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Notice of 20202022 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders

 

 

 

 

 

April 1, 2020

10:00 a.m. Curaçao time

Avila Beach Hotel, Penstraat 130, Willemstad, Curaçao

ITEMS OF BUSINESS

ITEMS OF BUSINESS
 1.Election of the nine11 director nominees named in this proxy statement.nominees.
 2.ApprovalAdvisory “say-on-pay” approval of the advisory resolution regarding our executive compensation.
 3.Report on the courseApproval of business during the year ended December 31, 2019; approval of our consolidated balance sheet as at December 31, 2019; our consolidated statement of incomecertain annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019; and our Board of Directors’ declarations of dividends in 2019, as reflected in our 2019 Annual Report to Stockholders.2021.
 4.Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent auditors for 2020.auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Such other matters as may properly be brought before the meeting.By order of the Board of Directors,Dianne B. Ralston
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
February 24, 2022

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

10:00 a.m. Curaçao time

Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort, John F Kennedy Boulevard, 3, Piscadera Bay, Willemstad, Curaçao

 

RECORD DATE

February 12, 20209, 2022

HOW TO CAST YOUR VOTE

Please refer to the enclosed proxy materials or to the information forwarded by your bank, broker, or other nominee to see which voting methods are available to you. Stockholders with shares registered in their names with Schlumberger’s transfer agent may authorize a proxy:

BY INTERNET

www.proxypush.com/SLB

BY TELEPHONE

(866) 240-5191

BY MAIL

Sign, date, and mail your proxy card

If you are a beneficial holder of Schlumberger common stock, you should follow any instructions provided by your bank, broker, or other nominee. See “Meeting Information” in this proxy statement.


 

PROXY VOTING

 

Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the annual general meeting in person, please (i) sign, date, and promptly return the 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 at the meeting. Voting instructions are provided on your proxy card or on the voting instruction form provided by your broker.

 

Brokers cannot vote foron Items 1 orand 2 without your instructions.

 

February 21, 2020IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING MEETING ATTENDANCE

 

By orderDepending on the level of COVID-19 protocols in effect at the Board of Directors,

Alexander C. Juden

Secretary

Important Notice Regardingtime, your ability to attend the Availability of Proxy Materials for the2022 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders (“2022 AGM”) in person may be restricted or may require additional safeguards, which could include face coverings, proof of vaccination, proof of a negative COVID-19 test result within a specified number of days, and maintaining appropriate social distancing. Please review www.proxydocs.com/SLB for any updates to Be Held on April 1, 2020:the “Meeting Information” section of this proxy statement prior to traveling.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 6, 2022:

 

This proxy statement, along withNotice and Proxy Statement, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20192021, and our 20192021 Annual Report to Stockholders are each available free of charge on our website at http:https://investorcenter.slb.com.investorcenter.slb.com and www.proxydocs.com/SLB.

 

Table of Contents

 

General InformationProxy Executive Summary4
Voting at the 2022 Annual General Meeting4
2021 Performance and Strategy Highlights5
Our Board Nominees6
Governance Highlights6
Board Refreshment7
Leader in Global Diversity7
2021 Executive Compensation Highlights9
Forward-Looking Statements10
  
ITEM 1.     Election of Directors611
Director Qualifications and Diversity11
Our Director Nominees14
  
Corporate Governance1220
Governance Framework — Highlights12
Prohibition on Hedging or Pledging of Schlumberger Stock12
Policy Against Lobbying and Political Contributions12
Communication with Board13
Proactive Stockholder Engagement1320
Independent Chairman of the Board20
Board Oversight of Risk Management21
Board Oversight of Sustainability22
Director Independence22
Board and Committee Evaluations23
Director Orientation and Education23
Process for Selecting New Directors23
Board Committees24
Board Attendance25
Corporate Governance Guidelines13
Board Independence13
Board Tenure14
Director Nominations14
Board Adoption of Proxy Access16
Board Leadership Structure16
The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight16
Meetings of the Board and Committees; Director Attendance17
Board Responsibilities and Committees1825
Code of Conduct2025
PoliciesCertain Relationships and Procedures for Approval of Related Person Transactions2125
Communicating with Our Board25
  
Our Commitment to StewardshipDirector Compensation2226
Protecting the Environment and Addressing Climate Change22
A Continued Focus on PeopleStock Ownership Information2328
  
ITEM 2.     Advisory Resolution to ApproveApproval of Our Executive Compensation2430
Compensation Committee Report30
  
Compensation Discussion and Analysis2531
2019 — Executive Overview2532
Overview of Compensation Decisions for 201920212633
Stockholder Engagement; 2019 Say-On-Pay VoteCEO Pay Summary26
Our Executive Compensation Best Practices2834
Framework for Setting 2021 Executive Compensation in 20192934
Elements of 2021 Total Direct Compensation; 2019 DecisionsCompensation3338
Other Aspects of Our Executive Compensation FrameworkProgram43
Long-Term Equity Awards — Granting Process4649
Executive Stock Ownership GuidelinesCompensation Governance46
Other Executive Benefits and Policies47
Impact of Tax Treatment48
Compensation Committee Report4851
  
Executive Compensation Tables and Accompanying Narrative4954
2019 Summary Compensation Table4954
Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2019in 20215155
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 201920215256
Option Exercises and Stock Vested for Fiscal Year 2019in 20215558
Pension Benefits for Fiscal Year 20195658
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation for Fiscal Year 201958
Pay Ratio of CEO to Median Employee5960
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control for Fiscal Year 20196061
Equity Compensation Plan Information63
CEO Pay Ratio64
  
Director Compensation in Fiscal Year 2019ITEM 3.     Approval of Financial Statements and Dividends64
Director Stock Ownership Guidelines65
Equity Compensation Plan Information66
  
ITEM 3.Approval4.     Ratification of Financial Statements and DividendsAppointment of Independent Auditors for 202266
Audit Committee Report67
  
ITEM 4.Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors for 2020Meeting Information68
Audit Committee Report69
Stock Ownership Information70
Security Ownership by Certain Beneficial Owners70
Security Ownership by Management70
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports71
  
Other Information7270
  
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General Information
February 21, 2020

 

Items to be Voted on at the Annual General Meeting
Board
AgendaItemRecommendation
Item 1Election of the nine director nominees named in this proxy statement.FOR
Item 2Approval of the advisory resolution regarding our executive compensation.FOR
Item 3Approval of our consolidated balance sheet as at December 31, 2019, our consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2019, and the declarations of dividends by our Board in 2019.FOR
Item 4Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent auditors for 2020.FOR

Proxy Executive Summary

 

General

This proxy statement is furnishedsummary highlights information contained elsewhere in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Schlumberger Limited (Schlumberger N.V.) of proxies to be voted at its 2020 annual general meeting of stockholders, which will be held at the Avila Beach Hotel, Penstraat 130, Willemstad, Curaçao, on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 beginning at 10:00 a.m., Curaçao time, and at any postponement(s) or adjournment(s) thereof.

In this Proxy Statement, we may also refer to Schlumberger Limited and its subsidiaries as “we,” “our,” “the Company” or “Schlumberger.”

To be admitted to the meeting, stockholders of record and beneficial owners as of the close of business on the record date for the meeting, February 12, 2020, must present a passport or other government-issued identification bearing a photograph and, for beneficial owners, proof of ownership as of the record date, such as the Notice of Internet Availability, top half of the proxy card or voting instruction card that was sent to you with this proxy statement.

The mailing date of this proxy statement, is February 21, 2020. Business at the meeting will be conducted in accordance with the procedures determined by the Chairmanbut it does not contain all of the meeting and will be limited to matters properly broughtinformation that you should consider. You should read this entire proxy statement carefully before the meeting by or at the direction of our Board or by a stockholder.

Wevoting. In addition, we are providing our 20192021 Annual Report to Stockholders concurrently with this proxy statement. You should refer to its contents in considering agenda Item 3.

 

Proxy MaterialsAll references in this proxy statement to “the Company,” “Schlumberger,” “we,” or “our” are Availableto Schlumberger Limited (Schlumberger N.V.) and its subsidiaries.

Website references throughout this document are provided for convenience only, and the content on the Internetreferenced websites is not incorporated by reference into this document.

 

This year we are using an SEC rule that allows us to use the internet as the primary means of furnishing proxy materials to stockholders. We are sending a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice of Internet Availability”)statement is first being made available to our stockholders with instructions on how to access the proxy materials online or request a printed copy of the materials.about February 24, 2022.

 

Stockholders may follow

Voting at the instructions in the Notice of Internet Availability to elect to receive future proxy materials in print by mail or electronically by email. We encourage stockholders to take advantage of the availability of the proxy materials online to help reduce the environmental impact of our annual general meetings.

2022 Annual General Meeting (pages 68–69)

 

Our proxy materials are also availableThe 2022 AGM will be held at http://investorcenter.slb.com.

Record Date; Proxiesthe Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort, John F Kennedy Boulevard, 3, Piscadera Bay, Willemstad, Curaçao, on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 beginning at 10:00 a.m., Curaçao time.

 

Each stockholder of record at the close of business on the February 9, 2022 (the “record date February 12, 2020,”) is entitled to one vote for each director nominee and one vote for each of the other proposals to be voted on with respect to each share registered in thesuch stockholder’s name. A stockholder of record is a person or entity who heldIf your shares on that dateare registered in itsyour name onwith Schlumberger’s transfer agent, you may vote in person at the records2022 AGM, or you may authorize a proxy to vote your shares by one of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”)the following methods:

BY INTERNET

www.proxypush.com/SLB

BY TELEPHONE

(866) 240-5191

BY MAIL

Sign, date, and mail your proxy card

If you are a beneficial owner of Schlumberger common stock (i.e., Schlumberger’s stock transfer agent. Persons who heldyou hold your shares on the record date through a broker, bank, or other nominee are referred to as beneficial owners.nominee), you should follow the voting instructions provided by your bank, broker, or other nominee.

 

Shares cannotIf you plan to attend the 2022 AGM in person, see “Meeting Information” beginning on page 68 for the requirements for admission to the meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the 2022 AGM in person, please (i) sign, date, and promptly return the 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 votedrepresented at the meeting unless the owner of record is present in person or is represented by proxy. Schlumberger is incorporated in Curaçao and, as required by Curaçao law, meetings of stockholders are held in Curaçao. Because many stockholders cannot personally attend the meeting, it is necessary that a large number be represented by proxy.meeting.

 

Shares Outstanding on Record DateVoting Matters

 

    
 Item Our Board’s
Recommendation
Vote Required for
Election / Approval
Page Reference
(for more detail)
 
   
 1Election of 11 director nominees.FOR each nomineeMajority of votes cast
for the nominee
11 
       
 2Advisory “say-on-pay” approval of our executive compensation.FORMajority of votes cast30 
       
 3Approval of our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021, our consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the declarations of dividends by our Board in 2021.FORMajority of votes cast65 
       
 4Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as our independent auditor for 2022.FORMajority of votes cast66 
       

On February 12, 2020, there were 1,388,162,459 shares of Schlumberger common stock outstanding and entitled to vote.

 

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Quorum

2021 Performance and Strategy Highlights

2021 was an exceptional year for Schlumberger, in which we demonstrated the strength and agility of our emergent strategy—rooted in operational execution, superior returns, and capital discipline. After two years of extraordinary industry, market, and social uncertainty, the Schlumberger team delivered a year of remarkable financial results, surpassing all of our 2021 financial targets and closing the year with excellent momentum.

 

HoldersHighlights of at least one-halfour 2021 financial performance, reflecting the success of the outstanding shares entitling the holders thereof to vote at the meeting must be present in person or by proxy to constitute a quorum for the taking of any action at the meeting.

Abstentionsour returns-focused strategy and proxies submitted on your behalf by brokers, banks or other holders of record that do not indicate a vote because they do not have discretionary voting authority and have not received instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares as to how to vote on a proposal (so-called “broker non-votes”) will be considered as present for quorum purposes. If a quorum is not present at the meeting, the Board may call a second general meeting of stockholders, at which the quorum requirement will not apply.

Votes Required to Adopt Proposals

To be elected, director nominees must receive a majority of votes cast (the number of votes cast “for” a director nominee must exceed the number of votes cast “against” that nominee). Approval of each of the other matters on the agenda also requires the affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast.

Important Voting Information for Beneficial Owners

If your Schlumberger shares are held for you in street name (i.e.you own your shares through a brokerage, bank or other institutional account), you are considered the beneficial owner of those shares, but not the record holder. This means that you vote by providing instructions to your broker rather than directly to Schlumberger. Unless you provide specific voting instructions, your broker is not permitted to vote your shares on your behalf, except on Item 3 and Item 4.

Effect of Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes

Brokers holding shares must vote according to specific instructions they receive from the beneficial owners of those shares. If brokers do not receive specific instructions, brokers may in some cases vote the shares in their discretion. However, the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) precludes brokers from exercising voting discretion on other proposals without specific instructions from the beneficial owner, as follows:execution, include:

 

 Discretionary Items.Under NYSE rules, brokers will have discretion to vote on both Item 3 (approval of financial statements and dividends) and Item 4 (ratification of appointment of independent auditors for 2020) without instructions from the beneficial owners.
   
 Adjusted EBITDA(1)
$4.925 billion
Nondiscretionary Items.Free Cash Flow(2)
$2.997 billion
Brokers, banks or other holders of record cannot vote on Item 1 (election of directors) or Item 2 (advisory vote to approve executive compensation) without instructions from the beneficial owners. Therefore, if your shares are held in street name and you do not instruct your broker, bank or other holder of record how to vote on the election of directors or the advisory vote to approve executive compensation, your shares will not be voted on those matters.

Abstentions and broker non-votes are not considered as votes cast and will not be counted in determining the outcome of the vote on the election of directors or on any of the other proposals.

How to Vote

Stockholders with shares registered in their names with Computershare may authorize a proxy:

Revenue
$22.9 billion
by the internet at the following internet address: http://www.proxyvote.com;
  
telephonically by calling 1-800-690-6903; or

14% increase over 2020

110% increase over 2020

H2 2021 revenue increased 18%
over H2 2020, excluding
impact of divestitures

  
Adjusted EBITDA Margin
21.5%
Net Debt Reduced by completing
$2.8 billion
Earnings per Share (GAAP)
$1.32

Expanded 320 basis points
year-on-year, achieving
highest adjusted EBITDA
margin level since 2018

Net debt to adjusted EBITDA
ratio of 2.2x

Lowest net debt level since 2016

Earnings per share, excluding
charges and mailing their proxy card.credits, was $1.28,
an 88% increase over 2020

 

The internet On the strength of these financial results, driven by excellent operational leverage as a result of our Performance Strategy and telephone voting facilities for stockholders of record will close at 11:59 p.m. Easternstrong working capital management, we were able to reduce our net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio from 3.2x to 2.2x year-on-year. At the same time, on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The internet we achieved double-digit pretax operating margins in North America—the highest levels since 2014—and telephone voting procedures have been designedwe expanded our international pretax operating margins to authenticate stockholders and to allow you to vote your shares and to confirm that your instructions have been properly recorded.the highest levels since 2018.

 

A numberThe success of banks2021 was built upon the continued growth of our strategic business pillars—strengthening our core, digital, and brokerage firms participatenew energy—to deliver high performance sustainably.

In our Core business, we fully operationalized our returns-focused strategy through our new Division and Basin organization and high-graded business portfolio, which have significantly increased our operating leverage. As a result of our differentiated capabilities, exceptional execution, and technology performance, we enhanced our market positions and won significant project awards during the year. With increased operating leverage and our outstanding customer performance, we ended the year marking six consecutive quarters of pretax segment operating margin expansion.

In Digital, we expanded market access and accelerated the adoption of our platform, which brings our customers AI capabilities and powerful digital tools to reduce cycle time, improve performance, and lower carbon intensity. We built partnerships to achieve comprehensive cloud access globally, collaborated with AI innovators to deploy machine-learning and AI solutions, and enabled digital operations through the automation of key workflows in programs thatwell construction and production operations.

In Schlumberger New Energy, we continued to advance the development of clean energy technologies and low-carbon projects. In 2021, we invested in stationary energy storage—expanding our total addressable market—and progressed our ventures in hydrogen, lithium, geoenergy, and a suite of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (“CCUS”) opportunities, including our bioenergy carbon capture and storage (“BECCS”) project.

2021 also permit beneficial stockholderssaw continued excellence in Safety and Service Quality, as we successfully navigated the challenges of the ongoing pandemic to direct their voteensure continued execution and performance for our customers. Our total recordable injury frequency showed a 31% improvement since 2019, and we also improved our automotive accident rate by 30% compared to 2019. Furthermore, our service quality performance was the internet or telephone. If you arebest on record, despite increasing activity coupled with ongoing pandemic and supply chain challenges.

This was also a beneficial owner whose shares are held in an account at pivotal year for Schlumberger’s commitment to Sustainability. We announced our comprehensive 2050 net-zero commitment inclusive of Scope 3 emissions—a bank or brokerage firm that participates in such a program, you may directfirst for the vote of those shares by the internet or telephone by following the instructionsenergy services sector—and we launched our Transition Technology* portfolio to focus on the voting form.decarbonization of oil and gas operations. In addition, Schlumberger earned an upgraded AA rating from MSCI, and won an ESG Top Performer award from Hart Energy, recognizing our sustainability efforts, our enhanced disclosures, and our commitment to apply our technologies and capabilities toward helping the world sustainably meet future energy demand.

 

All shares entitledIn summary, 2021 was a defining and transformative year for Schlumberger. We continued to votestrengthen our core portfolio, while also enhancing our sustainability leadership, advancing our digital journey, and represented by properly executed proxies received prior to the meeting and not revoked will be voted at the meeting in accordance with your instructions. If you are a stockholder with shares registered in your name with Computershare and you submit a properly executed proxy card but do not direct how to vote on each item, the persons named as proxies will vote as the Board recommends on each proposal.expanding our new energy portfolio.

 

By providing your voting instructions promptly, you may save usAs we enter 2022, Schlumberger is well prepared to seize the expensemultiyear growth cycle ahead of us. We have entered this cycle in a second mailing.position of strength, having reset our operating leverage, expanded peer-leading margins across multiple quarters, and aligned our technology and business portfolio with the new industry imperatives. We are truly excited about the outlook for Schlumberger—for continued financial outperformance, technology leadership, and growth opportunities in digital and clean energy innovation—to enable the world to unlock access to energy for the benefit of all.

 

Changing Your Vote or Revoking Your Proxy

(1)Net income attributable to Schlumberger on a GAAP basis was $1.881 billion. Adjusted EBITDA reflects earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, excluding charges and credits. For a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net income attributable to Schlumberger on a GAAP basis, see Appendix A.
(2)Cash flow from operations was $4.651 billion. For a reconciliation of free cash flow to cash flow from operations, see Appendix A.

 

If you are a stockholder of record, you can change your vote or revoke your proxy at any time by timely delivery of a properly executed, later-dated proxy (including an internet or telephone vote) or by voting by ballot at the meeting. If you hold shares through a broker, bank or other holder of record, you must follow the instructions of your broker, bank or other holder of record to change or revoke your voting instructions.

*Mark of Schlumberger.

 

 

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Our Board Nominees (pages 13–19)

  

Peter Coleman

Former Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

Patrick de La Chevardière

Former Chief Financial Officer
Total S.A.

Miguel Galuccio

Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Vista Oil & Gas

Olivier Le Peuch

Chief Executive Officer
Schlumberger

 

Samuel Leupold

Former Chief Executive Officer
Ørsted Wind Power A/S

Tatiana Mitrova

Fellow
SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy
Columbia University

Maria Moræus Hanssen

Former Deputy Chief Executive Officer
and COO
Wintershall Dea GmbH

Vanitha Narayanan

Former Chairman and
Managing Director
IBM India

Mark Papa

Former Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer
Centennial Resource Development

Jeff Sheets

Former EVP and
Chief Financial Officer
ConocoPhillips

Ulrich Spiesshofer

Former President and
Chief Executive Officer
ABB Ltd.

Governance Highlights (pages 20–25)

   Independent Chairman of the Board, separate from CEO

   No staggered board; all directors are elected annually

   Fully independent Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance committees

   Newly formed New Energy and Innovation Committee, comprised solely of independent directors, to contentsoversee our energy transition investments and other innovation

   Regular executive sessions of non-employee directors

   Majority vote standard for uncontested director elections

   Annual performance evaluations of Board, its committees, and individual directors

   100% Board attendance in 2021

   Director nominees reflect the gender, racial and ethnic, cultural and geographical diversity of our global operations, as well as diverse experience, skills, and tenure

   Demonstrated commitment to Board refreshment

   Proactive stockholder engagement

   No hedging or pledging of our stock by executives or directors

   Robust director stock ownership guidelines (5x annual cash retainer) and executive stock ownership guidelines

   No lobbying or making financial or in-kind contributions to political parties or candidates

   Comprehensive risk assessment process designed to identify and manage enterprise-wide risks

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Board Refreshment

Our Board of Directors (the “Board”) is committed to thoughtful board refreshment and ongoing board succession planning. All of our director nominees joined the Board within the last five years, bringing diverse and evolving experience and leadership skills in areas that are strategically important to the Company. The chart below reflects some of the key skills and experience of the non-employee directors who joined the Board over the past three years, offering continuing expertise in our core industry and operations, while enhancing expertise in financial and capital management, sustainability, new energy, and digital technologies and transformation. For further information on each director nominee, see “Election of Directors” beginning on page 11 of this proxy statement.

Leader in Global Diversity

Global Perspectives. The diversity of our workforce has long been one of Schlumberger’s greatest strengths. Our employees represent more than 160 nationalities and have experience in more than 120 countries. We recognize that diversity and inclusion are not just the right thing to do—they are essential to attracting the best talent from around the world and enabling creativity and innovation to drive business success.

As a global company focused on creating value for our customers, we believe it is critical for our people to communicate with our customers in their native languages and to share the values of the people in the countries where we work. Furthermore, our diverse workforce positions us to effectively deliver services and products that meet the unique expectations and requirements of our stakeholders, including our customers, suppliers and stockholders. We have continued to maintain a workforce nationality mix aligned to the revenue derived from the countries in which we work, as reflected in the charts below.

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In addition, our geographically diverse Board and 10-member executive team (as of December 31, 2021) collectively represented 15 nationalities across six continents, as reflected on the map below.

Gender. Gender balance is another important pillar of our diversity and inclusion strategy. We are committed to lead our industry in gender diversity and are on track to reach our interim milestone of having women comprise 25% of our salaried employee population by 2025. In 2021, we set our next milestone to continue our progress—for women to comprise 30% of our salaried employee population by 2030. This target includes executive roles and all other salaried positions.

As of December 31, 2021, women made up 30% of our executive team and approximately 22% of management-level roles. Approximately 18% of our total workforce and 23% of our salaried employee population were women at year-end 2021. Women also represented approximately 48% of our 2021 new hires for salaried roles with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) backgrounds. For the 2022 AGM, women represent 27% of our director nominees.

2021 WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
27%30%
Director
Nominees
Executive Team
  
22%48%
Management-Level
Roles
New STEM Hires

Race and Ethnicity. As a truly global company with a rich legacy of national and cultural diversity, it is important that we do not limit our definitions of racial and ethnic diversity to the common classifications used in the United States, both for our executive team and for the Board. For further discussion regarding the racial and ethnic diversity of our Board, see “Election of Directors—Director Qualifications and Diversity” beginning on page 11 of this proxy statement.

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2021 Executive Compensation Highlights (pages 30–64)

As more fully discussed in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this proxy statement:

Redesigned LTI Program ─ We redesigned our long-term incentive (“LTI”) program to more closely align with our long-term strategy, publicly disclosed financial objectives, and total shareholder return (“TSR”). Under our 2021 LTI program, our named executive officers (“NEOs”) received a mix of four types of grants, equally weighted at target performance:
25% Absolute FCF Margin Performance Share Units (“PSUs”): We replaced our previous free cash flow conversion rate metric, which was measured over a two-year period, with a metric that measures free cash flow margin over a three-year performance period.
25% Relative TSR PSUs: We introduced PSUs based on a three-year relative TSR metric as a new element of our LTI program, and we set the target performance goal above median at the 60th percentile.
25% Relative ROCE PSUs: We increased the rigor of the performance targets for our three-year ROCE (as defined below) metric by removing Weatherford from the ROCE comparator group, as Weatherford had underperformed the rest of the comparator group in recent years.
25% Time-based RSUs: We introduced three-year, time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) as a new element of our LTI program, to promote stability and retention of our executive team.
NEO Cash Compensation Structure Unchanged ─ We held base salaries flat for all NEOs, and we did not increase the target annual cash incentive opportunity, as a percentage of base pay, for any of our NEOs. We also continued to tie 70% of our NEOs’ target annual cash incentive opportunity to full-year adjusted EBITDA and cash flow generation goals to ensure our executives were focused on profitable, sustainable growth.
CEO Compensation Program Unchanged ─ The target value of our CEO’s 2021 total direct compensation places him at approximately the 50th percentile among CEOs in our general industry peer group. We did not increase any element of our CEO’s 2021 target total direct compensation as compared to 2020. For details regarding our CEO’s compensation, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—CEO Pay Summary” on page 34.
ESG Objectives for All NEOs ─ Every NEO had at least one strategic personal objective related to sustainability, new energy, or health, safety and environmental (“HSE”) goals.

Below is a summary of some of our executive compensation best practices and policies.

WHAT WE DOWHAT WE DON’T DO

At Risk Pay ─ A significant portion of our executives’ compensation is at risk, based on a mix of absolute and relative financial metrics.

Performance-Based Cash Incentive Awards ─ At least 70% of our executives’ target annual cash incentive opportunity is based on achieving rigorous quantitative Company financial goals.

Clawback Policy ─ Our compensation clawback policy and the terms of our LTI grants allow our Board to recover performance-based cash and equity awards in specified instances.

Robust Stock Holding Requirements ─ Our CEO is required to own an amount of Schlumberger stock valued at six times (6x) his annual base salary; our EVPs must own at least three times (3x) their annual base salaries; and all other executive officers must own at least two times (2x) their annual base salaries.

Mandatory Retention of Shares ─ Executives must retain 50% of the net shares they acquire upon the exercise of stock options and the vesting of PSUs and RSUs, until they achieve the required ownership level under our stock ownership guidelines.

Annual Peer Compensation Review ─ We annually review all officer compensation opportunities against our peer groups.

No gross-ups on excise taxes.

No repricing or exchanging options without stockholder approval.

No hedging or pledging of Schlumberger stock by executive officers or directors.

No LTI or annual cash incentive payouts if we fail to achieve preestablished minimum performance criteria.

No excessive perquisites to our executive officers.

No executive pension or insurance plans exclusively for executive officers.

No change-in-control agreements, and no automatic acceleration of equity awards upon a change in control.

PSUs and RSUs do not accrue or pay dividends or dividend equivalents or have voting rights prior to vesting.

We do not dilute our stockholders with excessive employee equity grants. Our 2021 “burn rate,” or stock awards granted as a percentage of common shares outstanding, was only 0.58%.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This proxy statement includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical or current facts made in this document are forward-looking. We use words such as anticipates, believes, expects, future, intends, and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations and are inherently uncertain, and actual results or outcomes could differ materially for a variety of reasons. Risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ significantly from management’s expectations are described in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Forward-looking and other statements in this proxy statement regarding our environmental, social, governance (“ESG”) and other sustainability plans and goals are not an indication that these statements are necessarily material to investors or required to be disclosed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition, historical, current, and forward-looking ESG and sustainability-related statements may be based on standards for measuring progress that are still developing, internal controls and processes that continue to evolve, and assumptions that are subject to change in the future.

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ITEM 1. Election of Directors

 

All ofour directors are elected annually at our annual general meeting of stockholders. Our stockholders are requested to elect nineWe recommend that you vote “FOR” each of the 11 director nominees, to the Board, eachbe elected to hold officeserve until the next annual general meeting of stockholders andour 2023 AGM (or until a director’s successor is elected and qualified or until a director’stheir death, resignation or removal.removal). Each of the nominees is nowcurrently a director and was previously elected by our stockholders at the 2019 annual general meeting of stockholders, except for Mr. Olivier Le Peuch, who was appointed by the Board to serve as a director effective August 1, 2019, and Messrs. Patrick de La Chevardière and Jeff W. Sheets, each of whom was appointed by the Board to serve as a director effective October 28, 2019, based upon the recommendations of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board.director.

 

Peter L.S. Currie, the Board’s lead independent director,Henri Seydoux will not stand for re-election at our annual general meeting of stockholders. Our Board extends gratitude to Mr. CurrieSeydoux for ninehis 13 years of service as a member of the Board. The Board expects to elect a successor lead independent director from among the independent directors elected at the 2020 annual general meeting. Nikolay Kudryavtsev and Indra Nooyi also will not stand for re-election at our annual general meeting of stockholders. Our Board extends gratitude to Dr. Kudryavtsev for 13 years of service and to Ms. Nooyi for five years of service as members of the Board.

 

All of the nominees for election have consented to being named in this proxy statement and to serve if elected. If any nominee is unable or unwilling to serve, the Board may designate a substitute nominee. If the Board designates a substitute nominee, proxies may be voted for that substitute nominee. The Board knows of no reason why any nominee willwould be unable or unwilling to serve if elected.

 

At the 2022 AGM, votes may not be cast for a greater number of persons than the number of director nominees named in this proxy statement. Shares represented by properly executed proxies will be voted, if authority to do so is not withheld, for the election of each of the nine11 nominees named below.

At our 2016 annual general meeting of stockholders, our stockholders voted to fix the number of directors constituting the Board at 12, as permitted under our Articles of Incorporation. However, because Mr. Currie, Dr. Kudryavtsev and Ms. Nooyi are not standing for re-election, only nine directors have been nominated for election at the 2020 annual general meeting of stockholders. The Board believes that it is advisable and in the best interest of our stockholders for the authorized number of directors constituting the Board to remain at 12. This will allow the Board to conduct a search for, and add, up to three additional directors prior to the 2021 annual general meeting.

At this annual general meeting, votes may not be cast for a greater number of persons than the number of director nominees named in this proxy statement.

Required Vote

Each director nominee must receive a majority of the votes cast to be elected.

If you hold your shares in street name, please be aware that brokers, banks and other holders of record do not have discretion to vote on this proposal without your instruction. If you do not instruct your broker, bank or other holder of record how to vote on this proposal, they will deliver a non-vote on this proposal.“—Our Director Nominees” below.

 

     The Board of Directors Recommends a VoteFORAllEach Director Nominees.Nominee.

 

Director Nominees

Qualifications and Diversity

 

The Board believes that each director nominee possesses the qualities and experience that the Nominating and Governance Committee believes that director nominees should possess, as described in detail belowhave the following characteristics:

   be persons of integrity and honesty,

   be able to exercise sound, mature and independent business judgment in the section entitled “Corporate Governance—Director Nominations” beginning on page 14. The Board seeks out, and the Board consistsbest interests of individuals whoseour stockholders as a whole,

   be recognized leaders in business or professional activity,

   have background and experience that will complement those of other Board members. Themembers,

   be willing and able to actively participate in Board and committee meetings and related activities,

•   be able to work professionally and effectively with other Board members and Schlumberger management,

   be available to remain on the Board long enough to make an effective contribution, and

   have no material relationship with competitors, customers or other third parties that could present realistic possibilities of conflicts of interest or legal issues.

In the judgment of the Board, all director nominees for electionare able to execute their duties as members of the Board and to devote the necessary time and attention to the Board, together with biographical information furnishedCompany, as required by each of them and information regarding each nominee’s director qualifications, are set forth on the following pages.

Thereour Corporate Governance Guidelines. In addition, there are no family relationships among any executive officers and directors of the Company.

 

Board Diversity Policy

The Nominating and Governance Committee also supports the Company’s diversity ambitions that its Board should reflect the gender, racial and ethnic, cultural and geographical diversity of our global operations. The Board seeks out women and nationally, racially and ethnically diverse candidates to include in the pool of qualified candidates from which potential director nominees are chosen. As reflected in the summary chart on page 13, our 11 director nominees represent ten nationalities across five continents, and three directors are women.

Race and Ethnicity

Given our multinational footprint and culture, we endeavor to have a global perspective on diversity, including racial and ethnic diversity. This perspective includes respecting local legal requirements regarding the tracking and use of personal data pertaining to under-represented populations. Certain countries have data privacy laws prohibiting the collection or disclosure of race and ethnicity classification data, reflecting historical concerns that such data could be used to foster, rather than eliminate, discrimination. In addition, local definitions of race and ethnicity and related classifications, as well as the definition of under-represented groups, vary from country to country.

As a result, U.S.-centric racial and ethnic classifications as used for EEO-1 data collection purposes are applicable only to our three directors who are U.S. citizens. For our U.S. directors, we provide on page 13 race and ethnicity disclosures based on classifications commonly used in the United States. For all other directors, we asked if they wished to voluntarily disclose their ethnic or racial background and, if so, how they self-identify based on the classifications most relevant to their home countries. We provide self-identifications for non-U.S. directors in the summary chart on page 13. In keeping with international data privacy laws, we have not included racial or ethnic information for director nominees who did not authorize disclosure.

 

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Retirement Age

Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, non-employee directors are eligible to be nominated or renominated to the Board up to their 70th birthday, and executive directors are eligible to be nominated or renominated up to their 65th birthday, after which directors may no longer be nominated or renominated to the Board. Our Board may waive this policy on a case-by-case basis on the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee if it deems a waiver to be in the best interests of the Company.

Under the leadership of Mr. Papa, the Board’s independent Chairman, the Board has undergone significant refreshment and transition over the past several years. As discussed above under “Proxy Executive Summary—Board Refreshment,” five new directors joined the Board in 2020 and 2021, expanding our Board’s overall expertise in the areas of sustainability, new energy, and digital technologies and transformation. In addition, the average tenure of our director nominees is approximately two years. In light of these circumstances, and in order to allow for effective onboarding of the Board’s newest members, the Board waived the retirement age policy for Mr. Papa upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, because the Board believes that having Mr. Papa continue to serve as independent Chairman is in the best interests of our Company and our stockholders.

Summary of Director Nominee Skills and Characteristics

The chart on the following page summarizes the qualifications of our director nominees, including knowledge, skills, experiences and other attributes that the Board believes are relevant to their Board and committee service. Each director nominee possesses numerous other skills and experience not identified in the following chart, as further detailed in their biographies beginning on page 14 of this proxy statement. We believe our director nominees provide a well-rounded set of expertise to assist in effective oversight of Schlumberger management.

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Summary of Director Nominee Skills and Characteristics

  
Substantial Knowledge, Skills and Experience            
Current or former chief executive officer      
Energy industry and operations  
Finance and accounting        
Science, technology and engineering     
Energy transition and sustainability  
Digital innovation        
Digital transformation        
Information security           
Strategy development & implementation 
International business   
Risk management 
Economic modeling       
Health, safety and environmental     
Mergers and acquisitions    
Academic relations        
Government, regulatory & public policy     
Demographics            
Nationality            
Argentina           
Australia           
France          
Germany           
Israel           
Norway           
Russia           
Switzerland          
United Kingdom           
United States         
Racial and Ethnicity Characteristics for U.S. Directors  
Asian or Indian           
Black or African American            
Hispanic or Latino            
Native American            
White or Caucasian          
Non-U.S. Directors Electing to Self-Identify Racial or Ethnicity Characteristics 
White or Caucasian         
Two or More Races or Ethnicities           
GenderMMMMMFFFMMM 
Other Attributes            
Independence   
Tenure (in ~ years as of 2022 AGM)<1252131<132<1 

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Our Director Nominees

The nominees for election to the Board, together with information regarding each nominee’s qualifications, are set forth below.

Peter Coleman,
Independent Director

 

Former CEO and Managing Director,
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

Director since 2021

Age: 61

Other Current Public Boards

•   None

Former Public Directorships
Held During the Past Five Years

•   Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

Nationality

Australia

Board Committees

•   Nominating and Governance

•   Finance

Other Experience and Education

   MBA, Deakin University

•   Bachelor of Engineering, Monash University

•   Chair of the Australia-Korea Foundation

PETER COLEMAN is the former Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director and Managing Director of Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia’s largest independent gas producer, having served in that role from 2011 until his retirement in June 2021. Prior to joining Woodside, Mr. Coleman spent 27 years with the ExxonMobil group in a variety of roles, including Vice President Asia Pacific from 2010 to 2011 and Vice President Americas from 2008 to 2010. Since 2012, he has been an adjunct professor of corporate strategy at the University of Western Australia Business School. He has also served as chairman of the board of Infinite Blue Energy, an Australian green hydrogen renewable energy company, since August 2021.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. Coleman brings to the Board decades of experience in the oil and gas industry, including as the former CEO and Chairman of Australia’s largest independent gas producer. The Board benefits from his expertise in strategic planning, as well as his extensive business experience in Australia and Asia, regions that are strategically important to the Company’s operations.

Patrick de La Chevardière,
Independent Director

Former Chief Financial Officer,
Total S.A.

 

Director since 2019

 

Age:6264

 

Other Current Public Boards:Boards None

•   Michelin (Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA)

 

Former Public Directorships
Held During the Past 5Five Years

   None

Citizenship:Nationality

France

 

Board Committees

   Audit, Chair

•  Finance

Science and Technology

 

Other Experience and Education

Former chief financial officer of public multinational oil and gas company

FormerExperienced director of twoseveral French-based public companies

Diplôme d’Ingénieur, an engineering degree, École Centrale de Paris


PATRICK DE LA CHEVARDIÈRE is the former Chief Financial Officer of Total S.A., a French multinational integrated oil and gas company. He served as Total’s CFO and as a member of its executive committee from 2008 until his retirement in August 2019. Prior to that, he served in a variety of finance and operational roles with Total over his 37-year career, including as Deputy Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to 2008, Vice President, Asia for Refining & Marketing from 2000 to 2003, and Vice President, Operations and Subsidiaries from 1995 to 2000. Mr. de La Chevardière previously served on the boards of directors of two French-based public companies, Sanofi-Aventis and Compagnie Générale de Géophysique.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. de La Chevardière brings to the Board significant financial and energy industry experience as a former chief financial officer of a large multinational oil and gas company. The Board benefits greatly from his customer-focused perspective on the oilfield services industry, as well as from his experience across the entire oil and gas value chain, from exploration, operations, production, trading and marketing to refining and new energies.

 

PATRICK DE LA CHEVARDIÈRE is the former Chief Financial Officer of Total S.A., a French multinational integrated oil and gas company. He served as Total’s CFO and as a member of its executive committee from 2008 until his retirement in August 2019. Prior to that, he served in a variety of finance and operational roles with Total over his 37-year career, including as Deputy Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to 2008, Vice President, Asia for Refining & Marketing from 2000 to 2003, and Vice President, Operations and Subsidiaries from 1995 to 2000. Since June 2020, Mr. de La Chevardière has also served as a member and chairman of the audit committee of the supervisory board of Michelin, a French multinational tire manufacturer. He also previously served on the boards of directors of two other French-based public companies, Sanofi-Aventis and Compagnie Générale de Géophysique.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. de La Chevardière brings to the Board financial and industry experience as a former CFO of a large multinational oil and gas company. The Board benefits from his customer-focused perspective on the oilfield services industry, and from his experience across the entire oil and gas value chain, from exploration, operations, production, trading and marketing to refining and new energies.

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Miguel Galuccio,
Non-Executive Director

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Vista Oil and& Gas

 

Director since 2017

 

Age:5153

 

Other Current Public Boards:Boards None

•   Vista Oil & Gas

 

Former Public Directorships Held During the Past 5Five Years

 YPF S.A.  None

Citizenship:Nationality

Argentina and United Kingdom and Argentina

 

Board Committees

Finance, Chair

Science and Technology

 

Other Experience and Education

Current chief executive officer of oil and gas company

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering, Technological Institute ofInstituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires

Schlumberger training and expertise

Latin America energy policy expertise


MIGUEL GALUCCIO is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vista Oil and Gas, an oil and gas company incorporated in Mexico, and has held that position since July 2017. From 2012 to March 2016, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of YPF, Argentina’s national oil company. From 1999 to 2012, he was an employee of Schlumberger and held a number of international positions, his last being President, Schlumberger Production Management. Prior to his employment at Schlumberger, he served in various executive positions at YPF and its subsidiaries from 1994 to 1999, including YPF International.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. Galuccio brings to the Board strong leadership and operational expertise from his experience as former chairman and chief executive officer of Argentina’s national oil company, which under his leadership became the world’s largest producer of shale oil outside of North America. He has valuable insight into the domestic and international energy policies of Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador and other countries that are strategically important to Schlumberger. He has extensive experience negotiating with Schlumberger customers in Latin America, Russia and China, including global energy companies and national oil companies, and remains active in the oil and gas exploration and production industry as a chief executive officer of an oil and gas company.

MIGUEL GALUCCIO is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vista Oil & Gas, an oil and gas company incorporated in Mexico, and has held that position since July 2017. From 2012 to 2016, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of YPF, Argentina’s national oil company. From 1999 to 2012, he was an employee of Schlumberger and held a number of international positions, his last being President, Schlumberger Production Management. Prior to his employment at Schlumberger, he served in various executive positions at YPF and its subsidiaries from 1994 to 1999, including YPF International.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. Galuccio brings to the Board leadership and operational expertise from his experience as former chairman and chief executive officer of Argentina’s national oil company, which under his leadership became the world’s largest producer of shale oil outside of North America. He has valuable insight into the domestic and international energy policies of Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela and Ecuador, as well as extensive experience negotiating with Schlumberger customers in Latin America, Russia and China. He also remains active in the oil and gas exploration and production industry as a chief executive officer of an oil and gas company.

Olivier Le Peuch,
Schlumberger Chief Executive Officer

 

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Olivier Le Peuch
Schlumberger Chief Executive Officer
 

Chief Executive Officer,
Schlumberger Limited

 

Director since 2019

 

Age:5658

 

Other Current Public Boards:Boards

None

 

Former Public Directorships
Held During the Past 5Five Years

   None

Citizenship:Nationality

France

 

Board Committees

None

 

Other Experience and Education

Master’s Degree in Microelectronics, Bordeaux University of Science

Schlumberger training and expertise


OLIVIER LE PEUCH has been the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Schlumberger since August 2019. He was the Company’s Chief Operating Officer from February 2019 to July 2019. Prior to that, he served in a variety of global management positions, including Executive Vice President, Reservoir and Infrastructure from May 2018 to February 2019, President of the Cameron Group from February 2017 to May 2018, President of Schlumberger Completions from 2014 to January 2017, and Vice President of Engineering, Manufacturing and Sustaining from 2010 to 2014. Earlier in his career, Mr. Le Peuch was GeoMarket Manager for the North Sea and President of Software Integrated Solutions. He has been with the Company since 1987 and began his career as an electrical engineer.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. Le Peuch brings to the Board a unique operational perspective and thorough knowledge of the Company’s operational activities worldwide as a result of his service in various global leadership positions in the Company. The Board believes that Mr. Le Peuch’s service as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer is an important link between management and the Board, enabling the Board to perform its oversight function with the benefit of his perspectives on the Company’s business and operations.

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Samuel Leupold,
Independent Director

Former Chief Executive Officer,
Ørsted Wind Power A/S

Director since 2021

Age: 51

Other Current Public Boards

   Enel SpA

Former Public Directorships Held During the Past Five Years

   None

Nationality

Switzerland

Board Committees

   Audit

•   Finance

•   New Energy and Innovation

Other Experience and Education

•   Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Schlumberger since August 2019. He was the Company’s Chief Operating Officer from February 2019 to July 2019. Prior to that, he served in a variety of global management positions, including Executive Vice President, ReservoirTechnology (Zurich)

•   MBA, INSEAD (Fontainebleau)

•   Energy transition and Infrastructure from May 2018 to February 2019, President of the Cameron product lines from February 2017 to May 2018, President of Schlumberger Completions from October 2014 to January 2017, and Vice President of Engineering, Manufacturing and Sustaining from August 2010 to September 2014. Earlier in his career, Mr. Le Peuch was GeoMarket Manager for the North Sea and President of Software Integrated Solutions. He has been with the Company since 1987 and began his career as an electrical engineer.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. Le Peuch brings to the Board a unique operational perspective and thorough knowledge of the Company’s operational activities worldwide as a result of his service in various global leadership positions in the Company. The Board believes that Mr. Le Peuch’s service as Chief Executive Officer is an important link between management and the Board, enabling the Board to perform its oversight function with the benefit of his perspectives on the Company’s business and operations.sustainability expertise

SAMUEL LEUPOLD is the former chief executive officer of Ørsted Wind Power A/S, the principal subsidiary of Ørsted AS, a Danish renewable energy company, where he led Ørsted Wind Power to become the world’s leading developer, operator and owner of offshore wind assets during his tenure from 2013 to March 2018. Since May 2019, Mr. Leupold has served as an independent senior advisor supporting international clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors through his consultancy firm, Leupold Advisory. In addition, since May 2020, Leupold has been an independent non-executive member of the board at Enel SpA, one of Europe’s largest utilities focused on sustainability and the energy transition.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. Leupold brings to the Board operational experience as the former chief executive officer of a renewable energy company, as well as significant experience in energy transition and sustainability. The Board benefits from his expertise on these issues as the Company seeks to implement its net-zero ambition and its strategy to deploy sustainable technologies to provide access to energy for the benefit of all.

Tatiana Mitrova,
Independent Director

 

Tatiana A. Mitrova
 

Director of theFellow, Center on Global Energy Centre,Policy,
Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVOInternational and Public Affairs at Columbia University

 

Director since 2018

 

Age:4547

 

Other Current Public Boards:Boards None

   PAO Novatek

 

Former Public Directorships Held During the Past 5Five Years

   Unipro PJSC

Citizenship:Nationality

Russia and Israel

 

Board Committees

Audit

 Finance

Finance•   New Energy and Innovation

 

Other Experience and Education

PhD in Economics, Moscow State University

Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Non-Resident Fellow at Columbia University SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy

Distinguished Research Fellow at Institute of Energy Economics, Japan


TATIANA A. MITROVA has been the Director of the Energy Centre of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, a graduate business school, since February 2017. She has also been the Head of Research in the Oil and Gas Department in the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 2011; a visiting professor at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), part of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, since 2014; and an assistant professor at the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas since 2008. Dr. Mitrova was a Visiting Researcher at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center from April 2016 to April 2017. She was a member of the board of directors of Unipro PJSC from June 2014 to December 2017 and was a member of its appointment and remuneration committees.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Dr. Mitrova brings to the Board valuable expertise regarding energy market dynamics and the various factors affecting supply and demand for Schlumberger’s products and services. The Board values Dr. Mitrova’s connections to the Russia market and her ties to the academic community. Her global economic perspective provides insight into emerging markets and trends, and is useful for the development of the Company’s business strategy. She provides additional ties to universities worldwide, assisting Schlumberger in its effort to attract talented new employees.

