a Benefit Plan of Weatherford Ireland or any of its Affiliated Companies, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an 

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offering by Weatherford Ireland of such securities, or (iv) a corporation or other Entity owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of Weatherford Ireland in the same proportions as their ownership of ordinary shares of Weatherford Ireland. 

(r)“Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the final Department of Treasury regulations issued thereunder. 

(s)“Section 409A Amounts” means those amounts that are deferred compensation subject to Section 409A.

(t)“Separation From Service” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 409A.

(u)“Specified Employee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 409A. 

(v)“Subsidiary” shall mean any majority-owned subsidiary of Weatherford Ireland or any majority-owned subsidiary thereof, or any other Entity in which Weatherford Ireland owns, directly or indirectly, a significant financial interest provided that the Chief Executive Officer of Weatherford Ireland designates such Entity to be a Subsidiary for the purposes of this Agreement. 
   
(w)“Weatherford Ireland” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals, and shall include (but not be limited to) any Entity into which Weatherford Ireland is merged, consolidated or amalgamated, or any Entity otherwise resulting from a Corporate Transaction. 

(x)“Weatherford Ireland Assets” shall mean the assets (of any kind) owned by Weatherford Ireland, including, without limitation, the securities of any Subsidiaries and any of the assets owned by any Subsidiaries.

2.Employment Period.  The Company hereby agrees that the Company will continue to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby agrees to continue to be employed by the Company subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement during the Employment Period.  During the Employment Period, Executive expressly agrees that Executive may be seconded to the employment of Weatherford U.S., L.P. (or such other Affiliate as specifically agreed by the Executive) (the “Seconded Affiliate Company”), but without prejudice to the Company’s or Weatherford Ireland’s obligations or the Executive’s rights under this Agreement.  The Executive shall carry out Executive’s duties as if they were duties to be performed on behalf of the Company.  Each Seconded Affiliate Company shall be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of the Company under this Agreement and the Company shall be responsible for actions and inactions of the Seconded Affiliate Company.  Any breach or failure to abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement by a Seconded Affiliate Company shall be deemed to constitute a breach or failure to abide by the Company.  

3.Terms of Employment.

(a)Position and Duties.

(i)During the Employment Period, the Executive’s position with the Company (including offices, titles, reporting requirements, authority, duties and responsibilities) shall be as identified on the signature page hereto or as shall be revised by the Company.

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(ii)During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote reasonable attention and time during normal business hours to the business and affairs of the Company and Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies, as applicable, to the extent necessary to discharge the responsibilities assigned to the Executive hereunder, to use the Executive’s reasonable best efforts to perform faithfully and efficiently such responsibilities. During the Employment Period it shall not be a violation of this Agreement for the Executive to (A) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (B) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions and (C) manage personal investments, so long as such activities in clause (A), (B), and (C) together do not significantly interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities as an employee of the Company in accordance with this Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed that to the extent that such activities have been conducted by the Executive prior to the date hereof, the continued conduct of such activities (or the conduct of activities similar in nature and scope thereto) subsequent to the date hereof shall not thereafter be deemed to interfere with the performance of the Executive’s responsibilities hereunder.

(b)Compensation.

(i)Base Salary.  During the Employment Period, the Executive shall receive an annual base salary equal to the current base salary being received by the Executive (“Annual Base Salary”), which shall be paid at a monthly rate.  During the Employment Period, the Annual Base Salary shall be reviewed no more than twelve (12) months after the last salary increase awarded to the Executive prior to the date hereof and thereafter at least annually; provided, however, that a salary increase shall not necessarily be awarded as a result of such review.  Any increase in Annual Base Salary may not serve to limit or reduce any other obligation to the Executive under this Agreement. Annual Base Salary shall not be reduced.  The term “Annual Base Salary” as utilized in this Agreement shall refer to Annual Base Salary as may be in effect from time to time.

(ii)Annual Bonus.  The Executive shall be eligible for an Annual Bonus for each fiscal year ending during the Employment Period on the same basis as other executive officers under Weatherford Ireland’s then-current executive officer annual incentive program.  Each such Annual Bonus shall be paid no later than two and a half (21⁄2) months after the end of the fiscal year for which the Annual Bonus is awarded.
(iii)Incentive, Savings and Retirement Plans.  During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in all incentive, savings and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs in which similarly situated executive officers of Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies participate.  

(iv)Welfare Benefit Plans.  During the Employment Period, the Executive and/or the Executive’s family, as the case may be, shall be eligible to participate in and shall receive all benefits under and participate in all welfare benefit and retirement plans, practices, policies and programs provided by Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies (including, without limitation, medical, prescription, dental, disability, salary continuance, employee life, group life, accidental death and travel accident insurance plans and programs) in which similarly situated executive officers of Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies participate or which they receive. For the avoidance of doubt, Executive shall not participate in any “closed,” “frozen” or “suspended” plans or receive any compensation or benefits related to such plans, unless Executive is participating or receiving a related benefit as of the Effective Date in which case such participation or related benefit shall continue pursuant to the existing terms.

