Seadrill Limited — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Aug 7, 2015

SDRL - Disclosure regarding Sevan Drilling Limited

SDRL - Disclosure regarding Sevan Drilling Limited

Hamilton, Bermuda, August 7, 2015 - We refer to the press release dated July

1, 2015 which announced the forward agreements for Seadrill Limited's

("Seadrill") holdings in Sevan Drilling Limited ("Sevan") shares.

We have rolled forward one of these agreements subsequent to its expiration.

Seadrill has entered into a forward agreement for 4,091,425 Sevan Drilling

Limited shares expiring November 6, 2015 with a strike price of NOK 8.5539.

Seadrill controls 14,897,068 shares of Sevan, either through direct ownership or

forward agreements, representing 50.11% of all issued shares of Sevan.

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section

5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

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