TATIANA MITROVA has served as a fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University since May 2016. From February 2017 to December 2020, she served as Executive Director of the Energy Centre of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, a graduate business school, where she continues to serve as a professor. She has also been the Head of Research in the Oil and Gas Department in the Energy Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 2011; a visiting professor at the Paris School of International Affairs, part of the Paris Institute of Political Studies, since 2014; and an assistant professor at the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas since 2008. Dr. Mitrova was a Visiting Researcher at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center from 2016 to April 2017. Dr. Mitrova has been a member of the board of directors of PAO Novatek, a Russian independent natural gas producer, since April 2020, and is chairman of its strategy committee and a member of its audit and compensation and nomination committees. She was previously a member of the board of directors of Unipro PJSC from 2014 to December 2017.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Dr. Mitrova brings to the Board valuable expertise regarding energy market dynamics and the various factors affecting supply and demand for Schlumberger’s products and services, as well as expertise relating to sustainability, decarbonization and the new energy economy. The Board values Dr. Mitrova’s knowledge of Russian and Central Asian energy markets, as well as her ties to the academic community. Her global economic perspective provides insight into emerging markets and trends, and is useful for the development of the Company’s global business strategy.

 

 

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Maria Moræus Hanssen,
Independent Director

Lubna S. Olayan
 

Chair of theFormer Deputy Chief Executive CommitteeOfficer and Deputy Chairperson,Chief Operating Officer,
Olayan Financing CompanyWintershall Dea GmbH

 

Director since 20112020

 

Age:6457

 

Other Current Public Boards:Boards

   Alfa Laval AB

 Saudi British Bank

  Ma’adenScatec Solar ASA

 

Former Public Directorships Held During the Past 5Five Years

  Alawwal Bank   Yara International ASA

Citizenship:Nationality

Saudi ArabiaNorway

 

Board Committees

 New Energy and Innovation, Chair

•   Compensation

•  Nominating and Governance Chair

Finance

 

Other Experience and Education

   Former CEO of multiple E&P companies

Former chief executive officer

MBA, IndianaMaster’s Degrees in Petroleum Engineering, Norwegian University

Serves on boards of various non-governmentalScience and educational organizations


LUBNAS. OLAYAN is the Chair of the Executive Committee, Deputy ChairpersonTechnology, and former Chief Executive Officer of Riyadh-based Olayan Financing Company. She served as Olayan Financing Company’s CEO from 1986 until May 2019. Ms. Olayan is also a principalPetroleum Economics and a board member of Olayan Investments Company Establishment, the parent company of The Olayan Group, a private multinational enterprise with diverse commercial and industrial operations in the Middle East and an actively managed portfolio of international investments. The first woman to join the board of a Saudi publicly listed company in 2004, Ms. Olayan served as a director, and later Deputy Chair, of Alawwal Bank until its merger with Saudi British Bank (“SABB”) in 2019. Since June 2019, she has served as Chairperson and a member of the board of directors of SABB. Ms. Olayan has been a member of the board of directors of Ma’aden, a Saudi Arabian mining company, since April 2016, and is a member of its nomination and remuneration committee. She also serves as Chair of Olayan Saudi Holding Company. In addition, she is a member of numerous international advisory boards and serves on the boards of several non-profit entities.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Ms. Olayan brings to the Board extensive business experience in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East and a deep understanding of those areas, which are critical to the Company’s operations. The Board benefits from her proven leadership abilities, extensive CEO experience and expertise in corporate finance, international banking, distribution and manufacturing. Ms. Olayan also brings a critical international perspective on business and global best practices. Ms. Olayan’s connections to the scientific community and experience in university relations also are of great value to Schlumberger and its efforts in technology leadership and employee recruiting and retention.Management, IFP School

MARIA MORÆUS HANSSEN is the former Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer of Wintershall Dea GmbH, a German-based oil and gas producer, having served in that role from May 2019 to December 2019 following the merger between DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG (DEA) and Wintershall Holding GmbH. Prior to that, she served as CEO of DEA and chair of its management board from January 2018 until April 2019. Before joining DEA, she served as CEO of ENGIE E&P International SA and Head of the E&P Business Unit for the ENGIE Group in Paris from 2015 to December 2017. Ms. Moræus Hanssen served in various management and operations roles at Aker from 2008 to 2013, Statoil (now Equinor) from 2007 to 2008, and Norsk Hydro from 1992 to 2007. She has served on the boards of Scandinavian public companies Alfa Laval AB since April 2019 and Scatec Solar ASA since April 2020, and also serves in director and chair roles on various private company, municipal and non-profit boards. She previously served as deputy chairman and audit committee chair of Yara International from 2015 to May 2019.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Ms. Moræus Hanssen brings to the Board leadership and operational expertise as the former CEO of several European E&P companies. The Board values her insight into the domestic and international energy policies of Norway, Germany, France and other countries that are strategically important to Schlumberger, as well as her experience addressing risks related to the energy transition.

Vanitha Narayanan,
Independent Director

 

Mark G. Papa
Schlumberger Chairman of the Board
 

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Centennial Resource Development, Inc.
Managing Director, IBM India

 

Director since 20182021

 

Age:7362

 

Other Current Public Boards:Boards

   ReNew Power

 Centennial Resource Development, Inc.HCL Technologies

 

Former Public Directorships Held
During the Past 5Five Years

  EOG Resources   None

  Oil States International

Citizenship:Nationality

United States of America

 

Board Committees

Compensation

Finance

Science Nominating and TechnologyGovernance

 

Other Experience and Education

Current CEO of a public oil and natural gas company

MBA, University of Houston

BachelorFirst woman chairperson of ScienceAmerican Chamber of Commerce in Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

North American energy industry pioneer


MARK G. PAPA has been the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Centennial Resource Development, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas producer, since October 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Papa served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Silver Run Acquisition Corp. from November 2015 until its business combination with Centennial Resource Production, LLC in October 2016. From February 2015 to December 2019, Mr. Papa served as an advisor to Riverstone Holdings, LLC, a private equity firm specializing in energy investments. Prior to that, Mr. Papa was Chairman and CEO of EOG Resources, an independent oil and gas company, from 1999 to 2013, and he served as a member of EOG’s board of directors from 1999 until 2014. He worked at EOG for 32 years in various management positions. Mr. Papa also served on the board of Oil States International, Inc., an international field services company, from 2001 to August 2018 and was a member of its compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees. He has served on the board of Casa de Esperanza, a non-profit organization serving children in crisis situations, since 2006.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. Papa brings decades of experience in the oil and gas industry and a unique insight into the North American market. He is a pioneer in the U.S. shale oil industry and built EOG Resources into one of the most profitable U.S. shale companies. He provides the Board with key insights on this market and Schlumberger’s customers in North America. He also brings extensive leadership experience to the Board through his experience as CEO and chairman of multiple public companies. Mr. Papa has been involved in succession planning, compensation, employee management and the evaluation of acquisition opportunities, and provides the Board with valuable insight regarding the challenges and opportunities facing Schlumberger in these areas.India (AMCHAM India)

VANITHA NARAYANAN is the former Chairman and Managing Director of IBM India, a subsidiary of IBM, a multinational technology corporation. Over her career spanning three decades at IBM, she held senior executive positions with responsibility for digital businesses in the United States, Asia-Pacific and India regions, including as Chairman of IBM India from January 2017 to March 2018 and Managing Director from 2013 to 2016. During her tenure, IBM India was one of IBM’s fastest-growing growth markets. Most recently, Ms. Narayanan served as Managing Director for a strategic telecommunications client of IBM’s from April 2018 until her retirement in 2020, leading a strategic 5G business partnership. Since August 2020, she has served as a director of ReNew Power, one of the largest renewable power companies in India, where she serves as a member of the audit committee. She has also been a director of HCL Technologies since July 2021, where she serves as a member of the nominating and remuneration committee.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Ms. Narayanan brings to the Board a wealth of global leadership and technology experience, particularly in the Asia-Pacific and India geographies. The Board values Ms. Narayanan’s digital expertise leading global technology businesses, as the Company continues to implement its digital strategy.

 

 

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Mark Papa,
Independent Chairman of the Schlumberger Board

Leo Rafael Reif
 

President,Former Chairman and CEO,
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCentennial Resource Development

 

Director since 20072018

 

Age:6975

 

Other Current Public Boards:Boards

•   None

 

Former Public Directorships Held During the Past 5Five Years

  AlcoaCentennial Resource Development, Inc.

 Arconic Inc.Oil States International

Citizenship:Nationality

United States of America

 

Board Committees

Science and Technology, Chair

Compensation

Nominating and Governance, Chair

 

Other Experience and Education

Former chairman and CEO of two public oil and gas companies

PhD•   MBA, University of Houston

•   Bachelor of Science in ElectricalPetroleum Engineering, Stanford University of Pittsburgh

Board of Trustees, The World Economic Forum

Member of theNorth American Academy of Arts and Sciences


LEO RAFAEL REIF has been President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) since 2012, and was its Provost, Chief Academic Officer and Chief Budget Officer from 2005 to 2012. Dr. Reif was head of MIT’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department from 2004 to 2005, and an Associate Department Head for Electrical Engineering in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1999 to 2004. In 2015, Dr. Reif joined the board of directors of Alcoa Inc., an industrial aluminum company, and remained on its board until resigning in November 2016 as part of Alcoa’s public spin-off of Arconic Inc., a provider of precision-engineered products and solutions. Following the spin-off, Dr. Reif served as a member of Arconic’s board of directors from November 2016 to May 2017. Since 2019, he has been a member of the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Dr. Reif brings to the Board valuable management and finance expertise. As a scientist, he has deep scientific and technological knowledge about Schlumberger’s products and technology, as well as about anticipated future technological needs of the Company and the industry. The Board values Dr. Reif’s connections to the U.S. scientific community, as well as his expertise in university relations and collaborations, which are of high importance to Schlumberger and its efforts in technology leadership and employee retention. Dr. Reif provides the Board with a critical U.S. scientific perspective, which is of immense value in the oversight of the Company’s strategy.energy industry pioneer

MARK PAPA is the former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Centennial Resource Development, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas producer, having served in that role from 2016 until his retirement in March 2020. From 2015 to December 2019, Mr. Papa served as an advisor to Riverstone Holdings, a private equity firm specializing in energy investments. Prior to that, Mr. Papa was Chairman and CEO of EOG Resources, an independent oil and gas company, from 1999 to 2013, and he served as a member of EOG’s board of directors from 1999 until 2014. He worked at EOG for 32 years in various management positions. Mr. Papa also served on the board of Oil States International, an international field services company, from 2001 to August 2018.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. Papa brings decades of experience in the oil and gas industry and a unique insight into the North American market. He is a pioneer in the U.S. shale oil industry and built EOG Resources into one of the most profitable U.S. shale companies. He provides the Board with key insights on the U.S. shale market and Schlumberger’s customers in North America. He also brings extensive leadership experience to the Board through his experience as CEO and chairman of multiple public companies. Mr. Papa has been involved in succession planning, compensation, employee management and the evaluation of acquisition opportunities, and provides the Board with valuable insight regarding the challenges and opportunities facing Schlumberger in these areas.

Jeff Sheets,
Independent Director

 

Henri Seydoux
 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Parrot S.A.

Director since 2009

Age:59

Other Current Public Boards:

  Parrot S.A.

Former Public Directorships Held During the Past 5 Years

  None

Citizenship:

France

Board Committees

Compensation

Nominating and Governance

Science and Technology

Other Experience and Education

Current chief executive officer

Technology leadership

Entrepreneurial and management expertise

Director of privately-held company


HENRI SEYDOUX has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Parrot S.A., a global wireless products manufacturer, since 1994. Mr. Seydoux is an entrepreneur with great initiative. He founded Parrot S.A. in 1994 as a private company and took it public in 2006. He also serves on the board of directors of Sigfox, a privately-held global communications service provider for the internet.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. Seydoux, as the chief executive of a dynamic and innovative technology company, brings to the Board entrepreneurial drive and management skills. He also has family ties to the founding Schlumberger brothers. Having grown up in the Schlumberger family culture, Mr. Seydoux is well placed to see that the Company continues its historical commitment to Schlumberger’s core values. His service on the Board addresses the Company’s need to preserve the Company’s unique culture and history while helping to foster innovation.

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Jeff W. Sheets

Former EVP and Chief Financial Officer,
ConocoPhillips

 

Director since 2019

 

Age:6264

 

Other Current Public Boards:Boards

Enerplus Corporation

Westlake Chemical Corporation

 

Former Public Directorships Held During the Past 5Five Years

   None

Citizenship:Nationality

United States of America

 

Board Committees

Compensation, Chair

•   Audit

Compensation

 

Other Experience and Education

Former CFO of public international oil and gas company

MBA, University of Houston

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology


JEFF W. SHEETS is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ConocoPhillips Company, a public international oil and gas company, having served in that role from 2010 until his retirement in February 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Sheets served at ConocoPhillips and its predecessor companies for more than 36 years in a variety of finance, engineering and strategic planning roles. Since December 2017, Sheets has served on the board of directors of Enerplus Corporation, a Canadian oil and gas company, where he is a member of the audit and risk management, compensation and human resources, and safety and social responsibility committees.

JEFF SHEETS is the former EVP and Chief Financial Officer of ConocoPhillips Company, a public international oil and gas company, having served in that role from 2010 until his retirement in 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Sheets served at ConocoPhillips and its predecessor companies for more than 36 years in a variety of finance, engineering and strategic planning roles. Since December 2017, Mr. Sheets has served on the board of directors of Enerplus Corporation, a Canadian oil and gas company, where he chairs the audit and risk management committee and is a member of the compensation committee. He also has served since January 2018 on the board of directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation, an international manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals and related products, where he chairs the nominating and governance committee and is a member of the audit, compensation and corporate risk committees. Mr. Sheets is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Relevant Skills and Expertise

Mr. Sheets brings to the Board strong financial and operational expertise as a former chief financial officer of a large upstream oil and gas company. The Board benefits greatly from Mr. Sheets’ expertise in developing and implementing corporate strategy in the oil and gas industry, his significant finance and mergers and acquisitions experience, and his experience as an independent director of two other public companies.

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Corporate Governance

 

Governance Framework — Highlights

Relevant Skills and Expertise

 

Mr. Sheets brings to the Board Independence; Committees Structure

All of our director nominees are independent of the Company and management, except for our CEO and Messrs. Galuccio and Papa. This is above the NYSE requirement that a majority of directors be independent.
All non-executive directors meet regularly in executive session.
Only independent directors serve on our Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Governance Committees.

Majority Voting; Stockholder Rights

We have a majority vote standard for uncontested director elections.
All of our directors are elected annually. We do not have a staggered board.
One or more stockholders representing 10% or more of our outstanding shares can call a special meeting.
We proactively adopted proxy access in 2017.

Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines

We have executive stock ownership guidelines, which are designed to align executivefinancial and stockholder interests. Foroperational expertise as a descriptionformer chief financial officer of the guidelines applicable to our executive officersa large upstream oil and other senior members of management, see “Compensation Discussiongas company. The Board benefits from Mr. Sheets’ expertise in developing and Analysis—Other Aspects of Our Executive Compensation Framework—Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines” on page 46.

Prohibition on Hedging or Pledging of Schlumberger Stock

Our directors and executive officers are prohibited from using any strategies or products (such as derivative securities or short-selling techniques) to hedge, directly or indirectly, against the potential changesimplementing corporate strategy in the value of Schlumberger common stock. In addition, our directorsoil and executive officers,gas industry, as well as his significant finance, capital management and other key employees, are prohibited from holding Schlumberger securities in a margin account or pledging Schlumberger securities as collateral for a loan. Our insider trading policy strongly discourages, but does not prohibit, other employees from engaging in speculative transactions, including hedging or other financial mechanisms, holding Schlumberger securities in a margin account or pledging Schlumberger securities.allocation, and mergers and acquisitions experience.

 

Policy Against Lobbying and Political Contributions

We have a strong culture of being politically neutral, and have a long-standing policy against lobbying or making financial or in-kind contributions to political parties or candidates, even when permitted by law. This policy, as set forth in our code of conduct, entitled The Blue Print and The Blue Print in Action (our “Code of Conduct”), prohibits the use of Company funds or assets for political purposes, including for contributions to any political party, candidate or committee, whether federal, state or local. In addition, the Company does not lobby. As a result of our policy of political neutrality, Schlumberger does not have a political action committee, nor does it contribute to any third-party political action committees or other political entities organized under Section 527 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”).

In 2019, the Center for Political Accountability, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, assessed our disclosure for its annual CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability (“CPA-Zicklin Index”). The CPA-Zicklin Index measures the transparency, policies and practices of the Standard & Poor’s 500.

As a result of our enhanced disclosure regarding our prohibition on political lobbying and contributions, we achieved a perfect score of 100% in the 2019 CPA-Zicklin Index.

 

 

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Communication with Ulrich Spiesshofer,
Independent Director

Former President and CEO,
ABB Ltd.

Director since 2021

Age: 57

Other Current Public Boards

•   Infineon Technologies

Former Public Directorships Held During the Past Five Years

•   None

Nationality

Switzerland and Germany

Board Committees

•   Compensation

•   New Energy and Innovation

Other Experience and Education

•   PhD in Economics, Universität Stuttgart

•   Master’s Degree in Management and Engineering, Universität Stuttgart

•   Digital transformation, restructuring and portfolio management expertise

ULRICH SPIESSHOFER is the former president and Chief Executive Officer of ABB Ltd., a multinational technology-focused corporation, having served in that role from 2013 to April 2019 and as an executive committee member of ABB from 2005 to April 2019. Under Dr. Spiesshofer’s leadership, ABB transformed into a global leader in digital industries and a respected technology company at the nexus of industrial products and services, robotics and software. Since June 2020, he has served as a senior advisor at The Blackstone Group L.P. (Blackstone), and in this capacity he has chaired the advisory board of Schenck Process since May 2021, has served as a director of TDI-USA Holdings LLC since December 2021, and has been named chair of the advisory board of Sabre Industries, all Blackstone portfolio companies. He has also served as a director of Infineon Technologies since February 2020, where he chairs the strategy and technology committee.

 

The Board recommends that stockholders

Relevant Skills and other interested parties initiate communications with the Board, the Chairman, the lead independent director or any Board committee by writing to our Corporate Secretary. This process assists the Board in reviewing and responding to communications by stockholders and other interested parties. The Board has instructed our Corporate Secretary to review correspondence directedExpertise

Dr. Spiesshofer brings to the Board (includingmore than 30 years of global leadership experience in industries ranging from oil and gas to the Chairman, the lead independent directorpower and anyelectrification to automation and digitalization. The Board committee)values his industrial sector expertise and at the Secretary’s discretion, to forward those items that he deems appropriate for the Board’s consideration. Communications can be sent to the following address:his business transformation experience leveraging digital technologies, products and services.

 

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Corporate Governance

We are committed to strong corporate governance, which we believe is critical to achieving our performance goals and to maintaining the trust and confidence of our stakeholders. Our governance practices include:

   Independent Chairman of the Board, separate from CEO

   No staggered board; all directors are elected annually

   Fully independent Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance committees

   Newly formed New Energy and Innovation Committee, comprised solely of independent directors, to oversee our energy transition investments and other innovation

   Regular executive sessions of non-employee directors

   Majority vote standard for uncontested director elections

   Annual performance evaluations of Board, its committees, and individual directors

   100% Board attendance in 2021

   Director nominees reflect the gender, racial and ethnic, cultural and geographical diversity of our global operations, as well as diverse experience, skills, and tenure

   Demonstrated commitment to Board refreshment

   Proactive stockholder engagement

   No hedging or pledging of our stock by executives or directors

   Robust director stock ownership guidelines (5x annual cash retainer) and executive stock ownership guidelines

   No lobbying or making financial or in-kind contributions to political parties or candidates

   Comprehensive risk assessment process designed to identify and manage enterprise-wide risks

 

Proactive Stockholder Engagement

 

Our relationship and on-going dialogue with our stockholders are important parts of our Board’s corporate governance commitment. Our Investor Relations, Environmental, Socialinvestor relations, sustainability, legal and Governance (“ESG”), Legal and Human Resourceshuman resources teams engage with stockholders throughout the year to seek their views on key matters, and tothen inform our managementBoard and our Boardmanagement about the issues and emerging governance trends that our stockholders tell us matter most to them. Our lead independent director and theThe chairs of our Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committeescommittees also participate in our engagement efforts when requested. These engagements routinely cover executive compensation, corporate governance, ESG,company strategy and performance, sustainability, human rights and other current and emerging issues.

 

We typically reach out to our largest institutional stockholders annually in the fall.at least annually. We then report the feedback we receive to our Board and its relevant committees, allowing the Board to better understand our stockholders’ priorities and perspectives. In addition, to this annual outreach, we may engage with our large institutional stockholders at other times in the year when we believe that there are appropriate topics to discuss. For more detail on our engagement with our stockholders in 2018 and 2019,advance of the 2021 AGM, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Framework for Setting 2021 Executive Compensation—Responsiveness to Stockholder Engagement; 2019 Say-On-Pay Vote”Feedback” beginning on pages 26-27page 36 of this proxy statement.

 

2021 STOCKHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FACTS

•  Participated in 17 sell-side investor conferences

•  Held more than 400 buy-side investor meetings (primarily virtual) across more than 250 investor firms

CorporateIndependent Chairman of the Board

One of the Board’s key responsibilities is to evaluate and determine an appropriate board leadership structure to provide for independent oversight of management. The Board believes that there is no single, generally accepted board leadership structure that is appropriate for all companies, and that the right structure may vary for a single company as circumstances change. As a result, our independent directors, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance GuidelinesCommittee, consider the Board’s leadership structure at least annually.

 

Since 2019, our independent directors have separated the roles of CEO and Chairman of the Board, to allow our CEO to focus on leading the Company’s complex international business operations, while the Chairman provides the Board experienced and independent leadership. Mr. Papa currently serves as independent Chairman of the Board, and in that role, sets the agenda for and leads all Board meetings and all executive sessions of the non-employee directors.

In considering its leadership structure, the Board also took into account that Schlumberger’s current governance practices provide for strong independent leadership, active participation by our independent directors and independent evaluation of, and communication with, many members of senior management. The Board believes that its risk oversight programs would be effective under a variety of board leadership frameworks and therefore do not materially affect the Board’s choice of leadership structure.

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Board Oversight of Risk Management

The Board and its committees are actively involved in overseeing risk management for Schlumberger. The full Board routinely assesses the Company’s major risks and options for mitigation, in order to promote our stockholders’ and other stakeholders’ interests in Schlumberger’s long-term health, financial strength, and overall success. We believe that our Board composition provides the Company with robust and well-rounded experience to assist in effective oversight of Schlumberger management, as discussed on pages 12-13 of this proxy statement. In addition, the Board delegates to its committees responsibility for overseeing certain types of risk, as reflected in the chart below, and the committees in turn report regularly to the Board on activities in their respective areas of oversight.

Board of Directors

   The full Board oversees assessment of major risks facing the Company, determining the extent to which such risks are applicable and, to the extent the Board deems it appropriate, evaluating options for their mitigation. The risks that the Board routinely considers relate to operational, financial, geopolitical, strategic, regulatory, competitive, and climate-related risks.

   The full Board oversees risk management by the CEO and our senior management team, by reviewing major financial objectives, critical strategies, and long-term plans, including major allocations of capital, significant proposed business acquisitions and divestitures, operating performance, sustainability, and stockholder returns.

Audit
Committee

  Financial reporting and internal controls

  Major financial risk exposures

  Cybersecurity risks

  Finance-related compliance allegations

  Independent audit and internal audit

Compensation
Committee

  Compensation philosophy and policy, including addressing:

  Pay-for-performance linkage and alignment to stockholder interests

  Retention risk

  Management succession

Nominating and
Governance Committee

  Ethics and compliance risks, including trade compliance, anti-bribery, anti-money laundering, and human rights, and related allegations

  Related person transactions

  Board refreshment and succession

  Sustainability program, including acute and chronic climate risks

  Progress toward our net-zero ambition

Finance
Committee

  Pension liabilities

  Currency management, including non-U.S. currency fluctuation

  Financial risks related to M&A and strategic transactions

  Appropriate leverage and related commitments, including climate-related funding

New Energy and
Innovation Committee

  Risks and opportunities of new energy markets for possible investment

Senior Management
Day-to-day responsibility for:
  identifying, assessing, monitoring, and managing the major risks to the Company through our enterprise risk management operational process;  implementing effective risk mitigation measures, response plans and controls; and  integrating risk analysis into business decisions and performance objectives.

Our senior management team has developed a comprehensive strategic planning and enterprise risk management (“ERM”) process for identifying, assessing and managing risk. Through this process, we identify key risks through an annual corporate-level risk mapping exercise, which involves the CEO and other members of senior management, along with a bottom-up operational (field-level) risk assessment by the Company’s various geographies, businesses and functions. In 2021, the process also included a third-party assessment by an internationally recognized accounting firm, external risk surveys, and facilitated workshops with Schlumberger executives. Our executive leadership team and its ERM and Disclosure Committee report directly to our CEO and to the Board, and annually present to the Board a comprehensive report on risk identification, response and mitigation strategies.

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Board Oversight of Sustainability

As a leading energy services company, we are committed to adheringbeing at the forefront of our industry’s shift toward more sustainable energy production—challenging not only ourselves, but also our customers, suppliers, and peers to sound principlespartner on delivering measurable social and environmental progress. This translates into making measurable strides to accelerate innovation in energy transition and achieving these goals in a way that contributes to energy access and economic development with both a global and local lens.

As part of corporate governancethis commitment, the Board and have adopted corporate governance guidelines thatits committees oversee the performance and management of various environmental, social and other sustainability issues, including our Board believes are consistentenergy transition strategy, emissions reduction targets, climate change, sustainability reporting, workforce health and safety, human rights, and ethics and compliance. For example:

The Board oversees the Company’s long- and short-term strategy, including the launch of our Transition Technology and emissions monitoring portfolios, which focus on decarbonizing our core businesses, as well as our new energy investments in low-carbon and carbon-neutral energy technologies. In addition, the full Board oversaw the decision to establish our comprehensive 2050 net-zero commitment inclusive of Scope 3 emissions, together with interim Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction milestones.
The Board also oversees the Company’s ERM process, as discussed on the previous page under “—Board Oversight of Risk Management”, and reviews major risks facing the Company, including acute and chronic climate risks and energy transition risks. We take a data-centric, scenario-based approach to managing climate and transition risk, and we use both the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standards as disclosure frameworks and methodology guides.
The Nominating and Governance Committee oversees our sustainability programs, initiatives and activities, and receives quarterly updates from senior management on the progress we are making toward a low-carbon future. This committee also monitors and reviews the effectiveness of the Company’s Ethics and Compliance program, including our code of conduct and all significant compliance allegations.
The New Energy and Innovation Committee—newly formed in 2021—evaluates our Schlumberger New Energy and Transition Technology investments and the sustainability impacts of growth opportunities.
The Board’s other committees oversee sustainability-related topics within their respective areas of responsibility, such as incorporation of sustainability and diversity metrics into our incentive compensation programs (Compensation), the conduct of sustainability-related reviews by our internal audit team (Audit), and the development of our sustainable finance strategy, including financial instruments with rates linked to climate commitments (Finance).

Our line management is directly responsible for the management and mitigation of the environmental impact of our operations, with our values,environmental management systems and that promotestandards being the effective functioningresponsibility of our Board, its committeesVice President of HSE, and our global sustainability strategy being the Company. Our Board periodically,responsibility of our Vice President of Sustainability. For details about our environmental management standard and how we manage environmental risk, see our annual Sustainability Report, available at least annually, reviews and revises, as appropriate, our Corporate Governance Guidelines to ensure that they reflect the Board’s corporate governance objectives and commitments. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines are on our website at https://www.slb.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance/guidelines.sustainability/reports.html.

 

BoardDirector Independence

 

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that at least a majority of the Board must consist of independent directors. This standard reflectsdirectors, in accordance with the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE corporate governance”) listing standards.

Our In addition, our Board has adopted director independence standards which can be found in Attachment A to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, and whichthat meet or exceed the independence requirements in the NYSE listing standards. standards, and which can be found in our Corporate Governance Guidelines.

Based on the review and recommendation by the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board has determined that each current director and each director nominee listed above under “Election of Directors”Directors—Our Director Nominees” is “independent” under theNYSE listing standards of the NYSE and our director independence standards, except for Mr. Le Peuch, who is our CEO and therefore does not qualify as independent, and Messrs. Galuccio and Papa. Additionally, Ms. Maureen Kempston Darkes and Mr. Michael Marks were independent throughout the period in 2019Galuccio. The Board has also determined that each served on the Board.

In addition to the Board-level standards for director independence, each member of the Audit Committee meets the heightened independence standards required for audit committee members under the NYSE’sNYSE listing standards and the rules of the SEC rules, and that each member of the Compensation Committee meets the heightened independence standards for compensation committee members under NYSE listing standards.

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Transactions Considered in Independence Determinations Additionally, Mr. Seydoux, who is not standing for reelection, is independent, and former directors Lubna Olayan and Leo Rafael Reif, who served on the board until April 2021, were independent during the period they served on our Board.

 

Our Board’s independence determinations included a review of transactions that occurred since the beginning of 20172019 with entities associated with our directors or members of their immediate family. In making its independence determinations, the Board considered that Ms. Kempston Darkes, Dr. Kudryavtsev, Mr. Marks, Dr. Mitrova, Ms. Nooyi, Ms. Olayan, Dr. Reif and Mr. Sheets eachall our independent directors serve or have served, as directors, executive officers, trustees, outside consultants or advisory board members at companies and universities that have had commercial business relationships with the Company, all of which wereCompany. All such relationships involved ordinary course commercial transactions involving significantlywith the Company that were less than the greater of $1 million or 1% of the other entity’s annual revenues.revenues during 2021, 2020 and 2019; except for transactions with Enerplus, where Mr. Sheets serves as a director, which involved ordinary course commercial transactions with the Company that were less than 2% of Enerplus’ annual revenues during those three years.

 

The Board also considered that the Company made charitable contributions in the form of educational grants of less than $120,000 per yearand sponsored research to certain academic and other institutions with which some of theour directors are affiliated,affiliated. Except for contributions to the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, these charitable contributions were less than $120,000 per year. Our contributions to the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, where Dr. Mitrova serves as well as the following charitable contributions:

to the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, where Dr. Mitrova is Director of the Energy Centre, of $500,000 in each of 2019, 2018 and 2017; and
to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Dr. Reif is the President, of $997,000 in 2017.

a professor, were $500,000 annually for 2021, 2020 and 2019. No director received any personal benefit from any such charitable contributions.

 

Board Tenure

We believe that Board tenure diversity is important and directors with many years of service provide the Board with a deep knowledge of our company, while newer directors lend fresh perspectives. The chart in this section reflects the Board tenure of our current director nominees.

Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, non-executive directors are eligible to be nominated or renominated to the Board up to their 70thbirthday, and executive directors are eligible to be nominated or renominated up to their 65thbirthday, after which directors may no longer be nominated or renominated to the Board. Our Board may waive this policy on a case-by-case basis on the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee if it deems a waiver to be in the best interest of the Company. The Board waived this policy for Mr. Papa upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee because it believes that having Mr. Papa serve on the Board is in the best interest of our Company and our stockholders.

Director Nominations

The Nominating and Governance Committee believes that director nominees should, in the judgment of the Board, be persons of integrity and honesty, be able to exercise sound, mature and independent business judgment in the best interests of our stockholders as a whole, be recognized leaders in business or professional activity, have background and experience that will complement those of other Board members, be able to actively participate in Board and committee meetings and related activities, be able to work professionally and effectively with other Board members and Schlumberger management, be available to remain on the Board long enough to make an effective contribution, and have no material relationship with competitors, customers or other third parties that could present realistic possibilities of conflict of interest or legal issues.

Board Diversity Highlights:
2director nominees are women
6director nominees are non-US citizens

The Nominating and Governance Committee also promotes Schlumberger’s diversity policy that the Board should ensure that qualified candidates reflecting gender, cultural and geographical diversity are considered as potential director nominees. Schlumberger has approximately 105,000 employees worldwide, representing more than 170 nationalities, and values gender, cultural and geographical diversity in its directors as well. We also have a culture of recruiting, hiring and training where we operate, as described in our Code of Conduct. This culture also

 

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Board and Committee Evaluations

influences

Each year, the composition of our Board. Two of our nine director nominees are women. Of our nine director nominees, three are citizensBoard and its committees conduct rigorous self-evaluations in order to assess the overall functioning, performance and effectiveness of the United States of America, three are citizens of France, one is a citizen of Saudi Arabia, one is a dual citizen of both Russia and Israel, and one is a dual citizen of both ArgentinaBoard, its committees, and the United Kingdom.

Our geographically diverse Board also evidences our commitment to have directors who represent countries where Schlumberger operates. In addition, the exceptionally broad and diverse experience of our Board nominees is in keeping with the goal of having directors whose background and experience complement those of otherindividual non-employee directors. The Nominating and Governance Committee’sCommittee oversees this annual evaluation process. From time to time, these evaluations may be conducted using a third-party facilitator.

Initiate Evaluation ProcessCollect Evaluation DataDiscuss FindingsImplement Feedback

Upon the instruction of the Nominating and Governance Committee, self-assessment questionnaires are distributed to the full Board, each committee, and each director individually.

The questionnaires seek anonymous, candid feedback from our directors on a variety of topics, including board composition and culture, committee effectiveness, strategic planning, risk management, peer evaluation, and succession planning.

After all directors have completed the written questionnaires, their responses are aggregated into summary reports for the Board, each of its committees, and the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee.

In 2021, all questionnaires were distributed and responses collected through a third-party platform. Periodically, the Nominating and Governance Committee has also used a third-party facilitator to conduct one-on-one interviews with Board members as part of this annual evaluation process.

Each October, findings from the evaluation process are reviewed and discussed in executive session at each quarterly committee meeting and the full Board meeting. Based on these discussions, the directors may recommend improvements to the Board’s structure, processes, policies, or composition, or other changes.

In addition, the chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee may provide one-on-one feedback to individual directors as appropriate.

Finally, the Board, its committees, and (where appropriate) management work to implement the feedback from this evaluation process to improve Board performance and effectiveness.

Following this process, the Nominating and Governance Committee annually reviews, and makes recommendations to the Board regarding, its process for evaluating the effectiveness of the Board, its committees and each individual director.

Some examples of feedback implemented based on past Board evaluations processes include:

expanding the Board’s expertise in the areas of financial and capital management, sustainability, new energy, and digital technologies and transformation, as discussed above under “Proxy Executive Summary—Board Refreshment”;
retiring our former Science and Technology Committee, and launching our New Energy and Innovation Committee focused on identifying areas for growth in our new energy businesses, our emissions-reducing Transition Technologies portfolio, and our early stage investment and research and development programs; and
conducting cybersecurity training for the Audit Committee in January 2022.

Director Orientation and Education

Our director orientation and continuing education programs are designed to support our directors in fulfilling their responsibilities as members of the Board. First, all new directors participate in Schlumberger’s director orientation program, to familiarize themselves with our business and operations, financial and performance strategies, controls and compliance systems, sustainability and HSE commitments, and industry dynamics. New directors also attend trainings with members of senior management focused on financial, industry- and committee-specific topics, as well as facility and well-site visits. For new and incumbent directors, regular continuing education programs help our Board stay current on industry, corporate governance, risk management, cybersecurity, and other developments relevant to their work as directors. These programs may include presentations from Schlumberger management or in-depth trainings developed by outside experts, as appropriate.

Process for Selecting New Directors

The Nominating and Governance Committee assists the Board in identifying qualified individuals to join as new members. The Board seeks out individuals whose background, experience and skills complement those of other Board members. As a result, in evaluating potential nominees, the Committee takes into account theirconsideration the Board’s current composition, the potential nominee’s ability to contribute to the Board’s diversity, the Company’s existing and anticipated business needs, and the general qualifications of the potential nominees, as discussed above under “Election of Directors—Director Qualifications and Diversity.”

The Nominating and Governance Committee annually reviews its effectiveness in balancing these considerations in the context of its consideration of director nominees.

One of the other goals of our Nominating and Governance Committee is to ensure that the nominees have experience, skills and other attributes that complement the whole of our Board as a governing body. We believe that our director nominees are able to provide a well-rounded set of expertise that will assist in effective oversight of management at Schlumberger. The following matrix identifies the primary skills, core competencies and other attributes that each director nominee brings to bear in their service to our Board and committees. Each director nominee possesses numerous other skills and competencies not identified below. We believe identifying primary skills is a more meaningful presentation of the key contributions and value that each director nominee brings to their service on the Board and to our stockholders. Further information on each director nominee, including some of their specific experiences, skills and other attributes, is set forth in the biographies beginning on page 7 of this proxy statement.

Summary of Individual Director Primary Skills,
Core Competencies and Other Attributes
Current or former CEO or president 
Energy industry expertise
Risk management experience
Corporate finance/capital management expertise
Academic relations
Scientific and technological innovation experience
M&A experience
Experience in key Schlumberger markets
Government, public policy and regulatory insights

Applying the criteria above, the Nominating and Governance Committeealso recommends to the Board the number and names of persons to be proposed by the Board for election as directors at our annual general meeting of stockholders.AGM. In obtaining the names of possible director nominees, the Nominating and Governance Committee makes its own inquiries and will receivereceives suggestions from other directors and management. Consideration of new Board candidates typically involves a series of internal discussions, review of information regarding potential candidates, and interviews with selected candidates.

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From time to time, the Nominating and Governance Committee retains executive search and board advisory consulting firms to assist in identifying and evaluating potential nominees. To further our diversity policy, we request that any such firms retained by us include women and nationally, racially and ethnically diverse candidates in the proposals they present to us. During 2019,2021, the Nominating and Governance Committee, usedwith the servicesassistance of Spencer Stuart, a third-partyan executive search firm, for this purpose. Considerationevaluated a number of new Board candidates typically involves a series of internal discussions, review of information concerningpotential candidates and interviews with selected candidates. Spencer Stuart suggested bothrecommended each of Ms. Narayanan, Messrs. de La ChevardièreColeman and SheetsLeupold, and Dr. Spiesshofer as prospective Board candidates.members.

 

The Nominating and Governance Committee will also consider nominees recommended by stockholders who meet the eligibility requirements for submitting stockholder proposals for inclusion in the next proxy statement and submit their recommendations in writing to:

Chair, Nominating and Governance Committee,
c/o Secretary, Schlumberger Limited,
5599 San Felipe, 17
thFloor,
Houston, Texas 77056.

Such recommendations must be submitted by the deadline for stockholder proposals referred to at the endunder “Other Information—2023 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders” on page 70 of this proxy statement. Unsolicited recommendations must contain all of the information that would be required in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of the candidate as a director, a description of all direct or indirect arrangements or understandings between the recommending security holder and the candidate, all other companies to which the candidate is being recommended as a nominee for director, and a signed consent of the candidate to cooperate with reasonable background checks and personal interviews, and to serve as a member of our Board, if elected.

Board Committees

The Board has five standing committees: Audit, Compensation, Nominating and Governance, Finance, and New Energy and Innovation. Each member of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Governance committees meets the independence and other requirements of the NYSE listing standards and SEC rules (including the heightened requirements that apply to audit or compensation committee members, as applicable). In addition, each member of the Audit Committee is financially literate, and each of Messrs. de La Chevardière and Sheets qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” under applicable SEC rules.

 

The Nominating and Governance Committee nominates for Board approval directors to serve on and chair the Board’s committees. The following table reflects the membership of the Board’s standing committees as of February 1, 2022.

Name of DirectorAudit
Committee
Compensation
Committee
Nominating and
Governance
Committee
Finance
Committee
New Energy
and Innovation
Committee
Peter Coleman
Patrick de La ChevardièreChair
Miguel GaluccioChair
Samuel Leupold
Tatiana Mitrova
Maria Moræus HanssenChair
Vanitha Narayanan
Mark Papa*Chair
Henri Seydoux(1)
Jeff SheetsChair
Ulrich Spiesshofer
*Independent Chairman of the Board.
(1)Not standing for reelection.

Each committee operates under a written charter that sets forth the purposes, responsibilities and membership requirements of that committee. Each committee reviews the adequacy of its charter at least annually and recommends changes to the Board for approval. All committees also report regularly to the Board with respect to their activities. Committee charters are available on the Company’s website at https://www.slb.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance/.

 

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Board Adoption of Proxy Access

Attendance

 

Although we had not received a stockholder proposal requesting a proxy access bylaw, we proactively adopted proxy access bylaw provisions in January 2017. These provisions permit a stockholder, or a group of up to 20 stockholders, owning at least 3% of our outstanding common stock, for at least three years, to include two director nominees, or 20% ofDuring 2021, the current Board, whichever is greater, in our proxy for the annual general meeting.

Board Leadership Structure

The Board recognizes that one of its key responsibilities is to evaluate and determine an appropriate board leadership structure to provide for independent oversight of management. The Board believes that there is no single, generally accepted board leadership structure that is appropriate for all companies, and that the right structure may vary for a single company as circumstances change. As such, our independent directors consider the Board’s leadership structure at least annually, and may modify this structure to best address the Company’s unique circumstances and advance the best interests of all stockholders, as and when appropriate.

Effective August 1, 2019, Mr. Paal Kibsgaard retired as our CEO and Chairman of the Board. He had held both of these roles since 2015. The Board appointed Mr. Le Peuch as CEO and elected him to be a member of the Board, effective upon Mr. Kibsgaard’s retirement. In connection with this change in the Board leadership, the Board examined the advantages and disadvantages of various board leadership structures in light of the Company’s executive and Board leadership and its governance priorities.

The independent members of the Board determined that, effective upon Mr. Kibsgaard’s retirement as a member of our Board in August 2019, the appointment of a non-executive Chairman of the Board would be an appropriate Board leadership structure at this time because it would allow our new CEO to focus on leading the Company’s complex international business operations, while providing the Board experienced leadership separate from our management. As a result, the independent members of the Board appointed Mr. Papa as our non-executive Chairman of the Board.

Although Mr. Papa is a non-executive member of the Board, the Board previously determined that he is not an “independent” director under the listing standards of the NYSE and our own director independence standards. For this reason, the Board determined in July 2019 that Mr. Currie, Chair of the Audit Committee and the Board’s lead independent director, should continue to serve as the Board’s lead independent director.

The Chairman of the Board and the lead independent director together set the agenda for all Board meetings, and the lead independent director sets the agenda for, and leads, all executive meetings of the non-executive directors, providing consolidated feedback, as appropriate, from those meetings to the Chairman. The lead independent director also has authority to call meetings of the Board in executive session; facilitates discussions, outside of scheduled Board meetings, among the independent directors on key issues as appropriate; and serves as a non-exclusive liaison with the Chairman and our CEO, in consultation with the other independent directors.

In considering its leadership structure, the Board also took into account that Schlumberger’s current governance practices provide for strong independent leadership, active participation by our independent directors and independent evaluation of, and communication with, many members of senior management. These governance practices are reflected in our Corporate Governance Guidelines and our committee charters, which are available on our website. The Board believes that its risk oversight programs, discussed immediately below, would be effective under a variety of board leadership frameworks and therefore do not materially affect the Board’s choice of leadership structure.

As discussed above under “Election of Directors,” Mr. Currie will not stand for re-election at our annual general meeting of stockholders. The Board expects to elect a successor lead independent director from among the independent directors elected at the 2020 annual general meeting.

The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

As set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Board routinely assesses major risks facing the Company and options for their mitigation, in order to promote the Company’s stockholders’ and other stakeholders’ interests in the long-term health and the overall success of the Company and its financial strength.

The full Board is actively involved in overseeing risk management for the Company. We believe that our Board composition provides the Company with robust experience in several areas of risk oversight. Several of our Board members, including Dr. Mitrova and Messrs. Galuccio, Le Peuch and Papa, have valuable experience in the regulatory, economic and commodity risks that are specific to our industry, while Drs. Kudryavtsev and Reif and Mr. Seydoux have valuable experience in science and technology issues. In addition, many members of our Board, including Dr. Reif, Messrs. Currie, de La Chevardière, Seydoux and Sheets, and Mses. Nooyi and Olayan, all provide expertise in general business governance, capital allocation, management and economic trends relevant to our business.

In addition, each of our Board committees considers the risks within its areas of responsibility. The Board and its committees exercise their risk oversight responsibilities in a variety of ways, including the following:

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Board of DirectorsOversees the risk management by the CEO and other members of our senior management team; oversees assessment of major risks facing the Company. The risks that the Board routinely considers include operational, financial, geopolitical/legislative, strategic, capital project execution, civil unrest, legal, technology and cybersecurity risks.
Audit CommitteeReviews and assesses financial reporting and internal controls risk. Reviews all significant finance-related violations of Company policies brought to its attention, and annually reviews a summary of all finance-related violations. Meets with and reviews reports from Schlumberger’s independent auditor and internal auditors.
Compensation CommitteeReviews and assesses the Company’s overall compensation program and its effectiveness at linking executive pay to performance, aligning the interests of our executives and our stockholders and providing for appropriate incentives.
Nominating and Governance CommitteeOversees governance and compliance-related risks, related person transactions and ESG risks. Reviews the Company’s Ethics and Compliance Program’s quarterly statistical report and the various allegations, disciplinary actions and training statistics brought to its attention, including all significant violations of Company policies.
Finance CommitteeOversees finance-related risks on a quarterly basis and recommends guidelines to control pension and other investments, banking relationships and currency exposures. Assesses financial aspects of all proposed strategic transactions above a certain dollar threshold.
Science and Technology CommitteeReviews and assesses risks affecting the Company’s technology direction and research and development.