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(v)Fringe Benefits.  During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive such fringe benefits as similarly situated executive officers of Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies receive.

(vi)Expenses.  During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by the Executive in accordance with the most favorable policies, practices and procedures of Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies in effect for the Executive on the date hereof.
  
(vii)Vacation.  During the Employment Period, the Executive shall be entitled to at least four weeks paid vacation or such greater amount of paid vacation as may be applicable to the executive officers of Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies.

(viii)Deferred Compensation Plan.  During the Employment Period, the Executive, if participating as of the Effective Date, shall be entitled to continue to participate in any deferred compensation or similar plans of Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies.

(c)Termination of Prior Agreements. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement is being executed in replacement of any and all prior employment agreements existing between the Executive, the Company, Weatherford Ireland or any Affiliated Company (the “Prior Agreements”). As a result, the Executive and the Company agree that the Prior Agreements are hereby terminated and of no further force and effect.

4.Termination of Employment.

(a)Death or Disability.  The Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon the Executive’s death during the Employment Period. If the Company determines in good faith that the Disability of the Executive has occurred during the Employment Period, it may provide the Executive with written notice in accordance with Section 14(b) of its intention to terminate the Executive’s employment. In such event, the Executive’s employment with the Company shall terminate effective thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice by the Executive (the “Disability Effective Date”), provided that within the thirty (30)-day period after such receipt, the Executive shall not have returned to full-time performance of the Executive’s duties. In addition, if a physician selected by the Executive determines that the Disability of the Executive has occurred, the Executive (or Executive’s representative) may provide the Company with written notice in accordance with Section 14(b) of the Executive’s intention to terminate Executive’s employment.  In such event, the Disability Effective Date shall be thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice by the Company.

(b)Cause.  The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment during the Employment Period for Cause or without Cause.

(c)Good Reason.  The Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Executive at any time during the Employment Period for Good Reason or without Good Reason.

(d)Notice of Breach and Notice of Termination.  Any termination during the Employment Period by the Company or by the Executive shall be communicated by notice in writing to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 14(b).  For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Breach” means a written notice from the Executive to the Company which (i) indicates the specific provision in this Agreement that the Executive contends the Company has breached, and (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances the Executive claims provide the basis for the breach. 

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For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the Date of Termination (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date (which date, in the case of a notice by the Company, shall be not more than 120 days after the giving of such notice).  The failure by the Executive or the Company to set forth any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of the Executive or the Company, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder. If a breach exists and a Notice of Breach is timely delivered hereunder, it shall automatically later become a Notice of Termination if the Company fails to cure the event described in the Notice of Breach within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Notice of Breach.

(e)Date of Termination.  “Date of Termination” shall mean:

(i)if the Executive’s employment is terminated other than by reason of death or Disability, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any later date specified therein (or, in the event the Executive has a Separation From Service without the delivery of a Notice of Termination, then the date of such Separation From Service), as the case may be; provided that in the case of a termination by the Executive for Good Reason, such Notice of Breach shall be deemed void if the Company cures the matter giving rise to Good Reason pursuant to the proviso in Section 1(o); and

(ii)if the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date of death of the Executive or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be.

5.Obligations of the Company Upon Termination.

(a)Benefit Obligation and Accrued Obligation Defined. For purposes of this Agreement, “Benefit Obligation” shall mean all benefits to which the Executive (or Executive’s designated beneficiary or legal representative, as applicable) is entitled or vested (or becomes entitled or vested as a result of termination) under the terms of all employee benefit and compensation plans, agreements, arrangements, programs, policies, practices, contracts or agreements of Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies (collectively, “Benefit Plans”) in which the Executive is a participant as of the Date of Termination and to the extent not theretofore paid or provided.  “Accrued Obligation” means the sum of (i) the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination for periods through but not following Executive’s Separation From Service and (ii) any accrued vacation pay earned by the Executive, in each case, to the extent not theretofore paid.

(b)Death, Disability, Good Reason or Other than For Cause.  If, during the Employment Period, the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability, by the Company for any reason other than for Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason:

(i)The Company shall, subject to the Executive’s execution of a release of claims in favor of Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies and its their respective Officers and Directors in a form provided by the Company, pay (or cause to be paid) to the Executive (or Executive’s heirs, beneficiaries or representatives as applicable), (A) in a lump sum in cash (I) the Accrued Obligation within thirty (30) days after the Date of Termination and (II) the Benefit Obligation at the times specified in and in accordance with the terms of the applicable Benefit Plans, and (B) at the times specified in clause (iv), the following amounts: 

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(I)     an amount equal to the Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination for periods following Executive’s Separation From Service to the extent not theretofore paid;

(II)     an amount equal to the product of (i) the Annual Bonus Amount that would be payable in respect of the fiscal year during which the termination occurs (and annualized for any fiscal year consisting of less than twelve (12) months) based on actual performance for the full fiscal year and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is three hundred sixty-five (365); and

(III)     an amount equal to the Applicable Multiple (or, in the event of a termination due to death or Disability or pursuant to clause (v) of the definition of “Good Reason” the Company’s failure to extend the Employment Period then the number “one” shall be substituted for the Applicable Multiple) times the sum of (i) the Annual Base Salary received by the Executive as of the Date of Termination and (ii) the Executive’s target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year during which the termination occurs.

