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Seadrill Limited — Delisting Announcement 2015
Jun 30, 2015
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Delisting Announcement
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Sevan Drilling Ltd: First Day of Trading in Sevan Drilling Limited and Delisting of Sevan Drilling ASA
Sevan Drilling Ltd: First Day of Trading in Sevan Drilling Limited and Delisting of Sevan Drilling ASA
Oslo, June 30th, 2015 - Today marks the first day of
trading in the shares of Sevan Drilling Limited.
Sevan Drilling Limited is the new listed parent
company of the Sevan Drilling Group continuing the
activities which were conducted in Sevan Drilling
ASA. Further, the shares of Sevan Drilling ASA have
now been delisted.
The completion of the capital decrease in Sevan
Drilling ASA was registered in the Norwegian
Register of Business Enterprises after end of
trading on June 29, 2015. As a result of the
registration, the shares of Sevan Drilling Limited
will be distributed to Sevan Drilling ASA's
shareholders as repayment of paid-in capital. The
entitled shareholders will receive 1 Sevan Drilling
Limited share for every 20 shares in Sevan Drilling
ASA. The entitled shareholders will hold the same
relative ownership in Sevan Drilling Limited as they
have in Sevan Drilling ASA. No fractional shares
will be issued. When fractional shares occur the
company will round up to the nearest whole number of
shares. The share capital of Sevan Drilling Limited
consists of 31,000,000 common shares, each with a
par value of USD 0.10. The Sevan Drilling Limited
shares will be visible on the eligible shareholders'
VPS accounts the morning of July 2, 2015.
The following apply to trading in Sevan Drilling
Limited:
ISIN: BMG8070J1099
Ticker: SEVDR
The Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority has
approved the listing prospectus for Sevan Drilling
Limited. The listing prospectus is available at
www.sevandrilling.com and www.platou.no or in
hardcopy from:
Sevan Drilling's headquarters
Drammensveien 288
N-0283 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 22 33 00 00
or
Clarksons Platou's Oslo office
Munkedamsveien 62c
N-0270 Oslo
Norway
Tel: +47 22 01 63 00
The shareholders of Sevan Drilling ASA entitled to
receive shares in Sevan Drilling Limited at the
record date (July 1, 2015) will still be
shareholders of Sevan Drilling ASA holding the same
number of shares as they did prior to the capital
decrease and listing of Sevan Drilling Limited.
Sevan Drilling ASA will be an unlisted company with
a share capital of NOK 1,000,000 divided on
594,623,436 shares with a nominal value of NOK
0.001681737 per share. As resolved during Sevan
Drilling ASA's annual general meeting held May 15,
2015 the board of directors will assess Sevan
Drilling ASA's future and present the available
alternatives to shareholders in an extraordinary
general meeting to be held prior to year-end 2015.
Important information: It should be noted that for
technical reasons the capital decrease will be
completed in the settlement system of VPS as a
demerger.
For further information, please contact:
Scott McReaken, CEO, Sevan Drilling
+47 91194651 mobile
About Sevan Drilling:
Sevan Drilling Limited is an international offshore
drilling contractor specializing in the ultra
deepwater segment. Sevan Drilling Limited is listed
on Oslo Børs.
This information is subject of the disclosure
requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the
Norwegian Securities Trading Act