d1105075_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 June 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)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): [ ].
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furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer
must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the
registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant's
"home country"), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the
registrant's securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is
not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the
registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already
been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on
EDGAR.
INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT
Attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release from Seadrill Limited (the "Company"),
dated June 3, 2010, announcing the employment of West Sirius.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 is a press release from the Company, dated June
4, 2010, announcing the launch of the new mandatory offer for the remaining
shares in Scorpion.
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:
June 7, 2010
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/s/
Georgina Sousa
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Georgina
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Secretary
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Exhibit
99.1
SDRL -
West Sirius commences operations for BP in the GoM
Hamilton, Bermuda, June 3,
2010 - Seadrill hereby confirms that on June 3, 2010, the ultra-deepwater
semi-submersible rig West Sirius will start operations for BP.
The term
contract between Seadrill and Devon Energy for West Sirius for operations in the
US Gulf of Mexico has been assigned to BP through an agreement between BP, Devon
Energy and Seadrill related to BP's acquisition of deepwater exploration acreage
and prospects in the US Gulf of Mexico from Devon, announced in March
2010.
As such,
West Sirius has a remaining contract duration with BP in excess of four
years.
Analyst
contact:
Jim
Dåtland
Vice
President Investor Relations
Seadrill
Management AS
+47 51 30
99 19
This
information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl
(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)
Exhibit 99.2
SDRL
- Seadrill launches new mandatory offer for remaining shares in
Scorpion
Hamilton, Bermuda, June 4, 2010 - On May 31,
2010, Seadrill Limited ("Seadrill") announced the acquisition of a further
9,071,948 shares in Scorpion Offshore Limited ("Scorpion") taking its total
holding to 45,010,851 shares, representing 50.11 percent of the issued shares in
Scorpion.
As a
consequence of the above, Seadrill hereby announces a new mandatory offer for
all of the remaining shares in Scorpion as required by the Norwegian Securities
Trading Act (the "New Offer").
The offer
price in the New Offer is NOK 40.50 per share.
The
acceptance period for the New Offer expires on July 16, 2010, at 17:30
CET.
Settlement
of the New Offer will take place on July 30, 2010 at the latest.
For more
detailed information on Scorpion and Seadrill, please refer to the Mandatory
Offer document dated May 10, 2010 describing the original offer (the "Original
Offer") previously circulated to the shareholders in Scorpion and available on
www.seadrill.com and www.carnegie.no.
Shareholders
in Scorpion are free to choose between the Original Offer and the New
Offer.
Shareholders
who have not, as of today, accepted the Original Offer and who wish to accept
the New Offer are requested to use the acceptance form attached hereto and
submit this to Carnegie ASA before 17:30 CET on July 16,
2010.
Shareholders
who have already submitted an acceptance form in relation to the Original Offer
will, unless they contact Carnegie ASA, be assumed to have transferred their
acceptance to the New Offer and will thus be entitled to receive the offer price
of NOK 40.50 per share on the terms of the New Offer.
Shareholders
who wish to accept the Original Offer are requested to contact Carnegie
ASA.
This
message will be mailed to all shareholders in Scorpion on record on June 1,
2010.
Analyst
contact:
Jim
Dåtland
Vice
President Investor Relations
Seadrill
Management AS
+47 51 30
99 19
This
information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl
(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)