Seadrill Limited — Capital/Financing Update 2017

Apr 4, 2017

SDRL - Amendments to Secured Credit Facilities

SDRL - Amendments to Secured Credit Facilities

Hamilton, Bermuda, April 4, 2017 - Seadrill Limited ("Seadrill or the Company")

announces today that it has reached agreement with its banking group to extend a

series of key dates as part of the Company's ongoing restructuring efforts.  The

Company has reached an agreement to extend the milestone to implement a

restructuring plan from 30 April to 31 July 2017 and also to extend the related

covenant amendments and waivers expiring on 30 June 2017 to 30 September 2017.

Finally, the Company has also received lender consent to extend the maturity

dates of the following three facilities:

1. The US$450 million credit facility maturing on 30 April 2017 will be

extended until 15 August 2017

2. The US$400 million credit facility maturing on 31 May 2017 will be extended

until 31 August 2017

3. The US$2.0 billion NADL credit facility maturing on 30 June 2017 will be

extended until 14 September 2017

These extensions provide additional time for the Company to further advance the

ongoing negotiations with its banks, potential new money investors, and the

advisers to the ad hoc committee of bondholders regarding the terms of a

comprehensive restructuring plan, which may include the infusion of new capital.

While no definitive terms have been reached, based on stakeholder and new money

investor feedback, as well as the Company's existing leverage, we currently

believe that a comprehensive restructuring plan will require a substantial

impairment or conversion of our bonds, as well as impairment, losses or

substantial dilution for other stakeholders.  As a result, the Company currently

expects that shareholders are likely to receive minimal recovery for their

existing shares.

We expect the implementation of a comprehensive restructuring plan will likely

involve schemes of arrangement or chapter 11 proceedings, and we are preparing

accordingly.  The Company's business operations remain unaffected by these

restructuring efforts and the Company will continue to meet its ongoing customer

and business counterparty obligations.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release includes forward looking statements. Such statements are

generally not historical in nature, and specifically include statements about

the Company's plans, strategies, business prospects, changes and trends in its

business and the markets in which it operates. These statements are made based

upon management's current plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs

concerning future events impacting the Company and therefore involve a number of

risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ

materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements,

which speak only as of the date of this news release. Consequently, no forward-

looking statement can be guaranteed. When considering these forward-looking

statements, you should keep in mind the risks described from time to time in the

Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its

Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-34667). The Company undertakes no

obligation to update any forward looking statements to reflect events or

circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the

occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it

is not possible for the Company to predict all of these factors. Further, the

Company cannot assess the impact of each such factor on its business or the

extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results

to be materially different from those contained in any forward looking

statement.

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section

5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.