SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Gass John D (Last) (First) (Middle) 2000 SAINT JAMES PLACE, 12TH FLOOR (Street) HOUSTON TX 77056 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Weatherford International plc [ WFT ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/27/2018
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Ordinary Shares	04/27/2018		A		62,711	A	$0(1)	175,819	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Transaction was a grant of restricted share units and therefore has no price. The units are scheduled to vest on April 27, 2019.

Remarks:

	Patrick Cowherd, by Power of Attorney	05/01/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Substitute Power of Attorney
       Under the terms of previously executed powers of attorney, the undersigned, Charity R. Kohl, was appointed attorney-in-fact for each of the directors and officers of Weatherford International plc listed on Annex I attached hereto to: (1) execute for and on behalf of each such officer Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of each such officer which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the  officer, in such form and containing such terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact's discretion.
       The original powers of attorney conferred upon the undersigned full powers of substitution, and in accordance therewith, the undersigned appoints Patrick Cowherd as substitute attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to exercise and execute all of the powers granted or conferred in the original powers of attorney.
       This Substitute Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing substitute attorney-in-fact.
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Substitute Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 17th day of April, 2018.


                                                                                                         /s/ Charity R. Kohl
                                                    Charity R. Kohl, Attorney-in-Fact



Annex I
Mohamed A. Awad
Christoph Bausch
Karl Blanchard
Roxanne J. Decyk
John D. Gass
Christina M. Ibrahim
Emyr Jones Parry
Francis S. Kalman
David S. King
William E. Macaulay
Mark A. McCollum
Angela A. Minas
Guillermo Ortiz

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