UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of February 2018
Commission File Number 001-34667
Seadrill Limited
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Par-la-Ville Place, 4th Floor
14 Par-la-Ville Road
Hamilton HM 08 Bermuda
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101 (b)(1).
Yes ☐ No ☒
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ITEM 1. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Seadrill Limited (the Company), dated February 26, 2018, announcing entry into a global settlement with the official committee of unsecured creditors, an ad hoc group of bondholders, and other major stakeholders in its chapter 11 case. To effectuate the settlement, the Company executed amendments to its existing restructuring support agreement and investment agreement, which amendments are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively.
ITEM 2. EXHIBITS
Exhibit | ||
Number |
Description | |
10.1 | Amendment, Stipulation and Joinder Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2018, in respect of the Restructuring Support and Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2017 (the Original RSA), by and among Seadrill Limited (on behalf of all Company Parties), the commitment parties to the Original RSA, the Distressed Trading Desk of Barclays Bank PLC, certain holders of, or advisors or managers of accounts holding, certain unsecured bonds, Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. and the official committee of unsecured creditors in the chapter 11 cases. | |
10.2 | Amendment, Assignment and Joinder Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2018, in respect of the Investment Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2017 (the Original Investment Agreement), by and among the commitment parties to the Original Investment Agreement, the Distressed Trading Desk of Barclays Bank PLC, certain holders of, or advisors or managers of accounts holding, certain unsecured bonds and Seadrill Limited. | |
99.1 | Press release dated February 26, 2018. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SEADRILL LIMITED | ||||
Date: February 26, 2018 | By: | /s/ Mark Morris | ||
Name: Mark Morris | ||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |