SDRL - Seadrill Agrees to Debt-for-Equity Exchange
Hamilton, Bermuda, June 9, 2016 - Seadrill Limited ("Seadrill" or the "Company") announces today that it has entered into a privately negotiated exchange agreement with certain holders of its outstanding 5-5/8% Senior Notes due 2017 (the "2017 Notes"), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to issue a total of 7,500,000 new shares of its common stock, par value $2.00 per share, in exchange for $50.0 million principal amount of the 2017 Notes in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Exchange"). Settlement is expected to occur on June