d1328949_20-f.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
[ ] REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
[ X ] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____ to ____
[ ] SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of event requiring this shell company report:
Commission file number: 001-34667
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SEADRILL LIMITED
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Bermuda
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(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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Par-la-Ville Place, 4th Floor, 14 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, HM 08 Bermuda
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Georgina Sousa
Par-la-Ville Place, 14 Par-la-Ville Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda
Tel: +1 (441) 295-9500, Fax: +1 (441) 295-3494
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(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person
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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Common stock, $2.00 par value
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New York Stock Exchange
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Title of class
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Name of exchange on which registered
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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:
As of December 31, 2011, there were 467,772,174 shares, par value $2.00 per share, of the Registrant's common stock outstanding.
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
If this report is an annual report or transition report, indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large accelerated filer [ X ]
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Accelerated filer [ ]
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Non-accelerated filer [ ]
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller reporting company [ ]
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Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the Registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
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[ X ] U.S. GAAP
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[ ] International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board
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[ ] Other
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If "Other" has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which
financial statement item the Registrant has elected to follow.
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[ ] Item 17
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[ ] Item 18
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If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Explanatory Note
This Amendment No.1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2012 (the "2011 Form 20-F"), is being filed solely for purposes of furnishing Interactive Data File disclosure as Exhibit 101 with detail-tagged footnotes to the financial statements in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T. This Exhibit was previously filed with block-tagged footnotes.
Other than as expressly set forth above, this Form 20-F/A does not, and does not purport to, amend, update or restate the information in any other item of the 2011 Form 20-F, or reflect any events that have occurred since the 2011 Form 20-F was originally filed.
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
The exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index hereof are filed herewith in response to this item.
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Exhibits
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Description
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101.INS
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XBRL Instance Document
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101.SCH
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
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101.CAL
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Calculation Linkbase Document
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101.DEF
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Definition Linkbase Document
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101.LAB
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Label Linkbase Document
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101.PRE
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XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Presentation Linkbase Document
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The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F/A and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
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SEADRILL LIMITED
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By:
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/s/ Fredrik Halvorsen
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Name: Fredrik Halvorsen
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Title: Chief Executive Officer of Seadrill Management AS
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(Principal Executive Officer of Seadrill Limited) |
Dated: October 23, 2012