| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 10/16/2026 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Weatherford International plc [ WFRD ] Foreign Trading Symbol | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) | ||||||||||||||
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Ordinary Shares | 1 | D | |
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| 2024 Restricted Share Units | (1) | (1) | Ordinary Shares | 1,470 | (1) | D | |
| 2024 Performance Share Units | (2) | (2) | Ordinary Shares | 762 | (2) | D | |
| 2025 Restricted Share Units | (3) | (3) | Ordinary Shares | 293 | (3) | D | |
| 2025 Restricted Share Units | (4) | (4) | Ordinary Shares | 1,245 | (4) | D | |
| 2025 Performance Share Units | (5) | (5) | Ordinary Shares | 1,245 | (5) | D | |
| 2026 Restricted Share Units | (6) | (6) | Ordinary Shares | 1,548 | (6) | D | |
| 2026 Performance Share Units | (7) | (7) | Ordinary Shares | 1,548 | (7) | D | |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Represents restricted share units ("RSUs") granted on January 18, 2024 pursuant to the Issuer's 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "2019 EIP"). The RSUs will vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date. |
| 2. Represents performance share units ("PSUs") granted on January 18, 2024 under the 2019 EIP. The number of PSUs reported is the target award and may be subject to a payout ranging from 0% to 200% of the target award depending on the actual achievement of the performance goals at the end of the performance period. The PSUs vest based on actual performance during the Issuer's three fiscal years beginning on January 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2026. |
| 3. Represents RSUs granted on September 30, 2025 pursuant to the 2019 EIP. The RSUs will vest in full on the second anniversary of the grant date. |
| 4. Represents the second and third tranche of an award of RSUs granted on March 7, 2025 pursuant to the 2019 EIP. The RSUs will vest in equal installments on the second and third anniversary of the grant date. |
| 5. Represents PSUs granted on March 7, 2025 under the 2019 EIP. The number of PSUs reported is the target award and may be subject to a payout ranging from 0% to 200% of the target award depending on the actual achievement of the performance goals at the end of the performance period. The PSUs vest based on actual performance during the Issuer's three fiscal years beginning on January 1, 2025 and ending December 31, 2027. |
| 6. Represents the RSUs granted on March 7, 2026 pursuant to the 2019 EIP. The RSUs will vest in equal installments on the first, second and third anniversary of the grant date. |
| 7. Represents PSUs granted on March 7, 2026 under the 2019 EIP. The number of PSUs reported is the target award and may be subject to a payout ranging from 0% to 200% of the target award depending on the actual achievement of the performance goals at the end of the performance period. The PSUs vest based on actual performance during the Issuer's three fiscal years beginning on January 1, 2026 and ending December 31, 2028. |
| Remarks: |
| Kathy Medford by Power of Attorney | 10/16/2026 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Scott C. Weatherholt, Beth Ann Dranguet and Katherine Witty Medford, and if such person ceases to serve in such capacity, his or her successor, or any of them signing singly, and with full power of substitution, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney in fact to:
1.obtain credentials (including codes or passwords) to enable the undersigned to submit and file documents, forms and information required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or any rule or regulation thereunder or by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) via the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system, including (i) preparing, executing in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submitting to the SEC a Form ID (and any amendments thereto), or any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain such credentials and legally binding the undersigned for purposes of the Form ID or such other documents; and (ii) enrolling the undersigned in EDGAR Next or any successor filing system;
2.act as an account administrator for the undersigned’s EDGAR account, including: (i) appointing, removing and replacing account administrators, technical administrators, account users, and delegated entities; (ii) maintaining the security of filer’s EDGAR account, including modification of access codes; (iii) maintaining, modifying and certifying the accuracy of information on the undersigned’s EDGAR account dashboard; and (iv) taking any other actions contemplated by Rule 10 of Regulation S-T;
3.cause Weatherford International plc (the “Company”) to accept a delegation of authority from the undersigned’s EDGAR account administrators and authorize the Company’s EDGAR account administrators pursuant to that delegated entity designation to appoint, remove or replace users for the undersigned’s EDGAR account;
4.execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any successor forms thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, as well as any Forms 144 (including any successor forms thereto), and any amendments to any of the foregoing;
5.do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such forms, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such forms with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
6.take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such attorney in fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file reports under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 9th day of September, 2026.
/s/ Maximiliano Kricorian
Maximiliano Kricorian
Name of Notary: Pam Davis
Date: September 9, 2026
Notary Signature and Seal:
/s/ Pam Davis
[seal]