UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 29, 2016

 

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +41 (22) 930-9000

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 7.01    Regulation FD

On November 29, 2016, Transocean Ltd. announced that Transocean Proteus Limited (the “Issuer”), its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary, has priced an offering of senior secured notes.  The Issuer will issue U.S. $625 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2024 pursuant to Rule 144A/Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to eligible purchasers.  The notes will be guaranteed by Transocean Ltd., Transocean Inc. and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Transocean Ltd. that owns the drillship Deepwater Proteus. The notes will be secured by a lien on the Deepwater Proteus and certain other assets related to the rig.

The notes will bear interest at the rate of 6.25% per annum and will be callable on or after December 1, 2020.   The offering is expected to close on or about December 8, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.  The Issuer expects to receive aggregate net proceeds of approximately U.S. $609 million from the offering, after deducting the initial purchaser’s discounts and estimated offering costs.  The net proceeds from the notes will be used primarily for the purpose of partially financing the construction of the Deepwater Proteus.  

A copy of the press release announcing the pricing of the offering is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being “furnished” pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not incorporated by reference into any Transocean Ltd. filing, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. 

 

 

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

 

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Index to Exhibits