The Board also manages risk in part through its oversight of the Company’s Executive Risk Committee (the “ERC”), comprising more than half a dozen top executives of the Company from various functions, each of whom supervises day-to-day risk management throughout the Company. The ERC is not a committee of the Board. The ERC ensures that the Company identifies all potential material risks facing the Company and implements appropriate mitigation measures. The Company’s risk identification is performed annually at two levels: the ERC performs a corporate-level risk mapping exercise, which involves the CEO and several other members of senior management, and while maintaining oversight, delegates operational (field-level) risk assessment and management to the Company’s various GeoMarkets, Technologies and Functions and to its Research, Engineering, Manufacturing and Sustaining organization. To the extent that the ERC identifies recurring themes from the operational risk mapping exercises, they are acted on at the corporate level. Members of the ERC meet formally at least once a year, and more frequently on an ad hoc basis, to define and improve the risk mapping process, and to review and monitor the results of those exercises and those that have been delegated. The ERC reports directly to the CEO and to the full Board, and annually presents to the full Board a comprehensive report as to its risk mapping efforts for that year.

Meetings of the Board and Committees; Director Attendance

The Board and its committees met throughout 2019 on a set schedule, held special meetings, and acted by written consent from time to time, as appropriate. The Board held four regularly-scheduledregular meetings, and two specialeach including an executive session of non-employee directors led by the Board’s independent Chairman. In addition, the Board’s committees held 23 meetings in 2019. In addition, a special committee of the Board met at various times during the year in connection with CEO succession planning, as described under “—Board Responsibilities2021, which included five Audit Committee, four Compensation Committee, six Nominating and Committees—The Board’s Role in Succession Planning” on page 18. At each Board meeting, time is reserved for the independent directors to meet in executive session without the CEO present.Governance Committee, one Science and Technology Committee, one New Energy and Innovation Committee, and six Finance Committee meetings. Officers regularly attend Board meetings to present information on our business and strategy, and Board membersdirectors have worldwide access to our employees outside of Board meetings.

In addition, each of the Audit, Compensation, Nominating and Governance and Finance Committees held four regularly-scheduled quarterly meetings, and the Science and Technology Committee held one regularly-scheduled meeting, in 2019. Each of the Audit and Nominating and Governance Committees held one special meeting in 2019.

Each of our current directors attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board and the committees on which he or she served in 2019 (held during the period he or she served).

From time to time between meetings, Board and committee members confer with each other and with management and independent consultants regarding relevant issues, and representatives of management may meet with suchthese consultants on behalf of the relevant committee.

 

In 2021, our directors attended 100% of the meetings of the Board and its committees on which they served.

The Board’s policy regarding director attendance at annual general meetings of stockholdersour AGM is that directors are welcome, but not required, to attend, and that the Company will make all appropriate arrangements for directors who choose to attend. No director attended our annual general meeting of stockholders in 2019.2021 AGM.

 

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Board Responsibilities and Committees

Corporate Governance Guidelines

 

We have adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines that our Board Responsibilities

Thebelieves are consistent with our values, and that promote the effective functioning of our Board, overseesits committees and counsels the Company’s CEOCompany. At least annually, our Board reviews and, other members of the senior management team in managing in the long-term interests of the Company and our stockholders. The Board’s responsibilities include:

reviewing the Company’s major financial objectives, critical strategies and long-term plans, including major allocations of capital, significant proposed business acquisitions and divestitures, operating performance, sustainability and stockholder returns;
overseeing the assessment of major risks facing the Company, determining the extent to which such risks are appropriate and, to the extent the Board deems it appropriate, evaluating options for their mitigation; 
overseeing the processes for maintaining the integrity of the Company with regard to its financial statements, internal controls and public disclosures, and compliance with laws and ethics;
appointing, regularly evaluating the performance of, and approving the compensation of the CEO and other senior executives; and
overseeing succession planning for the CEO position. 

The Board’s Role in Succession Planning

As reflected inif appropriate, revises our Corporate Governance Guidelines to reflect the Board’s primary responsibilities include planning for CEO successioncorporate governance objectives and monitoring and advising on management’s succession planning for other senior executives. The Board’s goal is to have a long-term and continuing program for effective senior leadership development and succession.

In connection with our recent CEO transition, the Board formed a special committee, chaired by our lead independent director. The special committee met 21 times during 2018 and 2019 as part of its oversight and leadership of the process to identify the candidate with the appropriate skills, vision, and experience to lead Schlumberger into the future.

Board Committees

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEES OF OUR BOARD AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2020

NominatingScience
andand
AuditCompensationGovernanceFinanceTechnology
Name of DirectorCommitteeCommitteeCommitteeCommitteeCommittee
Peter L.S. Currie*(1)Chair
Patrick de La Chevardière
Miguel GaluccioChair
Nikolay Kudryavtsev(1)
Tatiana A. Mitrova
Indra K. Nooyi(1)Chair
Lubna S. OlayanChair
Leo Rafael ReifChair
Mark G. Papa**
Henri Seydoux
Jeff W. Sheets
*Lead independent director. 
**Chairman of the Board.
(1)Not standing for re-election.

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Audit Committee

The Audit Committee consists of five directors, each of whom meets the independence and other requirements of the NYSE’s listing standards and SEC rules (including the heightened requirements that apply to audit committee members). The Audit Committee assists the Board in its oversight of the accounting and financial reporting process of the Company, including the audit of the Company’s financial statements and the integrity of the Company’s financial statements, legal and regulatory compliance, the independent auditor’s qualifications, independence and performance, and the performance of the Company’s internal audit function.

The authority and responsibilities of the Audit Committee include the following:

review with the Company’s independent auditor the scope and results of its audit, and any audit problems or difficulties and management’s response;
discuss the Company’s annual audited financial statements and quarterly unaudited financial statements with management and the Company’s independent auditor;
review with management, the internal audit department and the independent auditor the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure and internal control procedures;
discuss with management the Company’s risk assessment and risk management policies;
discuss with management the Company’s earnings press releases, as well as the type of financial information and earnings guidance, if any, included in such earnings press releases;
oversee procedures for the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters, as well as for confidential, anonymous submission by employees, and others, if requested, of related concerns; and
review material relevant to related party transactions governed by applicable accounting standards.

The Company’s independent auditor is accountable to the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee pre-approves all engagements, including the fees and terms for the integrated audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The Board has determined that each Committee member has sufficient knowledge in financial and auditing matters to serve on the Committee. In addition, the Board has determined that each of Ms. Nooyi and Messrs. Currie, de La Chevardière and Sheets qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” under applicable SEC rules. The Audit Committee operates pursuant to a written charter, which describes its authority and responsibilities in detail, and iscommitments. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines are available on the Company’sour website at https://www.slb.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance/audit-committee.guidelines.

 

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee consists of five directors, each of whom meets the independence requirements of the NYSE’s listing standards (including the heightened requirements that apply to compensation committee members). The Compensation Committee assists our Board in discharging its responsibilities with regard to executive compensation; periodically reviews non-executive directors’ compensation; oversees the Company’s general compensation philosophy, policy and programs; serves as the administrative committee under the Company’s stock plans; and prepares the annual compensation committee report required by the rules of the SEC.

The authority and responsibilities of the Compensation Committee include the following:

annually review and approve the objectives, evaluate the performance, and review and recommend the compensation of the Company’s CEO to the Board’s independent directors, meeting in executive session;
annually review and approve the compensation structure for theCompany’s executive officers and approve their compensation (other than that of the CEO), including base salary, annual cash incentive and long-term incentives;
oversee incentive compensation and equity-based plans;
administer and make awards under the Company’s stock plans, and review and approve annual stock allocation under those plans;
monitor and review the Company’s overall compensation and benefits program design to assess such programs’ continued competitiveness and consistency with established Company policy;
oversee the Company’s people-related strategies, programs and initiatives, including recruitment, retention, engagement, talent management and diversity;
oversee the Company’s engagement with stockholders on executive compensation matters, including the Company’s advisory vote on executive compensation;
review and make recommendations to the Board regarding the Company’s response to any proposal presented by stockholders relating to the Company’s executive or director compensation practices; and
oversee and administer the Company’s clawback policy.

The Compensation Committee may delegate specific responsibilities to one or more individual committee members to the extent permitted by law, regulation, NYSE listing standards and Schlumberger’s governing documents. The design and day-to-day administration of all compensation and benefits plans and related policies, as applicable to executive officers and other salaried employees, are handled by teams of the Company’s human resources, finance and legal department employees. The Compensation Committee operates pursuant to a written charter, which describes its authority and responsibilities in detail, and is available on the Company’s website at https://www.slb.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance/compensation-committee.

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Nominating and Governance Committee

The Nominating and Governance Committee consists of three directors, each of whom meets the independence requirements of the NYSE’s listing standards. The Nominating and Governance Committee assists the Board in identifying qualified individuals to become directors; nominates directors to serve on, and chair, committees; reviews corporate governance trends; develops and recommends to the Board a set of corporate governance guidelines and recommending any amendments; monitors and reviews the effectiveness of the Company’s Ethics and Compliance Program; oversees the Company’s corporate reputation, ESG and social responsibility strategies; and oversees the annual review of the Board’s performance.

The authority and responsibilities of the Nominating and Governance Committee include the following:

lead the search for individuals qualified to become members of the Board;
review with the Board the composition of the Board as a whole and assess the skills currently represented on the Board, as well as skills that may valuable in the future in light of anticipated business needs;
monitor trends, changes in law and NYSE listing standards, as well as best practices in corporate governance, and periodically review the Company’s corporate governance documents, including its Corporate Governance Guidelines;
consider issues involving “related person transactions” with directors and similar issues, including approval or ratification of any such transactions as appropriate;
oversee and periodically review the Company’s Ethics and Compliance Program, including the Code of Conduct and significant compliance allegations;
periodically review and make recommendations to the Board regarding the Company’s Global Stewardship program and related ESG reporting efforts, and review trends in ESG issues affecting the Company and its key public policy positions;
review and make recommendations to the Board regarding the Company’s response to any proposals presented by stockholders, other than any such proposals relating solely to the Company’s executive or director compensation practices;
oversee the Company’s engagement with stockholders on governance and related topics;
oversee the Board’s annual self-assessment;
annually review, and make recommendations to the Board regarding, its process for evaluating the effectiveness of the Board and its committees;
advise the Board on succession planning for the Board and key leadership roles on the Board and its committees; and
periodically review the Board’s leadership structure and recommend changes to the Board as appropriate.

The Nominating and Governance Committee operates pursuant to a written charter, which describes its authority and responsibilities in detail, and is available on the Company’s website at https://www.slb.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance/nominating-and-governance-committee.

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee consists of six directors. The Finance Committee advises the Board and management of the Company on various capital allocation and capital structure matters, including dividends and stock repurchases, acquisitions and divestitures, financial and related risk management policies and the investment of funds. The Finance Committee operates pursuant to a written charter, which describes its authority and responsibilities in detail, and is available on the Company’s website at https://www.slb.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance/finance-committee.

Science and Technology Committee

The Science and Technology Committee consists of six directors. The Science and Technology Committee advises the Board and management on matters involving the Company’s research and development programs. The Science and Technology Committee operates pursuant to a written charter, which describes its authority and responsibilities in detail, and is available on the Company’s website at https://www.slb.com/who-we-are/corporate-governance/science-and-technology-committee.

Code of Conduct

 

Schlumberger hasWe have adopted a code of conduct entitled The Blue Print and The Blue Print in Action (together, our “Code of Conduct”), which applies to all of itsour directors, officers and employees. Together, these documents describe the purpose, ambition and mindsetOur Code of the Company and expectations for its employees. Both documents are locatedConduct is available on our website at https://www.slb.com/who-we-are/guiding-principles/our-code-of-conduct.our-code-of-conduct.

 

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PoliciesCertain Relationships and Procedures for Approval of Related Person Transactions

 

In 2007, theThe Board adoptedhas a written policy with respect togoverning the review, approval and ratification of “related person transactions” to document procedures pursuant to which such transactions are reviewed, approved or ratified.transactions.” Under SEC rules, “related persons” include any director, executive officer, director nominee, or greater than 5% stockholder of the Company since the beginning of the previous fiscal year, and their immediate family members. The policy applies to any transaction in which:

 the Company is a participant;
 any related person has a direct or indirect material interest; and
 the amount involved exceeds $120,000,$120,000;

 

but excludes any transaction that does not require disclosureunless excluded under Item 404(a) of SEC Regulation S-K.

 

The Nominating and Governance Committee with assistance from the Company’s Secretary and General Counsel, is responsible for reviewing and, where appropriate, approving or ratifying any related person transaction involving Schlumberger or its subsidiaries and any related persons. The Nominating and Governance Committee approves only those related person transactions that are in, or are not inconsistent with, the best interests of the Company and its stockholders.

 

SinceSchlumberger has an ongoing commercial relationship with Vista Oil and Gas (Vista), where Mr. Galuccio serves as chairman of the beginning of 2019, there were no related person transactions under the relevant standards.board and chief executive officer. In 2021, Schlumberger contracted with Vista to deliver ordinary course oilfield services and products, and Vista paid Schlumberger $133 million.

 

Communicating with Our Board

The Board recommends that stockholders and other interested parties initiate communications with the Board, the Chairman or any Board committee by writing to our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. This process assists the Board in reviewing and responding to communications by stockholders and other interested parties. The Board has instructed our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary to review correspondence directed to the Board (including to the Chairman and any Board committee) and, at the Secretary’s discretion, to forward those items that she deems appropriate for the Board’s consideration. Communications can be sent to the following address: Schlumberger Limited, Attention: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, 5599 San Felipe, 17th Floor, Houston, Texas 77056.

 

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Director Compensation

Our Commitmentdirector compensation philosophy is to Stewardshipappropriately compensate our non-employee directors for the time, expertise and effort required to serve as a director of a large and complex global company, and to align the interests of our directors with those of our long-term stockholders. Directors who are employees of Schlumberger do not receive compensation for serving on the Board.

 

The energy industry is changing, and Schlumberger’s vision is to define and drive high performance, sustainably. Our core competence is to enable our customers to operate more safely, efficiently, effectively and in an environmentally responsible manner.Director Pay Components

 

Schlumberger has a long history of social and environmental leadership, including:Cash Compensation

 

Non-employee directors receive the following cash compensation:

 becoming the first company in upstream E&P services to commit to setting a science-based target in emissions reduction;an annual cash retainer of $115,000;
 developingan annual fee of $10,000 for each committee membership;
if the industry-first Stewardship Tool to incorporate sustainability into engineering and operational practices;director is the chair of a committee, an annual fee of $20,000 in lieu of the fee for committee membership; and
 being amongif the first in our industry to establish a nationality and gender diversity goal, and to develop contractual provisions for suppliers regarding employee working conditions.director is the independent Board Chairman, an additional $100,000 annual cash fee.

 

In line with stakeholder expectations,Equity Compensation

Schlumberger annually grants shares of our Global Stewardship program addresses:common stock valued at approximately $190,000 for each non-employee director, or $290,000 for the independent Board Chairman. The shares are valued based on our closing stock price on the last business day of April of the grant year.

 

For 2021, our directors received the following grants of our common stock effective May 3, 2021:

 opportunities and risks associated with the energy transition and climate change;
the protection of the environment;
investing in and engaging with the communities where we and our customers live and work;7,024 shares to each non-employee director serving on that date (except for Mr. Papa); and
 safeguarding human rights and promoting diversity.10,721 shares to Mr. Papa, our independent Board Chairman.

 

To find out more aboutThe following table provides information on the compensation paid to our Global Stewardship program, see our annual Global Stewardship Report, which is available at www.slb.com/globalstewardship.non-employee directors in 2021.

 

To continuously strengthen and increase transparency around our ESG reporting efforts, we use key sustainability frameworks as main points of references, including:

Name Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)(1)  Stock Awards ($)(2)  Total ($)
Peter Coleman(3) 87,842 153,756 241,598
Patrick de La Chevardière 142,500 198,217 340,717
Miguel Galuccio 137,500 198,217 335,717
Samuel Leupold(4) 119,949 204,960 324,909
Tatiana Mitrova 140,000 198,217 338,217
Maria Moræus Hanssen(5) 150,000 347,802 497,802
Vanitha Narayanan(6) 48,914 105,197 154,111
Lubna Olayan(7) 14,973  14,973
Mark Papa 237,500 302,547 540,047
Leo Rafael Reif(7) 16,005  16,005
Henri Seydoux 142,500 198,217 340,717
Jeff Sheets 145,000 198,217 343,217
Ulrich Spiesshofer(6) 48,914 105,197 154,111
(1)Global Reporting Initiative Standards;The amounts reported reflect cash fees actually paid in 2021.
(2)IPIECA Sustainability Reporting Guidelines;The amounts reported reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of the stock awards computed in accordance with applicable accounting standards, based on the closing stock price on the applicable grant date. Amounts rounded to nearest dollar.
(3)Sustainability Accounting StandardsMr. Coleman was appointed to the Board Standards;effective July 7, 2021. Effective August 18, 2021, Mr. Coleman received a grant of 5,735 shares of our common stock, reflecting a prorated amount for his service from July 7, 2021 to April 30, 2022.
(4)Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (“TCFD”) Recommendations;Mr. Leupold was appointed to the Board effective April 22, 2021. Effective August 17, 2021, Mr. Leupold received a grant of 248 shares of our common stock, reflecting a prorated amount for his service from April 22, 2021 to April 30, 2021. This grant was in addition to the regular annual stock grant he received effective May 3, 2021, with respect to his service through April 2022.
(5)U.N. Sustainable Development Goals; andMs. Moræus Hanssen was appointed to the Board effective October 15, 2020. Effective January 22, 2021, Ms. Moræus Hanssen received a grant of 6,128 shares of our common stock, reflecting a prorated amount for her service from October 15, 2020 to April 30, 2021. This grant was in addition to the regular annual stock grant she received effective May 3, 2021, with respect to her service through April 2022.
(6)U.N. Guiding Principles on BusinessMs. Narayanan and Human Rights Reporting Framework (the “U.N. Guiding Principles”).

As part of our Global Stewardship program, we chose, at the corporate level, 11 of the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals that we believe we can affect. In 2019, we began engaging our leadership teams across each of our GeoMarket regions to select Sustainable Development Goals to focus on by country, and to further develop local sustainability plans and objectives.

Our CEO, various of his direct reports, and other members of our management also have sustainability goals incorporated into their short-term incentive compensation opportunity for 2020.

Protecting the Environment and Addressing Climate Change

In December 2019, we became the first company in upstream E&P services to commit to setting a science-based target to reduce our greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions, as defined by the Science Based Targets initiative (“SBTi”). In line with SBTi’s defined criteria, we will define our GHG reduction target by 2021. Our science-based target will align with the goals of the U.N. Paris Agreement and will be calculated using expertise from our extensive scientific community. We have set an initial target to reduce GHG emissions from our fuel and power consumption by 30% by 2025. We will revise this target accordingly once our science-based target has been defined and approved. We are also examining opportunities to reduce our indirect GHG emissions from associated input and outputs of our operations.

Also in 2019, we complemented our well-established risk assessment program with a comprehensive climate risk assessment in a country that is representative of our operational activities. This project adopted TCFD’s recommendations related to the identification of opportunities and risks—both financial and physical—associated with climate change, including conducting scenario-based analyses in accordance with the U.N. Paris Agreement. After a detailed evaluation of our operations in the selected country, we identified both acute and chronic physical climate risks, as well as potential risks and opportunities associated with the energy transition. Findings from this project were communicated to Schlumberger management and our Board and are further shaping our internal climate strategy. For example, we launched a global sea-level rise assessment, which we expect to complete in 2020. We have expanded our climate assessment project and, as of January 2020, our operations in countries representing over 50% of our total 2019 revenue are participating in the program.

In addition, we offer a broad portfolio of technologies with a reduced environmental impact aimed at helping our customers in decreasing their environmental footprint; using cleaner chemistry and reducing waste; and increasing decarbonization elements throughout each phase of the oil and gas exploration and production process. Metrics tracked and supported by our Stewardship Tool include:

water usage;Dr. Spiesshofer were appointed to the Board effective October 21, 2021. Effective December 20, 2021, each of them received a grant of 3,695 shares of our common stock, reflecting a prorated amount for their service from October 21, 2021 to April 30, 2022.
(7)CO2emissions;
air quality;
chemical exposure;
local operations safety;
land disturbance; and
traffic impact and noise.Did not stand for re-election at our 2021 AGM.

 

 

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A Continued Focus on PeopleNon-employee directors who begin their Board, Board Chair, committee or committee chair service after the AGM receive a prorated amount of annual compensation. Schlumberger also reimburses non-employee directors for travel and other business expenses incurred in the performance of their services for Schlumberger.

 

People are at the core of everything we do. In support of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, our continued commitment to operationalize social sustainability spans across numerous programs focused on:Annual Director Pay Review

health and safety;
preserving and respecting human dignity;
in-country value;
developing a diverse workforce; and
promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and health, safety and environmental (HSE) education in the communities where we live and work.

 

Our social sustainability goals include, by 2025, a 25% gender balance goal acrossCompensation Committee annually reviews our workforce,non-employee director compensation, and a 2:1 education engagements-to-employees ratio aimed at positively impactingperiodically recommends that the livesBoard approve updates to director pay. In 2021, the Committee’s director pay review took into account multiple factors including our director compensation philosophy, changes in market practices, the continued expansion of more than 200,000 children.director and committee chair responsibilities, consultations with the Committee’s independent compensation consultant, Pay Governance, and feedback received during our shareholder engagements. Based on that review, the Committee determined that no changes in non-employee director compensation were necessary for 2021. The Committee has not increased the directors’ annual cash retainer, committee chair or membership fees, or annual stock grant value since 2017 (except in connection with separating the Chairman and CEO roles in 2019).

 

We are committed to respecting human rights. We implementWhile the Committee is aware that other jurisdictions may have differing director compensation practices, the Committee believes it is in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders as a cross-functional leadership approach in our global operations that enables uswhole to align to market practice among NYSE-listed companies and companies with a large U.S. shareholder base. The Committee also believes that the interests of our business prioritiesnon-employee directors are most aligned with the interests of our stockholders when a significant portion of director compensation is paid through stock grants.

Director Stock Ownership Guidelines

The Board believes that ownership of Schlumberger stock by our directors aligns their interests with the interests of our stockholders, and our core values on human rights issues. We recognizeas a result, the increasing relevanceBoard has maintained stock ownership guidelines for its directors. In 2021, upon recommendation of the U.N. Guiding Principles, which are reflectedNominating and Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee, our Board revised our director stock ownership guidelines to require each non-employee director to hold a minimum dollar value of shares of Schlumberger common stock equal to five times (5x) that director’s annual cash retainer. The director has five years from appointment to meet this holding requirement. As of January 31, 2022, each of our non-employee directors was in our Human Rights Position Statement, our Code of Conduct, and our policies and procedures. During 2019, our key human rights activities included:

engaging with internal and external stakeholder groups to identify our salient human rights issues as follows: (i) the workplace; (ii) local communities; (iii) indigenous peoples; (iv) security arrangements; and (v) our supply chain;
initiating a high-level risk assessment across our global operations to identify the primary human rights risks in our supply chain in an effort to prevent the indirect use of modern slavery;
completing social risks assessments in two countries where we have significant operations, to attempt to secure a more stable operating environment in the communities where we and our customers live. We have completed such assessments in 25 countries since 2009;
rolling out online training, completed by more than 100,000 employees to date, focused on respect in the workplace and addressing cultural difference, sexual harassment, bystander intervention and reporting processes; and
continuing the implementation in Australia of our Reconciliation Action Plan, which outlines our commitment to develop and improve on our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Australians) participation.

Key Stewardship Goals

compliance with these guidelines.

 

* Initial targetDirector Deferral Plan

Non-employee directors may elect to defer all or a portion of their annual stock or cash awards through the Schlumberger 2004 Stock and Deferral Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Directors Stock Plan”). When directors elect to defer their stock award, their deferred compensation account is credited with a number of “stock units.” Each stock unit is equal in value to a share of our common stock, but because it is not an actual share of our common stock it does not have any voting rights. When directors elect to defer their cash award, they may choose to invest such deferred cash compensation into either (i) Schlumberger common stock, (ii) money market equivalents, or (iii) an S&P 500 equivalent. Deferrals into a stock account are credited with dividend equivalents in the form of cash to be revised whenpaid at the time of vesting and deferrals into the cash account are credited with gains or losses based on the monthly performance of the various investment options described above. Following retirement from our science-based targetBoard and depending on the director’s election, a non-employee director may receive the deferred compensation on the date of the director’s retirement or a date that is defined and approved.one year following the date of the director’s retirement.

 

 

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Stock Ownership Information

Security Ownership by Management and Our Board

The following table sets forth information known to us with respect to beneficial ownership of our common stock as of January 31, 2022 by (i) each director and director nominee, (ii) each of the named executive officers and (iii) all executive officers (as defined in Rule 3b-7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) and directors as a group (the “D&O Group”).

The number of shares beneficially owned as of January 31, 2022 includes shares of common stock that the individual has the right to acquire within 60 days of January 31, 2022, including exercisable options to purchase common stock, as well as RSUs and PSUs that will vest within 60 days. The table below does not include the number of shares earned but not yet issued under our 2019 ROCE PSUs, because the Company will finally determine the number of shares earned after the applicable comparator companies disclose their full-year audited 2021 results, as described under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of 2021 Total Direct Compensation—Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards—Payouts Under Prior LTI Awards—PSUs Vesting in 2022” on page 47 of this proxy statement. These same policies apply to the aggregate calculation for the D&O Group.

Beneficial Ownership of
Common Stock
NameITEM 2.Number of
Shares
Advisory Resolution(1)Percentage
of Class
(2)
Khaled Al Mogharbel543,117(3)<1%
Ashok Belani723,827(4)<1%
Stephane Biguet209,374(5)<1%
Peter Coleman5,735<1%
Patrick de La Chevardière20,589<1%
Hinda Gharbi352,592(6)<1%
Miguel Galuccio29,789<1%
Olivier Le Peuch881,824(7)<1%
Samuel Leupold7,272<1%
Tatiana Mitrova24,273<1%
Maria Moræus Hanssen13,152<1%
Vanitha Narayanan3,695<1%
Mark Papa60,852<1%
Henri Seydoux45,793<1%
Jeff Sheets20,589<1%
Ulrich Spiesshofer3,695<1%
All directors and executive officers as a group (26 persons)4,026,151(8)<1%
(1)Beneficial ownership is determined under the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to Approve Our Executive Compensationsecurities. Except as indicated in the below footnotes and subject to applicable community property laws, to our knowledge the persons named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to the securities listed. None of the shares are subject to any pledge.
(2)Percentage ownership is calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially owned by such person or group by the sum of the 1,413,019,316 shares of Schlumberger common stock outstanding on January 31, 2022, plus the number of shares of common stock that such person or group had the right to acquire on or within 60 days of January 31, 2022.
(3)Includes options to purchase 308,000 shares.
(4)Includes options to purchase 340,000 shares.
(5)Includes options to purchase 99,000 shares and 1,773 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Biguet’s children.
(6)Includes options to purchase 98,000 shares and 218 shares beneficially owned by Ms. Gharbi’s spouse.
(7)Includes options to purchase 129,000 shares.
(8)Includes options to purchase 1,480,957 shares, all of which are held by our executive officers.

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Security Ownership by Certain Beneficial Owners

The following table sets forth information as of December 31, 2021 (except as otherwise noted) with respect to persons known by us to be the beneficial owners of more than 5% of our common stock, based solely on the information reported by such persons in their Schedule 13D and 13G filings with the SEC.

For each entity included in the table below, percentage ownership is calculated by dividing the number of shares reported as beneficially owned by such entity by the 1,413,019,316 shares of our common stock outstanding on January 31, 2022.

  Beneficial Ownership of
Common Stock
Name and Address  Number of
Shares
   Percentage
of Class
 
The Vanguard Group(1)  119,850,812   8.5%
100 Vanguard Blvd.        
Malvern, PA 19355        
BlackRock, Inc.(2)  111,487,119   7.9%
55 East 52nd Street        
New York, NY 10055        
State Street Corporation(3)  92,164,506   6.5%
State Street Financial Center        
One Lincoln Street        
Boston, MA 02111        
(1)Based solely on a Statement on Schedule 13G/A filed on February 10, 2022. Such filing indicates that The Vanguard Group has shared voting power with respect to 2,205,290 shares, sole investment power with respect to 114,325,999 shares and shared investment power with respect to 5,524,813 shares.
(2)Based solely on a Statement on Schedule 13G/A filed on February 1, 2022. Such filing indicates that BlackRock, Inc. has sole voting power with respect to 96,704,481 shares and sole investment power with respect to 111,487,119 shares.
(3)Based solely on a Statement on Schedule 13G/A filed on February 14, 2022. Such filing indicates that State Street Corporation has shared voting power with respect to 84,453,128 shares and shared investment power with respect to 91,556,288 shares.

 

WeDelinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors, among others, to file an initial report of ownership of Schlumberger common stock on Form 3 and reports of changes in ownership on Form 4 or Form 5. Persons subject to Section 16 are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they file. The Company believes, based solely on a review of the copies of such forms in its possession and on written representations from reporting persons, that two transactions required to be reported under Section 16(a) were not timely reported during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Two Form 4s required to be filed by Mr. Le Peuch in 2021 relating to shares acquired pursuant to a brokerage dividend reinvestment plan were not timely filed, but were filed on January 21, 2022.

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ITEM 2. Advisory Approval of Our Executive Compensation

Our Board is asking our stockholdersyou to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our executive compensationNEOs as reporteddisclosed in this proxy statement. As described below inThis item, which is provided pursuant to Section 14A of the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this proxy statement, theExchange Act, is commonly referred to as a “say-on-pay” resolution.

The Compensation Committee has structured our executive compensation program to achieve the following key objectives:

 

 to attract, motivate and retain talented executive officers;

 to motivate progress towardthe achievement of Company-wide financial andobjectives, as well as other strategic personal objectives, while balancing rewards for short-term and long-term performance; and

 to align the interests of our executive officers with those of stockholders.our stockholders,

 

We urge stockholders to readas described in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” beginning on page 25section of this proxy statement, which describes in more detail how our executive compensation policies and procedures operate and are designed to achieve our compensation objectives. We also urge stockholders to read the Summary Compensation Table and other related compensation tables and narrative, appearing on pages 49-63, which provide detailed information on the compensation of our named executive officers. Thestatement.

Our Compensation Committee and the Board believe that the policies and procedures articulated in the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” are effective in achieving our goals, and that the compensation of our named executive officersNEOs as reported in this proxy statement has contributed to the Company’s short-term and long-term success.

In accordance with Section 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and as a matter of good corporate governance, Therefore, we are asking our stockholders to approve the compensation of our NEOs by voting “FOR” the following resolution on an advisory resolution at the 2020 annual general meeting of stockholders:basis:

 

RESOLVED, that the stockholders of Schlumberger Limited (the “Company”) approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation ofpaid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in this proxy statement, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Summary Compensation Table and the related compensation tables notes and narrative in the Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2020 annual general meeting of stockholders.discussion, is hereby APPROVED on an advisory basis.

 

This advisory resolution, commonly referred to as a “say-on-pay” resolution,Although this vote is non-binding on our Board. Although non-binding, our Board and the Compensation Committee will review and consider the voting results when making future decisions regarding our executive compensation program.

 

The Board has adopted a policy providing for anAlthough annual “say-on-pay” advisory vote. Unlessvotes are not required by our bylaws, the Board currently believes that having our stockholders provide annual feedback on our compensation practices provides for effective governance. As a result, the next “say-on-pay” advisory vote will occur in 2023, unless the Board modifies its policy on the frequency of holding “say-on-pay” advisory votes, the next “say-on-pay” advisory vote will occur in 2021.

Required Vote

A majority of the votes cast is required to approve this Item 2.

If you hold your shares in street name, please note that brokers, banks and holders of record do not have discretion to vote on this proposal without your instruction. If you do not instruct your broker, bank or holder of record how to vote on this proposal, they will deliver a non-vote on this proposal.votes.

 

The Board of Directors Recommends a VoteFORItem 2. 

Compensation Committee Report

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with the Company’s management. Based on that review and discussion, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement.

SUBMITTED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE SCHLUMBERGER BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jeff Sheets, ChairMaria Moræus HanssenVanitha NarayananHenri SeydouxUlrich Spiesshofer

 

 

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Compensation Discussion and Analysis

 

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”&A) describes our compensation policies and practices as they relate to each person who served as our Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer in 2019, and the next three most highly compensatedfive named executive officers in 2019 (each an “NEO” or a “named executive officer”(“NEOs): listed below:

 

Named Executive OfficersTitle
Olivier Le PeuchChief Executive Officer
Stephane BiguetExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Khaled Al MogharbelExecutive Vice President, Operations
Patrick SchornExecutive Vice President, WellsGeographies
Hinda GharbiExecutive Vice President, ReservoirServices and InfrastructureEquipment
Paal KibsgaardAshok BelaniFormer Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Simon AyatFormer Executive Vice President, & Chief Financial OfficerSchlumberger New Energy

 

The purpose of the CD&A is to explain the elements of our NEOs’ 2021 compensation; why the Compensation Committee selectedcriteria for selecting these elements; how the Compensation Committee determined the relative size of each element of compensation; the decisions theour Compensation Committee made with respect to the 20192021 compensation of theour NEOs; and the reasons for those decisions.

 

2019 — Executive Overview

2019 was a year of transformational change and marked the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Schlumberger. In August 2019, Paal Kibsgaard, our then-CEO and Chairman of the Board, retired from both positions after eight years as CEO and four years as Chairman. Olivier Le Peuch, a 33-year veteran of the Company, then became our CEO and a member of our Board. Our Board also changed its leadership structure, splitting the roles of Chair and CEO, and electing a non-executive Chairman of the Board. Later in 2019, we announced that Simon Ayat was stepping down as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in January 2020, and that Stephane Biguet, a 24-year Schlumberger veteran, would succeed Mr. Ayat in that role.

Following his appointment, our new CEO laid out his new strategic goals for the Company, with a determined focus on margins expansion, increased return on capital, and free cash flow generation. As a result, we initiated a new scale-to-fit strategy in our North America land operations, began exiting highly commoditized service offerings, removed structural costs to protect margins, and accelerated the deployment of our technology-access business models and our focus on asset-light operations.

Overall Company performance in 2019 was positive, particularly in the international markets, as we continued to capitalize on the strength of our international franchise. We generated $5.4 billion in cash flow from operations and $2.7 billion in free cash flow despite very challenging market conditions, including a sharp decline in North America revenue, driven by weakness in the land market.

Highlights of our 2019 performance include:

 CD&A Table of Contentswe returned over $3.0 billion in cash to our stockholders in 2019 through dividends and share repurchases;
 we fulfilled our commitment to shareholders to generate sufficient cash to meet all cash commitments in 2019, including our cash dividend, while we decreased our net debt year-over-year;
 Executive Overviewconsistent with our digital strategy, we formed the Sensia joint venture with Rockwell Automation, and received net proceeds of $238 million at closing. This joint venture is our industry’s first fully integrated digital oilfield automation solutions provider, and will play an important role in the digital transformation of our industry; and32
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Overview of Compensation Decisions for 2021 33
CEO Pay Summary 34
Framework for Setting 2021 Executive Compensation 34
Program Design and Pay-for-Performance Philosophy34
At-Risk Pay Mix36
Responsiveness to Stockholder Feedback36
Peer Group Summary37
Elements of 2021 Total Direct Compensation 38
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Base Salary38
Annual Cash Incentive Awards38
Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards42
Other Benefits47
Agreements with our commitment to monetize non-core, capital-intensive business linesOutgoing NEOs48
Other Aspects of Our Executive Compensation Program 49
Competition for Our Executive Talent  49
Our Peer Group Companies49
Executive Compensation Governance 51
No Ongoing Employment Agreements51
Stock Ownership and assets with lower return on capital, we sold our fishingHolding Requirements51
Clawback Policy51
Anti-Hedging and remedial services, DRILCO and Thomas Tools business, from which we received net proceeds of $348 million at closing. This additional cash generated from the sale of non-core assets gives us the freedom to execute other key elements of our strategy.Anti-Pledging51
Process for Setting Executive Compensation52
Tax Policy53

An integral part of our new strategy is our responsibility to all stakeholders, as well as the environment and the communities where we live and work. One way that we showed our commitment to environmental sustainability in 2019 was by becoming the first company in the upstream E&P services area to commit to setting a science-based target to reduce our GHG emissions. We believe that this is a necessary and important step to lead positive, measurable changes in GHG emissions within the industry to help reduce climate change.

 

 

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Executive Overview

2021 was an exceptional year for Schlumberger, in which we demonstrated the strength and agility of our emergent strategy—rooted in operational execution, superior returns, and capital discipline. After two years of extraordinary industry, market, and social uncertainty, the Schlumberger team delivered a year of remarkable financial results, surpassing all of our 2021 financial targets and closing the year with excellent momentum.

Highlights of our 2021 financial performance, reflecting the success of our returns-focused strategy and execution, include:

Adjusted EBITDA(1)
$4.925 billion
Free Cash Flow(2)
$2.997 billion
Revenue
$22.9 billion
14% increase over 2020110% increase over 2020H2 2021 revenue increased 18%
over H2 2020, excluding
impact of divestitures
Adjusted EBITDA Margin
21.5%
Net Debt Reduced by
$2.8 billion
Earnings per Share (GAAP)
$1.32
Expanded 320 basis points
year-on-year, achieving
highest adjusted EBITDA
margin level since 2018
Net debt to adjusted 
EBITDA ratio of 2.2x

Lowest net debt level since 2016
Earnings per share, excluding
charges and credits, was $1.28,
an 88% increase over 2020

On the strength of these financial results, driven by excellent operational leverage as a result of our Performance Strategy and strong working capital management, we were able to reduce our net debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio from 3.2x to 2.2x year-on-year. At the same time, we achieved double-digit pretax operating margins in North America—the highest levels since 2014—and we expanded our international pretax operating margins to the highest levels since 2018.

The success of 2021 was built upon the continued growth of our strategic business pillars—strengthening our core, digital, and new energy—to deliver high performance sustainably.

In our Core business, we fully operationalized our returns-focused strategy through our new Division and Basin organization and high-graded business portfolio, which have significantly increased our operating leverage. As a result of our differentiated capabilities, exceptional execution, and technology performance, we enhanced our market positions and won significant project awards during the year. With increased operating leverage and our outstanding customer performance, we ended the year marking six consecutive quarters of pretax segment operating margin expansion.

In Digital, we expanded market access and accelerated the adoption of our platform, which brings our customers AI capabilities and powerful digital tools to reduce cycle time, improve performance, and lower carbon intensity. We built partnerships to achieve comprehensive cloud access globally, collaborated with AI innovators to deploy machine-learning and AI solutions, and enabled digital operations through the automation of key workflows in well construction and production operations.

In Schlumberger New Energy, we continued to advance the development of clean energy technologies and low-carbon projects. In 2021, we invested in stationary energy storage—expanding our total addressable market—and progressed our ventures in hydrogen, lithium, geoenergy, and a suite of CCUS opportunities, including our BECCS project.

2021 also saw continued excellence in Safety and Service Quality, as we successfully navigated the challenges of the ongoing pandemic to ensure continued execution and performance for our customers. Our total recordable injury frequency showed a 31% improvement since 2019, and we also improved our automotive accident rate by 30% compared to 2019. Furthermore, our service quality performance was the best on record, despite increasing activity coupled with ongoing pandemic and supply chain challenges.

This was also a pivotal year for Schlumberger’s commitment to Sustainability. We announced our comprehensive 2050 net-zero commitment inclusive of Scope 3 emissions—a first for the energy services sector—and we launched our Transition Technology portfolio to focus on the decarbonization of oil and gas operations. In addition, Schlumberger earned an upgraded AA rating from MSCI, and won an ESG Top Performer award from Hart Energy, recognizing our sustainability efforts, our enhanced disclosures, and our commitment to apply our technologies and capabilities toward helping the world sustainably meet future energy demand.

In summary, 2021 was a defining and transformative year for Schlumberger. We continued to strengthen our core portfolio, while also enhancing our sustainability leadership, advancing our digital journey, and expanding our new energy portfolio.

As we enter 2022, Schlumberger is well prepared to seize the multiyear growth cycle ahead of us. We have entered this cycle in a position of strength, having reset our operating leverage, expanded peer-leading margins across multiple quarters, and aligned our technology and business portfolio with the new industry imperatives. We are truly excited about the outlook for Schlumberger—for continued financial outperformance, technology leadership, and growth opportunities in digital and clean energy innovation—to enable the world to unlock access to energy for the benefit of all.

(1)Net income attributable to Schlumberger on a GAAP basis was $1.881 billion. For a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net income attributable to Schlumberger on a GAAP basis, see Appendix A.
(2)Cash flow from operations was $4.651 billion. For a reconciliation of free cash flow to cash flow from operations, see Appendix A.

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Overview of Compensation Decisions for 2019

2021

 

In 2019, themaking decisions regarding 2021 executive compensation, our Compensation Committee continued to focus on strengthening the link between pay and performance; retaining and motivating our top executives through a year of great change and uncertainty; appropriately compensating them for improving on our effective deployment of capital, working capital management and cash flow generation; and promoting long-term stockholder value despite challenging industry conditions.on:

• strengthening pay-for-performance alignment;

• motivating and incentivizing outperformance;

• maintaining stability and retaining our top talent through business cycles; and

• appropriately compensating our executives for effectively deploying capital, generating strong cash flow and creating long-term stockholder value.

 

In this context, and as more fully discussed elsewhere in this CD&A, below are some key actions that our Compensationthe Committee took with respect to our NEOs’ 2019 compensation:2021 compensation.

 

 In responseRedesigned LTI Program — We redesigned our LTI program to stockholder feedbackmore closely align with our long-term strategy, publicly disclosed financial objectives, and total shareholder return. Under our 2021 LTI program, our NEOs received a mix of grants, with 75% of their target LTI opportunity awarded in the form of PSUs, and 25% awarded in the form of three-year, time-based RSUs.

The 2021 LTI program consisted of four types of grants, equally weighted at target performance:

• 25% Absolute FCF Margin PSUs: We replaced our previous free cash flow conversion rate metric, which was measured over a two-year period, with a metric that measures free cash flow margin over a three-year performance period, to better tiealign with our NEOs’ compensation to the creation of stockholder value, we incorporatedpublicly disclosed free cash flow margin objectives.

• 25% Relative TSR PSUs: We introduced PSUs based on a three-year relative total stockholder return (“TSR”)TSR metric as a downward-only modifier, into all of their 2019 performance-based equity awards. As a result, allnew element of our NEOs’ 2019 performance-based equity awards will vest, ifLTI program, to more directly align LTI payouts with stockholder value creation. We set the target performance goal above median at all, only after a three-year TSR performance period.the 60th percentile.

 In connection with Mr. Le Peuch’s promotion to CEO in July 2019 and in lieu25% Relative ROCE PSUs: We increased the rigor of any annual LTI award that he would have otherwise received in 2020, the Board approved an award to him of performance share units (“PSUs”) with a target value of $10.5 million (the “July 2019 PSU award”), in order to align his incremental 2019 compensation with his new role. This award was 100% performance-based and made on the same terms as the long-term incentive (“LTI”) awards granted totargets for our NEOs in January 2019, usingthree-year relative return on capital employed (“ROCE”ROCE) and free cash flow conversionmetric by removing Weatherford from the ROCE comparator group, as base performance metrics.Weatherford had underperformed the rest of the comparator group in recent years.

 Because the July 2019 PSU award represented Mr. Le Peuch’s estimated annual25% Time-based RSUs: We introduced three-year, time-based RSUs as a new element of our LTI target award in his new role as CEO,program, to promote stability and in lightretention of his PSU award in April 2019 upon his appointment as Chief Operating Officer, the Board determined that Mr. Le Peuch should not receive an annual LTI award in January 2020.our executive team.

As a result of this redesign, we reduced the maximum overall payout opportunity under our 2021 LTI program from 250% to 200%, in line with market practice for a more balanced and diversified LTI grant program.

 Other than in the case of promotions as described in this CD&A, weNEO Cash Compensation Structure Unchanged — We held base salaries flat for all NEOs, and we did not increase any of our NEOs’ 2019the target annual cash incentive opportunity.opportunity, as a percentage of base pay, for any of our NEOs.

 CEO Compensation Program Unchanged — The Company promoted two other NEOstarget value of our CEO’s 2021 total direct compensation places him at approximately the 50th percentile among CEOs in our general industry peer group. We maintained the target value of our CEO’s 2021 LTI award at $10.5 million, consistent with the target value of the PSU award he received in August 2019 in connection with his promotion to CEO (which was granted in lieu of any 2020 LTI award). For additional details regarding our leadership transition: Mr.Al Mogharbel, our Executive Vice President, Operations; and Ms. Gharbi, our Executive Vice President, Reservoir and Infrastructure. The Compensation Committee approved base salary increases for Mr. Al Mogharbel and Ms. Gharbi, and a PSU award to Mr. Al Mogharbel, in connection with their promotions.
Our Compensation Committee approved grants of three-year vesting restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to Mr. Al Mogharbel, Ms. Gharbi and Mr. Schorn, our Executive Vice President, Wells, for retention purposes throughCEO’s compensation, see “—CEO Pay Summary” on the CEO transition. The awards will vest only after three years, which provides senior executive stability to us and our shareholders in the time of our CEO transition.following page.

 

Stockholder Engagement; 2019 Say-On-Pay Vote

Our Compensation Committee is committed to seeking and considering stockholder feedback in designing and managing our executive compensation program. We proactively engage with our stockholders regarding executive compensation and other corporate governance matters throughout the year, as discussed further in “Corporate Governance—Stockholder Engagement” on page 13. Our compensation program design for 2019 was largely developed and implemented in response to, and as a product of, discussions with our stockholders.

In 2018, we reached out twice to our stockholders. First, in advance of our 2018 annual general meeting, we contacted 20 of our largest stockholders, representing 47% of our outstanding stock, and met with 14 of them, representing 35% of our outstanding common stock, to seek their views on our executive compensation program. Later in the year, we reached out to 18 of our largest stockholders, representing 41% of our outstanding stock, and eight of these stockholders, representing 24% of our outstanding stock, accepted our request for a meeting. Senior members of our management team and, in several cases, our lead independent director and the chair of our Compensation Committee, engaged these stockholders in frank and productive discussions regarding our executive compensation program. In response to stockholder feedback, the Compensation Committee in January 2019 approved significant changes to our executive compensation program, which are reflected above under “—Overview of Compensation Decisions for 2019” and are also summarized in the chart below.

Following these stockholder engagement efforts, 95.8% of the votes cast at our 2019 annual general meeting of stockholders voted in favor of our executive compensation program.

