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Seadrill Limited — Capital/Financing Update 2021
Jan 29, 2021
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Capital/Financing Update
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SDRL - Seadrill Announces Expiry of Forbearance Agreements
SDRL - Seadrill Announces Expiry of Forbearance Agreements
Hamilton, Bermuda, 29 January 2021 - Reference is made to the announcements by
Seadrill Limited ("Seadrill" or the "Company") (OSE:SDRL, OTCQX:SDRLF) on 30
December 2020 regarding forbearance agreements entered into by the Company with
certain creditors in respect of the group's senior secured credit facility
agreements.
The term of the forbearance agreements expired on 29 January 2021, and,
accordingly, the creditors with whom forbearance agreements were entered into
are no longer prevented from taking actions in respect of events of default that
may arise under the senior secured credit facility agreements as a result of the
group not making interest payments under the group's senior secured credit
agreements.
The Company continues to maintain its readiness to carry out a comprehensive
restructuring of its balance sheet. Such a restructuring may involve the use of
a court-supervised process. The Company continues to engage in constructive
discussions in relation to potential further forbearances and to finalise the
heads of terms of a comprehensive restructuring of its balance sheet; whilst no
agreement has been reached at this point it is expected that potential solutions
will lead to significant equitization of debt which is likely to result in
minimal or no recovery for current shareholders.
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, the markets in which it operates and its restructuring efforts. 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 regulatory filings and periodical
reporting. 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 to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5
-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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