DEFA14A 1 nab-def1a4a_042517.htm ADDITIONAL DEFINITIVE PROXY MATERIALS

 

 

UNITED STATES

 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

 

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on June 6, 2017.

         
    Meeting Information

NABORS INDUSTRIES LTD.

 

 

Meeting Type:

For holders as of:

Annual Meeting

April 7, 2017

    Date:    June 6, 2017       Time:    10:00 AM CDT
    Location:

Nabors Corporate Services, Inc.
515 W. Greens Rd.
Houston, TX 77067
 

     




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Voting Items    
     
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:  
     
1.

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

 
     
  Nominees:  
     

  01) Tanya S. Beder 05) Anthony G. Petrello
  02) James R. Crane 06) Dag Skattum
  03) John P. Kotts 07) John Yearwood
  04) Michael C. Linn    

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2 and 3 and ONE YEAR for proposal 4:
   
2. Proposal to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor and to authorize the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to set the independent auditor's remuneration.
   
3. Nonbinding advisory Say-on-Pay vote regarding the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.
   
4. Nonbinding advisory vote to recommend the frequency of shareholder advisory votes on the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers.
   
The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following proposal:
   
5. Nonbinding shareholder proposal regarding adopting a proxy access bylaw, if properly presented by the shareholder proponents.
   

NOTE: The proxies are authorized to vote, in their discretion, upon such other matters that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof. The shares represented by this proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder(s). If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR the election of the nominees for the Board of Directors listed under proposal 1, FOR proposals 2 and 3, ONE YEAR for proposal 4 and AGAINST proposal 5. If any other matters properly come before the meeting the person named in this proxy will vote in their discretion.

 

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