Our Board and Compensation Committee recognize that continued, regular engagement with our stockholders is critical to maintaining the substantial stockholder support of our executive compensation program that they demonstrated at our 2019 annual general meeting, as well as to further align our executive compensation objectives with our stockholders’ priorities. As a result, in fall 2019, senior members of our management team reached out to 26 of our largest stockholders, representing 50% of our outstanding stock, to offer to discuss compensation matters and listen to their feedback. None of these stockholders requested a meeting with us, because, among other reasons, we had implemented changes to our compensation program design that addressed their concerns. We intend to continue to consider our stockholders’ priorities and recommendations with respect to our executive compensation program design and practices in 2020 and beyond.

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Back• Strategy-Focused Cash Incentive — We continued to contents

Annual Cash Incentive Awards

WHAT WE HEARD IN 2018WHAT WE DID IN 2019
Some stockholders saidtie 70% of our NEOs’ key personal objectives constituted too large a portion of theirtarget annual cash incentive opportunity and preferred that a larger portion of their annual cash incentive awards be based on achieving quantitative Company financial goals.

Beginning with our 2018 compensation program, we reduced the weighting of our NEOs’ key personal objectives under our annual cash incentive plan from 50% to 30%,full-year adjusted EBITDA and correspondingly increased the weighting of quantitative Company financial goals to 70% under that plan. As a result, for our 2019 annual cash incentive program:

  70% of our NEOs’ cash incentive award opportunity was based on achievement of quantitative Company financial goals, as follows:

  30% based on achievement of earnings per share, excluding charges and credits (“adjusted EPS”), targets;

  40% based on absolute dollar cash flow generation targets; and

  30% ofgoals, to ensure our NEOs’ cash incentive award opportunity was basedexecutives were focused on achievement of pre-established key personal objectives.

Long-Term Incentive Equity Awards
WHAT WE HEARD IN 2018WHAT WE DID IN 2019
Some stockholders encouraged us to incorporate a TSR metric into our performance-based equity awards. The rationale for including this metric would be to better tie our executives’ compensation to the creation of stockholder value.

We introduced a three-year relative TSR modifier to all of our 2019 PSU awards. Under this modifier, the number of shares earned upon vesting of the PSUs will be reduced by 25 percentage points if our cumulative TSR during the three-year TSR performance period is in the bottom 33rd percentile relative to the TSR of the individual companies comprising the Philadelphia Oil Service Sector (“OSX”) Index.

The relative TSR modifier will only reduce the number of shares earned under a PSU award, but will not increase the number of shares earned.

Some stockholders requested that the performance and vesting period for all future PSUs be at least three years.profitable, sustainable growth. As a result of our performance strategy:

• our 2021 adjusted EBITDA was $4.925 billion, representing a 14% increase over 2020, and resulting in a payout of 89% of the three-year relative TSR modifier, all PSUs awardedmaximum payout opportunity for the adjusted EBITDA component of our 2021 cash incentive plan; and

• our 2021 cash flow generated was $3.000 billion, representing a 12% increase over 2020, and resulting in a payout of 100% of the maximum payout opportunity for the cash flow generation component of our 2021 cash incentive plan.

• ESG Objectives for All NEOs — Every NEO had at least one strategic personal objective related to sustainability, new energy, or HSE goals.

• No Profit-Sharing — Consistent with 2020, our NEOs in 2019 will vest, if at all, only after a three-year TSR performance period.executives did not receive any profit sharing award for the 2021 fiscal year.

 

 

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Our Executive Compensation Best Practices

CEO Pay Summary

 

The following isBoard did not increase any element of the 2021 target total direct compensation of Mr. Le Peuch, our CEO, as compared to 2020. However, due to the timing of a summary2019 PSU grant (in lieu of some of our executivea 2020 grant) awarded to Mr. Le Peuch in connection with his CEO appointment, the Summary Compensation Table reflects an increase in his 2021 total reported compensation, best practices and policies.as explained in the chart below.

 

WHAT WE DO
100% of Annual LTI Awards are Performance-Based.100% of our NEOs’ annual equity-based compensation is performance-based, using a variety of performance measures.
At Risk Pay.A significant portion of our NEOs’ pay is at risk, and is based on a mix of absolute and relative financial and operational metrics. In 2019, approximately 88% of our former CEO’s 2019 total direct compensation was at risk.
Our Annual Cash Incentive Awards are Performance-Based.At least 70% of our NEOs’ annual cash incentive opportunity is based on achievement of rigorous quantitative Company financial goals.
Clawback Policy.Our clawback policy, and the terms of our equity awards, allow our Board to recoup performance-based cash and equity awards in specified instances.
Robust Executive Stock Ownership Requirements.Under our stock ownership guidelines, our CEO must own an amount of our stock valued at six times his annual base salary; our executive vice presidents must own at least three times their annual base salary; and all other executive officers must own at least two times their annual base salary.
Mandatory Retention of Shares.Our executives must retain 50% of the net shares acquired upon the exercise of stock options and the vesting of PSUs and RSUs, until they achieve the required ownership level under our stock ownership guidelines.
Annual Peer Compensation Review.We annually review the compensation opportunities for all of our executive officers against our peer groups.
WHAT WE DON’T DO
No gross-ups on excise taxes.
No repricing or exchange of underwater options without stockholder approval.
No hedging or pledging of Schlumberger stock by directors or executive officers.
No LTI or annual cash incentive payouts if we fail to achieve pre-established threshold performance criteria.
No excessive perquisites to executive officers.
No executive pension or insurance plans exclusively for executive officers. We also do not grant extra years of credited service to our executive officers under our supplementary pension plans.
No employment, severance or change-in-control agreements with newly hired executive officers.
No automatic acceleration of equity awards upon a change in control.
No automatic share replenishment or “evergreen” provisions in our omnibus stock incentive plans.
PSUs and RSUs do not accrue dividends or dividend equivalents prior to vesting.
We do not dilute our stockholders with excessive equity grants to employees. Our 2019 “burn rate,” or stock awards granted as a percentage of common shares outstanding, was only 0.90%.


In August 2019, in connection with Mr. Le Peuch’s promotion to CEO, he received a PSU award with a target value of $10.5 million. This award was granted in lieu of a 2020 LTI award, and, as a result, Mr. Le Peuch’s total 2019 compensation, as shown in the Summary Compensation Table, reflects his target 2020 LTI award as well, while his 2020 compensation is unusually low. This is illustrated in the chart at below left entitled “CEO Pay, Reported”.

 

In order to better reflect our Compensation Committee’s annual compensation mix for our CEO, the chart at below right entitled “CEO Pay, As Adjusted” reflects his three-year total direct compensation, as adjusted to show the 2019 CEO promotion LTI grant subtracted from the 2019 column and added to the 2020 column, because that award was in lieu of his 2020 LTI target award.

 


CEO Pay, Reported

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(1)“Other” reflects our CEO’s compensation included in the “Change in Pension Value & Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings” and “All Other Compensation” columns in the Summary Compensation Table.

Framework for Setting 2021 Executive Compensation in 2019

 

Executive Compensation Philosophy

Program Design and Goals

Pay-for-Performance Philosophy

 

Our executive compensation program is designed so that the higher an executive’s position in the Company, the greater the percentage of compensation that is “at risk” — that is, contingent on our financial performance, long-term stock price performance and individual performance. See “—Relative Size of Direct Compensation Elements” beginning on page 30. The Company believes that having a significant portion of our executives’ compensation at risk more closely aligns their interests with our long-term interests and those of our stockholders.

The table below sets out the elements of our NEOs’ 2019 total direct compensation; certain key features of each element; how we determine their size; and how each of these elements of compensation supports our business strategy.

TYPEELEMENTKEY FEATURESHOW WE DETERMINEHOW ELEMENT SUPPORTS
OUR STRATEGY
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) Performance Share Units

  Relative performance metric: ROCE

  Based on our average annual ROCE compared to that of several major oilfield service competitors over a 3-year performance period

  A relative TSR modifier may reduce, but not increase, payouts for performance relative to the individual companies comprising the OSX Index over a 3-year TSR performance period

  See ROCE payout and performance matrix on page 40

  Motivates and rewards executives for relative outperformance on a key financial metric

  New TSR modifier reduces PSU payouts if our relative performance is substandard and enhances stockholder alignment

Free Cash Flow (FCF) Conversion Performance Share Units

  Absolute performance metric: free cash flow conversion

  Based on our free cash flow conversion as a percentage of our cumulative net income, excluding charges and credits, over a 2-year performance period

  A relative TSR modifier may reduce, but not increase, payouts for performance relative to the individual companies comprising the OSX Index over a 3-year TSR performance period

  See free cash flow conversion payout and performance chart on page 41

  Aligns the interests of our executives with long-term stockholder value by tying payouts to our ability to exercise capital discipline and convert cumulative net income into free cash flow

  New TSR modifier enhances stockholder alignment by extending the vesting period to three years. Also reduces PSU payouts if our relative performance is substandard

Annual Cash Incentive

  70% based on achievement of quantitative Company financial goals as follows:

  30% based on achievement of adjusted EPS targets

  40% based on achievement of absolute dollar value cash flow generation targets

  30% based on achievement of pre-established key personal objectives

  See adjusted EPS payout and performance chart on page 36

  See cash flow generation payout and performance chart on page 35

  See each NEO’s objectives on pages 36-37

  Fosters a results-driven, pay-for-performance culture

  Adjusted EPS reflects stockholder value creation

  Cash flow generation goals align the interests of our executives with stockholder value by tying payouts directly to generation of cash necessary to enhance stockholder value. These goals are also consistent with our strategy of meeting cash commitments without increasing net debt and our focus on capital discipline

Annual Base Salary

  Only fixed compensation component

  Reviewed every year in January; adjusted when appropriate

  Job scope and responsibilities; experience; individual performance; market data  Provides a base level of competitive cash compensation when all other pay elements are variable

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In setting our executives’ compensation, we believeour Compensation Committee believes that:

 

 the pay of our named executive officersNEOs and other senior executives should be strongly linked to performance that is evaluated against financial and strategic operational and personal objectives, as described below in the section entitled “Elements of Total Direct Compensation; 2019 Decisions—Annual Cash Incentive Awards” beginning on page 34;and should balance incentivizing outperformance, ensuring retention and maximizing stockholder value;
 our compensation programperformance-based LTI and cash incentive awards should enable us to recruit, develop, motivateutilize clear, quantitative financial metrics that are closely aligned with our corporate strategy and retain top global talent, both in the short-termstated external objectives and long-term, by providing compensation that is competitive and by promoting the Company’s values of people, technology and profit;should be effective through all industry cycles;
 LTI awards should encourage the creation of long-term stockholder value, align our executives’ compensation with our stockholder returns, and incentivize our executives to achieve difficult but attainable strategic and financial goals that support our long-term performance and our leadership position in our industry;
our executive compensation structure should enable us to recruit, develop, motivate and retain top global talent, both in the short-term and long-term; and
 through our executive stock ownership guidelines, which require our executives should be required to hold stock acquired through LTI awards, thereby aligning theirshould further align the interests of our executives with those of our other stockholders.

 

Promotion from within the Company is a key principle at Schlumberger, and all of our named executive officers have reached their current positions through career development within the Company. We view diversity of our workforce as both a very important part of our cultural philosophy and a business imperative, as it better enables us to serve clients anywhere in the world.

Relative Size of Direct Compensation Elements

 

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Our 2021 executive compensation program consistsconsisted of three primary elements, comprising our executives’ total direct compensation:

 

 LTI awards;equity awards (PSUs and RSUs),

 annualAnnual (short-term) cash incentives;incentive awards, and

 baseBase salary.

 

Within these elements, 75% of our executives’ 2021 target LTI equity awards and 100% of their annual cash incentive awards were performance-based. These elements allowhave allowed us to remain competitive and attract, retain and motivate top executive talent with current and potential future financial rewards.talent.

 

The Compensation Committee reviewschart below sets out the primary elements of our NEOs’ 2021 total direct compensation, throughout the year, to evaluate whether each element of direct compensation remains competitive with companies in Schlumberger’s two main executive compensation peer groups as described in “Other Aspects of Our Executive Compensation Framework—Peer Group Companies” below. The Compensation Committee relies on its own judgment in making these compensation decisions after its review of external market data of companies in our two main peer groups, including the size and mix of direct compensation for executives in those companies. The Compensation Committee seeks to achieve an appropriate balance between annual cash rewards, which encourage achievement of annual financial and non-financial objectives, and LTI awards, which encourage effective deployment of capital and the generation of cash flow to enable us to execute our strategy.

While external market data provide important guidance in making decisions on executive compensation, the Compensation Committee does not set compensation based on market data alone. When determining the size and mixcertain key features of each element, and how each of an NEO’s total directthese compensation the Compensation Committee also considers the following factors:elements supports our strategy.

 

 the size and complexity of the executive’s scope of responsibilities;
 TYPEleadership, management and technical expertise, performance history, growth potential, and position in reporting structure;ELEMENTKEY FEATURESHOW THIS ELEMENT SUPPORTS
OUR STRATEGY
PERFORMANCE-
BASED?
AT RISK?
 Free Cash Flow Margin PSUs
(25%)
Absolute performance metric, based on our free cash flow margin over a three-year period

Aligns with our publicly disclosed financial objective of achieving double-digit free cash flow margin

•   Encourages our NEOs to generate cash flow to allow for net debt reduction and strategic investments in line with external commitments

overall Company and individual performance; 
 Return on Capital Employed PSUs
(25%)
Relative performance metric, comparing our average annual ROCE to that of four key oilfield service competitors over a three-year period

Measures the efficiency of our capital employed relative to key competitors, consistent with our strategic priorities

•   Motivates and rewards executives for relative outperformance on a key financial metric

retention needs;
 Total Shareholder Return PSUs
(25%)
Relative performance metric, comparing our cumulative TSR over a three-year period to that of eight companies of similar size and footprint in our industry

Directly aligns executive LTI payouts with stockholder value creation

•   Uses a clear and objective metric to evaluate our performance against other comparable companies in our industry

the recommendations of the CEO (except for his own compensation); and
 Time-Based RSUs
(25%)
“Cliff” vesting after three years, subject to continued employmentPromotes stability and retention of our executive team through business cyclesinternal pay equity, both in relation to
Annual Cash Incentive Award

70% based on achieving quantitative Company financial objectives, evenly split between adjusted EBITDA and cash flow generation targets

30% based on strategic personal objectives

•   Adjusted EBITDA reflects the other NEOs and in comparison with the average pay mixquality of the Company’s executive officers.

The charts below show the percentage of 2019 base salary, target annual cash incentive and LTI compensation established by the Compensation Committee for Mr. Kibsgaard—our former CEO—and for our other NEOs. As shown in the charts below, approximately 88% of Mr. Kibsgaard’s 2019 target total direct compensation was at risk, and approximately 86% of the 2019 target total direct compensation of our other NEOs was at risk.

earnings

 

(1)

•   Cash flow generation is critical to achieving the Company’s net debt reduction goals

•   Personal objectives, detailed on pages 41-42, align to the Company’s strategic focus areas, including sustainability

Reflects target full-year total direct compensation of Mr. Kibsgaard, our former CEO. As discussed above under “—2019—Executive Overview,” Mr. Kibsgaard retired effective August 2019 and Mr. Le Peuch was promoted to CEO. Mr. Le Peuch’s target total direct compensation for the period from January 1, 2019 to July 31, 2019 is reflected in “Schlumberger Other NEO 2019 Pay Mix.”
(2)In order to better reflect the target annual directBase SalaryOnly fixed compensation mix for our NEOs serving inelement•   Provides a non-CEO role, excludes the target total directbase level of competitive cash compensation for Mr. Le Peuch for the period from August 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, during which he served as our CEO.when all other pay elements are variable or contingent

 

 

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At-Risk Pay Mix

Our executive compensation program is designed so that the higher an executive’s position in the Company, the greater the percentage of compensation that is “at risk”. At-risk compensation refers to an executive’s LTI awards and annual cash incentive opportunity. We believe that having a significant portion of our executives’ compensation at risk more closely aligns their interests with Company interests and with the interests of our stockholders.

As illustrated below, approximately 90% of our CEO’s 2021 target total direct compensation was at risk, and approximately 83% of our other NEOs’ 2021 target total direct compensation was at risk.

CEO 2021 Target Pay Mix

 

Other NEO 2021 Target Pay Mix

 

Our Compensation Committee seeks to achieve an appropriate balance between LTI awards, which emphasize long-term stockholder value creation through efficient conversion of revenue into cash, effective deployment of capital, and total shareholder return, and annual cash rewards, which encourage achievement of near-term financial and non-financial objectives. Based on market data provided by Pay Governance LLC, theour Compensation Committee’s independent compensation consultant (“Pay Governance”Governance), ourthe pay mix of our NEOs is generally more weighted toward LTI compensation thanwell-aligned with that of the companies in our two main executive compensation peer groups. The Compensation Committee may, at its discretion, modify an NEO’s mix of base pay, annual cash incentive and LTIs, or otherwise adjust an NEO’s total compensation, to best fit their specific circumstances. For example, the Compensation Committee may increase the size of an LTI award to an NEO if the aggregate career LTI awards granted do not adequately reflect the executive’s current position and level of responsibility within the Company, taking into account external market practices and the other factors described above.

 

In January 2019, the2021, our Compensation Committee concluded that, based on its review of the relative size of direct compensation elements of companies in our main executive compensation peer groups, groups—as well as internal factors, factors—the mix of base salary, target annual cash incentive and target LTI was appropriate for each of our NEOs.

 

In October 2019, the Compensation Committee reviewed internal pay equity following our CEO transition. Because our executive officers operate as a team, the Compensation Committee considers internal pay equity

Responsiveness to be an important factor in its executive compensation decisions. The Compensation Committee reviewed the compensation of Mr. Le Peuch, our CEO, in relation to the compensation of our other executive officer positions, and our NEOs’ compensation both in relation to one another and compared to the average compensation of our other executive officer positions. The Compensation Committee noted that the ratio of target total direct compensation between the CEO and our second-highest paid executive officer was slightly lower than in prior years, in part due to the CEO transition and the proration of Mr. Le Peuch’s base salary and target bonus. The Compensation Committee also noted that the levels of target total direct compensation for the third- to fifth-highest paid officers were very closely clustered together, consistent with their relative positions within the Company. As a result, the Compensation Committee concluded that internal pay equity was appropriate.

Stockholder Feedback

 

The Competition for Our Executive Talent

A primary consideration of the Compensation Committee in overseeing our executive compensation program is the needdesign in recent years was largely developed and implemented in response to, motivate and retain what it considers to be the best executive talentas a product of, past discussions with our stockholders. For example, in the energy industry. We are the world’s largest oilfield services company and the only such company in the Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 100 Index. The Compensation Committee believes that delivering strong long-term stockholder returns and financial and operational results depends on our ability to attract, develop and retain the best talent globally. A highly competitive compensation package is critical to this objective.

In light of the foregoing, the Compensation Committee generally seeks to target total direct compensation for our NEOs between the 50thand 75thpercentiles of the Company’s two main executive compensation peer groups; however, the Compensation Committee may position an NEO who is new to a position at or below the 50thpercentile for a period of time. An NEO’s target total direct compensation depends on a variety of factors, including tenure in a particular position, individual and Company performance, and internal pay equity.

Our Compensation Committee believes that, for seasoned NEOs, the 50th to 75thpercentile range is appropriate to target because of Schlumberger’s leading position in the oilfield services industry; because competition for our executive talent in the oil and gas industry is exceptionally fierce; and because our executives are very highly sought after, not only by our direct oilfield service competitors but by other leading oil and gas and technology-focused companies.

In approving this target range and when setting compensation for 2019, the Compensation Committee considered that many current and former senior executive officers of leading companies in the energy industry have previously served as senior executives at Schlumberger.recent years:

 

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We consider ourselves the “University to the Industry.” Former senior Schlumberger executives have either been, or are, senior executives at the following competitors, customers and other technology-focused companies:

Baker Hughes
(past Chairman and CEO, current COO and
CHRO, and other current senior executives)WHAT WE HEARD
 TechnipFMC
(current Chairman and CEO, past Chairman
and CEO, and current GC, CTO,
CHRO and other senior executives)
Weatherford International
(past acting CEO and CFO, past interim
CFO and other senior executive)WHAT WE DID
BAE Systems
(current CEOSome stockholders encouraged us to ensure that the performance metrics used for our NEOs’ incentive compensation were closely aligned to our strategy and CHROpublicly disclosed financial objectives.
In 2021, we redesigned our LTI program to more closely align the performance criteria with our long-term strategy and
other senior executives)
Valaris
(current CEO and GC)
Ensco
(past CEO, GC and COO) publicly disclosed free cash flow margin objectives, by replacing our previous two-year free cash flow conversion rate metric with one that measures free cash flow margin over a three-year performance period.
ConocoPhillips
(past CTO)Some stockholders encouraged us to incorporate a meaningful total shareholder return metric into our performance-based equity awards.
Calfrac Well Services
(past CEO)
Carbo Ceramics
(current President & CEOIn 2019 and 2020, we incorporated a three-year relative TSR modifier into all our PSU awards. Then, in 2021, we built on our progress by introducing PSUs based on a three-year relative TSR metric as well as other
senior executives)a new element of our LTI program, to more directly align LTI payouts with stockholder value creation. We set the target performance goal for the 2021 TSR PSUs above median at the 60th percentile.
Magseis Fairfield
(current CEO)Some stockholders requested that the performance and vesting periods for all PSUs be at least three years.
BG Group
(past Chairman and past COO)
Nabors
(current CFO, and multiple other
senior executives)All of our 2021 PSU awards will vest, if at all, only after a three-year performance period. In addition, all PSUs granted in 2020 will vest, if at all, only after a three-year TSR performance period.
YPF
(past CEO)Most stockholders we spoke with responded positively to our annual cash incentive program structure and financial metrics.
Frank’s International
(past CEO)
Rowan Companies
(past CEO)
Patterson-UTI Energy
(current CEO)
CGG-Veritas
(current CEO and CFO)
Smith International
(past CEO and CFO)
Shelf Drilling
(current CEO)
NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc.
(current CEO and CFO)
Archer Limited
(current Chairman, current CFO,
and past CFO and GC)
Keane Group
(past CEO)
National Petroleum Services
(current CEO)
TEAM, Inc.
(current CEO)
Dover Energy
(past CFO)
Expro
(current CEO, past CEO and CFO,
and current senior executive)
Flowserve
(current CEO)
Noble Corporation
(former GC)
Dril-Quip
(current GC)
Tetra Technologies
(past COO and other current senior
executives)
John Wood Group
(current senior executive)
RigNet
(current GC)
Aker Solutions
(current COO and other senior
executives)
ExLog
(current Chairman, CFO and COO)
Speedcast International
(current COO)
Delek Logistics Partners
(current GC)
BJ Services
(current CEO)
Sentinel Energy Services
(current CEO and Chairman)
Shawcor
(current CEO)
Borr Drilling
(current CFO)
Rio Tinto
(current CHRO)
Key Energy Services
(past CEO)
Altus Intervention
(multiple current senior executives)
DataCloud
(current senior executive)
CEO = Chief Executive OfficerCOO = Chief Operating OfficerCTO = Chief Technology Officer
CFO = Chief Financial OfficerGC = General CounselCHRO = Chief Human Resources OfficerIn setting 2021 compensation, our Compensation Committee sought to maintain the structural elements of our incentive compensation programs that have generated positive stockholder feedback in our recent engagements.

 

 

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Pay-for-Performance — Executive PayFollowing these program enhancements and Alignmentour proactive engagement with stockholders, our executive compensation program received the support of 95% of the votes cast at our 2021 AGM.

 

As part ofOur Board and Compensation Committee recognize that continued, regular engagement with our stockholders is critical to maintaining the Compensation Committee’s annual reviewsubstantial support of our executive compensation program demonstrated by our stockholders at our 2021 AGM. In advance of that meeting, we reached out to stockholders representing more than 50% of our outstanding common stock, to seek their views on our executive compensation program, as well as other corporate governance and sustainability topics. Stockholders representing approximately 11% of our outstanding common stock requested meetings to discuss our executive compensation, and our management team then reported on these discussions to our Compensation Committee. The feedback from these efforts indicated that our overall compensation program design is supported by our stockholders.

95% SUPPORT
2021 SAY-ON-PAY VOTE

Peer Group Summary

Our Compensation Committee used data from several distinct peer groups in July 2019evaluating and setting 2021 executive compensation, as summarized in the Committee directed Pay Governance to prepare a comparative pay-for-performance assessment against two sets of peer group companies:table below, and as further discussed throughout this CD&A.

 

 Main Executive Compensation
Peer Groups
Peer Groups for LTI Relative
Performance Metrics
Oil IndustryGeneral IndustryTSR PSU AwardsROCE PSU Awards
What type of companies are in this peer group?10 major oilfield services and E&P companies that are broadly comparable to Schlumberger in terms of revenue and market value.23 global advanced extractive, technology-driven manufacturing, and industrial engineering-focused companies with annual revenues, market valuations and global scopes that are similar to Schlumberger’s.Eight companies of similar size and footprint in our industry, including all four companies in our ROCE comparator group and six of the companies in our oil industry peer group.

Four key oilfield services competitors:

•   Halliburton  

•   Baker Hughes

•   TechnipFMC

•   NOV Inc.

What did the Committee use this peer group as identifiedfor?Annual compensation reviews and peer benchmarking.2021 TSR PSU performance goals and measurements.2021 ROCE PSU performance goals and measurements.
Why do we use this peer group?The Committee considers formal executive compensation survey data from both these peer groups when it reviews and sets our executive officers’ compensation. The general industry peer group comparisons are particularly relevant for non-operations positions, where skills and experience may be easily transferable to other industries outside oil and gas.In evaluating our relative TSR performance, the Committee believes the most appropriate comparisons are against companies in the section entitledenergy sector affected by the same external factors as we are.In evaluating our relative ROCE performance, the Committee believes the most appropriate comparisons are against our key competitors in our industry.
Where to learn more?For additional details about our main executive compensation peer groups, see “Other Aspects of Our Executive Compensation Framework—Program—Our Peer Group Companies” beginning on page 43; and49.
 a core groupFor additional details about our LTI awards, see “Elements of our key oilfield services competitors, namely Halliburton, Baker Hughes and National Oilwell Varco (our “core competitor peer group”).2021 Total Direct Compensation—Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards” beginning on page 42.

 

The purpose of the comparative assessment was to determine the degree of alignment between the total realizable compensation of our named executive officers from our 2019 proxy statement and our performance relative to these companies as measured by ROCE, free cash flow growth and TSR. We selected these metrics for their effectiveness in assessing long-term Company performance.

We assessed performance on a three- and five-year basis ending on December 31, 2018, because the Compensation Committee believes that alignment of pay and performance is more effectively assessed over the mid- and long-term. The Compensation Committee reviewed the total realizable compensation of Mr. Kibsgaard, our former CEO, against that of other CEOs (i) in our oil industry peer group and (ii) in our core competitor peer group. It then separately reviewed the total realizable compensation of our named executive officers from our 2019 proxy statement as a group against that of named executive officers at other companies comprising these two peer groups.

As a result of the assessment, the Committee determined that the total realizable compensation of our named executive officers from our 2019 proxy statement was generally aligned with performance, with especially strong alignment between their realizable compensation and free cash flow growth and ROCE performance over the five-year period.

For purposes of the Committee’s assessment, “total realizable compensation” for each period consisted of the following:

 

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 actual base salary paid;
actual cash incentive payouts; and
the December 31, 2018 market valueTable of the following:
the intrinsic value of in-the-money stock options granted during the applicable period;
the intrinsic value of any unvested RSUs; and
for performance-based incentive awards, (i) the actual award payout value of awards vesting during the applicable period and (ii) the estimated payout values for awards granted in 2017 and 2018, based on company disclosures (and in all cases based on actual stock prices as of the end of the period, not as of the date of grant).Contents

Elements of 2021 Total Direct Compensation; 2019 Decisions

Compensation

 

Base Salary

 

Base salary is the fixed portion of an executive’s annual compensation, which providesproviding some stability of income since the other compensation elements are at risk. On appointment to an executive officer position,Our Compensation Committee annually reviews and approves the base salary is set at a level that is competitive with base salaries inlevels for our executive officers (other than the applicable peer compensation groups for that position, and takes into account other factors described below.

BaseCEO) after considering comparable salaries for each executive officer are compared annuallyexecutives with similar positionsresponsibilities in the applicableour main executive compensation peer groups. Base salary changes for executive officers, exceptgroups, comparisons to internal peer positions, recent Company performance, individual performance, business experience and potential, and the CEO, are recommended by the CEO and subject to approval by the CompensationCEO’s recommendations. The Committee taking into account:

comparable salaries for executives with similar responsibilities in the applicable peer groups;
comparison to internal peer positions;
the Company’s performance during the year relative to the previous year and to its market peers;
individual business experience and potential; and
overall individual performance.

The Compensation Committeeannually reviews the base salary of theour CEO in executive session and recommends his base salary to the non-executiveindependent members of ourthe Board for approval, based on the criteria described above. In addition to periodic reviews based on the factors described above, the Compensation Committee may adjust an executive officer’s base salary during the year if he or she is promoted or if there is a significant change in his or her responsibilities. In this situation, the CEO (in the case of executive officers other than himself) and the Compensation Committee carefully consider these new responsibilities, external pay practices, retention considerations and internal pay equity, as well as past performance and experience. Alternatively, an executive’s base salary can be frozen for a number of years until it falls in line with comparable positions in the applicable compensation peer groups.

 

Base Salary Decisions in 2019

Annual Base Salary Review

TheIn January 2021, our Compensation Committee reviewed the compensationbase salaries of each of our NEOs in January 2019. Upon review of comparative market dataline with the factors described above, and other relevant factors, the Compensation Committee determined to maintain the base salaries of Messrs. Le Peuch, Ayat, Al Mogharbel and Kibsgaard, as well as that of Ms. Gharbi,all NEOs at their then-current levels. Mr. Kibsgaard’s base salary was frozen from 2015 until his retirement, while Mr. Ayat’s base salary was frozen from 2011 until his retirement.levels for 2021.

 

NEO Promotions

In April 2019, the Compensation Committee approved the following base salary increases to the following NEOs, in connection with their promotions:

an increase to Mr. Le Peuch’s base salary from $770,000 to $1,000,000, in connection with his promotion to Chief Operating Officer;
an increase to Mr. Al Mogharbel’s base salary from $840,000 to $900,000, in connection with his promotion to Executive Vice President, Operations; and
an increase to Ms. Gharbi’s base salary from $700,000 to $770,000, in connection with her promotion to Executive Vice President, Reservoir and Infrastructure.NO CHANGES TO NEO BASE SALARIES

 

In July 2019, in connection with Mr. Le Peuch’s promotion to CEO, our Compensation Committee approved a further increase to his base salary from $1,000,000 to $1,400,000, which placed him at approximately the 50thpercentile of both the oil industry peer group and the general industry peer group.

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Annual Cash Incentive Awards

 

The Company paysWe pay performance-based annual performance-based cash incentives to itsour executives to foster a results-driven, pay-for-performance culture and to align theirexecutives’ interests with those of our stockholders.

The Compensation Committee selects performance-based measures that it believes strike a balance between motivating an executive to increase near-term operating and financial results and driving profitable long-term Company growth and value for stockholders. Annual cash incentive awards are earned according to the achievement of financial and strategic operationalpersonal objectives. Our Compensation Committee selects performance measures that it believes support our strategy and strike a balance between motivating our executives to increase near-term financial and operating results and driving profitable long-term Company growth and value for stockholders.

For 2021, 70% of our NEOs’ target cash incentive opportunity was based on achieving quantitative Company financial objectives, and 30% was based on pre-established strategic personal objectives, consistent with our 2020 cash incentive plan. As reflected in the following chart, the 70% financial portion of the plan was evenly split between goals relating to adjusted EBITDA and cash flow generation.

2021 Cash Incentive Opportunity Mix

 

Weighted Payout Opportunity as a % of Target
Adjusted EBITDA(1) Goals0 – 243%
Cash Flow Generation(2) Goals0 – 243%
Strategic Personal Goals0 – 100%
TOTAL:0 – 200%


(1)Adjusted EBITDA reflects earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, excluding charges and credits.
(2)The calculation of cash flow generation is provided on page 40 of this proxy statement.

The Committee determined to give the two financial metrics equal weighting in the 2021 cash incentive plan, by increasing the adjusted EBITDA component to 35% (from 30%) of the target opportunity and decreasing the cash flow generation component to 35% (from 40%) of the target opportunity, in order to balance these two key financial goals as described below. the Company enters a growth cycle.

The total maximum cash incentive payout for 2021 was 200% of target. The 2021 target cash incentive for our CEO was 150% of his base salary and for our other NEOs it was 100% of base salary, consistent with 2020. The weighted payout range for each metric is reflected in the table above.

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Our Compensation Committee reviewsconsidered the following in selecting adjusted EBITDA and approvescash flow generation as the absolute measures on which to base the 70% financial and other objectives applicable to the NEOs (and, in the caseportion of the CEO, recommends to the non-executive directors of the Board the financial objectives applicable to the CEO). The Compensation Committee believes that, with regardour NEOs’ annual cash incentive opportunity:

ADJUSTED EBITDACASH FLOW GENERATION
WHY THIS METRIC?

•   The Committee considers adjusted EBITDA to provide a good indicator of the quality of our earnings.

•   Investors and market analysts value the Company by reference to a multiple of adjusted EBITDA, so this metric aligns our NEOs’ 2021 compensation to a key market valuation method.

•   A portion of our line management’s 2021 cash incentive opportunity was tied to EBITDA performance goals, so this metric aligns executive compensation with line management.

•   Cash flow generation is critical to achieving the Company’s objective to reduce net debt in line with our external commitments.

•   Cash flow generation also supports our pursuit of other strategies that enhance stockholder value, such as generating sufficient cash to support our dividend strategy, and making focused investments or acquisitions in the Company’s future growth areas, such as energy transition and digital.

•   The Committee also considers cash flow generation to be a good indicator of efficient capital management.

In setting Company financial targets orand performance goals, as well as our NEOs’ keystrategic personal objectives, the Committee believes it is important to establish criteria that while difficult to achieveare realistic, yet still challenging in an uncertain global economy, are realistic.

Financial Objectives

As discussed above, based on stockholder feedbackeconomy. In addition, in 2018, the Compensation Committee approved new financial performance criteria and weightings for the NEOs’ 2019 target annual cash incentive in January 2019, with 30% of their 2019 target annual cash incentive opportunity being based on achievement of adjusted EPS targets and 40% on achievement of pre-established cash flow generation targets.

As a result, for our 2019 annual cash incentive program, the 70% quantitative financial component included two different metrics—adjusted EPS and cash flow generation—in addition to the 30% qualitative portion, as reflected in the following chart:

As shown in the above chart under “Payout Range,” an executive’s 2019 maximum annual cash incentive payment would equal 200% of target, consistent with the maximum payment opportunity for 2017 and 2018.

In 2018, one half of our NEOs’ target annual cash incentive opportunity was based on adjusted EPS targets, and 20% was based on revenue and pretax operating income (“PTOI”) targets, rather than cash flow generation targets. The Compensation Committee determined that it was appropriate to replace the 2018 revenue and PTOI goals with 2019establishing cash flow generation goals because it was consistent with Schlumberger’s stated commitment in early 2019 to meet itsfor the 2021 cash commitments in that year without increasing net debt. This metric also supports our goal to pursue opportunities that enhance stockholder value consistent with our CEO’s new strategy, such as reinvesting inincentive plan, the Company’s future growth, returning value to stockholders through dividends, reducing debt and other strategic initiatives.

The Committee also considered that the cash flow generationthese goals in the annual cash incentive portion of our NEOs’ compensation program differeddiffer substantially from the free cash flow conversionmargin goals contained in the LTI portion of our NEOs’ compensation program. This is because the annual cash incentive portion focuses solely on the absolute amount of cash generatedwe generate over a one-year period, whereasand takes into account, among other things, cash paid for acquisitions and investments, as well as cash proceeds generated from divestitures, none of which are taken into account in the free cash flow conversionmargin metric contained in our LTI awards. Our free cash flow margin PSU payout is based on the percentage ofcalculated as free cash flow converted from cumulative net incomedivided by revenue over a two-yearthree-year period. The Compensation Committee also determinedBecause free cash flow margin measures how efficiently we convert revenue into cash, it is a good indicator of the business’s ability to generate cash over the long term and, therefore, is a complementary metric to the cash flow generation metric in our annual cash incentive program.

In January 2021, upon review of market data indicating that it was appropriate to more heavily weight the financial portion of our NEO’s 2019NEOs’ target annual cash incentive opportunity toward cash flow generation targets instead of adjusted EPS targets.

The Compensation Committee further determined that it was appropriate in 2019 to continue to tie a significant portion—30%—of our NEOs’ annual cash incentive opportunity to the achievement of adjusted EPS goals, because adjusted EPS closely reflects stockholder value creation and aligns the interests of management with those of our stockholders.

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The Compensation Committee selected adjusted EPS and cash flow generation as the absolute measures upon which to base the financial portion of our NEOs’ annual cash incentive payout opportunity because they are the primary absolute bases on which we set our performance expectations for the year. We also believe that consistent adjusted EPS growth and cash flow generation lead to long-term stockholder value.

As a general matter, when considering the Company’s operating results for purposes of the financial portion of the annual cash incentive opportunity, the Compensation Committee may make adjustments for unusual or infrequent charges or gains, depending on the nature of the item, when it believes that our executives would be inappropriately penalized by, or would inappropriately benefit from, these items. For example, the Compensation Committee may exclude charges that arise from actions that management takes to proactively address events beyond its control, such as the industry downturn over the past few years, or to adjust for mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

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Key Personal Objectives

Our NEOs’ key personal objectives are approved early in the fiscal year. The Compensation Committee reviews and, subject to approval by the non-executive members of the Board, approves the key personal objectives of the CEO and assesses his performance against those objectives in determining a portion of his annual cash incentive award opportunity, taking into account performance for the just-completed fiscal year versus predefined commitments for the fiscal year; unforeseen financial, operational and strategic issues of the Company; and any other information it determines is relevant. The CEO reviews and approves the key personal objectives of the other NEOs, and assesses their performance against their pre-approved objectives in a similar way.

Each NEO’s annual cash incentive opportunity is tied to achievement of quantitative and qualitative goals that are specific to that NEO’s position, and may relate to:

profitability or revenue growth in the NEO’s area of responsibility;
market penetration;
acquisitions or divestitures;
non-financial goals that are important to the Company’s success, including:
people-related objectives such as retention, engagement and diversity;
ethics and compliance;
health and safety objectives;
ESG objectives;
service quality;
new technology introduction; and
any other business priorities.

2019 Annual Cash Incentive Results

Upon review of market data,competitively positioned, and taking into consideration internal pay equity, and that the target annual cash incentive opportunity of our NEOs was already positioned competitively from a market perspective, the Compensation Committee determined in January 2019 to leave the target annual cash incentive opportunity for all NEOs unchanged from 2018. In July 2019, the2020.

Adjusted EBITDA Targets and Results

Consistent with its 2020 process, in January 2021 our Compensation Committee approved an adjusted EBITDA performance matrix informed by market analysts’ consensus estimates of our full-year 2021 adjusted EBITDA as reported on Bloomberg prior to the Committee’s meeting (“EBITDA consensus”). The Committee set the minimum performance goal equal to then-current EBITDA consensus, a target performance goal based on our then-current internal forecast at 6% above EBITDA consensus, and a maximum performance goal at 15% above EBITDA consensus. The Committee believed that setting the target and maximum performance goals above EBITDA consensus would incentivize our executives to outperform market expectations. The following chart reflects our NEOs’ full-year adjusted EBITDA targets and corresponding potential payouts for 2021.

Performance Targets(1)Potential Payout as a %
of Target Opportunity
(1)
Basis for Setting
Performance Targets
Less than $4.35 billion0%N/A
$4.35 billionMinimum50%Full-year 2021 consensus estimates in January 2021
$4.60 billionTarget100%Internal forecast: 6% above consensus estimates
$5.00 billionMaximum243%Set 9% above target performance goal
and 15% above consensus estimates
(1)For adjusted EBITDA results between any two performance targets, payout is prorated. No cash incentive is earned if we do not achieve the minimum adjusted EBITDA target.

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Our 2021 adjusted EBITDA was $4.925 billion, representing a 14% increase to Mr. Le Peuch’s target annualover 2020 and a 13% increase over full-year EBITDA consensus as of January 2021. Based on these results, and applying the payout matrix on page 39 immediately above, our Compensation Committee approved a payout of 89% of the maximum payout opportunity for the adjusted EBITDA component of our 2021 cash incentive opportunity from 100% to 150% when he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer. As a result, the 2019 target annual cash incentive opportunity was 150% of base salary for Mr. Kibsgaard and Mr. Le Peuch (effective August 2019), and 100% of base salary for our other NEOs (including Mr. Le Peuch through July 2019).plan.

 

2019 For a reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to net income attributable to Schlumberger on a GAAP basis, see Appendix A. In approving the payout for 2021 adjusted EBITDA performance, the Committee reaffirmed its decision to calculate adjusted EBITDA results consistently with the Company’s presentation of adjusted EBITDA results in its 2021 earnings announcements and presentations to investors and with analysts’ calculation of their estimates.

Cash Flow Generation Targets and Results

 

The process used to set annual cash flow generation targets starts with a review of plans and projections following bottom-up planning from the field. Cash flow generation targets may increase or decrease year-over-year, taking into account:account, among other things, our operating and non-operating cash requirements, industry cycles, anticipated customer spending, activity growth potential, pricing, the introduction of new technology, strategic M&A activity, and commodity prices.

The following table reflects our NEOs’ full-year cash flow generation targets and corresponding potential payouts for 2021, as approved by our Compensation Committee in January 2021. The Committee believed the minimum performance goal would incentivize management to generate sufficient cash to cover the Company’s various 2021 cash commitments, including the full-year cash dividend payout amount, as well as our planned reduction of net debt. The Committee set the target performance goal using our internal full-year 2021 cash flow generation forecast, which included key investments in new energy and digital. The Committee believed the maximum performance goal—set 22% above the target goal—would incentivize management to generate additional cash to allow us to accelerate our net debt reduction.

 

Performance Targets(1)our operating and non-operating cash requirements;Potential Payout as a %
of Target Opportunity
(1)
Basis for Setting
Performance Targets
Less than $1.80 billionindustry cycles;0%N/A
$1.80 billionanticipated customer spending;Minimum50%Intended to cover full-year 2021 cash commitments
and planned net debt reduction
$2.30 billionactivity growth potential;Target100%Internal full-year 2021 cash generation forecast
$2.80 billionpricing;
 Maximumintroduction of new technology; and
 243%commodity prices.Set 22% above target performance goal
(1)For cash flow generation results between any two performance targets, payout is prorated. No cash incentive is earned if we do not achieve the minimum cash flow generation target.

 

The Committee recognized that the 2021 target performance goal was set below 2020’s cash flow generation result; however, in setting the performance goals in January 2021, the Committee believed this was appropriate taking into account:

the full-year impact that the COVID-19 pandemic was expected to have on 2021 cash flow results;

the Company’s divestitures in the fourth quarter of 2020; and

planned acquisitions and investments aligned with our New Energy strategy.

Given the Company’s capital discipline and working capital management performance in 2021, including exceptional cash collections from customers in the fourth quarter, full-year cash flow generation exceeded the maximum performance goal. Our 2021 cash flow generated was $3.000 billion, representing a 12% increase over 2020. As a result, the Company was able to accelerate its deleveraging and reduce net debt by $2.8 billion during 2021. Based on the Company’s 2021 cash flow generation results, and applying the payout matrix above, our Compensation Committee approved a payout of 100% of the maximum payout opportunity for the cash flow generation component of our 2021 cash incentive plan.

In approving cash flow generation as a performance metric, to align our executives’ short-term incentive compensation with our publicly-stated goal of meeting all cash commitments in 2019 without increasing our net debt. The Committee also believed the metric should encourage management to pursue its strategy of divesting certain non-core businesses and assets while at the same time holding management accountable for investment and acquisition opportunities that it chose to pursue. However, theCompensation Committee believed that it was appropriate to exclude from any cash flow generation calculations acquisitions requiring cash investments and divestitures generating proceeds in excess of $500 million from our cash flow generation goals,million. This is because the Committee considered that such transactions would be enterprise-level transactions that should be evaluated and pursued independently, and should not be tied to short-termannual cash incentive payouts.

 

Based on the foregoing, and for purposes of the 2019 annual2021 cash incentive payouts, the Compensation Committee approved the following formulation for measuring our cash flow generation:

cash flow from operations less capital expenditures, investments in existing assets under Asset Performance Solutions (“APS”) (formerly Schlumberger Production Management), and multiclient seismic data costs capitalized;
lesscertain charges set forth in Appendix A;
lesscash paid for business acquisitions and investments, net of cash acquired, provided that the purchase price for each of the individual transactions was less than $500 million; and
plusproceeds from the divestiture of businesses or assets, net of cash divested, provided that the proceeds from each of the individual transactions was less than $500 million.

The Compensation Committee set the following full-year cash flow generation targetsfrom operations; less capital expenditures, investments in Asset Performance Solutions (“APS”), and corresponding payoutsmulticlient seismic data costs capitalized; less cash paid for 2019. In setting these goalsbusiness acquisitions and investments, net of cash acquired, provided that the purchase price for 2019, the Compensation Committee approved cash flow generation targets at levels that reflected an 11 percent increase over the 2018 cash flow generation of $2.52 billion.

2019 Cash Flow Generation
Performance Targets
% of Cash Flow Generation
Portion
(Payout %)
Less than$2.24 billion0%
$2.24 billion50%
$2.80 billion100%
$3.36 billion275%

For cash flow generation results between any two targets, payout is prorated. No cash incentive is earned if we do not achieve the threshold cash flow generation target.

Our 2019 cash flow generation was $3.39 billion. This resulted in a payout of 275%each of the individual transactions is less than $500 million; plus proceeds from the divestiture of businesses or assets, net of cash flow generation portiondivested, provided that the proceeds from each of the 2019 cash incentive opportunity.

individual transactions is less than $500 million. For a reconciliation of cash flow generation to cash flow from operations, see Appendix A.

 

 

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2019 Adjusted EPS Targets and Results

In 2019, the Compensation Committee changed the process for setting annual adjusted EPS targets. Rather than setting adjusted EPS targets based on the same process as it does for setting cash flow generation targets (as described above), the Compensation Committee at its January 2019 meeting approved an adjusted EPS performance matrix informed by market analysts’ consensus estimates of our 2019 adjusted EPS as reported on Bloomberg in late February 2019 (“EPS consensus”).