(ii)For a period of time equal to one year multiplied by the Applicable Multiple from the Executive’s Date of Termination, or such longer period as may be provided by the terms of the appropriate plan, program, practice or policy, the Company shall continue dental and health benefits to the Executive and the Executive’s family equal to those which would have been provided to them in accordance with the dental and health insurance plans, programs, practices and policies described in Section 3(b)(iv) if the Executive’s employment had not been terminated; provided, however, that with respect to any of such dental and health insurance plans, programs, practices or policies requiring an employee contribution, the Executive (or Executive’s heirs or beneficiaries as applicable) shall continue to pay the monthly employee contribution for same, and provided further, that if the Executive becomes re-employed by another employer and is eligible to receive dental and health insurance benefits under another employer provided plan, the dental and health insurance benefits described herein shall be secondary to those provided under such other plan during such applicable period of eligibility. If any of the dental and health insurance benefits specified in this Section 5(b)(ii) are taxable to the Executive and are not exempt from Section 409A, the following provisions shall apply to the reimbursement or provision of such benefits. The Executive shall be eligible for reimbursement on an in-kind basis, during the period described in the first sentence of this Section 5(b)(ii). The amount of such benefit expenses eligible for reimbursement or the in-kind benefits provided under this Section 5(b)(ii), during the Executive’s taxable year will not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement, or the benefits to be provided, in any other taxable year (with the exception of applicable lifetime maximums applicable to medical expenses or medical benefits described in Section 105(b) of the Code). The Executive’s right to reimbursement or direct provision of benefits under this Section 5(b)(ii) is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. To the extent that the benefits provided to the Executive pursuant to this Section 5(b)(ii) are taxable to the Executive and are not otherwise exempt from Section 409A, any reimbursement amounts to which the Executive would otherwise be entitled under this Section 5(b)(ii) during the first six (6) months following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive on the date that is six (6) months following the date of Executive’s Separation From Service. All reimbursements by the Company under this Section 5(b)(ii) shall be paid no later than the earlier of (i) the time periods described above and (ii) the last day of the Executive’s taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred by the Executive. 

(iii)The Company shall, at its sole expense as incurred, provide the Executive with reasonable outplacement services (up to a maximum of $35,000) from a provider selected by the Company. The Company shall directly pay the provider the fees for such outplacement services. The period during which such outplacement services shall be provided to the Executive at the expense of the Company shall 

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not extend beyond the last day of the second taxable year of the Executive following the taxable year of the Executive during which Executive incurs a Separation From Service. 

(iv)The Company shall pay or provide to the Executive the amounts or benefits specified in Section 5(b)(i) thirty (30) days following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service if Executive is not a Specified Employee on the date of Executive’s Separation From Service or on the date that is six (6) months following the date of Executive’s Separation From Service if Executive is a Specified Employee; provided, however, that the pro-rata bonus payment described under Section 5(b)(i)(II) shall be paid at the time when the Annual Bonus for such year would normally be paid pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii). 

(v)If the Executive is a Specified Employee, on the date that is six (6) months following the Executive’s Separation From Service, the Company shall pay to the Executive, in addition to the amounts reflected in clause (iv), an amount equal to the interest that would be earned on the amounts specified in Section 5(b)(i).

(c)Cause.  If the Executive’s employment is terminated for Cause during and prior to the expiration of the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (i) (A) the Accrued Obligation and (B) the Benefit Obligation in accordance with the terms of the applicable Benefit Plans, and (ii) Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination for periods following Executive’s Separation From Service on the date that is thirty (30) days following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service if Executive is not a Specified Employee or on the date that is six (6) months following the date of Executive’s Separation From Service if Executive’s is a Specified Employee.

(d)Termination by Executive Other Than for Good Reason.  If the Executive voluntarily terminates Executive’s employment during and prior to the expiration of the Employment Period for any reason other than for Good Reason, the Executive’s employment shall terminate without further obligations to the Executive, other than the obligation to pay to the Executive (i)  the Accrued Obligation, (ii) the Benefit Obligation, (iii) Executive’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination for periods following Executive’s Separation From Service, and (iv)  the rights provided in Section 6.  The Accrued Obligation shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within thirty (30) days after the Date of Termination and the Benefit Obligation shall be paid in accordance with the terms of the applicable Benefit Plans.  The Company shall pay to the Executive the amount specified in clause (iii) on the date that is thirty (30) days following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service if Executive is not a Specified Employee or on the date that is six (6) months following the date of Executive’s Separation From Service if Executive is a Specified Employee.

