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 8, 2015
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, 17th Floor, Houston, Texas 77056
62 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AJ
Parkstraat 83, The Hague, The Netherlands 2514 JG
(Addresses of principal executive offices and zip or postal codes)
Registrants telephone number in the United States, including area code: (713) 513-2000
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Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2015 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting) of Schlumberger Limited (Schlumberger N.V.), a Curaçao corporation (Schlumberger), was held on April 8, 2015. At the Annual Meeting, the stockholders of Schlumberger:
| Item 1elected all 11 director nominees; |
| Item 2approved, on an advisory basis, Schlumbergers executive compensation; |
| Item 3approved Schlumbergers Consolidated Balance Sheet as at December 31, 2014, its Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2014, and the declarations of dividends by the Board of Directors in 2014 as reflected in Schlumbergers 2014 Annual Report to Stockholders; and |
| Item 4approved the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit the accounts of Schlumberger for 2015. |
The proposals are described in detail in Schlumbergers definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on February 19, 2015 (the Definitive Proxy Statement).
The results are as follows:
Item 1Election of Directors
All director nominees were elected at the Annual Meeting.
For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non- votes |
|||||||||||||
Peter L.S. Currie |
946,805,049 | 1,298,830 | 2,582,238 | 98,084,477 | ||||||||||||
K. Vaman Kamath |
945,663,677 | 2,419,115 | 2,603,325 | 98,084,477 | ||||||||||||
V. Maureen Kempston Darkes |
876,279,859 | 71,833,932 | 2,572,326 | 98,084,477 | ||||||||||||
Paal Kibsgaard |
922,590,871 | 22,260,446 | 5,834,800 | 98,084,477 | ||||||||||||
Nikolay Kudryavtsev |
946,052,236 | 1,998,470 | 2,635,411 | 98,084,477 | ||||||||||||
Michael E. Marks |
940,911,601 | 7,187,045 | 2,587,471 | 98,084,477 | ||||||||||||
Indra K. Nooyi |
945,469,320 | 2,555,330 | 2,661,467 | 98,084,477 | ||||||||||||
Lubna S. Olayan |
944,293,590 | 3,145,729 | 3,246,798 | 98,084,477 | ||||||||||||
Leo Rafael Reif |
938,535,758 | 9,540,847 | 2,609,512 | 98,084,477 | ||||||||||||
Tore I. Sandvold |
937,869,385 | 10,225,418 | 2,591,314 | 98,084,477 | ||||||||||||
Henri Seydoux |
947,068,764 | 1,026,119 | 2,591,234 | 98,084,477 |
Item 2Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation
The advisory resolution to approve Schlumbergers executive compensation, as described in the Definitive Proxy Statement, was approved with approximately 96.6% of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting voting in favor of the advisory resolution.
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-votes | |||
913,841,317 | 32,305,769 | 4,539,031 | 98,084,477 |
Item 3Financial Statements and Dividends
The proposal to approve Schlumbergers Consolidated Balance Sheet as at December 31, 2014, its Consolidated Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2014, and the declarations of dividends by the Board of Directors in 2014 as reflected in Schlumbergers 2014 Annual Report to Stockholders, 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 | |||
944,527,666 | 757,293 | 5,401,158 | 98,084,477 |
Item 4Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The proposal to approve the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit the accounts of Schlumberger for 2015, as described in the Definitive Proxy Statement, was approved with approximately 99.1% of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting voting for the proposal.
For |
Against |
Abstain |
Broker Non-votes | |||
1,037,119,826 | 8,990,039 | 2,660,729 | 0 |
SIGNATURE
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 N.V. | ||
(SCHLUMBERGER LIMITED) | ||
By: | /s/ Saul R. Laureles | |
Saul R. Laureles | ||
Assistant Secretary Deputy General Counsel |
Date: April 8, 2015