The Compensation Committee believed that this methodology—setting our 100% performance target equal to EPS consensus—would more accurately reflect our performance against stockholders’ and analysts’ expectations of Company performance in 2019. The Committee also believed that this methodology would allow our adjusted EPS performance goals to be informed by analysts’ consensus estimates as to our whole industry, because by late February most of our competitors and customers would have reported their full-year audited results for the prior year and provided forecasts for the current year.Strategic Personal Objectives

 

As a resultdiscussed above, 30% of this change, in late February 2019,our NEOs’ target 2021 cash incentive opportunity was tied to achieving quantitative and qualitative performance goals specific to their roles with the Compensation Committee approved the following full-year adjusted EPS targets and corresponding payouts for 2019 based on EPS consensus:Company. These may relate to:

 

2019 Adjusted EPS
Performance Targets
 % of Adjusted EPS Portion
(Payout %)
Less than$1.28   0% 
 $1.28   50% 
 $1.60   100% 
 $1.92   200% 
financial goals, such as profitability, revenue growth, capital management or cost reduction;
performance achievements, such as contract awards or operational reliability or HSE objectives;
non-financial, sustainability and ESG-related goals that are important to the Company’s strategy and reputation, such as GHG emissions reduction, people-related objectives including diversity and gender balance, and ethics and compliance; and
other business priorities, including energy transition services and technologies.

 

For adjusted EPS results between any two targets, payout is prorated. No cash incentive is earned if we do not achieve2021, the threshold adjusted EPS target.

The new methodology described above resulted instrategic personal objectives established for our 2019 adjusted EPS performanceNEOs, and their achievements against those goals, being lower than our 2018 adjusted EPS goals, and a target performance goal that was slightly lower than our actual 2018 adjusted EPS. The Committee considered these factors in approving the new methodology and determined that the benefits of a more market-derived adjusted EPS matrix informed by analysts’ estimates, full-year 2018 industry data and customer and competitor forecasts for 2019 outweighed possible concerns that our 2019 adjusted EPS performance goals may superficially appear less rigorous compared to the prior year’s goals.

As in prior years, the Compensation Committee evaluated our performance based on adjusted EPS, consistent with the manner in which we present our results in earnings announcements and in presentations to investors. It is also consistent with how analysts present their estimates. In deciding to exclude the charges and credits set forth in Appendix A in calculating our adjusted EPS, the Compensation Committee considered that the charges were almost entirely noncash and were driven primarily by external market conditions. In addition, the Committee determined that the charges did not reflect Schlumberger’s operating trends.

Schlumberger’s 2019 adjusted EPS was $1.47, while 2019 loss per share on a GAAP basis was $7.32. For a reconciliation of adjusted EPS to loss per share on a GAAP basis, see Appendix A. Based on these results, the Compensation Committee approved a payout of 80% of target for 2019 for the adjusted EPS component of our NEOs’ annual cash incentive opportunity.

2019 Key Personal Objectives and Resultsas follows:

 

 Mr.Olivier Le Peuch, had the following key personal objectives:Chief Executive Officer 
 CATEGORY
 GOAL ACHIEVEMENT 
   Oversee developmentDigitalAchieve a specified percentage of new corporate strategy; secure Board approval;digital revenue growth, and overseeenter into a minimum number of digital contracts exceeding a specified contract value.Mostly achieved.
SustainabilityEstablish industry-leading emissions reduction targets. Progress deployment of the same. This objective was criticalemissions-reduction technologies and achieve certain milestones with respect to the long-term success and performance of the Company following our CEO transition and the multi-year industry downturn.sustainability disclosure standards. Achieved. 
   Implement key organizational changes, including a new Integrated Performance Management (“IPM”) group and a corporate performance management function.New Energy   Achieved.
  Improve Company serviceAccelerate expansion of new energy portfolio, by establishing a specified number of carbon capture and product quality, measuredsequestration partnerships and by a reductionachieving certain milestones in the Company’s rate of non-productive time by a target threshold.lithium and hydrogen ventures.   Achieved.Mostly achieved. 
 Mr. Le Peuch earned 100%86% of his total 2019payout opportunity for his strategic personal objectives under our 2021 cash incentive award opportunity under his key personal objectives.plan. 

 
Stephane Biguet, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 
 Mr. Al Mogharbel had the following key personal objectives:CATEGORY
 GOAL ACHIEVEMENT 
   Reduce total reportable incident frequency to a target threshold for all regions outside North America.Functional Efficiency Decrease functional structural costs by a pre-established target as compared to 2020.Achieved. 
   Achieve, through his leadership and involvement, a win rate over a target threshold for material Company tenders.Sustainability   PartiallyEstablish industry-leading emissions reduction targets. Progress deployment of emissions-reduction technologies and achieve certain milestones with respect to sustainability disclosure standards.Achieved.
New EnergyAccelerate expansion of new energy portfolio, by establishing a specified number of carbon capture and sequestration partnerships and by achieving certain milestones in lithium and hydrogen ventures.Mostly achieved. 
   Increase marginsInvestor RelationsAttract increased investments from new investors, existing institutional stockholders, and ESG-focused funds based on pre-established targets to broaden investor base.Achieved.
Mr. Biguet earned 96% of his payout opportunity for two major Integrated Drilling Services projects in second half of 2019 versus first half of 2019.his strategic personal objectives under our 2021 cash incentive plan.

Khaled Al Mogharbel, Executive Vice President, Geographies
CATEGORY GOALACHIEVEMENT
Production and Enhanced RecoveryEnter into a minimum number of performance contracts exceeding a specified contract value.Achieved.
Core GrowthAchieve opportunity win volume growth and bookings exceeding a pre-established target.Achieved.
International GrowthAchieve international revenue growth as a percentage exceeding that of specified peer companies.Achieved.
HSEAchieve total recordable injury frequency and automotive accident rate per million miles below a target threshold.Achieved. 
 Mr. Al Mogharbel earned 83.3%100% of his total 2019payout opportunity for his strategic personal objectives under our 2021 cash incentive award opportunity under his key personal objectives.
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 Mr. Schorn had the following key personal objectives:Hinda Gharbi, Executive Vice President, Services and Equipment   
 CATEGORY
 GOAL ACHIEVEMENT 
   Define and execute the newly-established IPM organization, to support the growth of the IPM product lines.Digital Achieve a specified percentage of digital revenue growth, and enter into a minimum number of digital contracts exceeding a specified contract value.Mostly achieved.
Production and Enhanced RecoveryEnter into a minimum number of performance contracts exceeding a specified contract value.Achieved. 
   Execute on Schlumberger Production Management realignment strategy.International Growth Achieve international revenue growth as a percentage exceeding that of specified peer companies.Achieved. 
   Develop and implement individual product line strategies aligned with new corporate strategy.HSE Achieve total recordable injury frequency and automotive accident rate per million miles below a target threshold.Achieved. 
 Mr. SchornMs. Gharbi earned 100%92% of his total 2019her payout opportunity for her strategic personal objectives under our 2021 cash incentive award opportunity under his key personal objectives.plan. 

 
Ashok Belani, Executive Vice President, Schlumberger New Energy 
 Ms. Gharbi had the following key personal objectives:CATEGORY
 GOAL ACHIEVEMENT 
   Define and execute restructuring of rig and rig equipment product lines.New Energy Establish a specified number of carbon capture and sequestration partnerships.Achieved. 
   Develop strategy for OneSurface®product line to align with new corporate strategy.New Energy   Achieved.
  Reduce Cameron inventory to a specified amount.Achieve certain milestones in lithium and hydrogen ventures. Partially achieved. 
   Increase Cameron bookings to a specified amount.  Partially achieved.
Ms. GharbiMr. Belani earned 66.7%83% of her total 2019his payout opportunity for his strategic personal objectives under our 2021 cash incentive award opportunity under her key personal objectives.
Mr. Kibsgaard had the following key personal objectives:
GOALACHIEVEMENT
  Prepare for, support and oversee transition plan of successor Chief Executive Officer.  Achieved.
  Oversee the development and strategic planning for key climate-related sustainability initiative.  Achieved.
  Reduce Company’s global total reportable incident frequency to a target threshold.  Achieved.
Mr. Kibsgaard earned 100% of his total 2019 cash incentive award opportunity under his key personal objectives.
Mr. Ayat had the following key personal objectives:
GOALACHIEVEMENT
  Develop and implement debt refinance and long-term liquidity plan to align capital structure with new corporate strategy.  Achieved.
  Complete strategic reviews of Schlumberger Production Management and North America business and capital structure; and develop plans for alignment with new corporate strategy.  Achieved.
  Prepare for, support and oversee transition plan of successor Chief Financial Officer.  Achieved.
Mr. Ayat earned 100% of his total 2019 cash incentive award opportunity under his key personal objectives.
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Each January, our Compensation Committee reviews and, subject to approval by the Board’s independent directors, approves our CEO’s strategic personal objectives for that year. The Committee also annually assesses our CEO’s performance against his strategic personal objectives established for the prior year, to determine the appropriate payout for the 30% portion of his annual cash incentive opportunity tied to his personal objectives. The CEO reviews and approves the strategic personal objectives of the other NEOs and assesses their performance against their pre-approved objectives in a similar way. The Committee annually approves the aggregate annual cash incentive payouts for all executive officers, including the payout portion related to an executive’s strategic personal objectives.

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Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards

 

LTI awards are designed to give NEOs and other high-value employees a long-term stake in the Company, provide incentives forincentivize the creation of sustained stockholder value, act as long-term retention and motivation tools, and directly tiealign employee and stockholder interests over the long term.

 

Since 2017, theIn January 2021, our Compensation Committee has granted 100%approved changes to our LTI award mix. In reviewing the design of our executives’ annual LTI awards in the form of PSUs, with payouts contingent on achievement of both absolute and relative Company financial performance goals.

In January 2019, in response to stockholder feedback, we incorporated a three-year relative TSR modifier into all of our 2019 PSU awards, in order to better tie our executives’ compensation to the creation of stockholder value.

The Compensation Committee believes that our current2021 LTI program servesfor our executive officers, and considering feedback from our stockholders in 2019 and 2020, as well as the following objectives:Committee’s previous pay-for-performance assessments, the Committee determined that the program should:

 

 createsmaintain a strongermix of absolute and more visible link between executive pay and Company performance;
furthers align our executives’ interests with thoserelative PSU metrics, in light of our stockholders;
disincentivizes substandard performance relative to other companies in ourthe cyclicality of the Company’s industry;
 mitigates the impact of the cyclical natureincorporate an LTI vehicle that promotes stability and retention of our industry onexecutive team through business cycles;
incorporate total shareholder return in a more meaningful way;
more closely align PSU performance metrics with our LTI program;corporate strategy and publicly disclosed financial objectives; and
 ties management incentivescontinue to key metrics thatincentivize outperformance relative to other comparable companies in our management can more readily control.industry.

 

No shares will vest underBased on these considerations, in January 2021, the PSUsCommittee awarded to our NEOs if we do not achieve pre-established thresholdexecutives a mix of LTI grants, with 75% of their target LTI opportunity awarded in the form of PSUs—with payout contingent on achieving absolute and relative Company performance levels. No dividends will accrue or be paid on any unvested PSUs duringgoals over three-year periods—and 25% awarded in the applicable performance periods.form of three-year, time-based RSUs. The Committee believes this diversified LTI grant program better balances the various compensation objectives set forth in this section.

 

In January 2019, our NEOs earned 171%considering the reduced risk of the target sharestime-based RSUs as a new component of our common stock upon vestingLTI program, the Committee also set the maximum overall payout opportunity under the 2021 LTI program at 200% of target—significantly lower than the three-year PSUs that were granted to our NEOs250% maximum under the 2020 LTI program, in 2016, and 250%line with market practice.

MAXIMUM LTI PAYOUT OPPORTUNITY REDUCED TO 200%

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The 2021 LTI program consisted of thefour types of grants, equally weighted at target shares of our common stock upon vesting of the two-year PSUs that were granted in 2017. In January 2020, our NEOs earned 141% of the target shares of our common stock upon vesting of the three-year PSUs that were granted to our NEOs in 2017, and 250% of the target shares of our common stock upon vesting of the two-year PSUs that were granted in 2018. See “Payouts Under PSU Awards” beginning on page 41.performance:

2021 LTI Program

25% Free Cash Flow Margin PSUs25% TSR PSUs
The Committee approved awards of PSUs that will vest, if at all, based on our absolute free cash flow margin over a three-year performance period (the “2021 FCF Margin PSUs” or “FCFM PSUs”). The Committee selected absolute free cash flow margin as a performance metric for our 2021 LTI program, replacing our previous two-year free cash flow conversion rate metric, because the new metric more closely aligns with our long-term strategy and publicly disclosed free cash flow margin objectives.The Committee approved awards of PSUs that will vest, if at all, based on our relative TSR percentile rank as compared to the cumulative TSR results achieved by eight companies of similar size and footprint in our industry over a three-year performance period (the “2021 TSR PSUs”). The Committee set the target performance goal above median at the 60th percentile—requiring performance better than five of the eight comparators to achieve target payout. The Committee selected relative TSR as a performance metric for our 2021 LTI program in order to more directly align LTI payouts with stockholder value creation.
25% ROCE PSUs25% Time-Based RSUs
The Committee approved awards of PSUs that will vest, if at all, based on the average annual ROCE we achieve over a three-year performance period as compared to the average annual ROCE of our key oilfield services competitors together over the same period (the “2021 ROCE PSUs”). This PSU metric remains unchanged from the LTI grants awarded to our NEOs in 2020; however, for 2021, the Committee removed Weatherford International (Weatherford) from this PSU comparator group because it had underperformed the rest of the comparator group in recent years.

The Committee approved awards of three-year, time-based RSUs, to better secure the retention and stability of our executive team. While our executives had received 100% of their annual LTI grant in the form of PSUs since 2017, the Committee determined in 2021 that a more diversified LTI program better balances its objectives of:

  aligning pay-for-performance and creating stockholder value;

  motivating and incentivizing outperformance; and

  maintaining stability and retention through business cycles.

 

How We Determined the Value of 20192021 LTI Equity Awards

 

The value of an executive’s LTI grant increases with the level of an executive’s responsibility at the Company. For theour CEO and ourthe other NEOs, it is the largest element of their total direct compensation. In determining the value of LTI awards granted to our NEOs, theour Compensation Committee (in recommending approval bythat the Board ofapprove the CEO’s awards) and the CEO (in recommending awards for the other NEOs) first consider market data regarding the LTI value for the most comparable positions in the Company’sour main executive compensation peer groups, as well as several other factors, which may include:such as:

 

 the Company’s financial and operating performance during the relevant period;performance;
 the executive’s size and mix of the compensation elements for the executive officer;total direct compensation;
internal pay equity;
 retention;
 achievement of non-financial goals;
 the executive officer’sexecutive’s contribution to the Company’s success;
 the level of competition for executives with comparable skills and experience; and
 the total value and number of equity-based awards granted to anthe executive over the course of his or hertheir career, together with the retentive effect of additional equity-based awards; and
internal equity of peer position career grants.awards.

The Compensation Committee approved the target dollar value of annual LTI awards for our NEOs in 2019 at its January meeting, based on the relevant factors above.

LTI Grants to Our NEOs in 2019

Annual PSU Grants; TSR Modifier

 

In January 2019, the Compensation Committee decided to hold flat the 2019 target annual LTI grant values for all2021, our NEOs, based on its review of comparator peer group data and the market environment. The Compensation Committee approved (and in the case of Mr. Kibsgaard,Le Peuch, the non-executiveindependent members of the Board approved):

awards of PSUs with a three-year ROCE performance period (the “2019 ROCE PSUs”). These PSUs will vest, if at all, based on our average annual ROCE achieved over a three-year performance period commencing in 2019 as compared to the average annual ROCE of our key oilfield services competitors taken together over the same period. The 2019 ROCE PSUs constitute 50% of our executives’ 2019 target annual LTI dollar value. See “—2019 ROCE PSUs: Performance Measures and Goals” beginning on page 39.
awards of PSUs with a two-year FCF conversion performance period (the “2019 FCF Conversion PSUs”). These PSUs will vest, if at all, based on the percentage of our cumulative net income, excluding charges and credits, that we are able to convert to free cash flow in 2019 and 2020. The 2019 FCF Conversion PSUs constitute the other 50% of our executives’ 2019 target annual LTI dollar value. See “—2019 FCF Conversion PSUs: Performance Measures and Goals” beginning on page 40.

The Board also awards to the NEOs as reflected in the table on the following page. Based on its review of comparator peer group data, the Committee determined to hold annual target LTI grant values flat for Messrs. Le Peuch and Belani. In addition, based on comparator peer group data and internal pay equity considerations, the Committee approved an increase in Mr. Biguet’s annual target LTI dollar value from $2.5 million to $3.2 million. Lastly, based on internal pay equity considerations, as well as adjusted responsibilities following the Company’s 2020 restructuring, the Committee approved a three-year relative TSR modifier that appliesdecrease in Mr. Al Mogharbel’s annual target LTI dollar value from $3.72 million to all 2019 ROCE PSUs$3.5 million, and 2019 FCF Conversion PSUs. As a result, all of our NEOs’ 2019 PSUs are subjectan increase in Ms. Gharbi’s annual target LTI dollar value from $3.2 million to a three-year TSR performance metric and will vest, if at all, only after a three-year TSR performance period.

Under this modifier, the number of shares that our NEOs would earn will be reduced by 25 percentage points (e.g. from 100% of target to 75% of target) if our cumulative TSR during the three-year TSR performance period commencing in 2019 is in the bottom 33rdpercentile relative to the TSR of the individual companies comprising the OSX Index. This modifier will only reduce the number of shares earned under a PSU award, but will not increase the number of shares earned.$3.5 million.

 

 

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The following table details the target number of ROCE PSUs (at target) and FCF Conversion PSUsRSUs granted to our NEOs in January 20192021 and the estimated grant date fairtarget values of theour NEOs’ 20192021 and 2018 annual2020 LTI awards, as well as the year-over-year percentage change between the two amounts.

 

Name Target Number
of ROCE PSUs
 Target Number
of FCF Conversion
PSUs
 Target Value
of 2019 Annual
LTI Grants(1)(2)
 Target Value
of 2018 Annual
LTI Grants(2)
 % Change
O. Le Peuch 44,800 44,800 $3,200,000 $3,200,000 0%
K. Al Mogharbel 44,800 44,800 $3,200,000 $3,200,000 0%
P. Schorn 44,800 44,800 $3,200,000 $3,200,000 0%
H. Gharbi 44,800 44,800 $3,200,000 $3,200,000 0%
P. Kibsgaard 168,000 168,000 $12,000,000 $12,000,000 0%
S. Ayat 56,000 56,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 0%

Name Target Number
of FCFM PSUs
 Target Number
of TSR PSUs
(1)  Target Number
of ROCE PSUs
 Number of
RSUs
 Target Value
for 2021 LTI
(2)  Target Value
for 2020 LTI
(3)     % Change
O. Le Peuch 110,290 96,440  110,290 110,290 $10,500,000  $10,500,000(4)  0%
S. Biguet 33,610 29,390  33,610 33,610 $3,200,000  $2,500,000  28%
K. Al Mogharbel 36,760 32,150  36,760 36,760 $3,500,000  $3,720,000  (6)%
H. Gharbi 36,760 32,150  36,760 36,760 $3,500,000  $3,200,000  9%
A. Belani 37,820 33,060  37,820 37,820 $3,600,000  $3,600,000  0%
(1)Excludes PSU grants awardedThe number of TSR PSUs granted to Messrs. Le Peuchour NEOs in 2021 was determined using a different grant date fair value than was used for FCF Margin PSUs, ROCE PSUs and Al Mogharbel in connection with their promotions in 2019.RSUs. For additional details, see footnote (3) to the Summary Compensation Table on page 54 of this proxy statement.
(2)The actual grant date fair value of each grant, computed in accordance with applicable accounting standards, is disclosed in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2019in 2021 table on page 51.55 of this proxy statement.

NEO Promotions

The Compensation Committee approved the following PSU awards to certain NEOs in 2019 in connection with their promotions, each such award having terms identical to the grants made in January 2019:

(3)an award to Mr. Le Peuch of PSUs having an estimatedThe actual grant date fair value of $800,000,each grant, computed in connectionaccordance with his promotion to Chief Operating Officer.applicable accounting standards, was disclosed in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2020 table in the proxy statement for our 2021 AGM.
(4)an award to Mr. Al Mogharbel of PSUs having an estimated grant date fair value of $520,000,As discussed in connection with his promotion to Executive Vice President, Operations.
the July 2019 PSU award to“—CEO Pay Summary” on page 34 above, Mr. Le Peuch received an award of PSUs having an estimated grant date fairin August 2019 with a target value of $10.5 million in connection with his promotion to CEO, in July 2019which served as and was granted in lieu of any annual LTI award that he otherwise would have otherwise received in 2020.

 

Because the July 2019 PSU award represented Mr. Le Peuch’s estimated annual LTI target award in his new role as CEO, and in light of Mr. Le Peuch’s PSU award earlier in 2019 upon his appointment as Chief Operating Officer (described above), the Board determined that Mr. Le Peuch should not receive an annual LTI award in January 2020.

In addition, in connection with our CEO transition, the Compensation Committee approved grants of RSUs to three of our senior operational executives. The purpose of these awards was to retain these key executives through the CEO transition. The awards represented only 25% of our key executives’ total reported compensation for 2019. They will vest only after three years, which provides senior executive stability to us and our shareholders.

The three NEOs received the following grants of RSUs in April 2019:

an award to Mr. Al Mogharbel of RSUs having an estimated grant date fair value of $2.0 million;
an award to Ms. Gharbi of RSUs having an estimated grant date fair value of $1.5 million; and
an award to Mr. Schorn of RSUs having an estimated grant date fair value of $1.5 million.

These RSUs will vest in April 2022, subject to the executive’s continued employment with us through the vesting date.

2019 ROCE PSUs:2021 Absolute FCF Margin PSUs — Performance Measures and Goals

 

In January 2019, the2021, our Compensation Committee set goals for the 2019new 2021 FCF Margin PSUs based on our absolute free cash flow margin over a three-year performance period (January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023). At the end of the performance period, the Committee will certify our three-year cumulative absolute free cash flow margin and then determine the percentage of shares earned based on the graph below.

2021 FCF Margin PSU Payout Matrix

The number of 2021 FCF Margin PSUs that will vest and convert to shares as of the vesting date can range from 0% to 250% of target, depending on our absolute free cash flow margin performance, but in no event will payout relating to this metric exceed 250% of target. As illustrated in the graph above, no shares of our common stock will be earned if our free cash flow margin over the three-year performance period is less than 9.0%. In setting this minimum goal, the Committee considered that the Company’s three-year cumulative free cash flow margin, averaged from 2009 to 2020, was 8.6%. Therefore, the Company would need to exceed these historical margin results in order for any 2021 FCF Margin PSUs to vest.

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Free cash flow margin is calculated as free cash flow divided by revenue. Free cash flow margin measures how efficiently we convert revenue into cash, and is an indicator of capital efficiency. In selecting absolute free cash flow margin as the performance metric for 25% of our NEOs’ 2021 target LTI dollar value, the Committee considered that this metric was aligned with our capital allocation strategy and publicly disclosed financial objective of achieving double-digit free cash flow margin. The Committee also believes that tying a portion of our NEOs’ LTI payout to free cash flow margin encourages our executives to:

generate cash flow to allow for net debt reduction in line with our external commitments,
maintain capital discipline,
make key investments and capital expenditures in line with our stated strategy, including our energy transition strategy, and
increase the liquidity of the Company.

The Committee also sought to maintain a mix of absolute (free cash flow margin) and relative (ROCE and TSR) metrics in our NEOs’ PSU awards, to effectively manage industry cycles.

For purposes of the 2021 FCF Margin PSUs, free cash flow represents cash flow from operations less capital expenditures, investments in APS projects, and multiclient seismic data costs capitalized. For a reconciliation of free cash flow to cash flow from operations, see Appendix A.

2021 Relative TSR PSUs — Performance Measures and Goals

In January 2021, our Compensation Committee set goals for the new 2021 TSR PSUs based on our relative TSR percentile rank, as compared to the cumulative TSR results achieved by eight companies of similar size and footprint in our industry over a three-year performance period (January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023) (each, a “TSR comparator company”). At the end of the performance period, our Compensation Committee will certify the three-year, cumulative TSR results for us and for each TSR comparator company, based on the average of the last 20 trading days at the start and end of the performance period. The Committee will then determine our percentile rank relative to the TSR comparator companies, as well as the percentage of shares earned based on the table below.

Relative TSR Percentile Rank% of Target Shares
Earned (Payout %)(1)
Below 25th percentile0%
25th percentile25%
60th percentile100%
100th percentile (i.e. higher TSR than all TSR comparator companies)200%
(1)Number of shares determined by straight-line interpolation between performance levels.

The number of 2021 TSR PSUs that will vest and convert to shares as of the vesting date can range from 0% to 200% of target, depending on our relative TSR performance, but in no event will payout relating to this metric exceed 200% of target. In setting the maximum payout opportunity for the 2021 TSR PSUs at 200%, which is below the maximum payout for the 2021 FCF Margin PSUs and 2021 ROCE PSUs, the Committee considered that management’s efforts would more directly affect free cash flow margin and ROCE, whereas management had less control over the Company’s TSR relative to that of the TSR comparator companies, due to external market and economic influences.

As illustrated by the table in this section, the Compensation Committee set the target performance goal above median at the 60th percentile—requiring performance better than five of the eight TSR comparator companies to achieve target payout. No shares of our common stock will be earned if our three-year, cumulative TSR is in the bottom 25th percentile rank as compared to that of the individual TSR comparator companies.

TARGET SET ABOVE MEDIAN RELATIVE TSR PERFORMANCE

In selecting the TSR comparator companies for the 2021 TSR PSUs, the Committee focused on companies in the energy sector of generally similar revenue, market capitalization and footprint to Schlumberger. This is because the Committee believes that, in evaluating our relative TSR performance, the most appropriate comparisons are against companies in the energy sector affected by the same external factors as we are. The TSR comparator companies for the 2021 TSR PSUs are: Apache Corporation, Baker Hughes, ConocoPhillips, Halliburton, Hess Corporation, NOV Inc. (NOV), Occidental Petroleum, and TechnipFMC. Four of the TSR comparator companies are included in the ROCE comparator group for the 2021 ROCE PSUs, and six are included in our oil industry peer group, as discussed further under “—Other Aspects of Our Executive Compensation Program—Our Peer Group Companies” beginning on page 49 of this proxy statement. For purposes of calculating the vesting of the 2021 TSR PSUs, any TSR comparator company that is acquired will be removed from the percentile rankings, and any company that files for bankruptcy will be deemed to have achieved the lowest ranking three-year TSR result.

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2021 Relative ROCE PSUs — Performance Measures and Goals

In January 2021, our Compensation Committee set goals for the 2021 ROCE PSUs based on our average annual ROCE over a three-year performance period (January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2023), as compared to the average annual ROCE of the following oilfield services competitors, taken together over the same period: Halliburton, Baker Hughes, Weatherford, National Oilwell VarcoTechnipFMC and TechnipFMCNOV (collectively, the “ROCEROCE comparator group”group). At the end of the performance period, the Committee will certify our average ROCE and that of the ROCE comparator group as a whole, and then determine the percentage of shares earned based on the graph below.

2021 Relative ROCE PSU Payout Matrix

The number of 2021 ROCE PSUs that will vest and convert to shares as of the vesting date can range from 0% to 250% of target, depending on our relative ROCE performance, but in no event will payout relating to this metric exceed 250% of target. As illustrated in the graph above, consistent with the ROCE PSUs granted in 2020:

If our average annual ROCE over the three-year performance period is four percentage points or more below the average of the ROCE comparator group, then no 2021 ROCE PSUs will vest and no shares will be earned. This is because our Compensation Committee believes our executives should not receive PSU payouts for significantly low relative ROCE performance.
If our average annual ROCE over the three-year performance period is equal to that of the average of the ROCE comparator group as a whole, then the 2021 ROCE PSUs will vest at 100% of target. If our average annual ROCE over that period is higher than that of the average of the ROCE comparator group as a whole, then the 2021 ROCE PSUs will vest between 101% and 250% of target, as shown by the solid line in the graph above.
In addition, if both (x) our absolute, single-year ROCE is greater than 10% in 2023, and (y) our single-year 2023 ROCE exceeds that of the average of the ROCE comparator group as a whole, then the 2021 ROCE PSUs will vest at an increased rate (up to a maximum of 250%), as shown by the dotted line in the graph above.

 

ROCE is a measure of the efficiency of our capital employed, and is a comprehensive indicator of long-term Company and management performance. We selected a ROCE metric that is relative because it allows us to directly compare how we deploy our capital against key comparator companies in oilfield services. Furthermore, ROCE measures performance, measured in a way that is tracked and understood by many of our investors. This is also the metric that theOur Compensation Committee approved for the PSUs issuedhas based a portion of our NEOs’ LTI awards on a relative ROCE metric since 2016, because this metric allows us to directly compare how efficiently we deploy our NEOs in 2018.

Our selection of ROCE as a performance metric forcapital against our 2019 PSUs iskey oilfield services competitors. The Committee also consistent with our strategic priorities. The Compensation Committee believes that tying a partportion of our senior executives’ LTI paypayout to achieving our capital efficiency goals and comparing these results to that of keyour competitors in oilfield services will motivate our executives to continue to innovate. The Compensationfocus on performance, and result in increased revenue and improved margins. In selecting ROCE as the performance metric for 25% of our NEOs’ 2021 target LTI dollar value, the Committee also believesconsidered that improvements in efficiency through innovation will increase revenue and improve margins through our continued focus on pricing and cost control.

The ROCE performance period for the 2019 ROCE PSUs began on January 1, 2019 and ends on December 31, 2021. They are also subject to a three-year TSR performance period under the relative TSR modifier, over the same period.

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Vesting of these PSUs will depend on our performance compared to average ROCE of our comparator group, as illustrated in the graph below. If our average annual ROCE over the three-year period is equal to that of our ROCE comparator group as a whole, then the 2019 ROCE PSUs will vest at 100% of target. The number of PSUs that will vest and convert to shares as of the vesting date can range from 0% to 250%. In no event will payout exceed 250%. If our ROCE achieved is less than or equal to six percentage points below the average of the ROCE comparator group, no 2019 ROCE PSUs will vest and no shares will be earned.

At the end of the ROCE and TSR performance periods, the Compensation Committee will certify our average ROCE and that of the ROCE comparator group as a whole. The Committee will then determine the percentage of shares earned based on the graph below, as adjusted for the three-year relative TSR modifier:

2019goals align executives’ potential ROCE PSU Payout Matrix

payouts with the Company’s goal of achieving absolute ROCE above the Company’s weighted average cost of capital.

 

We calculate ROCE as a ratio, the numerator of which is (a) income from continuing operations, excluding charges and credits plus (b) after-taxafter tax net interest expense, and the denominator of which is (x) stockholders’ equity, including non-controlling interests (average of beginning and end of each quarter in the year), plus (y) net debt (average of beginning and end of each quarter in the year). The Compensation Committee may adjust the Company’s income from continuing operations to take into account the effect of significant impacts or activities that are not representative of underlying business operations, such as acquisitions, divestitures, asset impairments and restructurings. Furthermore, the Compensation Committee evaluates, and may adjust for, the effect of acquisitions or divestments on a case-by-case basis for purposes of the ROCE calculation.

2019 FCF Conversion PSUs: Performance Measures and Goals

In January 2019, the Compensation Committee set goals for the 2019 FCF Conversion PSUs based on the percentage of our cumulative net income, excluding charges and credits, that we are able to convert to free cash flow over a two-year performance period.

The performance period for the FCF Conversion PSUs began on January 1, 2019 and ends on December 31, 2020. The Committee believed it was appropriate to set two-year FCF conversion performance goals due to the difficulty in setting meaningful cash flow performance targets over longer periods of time in our cyclical industry. The Compensation Committee set the target free cash flow conversion goal at 70%, which was the same as in 2018.

As stated previously, the 2019 FCF Conversion PSUs are also subject to a three-year TSR performance period under the relative TSR modifier, from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021.

Free cash flow is an important liquidity measure for the Company and is useful to investors and to management as a measure of the Company’s ability to generate cash. Our selection of free cash flow as a percentage of cumulative net income converted as the performance metric for the 2019 FCF Conversion PSUs is also part of our goal to better align executive compensation with stockholder returns and encourage our executives to maintain capital discipline through business cycles. Once business needs and obligations are met, this cash can be used to reinvest in the Company for future growth or to return to stockholders through dividend payments or share repurchases. The Compensation Committee believes that tying a part of our NEO’s LTI payout to our efficiency in converting cumulative net income to free cash flow incentivizes our executives to increase the liquidity of the Company.

For purposes of the 2019 FCF Conversion PSUs, free cash flow represents cash flow from operations, excluding charges and credits, less capital expenditures, investments in APS projects (formerly known as Schlumberger Production Management), and multiclient seismic data costs capitalized. The terms of these PSUs allow for cash payments made in the acquisition of baseline production and investments up to first production for APS projects to be excluded from the calculation of free cash flow. The purpose of these exclusions is to avoid creating a potential disincentive to appropriately invest in the APS business. However, in 2019, as part of our new strategy, we announced that we would no longer take equity positions in oil and gas assets. We also stated that we would not use cash to pay upfront costs of new projects. As a result, we do not anticipate any such exclusions to our free cash flow under our 2019 FCF Conversion PSUs.

The Compensation Committee has the discretion to adjustcap payouts on the Company’s income from continuing operations to take into account2021 ROCE PSUs at 100% of target in the effectevent of significant impacts or activities that are not representative of underlying business operations, such as acquisitions, divestitures,material asset impairments attributable to M&A transactions and restructurings. Furthermore, the Compensation Committee evaluates, and may adjust for, the effect of acquisitions or divestments on a case-by-case basis for purposes of the free cash flow calculations.other management decisions.

 

 

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VestingPayouts Under Prior LTI Awards

Stock Options

Prior to 2017, the Company had granted a significant portion of its LTI compensation to executives in the 2019 FCF Conversion PSUs requires us to convert no less than 50%form of stock options. As of December 31, 2021, all of our cumulative net incomeexecutives’ outstanding stock options were “underwater.”

PSUs Vesting in 2021

As previously disclosed in the proxy statement for our 2021 AGM, in January 2021 our Compensation Committee approved the relative ROCE results for the PSUs issued to free cash flowour NEOs in 2018. The relative ROCE PSUs issued in 2018 were earned at 134% of target, based on our average annual ROCE over the FCF conversionthree-year performance period being 173 basis points above the average annual ROCE of five key oilfield services competitors taken together over the same period. These competitors were Halliburton, Baker Hughes, TechnipFMC, Weatherford and NOV (the “prior ROCE comparator companies”). For additional details, see the Option Exercises and Stock Vested in 2021 table on page 58 of this proxy statement.

PSUs Vesting in 2022

In calculating this achievement, theJanuary 2019, our Compensation Committee will certify the cumulative free cash flow and net income generated by the Company over the two-year FCF conversion performance period. If the percentage of free cash flow conversion is less than or equalapproved PSU awards to 50%, no shares of our common stock will be earned.

The number of PSUs that will convertNEOs as follows, in each case subject to shares at the end of the performance period can range from 0% to 250%. In no event will payout exceed 250%. The percentage achieved will depend on our performance over the FCF conversion performance period as illustrated in the following table. At the end of the FCF conversion and TSR performance periods, the Compensation Committee will determine the number of shares earned based on the table below, as adjusted for thea three-year relative TSR modifier:

 

Cumulative Cash Converted to FCF% of Target Shares Earned (Payout %)(1)
Less than or equal to 50%0%
60%50%
70%100%
90%200%
Equal to or greater than 100%250%
(1)Fractional shares rounded upWith respect to 50% of our NEOs’ 2019 target LTI dollar value, payout was conditioned based on the percentage of our cumulative net income, excluding charges and credits, converted to free cash flow from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020 (the “2019 FCF Conversion PSUs”).
With respect to 50% of our NEOs’ 2019 target LTI dollar value, payout was conditioned based on our average annual ROCE achieved over a three-year performance period as compared to the next whole share. Numberaverage annual ROCE of shares determined by linear interpolation between performance levels.the prior ROCE comparator companies, taken together over the same period (the “2019 ROCE PSUs”).

Payouts Under PSU Awards

2019 Payouts Under 2016 ROCE PSUs

 

In January 2016,2021, the Compensation Committee granted PSUs to our NEOs and conditioned payout based on our average annual ROCE achieved over a three-year performance period as compared to the average annual ROCE of the ROCE comparator companies (the “2016 ROCE PSUs”).

In January 2019, the Compensation Committee approved the results for the 2016 ROCE PSUs relative to the performance criteria that the Compensation Committee had previously approved. Specifically, the Compensation Committee determined that, based on the then-available reported results of the ROCE comparator companies, the 2016 ROCE PSUs had been earned at 171% of target, based on Schlumberger’s annual average ROCE of 310 basis points above the average of the ROCE comparator group through September 30, 2018, which was at the time the most recent fiscal period end reported by all of the companies comprising the ROCE comparator group. Because the award agreements for the 2016 ROCE PSUs provide that the PSUs are earned and settled in common stock as soon as practicable following the end of the ROCE performance period, the Compensation Committee approved the issuance of 90% of the shares that the Compensation Committee determined had been earned under the 2016 ROCE PSUs for the period from January 2016 through September 2018, since most of the companies in the ROCE comparator group had not yet reported their 2018 audited results.

In March 2019, the Company issued the number of additional shares determined to have been earned upon the disclosure of all of the ROCE comparator companies’ full-year 2018 audited results based on achievement of the 171% of target.

2019 Payouts Under 2017 Free Cash Flow PSUs

In January 2017, the Compensation Committee granted PSUs to our NEOs and conditioned payout based on the cumulative free cash flow generated from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018, as a percentage of cumulative net income generated over that same period, excluding charges and credits (the “2017 FCF Conversion PSUs”).

In January 2019, the Compensation Committee determined that we achieved a cumulative free cash flow conversion rate of 133%166% for the two-year performance period applicable to the 2019 FCF Conversion PSUs, representing achievement of 250% of target, based on the Committee’s previously approved performance criteria. At the time, these PSUs remained subject to the TSR modifier, which would have caused payouts to be reduced by 25% if our three-year, cumulative TSR was in the bottom 33rd percentile rank as compared to the individual companies comprising the Philadelphia Oil Services Sector index as of January 2019. In January 2022, the Committee determined that the TSR modifier did not trigger a negative adjustment to the 2019 PSU payouts, because Schlumberger’s TSR ranked at the 89th percentile. As a result, in January 2022, our NEOs earned 250% of target under the 20172019 FCF Conversion PSUs. We issued the shares that were earned under the FCF Conversion PSUs in the form of restricted stock. These shares were subject to a mandatory one-year hold period, and were converted to non-restricted shares in January 2020.

2020 Payouts Under 2017 ROCE PSUs

 

In January 2017,2022, the Compensation Committee granted PSUs to our NEOs and conditioned payout based on our average annual ROCE achieved over a three-year performance period as compared to the average annual ROCE of the ROCE comparator companies (the “2017 ROCE PSUs”).

In January 2020, the Compensation Committeealso approved the results for the 20172019 ROCE PSUs relative tousing the Committee’s previously approved performance criteria that the Compensation Committee had previously approved.criteria. Specifically, the Compensation Committee determined that based on the then-available reported results of the ROCE comparator companies, the 20172019 ROCE PSUs had been earned at 141%182% of target, based on Schlumberger’s average annual average ROCE of 200being 327 basis points above the average of the prior ROCE comparator groupcompanies through September 30, 2019,the third quarter of 2021, which was at the time the mostthen-most recent fiscal period end reported by all of the companies comprising theprior ROCE comparator group.companies. Because not all the award agreements forprior ROCE comparator companies had reported their 2021 audited results as of January 2022, the 2017 ROCE PSUs provide that the PSUs are earned and settled in common stock as soon as practicable following the end of the ROCE performance period, the Compensation Committee approved thea preliminary issuance of 90% of the shares that the Compensation Committee determined had been earned under the 20172019 ROCE PSUs for the period from January 2017 through September 2019, since most of the companies in the ROCE comparator group had not yet reported their 2019 audited results.PSUs. Any additional shares finally determined to have been earned will be issued after all of the prior ROCE comparator companies disclose their full-year 20192021 audited results.

Unvested PSU Awards

In January 2020, our Compensation Committee approved PSU awards to our NEOs (other than the CEO), all of which are subject to a three-year relative TSR modifier and therefore remain unvested. At the end of all applicable performance periods, the Committee will determine the number of shares ultimately earned under these PSUs.

Other Benefits

Officer Departure Guidelines

In 2020, our Compensation Committee approved guidelines covering, among other things, LTI vesting, salary, benefits and other compensation matters for officers departing the Company, either because they are eligible for retirement, early retirement or special retirement, or because they are involuntarily terminated (if not eligible for retirement). These guidelines are a non-binding framework for management’s reference in its executive succession planning, with flexibility as required by specific situations.

Under the guidelines, we may, at our discretion, enter into agreements with outgoing officers whereby they would remain employed by the Company during the agreement term and would receive annual cash payments that would generally be less than their pre-termination annual base salary. In addition, outgoing officers would receive a prorated cash incentive award payment with respect to the year of their departure. They would also receive benefits such as medical and insurance during the agreement term, and would continue to vest in previously granted LTI awards, but would not receive any new LTI awards during the term. In exchange, the outgoing officers would agree to be available to Schlumberger for 50% of their business time during the term, and agree to non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disparagement covenants.

 

 

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2020 Payouts Under 2018 Free Cash Flow PSUs

Broadly Available Benefit Plans

We seek to provide benefit plans, such as medical coverage and life and disability insurance, on a country-by-country basis in line with market conditions. Where the local practice is considered to be less than the Schlumberger minimum standard, we generally offer the Schlumberger standard. Our NEOs are eligible for the same benefit plans provided to other employees, including medical coverage and life and disability insurance, as well as supplemental plans chosen and paid for by employees who wish to obtain additional coverage. There are no special insurance plans for our NEOs.

 

In January 2018,line with Schlumberger’s aim to encourage long-term careers with the Company and to promote retention, retirement plans are provided, where possible and according to local market practice, for all employees, including NEOs. For details regarding our pension plans and nonqualified deferred compensation plans, see “Executive Compensation Committee granted PSUsTables—Pension Benefits,” “—Nonqualified Deferred Compensation,” “—Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control—Retirement Plans,” and “—Retiree Medical” and the accompanying narratives beginning on page 58 of this proxy statement.

Limited Perquisites

We provide only limited perquisites to our NEOs, and conditioned payout based onwhich are identified in the cumulative free cash flow generated from January 1, 2018footnotes to December 31, 2019, as a percentage of cumulative net income generated over that same period, excluding charges and credits (the “2018 FCF Conversion PSUs”).the Summary Compensation Table.

 

In January 2020, the Compensation Committee determined that we achieved cumulative free cash flow conversion of 129% for the two-year performance period, representing achievement of 250% of target, based on the Committee’s previously approved performance criteria. As a result, our

Agreements with Outgoing NEOs earned 250% of target under the 2018 FCF Conversion PSUs. These shares are subject to a mandatory one-year hold period. They will convert to non-restricted shares in January 2021 at the end of the one-year hold period, contingent on an NEO’s continued employment with us as of that date.

The actual earned dollar value of our NEOs’ PSU payouts in January 2020 was substantially less than the grant values that the Committee approved when it awarded the PSUs. Although the 2017 ROCE PSUs paid out at 141% of target and the 2018 FCF Conversion PSUs paid out at 250% of target, the actual earned dollar value of these grants together in January 2020 was approximately 106% of the grant value.

 

Agreements with Former NEOs

Schlumberger and Mr. Kibsgaard, our former Chairman and CEO,has entered into an agreement with Mr. Belani in connection with his decision to step down as Executive Vice President, Schlumberger New Energy, effective as of AugustApril 1, 2019 that provides for, among other things,2022 (the “Belani Agreement”). Under the Belani Agreement, Mr. Belani will serve as Senior Strategic Advisor to our CEO through March 31, 2024, to support certain paymentstechnology and innovation projects. Mr. Belani has also agreed to Mr. Kibsgaard in exchange forcertain restrictive covenants under the Belani Agreement, including three-year non-competition and non-solicitation covenants. Under the termsundertakings, as well as confidentiality and non-disparagement undertakings and a waiver and release of the agreement, Mr. Kibsgaard has agreed to provide certain services to Schlumberger as needed to secure an orderly CEO transition.claims.

 

UnderIn consideration for his services as Senior Strategic Advisor, the agreement,restrictive covenants, and the waiver and release, Mr. KibsgaardBelani will receive, paymentsfor a two-year period: (1) an annual cash payment equal to his current base salary; (2) continued participation in our health, welfare and benefits through July 31, 2022, consisting of (1) $2,000,000 per year, to be paid in accordance with the Company’s standard employee payroll practices; (2) medical and pension benefitsinsurance plans for which he is eligible as an employee; (3) continued accrual of benefits under our pension and (3) reimbursement for reasonable business expenses incurred in the normal course of performing his duties under the agreement. In addition, Mr. Kibsgaard received his annualprofit-sharing plans; and (4) a cash incentive award for his 2019 performance based on2022 prorated for the period worked until April 1, 2022, to be paid in early 2023 upon achievement of previously-establishedpreviously established personal and financial performance targets, and a paymenttargets. In addition, because Mr. Belani is eligible for accrued and unused vacationretirement under the terms of $113,702.our LTI award agreements, his outstanding LTI awards will continue to vest in accordance with the terms applicable to those grants.

 

As a high-technology energy services company, we believe that our greatest competitive strengths are our people and our intellectual property. Mr. KibsgaardBelani has extensive strategic, financialled Schlumberger New Energy and marketits portfolio of businesses in low-carbon and carbon-neutral energy technologies since its launch in 2020, and prior to that, served for over a decade as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Technology. He has critical knowledge about usour technology and our industry,innovation strategy, important relationships with our customers,Schlumberger New Energy’s strategic partners and joint ventures, and deep ties to the scientific community at Schlumberger.within Schlumberger and externally. Thus, our Boardthe Compensation Committee believed it to be in the best interest of the Company and our shareholdersstockholders to enter into an agreement with Mr. KibsgaardBelani to secure his continued support on key technology and innovation projects where his expertise and significant contacts will benefit the advancement of the Company's strategy. In addition, the Belani Agreement secures his covenant not to compete with us and prohibits him from soliciting key employees for a period of three years, and to prohibit him from soliciting key employees to leave us, while retaining him to provide services as needed foryears. If the CEO transition. Underundertakings in the terms of the agreement, if Mr. Kibsgaard breaches his non-competition covenant,Belani Agreement are breached, we may immediately stop payment of all cash amounts that would otherwise be due to him, andMr. Belani, all outstanding equity awards will be subject to cancellation. In addition, in the event of any such breach,cancellation, and we may require that Mr. Kibsgaard repay all paymentsrepayment of consideration previously paid or benefits receivedvested under the agreement.

