2021
PROXY STATEMENT and Notice of Annual General Meeting of Stockholders Notice of 2021 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders
ITEMS OF BUSINESS Wednesday, April 7, 2021 1. Election of the eight director nominees named in this proxy 10:00 a.m. Curaçao time statement. Johan van Walbeeckplein 11, Willemstad, Curaçao 2. Approval of an advisory resolution regarding our executive compensation. PROXY VOTING 3. Report on the course of business during the year ended Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the annual general meeting in person, please (i) sign, date and December 31, 2020; approval of our consolidated balance promptly return the enclosed proxy card in the enclosed envelope, sheet as at December 31, 2020; our consolidated statement or (ii) grant a proxy and give voting instructions by telephone or of income for the year ended December 31, 2020; and our internet, so that you may be represented at the meeting. Voting Board of Directors’ declarations of dividends in 2020, as instructions are provided on your proxy card or on the voting reflected in our 2020 Annual Report to Stockholders. instruction form provided by your broker. 4. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers Brokers cannot vote for Items 1, 2, 5, 6 or 7 without your LLP as our independent auditors for 2021. instructions. 5. Approval of an amendment and restatement of the 2017 RECORD DATE Schlumberger Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan. February 17, 2021 6. Approval of an amendment and restatement of the Schlumberger Discounted Stock Purchase Plan. HOW TO CAST YOUR VOTE 7. Approval of an amendment and restatement of the 2004 Stock Please refer to the enclosed proxy materials or to the information and Deferral Plan for Non-Employee Directors. forwarded by your bank, broker, or other nominee to see which voting methods are available to you. Stockholders with shares registered in Such other matters as may properly be brought before the meeting. their names with Schlumberger’s transfer agent may authorize a proxy: BY INTERNET www.proxypush.com/SLB By order of the Board of Directors, BY TELEPHONE (866) 240-5191
BY MAIL Alexander C. Juden Dianne B. Ralston Sign, date, and mail your proxy card Secretary Chief Legal Officer February 25, 2021 If you are a beneficial holder of Schlumberger common stock, you should follow any instructions provided by your bank, broker or other nominee. See “General Information” in this proxy statement.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual General Meeting of Stockholders to Be Held on April 7, 2021. This Notice and Proxy Statement, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, and our 2020 Annual Report to Stockholders are each available free of charge on our website at https://investorcenter.slb.com, as well as at www.proxydocs.com/SLB.
Table of Contents
Proxy Summary 4 ITEM 3. Approval of Financial Statements and Dividends 66 ITEM 1. Election of Directors 8 ITEM 4. Ratification of Appointment Corporate Governance 13 of Independent Auditors for 2021 67 Board Leadership Structure ����������������������������������������������������������������13 The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight ����������������������������������������������������14 Audit Committee Report 68 Our Commitment to Sustainability ������������������������������������������������������15 Stockholder Engagement �������������������������������������������������������������������16 ITEM 5. Approval of the Amendment and Director Independence �����������������������������������������������������������������������16 Restatement of the 2017 Board Refreshment ����������������������������������������������������������������������������17 Identifying Candidates for Director Nominations ��������������������������������17 Schlumberger Omnibus Stock Board Responsibilities, Committees and Attendance �������������������������19 Incentive Plan 69 Other Key Governance Policies and Practices �����������������������������������22 Equity Compensation Plan Information ����������������������������������������������76 Communication with Board �����������������������������������������������������������������22 ITEM 6. Approval of the Amendment and Director Compensation in Fiscal Year 2020 23 Restatement of the Schlumberger Discounted Stock Purchase Plan 77 Stock Ownership Information 25 ITEM 7. Approval of the Amendment and ITEM 2. Advisory Resolution to Approve Restatement of the 2004 Stock Our Executive Compensation 27 and Deferral Plan for Non-Employee Directors 81 Compensation Discussion and Analysis 28 2020 — Executive Overview ��������������������������������������������������������������28 General Information 85 Overview of Compensation Decisions for 2020 ����������������������������������29 Changes to Our 2021 Long-Term Incentive Program �������������������������30 Other Information 87 Framework for Setting Executive Compensation in 2020 �������������������31 Elements of Total Direct Compensation; 2020 Decisions �������������������33 Other Aspects of Our Executive Compensation Framework ��������������44 Appendix A A-1 Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines ����������������������������������������������50 Other Executive Benefits and Policies ������������������������������������������������50 Appendix B B-1 Compensation Committee Report ������������������������������������������������������51
Executive Compensation Tables and Appendix C C-1 Accompanying Narrative 52 2020 Summary Compensation Table �������������������������������������������������52 Appendix D D-1 Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2020 ����������������������������54 Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2020 �������������������������55 Option Exercises and Stock Vested for Fiscal Year 2020 �������������������57 Pension Benefits for Fiscal Year 2020 ������������������������������������������������58 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation for Fiscal Year 2020 ����������������60 Pay Ratio of CEO to Median Employee ���������������������������������������������62 Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control for Fiscal Year 2020 �����������������������������������������������������������63
Schlumberger Limited 2021 Proxy Statement 3 Proxy Summary
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this proxy statement. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider, and you should read the entire proxy statement carefully before voting. In addition, we are providing our 2020 Annual Report to Stockholders concurrently with this proxy statement. You should refer to its contents in considering agenda Item 3. All references in this proxy statement to “the Company,” “Schlumberger,” “we” or “our” are to Schlumberger Limited (Schlumberger N.V.) and its subsidiaries.