6.Other Rights.  Except as provided herein, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or limit the Executive’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by Weatherford Ireland or its Affiliated Companies and for which the Executive may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Executive may have under any plan, contract or agreement with Weatherford Ireland or any of its Affiliated Companies. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, amounts which are vested benefits, which vest according to the terms of this Agreement or which the Executive is otherwise entitled to receive under any Benefit Plans or any other plan, policy, practice or program of or any contract or agreement with the Weatherford Ireland or any of its Affiliated Companies prior to, at or subsequent to the Date of Termination shall be payable in accordance with such plan, policy, practice, program, contract or agreement. If any severance payments are required to be paid to the Executive in conjunction with severance of employment under federal, state or local law, the severance payments paid to the Executive under this Agreement will be deemed to be in satisfaction of any such statutorily required 

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benefit obligations to the extent that doing so would not result in an acceleration of payment of nonqualified deferred compensation that is prohibited under Section 409A.

7.Full Settlement.

(a)No Rights of Offset.  The Company’s obligation to make the payments provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Company may have against the Executive or others.

(b)No Mitigation Required.  The Company agrees that, if the Executive’s employment with the Company terminates, the Executive is not required to seek other employment or to attempt in any way to reduce any amounts payable to the Executive by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.  Further, except as specified in Section 5(b)(ii), the amount of any payment or benefit provided for in this Agreement shall not be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by offset against any amount claimed to be owed by the Executive to the Company, or otherwise.

(c)Legal Fees.  The Company agrees to pay promptly as incurred, to the full extent permitted by law, all legal fees and expenses which the Executive may reasonably incur as a result of any contest by Weatherford Ireland, the Company or the Executive of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereto (including as a result of any contest by the Executive about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement), provided that the Executive shall agree and undertake to reimburse the Company for such amounts paid if, but only if, the Executive is determined to have acted in bad faith in connection with the legal dispute, as determined in a final, non-appealable decision by a court of competent jurisdiction. The legal fees or expenses that are subject to reimbursement pursuant to this Section 7(c) shall not be limited as a result of when the fees or expenses are incurred. The amount of legal fees or expenses that is eligible for reimbursement pursuant to this Section 7(c) during a given taxable year of the Executive shall not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year of the Executive. The right to reimbursement pursuant to this Section 7(c) is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. Any amount to which the Executive is entitled to reimbursement under this Section 7(c) during the first six (6) months following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service shall be accumulated and paid to the Executive on the date that is six (6) months following the date of Executive’s Separation From Service. All reimbursements by the Company under this Section 7(c) shall be paid no later than the earlier of (i) the time periods described above and (ii) the last day of the Executive’s taxable year next following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred by the Executive. 

8.Certain Additional Payments by the Company. 

(a)In the event that part or all of the consideration, compensation or benefits to be paid to the Executive under this Agreement together with the aggregate present value of payments, consideration, compensation and benefits under all other plans, arrangements and agreements applicable to the Executive, constitute “excess parachute payments” under Section 280G(b) of the Code subject to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code (collectively, the “Parachute Amount”) the amount of excess parachute payments which would otherwise be payable to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit under this Agreement shall be reduced to the extent necessary so that no amount of the Parachute Amount is subject to an excise tax under Section 4999 (the “Reduced Amount”); provided that such amounts shall not be so reduced if, without such reduction, the Executive would be entitled to receive and retain, on a net after tax basis (including, 

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without limitation, after any excise taxes payable under Section 4999), an amount of the Parachute Amount which is greater than the amount, on a net after tax basis, that the Executive would be entitled to retain upon receipt of the Reduced Amount.  

(b)If the determination made pursuant to Section 8(a) results in a reduction of the payments that would otherwise be paid to the Executive except for the application of Section 8(a), such reduction in payments due under this Agreement shall be first applied to reduce any cash severance payments that the Executive would otherwise be entitled to receive hereunder and shall thereafter be applied to reduce other payments and benefits in a manner that would not result in subjecting Executive to additional taxation under Section 409A of the Code.  Within ten days following such determination, but not later than thirty days following the date of the event under Section 280G(b)(2)(A)(i), the Company shall pay or distribute to the Executive or for the Executive’s benefit such amounts as are then due to the Executive under this Agreement and shall promptly pay or distribute to the Executive or for his benefit in the future such amounts as become due to Executive under this Agreement.

9.Confidential Information.  The Company agrees to provide Executive secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies during Executive’s employment. The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to Weatherford Ireland or any of its Affiliated Companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive’s employment by the Company, Weatherford Ireland or any of its Affiliated Companies, provided that it shall not apply to information which is or shall become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement), information that is developed by the Executive independently of such information, or knowledge or data or information that is disclosed to the Executive by a third party under no obligation of confidentiality to the Company.  After termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it.  In no event shall an asserted violation of the provision of this Section 9 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement. 

10.Work Product.

(a)Executive acknowledges that all inventions, innovations, improvements, developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports and all similar or related information (whether or not patentable) which relate to the Company’s, Weatherford Ireland’s or any of its Affiliated Companies’ actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and which are conceived, developed or made by the Executive while employed by the Company, Weatherford Ireland or any of its Affiliated Companies (“Work Product”) belong to the Company, Weatherford Ireland and/or such Affiliated Company. Executive shall promptly disclose such Work Product to the Company and perform all actions reasonably requested by the Company (whether during or after employment) to establish and confirm such ownership (including, without limitation, the execution of assignments, consents, powers of attorney and other instruments).

