Halliburton and Baker Hughes Announce Meeting Date and Record Date for Special Meetings
February 17 2015 - 5:05PM
Business Wire
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) and Baker Hughes Incorporated
(NYSE: BHI) today announced that each company will hold a special
meeting of stockholders on March 27, 2015, at 9:00 AM Central Time,
in connection with Halliburton’s pending acquisition of Baker
Hughes. Halliburton’s special meeting will be held at Halliburton’s
offices at 3000 North Sam Houston Parkway East, Life Center
Auditorium, Houston, Texas 77032, and Baker Hughes’ special meeting
will be held at 2727 Allen Parkway, Wortham Meeting Room #2,
Houston, Texas 77019. Halliburton stockholders will vote on whether
to approve the issuance of shares of Halliburton common stock in
connection with the acquisition, and Baker Hughes stockholders will
vote on whether to approve the merger and the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of November 16, 2014, among Halliburton, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Halliburton and Baker Hughes, and, on a
non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation payable to Baker
Hughes’ named executive officers in connection with the merger.
Halliburton stockholders and Baker Hughes stockholders of record
at the close of business on February 17, 2015, will be entitled to
receive notice of and vote at the respective special meetings.
About Halliburton
Founded in 1919, Halliburton is one of the world's largest
providers of products and services to the energy industry. With
more than 80,000 employees, representing 140 nationalities in over
80 countries, the company serves the upstream oil and gas industry
throughout the lifecycle of the reservoir - from locating
hydrocarbons and managing geological data, to drilling and
formation evaluation, well construction and completion, and
optimizing production through the life of the field. Visit the
company’s website at www.halliburton.com. Connect with Halliburton
on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,
Oilpro, and YouTube.
About Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes is a leading supplier of oilfield services,
products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and natural
gas industry. The company's 62,000-plus employees today work in
more than 80 countries helping customers find, evaluate, drill,
produce, transport and process hydrocarbon resources. For more
information about Baker Hughes, visit: www.bakerhughes.com.
Additional Information
This communication does not constitute an offer to buy or sell
or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities or a
solicitation of any vote or approval. This communication relates to
a proposed business combination between Halliburton and Baker
Hughes. In connection with this proposed business combination, on
February 17, 2015, Halliburton filed with the SEC an amendment to
the registration statement on Form S-4 that was originally filed on
December 19, 2014, containing a preliminary joint proxy
statement/prospectus of Halliburton and Baker Hughes and other
documents related to the proposed transaction. The registration
statement was declared effective by the SEC on February 17, 2015.
Halliburton and Baker Hughes will each file with the SEC a
definitive proxy statement/prospectus, and each of Halliburton and
Baker Hughes will file other documents with respect to the proposed
acquisition of Baker Hughes and a definitive proxy
statement/prospectus will be mailed to stockholders of Halliburton
and Baker Hughes. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF HALLIBURTON AND
BAKER HUGHES ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
AND OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN
THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders may
obtain free copies of these documents (if and when available) and
other documents filed with the SEC by Halliburton and/or Baker
Hughes through the website maintained by the SEC at
http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by
Halliburton will be available free of charge on Halliburton’s
internet website at http://www.halliburton.com or by contacting
Halliburton’s Investor Relations Department by email at
investors@Halliburton.com or by phone at +1-281-871-2688. Copies of
the documents filed with the SEC by Baker Hughes will be available
free of charge on Baker Hughes’ internet website at
http://www.bakerhughes.com or by contacting Baker Hughes’ Investor
Relations Department by email at trey.clark@bakerhughes.com or
alondra.oteyza@bakerhughes.com or by phone at +1-713- 439-8039 or
+1-713-439-8822.
Participants in Solicitation
Halliburton, Baker Hughes, their respective directors and
certain of their respective executive officers may be considered
participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the
proposed transaction. Information about the directors and executive
officers of Halliburton is set forth in its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, which was filed with the
SEC on February 7, 2014, its proxy statement for its 2014 annual
meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on April 8,
2014, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2014, which was filed with the SEC on October 24,
2014, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
July 21, 2014 and December 9, 2014. Information about the directors
and executive officers of Baker Hughes is set forth in its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, which was
filed with the SEC on February 12, 2014, its proxy statement for
its 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the
SEC on March 5, 2014, its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 2014, which was filed with the SEC on
October 21, 2014, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with
the SEC on June 10, 2014, September 10, 2014 and December 10, 2014.
These documents can be obtained free of charge from the sources
indicated above. Additional information regarding the participants
in the proxy solicitations and a description of their direct and
indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be
contained in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other
relevant materials to be filed with the SEC when they become
available.
For HalliburtonInvestors:Kelly
Youngblood, 281-871-2688Halliburton, Investor
RelationsInvestors@Halliburton.comorMedia:Emily Mir,
281-871-2601Halliburton, Public RelationsPR@Halliburton.comorFor
Baker HughesInvestors:Trey Clark,
713-439-8039Baker Hughes, Investor
Relationstrey.clark@bakerhughes.comorAlondra Oteyza,
713-439-8822Baker Hughes, Investor
Relationsalondra.oteyza@bakerhughes.comorMedia:Melanie
Kania, 713-439-8303Baker Hughes, Media Relations
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