SDRL - Successful completion of private placement
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Hamilton, Bermuda, April 12, 2010 - Seadrill Limited has today successfully
completed a private placement of a total of 12.5 million shares, representing
approximately 3.1% of the issued capital, to a price of NOK151.50 per share.
Gross proceeds amounted to NOK1,894 million (approximately US$322 million).
The share capital of Seadrill, following the completion of the equity issue in
relation to the private placement, amounts to US$824,576,432 represented by
412,288,216 ordinary shares of US$2.00 par value.
The net proceeds from the private placement will be used to part finance the
mandatory offer for Scorpion Offshore, for equity in the potential acquisition
of the CJ70 design jack-up rig, and for further opportunistic expansion of the
Company.
The share issue was led by Carnegie ASA together with Fearnley Fonds ASA and
Pareto Securities AS as joint-lead managers and DnB NOR Markets and Nordea
Markets as co-lead managers.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl
(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)
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Datum: 13.04.2010 - 08:39 Uhr
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