 

In addition, Schlumberger and Mr. Ayat, our former CFO,has entered into an agreement with Ms. Gharbi in connection with her decision to step down as Executive Vice President, Services and Equipment, effective as of January 22, 2020 that provides for, among other things,May 1, 2022 (the “Gharbi Agreement”). Under the Gharbi Agreement, Ms. Gharbi agreed to certain payments to Mr. Ayat in exchange forrestrictive covenants, including three-year non-competition and non-solicitation covenants. Underundertakings, as well as confidentiality and non-disparagement undertakings and a waiver and release of claims. Ms. Gharbi has also agreed to provide certain services to the termsCompany during the term of the agreement, Mr. Ayat has agreed to devote 50%Gharbi Agreement.

In consideration for the restrictive covenants, the waiver and release, and the provision of his business time to Schlumberger as Senior Strategic Advisor to our CEOcertain services, Ms. Gharbi will receive: (1) for a two-year period.

Underthree-year period, continued accrual of benefits under our pension and profit-sharing plans based on her 2022 base salary; and (2) a cash incentive award for 2022 prorated for the agreement, Mr. Ayat will receive payments and benefits through January 21,period worked until May 1, 2022, consisting of (1) $1,000,000 per year, to be paid at target. In addition, the PSU and RSU awards previously granted to her in 2020 and 2021 will continue to vest in accordance with the Company’s standard employee payroll practices; (2) continued participation in Schlumberger’s health, welfare and insurance plans on a basis comparableterms applicable to those grants. Under the Gharbi Agreement, the PSU awards that of other U.S. employees; and (3) an award of PSUsMs. Gharbi received in January 2020 with a2022 are scheduled to vest at target LTI dollar value equal to 100% of Mr. Ayat’s aggregate PSU target dollar grant in January 2019, awarded on the same terms and conditions as the PSU grants to the Company’s NEOs in January 2020. In addition, Mr.Ayat received his annual cash incentive award for his 2019 performance based on achievement of previously-established personal and financial performance targets, and a payment for his accrued and unused vacation of $5,817.early 2025.

 

As in the case of the agreement betweenMs. Gharbi has extensive strategic knowledge about Schlumberger and Mr. Kibsgaard, our Boardindustry, as well as strong relationships with key customers and partners. Thus, the Compensation Committee believed it to be in the best interest of the Company and our shareholdersstockholders to enter into an agreement with Mr. AyatMs. Gharbi to secure hisher covenant not to compete with us and to prohibit her from soliciting key employees for a period of three years, and to prohibit him from soliciting key employees to leave us, while retaining his services for up to 50% of his business time to help foster an orderly CFO transition. Underyears. If the terms ofundertakings in the agreement, if Mr. Ayat breaches his non-competition covenant,Gharbi Agreement are breached, we may immediately stop payment of all cash amounts that would otherwise be due to him, andMs. Gharbi, all outstanding equity awards will be subject to cancellation. In addition, in the event of any such breach,cancellation, and we may require that Mr. Ayat repay all paymentsrepayment of consideration paid or benefits receivedvested under the agreement.

The agreements with Messrs. Kibsgaard and Ayat also contain other covenants. In connection with their agreements, each of Messrs. Kibsgaard and Ayat entered into a release and waiver.

 

 

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Other Aspects of Our Executive Compensation FrameworkProgram

Competition for Our Executive Talent

A primary consideration of our Compensation Committee in overseeing our executive compensation program is the need to motivate and retain what it considers to be the best executive talent in the energy industry. We are the world’s leading provider of technology to the global energy industry, and the Committee believes that delivering financial and operational outperformance and long-term stockholder returns depends on our ability to attract, develop and retain the best talent globally. A highly competitive compensation package is critical to this objective.

 

Peer Group CompaniesIn light of the foregoing, the Committee generally seeks to target total direct compensation for our NEOs between the 50th and 75th percentiles of our two main executive compensation peer groups; however, the Committee may position an NEO who is new to a position at or below the 50th percentile for a period of time. For example, the target value of our CEO’s 2021 total direct compensation places him at approximately the 50th percentile among CEOs in our general industry peer group. An NEO’s target total direct compensation depends on a variety of factors, including tenure in a particular position, individual and Company performance, and internal pay equity.

 

The Committee believes that the 50th to 75th percentile range is appropriate to target because of Schlumberger’s leading position in the oilfield services industry; because competition for our executive talent in the oil and gas industry is exceptionally fierce; and because our executives are very highly sought after, both by our direct oilfield services competitors and by other leading oil and gas, advanced extractive, technology-driven manufacturing, and engineering-focused companies.

In approving this target range and when setting compensation for 2021, the Committee considered that many current and former senior executives of leading companies in various industries have previously served in senior management at Schlumberger. Former members of senior Schlumberger management have either been, or are, senior executives at the following competitors, customers and other technology- and engineering-focused companies:

Baker Hughes*TechnipFMC*WeatherfordBAE Systems*
(past Chairman and CEO,
current CHRO and CLO, and
other senior executives)
(current Chairman, CEO
and CTO, and past Chairman,
CEO and CHRO)
(past acting CEO
and CFO, and other senior executives)
(current CEO,
CFO and CHRO)
EngiePatterson-UTI EnergyCGGBG Group
(current CEO)(current CEO)(current CEO and CFO)(past Chairman and COO)
ConocoPhillips*YPFKuwait AirlinesTechnip Energies
(past CTO)(past CEO)(current CEO)(current CLO)
ValarisNESROilSERVWood
(past CEO and CLO)(current CEO, CFO and COO)(current CFO)(current senior executive)
ExproNaborsNoble CorporationNexTier Oilfield Solutions
(current CEO, and
past CEO and CFO)
��(current CFO and
other senior executives)
(current CLO)(current CEO, CFO, COO
and other senior executives)
Rio Tinto*FlowserveBorr DrillingArcher
(past CHRO)(current CEO)(current CEO and past CFO)(current CEO and past CFO)
Seadrill
(past COO)

CEO = Chief Executive Officer

CFO = Chief Financial Officer

COO = Chief Operating / Commercial Officer

CTO = Chief Technology Officer

CLO = Chief Legal Officer / General Counsel

CHRO = Chief Human Resources Officer

*  Included in one of our main executive compensation peer groups

Our Peer Group Companies

Our Compensation Committee considers formal executive compensation survey data prepared by Pay Governance when it reviews and determines executive compensation. The Compensation Committee also reviews information on the executive compensation, practices at various “peer group” companiesand when considering changes to the Company’sour executive compensation program. To prepare for its executive compensation analysis, the Company’s executive compensation department works with Pay Governance to match Company positions and responsibilities against survey positions and responsibilities and to compile the annual compensationThe Committee considers data for each executive officer.

The Company hasthe companies comprising our two main executive compensation peer groups, the oil industry and general industry peer groups (our “main executive compensation peer groups”).: our oil industry peer group and our general industry peer group. The surveyCommittee believes these peer groups together provide the robust market data prepared by Pay Governance summarizenecessary to assess the compensation levelstalent markets available to our executive officers, both in the oil and practices ofgas sector and in other global advanced extractive, technology-driven manufacturing, and industrial engineering-focused sectors. General industry peer group comparisons are particularly relevant for non-operations positions, where skills and experience may be easily transferable to other industries. In addition, the evolving energy industry environment creates challenges in maintaining a robust peer group comprising solely oilfield services and upstream companies, given decreases in individual company scope, as well as bankruptcies and consolidations in recent cycles.

The Committee annually reviews the specific selection criteria for our main executive compensation peer groups, such as follows:competition for business or executive talent, revenue, market capitalization, and scope

 

Schlumberger Limited2022 Proxy Statementthe “oil industry peer group,” which comprises companies in the oil services industry, as well as E&P companies and integrated oil and gas companies, in each case with annual revenues between $6.4 billion and $127.5 billion; and

    the “general industry peer group,” which comprises other large technology-focused companies with significant international operations and annual revenues between $14.9 billion and $62.8 billion and market capitalizations of greater than $8 billion.49

The Compensation Committee’s selection criteria for companies comprising the main executive compensation peer groups include:

 potential competition for executive talent;
revenue and market capitalization;
global presence and scopeTable of international operations; and
companies viewed as leaders in their industry.Contents

The Compensation Committee, with the assistance of international operations. Pay Governance annually reviews specific criteria and recommendations regardingrecommends for the Committee’s review the addition or removal of companies to add to or remove from these peer groups, based on the peer groups.Committee’s selection criteria. As a general matter, the CompanyCommittee selects suitable comparator companies such that the companies in each of our two main executive compensationthese peer groups, at the median, approximate Schlumberger’s estimated revenue in the then-current year and its then-current market capitalization. The Compensation Committee modifies theits peer group criteria as appropriate while seeking a satisfactory degree of stability, to provide a consistent basis for comparison.

 

Oil Industry Peer Group

The oil industry peer group comprises companies in the oil services industry, as well as E&P companies and integrated oil and gas companies, in each case with annual revenues between $6.4 billion and $127.5 billion. The broad revenue range is due to the limited number of peer companies in Schlumberger’s immediate revenue range, and the fact that all other oilfield service companies have lower revenue than Schlumberger. Because of Schlumberger’s significant international operations, this peer group includes non-U.S. energy and energy-related companies that also meet the criteria set forth above. Some members of this peer group frequently target Company executives for positions at the peer company. See “—The Competition for Our Executive Talent,” on pages 31-32.

TheIn July 2020, our Compensation Committee decideddirected Pay Governance to include E&P companies in this peer group based on a number of factors. First, because Schlumberger was significantly larger than all of its direct competitors in the oilfield services industry in terms of revenue and market capitalization, the Compensation Committee believed that the addition of E&P companies provided a more appropriate and complete comparator group. In addition, the Compensation Committee believed that the inclusion of E&P companies is appropriate because our executives have been hired by E&P companies in the past, and market consolidation has reduced the number of direct competitors in the oilfield services industry, thus increasing the prominence of E&P companies as competitors for executive talent.

In July 2018, the Compensation Committee reviewedre-assess the companies constitutingcomprising our two main executive compensation peer groups effectivein light of Schlumberger’s evolving business strategy and 2020 corporate reorganization. As a result of this assessment, the Committee reviewed and approved changes to these peer groups that it believes more appropriately reflect our strategy and address current and future executive talent markets. In selecting the companies for 2019inclusion in our main executive compensation decisions, basedpeer groups, the Committee focused on the criteria set forth above. At the time of its review, Schlumberger’s full-year 2018 revenue was forecast to be approximately $34 billion. Because Weatherford International Plc did not meet the strict revenue criterion set forth above forcompanies in countries with robust pay disclosure.

The companies comprising the oil industry peer group and the Compensation Committee approved the removal of Weatherford from this peer group.

As a result of the foregoing, Schlumberger was in the 67thpercentile of the oilgeneral industry peer group in terms of revenue, and in the 90theffective for 2021 compensation decisions are set forth below.

OIL INDUSTRY PEER GROUPGENERAL INDUSTRY PEER GROUP

The oil industry peer group comprises ten companies in the energy sector, primarily in the oilfield services and equipment and upstream oil and gas industries, with 2019 revenues between $8.5 billion and $44.6 billion. Our Compensation Committee identified these companies as being broadly comparable to Schlumberger in terms of revenue and market value, and also competing with us for business or executive talent. Several members of this peer group frequently seek to recruit Schlumberger executives for their senior executive roles. See “—Competition for Our Executive Talent” on page 49.

In July 2020, our Compensation Committee, applying the selection criteria above, approved the removal of seven companies from the oil industry peer group, effective for 2021 compensation decisions: Anadarko Petroleum, Chevron, Devon Energy, Eni SpA, Marathon Petroleum, Phillips 66, and Valero Energy. The purpose of these removals was to enhance the relevance of this peer group for Schlumberger, by eliminating very large integrated oil companies and those with a retail or downstream focus, as well as acquired companies. As a result of the foregoing, Schlumberger was positioned at the 58th percentile of the oil industry peer group in terms of 2019 revenue, and at the 66th percentile of this peer group in terms of market capitalization as of May 2020.

The general industry peer group comprises 23 global advanced extractive, technology-driven manufacturing, and industrial engineering-focused companies with annual revenues, market valuations and global scopes that are similar to Schlumberger’s. The companies in this peer group had 2019 revenues between $14.4 billion and $59.8 billion, non-U.S. annual revenue greater than 20% of consolidated revenue, and market capitalization generally greater than $8 billion. This peer group focuses on Schlumberger’s current and future executive talent markets beyond the oil and gas sector, given the competencies needed for the Company’s future success. It excludes pure technology companies, such as microprocessor manufacturers and software companies.

In July 2020, our Compensation Committee, applying the selection criteria above, removed eight pure technology companies from the general industry peer group, effective for 2021 compensation decisions: Accenture, Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel, Oracle, QUALCOMM, SAP SE, and Texas Instruments. The Committee also removed three other companies that did not meet the revenue criteria above (Raytheon Technologies, Raytheon, and Fluor), and added four new companies, as identified by asterisks below. As a result of the foregoing, Schlumberger was positioned at the 36th percentile of this peer group in terms of both 2019 revenue and May 2020 market capitalization.

Baker Hughes

BHP Group

ConocoPhillips

EOG Resources

Halliburton

Imperial Oil

NOV

Occidental Petroleum

Suncor Energy

TechnipFMC

3M Company

ABB

Anglo American

BAE Systems

Caterpillar

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain

Deere & Company

*Dow

*DuPont

*Eaton

Emerson Electric

Freeport-McMoRan

General Dynamics

Honeywell

HP

Johnson Controls

Koninklijke Philips

Lockheed Martin

LyondellBasell

Rio Tinto

Rolls-Royce Holdings

Schneider Electric

*Trane Technologies

(formerly Ingersoll-Rand)

 

 

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Executive Compensation Governance

The following 18 companies constitute

No Ongoing Employment Agreements

Historically, our NEOs have not had ongoing employment or severance agreements during their service with us as executive officers, and they serve at the oil industry peer group effective for relevant 2019 compensation decisions:will of the Board. This enables the Company to terminate their employment using judgment as to the terms of any severance arrangement and based on specific circumstances at the time they cease being executive officers. Our NEOs do not have change in control agreements, and we do not enter into employment, severance or change-in-control agreements with newly hired executive officers. For details regarding our agreements with outgoing NEOs, see “—Elements of 2021 Total Direct Compensation—Agreements with Outgoing NEOs” on page 48.

 

Oil Industry Peer Group
Oil services, E&P, and integrated oil and gas companies with annual revenues between $6.4B and $127.5B
Anadarko PetroleumBaker HughesBHP BillitonChevronConocoPhillips
Devon EnergyEni SpAEOG ResourcesHalliburtonImperial Oil Limited
Marathon PetroleumNational Oilwell VarcoOccidental PetroleumPetrofacPhillips 66
Suncor EnergyTechnipFMCValero

Stock Ownership and Holding Requirements

 

General Industry Peer Group

The Compensation Committee considers data from the general industry peer group as it deems necessary or advisable to the extent that data from the first peer group may not exist, or may be insufficient, for some executive officer positions. The second group is also particularly relevant for non-operations positions, where the skills and experience may be easily transferable to other industries outside the oil and gas industry.

The general industry peer group provides data from large companies with significant international operations, and supplements the compensation data from the oil industry peer group, whose companies are closer to Schlumberger in industry type but have widely varying revenue sizes. The general industry peer group:

includes multi-national companies with (i) non-U.S. annual revenue of at least 20% of consolidated revenue; (ii) a technical focus; (iii) annual revenues between $14.9 billion and $62.8 billion; and (iv) market capitalization of at least $8 billion;
excludes companies that do not have a significant international scope;
includes a variety of industries, such that no single industry represents more than 25% of the general industry peer group;
includes companies in sectors that are most relevant to Schlumberger, such as the technology, engineering, chemical and mining industries, and that require highly skilled human capital; and
excludes companies in industries that are less comparable to Schlumberger’s, such as entertainment, finance, retail, life sciences and pharmaceutical companies.

In July 2018, the Compensation Committee, applying the selection criteria set forth above, approved the removal of 14 life sciences and pharmaceutical companies from the general industry peer group, effective for 2019 compensation decisions, to more closely align this peer group with companies in industries more similar to Schlumberger’s. The 14 life sciences and pharmaceutical companies removed were Abbott Laboratories, AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Eli Lilly and Co., Gilead Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Medtronic, Merck & Co, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche Holding, Sanofi and Thermo Fisher Scientific. In addition, BASF SE was removed from this peer group because its annual revenue exceeded the criterion described above. The Compensation Committee also approved the addition of one company—DowDupont—as a result of the merger of Dow Chemical and E.I. DuPont de Nemours, each of which had been included in the general industry peer group for 2018 executive compensation decisions.

As a result of the foregoing, Schlumberger was positioned at the 58th percentile of the general industry peer group in terms of revenue, and the 68thpercentile of that peer group in terms of market capitalization.

The following 30 companies constitute the general industry peer group effective for relevant 2019 compensation decisions:

General Industry Peer Group
Annual revenues between $14.9B and $62.8B with technical and global focus
3M CompanyABB Ltd.Anglo AmericanBAE SystemsCaterpillar
Cisco SystemsCompagnie de Saint-GobainDeere & CompanyDowDupontEmerson Electric
Fluor CorporationFreeport-McMoRanGeneral DynamicsHewlett Packard EnterpriseHoneywell
HP Inc.IntelJohnson ControlsKoninklijke PhilipsLockheed Martin
LyondellBasellOracleQUALCOMMRaytheonRio Tinto
Rolls-Royce HoldingsSAP SESchneider ElectricTexas InstrumentsUnited Technologies

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Role of the Independent Executive Compensation Consultant

The Compensation Committee has retained Pay Governance as its independent consultant with respect to executive compensation matters. Pay Governance reports only to, and acts solely at the direction of, the Compensation Committee. Schlumberger’s management does not direct or oversee the activities of Pay Governance with respect to the Company’s executive compensation program. Pay Governance prepares compensation surveys for review by the Compensation Committee at its October meeting. One of the purposes of the October meeting is to assess compensation decisions made in January of that year in light of comparative data to date; another purpose of the October meeting is to prepare for the annual executive officer compensation review the following January.

Pay Governance works with the Company’s executive compensation department to compare compensation opportunities of the Company’s executive officers with compensation opportunities for comparable positions at companies included in the compensation surveys conducted by Pay Governance at the direction of the Compensation Committee. Pay Governance and the Company’s executive compensation department also compile annual compensation data for each executive officer. The Compensation Committee has also instructed Pay Governance to prepare an analysis of each named executive officer’s compensation. The Compensation Committee has also retained Pay Governance as an independent consulting firm with respect to non-employee director compensation matters. Pay Governance prepares an analysis of competitive non-employee director compensation levels and market trends using the same two main peer groups as those used in the executive compensation review.

The Compensation Committee has assessed the independence of Pay Governance pursuant to SEC rules and has concluded that its work did not raise any conflict of interest that would prevent Pay Governance from independently representing the Compensation Committee.

Procedure for Determining Executive Compensation; Role of Management

The Compensation Committee evaluates all elements of executive officer compensation each January, after a review of the achievement of financial and personal objectives with respect to the prior year’s results. The purpose is to determine whether any changes in an officer’s compensation may be appropriate. The CEO does not participate in the Compensation Committee’s deliberations regarding his own compensation. At the Compensation Committee’s request, the CEO reviews with the Compensation Committee the performance of the other executive officers, but no other named executive officer has any input in executive compensation decisions. The Compensation Committee gives substantial weight to the CEO’s evaluations and recommendations because he is particularly able to assess the other executive officers’ performance and contributions to the Company. Our Vice President of Human of Resources assists the CEO in developing the executive officers’ performance reviews and reviewing market compensation data to determine compensation recommendations for our executives. The Compensation Committee independently determines each executive officer’s mix of total direct compensation based on the factors described in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Framework for Setting Executive Compensation in 2019—Relative Size of Direct Compensation Elements.” Early in the calendar year, financial and personal objectives for each executive officer are determined for that year. The Compensation Committee may, however, review and adjust compensation at other times as the result of new appointments or promotions during the year.

The following table summarizes the approximate timing of significant executive compensation events:

EVENTTIMING
Establish Company financial objectives and NEO key personal objectivesFirst quarter of each fiscal year for current year  
Review and approve the peer group companies used for compensation benchmarkingJuly of each year for compensation in the following fiscal year  
Independent compensation consultant provides analysis for the Compensation Committee to evaluate executive compensationOctober of each year for compensation in the following fiscal year  
Evaluate Company and executive performance (achievement of objectives established in previous fiscal year) and recommend   annual cash incentive compensation based on those resultsResults approved in January of each fiscal year for annual cash incentive compensation with respect to prior year. The annual cash incentive earned for the prior fiscal year is paid in February of the current fiscal year
Review and recommend executive base salary and determine equity-based grantsJanuary of each fiscal year for base salary for that year and for equity-based grants

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Long-Term Equity Awards — Granting Process

The Compensation Committee is responsible for granting long-term equity-based compensation under our omnibus stock incentive plans. The Compensation Committee approves a preliminary budget for equity-based grants for the following year at each October meeting. Management determines the allocation for groups within the Company and individual recommendations are made by the heads of the groups and approved by the CEO. The Compensation Committee approves all equity-based awards, including executive officer awards, which are recommended by the CEO, except for his own. Awards for executive officers other than the CEO are granted by the Compensation Committee and discussed with the Board. Awards for the CEO are granted by the Compensation Committee following approval by the full Board.

In addition to considering the value of each equity-based award, management and the Compensation Committee also consider the overall potential stockholder dilution impact and “burn rate,” which is the rate at which awards are granted as a percentage of common shares outstanding. Each year, the Compensation Committee reviews a budgeted grant date value of equity-based awards to our executives and other eligible employees and makes a recommendation to the Board for approval. This review and recommendation process includes an analysis of potential dilution levels and burn rates resulting from the potential grant of such awards. The Compensation Committee and management use this analysis regarding dilution levels and burn rates as an additional factor in approving long-term equity awards.

The regular Board and Compensation Committee meeting schedule is set at least a year in advance with Board meetings held quarterly, generally in mid-January, April, July and October. The timing of these committee meetings is not determined by any of the Company’s executive officers and is usually two days in advance of the Company’s announcement of earnings. The Compensation Committee usually sets the equity award grant date as the day of the Compensation Committee meeting. The Company does not time the release of material non-public information for the purpose of affecting the values of executive compensation. At the time equity grant decisions are made, the Compensation Committee is aware of the earnings results and takes them into account, but it does not adjust the size or the mix of grants to reflect possible market reaction.

Annual grants of equity-based awards to the NEOs, other senior executive officers and the rest of the Company’s eligible employees are made at the January meeting of the Compensation Committee. However, specific grants may be made at other regular meetings, to recognize the promotion of an employee, a change in responsibility or a specific achievement, or to achieve other key compensation objectives. The exercise price for all stock options granted to executive officers and other employees is the average of the high and low trading prices of the Schlumberger common stock on the NYSE on the date of grant, which has been Schlumberger’s practice for many years. The Board and the Compensation Committee have the discretion to grant equity awards with different vesting schedules as they deem appropriate or necessary.

Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines

The Compensation Committee and managementstrongly believe strongly in linking executive long-term rewards to stockholder value. In 2019, our Board, upon recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee, adopted revisedOur executive stock ownership guidelines applicable torequire our executive officers and other key position holders.

Senior executives are required to hold the numbersa minimum dollar value of Schlumberger common shares equal to the multiple of base salaryas set forth below:

 

TitleStock Ownership Multiple
Chief Executive Officer6x base salary
Executive Vice Presidents3x base salary
Executive Officersofficers (non-EVP)2x base salary
Key Staff PositionsPresidents and other EVP direct reports1x base salary

 

All executives subject to the guidelines must retain 50% of the net shares acquiredthey acquire upon the exercise of stock options and after the vesting of PSUs and RSUs, after payment of applicable taxes, until they achieve the required ownership level.

 

The guidelines provide that executives have five years to satisfy the ownership requirements. After the five-year period, executives who have not met their minimum stock ownership requirement must retain 100% of the net shares acquiredthey acquire upon stock option exercises and any PSU and RSU vesting until they achieve their required ownership level. Stock ownership for the purpose of these guidelines does not include shares underlying vested or unvested stock options, unvested RSUs or unvested PSUs.

 

As of DecemberJanuary 31, 2019,2022, all of our then-serving NEOs were in compliance with our stock ownership guidelines.

 

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Other Executive Benefits and Policies

Clawback Policy

 

No Employment Agreements with Current Executive Officers

Historically, our named executive officers have not had employment, severance or change-in-control agreements with the Company, and serve at the will of the Board. This enables the Company to terminate their employment using judgment as to the terms of any severance arrangement and based on specific circumstances at the time they cease being executive officers. We do not enter into employment, severance or change-in-control agreements with any newly-hired executive officers.

Retirement Benefits

In line with Schlumberger’s aim to encourage long-term careers with the Company and to promote retention, retirement plans are provided, where possible, for all employees, including named executive officers, according to local market practice. Schlumberger considers long-term benefit plans to be an important element of the total compensation package. The pension plans provide for lifetime benefits for certain employees upon retirement after a specified number of years of service and take into account local practice with respect to retirement ages. They are designed to complement but not be a substitute for local government plans, which may vary considerably in terms of the replacement income they provide, and other Company sponsored savings plans. Employees may participate in multiple retirement plans in the course of their career with the Company or its subsidiaries, in which case they become entitled to a benefit from each plan based upon the benefits earned during the years of service related to each plan. The qualified plans are funded through cash contributions made by the Company and its subsidiaries based on actuarial valuations and/or regulatory requirements.

Some of the Schlumberger U.S. retirement plans are non-qualified plans that provide an eligible employee with additional retirement savings opportunities that cannot be achieved with tax-qualified plans due to limits on annual compensation that can be taken into account or annual benefits that can be provided under qualified plans.

Officers and other employees in the United States whose compensation exceeds the qualified plan limits are eligible to participate in non-qualified excess benefit programs for 401(k), profit-sharing and pension. Employees and executive officers assigned outside the United States are entitled to participate in the applicable plans of the country where they are assigned, including supplemental plans where available.

Retirement Practices

The CompanyOur Board has a practice of phased retirement, which, at the discretion of the Company, may be offered to certain executive officers from time to time. This practice involves entering into an agreement whereby the individual ceases being an executive officer and relinquishes primary responsibilities. He or she remains an employee and generally receives lesser salary over time for reduced responsibilities and reduced working time. The arrangements are typically in place for an average of two years, as agreed at the start of the term. The purpose is to allow the outgoing executive officer to support the incoming executive officer for a period of time to provide for a smooth succession and to provide resources to the Company in particular areas of expertise while agreeing not to join a competitor during the employment period. In these circumstances, the Company maintains pension contributions and other benefits such as medical and insurance, and the executive officer continues to vest in previously-granted LTI awards. During this period, however, the executive officer generally is no longer eligible for additional equity incentive compensation or, once his or her work time is reduced, for an annual cash incentive opportunity.

Other Benefits

Schlumberger seeks to provide benefit plans, such as medical coverage and life and disability insurance, on a country-by-country basis in line with market conditions. Where the local practice is considered to be less than the Schlumberger minimum standard, the Company generally offers the Schlumberger standard. Our named executive officers are eligible for the same benefit plans provided to other employees, including medical coverage and life and disability insurance as well as supplemental plans chosen and paid for by employees who wish additional coverage. There are no special insurance plans for our named executive officers.

Limited Perquisites

Schlumberger provides only limited perquisites to its named executive officers, which are identified in the narrative notes to the Summary Compensation Table.

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Recoupment of Performance-Based Cash and Equity Awards (Clawback)

In January 2019, our Board, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, adopted a revisedclawback policy regarding recoupment ofto recoup performance-based incentive compensation, whether paid in the form of equity or cash, in the event of specified restatements of financial results. Under the revisedthis policy, if financial results are restated due to fraud or other intentional misconduct, theour Compensation Committee will review any performance-based or incentive compensation paid to executive officers who are found to be personally responsible for the fraud or other intentional misconduct that caused, in whole or in part, the need for the restatement. Based on that review, the Committee will take suchany actions as it deems appropriate or necessary, including recoupment of any amounts paid in excess of the amounts that would have been paid based on the restated financial results. In addition, our performance-based equityPSU awards and any shares of stock that are issued as a result ofupon the vesting of thesePSU awards are subject to recoupment under the terms of those awards.

 

ImpactAnti-Hedging and Anti-Pledging

Our executive officers and directors are prohibited from using any strategies or products (such as derivative securities or short-selling techniques) to hedge, directly or indirectly, against potential changes in the value of Schlumberger common stock. In addition, our executive officers and directors, as well as certain other key employees, are prohibited from holding Schlumberger securities in a margin account or pledging Schlumberger securities as collateral for a loan. Our insider trading policy strongly discourages, but does not prohibit, other employees from engaging in speculative transactions, including hedging or other financial mechanisms, holding Schlumberger securities in a margin account or pledging Schlumberger securities.

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Process for Setting Executive Compensation

Compensation Committee Review

Our Compensation Committee reviews the elements of our NEOs’ total direct compensation throughout the year, to evaluate whether each element remains competitive with the companies in our two main executive compensation peer groups. In making compensation decisions, the Committee relies on its own judgment after reviewing external market data, and also considers the following factors:

the executive’s scope of responsibilities, as well as leadership, management and technical expertise, growth potential, and position in our reporting structure;
overall Company and individual performance;
retention needs;
the recommendations of our CEO (except with respect to his own compensation); and
internal pay equity.

Each January, the Committee evaluates all elements of executive officer compensation, after reviewing the prior year’s results and the achievement of Company financial objectives and each officer’s strategic personal objectives. The purpose of this annual evaluation is to determine whether any changes in an officer’s compensation may be appropriate. The CEO does not participate in the Committee’s deliberations regarding his own compensation. At the Committee’s request, the CEO reviews with the Committee the performance of the other executive officers, but no other NEO has any input in executive compensation decisions. Our Compensation Committee gives substantial weight to the CEO’s evaluations and recommendations because he is particularly able to assess the other executive officers’ performance and contributions to Schlumberger. Our Vice President of Human Resources assists the CEO in developing the other executives’ performance reviews and reviewing external market data to determine the CEO’s executive compensation recommendations.

The following table summarizes the approximate timing of significant annual executive compensation events:

EVENTTIMING
Establish Company financial objectives and CEO strategic personal objectivesJanuary of each year with respect to the current year
Review and approve the peer group companies used for compensation benchmarkingJuly of each year for compensation in the following year
Pay Governance provides analysis for our Compensation Committee to evaluate year-to-date compensation decisions in light of year-to-date comparative data, and to prepare for the annual executive officer compensation review in JanuaryOctober of each year for compensation in the following year
Evaluate Company and executive performance (achievement of objectives established in previous year) and recommend annual cash incentive payout based on those resultsResults approved in January of each year for annual cash incentive compensation with respect to the prior year. The annual cash incentive earned for the prior year is paid in February of the current year
Review and recommend executive base salaries and determine equity-based grantsJanuary of each year for base salaries for that year and for equity-based grants

Equity Grant Practices

Our Compensation Committee is responsible for granting long-term equity-based compensation under our omnibus stock incentive plans. The Committee approves a preliminary budget for equity-based grants for the following year at each October meeting. Awards for the CEO are granted by the Committee following approval by the independent members of the Board. Awards for executive officers other than the CEO are granted by the Committee and discussed with the Board. Management determines the allocation of equity-based grants for other groups within the Company and individual recommendations are made by the heads of the groups and approved by the CEO. In addition to considering the value of each equity-based award, management and the Committee also consider, as an additional factor in approving long-term equity awards, the overall potential stockholder dilution impact and “burn rate,” which is the rate at which awards are granted as a percentage of common shares outstanding.

The regular Board and Compensation Committee meeting schedule is set at least a year in advance, with meetings held quarterly in mid-January, mid-April, mid-July and mid-October. Annual grants of equity-based awards to our NEOs and other executives, as well as to other eligible employees, are made at the Committee’s January meeting. Additionally, specific grants may be made at other Committee meetings to recognize an employee’s promotion, change in responsibility or specific achievement, or to achieve other key compensation objectives, such as retention. Generally, the Committee sets the grant date for equity awards as the Committee meeting date, which is usually two days in advance of the Company’s announcement of earnings. The Company does not time the release of material non-public information for the purpose of affecting the values of equity grants. At the time equity grant decisions are made, our Compensation Committee is aware of the earnings results, but it does not adjust the size or the mix of grants to reflect possible market reaction.

In addition, PSUs and RSUs do not accrue or pay dividends or dividend equivalents prior to vesting.

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Independent Compensation Consultant

Our Compensation Committee has retained Pay Governance as its independent consultant with respect to executive compensation matters, as well as non-employee director compensation matters. Pay Governance works with Schlumberger’s Human Resources department to compile annual compensation data for each executive officer, and to compare the compensation opportunities of our executive officers with those at comparable roles at companies in our main executive compensation peer groups. Pay Governance also annually prepares an analysis of competitive non-employee director compensation levels and market trends using the same two main peer groups as are used for the annual executive officer compensation review.

Pay Governance reports only to, and acts solely at the direction of, our Compensation Committee. The Committee has assessed the independence of Pay Governance pursuant to SEC rules and has concluded that its work did not raise any conflict of interest that would prevent Pay Governance from independently representing our Compensation Committee.

Tax Treatment

Policy

 

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code limits the amount of compensation that may be deducted per covered employee, including each of our NEOs, to $1 million per taxable year. Following the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, beginning with the 2018 calendar year, this $1 million annual limitation applies to all compensation paid to any individual who is the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or one of the other three most highly compensated executive officers for 2017 or any subsequent calendar year. There is no longer any exception to this limitation for qualified performance-based compensation (as there was for periods prior to 2018). Thus, it is expected that compensation deductions for any covered individual will be subject to a $1 million annual deduction limitation (other than for certain compensation that satisfies requirements for grandfathering under the new law).limitation. Although the deductibility of compensation is a consideration evaluated by theour Compensation Committee, the Compensation Committee believes that the lost deduction on compensation payable in excess of the $1 million limitation for the named executive officersour NEOs is not material relative to the benefit of being able to attract and retain talented management. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee will continue to retain the discretion to payapprove executive compensation that it believes is notbest for Schlumberger without regard to whether the compensation is fully deductible.

 

Compensation Committee Report

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with the Company’s management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis included in this proxy statement. Based on that review and discussion, the Compensation Committee has recommended to our Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this proxy statement.

SUBMITTED BY THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF THE SCHLUMBERGER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Indra K. Nooyi, ChairPeter L.S. CurrieLeo Rafael ReifHenri SeydouxJeff W. Sheets

 

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Executive Compensation Tables and Accompanying Narrative

 

2019 Summary Compensation Table

 

The following table sets forth information regarding the total compensation paid by the Companyto our NEOs for fiscal years 2021, 2020 and its subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 to each of our NEOs.2019.

 

Name Year Salary
($)
 Bonus
($)
(4)  Stock
Awards
($)
(5)  Option
Awards
($)
 Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
(4)  Change in
Pension
Value &
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
(6)  All Other
Compensation
($)
(7)  Total
($)
Olivier Le Peuch(1)  2019 1,147,500  N/A   14,515,858    2,360,250   981,058   112,504(8)  19,117,170
Chief Executive Officer 2018 764,167  N/A   3,200,205    266,007   288,375   119,025  4,637,779
  2017 683,333  N/A   4,717,540  316,950  840,000   877,867   61,287  7,496,977
Khaled Al Mogharbel 2019 895,000  N/A   5,770,142    1,423,050   327,754   211,550(9)  8,627,496
Executive Vice 2018 834,167  N/A   3,200,205    315,399   (116,122)  284,222  4,517,871
President, Operations 2017 770,000  N/A   4,406,252    1,063,755   195,703   244,757  6,680,467
Patrick Schorn 2019 840,000  N/A   4,729,651    1,377,600   1,858,283   101,182(10)  8,906,716
Executive Vice                            
President, Wells                            
Hinda Gharbi 2019 764,167  N/A   4,729,651    1,176,800   623,734   186,226(11)  7,480,578
Executive Vice President,                            
Reservoir and Infrastructure                            
Paal Kibsgaard(2)  2019 2,000,000  N/A   11,998,560    4,920,000   3,172,244   156,356(12)  22,247,160
Former Chairman and 2018 2,000,000  N/A   11,998,751    1,132,500   1,014,077   53,872  16,199,200
Chief Executive Officer 2017 2,000,000  N/A   11,998,506    4,275,000   2,344,577   141,257  20,759,340
Simon Ayat(3)  2019 1,000,000  N/A   3,999,520    1,640,000   863,630   40,743(13)  7,543,893
Former Executive 2018 1,000,000  N/A   3,994,767    358,100   163,106   72,045  5,588,018
Vice President and 2017 1,000,000  N/A   5,206,165    1,401,500   745,143   105,875  8,458,683
Chief Financial Officer                            

Name Year  Salary
($)
(2)  Stock
Awards
($)
(3)  Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
(4)  Change in
Pension
Value &
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
(5)  All Other
Compensation
($)
(6)  Total
($)
 
Olivier Le Peuch(1)  2021   1,400,000   10,499,803   3,916,100   802,703   176,896   16,795,502 
Chief Executive Officer  2020   1,383,846      2,251,200   1,844,619   170,419   5,650,084 
   2019   1,147,500   14,515,858   2,360,250   981,058   112,504   19,117,170 
Stephane Biguet  2021   770,000   3,199,750   1,458,400   462,189   127,749   6,018,088 
Executive Vice President  2020   755,193   2,499,742   837,000   767,587   119,081   4,978,603 
and Chief Financial Officer                            
Khaled Al Mogharbel  2021   900,000   3,499,787   1,715,850   (96,053)  244,569   6,264,153 
Executive Vice President,  2020   889,615   3,719,674   1,045,800   297,898   262,956   6,215,943 
Geographies  2019   895,000   5,770,142   1,423,050   327,754   211,550   8,627,496 
Hinda Gharbi  2021   850,000   3,499,787   1,599,300   558,053   289,299   6,796,494 
Executive Vice President,  2020   808,500   3,199,854   932,650   1,072,011   156,943   6,169,958 
Services and Equipment  2019   764,167   4,729,651   1,176,800   623,734   186,226   7,480,578 
Ashok Belani  2021   900,000   3,600,241   1,670,850   11,685   58,374   6,241,150 
Executive Vice President,  2020   889,615   3,599,918   1,045,800   1,205,590   70,968   6,811,891 
Schlumberger New Energy  2019   900,000   3,599,568   1,476,000   968,224   37,209   6,981,001 

(1)Effective August 1, 2019, Mr. Le Peuch became our Chief Executive Officer. As discussed abovedid not receive an LTI award in the sections entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Overview of Compensation Decisions for 2019” and “—Elements of Total Direct Compensation; 2019 Decisions—Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards—LTI Grants to Our NEOs in 2019,” in connection with that appointment, the Board approved2020, because he had received an award to Mr. Le Peuch of PSUs in August 2019 with a target value of $10.5 million in July 2019, in order to align his incremental 2019 compensationconnection with his new role. The amount reflected in the “Stock Awards” column for Mr. Le Peuch includes this July 2019 PSU award. Because the July 2019 PSUpromotion to CEO. This award represented Mr. Le Peuch’s estimated annual LTI target award in his new role as CEO, and in light of his PSU award in April 2019 upon his appointment as Chief Operating Officer, the Board determined that the July 2019 PSU award should bewas in lieu of any annual LTI award that he otherwise would have otherwise received in 2020.As a result, Mr. Le Peuch did not receive an annual LTI award in January 2020. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—CEO Pay Summary” on page 34 for additional details.
(2)Mr. Kibsgaard retired asThe Compensation Committee made no changes to the base salaries of our ChairmanNEOs in 2021. Base salaries for 2020 reflect that all of our NEOs agreed to a 20% temporary reduction in their base salaries effective for the second quarter of 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Chief Executive Officer effective August 1, 2019.the global economic downturn.
(3)Mr. Ayat retired as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective January 22, 2020, following the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.
(4)Annual cash incentive awards paid to our NEOs are reflected in the column “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation.”
(5)Includes the value of PSU awards and RSU awards. For 2019,2021, each amount reflected in the “Stock Awards” column is the aggregate grant date fair value for bothof (x) the 20192021 FCF ConversionMargin PSUs, 2021 ROCE PSUs and 2019 ROCE2021 TSR PSUs at target level performance, and (y) the 2021 RSUs that were granted to our NEOs in 2019, as well as RSU awards to select NEOs as described in the CD&A.NEOs. Each amount reflects an accounting expense and does not correspond to actual value that may be realized by an NEO in the future. The number of equity awards granted in 20192021 to each NEO is provided in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2019in 2021 table on page 51. The grant date55. PSUs and RSUs do not pay dividends or dividend equivalents or have voting rights prior to vesting. Accordingly, with respect to the 2021 FCF Margin PSUs, 2021 ROCE PSUs and 2021 RSUs, the fair value of these awards is calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation (ASC Topic 718), as described in Note 12, “Stock-based Compensation Plans,”the quoted market price of our common stock on the grant date less the present value of the expected dividends not received prior to vesting. With respect to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in our Annual Report2021 TSR PSUs, the fair value of the award is determined based on Form 10-Ka Monte Carlo simulation.
The value of each NEO’s 2021 LTI grants at the applicable grant date, assuming achievement of the applicable maximum performance level for the year ended December 31, 2019.all PSUs, would be: Mr. Le Peuch — $20,999,606; Mr. Biguet — $6,399,500; Mr. Al Mogharbel — $6,999,574; Ms. Gharbi — $6,999,574; and Mr. Belani — $7,200,482. The NEOs may never realize any value from these PSUs or RSUsLTI grants and, to the extent that they do, the amounts realized may have no correlation to the amounts reported above.
(6)(4)Annual cash incentive awards paid to our NEOs are reflected in the “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” column; as such, we excluded the “Bonus” column.
(5)The changes in pension value reported in this column represent the increase or decrease in the actuarial present value of a named executive officer’san NEO’s accumulated benefit under all benefit and actuarial pension plans in which he or shethe NEO participates. This change in present value is not a current cash payment. It represents the change in the value of the named executive officer’sNEO’s pensions, which are only paid after retirement. There are no nonqualified deferred compensation earnings reflected in this column because no NEO received above-market or preferential earnings on such compensation during 2019, 20182021, 2020 or 2017.2019.

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(7)(6)All of the perquisites included in the column “All Other Compensation” and described in the accompanying footnotesthis footnote are generally available to all of the Company’s professional-level employees. Relocation assistance is provided to all employees on a Company-wide basis.
(8)The amount disclosed for Mr. Le Peuch consists ofof: (a) unfunded credits to the following:SLB Restoration Savings Plan ($100,836), (b) contributions to the Schlumberger 401(k) Plan ($8,700), and (c) the following perquisites: financial planning services ($13,000) and housing allowance ($54,360).
The amount disclosed for Mr. Biguet consists of: (a) unfunded credits to the SLB Restoration Savings Plan ($39,510), (b) contributions to the Schlumberger 401(k) Plan ($8,700), and (c) the following perquisites: vacation travel allowance ($12,179), financial planning services ($13,000) and housing allowance ($54,360).
The amount disclosed for Mr. Al Mogharbel consists of: (a) unfunded credits to the SLB Restoration Savings Plan ($99,348), (b) contributions to the Schlumberger 401(k) Plan ($17,400), and (c) the following perquisites: vacation travel allowance ($36,821), financial planning services ($13,000) and children’s education ($78,000).
The amount disclosed for Ms. Gharbi consists of: (a) unfunded credits to the SLB Restoration Savings Plan ($32,030), (b) contributions to the Schlumberger 401(k) Plan ($8,700), and (c) the following perquisites: vacation travel allowance ($15,687), vacation payout ($40,681), children’s education ($27,329), housing allowance ($47,399), and relocation assistance ($117,473).
The amount disclosed for Mr. Belani consists of: (a) unfunded credits to the SLB Restoration Savings Plan ($49,674), and (b) contributions to the Schlumberger 401(k) Plan ($8,700).
 Unfunded credits to the Schlumberger Restoration Savings Plan $33,492
 Contributions to Schlumberger 401(k) Plan  8,400
 Perquisites:   
 Vacation Travel Allowance  13,740
 Housing Allowance  56,872
 TOTAL $112,504
(9)The amount disclosed for Mr. Al Mogharbel consists of the following:   
 Unfunded credits to the Schlumberger Restoration Savings Plan $55,709
 Contributions to Schlumberger 401(k) Plan  16,800
 Perquisites:   
 Vacation Travel Allowance  61,042
 Children’s Education  78,000
 TOTAL $211,550
(10)The amount disclosed for Mr. Schorn consists of the following:   
 Perquisites:   
 Expatriate Tax Preparation $1,349
 Vacation Travel Allowance  8,084
 Housing Allowance  76,336
 Vacation Payout  15,413
 TOTAL $101,182
(11)The amount disclosed for Ms. Gharbi consists of the following:   
 Unfunded credits to the Schlumberger Restoration Savings Plan $21,081
 Contributions to Schlumberger 401(k) Plan  8,400
 Perquisites:   
 Expatriate Tax Preparation  1,551
 Vacation Travel Allowance  40,012
 Children’s Education  73,694
 Relocation Fees and Costs  41,488
 TOTAL $186,226
(12)The amount disclosed for Mr. Kibsgaard consists of the following:   
 Perquisites:   
 Housing Allowance $42,654
 Vacation Payout  113,702
 TOTAL $156,356
(13)The amount disclosed for Mr. Ayat consists of the following:   
 Unfunded credits to the Schlumberger Restoration Savings Plan $32,343
 Contributions to Schlumberger 401(k) Plan  8,400
 TOTAL $40,743

 

 

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2019

in 2021

 

The following table provides additional information about stock awardsregarding cash incentive and other incentive planPSU and RSU awards granted to our NEOs in 2019.2021.