(b)Notwithstanding the obligations set forth in Section 9 and this Section 10, after termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company, the Executive shall be free to use Residuals of the Company’s confidential information and Work Product for any purpose, subject only to its obligations with respect to disclosure set forth herein and any copyrights and patents of the Company. The term “Residuals” means information in non-tangible form that may be retained in the unaided memory of the Executive derived 

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from the Company’s confidential information and Work Product to which the Executive has had access during the Executive’s employment with the Company. The Executive may not retain or use the documents and other tangible materials containing the Company’s, Weatherford Ireland’s and or any its Affiliated Companies’ confidential information or Work Product after the termination of the Executive’s employment with the Company.

11.Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.  The Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of the Company, Weatherford Ireland and its Affiliated Companies, and agrees that to protect the Company’s, Weatherford Ireland’s and its Affiliated Companies’ confidential information it is necessary to enter into restrictive covenants as follows:

(a)During the Employment Period and for a period of one year following the date Executive ceases to be employed by the Company (the “Restricted Period”), Executive shall not accept employment with or render services to any Unauthorized Competitor as a director, officer, agent, employee, independent contractor or consultant. In order to protect the Company’s good will and other legitimate business interests (which for avoidance of doubt includes the protection of the good will of Weatherford Ireland and its Subsidiaries), provide greater flexibility to Executive in obtaining other employment and to provide both parties with greater certainty as to their obligations hereunder, the parties agree that Executive shall not be prohibited from accepting employment anywhere in the world with any company or other enterprise except an Unauthorized Competitor. For purposes of this Agreement, an “Unauthorized Competitor” means Schlumberger Limited, Halliburton Company and Baker Hughes Inc., including any and all of their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, divisions, successors, or assigns.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the non-competition restrictions set forth in this Section 11(a) shall not apply if the Executive terminates employment for any reason within one year following a Change of Control.  Additionally, if Executive voluntarily terminates employment other than for Good Reason, the non-competition restrictions set forth in this Section 11(a) shall apply only if (i) the Company notifies the Executive of its intent to enforce the provisions of this Section 11(a) within 15 days following the Executive’s Separation From Service and (ii) the Company pays the Executive a lump sum amount on the date that is 30 days following the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service (if the Executive is not a Specified Employee on the date of such Separation From Service), or on the date that is six months following the Executive’s Separation From Service (if the Executive is a Specified Employee on the date of such Separation From Service) with the Interest Amount credited thereon, equal to the sum of (x) the Annual Base Salary received by the Executive as of the Date of Termination and (y) the Executive’s target Annual Bonus for the fiscal year during which the termination occurs. 

(b)Executive further agrees that during the Restricted Period, Executive shall not at any time, directly or indirectly, induce, entice, solicit or hire (or attempt to induce, entice, solicit or hire) (i) any employee of the Company, Weatherford Ireland or any of its Affiliated Companies to leave the employment of the Company, Weatherford Ireland or any of its Affiliated Companies or (ii) any former employee of the Company, Weatherford Ireland or any of its Affiliated Companies who terminated employment coincident with or within three months prior to the date of the Executive’s Separation From Service.

(c)Executive and the Company agree and stipulate that the agreements contained in this Section 11 are fair and reasonable in light of all the facts and circumstances of the relationship between Executive and the Company and agree that the consideration provided by the Company is not illusory.  Executive further agrees that the restrictive covenants in this Section 11 do not prevent Executive from using and offering the skills Executive possessed before receiving the Company’s confidential information.  Executive and the Company also acknowledge that any amount paid under Section 5(b) (if applicable) shall be deemed paid in part as consideration for the agreements contained in this Section 11. It is expressly understood and 

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agreed that although the Executive and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Section 11 to be reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in this Agreement is an unenforceable restriction against Executive, the provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable.  Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein or the other provisions of this Agreement.

12.Disputed Payments And Failures To Pay. If the Company fails to make a payment under this Agreement in whole or in part as of the payment date specified in this Agreement, either intentionally or unintentionally, other than with the consent of the Executive, then following the fifth day after the Executive notifies the Company in writing of its failure to pay, the Company shall owe the Executive interest on the delayed payment at the applicable Federal rate provided for in section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code if the Executive (i) accepts the portion (if any) of the payment that the Company is willing to make (unless such acceptance will result in a relinquishment of the claim to all or part of the remaining amount) and (ii) makes prompt and reasonable good faith efforts to collect the remaining portion of the payment. Any such interest payments shall become due and payable effective as of the applicable payment date(s) specified in Section 5 with respect to the delinquent payment(s) due under Section 5. 

13.Successors.

(a)This Agreement is personal to the Executive and shall not be assignable by the Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s personal or legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.  

