Seadrill New Finance Limited Announces Forbearance Agreement
11. Feb 2021
Hamilton, Bermuda, February 11, 2021– Seadrill Limited (“Seadrill” or the “Company”) (OSE:SDRL, OTCQX:SDRLF) announces that Seadrill New Finance Limited (the “Issuer”), a subsidiary of the Company incorporated in Bermuda in 2018 and issuer of the 12.0% senior secured notes due 2025 (the “Notes”), has entered into a forbearance agreement with certain holders of the Notes.
Pursuant to the forbearance agreement, the consenting creditors have agreed not to exercise any enforcement rights with respect to the Issuer and any subsidiary of the Issuer which is an obligor under the Notes to, or otherwise take actions in respect of, certain events of default that may arise under the Notes as a result of, amongst other things, the Issuer not making the semi-annual 4% cash interest payment due to the senior secured noteholders on 15 January 2021 in respect of their Notes and the filing of Chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of Texas by the Company and certain of its consolidated subsidiaries (excluding the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries), until and including the earlier of 24 February 2021 and any termination of the forbearance agreement.
The purpose of the forbearance agreement is to allow the Company, the Issuer and its stakeholders (including the forbearing holders) time to seek to agree the terms of a restructuring of the Notes in parallel with the commencement by the Company and certain of its consolidated subsidiaries of their Chapter 11 cases. Such a restructuring may involve the use of a court-supervised process.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.