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| | <issuerName> Weatherford International plc </issuerName> |
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| | | <rptOwnerName> Saligram Girish </rptOwnerName> |
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| | | <rptOwnerCity> HOUSTON </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> TX </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 77056 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
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| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $101.6575 to $102.62, inclusive. Details on the number of shares sold at each separate price will be provided to the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> Includes 124,000 shares previously reported as directly owned. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F3"> Held in a trust, of which the reporting person and his spouse are the grantors, trustees and beneficiaries. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F4"> The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $102.65 to $103.64, inclusive. Details on the number of shares sold at each separate price will be provided to the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F5"> The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $103.65 to $104.645, inclusive. Details on the number of shares sold at each separate price will be provided to the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F6"> The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $104.65 to $105.21, inclusive. Details on the number of shares sold at each separate price will be provided to the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F7"> Represents shares that the reporting person donated as a gift to the American Endowment Foundation FBO Girish Saligram, a donor advised trust. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F8"> Represents shares transferred to PKS Spousal Trust u/a/d 09/11/2023, a spousal lifetime access trust, of which the reporting person' spouse is the trustee and beneficiary. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F9"> Held in a spousal lifetime access trust, of which the reporting person's spouse is the trustee and beneficiary. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F10"> 124,000 shares previously reported as directly held by the reporting person were beneficially owned by the Saligram Management Trust u/a/d 02/18/2022. The reporting person and his spouse are the grantors, trustees and beneficiaries of the trust. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <remarks></remarks> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> Christine M. Morrison by Power of Attorney </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2024-02-23 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
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