(b)This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. The Executive expressly acknowledges that Weatherford Ireland and its Subsidiaries (and their successors and assigns) are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and may enforce this Agreement (including without limitation Sections 9, 10 and 11 of this Agreement) on behalf of themselves or the Company. Both parties agree that there are no third party beneficiaries to this Agreement other than as expressly set forth in this Section 13(b).

(c)In addition to any obligations imposed by law upon any successor to the Company, the Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, scheme of arrangement, exchange offer, operation of law or otherwise (including any purchase, merger, amalgamation, Corporate Transaction or other transaction involving Weatherford Ireland or any Affiliated Company)), to all or substantially all of Weatherford Ireland’s business and/or Weatherford Ireland Assets to expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Company to obtain such assumption and agreement at or prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle the Executive to compensation from the Company in the same amount and on the same terms as the Executive would be entitled to hereunder if the Executive were to terminate the Executive’s employment for Good Reason after a Change of Control, except that, (i) for purposes of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination and (ii) the Company shall be given the opportunity to cure such breach as described under the proviso to Section 1(o).  For purposes of this Section 13(c), “Weatherford Ireland” 

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shall mean the Weatherford Ireland as hereinbefore defined and any successor to Weatherford Ireland’s business and/or Weatherford Ireland Assets as provided above.

(d)Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall remain primarily liable for its obligations hereunder; provided, however, that if the Company is financially unable to meet its obligations hereunder, Weatherford Ireland shall assume responsibility for the Company’s obligations hereunder pursuant to the guaranty provision following the signature page hereof.

14.Miscellaneous.

(a)THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF TEXAS, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.  The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.  All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require.  This Agreement may not be amended or modified otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives.  

(b)All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed:  if to the Executive, to the address set forth on the signature page hereto; and, if to the Company, to:  Weatherford International plc, Bahnhofstrasse 1, 6340 Baar, Switzerland, Attention:  Chief Executive Officer, with a copy to Executive Vice President and General Counsel and an email to legalweatherford@weatherford.com.  Notices and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.

(c)The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement.

(d)The Company and Weatherford Ireland may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(e)The Executive’s or the Company’s failure to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the failure to assert any right the Executive or the Company may have hereunder, including without limitation, the right of the Executive to terminate employment for Good Reason shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement.

(f)This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements between Weatherford Ireland, any of its Affiliated Companies and the Executive relating to the subject matter hereof, including without limitation, the Prior Agreements.  In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any other contract, plan, arrangement or understanding between the Executive and the Company (or any Affiliate of the Company), this Agreement shall control.

(g)If the Executive accepts in writing an international assignment to Switzerland then the provisions of this Agreement will be applied, to the fullest extent possible, in accordance with the employment laws of Switzerland, and nothing herein is intended to reduce or diminish the protections afforded by such laws.

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15.Section 409A.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company the Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to Executive) until the date that is six months following the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code) and (ii) if any other payments of money or other benefits due to the Executive hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Board, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax.  The Company shall consult with the Executive in good faith regarding the implementation of the provisions of this Section 15; provided that neither the Company nor any of its employees or representatives shall have any liability to Executive with respect to thereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive has hereunto set the Executive’s hand and, pursuant to the authorization from the Board or relevant committee thereof, the Company has caused these presents to be executed in its name and on its behalf, all as of the day and year set forth below.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 

	
			
	 
	 
	 

	Applicable Multiple: three (3)
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

	Position:
	 
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	Address for notices to Executive:
	 
	 

	 
	 
	Weatherford Management Company

	______________________________
	 
	Switzerland LLC,

	______________________________
	 
	 

	______________________________
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:  ___________________________________________

	Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer
	 
	Name:

	Duties: In accordance with Position above
	 
	Title:

	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	 

Guaranty by Weatherford International plc

Weatherford Ireland (Weatherford International plc) is not a party to this Agreement, but joins in this Agreement for the sole purpose of guaranteeing the obligations of the Company to pay, provide, or reimburse the Executive for all cash or other benefits provided for in this Agreement and to elect or appoint Executive to the positions with Weatherford Ireland and provide Executive with the authority relating thereto as contemplated by Section 3(a)(i) of this Agreement and as set forth on the signature page hereof, and to ensure the Board will take the actions required of it hereby. 

Weatherford International plc, 

By: ____________________________________                         
Name:  Bernard J. Duroc-Danner
Title: Chairman, President & CEO

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Exhibit 10.2

 

WARRANT EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

This Warrant Exchange Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of _______ ___, 2016, by and between VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”), and ______________________ (the “Holder”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Holder currently hold warrants to purchase an aggregate total of______  shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) (the “Warrants”), which Warrants are more particularly identified on Schedule A attached hereto; and

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company and the Holder desire to cancel and retire the Warrants, in exchange for a total of up to ______ unregistered shares, or such number of unregistered shares as is equal to (0.75 x number of warrant shares to be exchanged), of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Exchange”) in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(a)(9) and/or 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby agreed and acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1.           Securities Exchange.

