Weatherford CEO Out Days Before Annual Meeting – 2nd Bankruptcy?

In May 2019, Weatherford International, the world’s fourth-largest oilfield services (OFS) company, finally succumbed and announced it was filing for a “prepackaged” bankruptcy (see Weatherford Finally Files for “Prepackaged” Bankruptcy). In December the company emerged from bankruptcy having wiped out $6.2 billion of debt by giving new stock to debtholders and making its existing stock worthless (see Weatherford Emerges from Bankruptcy “Stronger” and “More Focused”). Is history about to repeat itself?

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