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Schlumberger Limited (SLB) filed Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its 1 July 2025 Form S-8. The original registration covered up to 24 million common shares for the SLB Discounted Stock Purchase Plan. Because SLB completed its all-stock merger with ChampionX Corporation on 16 July 2025 at a fixed 0.735-for-1 exchange ratio, all outstanding ChampionX equity awards (options, RSUs, performance shares and restricted stock) were converted into equivalent SLB awards.

The amendment reallocates the previously registered share pool: 20 million shares remain available for the purchase plan and up to 3 million shares are now reserved for exercise or settlement of the assumed ChampionX awards held by directors, officers and employees who joined SLB. No new securities are being registered, so aggregate capacity stays within the original 24 million shares.

Aside from updating exhibits, legal opinions and signature pages, the filing contains no financial results or revised guidance. Its primary effect is administrative鈥攅nsuring legal compliance and smooth equity-based compensation continuity after the ChampionX acquisition.

On July 15, 2025, Schlumberger N.V. (SLB) filed a Form 8-K announcing that the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority has cleared its pending all-stock acquisition of ChampionX Corporation. This clearance is the final required regulatory approval under the April 2, 2024 Merger Agreement. With regulatory risk now removed, SLB, Sodium Holdco and Sodium Merger Sub plan to close the merger on July 16, 2025, subject only to satisfaction or waiver of the remaining contractual closing conditions.

Until the transaction consummates, SLB and ChampionX will continue to operate as separate entities. The filing contains customary forward-looking-statement disclaimers, emphasizing that unforeseen events or failure to satisfy closing conditions could still delay or terminate the deal.

For investors, the CMA decision markedly improves deal certainty, accelerates the expected timetable to completion and signals that ChampionX鈥檚 production-chemical and artificial-lift portfolio could soon be integrated into SLB鈥檚 global oilfield-services platform.

Barclays Bank PLC is marketing Partial Principal at Risk Securities linked to the S&P 500庐 Index. The $1,000-denominated notes will be priced on 30 June 2025 and mature on 5 January 2027. They offer a 100% participation rate in any positive index return, but total upside is capped at a maximum payment of at least $1,127 (鈮� 112.7% of principal). If the index ends below its initial level, holders receive principal reduced by the index鈥檚 percentage decline, subject to a minimum payment of $850; the worst-case loss is therefore 15% of invested capital.

The notes pay no periodic interest, are senior unsecured obligations of Barclays, and are exposed to both the bank鈥檚 credit risk and potential U.K. bail-in. Barclays鈥� own pricing models value the securities at $919.90鈥�$969.90, noticeably below the $1,000 issue price, reflecting dealer compensation, hedging costs and structuring margin.

No exchange listing is planned, so liquidity will depend on Barclays making markets, and resale prices may be well below both issue price and model value. Additional risks disclosed include limited upside, potential negative impact of Barclays鈥� hedging, model uncertainty, and possible early acceleration upon regulatory change-in-law events.

These notes may suit investors seeking moderate, capped equity exposure with partial downside protection over an 18-month horizon, but investors give up dividends, accept limited upside and bear issuer and market liquidity risk.

Global Blue Group Holding AG ("Global Blue") has completed the cash tender offer launched by Shift4 Payments, Inc. and its subsidiary GT Holding 1 GmbH. As of one minute after 11:59 p.m. (NYC time) on 2 July 2025, approximately 233,862,778 shares, or 97.37 % of the company鈥檚 outstanding equity, had been validly tendered and not withdrawn. This satisfied the Transaction Agreement鈥檚 minimum condition, allowing Merger Sub to accept the shares for payment and create an immediate change of control.

Cash consideration will be paid promptly at the following rates: $7.50 per ordinary share, $10.00 per Series A preferred share, and $11.81 per Series B preferred share. Stock options with strike prices below the offer price were cancelled in exchange for cash equal to their intrinsic value; underwater options were cancelled without payment. Vested restricted share awards converted to cash at $7.50 per share, while unvested awards were replaced with cash-settled rights that vest on the original schedule.

Governance shifted materially: seven directors resigned (including Jacques Stern) upon completion of the offer, while Jordan Frankel and Jeremy Henderson-Ross joined the board, leaving a four-member board comprising Eric Strutz, Eric Meurice, Frankel and Henderson-Ross. Several legacy shareholder, registration-rights and investment agreements were simultaneously terminated.

A joint press release dated 3 July 2025 announcing these results is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 99.1.