 

(a)           In consideration of and in express reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants, terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Holder agrees to deliver and surrender to the Company for cancellation the Warrants identified on Schedule A hereto, in exchange for a total of up to ______ unregistered shares, or such number of unregistered shares as is equal to (0.75 x number of warrant shares to be exchanged), of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Exchange Shares”) and the Company agrees to issue and deliver the Exchange Shares to the Holder.

 

(b)           The closing under this Agreement (the “Closing”) shall take place upon the satisfaction of each of the conditions set forth in Sections 4 and 5 hereof (the “Closing Date”).

 

(c)           At the Closing, the Holder shall deliver to the Company for cancellation the Warrants, provided, however, that the Company may require the Holder to deliver such Warrants after the Closing, at its discretion.  Within ten (10) business days of the Closing, the Company shall issue the Exchange Shares to the Holders.

 

2.           Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Holder. The Holder hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Company, and covenants for the benefit of the Company:

 

(a)           The Holder is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.

 

(b)           This Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by the Holder and is a valid and binding agreement and obligation of the Holder, enforceable against the Holder in accordance with its terms, subject to limitations on enforcement by general principles of equity and by bankruptcy or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and the Holder has full power and authority to execute and deliver the Agreement and the other agreements and documents contemplated hereby and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

 

(c)           The Holder understands that the Exchange Shares are being offered and issued in reliance on specific provisions of Federal and state securities laws, and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of the Holder set forth in this Agreement to qualify for exemptions from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

 

(d)           The Holder is an “accredited investor” as defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D, promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(e)           The Holder will be acquiring the Exchange Shares for their own account, for investment purposes, and not with a view to any resale or distribution in whole or in part, in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities laws; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder does not covenant to hold the Exchange Shares for any minimum period of time.

 

(f)           The offer and issuance of the Exchange Shares is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act, by virtue of Section 3(a)(9) and/or 4(2) thereof.  The Holder understands that the Securities purchased hereunder are “restricted securities,” as that term is defined in the Securities Act and the rules thereunder, have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that none of the Exchange Shares can be sold or transferred unless they are first registered under the Securities Act and such state and other securities laws as may be applicable or the Company receives an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company that an exemption from registration under the Securities Act is available (and then the Exchange Shares may be sold or transferred only in compliance with such exemption and all applicable state and other securities laws).

 

  

  

  

 

(g)           The Holder owns and holds, beneficially and of record, the entire right, title, and interest in and to the Warrants free and clear of all rights and Encumbrances (as defined below).   The Holder has the full power and authority to vote, transfer and dispose of the Warrants free and clear of any right or Encumbrance other than restrictions under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.  Other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, there is no outstanding vote, plan, pending proposal, or other right of any person to acquire all or any of the Warrants.  As used herein, “Encumbrances” shall mean any security or other property interest or right, claim, lien, pledge, option, charge, security interest, contingent or conditional sale, or other title claim or retention agreement, interest or other right or claim of third parties, whether perfected or not perfected, voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of law, and including any agreement (other than this Agreement) to grant or submit to any of the foregoing in the future.

 

(h)           In the event the Warrants include warrants issued to the Holder as consideration for the Holder’s purchase of shares of the Company’s Series B 10% Convertible Preferred Stock, the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise thereof were registered under the Securities Act by the Company, on the Holder’s behalf, by the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (file no. 333-205782), first filed by the Company on July 21, 2015 (the “Registered Warrant Shares”), the Holder acknowledges and agrees that the Exchange Shares are not registered under Securities Act, and, by exchanging any such Warrants for Exchange Shares, the Holder shall not receive Registered Warrant Shares that otherwise may have been issued upon exercise thereof.

 

3.           Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company.  The Company represents and warrants to the Holder, and covenants for the benefit of the Holder, as follows:

 

(a)           The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of Nevada, with full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as currently conducted, and is duly registered and qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure to register or qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any material adverse effect on the business, operations, properties, prospects, or financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries and/or any condition, circumstance, or situation that would prohibit or otherwise materially interfere with the ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.

 

(b)           The Exchange Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and, when paid for or issued in accordance with the terms hereof, the Exchange Shares shall be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and rights of refusal of any kind.

 

(c)           This Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and is a valid and binding agreement and obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to limitations on enforcement by general principles of equity and by bankruptcy or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and the Company has full power and authority to execute and deliver the Agreement and the other agreements and documents contemplated hereby and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

 

(d)           The execution and delivery of the Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by the Company, will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach of or a default under any of the terms or provisions of, (A) the Company’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws, or (B) of any material provision of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its material properties or assets is bound, (ii) result in a violation of any provision of any law, statute, rule, regulation, or any existing applicable decree, judgment or order by any court, Federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, or any of its material properties or assets or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any material lien, charge or encumbrance upon any material property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them may be bound or to which any of their property or any of them is subject except in the case of clauses (i)(B), (ii) or (iii) for any such conflicts, breaches, or defaults or any liens, charges, or encumbrances which would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)           The delivery and issuance of the Exchange Shares in accordance with the terms of and in reliance on the accuracy of the Holder’s representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

(f)           No consent, approval or authorization of or designation, declaration or filing with any governmental authority on the part of the Company is required in connection with the valid execution and delivery of this Agreement or the offer, sale or issuance of the Exchange Shares or the consummation of any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(g)           The Company has complied and will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with the offer, issuance and delivery of the Exchange Shares hereunder.  Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf, directly or indirectly, has or will sell, offer to sell or solicit offers to buy any of the Exchange Shares, or similar securities to, or solicit offers with respect thereto from, or enter into any preliminary conversations or negotiations relating thereto with, any person, or has taken or will take any action so as to bring the issuance and sale of any of the Exchange Shares under the registration provisions of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.  Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or sale of any of the Exchange Shares.