Voting at the 2021 Annual General Meeting (pages 85-86)
Schlumberger’s 2021 annual general meeting of stockholders will be Persons who held shares on the record date through a broker, bank or held at Johan van Walbeeckplein 11, Willemstad, Curaçao, on Wednesday, other nominee are referred to as beneficial owners. If you are a beneficial April 7, 2021 beginning at 10:00 a.m., Curaçao time. holder of Schlumberger common stock, you should follow the voting instructions provided by your bank, broker or other nominee. Each stockholder of record at the close of business on February 17, 2021 (the “record date”) is entitled to one vote for each director nominee If you plan to attend the annual general meeting in person, please refer and one vote for each of the other proposals to be voted on with respect to “General Information—General” on page 85 for the requirements for to each share registered in the stockholder’s name. Stockholders with admission to the meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the annual shares registered in their names with Schlumberger’s transfer agent may general meeting in person, please (i) sign, date and promptly return the authorize a proxy: enclosed proxy card in the enclosed envelope, or (ii) grant a proxy and give voting instructions by telephone or internet, so that you may be represented BY INTERNET at the meeting. www.proxypush.com/SLB The mailing date of this proxy statement is February 25, 2021. Business at the meeting will be conducted in accordance with the procedures BY TELEPHONE determined by the Chairman of the meeting and will be limited to matters (866) 240-5191 properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of our Board or BY MAIL by a stockholder. Sign, date, and mail your proxy card
Voting Matters
Our Board’s Page Reference Item Recommendation (for more detail) 1 Election of the eight director nominees named in this proxy statement. FOR each nominee 8 2 Approval of an advisory resolution regarding our executive compensation. FOR 27 Approval of our consolidated balance sheet as at December 31, 2020, our consolidated 3 statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the declarations of FOR 66 dividends by our Board in 2020. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent 4 FOR 67 auditors for 2021. Approval of an amendment and restatement of the 2017 Schlumberger Omnibus Stock 5 FOR 69 Incentive Plan. Approval of an amendment and restatement of the Schlumberger Discounted Stock 6 FOR 77 Purchase Plan. Approval of an amendment and restatement of the 2004 Stock and Deferral Plan for 7 FOR 81 Non-Employee Directors.
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Our Board Nominees (pages 8-12)
Below is summary information about the nominees to our Board of Directors (the “Board”).
Patrick de La Chevardière Miguel M. Galuccio Olivier Le Peuch Tatiana A. Mitrova Former Chief Financial Officer Chairman and CEO Chief Executive Officer Director of the Energy Centre Total S.A. Vista Oil & Gas Schlumberger Limited Moscow School of Management Director since 2019 Director since 2017 Director since 2019 SKOLKOVO Age: 63 Age: 52 Age: 57 Director since 2018 Committees: Audit, Finance Committees: Finance, Committees: None Age: 46 INDEPENDENT Science and Technology EXECUTIVE Committees: Audit, Finance NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT
Maria Moræus Hanssen Mark G. Papa Henri Seydoux Jeff. W. Sheets Former Deputy CEO & COO Former Chairman and CEO Chairman and CEO Former EVP and CFO Wintershall Dea GmbH Centennial Resource Development Parrot S.A. ConocoPhillips Director since 2020 Director since 2018 Director since 2009 Director since 2019 Age: 56 Age: 74 Age: 60 Age: 63 Committees: Compensation, Committees: Compensation, Science Committees: Nominating and Committees: Audit, Compensation Nominating and Governance and Technology Governance, Science and INDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT BOARD CHAIR Technology, Compensation INDEPENDENT
Board Highlights (pages 16-18)
Independence Balanced Director Nominee Tenure Director Nominees