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View original ↗UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 3, 2024
SCHLUMBERGER N.V. (SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Curaçao
1-4601
52-0684746
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
42 rue Saint-Dominique, Paris, France 75007
5599 San Felipe , Houston , Texas , U.S.A . 77056
(address)
62 Buckingham Gate, London, United Kingdom SW1E 6AJ
Parkstraat 83, The Hague, The Netherlands 2514 JG
(Addresses of principal executive offices and zip or postal codes)
Registrant’s telephone number in the United States, including area code: (713) 513-2000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange
on which registered
common stock, par value $0.01 per share
SLB
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Schlumberger Limited (Schlumberger N.V.), a Curaçao corporation (“SLB”), was held on April 3, 2024. All director nominees were elected and all other proposals passed at the Annual Meeting. The results are summarized below, with detailed voting results following.
At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of SLB:
•
Item 1—elected all eleven director nominees;
•
Item 2—approved, on an advisory basis, SLB’s executive compensation, with approximately 97.3% of the votes cast voting for this proposal;
•
Item 3—approved SLB’s consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2023, its consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the declarations of dividends by SLB’s Board of Directors in 2023 as reflected in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, with approximately 99.9% of the votes cast voting for this proposal; and
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Item 4—ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent auditors of SLB for 2024, with approximately 93.0% of the votes cast voting for this proposal.
The proposals are described in detail in SLB’s definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on February 22, 2024 (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”).
Item 1—Election of Directors
All director nominees were elected at the Annual Meeting.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker
Non-votes
Peter Coleman
1,014,817,161
62,138,559
709,305
126,183,880
Patrick de La Chevardière
1,062,570,978
14,357,327
736,720
126,183,880
Miguel Galuccio
1,012,577,734
64,304,411
782,880
126,183,880
Jim Hackett
1,007,387,133
69,048,667
1,229,225
126,183,880
Olivier Le Peuch
1,074,052,731
3,001,536
610,758
126,183,880
Samuel Leupold
1,073,991,735
2,896,566
776,724
126,183,880
Tatiana Mitrova
1,073,347,200
3,124,551
1,193,274
126,183,880
Maria Moræus Hanssen
1,033,092,370
43,846,145
726,510
126,183,880
Vanitha Narayanan
947,786,313
128,393,804
1,484,908
126,183,880
Jeff Sheets
1,061,561,712
15,234,354
868,959
126,183,880
Ulrich Spiesshofer
1,073,718,739
3,210,409
735,877
126,183,880
Item 2—Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation
The advisory resolution to approve SLB’s executive compensation, as described in the Definitive Proxy Statement, was approved with approximately 97.3% of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting voting for the proposal.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-votes
1,042,753,005
28,606,338
6,305,682
126,183,880
Item 3—Financial Statements and Dividends
The proposal to approve SLB’s consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2023, its consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the declarations of dividends by SLB’s Board of Directors in 2023 as reflected in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as described in the Definitive Proxy Statement, was approved with approximately 99.9% of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting voting for the proposal.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-votes
1,073,792,269
433,161
3,439,595
126,183,880
Item 4—Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The proposal to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent auditors of SLB for 2024, as described in the Definitive Proxy Statement, was approved with approximately 93.0% of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting voting for the proposal.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-votes
1,118,542,634
83,939,218
1,367,053
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED
/s/ Dianne B. Ralston
Dianne B. Ralston
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Date: April 3, 2024
Filing details
- Company
- SLB LIMITED/NV
- Ticker
- SLB
- CIK
- 87347
- Form type
- 8-K
- Filing date
- Apr 3, 2024
- Report date
- Apr 3, 2024
- Document
- d786559d8k.htm
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- 169 KB