 

(h)           The Company represents that it has not paid, and shall not pay, any commissions or other remuneration, directly or indirectly, to any third party for the solicitation of the Exchange.  Other than the exchange of the Warrants, the Company has not received any consideration for the Exchange Shares.  By virtue of such exchange, the holding period for the Exchange Shares under Rule 144 of the Securities Act shall begin no later than the holding period for the Warrants, as applicable.

 

  

  

  

 

(i)           The Company shall cause its Common Stock to continue to be registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), comply with all requirements related to any registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement, and not take any action or file any document (whether or not permitted by the Securities Act or the rules promulgated thereunder) to terminate or suspend such registration or to terminate or suspend its reporting and filing obligations under the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, except as permitted herein.  The Company will take all action necessary to continue the listing or trading of its Common Stock on the OTCQB Marketplace or other exchange or market on which the Common Stock is trading.

 

4.           Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Consummate the Exchange.  The obligation hereunder of the Company to issue and deliver the Exchange Shares to the Holder and consummate the Exchange is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the conditions set forth below.  These conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion.

 

(a)           The Holder shall have executed and delivered this Agreement.

 

(b)           The Holder shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Holder at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c)           The representations and warranties of the Holder shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time, except for representations and warranties that are expressly made as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date.

 

5.           Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Holder to Consummate the Exchange. The obligation hereunder of the Holder to surrender the Warrants, accept the Exchange Shares and consummate the Exchange is subject to the satisfaction or waiver, at or before the Closing Date, of each of the conditions set forth below.  These conditions are for the Holder’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Holder at any time in its sole discretion.

 

(a)           The Company shall have executed and delivered this Agreement.

 

(b)           The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c)           Each of the representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time, except for representations and warranties that speak as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date.

 

(d)           No statute, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(e)           As of the Closing Date, no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, shall be pending against or affecting the Company, or any of its properties, which questions the validity of the Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby or any action taken or to be taken pursuant thereto.  As of the Closing Date, no action, suit, claim or proceeding before or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, shall be pending against or affecting the Company, or any of its properties, which, if adversely determined, is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.           Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction.  This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.  Each of the Parties consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal courts whose districts encompass any part of the State of New York in connection with any dispute arising under this Agreement and hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any objection, including any objection based on forum non conveniens, to the bringing of any such proceeding in such jurisdictions.  Each Party waives its right to a trial by jury.  Each Party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to the service of process in any such proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such Party at its address set forth herein.  Nothing herein shall affect the right of any Party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

  

  

  

 

7.           Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, express overnight courier, registered first class mail, or telecopier (provided that any notice sent by telecopier shall be confirmed by other means pursuant to this Section 7), initially to the address set forth below, and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

 

(a)           if to the Company:

 

	
VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc.

343 Allerton Avenue

South San Francisco, California 94080

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Tel. No.: (650) 577-3600

Fax No.: (888) 482-2602

	
with a copy to:

	
 

Disclosure Law Group

600 West Broadway, Suite 700

San Diego, California 92101

Attention: Daniel W. Rumsey, Esquire

Tel No.: (619) 795-1134

Fax No.: (619) 330-2101

 

(b)           if to the Holder:

 

	
Attention:_____________

Address: _____________

­_____________________

Tel. No.: _____________

Fax No.: _____________

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; or when actually received or refused if sent by other means.

 

8.           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior and/or contemporaneous oral or written proposals or agreements relating thereto all of which are merged herein.  This Agreement may not be amended or any provision hereof waived in whole or in part, except by a written amendment signed by both of the parties.

 

9.           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by facsimile signature and in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

  

  

  

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement was duly executed on the date first written above.

 

	
VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC.

	
By: _____________________________________

 Shawn K. Singh

 Chief Executive Officer

	
HOLDER

	
By:_____________________________________

Name:

 

SCHEDULE A

 

	
Warrant Holder

	
Warrant Number

	
Date of Issuance

	
Date of Expiration

	
Warrant Shares

	
Exercise Price Post Split

	
Exchange(1)

	  	  	  	  	  	  	
 ̈ Yes    ̈   No

	  	  	  	  	  	  	
 ̈ Yes    ̈   No

	
(1)

	
In the “Exchange” column, indicate warrants to be included in the Warrant Exchange Agreement

Our transfer agent shows your currently held shares are issued as follows:

Issue shares in the name of (if none currently held or different from above):

__________________________________________________________________

Please note, all shares will be held as Book Entry, therefore you will not receive a physical certificate.

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