d1089142_6-k.htm
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
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
month of April 2010
Commission
File Number 001-34667
SEADRILL
LIMITED
P.O. Box
HM 1593
Par-la-Ville
Place, 4th Floor
14
Par-la-Ville Road
Hamilton
HM 08 Bermuda
(441)295-6935
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission
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INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release from Seadrill Limited (the "Company")
dated April 8, 2010 announcing the appointment of Esa Ikäheimonen as
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Seadrill Management AS.
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.
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SEADRILL
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(Registrant)
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Dated:
April 9, 2010
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/s/
Georgina Sousa |
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Georgina
Sousa
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Secretary
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SDRL -
New CFO appointed in Seadrill
Hamilton,
Bermuda, April 8, 2010 - Esa Ikäheimonen has been appointed Chief Financial
Officer and Senior Vice President of Seadrill Management AS. He currently serves
as Executive Vice President and CFO of Pöyry PLC, a global consulting and
engineering company with head office in Finland.
Prior to
joining Pöyry in early 2009, Mr Ikäheimonen served with Royal Dutch Shell for
almost 20 years. At Shell, he held several senior positions as Regional Vice
President Finance for Upstream in both Africa and the Middle-East, Finance and
Commercial Director in Qatar and Downstream Finance Director for Scandinavia. He
also has an extensive M&A experience through acting as a Portfolio Manager
for Oil Products Europe. Mr Ikäheimonen holds a Master degree in Law from the
University of Turku in Finland.
Alf C
Thorkildsen, Chief Executive Officer in Seadrill Management AS says, "We are
very pleased to have Esa Ikäheimonen joining our team. His extensive
international oil and gas industry experience as well as his broad financial
skills will strengthen our ability to grow the Company further".
Esa
Ikäheimonen will join the Company during second half of 2010. He is a Finnish
citizen, 45 years of age, married with three children.
In
connection with his appointment, Mr Ikäheimonen has been awarded 150,000 options
with five years maturity to acquire shares in Seadrill at strike price of
NOK137.4 per share. The options vest equally over a three year
period.
This
information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl
(Norwegian Securities Trading Act).