 

      Estimated Possible Payouts
Under Non-Equity Incentive
Plan Awards
(2)
 Estimated Possible Payouts
Under Equity Incentive
Plan Awards
(3)
 All Other
Stock
Awards:
 All Other
Option
Awards:
 Exercise Full
Grant Date
Fair Value
 
Name Award
Type
(1)
 Grant
Date
 Threshold
($)
 Target
($)
 Maximum
($)
 Threshold
(#)
 Target
(#)
 Maximum
(#)
 Number
of Shares of Stock
or Units
(#)
 Number of
Securities Underlying Options
(#)
 or Base
Price of Option Awards
($/Sh)
 of Stock
and
Option
Awards
($)
(4) 
O. Le Peuch     263,157 689,575 1,490,972               
  FCFC PSU 1/16/19         44,800 112,000       1,599,808 
  ROCE PSU 1/16/19         44,800 112,000       1,599,808 
  FCFC PSU 4/17/19         9,770 24,425       408,093 
  ROCE PSU 4/17/19         9,770 24,425       408,093 
  FCFC PSU 8/1/19         154,640 386,600       5,250,028 
  ROCE PSU 8/1/19         154,640 386,600       5,250,028 
K. Al Mogharbel     315,935 827,875 1,790,000               
  FCFC PSU 1/16/19         44,800 112,000       1,599,808 
  ROCE PSU 1/16/19         44,800 112,000       1,599,808 
  FCFC PSU 4/17/19         6,350 15,875       265,240 
  ROCE PSU 4/17/19         6,350 15,875       265,240 
  3-year RSU 4/17/19             48,840     2,040,047 
P. Schorn     296,520 777,000 1,680,000               
  FCFC PSU 1/16/19         44,800 112,000       1,599,808 
  ROCE PSU 1/16/19         44,800 112,000       1,599,808 
  3-year RSU 4/17/19             36,630     1,530,035 
H. Gharbi     269,751 706,854 1,528,333               
  FCFC PSU 1/16/19         44,800 112,000       1,599,808 
  ROCE PSU 1/16/19         44,800 112,000       1,599,808 
  3-year RSU 4/17/19             36,630     1,530,035 
P. Kibsgaard     1,059,000 2,775,000 6,000,000               
  FCFC PSU 1/16/19         168,000 420,000       5,999,280 
  ROCE PSU 1/16/19         168,000 420,000       5,999,280 
S. Ayat     353,000 925,000 2,000,000               
  FCFC PSU 1/16/19         56,000 140,000       1,999,760 
  ROCE PSU 1/16/19         56,000 140,000       1,999,760 

       Estimated Possible Payouts
Under Non-Equity Incentive
Plan Awards(2)
 Estimated Possible Payouts
Under Equity Incentive
Plan Awards(3)
 

All Other
Stock

Awards
(#)

(4)  

Grant Date
Fair Value
of Stock

Awards
($)

 
Name Award Type(1)  Grant
Date
 Threshold ($) Target
($)
 Maximum
($)
 Threshold
(#)
 Target
(#)
 Maximum
(#)
  (5) 
O. Le Peuch      741,300 1,942,500 4,202,100            
  FCFM PSU  1/20/21       55,145 110,290 275,725    2,624,902 
  ROCE PSU  1/20/21       1 110,290 275,725    2,627,902 
  3-year RSU  1/20/21             110,290  2,624,902 
  TSR PSU  2/3/21       24,110 96,440 192,880    2,625,097 
S. Biguet      271,810 712,250 1,627,010            
  FCFM PSU  1/20/21       16,805 33,610 84,025    799,918 
  ROCE PSU  1/20/21       1 33,610 84,025    799,918 
  3-year RSU  1/20/21             33,610  799,918 
  TSR PSU  2/3/21       7,348 29,390 58,780    799,996 
K. Al Mogharbel      317,700 832,500 1,800,900            
  FCFM PSU  1/20/21       18,380 36,760 91,900    874,888 
  ROCE PSU  1/20/21       1 36,760 91,900    874,888 
  3-year RSU  1/20/21             36,760  874,888 
  TSR PSU  2/3/21       8,038 32,150 64,300    875,123 
H. Gharbi      300,050 786,250 1,700,850            
  FCFM PSU  1/20/21       18,380 36,760 91,900    874,888 
  ROCE PSU  1/20/21       1 36,760 91,900    874,888 
  3-year RSU  1/20/21             36,760  874,888 
  TSR PSU  2/3/21       8,038 32,150 64,300    875,123 
A. Belani      317,700 832,500 1,800,900            
  FCFM PSU  1/20/21       18,910 37,820 94,550    900,116 
  ROCE PSU  1/20/21       1 37,820 94,550    900,116 
  3-year RSU  1/20/21             37,820  900,116 
  TSR PSU  2/3/21       8,265 33,060 66,120    899,893 

(1)All PSUs and RSUsequity grants were awarded under ourthe 2017 Schlumberger Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan.Plan (as amended and restated, the “2017 Incentive Plan”).
(2)These columns show the possible cash incentive payouts for each NEO for fiscal year 20192021 based on performance goals set infor the first quarter of 2019. Possible payouts are performance-driven.year. Threshold, target and maximum potentialpossible payouts are based on the annual cash incentive range established for each NEO, which is expressed as a percentage of base salary for the year. For those NEOs who received base salary increases or annual cash incentive range increases, or both, during the year, potential payouts are determined by pro-rating the potential payout based upon the number of months a cash incentive range or base salary rate was in effect. Actual cash incentive amounts earned for 20192021 are reflected in the “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” column of the Summary Compensation Table. For information regarding the annual cash incentive paid to our NEOs with respect to 20192021 performance, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of 2021 Total Direct Compensation; 2019 Decisions—Compensation—Annual Cash Incentive Awards” beginning on page 34.38.
(3)Relates to PSUs.PSUs, all of which are subject to a three-year performance period. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of 2021 Total Direct Compensation; 2019 Decisions—Compensation—Long-Term Equity Incentive Awards” beginning on page 3842 for a detailed description of our PSUs, including the criteria to be applied in determining vesting of PSUs. See also “—Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control for Fiscal Year 2019—Termination of Employment—PSUs” and “—Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control for Fiscal Year 2019—Change in Control—PSUs and RSUs,” beginning on page 60. We valued the PSUs by multiplying the number of PSUs (at threshold, target or maximum, as applicable) by the applicable grant date fair values for the PSUs: (i) $35.71 for the PSUs issued to our NEOs in January 2019; (ii) $41.77 for the PSUs issued to Messrs. Le Peuch and Al Mogharbel in April 2019; and (iii) $33.95 for the PSUs approved by the Compensation Committee in July 2019 and issued to Mr. Le Peuch in August 2019. “Target”“Threshold” represents the number of PSUs awardedshares deliverable on achievement of the applicable threshold performance goal under each grant, and “Maximum” reflects the highest possible payout (250% of the grant).PSU grant. The award agreements under which the PSUs were issued provide that no PSUs will vest unless a specified threshold level of performance is achieved. “Target” represents the number of shares deliverable on achievement of target performance under each PSU grant, and “Maximum” reflects the highest possible payout (250% of target for the 2021 Free Cash Flow Margin PSUs and 2021 ROCE PSUs, and 200% of target for the 2021 TSR PSUs). PSUs do not accrue or pay dividends or dividend equivalents prior to vesting. Vested PSUs are paid in shares of our common stock, andstock.
(4)Relates to RSUs, all of which will vest on January 20, 2024, subject to continued employment with the payout, if any, with respect to PSUs will occur at the end of all applicable performance periods, including the TSR performance period (January 2019Company through December 2021 for all PSUs), and is calculated in the manner described in the sections of the CD&A entitled “Long Term Equity Incentive Awards—LTI Grants to our NEOs in 2019—2019 ROCE PSUs: Performance Measures and Goals” and “Long Term Equity Incentive Awards—LTI Grants to our NEOs in 2019—2019 FCF Conversion PSUs: Performance Measures and Goals,” beginning on page 39. PSUsthat date. RSUs do not accrue or pay dividends or dividend equivalents prior to vesting. Vested RSUs are paid in shares of our common stock.
(4)(5)With respect to PSU awards, this column reflects the grant date fair value for such PSUs at target. We calculated the grant date fair value of each PSU award by multiplying the number of PSUs at target by the applicable grant date fair values for the PSUs: (i) $23.80 for the Free Cash Flow Margin PSUs and ROCE PSUs issued to our NEOs in January 2021; and (ii) $27.22 for the TSR PSUs issued to our NEOs in February 2021. With respect to RSU awards, we calculated the grant date fair value by multiplying the number of RSUs by the grant date fair value of $23.80.

 

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2019

2021

 

The following table provides additional information regarding outstanding and unexercised stock options and other outstanding equityPSU and RSU awards for each of our NEOs as of December 31, 2019.2021.

 

 Option Awards Stock Awards Option Awards Stock Awards
Name Option/
PSU/RSU
Grant Date
 Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
(#)
(1)  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Option
Unexercisable
(#)
(1)  Option
Exercise
Price
($)
 Option
Expiration
Date
 Number
of Shares
or Units
of Stock
That Have
Not
Vested
(#)
  Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
($)
(2)  Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards
Number of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
  Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Market or
Payout Value of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested
($)
(2)  Option/
PSU/RSU
Grant Date
 Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
(#)
(1)  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable
(#)
(1)  Option
Exercise
Price
($)
 Option
Expiration
Date
 Number
of Shares
or Units
of Stock
That Have
Not
Vested
(#)
  Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
($)
(2)  Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
  Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Market or
Payout Value of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested
($)
(2) 
O. Le Peuch 1/21/2010  15,000     68.505 1/21/2020                 1/19/2012  30,000      72.110  1/19/2022              
 7/22/2010  30,000     61.070 7/22/2020             4/18/2013  30,000    70.925  4/18/2023              
 1/20/2011  27,000     83.885 1/20/2021             4/16/2014  30,000    100.555  4/16/2024              
 1/19/2012  30,000     72.110 1/19/2022             4/16/2015  24,000    91.740  4/16/2025              
 4/18/2013  30,000     70.925 4/18/2023             4/20/2016  30,000    80.525  4/20/2026              
 4/16/2014  30,000     100.555 4/16/2024             1/19/2017  12,000  3,000  87.380  1/19/2027              
 4/16/2015  19,200   4,800  91.740 4/16/2025             1/16/2019                89,600(3)   2,683,520 
 4/20/2016  18,000   12,000  80.525 4/20/2026             4/17/2019                19,540(3)   585,223 
 1/19/2017  6,000   9,000  87.380 1/19/2027             8/1/2019                309,280(3)   9,262,936 
 1/20/2021                110,290(4)   3,303,186 
 1/20/2021                110,290(5)   3,303,186 
 1/20/2021         110,290(6)  3,303,186         
 2/3/2021                96,440(7)   2,888,378 
S. Biguet 1/19/2012  15,000    72.110  1/19/2022         
 1/19/2017            3,800(3)   152,760        4/18/2013  20,000    70.925  4/18/2023              
 4/20/2017                  22,400(4)   900,480  10/17/2013  20,000    91.280  10/17/2023              
 10/18/2017            20,000(5)   804,000        1/16/2014  13,000    88.765  1/16/2024              
 1/17/2018                  22,400(6)   900,480  1/15/2015  18,000    77.795  1/15/2025              
 1/17/2018                  21,900(7)   880,380  1/21/2016  28,000    61.920  1/21/2026              
 1/16/2019                  44,800(8)   1,800,960  1/16/2019                42,000(3)   1,257,900 
 1/16/2019                  44,800(9)   1,800,960  1/15/2020                75,980(8)   2,275,601 
 4/17/2019                  9,770(8)   392,754  1/20/2021                33,610(4)   1,006,620 
 4/17/2019                  9,770(9)   392,754  1/20/2021                33,610(5)   1,006,620 
 8/1/2019                  154,640(8)   6,216,528  1/20/2021         33,610(6)  1,006,620         
 8/1/2019                  154,640(9)   6,216,528  2/3/2021                29,390(7)   880,231 
K. Al Mogharbel 1/19/2012  15,000     72.110 1/19/2022             1/19/2012  15,000    72.110  1/19/2022              
 4/18/2013  20,000     70.925 4/18/2023             4/18/2013  20,000    70.925  4/18/2023              
 7/18/2013  50,000     78.305 7/18/2023             7/18/2013 50,000  78.305 7/18/2023              
 1/16/2014  53,000     88.765 1/16/2024             1/16/2014 53,000  88.765 1/16/2024              
 1/15/2015  56,800   14,200  77.795 1/15/2025             1/15/2015 71,000  77.795 1/15/2025              
 1/21/2016  68,400   45,600  61.920 1/21/2026             1/21/2016 114,000  61.920 1/21/2026              
 1/19/2017                  19,600(4)   787,920  1/16/2019        89,600(3)   2,683,520 
 10/18/2017            20,000(5)   804,000        4/17/2019        12,700(3)   380,365 
 1/17/2018                  22,400(6)   900,480  4/17/2019 48,840(9)  1,462,758         
 1/17/2018                  21,900(7)   880,380  1/15/2020        113,060(8)   3,386,147 
 1/16/2019                  44,800(8)   1,800,960  1/20/2021        36,760(4)   1,100,962 
 1/16/2019                  44,800(9)   1,800,960  1/20/2021        36,760(5)   1,100,962 
 4/17/2019                  6,350(8)   255,270  1/20/2021 36,760(6)  1,100,962         
 4/17/2019                  6,350(9)   255,270  2/3/2021                32,150(7)   962,893 
 4/17/2019            48,840(10)   1,963,368       
P. Schorn 1/21/2010  6,000     68.505 1/21/2020            
 1/20/2011  45,000     83.885 1/20/2021            
 1/19/2012  62,000     72.110 1/19/2022            
 1/17/2013  50,000     73.250 1/17/2023            
 1/16/2014  53,000     88.765 1/16/2024            
 1/15/2015  56,800   14,200  77.795 1/15/2025            
 1/21/2016  68,400   45,600  61.920 1/21/2026            

 

 

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 Option Awards Stock Awards Option Awards Stock Awards
Name Option/
PSU/RSU
Grant Date
 Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
(#)
(1)  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Option
Unexercisable
(#)
(1)  Option
Exercise
Price
($)
 Option
Expiration
Date
 Number
of Shares
or Units
of Stock That Have

Not
Vested
(#)
  Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
($)
(2)  Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards
Number of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
  Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Market or
Payout Value of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested
($)
(2)  Option/
PSU/RSU
Grant Date
 Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
(#)
(1)  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable
(#)
(1)  Option
Exercise
Price
($)
 Option
Expiration
Date
 Number
of Shares
or Units
of Stock
That Have
Not
Vested
(#)
 Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
($)
(2)   Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
 Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Market or
Payout Value of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested
($)
(2)  
 1/19/2017                      19,600(4)   787,920 
 10/18/2017          20,000(5)   804,000         
 1/17/2018                  22,400(6)   900,480 
 1/17/2018                  21,900(7)   880,380 
 1/16/2019                  44,800(8)   1,800,960 
 1/16/2019                  44,800(9)   1,800,960 
 4/17/2019          36,630(10)   1,472,526         
H. Gharbi 1/21/2010  15,000     68.505 1/21/2020                 1/19/2012 20,000      72.110 1/19/2022                
 7/22/2010  20,000     61.070 7/22/2020                 4/18/2013 20,000    70.925 4/18/2023                
 1/19/2012  20,000     72.110 1/19/2022                 4/16/2014 24,000    100.555 4/16/2024                
 4/18/2013  20,000     70.925 4/18/2023                 4/16/2015 24,000    91.740 4/16/2025                
 4/16/2014  24,000     100.555 4/16/2024                 4/20/2016 30,000    80.525 4/20/2026                
 4/16/2015  19,200   4,800  91.740 4/16/2025                 1/19/2017      1,500(10)   44,925         
 4/20/2016  18,000   12,000  80.525 4/20/2026                 1/16/2019              89,600(3)   2,683,520 
 1/19/2017          7,500(3)   301,500          4/17/2019      36,630(9)   1,097,069         
 7/19/2017                  25,800(4)   1,037,160  1/15/2020              97,260(8)   2,912,937 
 10/18/2017          20,000(5)   804,000          1/20/2021              36,760(4)   1,100,962 
 1/17/2018                  22,400(6)   900,480  1/20/2021              36,760(5)   1,100,962 
 1/17/2018                  21,900(7)   880,380  1/20/2021      36,760(6)   1,100,962         
 1/16/2019                  44,800(8)   1,800,960  2/3/2021              32,150(7)   962,893 
 1/16/2019                  44,800(9)   1,800,960 
 4/17/2019          36,630(10)   1,472,526         
P. Kibsgaard 1/21/2010  9,400     68.505 1/21/2020                
A. Belani 1/19/2012 127,000    72.110 1/19/2022                
 2/4/2010  12,800     63.760 2/4/2020                 1/17/2013 72,000    73.250 1/17/2023                
 1/20/2011  138,000     83.885 1/20/2021                 1/16/2014 60,000    88.765 1/16/2024                
 7/21/2011  125,000     89.995 7/21/2021                 1/15/2015 80,000    77.795 1/15/2025                
 1/19/2012  257,400     72.110 1/19/2022                 1/21/2016 128,000    61.920 1/21/2026                
 1/17/2013  184,800     73.250 1/17/2023                 1/16/2019              100,800(3)   3,018,960 
 1/16/2014  199,000     88.765 1/16/2024                 1/15/2020              109,420(8)   3,277,129 
 1/15/2015  212,800   53,200  77.795 1/15/2025                 1/20/2021              37,820(4)   1,132,709 
 1/21/2016  255,600   170,400  61.920 1/21/2026                 1/20/2021              37,820(5)   1,132,709 
 1/19/2017                  73,600(4)   2,958,720  1/20/2021      37,820(6)   1,132,709         
 1/17/2018                  84,100(6)   3,380,820  2/3/2021              33,060(7)   990,147 
 1/17/2018                  82,000(7)   3,296,400 
 1/16/2019                  168,000(8)   6,753,600 
 1/16/2019                  168,000(9)   6,753,600 
S. Ayat 1/21/2010  95,000     68.505 1/21/2020                
 1/20/2011  188,000     83.885 1/20/2021                
 1/19/2012  137,000     72.110 1/19/2022                
 1/17/2013  80,000     73.250 1/17/2023                
 1/16/2014  66,000     88.765 1/16/2024                
 1/15/2015  71,200   17,800  77.795 1/15/2025                
 1/21/2016  85,200   56,800  61.920 1/21/2026                
 1/19/2017                  24,500(4)   984,900 
 10/18/2017          20,000(5)   804,000         
 1/17/2018                  28,000(6)   1,125,600 
 1/17/2018                  27,300(7)   1,097,460 
 1/16/2019                  56,000(8)   2,251,200 
 1/16/2019                  56,000(9)   2,251,200 

 

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(1)Stock options granted prior to April 2013 vested ratably over five years, except for options granted to employees in France, which vested all at once (“cliff” vesting) after four years. All stock options granted from and after April 2013 vestvested ratably over five years.
(2)Market value equal to the product of (x) $40.20,$29.95, the closing price of Schlumberger’s common stock at December 31, 2019,2021, and (y) the number of unvested PSUs or RSUs, as applicable, reflected in the previous column.
(3)Reflects the target number of three-year RSUsfree cash flow conversion PSUs and ROCE PSUs that were issued in January 20172019, April 2019 or August 2019 and that vested onwere scheduled to vest in January 19, 2020.2022, subject to the achievement of performance conditions.
(4)Reflects the target number of FCF Margin PSUs that were issued in January 2021 and that will vest, if at all, in January 2024, subject to the achievement of performance conditions.
(5)Reflects the target number of ROCE PSUs that were issued in January 2017, April 2017 or July 20172021 and that were scheduled towill vest, onif at all, in January 17, 2020,2024, subject to the achievement of performance conditions.
(5)(6)Reflects the number of three-year RSUs that were issued in October 2017January 2021 and that will vest on October 18, 2020,January 20, 2024, subject to continued employment with the Company.
(6)Reflects the target number of ROCE PSUsCompany through that were issued in January 2018 and that will vest, if at all, on January 22, 2021, subject to the achievement of performance conditions.date.
(7)Reflects the target number of FCF ConversionTSR PSUs that were issued in January 2018February 2021 and that were scheduled towill vest, onif at all, in January 17, 2020,2024, subject to the achievement of performance conditions.
(8)Reflects the target number of free cash flow conversion PSUs and ROCE PSUs that were issued in January 2019, April 2019 or July 20192020 and that will vest, if at all, onin January 16, 2022,2023, subject to the achievement of performance conditions.
(9)Reflects the target number of FCF Conversion PSUs that were issued in January 2019, April 2019 or July 2019 and that will vest, if at all, on January 16, 2022, subject to the achievement of performance conditions.
(10)Reflects the number of three-year RSUs that were issued in April 2019 and that will vest on April 17, 2022, subject to continued employment with the Company.Company through that date.
(10)In January 2017, the Company issued 7,500 RSUs to Ms. Gharbi, of which 4,500 RSUs vested on January 19, 2020, 1,500 RSUs vested on January 19, 2021, and 1,500 RSUs vested on January 19, 2022.

 

 

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested for Fiscal Year 2019

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to stock options exercised and PSUs and RSUs that vested during 2019 for our NEOs.

  Option Awards Stock Awards
Name
(a)
 Number of Shares
 Acquired on Exercise
(#)
(b)
 Value Realized
on Exercise
($)
(c)
 Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting
(#)
(d)
 Value Realized
 on Vesting
($)
(e)
O. Le Peuch 15,000 92,327 68,600 2,973,015
K. Al Mogharbel 1,600 5,432 111,906 4,828,590
P. Schorn   111,906 4,828,590
H. Gharbi 1,200 3,654 72,500 3,131,275
P. Kibsgaard   362,891 15,929,762
S. Ayat   121,047 5,313,584

Stock Awards (Columns (d) and (e))

in 2021

 

The following table provides details of theadditional information regarding stock options that were exercised and PSU and RSU awards that vested and value realized in 2019.during 2021 for our NEOs.

 

 Option Awards Stock Awards
Name Grant
 Date
 Release
 Date
 Number
of Shares
   Stock Price on
 Release Date ($)
 Value Realized
on Release ($)
    Description Number of Shares
Acquired on Exercise
(#)
 Value Realized
on Exercise
($)
 Number of Shares
Acquired on Vesting
(#)
 Value Realized
on Vesting
($)
O. Le Peuch 4/20/2016 4/18/2019 4,100 47.195 193,500 Shares underlying vested RSUs   30,464 748,944
 7/20/2016 7/19/2019 10,000 38.315 383,150 Shares underlying vested RSUs
 4/20/2017 1/18/2019 54,500 43.970 2,396,365 Shares underlying vested PSUs
S. Biguet   14,280 351,066
K. Al Mogharbel 1/21/2016 1/18/2019 44,015 43.970 1,935,340 Shares underlying vested PSUs   30,464 748,944
 1/21/2016 3/12/2019 4,891 42.520 207,965 Shares underlying vested PSUs
 7/20/2016 7/19/2019 15,000 38.315 574,725 Shares underlying vested RSUs
 1/19/2017 1/18/2019 48,000 43.970 2,110,560 Shares underlying vested PSUs
P. Schorn 1/21/2016 1/18/2019 44,015 43.970 1,935,340 Shares underlying vested PSUs
 1/21/2016 3/12/2019 4,891 42.520 207,965 Shares underlying vested PSUs
 7/20/2016 7/19/2019 15,000 38.315 574,725 Shares underlying vested RSUs
 1/19/2017 1/18/2019 48,000 43.970 2,110,560 Shares underlying vested PSUs
H. Gharbi 7/20/2016 7/19/2019 10,000 38.315 383,150 Shares underlying vested RSUs   31,964 787,209
 7/19/2017 1/18/2019 62,500 43.970 2,748,125 Shares underlying vested PSUs
P. Kibsgaard 1/21/2016 1/18/2019 164,827 43.970 7,247,443 Shares underlying vested PSUs
 1/21/2016 3/12/2019 18,314 42.520 778,711 Shares underlying vested PSUs
 1/19/2017 1/18/2019 179,750 43.970 7,903,608 Shares underlying vested PSUs
S. Ayat 1/21/2016 1/18/2019 54,942 43.970 2,415,800 Shares underlying vested PSUs
 1/21/2016 3/12/2019 6,105 42.520 259,585 Shares underlying vested PSUs
 1/19/2017 1/18/2019 60,000 43.970 2,638,200 Shares underlying vested PSUs
A. Belani   34,272 842,561

 

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Pension Benefits for Fiscal Year 2019

 

We maintain the following pension plans for our named executive officersNEOs and other employees whichwho began employment with the Company when new hires were eligible to participate. These plans provide for lifetime pensions upon retirement, based on years of service:

 

 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Pension Plan (“STC Pension Plan”);
 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Supplementary Benefit Plan (“STC Supplementary Plan”);
 Schlumberger Limited Supplementary Benefit Plan (“SLB Supplementary Plan”);
 Schlumberger Pension Plan for U.S. Taxpayers Employed Abroad (“SLB USAB Pension Plan”); and
 Schlumberger International Staff Pension Plan (“SLB International Staff Pension Plan”).

 

The following table and narrative disclosure set forth certainthe discussion below provide information with respect toregarding pension benefits payable to our named executive officers.NEOs.

 

Name Plan Name Number of Years
of Credited
Service (#)
(1)  Present Value of
Accumulated
Benefits ($)
(2)  Payments
During Last
Fiscal Year
 Plan Name Number of Years
of Credited
Service
(#)
(1)  Present Value of
Accumulated
Benefits
($)
(2)  Payments
During Last
Fiscal Year
O. Le Peuch STC Pension Plan 9.75 745,179  STC Pension Plan 11.75  943,174  
 STC Supplementary Plan 7.25 1,438,592  STC Supplementary Plan 7.25  1,429,288  
 SLB Supplementary Plan 1.00 396,337  SLB Supplementary Plan 3.00  2,799,428  
 SLB International Staff Pension Plan 6.50 2,694,348  International Staff Pension Plan 6.50  2,749,888  
S. Biguet STC Pension Plan 7.41  569,844  
 SLB Supplementary Plan 5.00  1,650,096  
 International Staff Pension Plan 3.70  250,113  
K. Al Mogharbel SLB International Staff Pension Plan 16.20 1,639,791  International Staff Pension Plan 16.20  1,841,636  
P. Schorn STC Pension Plan 10.59 699,706 
H. Gharbi STC Pension Plan 5.76  450,015  
 SLB Supplementary Plan 2.50  1,231,438  
 International Staff Pension Plan 10.30  1,846,298  
A. Belani STC Pension Plan 19.33  1,455,742  
 STC Supplementary Plan 8.67 1,108,094  STC Supplementary Plan 2.58  130,062  
 SLB Supplementary Plan 4.33 2,674,536  SLB Supplementary Plan 16.75  6,543,957  
 SLB USAB Pension Plan 4.33 532,775  International Staff Pension Plan 10.00  655,691  
 SLB International Staff Pension Plan 12.50 2,336,849 
H. Gharbi STC Pension Plan 4.26 220,077 
 SLB Supplementary Plan 1.00 224,828 
 SLB International Staff Pension Plan 9.80 1,452,778 
P. Kibsgaard STC Pension Plan 16.75 1,117,624 
 STC Supplementary Plan 4.25 422,435 
 SLB Supplementary Plan 11.75 11,677,957 
 SLB International Staff Pension Plan 3.20 393,540 
S. Ayat STC Pension Plan 14.00 1,058,240 
 STC Supplementary Plan 0.50 5,297 
 SLB Supplementary Plan 13.25 5,694,314 
 SLB International Staff Pension Plan 10.60 846,759 

(1)We do not grant and do not expect to grant extra years of credited service to our named executive officers under the pension plans. The “Number of Years of Credited Service” column reflects each named executive officer’sNEO’s actual years of service as a participant in each plan.
(2)The present value of accumulated benefits is calculated using the Pri-2012 amount-weighted mortality tables with SSA’s 2019 Generational Scale Mortality Tablegenerational projection using SSA-2021, and a discount rate of 3.30%3.00% at December 31, 2019.2021. Retirement in each case is assumed to be the earlier of normal retirement age or December 31, 20192021 if the named executive officerNEO is employed after normal retirement age, or, as to our U.S. plans, the date that the sum of the named executive officer’sNEO’s age plus years of service has reached, or is expected to reach, 85, but not before the named executive officerNEO reaches age 55. Additional assumptions that we use in calculating the present value of accumulated benefits are incorporated herein by reference to Note 17,16, “Pension and otherOther Postretirement Benefit Plans” to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.2021.

 

 

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Tax-Qualified Pension Plans

 

The STC Pension Plan and the SLB USAB Pension Plan are U.S. tax-qualified pension plans. The SLB USAB Pension Plan, the material terms of which are described below, has similar, but not identical, terms to the STC Pension Plan. EmployeesEligible employees may participate in any oneeither of these plans during the course of their careers with Schlumberger, in which case they become entitled to a pension from each suchthe applicable plan based upon the benefits accrued during the years of service related to such plan. These plans are funded through cash contributions made by the Company and its subsidiaries based on actuarial valuations and regulatory requirements. Benefits under these plans are based on an employee’s admissible compensation (generally base salary and cash incentive) for each year in which an employee participates in the plan, and the employee’s length of service with Schlumberger.

 

Since January 1, 1989, the benefit earned under the STC Pension Plan has been 1.5% of admissible compensation for service prior to the employee’s completion of 15 years of active service and 2%2.0% of admissible compensation for service after completion of 15 years of active service. Since 2009, the benefit earned underUnder the SLB USAB Pension Plan, the benefit earned in 2009 is 3.2% of admissible compensation, and after 2009 the benefit earned has been equal to 3.5% of admissible compensation for all service.compensation. Normal retirement under these plans is at age 65; however, early retirement with a reduced benefit is possible at age 55 or as early as age 50 with 20 years of service. Mr. SchornBiguet and Mr. KibsgaardMs. Gharbi are eligible for early retirement with a reduced pension. Additionally, under the “rule of 85,”85” applicable to the STC Pension Plan, an employee or executive officer who terminates employment after age 55 and whose combined age and service is 85 or more, is eligible for retirement with an unreduced pension. Mr.Messrs. Le Peuch and Mr. AyatBelani are eligible for retirement with an unreduced pension under the rule of 85. The benefits are usually paid as a lifetime annuity.

 

In 2004, we amended the STC Pension Plan to generally provide that employees hired on or after October 1, 2004 would not be eligible to participate. Newly-hiredNewly hired employees are eligible to participate in an enhanced defined contribution plan, which provides a Company matching contribution depending on an employee’s 401(k) contribution, andas well as a Company discretionary profit sharing contribution based on the profitability of the Company in a given year.

 

Schlumberger Supplementary Benefit Plans—Nonqualified Pension

 

The SLB Supplementary Plan and the STC Supplementary Plan each provide non-tax-qualified pension benefits. Each of these plans, which have substantially identical terms, provides an eligible employee with benefits equal to the benefits that the employee is unable to receive under the applicable qualified pension plan due to the Internal Revenue Code limits on (i)(1) annual compensation that can be taken into account under qualified plans and (ii)(2) annual benefits that can be provided under qualified plans.

 

The retirement ageeligibility rules under nonqualified pension plans isare the same as under the tax-qualified pension plans. These benefits are subject to forfeiture if the employee leaves the Company or its subsidiaries before the age of 50 with five years of service, engages in certain dishonest acts or has violated a confidentiality arrangement involving the Company or its affiliates. Mr. Le Peuch and Mr. Ayat are eligible for retirement with an unreduced pension under the rule of 85, described above. Nonqualified plan reducedReduced benefits are paid to an employee upon separation from service, provided the employee has attained the age of 55, or if earlier, the age of 50 with 20 years of service. Messrs. Le Peuch and Belani are eligible for retirement with an unreduced pension under the rule of 85, described above. Mr. Biguet and Ms. Gharbi are eligible for early retirement with a reduced pension. Payment is made as a joint and survivor annuity, if married; otherwise, payment is made as a life-only annuity. Payment to key employees is delayed six months following separation from service. These nonqualified plan benefits are payable in cash from the Company’s general assets and are intended to qualify as “excess benefit plans” exempt from certain requirements of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).1974.

 

International Staff Pension Plan

 

Recognizing the need to maintain a high degree of mobility for certain of the Company’s employees who otherwise would be unable to accumulate any meaningful pension because they are required to work in many different countries, the Company maintains the SLB International Staff Pension Plan for such employees. All of the Company’s named executive officersNEOs have either been in the SLB International Staff Pension Plan at some time during their career prior to becoming an executive officer or are in the plan because of their current assignment. This plan provides for a lifetime annuity upon retirement based on a specified number of years of service. The plan is funded through cash contributions made by the Company or its subsidiaries, alongtogether with mandatory contributions by employees.

 

Prior to January 2010, benefits under this plan were based on a participant’s admissible compensation (base salary, geographical or rotational coefficient, as applicable, and cash incentive) for each year in which the employee participated in the plan and the employee’s length of service. The benefit earned up to December 31,year-end 2009 is 2.4% of admissible compensation prior to completion of 15 years of service, and 3.2% of admissible compensation for each year of service after 15 years. Following the completion of 20 years of service, the benefit earned with respect to the first 15 years of service is increased to 3.2%. Benefits are payable upon normal retirement age, at or after age 55, or upon early retirement with a reduction, at or after age 50 with 20 years of service. Mr.With respect to pension rights accrued prior to 2010, Messrs. Le Peuch and Mr. AyatBelani are eligible for normal retirement with no reduction. Mr. Schornreduction, and Mr. KibsgaardMessrs. Biguet and Al Mogharbel and Ms. Gharbi are eligible for early retirement with a reduced pension.

Since January 1, 2010, the benefit earned has been equal to 3.5% of admissible compensation regardless of an employee’s years of service. Benefits earned on or after this date are payable upon normal retirement age, at or after age 60, or upon early retirement with a reduction, at or after age 55 with a reduced pension. With respect to pension rights accrued in 2010 or later, Messrs. Biguet and Al Mogharbel and Ms. Gharbi will become eligible for normal retirement upon reaching age 60 and early retirement upon reaching age 55.

 

 

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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation for Fiscal Year 2019

 

The following table and narrative disclosure set forth certainthe discussion below provide information with respect toregarding nonqualified deferred compensation payable to theour NEOs.

 

Name Plan Name Executive
Contributions
in Last FY
($)
(1)  Company
Contributions
in Last FY
($)
(2)  Aggregate
Earnings
in Last FY
($)
 Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
($)
 Aggregate
Balance at
Last FYE
($)
(3)  Plan Name Executive
Contributions
in Last FY
($)
(1)  Company
Contributions
in Last FY
($)
(2)  Aggregate
Earnings
in Last FY
($)
 Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
($)
 Aggregate
Balance at
Last FYE
($)
(3) 
O. Le Peuch SLB Supplementary Plan   15,716  94,286  SLB Supplementary Plan     10,347  116,306 
 International Staff Profit Sharing Plan     184,658  1,697,145 
 SLB Restoration Savings Plan 1,008,360  100,836  203,821  3,537,186 
S. Biguet SLB Supplementary Plan     72  18,423 
 SLB Restoration Savings Plan 334,918 33,492 72,150�� 1,120,588  International Staff Profit Sharing Plan     54,121  497,414 
 International Staff Plan   234,904  1,306,540  SLB Restoration Savings Plan 368,760  39,510  164,814  1,115,086 
K. Al Mogharbel SLB Supplementary Plan   28,266  148,433  SLB Supplementary Plan     22,961  191,089 
 SLB Restoration Savings Plan 232,119 55,709 117,308  1,564,125  International Staff Profit Sharing Plan     92,607  851,124 
 International Staff Plan   117,805  655,235  SLB Restoration Savings Plan 165,580  99,348  342,430  2,724,472 
P. Schorn STC Supplementary Plan   62,007  502,515 
H. Gharbi International Staff Profit Sharing Plan     87,572  804,854 
 SLB Restoration Savings Plan 64,059  32,030  80,988  392,471 
A. Belani SLB Supplementary Plan     53,725  838,459 
 STC Restoration Savings Plan   88,049  896,511  International Staff Profit Sharing Plan     166,381  1,523,275 
 International Staff Plan   58,482  325,275  SLB Restoration Savings Plan 99,348  49,674  63,376  3,565,424 
H. Gharbi SLB Restoration Savings Plan 42,161 21,081 25,547  67,709 
 International Staff Plan   111,401  619,614 
P. Kibsgaard SLB Supplementary Plan   234,845  1,408,930 
 SLB Restoration Savings Plan   4,227  95,630 
 International Staff Plan   30,736  170,952 
S. Ayat SLB Supplementary Plan   108,305  784,897 
 SLB Restoration Savings Plan 323,430 32,343 460,804  3,606,106 
 International Staff Plan   345,260  1,953,421 

(1)The amounts reported inRepresents an NEO’s elective contributions to the “Executive Contributions in Last FY” column represent elective contributionsSLB Restoration Savings Plan of a portion of a named executive officer’s base salary and non-equity incentive plan compensation to the SLB Restoration Savings Plan or STC Restoration Savings Plan (which amounts are also included as 2019 “Salary” and 2019 “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” in the Summary Compensation Table).compensation.
(2)The amounts reported in the “Company Contributions in Last FY” column representRepresents Schlumberger’s contributions to each named executive officer’sNEO’s SLB Supplementary Plan, International Staff Profit Sharing Plan and SLB Restoration Savings Plan, STC Supplementary Plan, STC Restoration Savings Plan and International Staff Plan accounts, as applicable, which amounts are also reported as 20192021 “All Other Compensation” in the Summary Compensation Table.
(3)The amounts reported in the “Aggregate Balance at Last FYE” column representRepresents each NEO’s account balances fromfor the SLB Restoration Savings Plan, the STC Restoration Savings Plan, the STC Supplementary Plan, the SLB Supplementary Plan and the International Staff Plan, and include various amounts previously reported in the Summary Compensation Table as All Other Compensation.applicable.

 

SLB Supplementary Benefit Plan—Non-QualifiedPlans—Nonqualified Profit Sharing

 

The SLB Supplementary Plan provides certain non-tax-qualified defined contribution benefits for eligible employees, including named executive officers.our NEOs. Schlumberger Technology Corporation, an indirect wholly-ownedwholly owned subsidiary of Schlumberger Limited, maintains the STC Supplementary Plan with substantially identical terms.

 

The SLB Supplementary Plan and the STC Supplementary Plan provide an eligible employee with discretionary Company profit sharing contributions that are not permissible under the applicable tax-qualified plan due to Internal Revenue Code limits on (1) annual compensation that can be taken into account under the qualified plan and (2) annual benefits that can be provided under the qualified plan. These nonqualified plan benefits are credited with earnings and losses as if they were invested in the qualified plan, with the samebased on employee investment elections as the qualified plan.elections. An employee forfeits all rights under the non-qualifiednonqualified plans if the employee terminates employment before completing four years of service, engages in certain dishonest acts or has violated a confidentiality arrangement involving the Company or its affiliates. These nonqualified plan benefits are paid in a lump-sum payment following the end of the year in which the employee terminates active service, or the employee can elect to receive payment in installments of five or ten years following the termination of service. If the employee dies before full payment of these benefits, the unpaid benefits are paid in a lump sum to the beneficiaries designated under the applicable qualified plan. Payment to key employees is delayed six months following separation from service.

 

SLB International Staff Profit Sharing Plan

Schlumberger maintains the SLB International Staff Profit Sharing Plan, which provides for an annual employer contribution based on admissible compensation (base salary, geographical or rotational coefficient, as applicable, and cash incentive). Amounts allocated to the participants’ accounts share in investment gains and/or losses of the trust fund and are generally distributed in a lump sum upon the satisfaction of certain conditions on termination of employment or, upon the employee’s election, may be converted to additional pension rights under the International Staff Pension Plan. Benefits earned under the SLB International Staff Profit-Sharing Plan will be forfeited upon a determination by the SLB International Staff Profit-Sharing Plan’s administrator that the employee’s separation from service was due to circumstances of fraud or misconduct detrimental to the Company, an affiliate or any customer.

 

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SLB Restoration Savings PlanPlans

 

The SLB Restoration Savings Plan, a non-qualifiednonqualified deferred compensation plan, provides certain defined contribution benefits for the named executive officersour NEOs and other eligible employees. The SLB Restoration Savings Plan allows an eligible employee to defer compensation (and receive an associated employer match) that the employee cannot defer under the applicable tax-qualified plan because of Internal Revenue Code limits on the amount of compensation that can be taken into account. Schlumberger Technology Corporation maintains the STC Restoration Savings Plan with substantially identical terms.

 

An eligible employee may elect in advance to defer a percentage (from 1% to 50%) of his or heradmissible compensation (generally base salary and cash incentive) over the Internal Revenue Code annual compensation limits. The election cannot be changed during the year. The Company makes an annual matching contributioncontributions with respect to each employee’s deferrals for a year, if the employee is still employed by the Company or an affiliate on the last day of the year.deferrals. For employees who participate in a Schlumberger pension plan, the amount of the matching contribution is equal to one-half50% of the first 6% deferred by the employee in profitable years.employee. For employees who do not participate in a Schlumberger pension plan, the matching contribution is 100% of the first 6% deferred by the employee. The match is made each payroll period and is not contingent on profitability of the Company. Employees’ accounts are credited with earnings calculated to mirror the earnings of the relevant funds under the Schlumberger Master Profit Sharing Trust as chosen by the employee.based on their investment elections. If the employee is eligible for the SLB Savings and Profit Sharing Plan, matching contributions and related earnings vest based on the employee’s years of service, as follows:

 

2 years331/3% vested
3 years662/3% vested
4 years100% vested

 

If the employee is eligible for the SLB Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for U.S. Taxpayers Employed Abroad, matching contributions and related earnings vest based on the employee’s years of service, as follows:

 

2 years20% vested
3 years40% vested
4 years60% vested
5 years80% vested
6 years100% vested

 

An employee’s account fully vests on his or her death, his or herthe employee’s 60thbirthday or plan termination. An employee’s vested account balance is paid in a single lump sum (subject to tax withholding) following the participant’s death, qualifying disability, retirement or other qualifying termination of employment or, subject to certain limitations, the employee can elect to receive payment in installments of five or ten years following the termination of employment. However, an employee forfeits all benefits under the plan if a determination is made that the employee has engaged in certain dishonest acts or violated a confidentiality arrangement involving Schlumberger or its affiliates. Payment to key employees is delayed six months following separation from service.

 

SLB International Staff Profit-Sharing Plan

Schlumberger maintains the SLB International Staff Profit-Sharing Plan, which provides for an annual employer contribution based on admissible compensation (base salary, geographical or rotational coefficient, as applicable, and cash incentive). Amounts allocated to the participants’ accounts share in investment gains and/or losses of the trust fund and are generally distributed in a lump sum upon the satisfaction of certain conditions on termination of employment. Benefits earned under the SLB International Staff Profit-Sharing Plan will be forfeited upon a determination by the SLB International Staff Profit-Sharing Plan’s administrator that the employee’s separation from service was due to circumstances of fraud or misconduct detrimental to the Company, an affiliate or any customer.

Pay Ratio of CEO to Median Employee

In accordance with SEC rules, we are providing the ratio of the total compensation of Mr. Kibsgaard, our former CEO, to the annual total compensation of our median employee. Based on the methodology described below, our former CEO’s total compensation for the full year 2019 was 313 times that of our median employee.

We had two CEOs during 2019. For purposes of the CEO pay ratio calculation, we used the total compensation paid to Mr. Kibsgaard, our CEO on October 1, 2017, our median employee identification date, for the full year 2019. Pursuant to Mr. Kibsgaard’s agreement with the Company as described in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Agreements with Former NEOs” on page 42, Mr. Kibsgaard’s compensation with respect to the five-month period following his retirement was consistent with his compensation for the seven-month period in 2019 in which he served as CEO; therefore, we determined that Mr. Kibsgaard’s annualized 2019 compensation equaled his actual total compensation for the full year 2019 as reported in the “Total” column of our 2019 Summary Compensation Table included in this proxy statement: $22,247,160.

In 2019, we used the same median employee identified for purposes of our 2018 CEO pay ratio disclosure, as permitted under SEC rules, because we believe the changes to our employee population and compensation arrangements in 2019 have not significantly impacted our pay ratio disclosure. Our 2019 and 2018 median employee was in the same pay grade and in a similar position to the median employee that we had identified as of October 1, 2017, but was not the same employee as was used in 2017, because the 2017 median employee was promoted in 2018.

As in 2018, our median employee for 2019 was a full-time, salaried employee working in Colombia as a Field Engineer. We calculated all of the elements of that employee’s compensation for 2019 in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(c)(2)(x) of Regulation S-K. We then converted the total compensation of the median employee using a blended exchange rate representing the average exchange rate from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, resulting in an exchange rate of 3,293 Colombian Pesos to each U.S. dollar. The resulting 2019 total compensation of our median employee was $71,021.

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The pay ratio set forth above is a reasonable estimate calculated in a manner consistent with SEC rules based on our human resources systems of record and the methodology described above. Because the SEC rules for identifying the median employee and calculating the pay ratio based on that employee’s annual total compensation allow companies to adopt a variety of methodologies, to apply certain exclusions, and to make reasonable estimates and assumptions that reflect their compensation practices, the pay ratio reported by other companies may not be comparable to the pay ratio that we report above, as other companies may have different employment and compensation practices, different types of workforce, and operate in different countries, and may use different methodologies, exclusions, estimates and assumptions in calculating their own pay ratios.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control for Fiscal Year 2019

No Additional Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control

 

Our named executive officersNEOs generally receive the same benefits as our other employees. As is the case with our other compensation arrangements, any differences are generally due to local (country-specific) requirements. In line with this practice, our currently serving namedNEOs historically have not had ongoing employment or severance agreements during their service with us as executive officersofficers. Nor do notour NEOs have employment agreements, “golden parachutes” or change in control agreements.agreements or “golden parachutes”. The Company’s executive officers serve at the will of the Board, which enables the Company to terminate their employment using judgment as to the terms of any severance arrangement and based on specific circumstances at the time they cease being executive officers. For details regarding our agreements with outgoing NEOs, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Elements of 2021 Total Direct Compensation—Agreements with Outgoing NEOs” on page 48.

 

All employees who receive equity awards, including our NEOs, are subject to the same terms and conditions in the event of a termination or change in control, except for certain stock options that were assumed in connection with our acquisition of Cameron, none of which are held by the NEOs.

 

Termination of Employment

 

PSUs and RSUs

Under our 2017 Incentive Plan and the Company’s standard form of PSU and RSU award agreements, PSUs and RSUs are treated as follows upon the holder’s termination of employment with the Company prior to the applicable vesting date:

If the holder’s employment terminates on account of death or disability, the target number of PSUs will immediately vest, and all unvested RSUs will immediately vest in full.
If the holder’s employment terminates on account of retirement or, with Compensation Committee approval, early retirement or special retirement, the holder will vest in PSUs on the regularly scheduled vesting dates, with the number of PSUs determined as if the holder’s employment had not been terminated.
If the holder’s employment terminates on account of retirement or, with Compensation Committee approval, early retirement, the holder will vest in RSUs on the regularly scheduled vesting dates.
If an individual terminates employment for another reason, no additional vesting is provided and the individual will automatically forfeit all outstanding PSUs and RSUs without any additional consideration on the part of the Company.

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For these purposes, “retirement,” “early retirement,” “special retirement” and “disability” have the meanings assigned to such terms in the applicable award agreements. The applicable date of “retirement,” “early retirement” or “special retirement” takes into consideration the completion of any active employment period, including employment pursuant to the Company’s officer departure guidelines described on page 47 of this proxy statement.

Stock Options

 

This section summarizes the consequences for our NEOs and other employees under our omnibus incentive plans and standard form of stock option award agreement in the event an option holder’s employment terminates.

 

Reason for Termination of Employment Vesting Post-Employment Exercise Period
Voluntary termination with consent of the Company or termination by the Company other than for cause No additional vesting Exercisable (to the extent exercisable at termination) at any time within three months after termination.
Termination by the Company for cause None Vested and unvested options forfeited immediately.
DisabilityRetirement Full vestingExercisable at any time during the 60-month period after termination due to disability or during the remainder of the option period, whichever is shorter.
Retirement (as defined in the applicable plan or award agreement)Effective for grants after April 1, 2015, continuedContinued vesting as if still employed with the Company Effective for grants on or after April 1, 2015, exercisableExercisable for 10 years from the original grant date.
Special Retirement (or Retirement for grants prior to April 1, 2015, in each case as defined in the applicable plan or award agreement) No additional vesting Exercisable (to the extent exercisable at termination) at any time during the 60-month period after termination due to retirement or during the remainder of the option period, whichever is shorter.
Death or Disability Full immediate vesting Exercisable at any time during the 60-month period after termination due to death or disability or during the remainder of the option period, whichever is shorter.

 

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Notwithstanding the vesting and exercisability provisions described above, an option holder may forfeit his or herthe right to exercise stock options, and may have certain prior option exercises rescinded, if he or shethe option holder engages in “detrimental activity” within one year after termination of employment (or five years after termination of employment in the event of retirement or disability).

 

If an option holder dies following termination of employment, but during the period in which he or she would otherwise be able to exercise the option, then the person entitled under the option holder’s will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution will be entitled to exercise an outstanding option until the earlier of (i) 60 months following the date of his or her termination of employment or (ii) the expiration of the original term. Death following termination of employment will not result in any additional vesting, so that the option will be exercisable to the extent provided in the matrix above based on the circumstances of his or her termination of employment.

PSUs

This section summarizes the consequences for NEOs holding PSUs granted under the Company’s 2010 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, 2013 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan and 2017 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan and subject to the Company’s standard form of ROCE PSU award or FCF Conversion PSU award, as applicable, in the event the PSU holder’s employment terminates.

2019 and 2020 FCF Conversion PSUs; ROCE PSUs

FCF Conversion PSUs granted in 2019 and 2020 and all ROCE PSUs are treated as follows upon the holder’s termination of employment with the Company and its subsidiaries prior to the vesting date (i.e., the third anniversary of the grant date).

If the holder’s employment terminates on account of disability or death, the target number of PSUs will immediately vest.
If the holder’s employment terminates on account of retirement or, with Compensation Committee approval, early retirement or special retirement, the holder will vest on the regularly-scheduled vesting date with the number of PSUs determined as if the holder’s employment had not been terminated.
If an individual terminates employment for another reason, no additional vesting is provided and the individual will automatically forfeit all outstanding PSUs without any additional consideration on the part of the Company.

2017 and 2018 FCF Conversion PSUs

FCF Conversion PSUs granted in 2017 and 2018 are treated as follows upon the holder’s termination of employment with the Company and its subsidiaries prior to the conversion date (the second anniversary of the grant date, when such FCF Conversion PSUs are converted, if at all, into shares of restricted stock based on performance) or the vesting date (the first anniversary of the date that restricted shares are received following the conversion date).

If the holder’s employment terminates on account of disability or death: (i) prior to the conversion date, the target number of FCF Conversion PSUs will immediately convert into shares of common stock and such shares will not be subject to any transfer restrictions or (ii) after the conversion date but prior to the vesting date, the restricted shares will immediately vest.
If the holder’s employment terminates on account of retirement or, with Compensation Committee approval, early retirement or special retirement: (i) prior to the conversion date, the FCF Conversion PSUs will convert into restricted stock on the regularly-scheduled conversion date with the number of FCF Conversion PSUs determined as if the holder’s employment had not been terminated and the restricted stock will be subject to further transfer restrictions until the normal vesting date, or (ii) after the conversion date and before the vesting date, the restricted shares will not be forfeited but will continue to be subject to transfer restrictions until the normal vesting date as if the holder’s employment had not been terminated.
If an individual terminates employment for another reason, no additional vesting is provided and the individual will automatically forfeit all outstanding FCF Conversion PSUs or restricted shares received on conversion of FCF Conversion PSUs without any additional consideration on the part of the Company.

For these purposes,“retirement,” “early retirement,” “special retirement” and “disability” have the meanings assigned to such terms in the applicable award agreements.

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Change in Control

 

Stock Options

Pursuant to Schlumberger’sUnder our omnibus incentive plans, and standard form of stock option award agreement (other than awards issued under the 2010 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, the 2013 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan and the 2017 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan), in the event of any reorganization, merger or consolidation wherein Schlumberger is not the surviving corporation, or upon the liquidation or dissolution of Schlumberger, all outstanding stock option awards will, unless alternate provisions are made by Schlumberger in connection with the reorganization, merger or consolidation for the assumption of such awards, become fully exercisable and vested, and all holders will be permitted to exercise their options for 30 days prior to the cancellation of the awards as of the effective date of such event. Under our 2010 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, our 2013 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan and 2017 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, the Compensation Committee retains the discretion to adjust outstanding awards in the event of corporate transactions and outstanding options may be, but are not required to be, accelerated upon such a transaction.

The following table sets forth the intrinsic value of the unvested stock options held by each NEO as of December 31, 2019 that would become vested upon the occurrence of death, disability or a change in control in which Schlumberger is not the surviving entity and alternative provisions are not made for the assumption of awards, as described in the preceding paragraphs. Due to the number of factors that affect the nature and amount of any benefits provided upon these events, any amounts actually paid or distributed may be different. Factors that could affect these amounts include the time during the year of any such event and the price of Schlumberger common stock.

NameAmount ($)(1)
O. Le Peuch
K. Al Mogharbel
P. Schorn
H. Gharbi
P. Kibsgaard
S. Ayat

(1)Reflects that the closing price of Schlumberger common stock on December 31, 2019 ($40.20) was lower than the exercise price of all stock options held by the executive as of that date.

If Schlumberger merges or consolidates with another entity and is the surviving entity, then a holder of stock options granted pursuant to Schlumberger’s stock options plans will be entitled to receive, upon exercise or vesting, in lieu of the number of shares with respect to which the award is exercisable or vested, the number and class of shares of stock or other securities that the holder would have been entitled to receive under the terms of such merger or consolidation if, immediately prior to such event, such holder had been the holder of record of the number of shares of Schlumberger common stock equal to the number of shares as to which such award is then exercisable or vested.

PSUs and RSUs

Under our 2010 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, 2013 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan and 2017 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, in the event of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, spinoff, reorganization or liquidation (each a “Corporate Transaction”), our Board may, in its sole discretion, (1) provide for the accelerationsubstitution of thea new award (or other arrangement) for or assumption of any award, (2) provide for accelerated vesting of any awards, including RSUs and PSUs, or (2)(3) decide to cancel any awards including RSUs and PSUs, and deliver cash to the holders cash in an amount that our Board determines in its sole discretion is equal to the fair market value of such awards on the date of such event. However, no current agreement with respect to theour outstanding RSUs, PSUs and PSUsstock options currently provides for any definitive special treatment upon such a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, spinoff, reorganization or liquidation.Corporate Transaction.

 

The following table sets forth the value of the unvested RSUs and PSUs (at target) and the intrinsic value of the unvested PSUs at targetstock options held by each NEO atas of December 31, 20192021, that would become vested upon the occurrence of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation, spinoff, reorganization or liquidationCorporate Transaction, assuming that the Board elects to accelerate the vesting of RSUs, PSUs and PSUsstock options as provided in the previous paragraph. Due to the various factors that could affect the nature and amount of any benefits provided upon these events, any amounts actually paid or distributed may be different. Factors that could affect these amounts include the time during the year of any such event, the price of Schlumberger common stock and achievement by the Company of theany relevant performance metric.

 

Upon Corporate Transaction
NameAmount Value of Unvested RSUs and
PSUs (at Target)
($)
(1) Intrinsic Value
of Unvested Options
($)
(2)
O. Le Peuch20,458,58425,329,614
S. Biguet7,433,590 
K. Al Mogharbel9,448,60812,178,569 
P. Schorn8,447,226 
H. Gharbi8,997,96611,004,229 
P. Kibsgaard23,143,140A. Belani 
S. Ayat10,684,3638,514,360 

 

(1)Calculated based on the product ofby multiplying the closing price of Schlumberger common stock on December 31, 20192021 ($40.20) and29.95) by the number of outstanding, unvested RSUs unvested ROCE PSUs (at target) and unvested FCF Conversion PSUs (at target) held by the executive as of that date.
(2)Reflects that the closing price of Schlumberger common stock on December 31, 2021 ($29.95) was lower than the exercise price of all stock options held by our NEOs as of that date.

 

 

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Retirement Plans

 

Schlumberger’sThe Company’s pension plans and non-qualifiednonqualified deferred compensation plans include the same terms and conditions for all participating employees in the event of a termination or change in control. The SLB and STC Restoration Savings Plans provide for accelerated payment of vested account balances within 30 days following a change in control as defined under Internal Revenue Code section 409A. Other than the SchlumbergerSLB and STC Restoration Savings Plan,Plans, none of Schlumberger’s non-qualifiedour nonqualified plans provide for the accelerated payment of benefits upon a change in control. For more information on these plans, see the Pension Benefits for Fiscal Year 2019 table and accompanying narrativediscussion beginning on page 58 above and the Nonqualified Deferred Compensation for Fiscal Year 2019 table and accompanying narrativediscussion beginning on page 60 above.

 

The following table sets forth the amounts as of December 31, 20192021 of benefit payments that would be accelerated under the SchlumbergerSLB Restoration Savings Plan upon a change in control.

 

NameAmount
($)
O. Le Peuch1,120,5883,537,186
S. Biguet1,115,086
K. Al Mogharbel1,564,125
P. Schorn896,5112,724,472
H. Gharbi67,709392,471
P. KibsgaardA. Belani95,630
S. Ayat3,606,1063,565,424

 

Retiree Medical

 

Subject to satisfying certain age, service and contribution requirements, most U.S. employees, including NEOs in the United States, are eligible to participate in a retiree medical program. Generally, this program provides comprehensive medical, prescription drug and vision benefits for retirees and their dependents until attaining age 65. Historically, for Schlumberger employees who turned age 40 prior to 2014,65, and excluding those employees who became Schlumberger employees as a result of the Smith acquisition, retiree medical benefits continue beyond age 65, at which time Medicare becomes primary and the Schlumberger plan becomes secondary, paying eligible charges after Medicare has paid. However, effective April 1, 2015, participants who reach age 65 no longer continue in Schlumberger medical coveragethen after reaching age 65 but instead receive an annual contribution to a health reimbursement arrangement that can be used to purchase Medicare supplemental coverage and pay other tax-deductible expenses.

 

Agreements with Former NEOs

See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Agreements with Former NEOs” on page 42 for details regarding our agreements with Messrs. Kibsgaard and Ayat.

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Director Compensation in Fiscal Year 2019

Our director compensation philosophy is to appropriately compensate our non-employee directors for the time, expertise and effort required to serve as a director of a large and complex global company and to align the interests of our directors with those of our long-term stockholders.

Annual payments are made after the non-employee directors are elected by stockholders. Non-employee directors who begin their Board, Board Chair, committee or committee chair service other than immediately following the annual general meeting of stockholders receive a prorated amount of annual compensation. Directors who are employees of Schlumberger do not receive compensation for serving on the Board.

Director Pay Components

Non-employee directors receive an annual cash retainer of $115,000 plus an additional annual fee of $10,000 for membership on a committee. The chair of each committee receives an additional annual fee of $20,000 in lieu of the additional annual fee of $10,000 for committee membership. In August 2019, Mr. Papa began receiving an additional $100,000 annually, reflecting his additional responsibilities as the Board’s non-executive Chairman. Mr. Currie has also earned an additional $50,000 annually, reflecting his additional responsibilities as the Board’s lead independent director.

Additionally, Schlumberger’s practice is to grant each newly-appointed or elected non-employee director (including non-employee directors re-elected at the annual general meeting) shares of Schlumberger common stock valued at approximately $190,000 (or $290,000 for the non-executive Chairman of the Board) each April.

2019 Director Pay Review

Our Compensation Committee annually reviews and periodically recommends updates to our non-employee director compensation program to our Board for approval. The Committee’s recommendation takes into account our director compensation philosophy, changes in market practices, and consultation with the Committee’s independent compensation consultant, Pay Governance. In 2019, the Committee reviewed non-employee director compensation taking into account multiple factors including director pay practices at publicly-traded companies and continued expansion of director and independent committee chair responsibilities. Based on that review, the Committee determined that no changes in non-employee director compensation were necessary for 2019 (other than the additional cash retainer and stock award to the non-executive Chairman of the Board, each effective August 2019).

Director Deferral Plan

Non-employee directors may elect to defer all or a portion of their annual stock or cash awards through the Schlumberger 2004 Stock and Deferral Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Directors Stock Plan”). When directors elect to defer their stock award, their deferred compensation account is credited with a number of “stock units.” Each stock unit is equal in value to a share of our common stock, but because it is not an actual share of our common stock it does not have any voting rights. When directors elect to defer their cash award, they may choose to invest such deferred cash compensation into either (i) Schlumberger common stock, (ii) money market equivalents, or (iii) an S&P 500 equivalent. Deferrals into a stock account are credited with dividend equivalents in the form of cash to be paid at the time of vesting and deferrals into the cash account are credited with gains or losses based on the monthly performance of the various investment options described above. Following retirement from our Board and depending on the director’s election, a non-employee director may receive the deferred compensation on the date of the director’s retirement or a date that is one year following the date of the director’s retirement.

Although our Directors Stock Plan provides that annual stock awards to non-employee directors may be in the form of shares of common stock, shares of restricted common stock or restricted stock units, our practice has been to issue only shares of common stock. Our directors have never received restricted common stock or restricted stock units as director compensation.

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The following table provides information on the compensation paid to our non-employee directors in 2019.

Name Fees
Earned
or Paid
in Cash
($)
(1) Stock
Awards
($)
(2)  Option
Awards
($)
 Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
 Change in
Pension Value &
Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
 All Other
Compensation
($)
  Total
($)
(3) 
Peter L.S. Currie 195,000 184,180     20,185(4)  399,365 
Patrick de La Chevardière(5) 35,045 (5)       35,045 
Miguel Galuccio 145,000 184,180       329,180 
V. Maureen Kempston Darkes(6) 13,050        13,050 
Nikolay Kudryavtsev 145,000 184,180     20,298(4)  349,478 
Michael E. Marks(6) 11,250        11,250 
Tatiana A. Mitrova 132,500 184,180       316,680 
Indra K. Nooyi 145,000 184,180       329,180 
Lubna S. Olayan 142,500 184,180       326,680 
Mark G. Papa(7) 207,569(8) 258,774       466,343 
Leo Rafael Reif 155,000 184,180     18,085(4)  357,265 
Jeff W. Sheets(5) 35,045 (5)       35,045 
Henri Seydoux 145,000 184,180       329,180 

(1)Reflects cash fees earned, without taking into account any election to defer receipt of such fees. Ordinarily, the annual cash retainer is paid in cash, but non-employee directors can elect to have their retainer paid in stock or deferred under the Directors Stock Plan.
If a non-employee director joins our Board, becomes Chairman of the Board, or joins or becomes chair of a committee of our Board after the start of any year, he or she will receive compensation prorated for the period of service during which he or she served in that position during that year. As a result, the fees disclosed in this column are subject to adjustment in cases where a non-employee director has served less than one full year or has changed committee memberships or chairmanships during the year.
(2)Effective May 1, 2019, Schlumberger granted each non-employee director elected at our 2019 annual general meeting 4,452 shares of Schlumberger common stock. The amounts reported reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of the stock awards granted in 2019 computed in accordance with applicable accounting standards, based on the closing stock price on the grant date, without taking into account any election to defer receipt of such stock award. Amounts rounded up to nearest dollar. A non-employee director may elect to defer the receipt of all or part of a stock award.
(3)Schlumberger reimburses non-employee directors for travel and other business expenses incurred in the performance of their services for Schlumberger.
(4)Represents amounts paid for spousal airfare and hotel days in connection with Board meetings.
(5)Messrs. de La Chevardière and Sheets were appointed to the Board effective October 28, 2019. In January 2020, each of Messrs. de La Chevardière and Sheets received a grant of stock 2,269 shares of Schlumberger common stock, reflecting a prorated amount for their service beginning October 28, 2019.
(6)Did not stand for re-election at our April 2019 annual general meeting of stockholders.
(7)Mr. Papa was appointed Chairman of the Board effective August 1, 2019. In connection with such appointment, Mr. Papa received on such date (i) an additional $75,069 as an annual retainer paid in cash, and (ii) an additional grant of 1,937 shares of Schlumberger common stock, which had a grant date fair value of approximately $74,594. Such additional compensation reflected a prorated amount for the period of his service as non-executive Chairman through April 2020.
(8)Includes $33,151 in Chairman fees paid during 2019 but that will be earned in 2020.

Director Stock Ownership Guidelines

The Board believes that ownership of Schlumberger stock by Board members aligns their interests with the interests of our stockholders. Accordingly, the Board has established a guideline that each non-employee Board member must, within five years of joining the Board, own at least 10,000 shares of Schlumberger common stock. As of December 31, 2019, each of our non-employee director nominees who has been a Board member for at least five years was in compliance with these stock ownership guidelines.

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

The table below sets forth the following information as of December 31, 20192021 for all equity compensation plans approved and not approved by our stockholders.

 

Plan category (a)
Number of
securities to
be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options,
warrants and
 rights
 (b)
 Weighted-average
exercise price of
such outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
(1)  (c)
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation
plans (excluding securities
reflected in column (a))
  (a)
Number of
securities to
be issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
 (b)
Weighted-average
exercise price of
such outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
($)
(1) (c)
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation
plans (excluding
securities reflected in
column (a))
 
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders  44,125,341(2)   76.12   46,629,195(2)  40,372,599 69.05 62,965,520(2) 
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders(3)  2,143,535   65.96     1,974,556 66.92  
TOTAL  46,268,876(2)   75.65   46,629,195(2)  42,347,155 68.95 62,965,520(2) 

 

(1)The weighted average price does not take into account the shares issuable upon the vesting of outstanding PSUs or RSUs, which have no exercise price.
(2)Includes 194,156617,375 shares of common stock issuable under the Directors Stock Plan at December 31, 2019.2021.
(3)ConsistConsists solely of options that were assumed in connection with our 2016 acquisition of Cameron International Corporation, none of which are held by theour NEOs.

 

Equity compensation plans approved by Schlumbergerour stockholders include the Directors Stock Plan; the 2017 Schlumberger Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated; the 2017 Incentive Plan; the 2013 Schlumberger Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated; the 2010 Schlumberger Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated;restated (the “2010 Incentive Plan”); the French Sub Plan under the 2010, 2013 and 2017 Schlumberger Omnibus Stock Incentive Plans, as amended and restated; the Schlumberger Discounted Stock Purchase Plan, as amended;amended and restated; the Schlumberger 2008 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated;restated (the “2008 Incentive Plan”); and the Schlumberger 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated; andrestated (the “2005 Incentive Plan”). There are no securities issuable under the Schlumberger 2001 Stock Option2010 Incentive Plan, as amended and restated.the 2008 Incentive Plan or the 2005 Incentive Plan, other than shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options currently outstanding.

 

 

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ITEM 3.Approval of Financial Statements and Dividends

CEO Pay Ratio

 

Following completionBased on the methodology described below, our CEO’s 2021 total compensation was 254 times that of our median employee.

For 2021, we used the same median employee that we had identified as of October 2020. There have been no changes in our employee population or our compensation arrangements in 2021 that we believe would result in a material change in our pay ratio disclosure or our median employee. As in 2020, our median employee was a full-time, salaried employee working in Nigeria as a technical sales professional. To calculate that employee’s total compensation, we first calculated all of the audit procedures performedelements of the employee’s compensation for 2021, and then converted this total compensation amount to U.S. dollars using a blended exchange rate representing the average exchange rate during 2021 (i.e. 397 Nigerian Naira to one U.S. dollar). The resulting 2021 total compensation of our median employee was $66,138. Our CEO’s total compensation for 2021 was $16,795,502 (as reflected in the Summary Compensation Table).

Our pay ratio is affected by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,many factors, and may not be comparable to the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, we are submittingpay ratios reported by other companies, even in the oilfield services and energy industries. For example, the following for approval byfactors may affect the comparability of our stockholders, as required by Curaçao law:pay ratio:

 

 our consolidated balance sheet as at December 31, 2019;large global workforce, which may have significantly lower wages than U.S.- or European-based wages;
 varied methodologies for calculating total compensation for both the median employee and our consolidated statement of income forCEO, which may include exclusions that the year ended December��31, 2019;Company has elected not to make; and
 the declarations of dividends by our Board in 2019.

These items are included in our 2019 Annual Report to Stockholders, which is provided concurrently with this proxy statement. Stockholders should refer to these items in considering this agenda item.

Required Vote

A majority of the votes cast is required for the approval of the financial results as set forth in the financial statements and of the declaration of dividends by the Board as reflected in our 2019 Annual Report to Stockholders.

Brokers have discretion to vote on this proposal without your instruction. If you do not instruct your broker how to vote on this proposal, your broker may vote on this proposal in its discretion.

     The Board of Directors Recommends a VoteFORItem 3.varied currency exchange rates.

 

 

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ITEM 3. Approval of Financial Statements and Dividends

Following completion of the audit procedures performed by PwC, we are asking you to approve the following financial statements that are included in our 2021 Annual Report to Stockholders:

our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021;
our consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2021; and
the declarations of dividends by our Board in 2021.

Stockholders should refer to our 2021 Annual Report to Stockholders in considering this agenda item.

The Board of Directors Recommends a Vote FORItem 3.

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ITEM 4.Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors for 2020

ITEM 4. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditors for 2022

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPwC has been selected by the Audit Committee as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit the annual financial statements of the Company for the year ending December 31, 2020.2022. Although ratification is not required by our bylaws or otherwise, as a matter of good corporate governance, we are asking our stockholdersyou to ratify, on an advisory basis, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPwC as our independent auditor for the year ending December 31, 2020.2022. If the appointment is not ratified, the Audit Committee will consider whether it is appropriate to select another independent registered public accounting firm.

 

A representative of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPwC is expected to attend our 2020 annual general meeting of stockholders,2022 AGM, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

 

The Board of Directors Recommends a Vote FORItem 4.

Fees Paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPwC

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPwC has billed the Company and its subsidiaries the fees set forth in the table below for:

 

 the audit of the Company’s 20192021 and 20182020 annual financial statements and reviews of the Company’s quarterly financial statements and other audit services, and
 
the other services described below that were billed in 20192021 and 2018.2020.

 

 Year Ended December 31, Year Ended December 31, 
(in thousands) 2019 2018 
(Stated in thousands) 2021  2020 
Audit Fees(1) $14,376  $13,982  $       12,250       $      12,969 
Audit-Related Fees(2)  469   430   534   495 
Tax Fees(3)  2,701   3,613   1,560   2,199 
All Other Fees(4)  51   81      43 
TOTAL $17,597  $18,106  $14,344  $15,706 

 

(1)Includes fees for statutory audits.
(2)Consists of fees for employee benefit plan audits and other audit-related items.
(3)Consists of fees for tax compliance, tax planning and other permitted tax services.
(4)Consists of fees for permitted advisory services.

 

The Audit Committee considers the provision of services by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPwC not related to the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and reviews of the Company’s interim financial statements when evaluating PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’sPwC’s independence.

 

Audit Committee’s Pre-Approval Policy and Procedures

 

The Audit Committee pre-approveshas a policy to pre-approve all services provided to the Company and its subsidiaries by Schlumberger’s independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee has adopted a schedule for annual approval of the audit and related audit plan, as well as approval of other anticipated audit-related services; anticipated tax compliance, tax planning and tax advisory services; and other anticipated services. In addition, the Audit Committee (or an authorized committee member acting under delegated authority of the committee) will consider any proposed services not approved as part of this annual process. During 2019For 2021 and 2018, all2020, audit and non-audit services were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

 

Required VoteStockholder Feedback

 

A majorityAt our 2021 AGM, the proposal to ratify the appointment of PwC as our independent auditor for 2021 received the support of 95% of the votes cast is required to approvecast. In selecting PwC as the Company’s independent auditor for 2022, the Audit Committee considered this Item 4.

Brokers have discretion to vote on this proposal without your instruction. If you do not instruct your broker how to vote on this proposal, your broker will vote on this proposal in its discretion.substantial support of our stockholders, as well as PwC’s substantial experience auditing the Company’s complex global accounts and the regulatory requirement that the PwC lead engagement partner rotate every five years.

 

     The Board of Directors Recommends a VoteFOR95% SUPPORTItem 4.
2021 AUDITOR RATIFICATION VOTE

 

 

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Audit Committee Report

 

During 2019,2021, the Audit Committee periodically reviewed and discussed the Company’s consolidated financial statements with Company management and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,PwC, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, including matters raised by the independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to applicable Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”PCAOB) requirements. The Audit Committee also discussed with Company management and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPwC the evaluation of the Company’s reporting and internal controls undertaken in connection with certifications made by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer in the Company’s periodic SEC filings pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Audit Committee also reviewed and discussed such other matters as it deemed appropriate, including the Company’s compliance with Section 404 and other relevant provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and rules adopted or proposed to be adopted by the SEC and the NYSE. The Audit Committee also reviewed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPwC the matters required to be discussed by the independent registered public accounting firm with the Audit Committee under applicable requirements of the PCAOB and the SEC.

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPPwC provided the Audit Committee with the required PCAOB disclosures and letters concerning its independence with respect to the Company, and the Committee discussed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’sPwC’s independence with them.

 

Based on the foregoing reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee recommended that the Board include the audited consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019,2021, as filed with the SEC on January 22, 2020.26, 2022.

SUBMITTED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE SCHLUMBERGER BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

SUBMITTED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF THE SCHLUMBERGER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Peter L.S. Currie,Patrick de La Chevardière, ChairNikolay KudryavtsevSamuel LeupoldTatiana A. MitrovaIndra K. NooyiJeff W. Sheets

 

 

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Meeting Information

This proxy statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Schlumberger Board of Directors of proxies to be voted at Schlumberger’s 2022 AGM, which will be held at the Curaçao Marriott Beach Resort, John F Kennedy Boulevard, 3, Piscadera Bay, Willemstad, Curaçao, on Wednesday, April 6, 2022 beginning at 10:00 a.m., Curaçao time, and at any postponement(s) or adjournment(s) thereof.

To be admitted to the meeting, stockholders of record and beneficial owners as of the close of business on February 9, 2022 must present a passport or other government-issued identification with a photograph and, for beneficial owners, proof of ownership as of February 9, 2022, such as the Notice of Internet Availability (defined below), and/or the top half of the proxy card or voting instruction card that was sent to you with this proxy statement.

In addition, depending on the level of COVID-19 protocols in effect at the time, your ability to attend the 2022 AGM in person may be restricted or may require additional safeguards, which could include face coverings, proof of vaccination, proof of a negative COVID-19 test result within a specified number of days, and maintaining appropriate social distancing. Please review www.proxydocs.com/SLB for any updates prior to traveling.

The mailing date of this proxy statement is February 24, 2022. The Chairperson of the meeting will determine the procedures for conducting the meeting and will limit the meeting to those matters properly brought by or at the direction of our Board or by a stockholder.

Internet Availability of Proxy Materials

This year we are using the internet as the primary means of furnishing proxy materials to stockholders. We are sending a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice of Internet Availability”) to our stockholders with instructions on how to access the proxy materials online or request a printed copy of the materials. Stockholders may follow the instructions in the Notice of Internet Availability to elect to receive future proxy materials in print by mail or electronically by email. We encourage stockholders to take advantage of the availability of the proxy materials online to help reduce the environmental impact of our AGMs. Our proxy materials are also available at https://investorcenter.slb.com, as well as at www.proxydocs.com/SLB.

Record Date

Each stockholder of record at the close of business on the record date, February 9, 2022, is entitled to one vote for each director nominee and one vote for each of the other proposals to be voted on with respect to each share registered in the stockholder’s name. A stockholder of record is a person or entity who held shares on the record date registered in the shareholder’s name on the records of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”), Schlumberger’s stock transfer agent. On the record date, February 9, 2022, there were 1,413,133,986 shares of Schlumberger common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Persons who held shares on the record date through a broker, bank, or other nominee are referred to as beneficial owners.

Proxies

Shares cannot be voted at the meeting unless the owner of record is present in person or is represented by proxy. Schlumberger is incorporated in Curaçao and, in accordance with Curaçao law, meetings of stockholders are held in Curaçao. Because many stockholders cannot personally attend the meeting, it is necessary that a large number be represented by proxy.

Quorum

Holders of at least one-half of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at the meeting must be present in person or represented by proxy to constitute a quorum for the taking of any action at the meeting. Abstentions and proxies submitted on your behalf by brokers, banks, or other holders of record that do not indicate a vote because they do not have discretionary voting authority and have not received instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares as to how to vote on a proposal (so-called “broker non-votes”) will be considered as present for quorum purposes. If a quorum is not present at the meeting, the Board may call a second general meeting of stockholders, at which the quorum requirement will not apply.

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Votes Required to Adopt Proposals

To be elected, director nominees must receive a majority of the votes cast, which means the number of votes cast “for” a director nominee must exceed the number of votes cast “against” that nominee. Approval of each of the other matters on the agenda also requires the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast.

Important Voting Information for Beneficial Owners

If your Schlumberger shares are held for you in street name (i.e., you own your shares through a brokerage, bank, or other institutional account), you are considered the beneficial owner of those shares, but not the record holder. This means that you vote by providing instructions to your broker rather than directly to Schlumberger. Unless you provide specific voting instructions, your broker is not permitted to vote your shares on your behalf, except on Item 3 and Item 4.

Effect of Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes

Brokers holding shares must vote according to specific instructions they receive from the beneficial owners of those shares. If brokers do not receive specific instructions, brokers may in some cases vote the shares in their discretion. However, the NYSE precludes brokers from exercising voting discretion on certain proposals without specific instructions from the beneficial owner, as follows:

Discretionary Items. Under NYSE rules, brokers may vote on both Item 3 (approval of financial statements and dividends) and Item 4 (ratification of appointment of independent auditors for 2022) in their discretion if they have not received voting instructions from the beneficial owners.
Nondiscretionary Items. Brokers, banks, or other holders of record cannot vote on Item 1 (election of directors) and Item 2 (advisory vote to approve executive compensation) unless the beneficial owners direct them how to vote the shares. Therefore, if your shares are held in street name and you do not direct your broker, bank, or other holder of record how to vote on the election of directors or the advisory resolution to approve our executive compensation, your shares will not be voted on those matters.

Abstentions and broker non-votes will be considered as present for quorum purposes, but they are not considered as votes cast and will not be counted in determining the outcome of the vote on the election of directors or on any of the other proposals.

How to Cast Your Vote

Stockholders with shares registered in their names with Computershare may authorize a proxy:

BY INTERNET
www.proxypush.com/SLB
BY TELEPHONE
(866) 240-5191
BY MAIL
Sign, date, and mail your proxy card

The internet and telephone voting facilities for stockholders of record will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The internet and telephone voting procedures have been designed to authenticate stockholders and to allow you to vote your shares and to confirm that your instructions have been properly recorded.

Many banks and brokerage firms participate in programs that also permit beneficial owners to direct their vote by the internet or telephone. If you are a beneficial owner whose shares are held in an account at a bank or brokerage firm that participates in such a program, you may direct the vote of those shares by the internet or telephone by following the instructions on any voting instruction form or electronic voting instructions that you receive from your bank or brokerage firm.

All shares entitled to vote and represented by properly executed proxies received prior to the meeting and not revoked will be voted at the meeting in accordance with your instructions. If you are a stockholder with shares registered in your name with Computershare and you submit a properly executed proxy card but do not direct how to vote on each item, the persons named as proxies will vote as the Board recommends on each proposal.

Changing Your Vote or Revoking Your Proxy

If you are a stockholder of record, you can change your vote or revoke your proxy at any time by timely delivering a properly executed, later-dated proxy (including an internet or telephone vote by April 5, 2022) or by voting by ballot at the meeting. If you hold shares through a broker, bank, or other holder of record, you must follow the instructions of your broker, bank, or other holder of record to change or revoke your voting instructions.

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Stock OwnershipOther Information

2023 Annual General Meeting of Stockholders

 

Security Ownership by Certain Beneficial Owners

The following table sets forth information asWe intend to file a proxy statement and WHITE proxy card with the SEC in connection with the Board’s solicitation of December 31, 2019 (except as otherwise noted) with respect to persons known by us to be the beneficial owners of more than 5%proxies for our 2023 AGM. Stockholders may obtain a copy of our common stock, based solely on the information reported by such persons in their Schedule 13D2023 proxy statement (and any amendments and 13G filingssupplements thereto) and other documents as and when filed with the SEC.

For each entity included inSEC without charge from the table below, percentage ownership is calculated by dividing the number of shares reported as beneficially owned by such entity by the 1,387,980,608 shares of our common stock outstanding on January 31, 2020.

Beneficial Ownership of
Common Stock
Name and AddressNumber of
Shares
 Percentage
of Class
The Vanguard Group(1)114,027,924 8.2%
100 Vanguard Blvd.
Malvern, PA 19355
   
BlackRock, Inc.(2)91,439,070 6.6%
55 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10055
   

(1)Based solely on a Statement on Schedule 13G/A filed on February 12, 2020. Such filing indicates that The Vanguard Group has sole voting power with respect to 2,066,222 shares, shared voting power with respect to 379,773 shares, sole investment power with respect to 111,712,066 shares and shared investment power with respect to 2,315,858 shares.
(2)Based solely on a Statement on Schedule 13G/A filed on February 10, 2020. Such filing indicates that BlackRock, Inc. has sole voting power with respect to 75,909,570 shares and sole investment power with respect to 91,439,070 shares.

Security Ownership by Management

The following table sets forth information known to us with respect to beneficial ownership of our common stock as of January 31, 2020 by (i) each director and director nominee, (ii) each of the named executive officers and (iii) all directors and executive officers as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined under the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Except as indicated in the footnotes to the table below and subject to applicable community property laws, to our knowledge the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the securities listed. None of the shares are subject to any pledge.

The number of shares beneficially owned by each person or group as of January 31, 2020 includes shares of common stock that such person or group has the right to acquire within 60 days of January 31, 2020, including upon the exercise of options to purchase common stock or the vesting of RSUs or PSUs. References to options in the footnotes to the table below include only options outstanding as of January 31, 2020 that are currently exercisable or that become exercisable within 60 days of January 31, 2020. References to any restricted stock, RSUs or PSUs in the footnotes to the table below include only restricted stock, RSUs and PSUs outstanding as of January 31, 2020 and that are currently vested or that will vest within 60 days of January 31, 2020. The table below excludes the number of shares that have been earned under our 2017 ROCE PSUs but not yet finally determined, as described in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Payouts Under PSU Awards—2020 Payouts Under 2017 ROCE PSUs,” on page 41 above.

For each individual and group included in the table below, percentage ownership is calculated by dividing the number of shares beneficially owned by such person or group by the sum of the 1,387,980,608 shares of common stock outstanding on January 31, 2020, plus the number of shares of common stock that such person or group had the right to acquire on or within 60 days of January 31, 2020.

As of January 31, 2020, no director, director nominee or named executive officer owned more than 1% of the outstanding shares of Schlumberger’s common stock. All directors and executive officers as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of our common stock as of January 31, 2020.

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NameShares
Khaled Al Mogharbel418,595(1)
Simon Ayat941,762(2)
Peter L.S. Currie49,148(3)
Patrick de La Chevardière2,269
Hinda Gharbi268,453(4)
Miguel M. Galuccio11,469
Paal Kibsgaard2,179,268(5)
Nikolay Kudryavtsev10,000
Olivier Le Peuch346,812(6)
Tatiana A. Mitrova5,953
Indra K. Nooyi25,773(7)
Lubna S. Olayan29,473
Mark G. Papa17,890
Leo Rafael Reif31,473
Patrick Schorn483,904(8)
Henri Seydoux27,473
Jeff W. Sheets2,269
ALL DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AS A GROUP (32 PERSONS)8,023,512(9)

(1)Includes options to purchase 300,200 shares.
(2)Includes options to purchase 673,600 shares.
(3)Includes 31,550 shares held by a family trust of which Mr. Currie is a trustee.
(4)Includes options to purchase 121,200 shares and 218 shares beneficially owned by Ms. Gharbi’s spouse.
(5)Includes options to purchase 1,523,800 shares.
(6)Includes options to purchase 193,200 shares.
(7)Includes 18,550 shares held by a grantor retained annuity trust of which Ms. Nooyi is the trustee and sole annuitant.
(8)Includes options to purchase 372,200 shares.
(9)Includes options to purchase 5,390,690 shares.

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors, among others, to file an initial report of ownership of Schlumberger common stock on Form 3 and reports of changes in ownership on Form 4 or Form 5. Persons subject to Section 16 are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms that they file. The Company believes, based solely on a review of the copies of such forms in its possession and on written representations from reporting persons, that two transactions required to be filed under Section 16(a) were not timely filed during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 or prior fiscal years. Two Form 4s required to be filed by Mr. Le Peuch relating to the vesting of RSUs were not timely filed, but were filed on January 22, 2020.

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Other Information

Stockholder Proposals for our 2021 Annual General MeetingSEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

In order for a stockholder proposal to be considered for inclusion in the proxy statement for the 2021 annual general meeting of stockholdersour 2023 AGM pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14a-8, or for director nominations to be included pursuant to the Company’s proxy access bylaw provisions, such proposals or notice of nominations must be received by the Secretary of the Company, 5599 San Felipe, 17thFloor, Houston, Texas 77056, no later than October 24, 2020,27, 2022, and, in the case of a proxy access nomination, no earlier than September 24, 2020.27, 2022.

 

For stockholder proposals to be introduced for consideration at our 2021 annual general meeting of stockholders2023 AGM other than pursuant to Rule 14a-8 and for stockholder candidates to be nominated for election as directors other than pursuant to our proxy access bylaw provisions, notice generally (unless the date of our 2021 annual general meeting is moved as stated in our bylaws) must be delivered to the Secretary of the Company at our executive offices in Houston, Texas, not later than 120 days nor earlier than 150 days before the first anniversary of the date of the 2020 annual general meeting of stockholders.2022 AGM. Accordingly, any such notice must be received no earlier than November 2, 2020,7, 2022, and no later than December 2, 2020,7, 2022, and must otherwise satisfy the requirements of our bylaws. Under the rules of the Exchange Act, we may use discretionary authority to vote with respect to any proposal not included in our proxy materials that is presented by a stockholder in person at the 2021 annual general meeting of stockholders2023 AGM if the stockholder making the proposal has not given notice to us by December 2, 2020.7, 2022.

 

Annual Report

Stockholders may obtain a copy of our most recent Form 10-K filed with the SEC, including financial statements and schedules, without charge by writing to our Investor Relations Department, 5599 San Felipe, 17th Floor, Houston, Texas 77056, or by calling (713) 375-3535.

Proxy Solicitation Costs

The Company will pay the cost of furnishing proxy materials to all stockholders and of soliciting proxies by mail and telephone. We have retained D.F. King & Co., Inc. and its affiliate to assist in the solicitation of proxies for a fee estimated at $20,200 plus reasonable expenses. Directors, officers and employees of the Company may also solicit proxies for no additional compensation. We will reimburse brokerage firms, fiduciaries, and custodians for their reasonable expenses in forwarding the solicitation material to beneficial owners.

Other Matters

 

Stockholders may obtain a copy of our most recent Form 10-K filed with the SEC, including financial statements and schedules, without charge by writing to our Investor Relations Department, 5599 San Felipe, 17th Floor, Houston, Texas 77056, or by calling (713) 375-3535.

The Company will pay the cost of furnishing proxy material to all stockholders and of soliciting proxies by mail and telephone. We have retained D. F. King & Co., Inc. to assist in the solicitation of proxies for a fee estimated at $15,500 plus reasonable expenses. Directors, officers and employeesAs of the Company may also solicit proxies for no additional compensation. We will reimburse brokerage firms, fiduciaries and custodians for their reasonable expenses in forwarding the solicitation material to beneficial owners.

The Board knowsdate of this proxy statement, we know of no other matter tobusiness that will be presented at the meeting.meeting other than the matters described in this proxy statement. If any additional matter ismatters are properly presented at the meeting, we intend to vote the enclosed proxy in accordance with the discretion of the persons named in the proxy.

 

Please sign, date, and return the accompanying proxy in the enclosed envelope at your earliest convenience.

 

By order of the Board of Directors,

 

 

 

Alexander C. Juden
Dianne B. Ralston

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

Houston, Texas

 

February 21, 202024, 2022

 

 

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Appendix A

 

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

 

Our 2020This proxy statement includes non-GAAP financial measures. Net income, excluding charges and credits,measures, including free cash flow, free cash flow margin, cash flow generation, adjusted EBITDA, earnings per share, excluding charges and credits, free cash flow and cash flow generation are non-GAAP financial measures. Thesenet income, excluding charges and credits. Certain of these measures are used by management inas performance metrics when determining certain incentive compensation.

The followingcompensation for our executive officers. Below is a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP measures. Management believes that the exclusion of charges and credits from certain non-GAAP financial measures enables it to evaluate more effectively Schlumberger’s operations period-over-period and to identify operating trends that could otherwise be masked by the excluded items.

 

The non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or superior to, other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

  (Stated in millions, except per share amounts) 
  Twelve Months 2019 
   Pretax   Tax   Noncont.
Interests
   Net   Diluted
EPS*
 
Schlumberger net income (loss) (GAAP basis) $(10,418) $(311) $30  $(10,137) $(7.32)
Fourth Quarter                    
North America restructuring  225   51      174   0.13 
Other restructuring  104   (33)     137   0.10 
Workforce reductions  68   8      60   0.04 
Pension settlement accounting  37   8      29   0.02 
Repurchase of bonds  22   5      17   0.01 
Gain on formation of Sensia  (247)  (42)     (205)  (0.15)
Third Quarter                    
Goodwill impairment  8,828   43      8,785   6.34 
North America pressure pumping  1,575   344      1,231   0.89 
Intangible assets impairment  1,085   248      837   0.60 
Other North America-related  310   53      257   0.19 
Asset Performance Solutions  294         294   0.21 
Equity-method investments  231   12      219   0.16 
Argentina  127         127   0.09 
Other  242   13      229   0.17 
Schlumberger net income, excluding charges and credits $2,483  $399  $30  $2,054  $1.47 

*Does not add due to rounding.

 (Stated in millions) (Stated in millions) 
Periods Ended December 31, Twelve
Months
2019
 Twelve
Months
2018
  Twelve
Months
2021
 
Cash flow from operations $5,431  $5,713  $4,651 
Capital expenditures  (1,724)  (2,160)  (1,141)
APS investments  (781)  (981)  (474)
Multiclient seismic data capitalized  (231)  (100)  (39)
Free cash flow $2,695  $2,472  $2,997 
Net proceeds from formation of Sensia joint venture and from asset divestiture  586    
Business acquisitions and investments, net of cash acquired plus debt assumed  (23)  (292)  (103)
Cash paid for severance  128   340 
Proceeds from sale of Liberty shares  109 
Other, net  (3)
Cash flow generation $3,386  $2,520  $3,000 

 

Free cash flow represents cash flow from operations less capital expenditures, APS investments and multiclient seismic data costs capitalized. Management believes that free cash flow is an important liquidity measure for the Company and that it is useful to investors and management as a measure of Schlumberger’s ability to generate cash. Free cash flow does not represent the residual cash flow available for discretionary expenditures. Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, cash flow from operations.

 (Stated in millions) 
Periods Ended December 31, Twelve
Months
2021
 
Net income attributable to Schlumberger $1,881 
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests  47 
Tax expense  446 
Income before taxes $2,374 
Charges and credits:    
Gain on sale of Liberty shares  (28)
Early repayment of bonds  10 
Unrealized gain on marketable securities  (47)
Depreciation and amortization  2,120 
Interest expense  529 
Interest income  (33)
Adjusted EBITDA $4,925 

Adjusted EBITDA represents income before taxes excluding charges and credits, depreciation and amortization, interest expense, and interest income. Management believes that adjusted EBITDA is an important profitability measure for Schlumberger and that it allows investors and management to more efficiently evaluate Schlumberger’s operations period over period and to identify operating trends that could otherwise be masked. Adjusted EBITDA should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, other measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

 

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  (Stated in millions, except per share amounts) 
  Twelve Months 2021 
  Pretax  Tax  Noncont.
Interests
  Net  Diluted
EPS
 
Schlumberger net income (GAAP basis) $2,374  $446  $47  $1,881  $1.32 
Gain on sale of Liberty shares  (28)  (4)     (24)  (0.02)
Early repayment of bonds  10         10   0.01 
Unrealized gain on marketable securities  (47)  (11)     (36)  (0.03)
Schlumberger net income, excluding charges and credits $2,309  $431  $47  $1,831  $1.28 

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