Seadrill Limited - Information regarding the mandatory offer for all outstanding shares in Scorpion
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Hamilton, Bermuda, July 15, 2010
- Reference is made to Seadrill Limited's ("Seadrill") mandatory offer to
purchase all of the shares in Scorpion Offshore Ltd. ("Scorpion") at NOK40.50
per share expiring on Friday, July 16, 2010 (the "Offer").
Seadrill has received acceptances of the Offer totaling 30,474,619 shares. This
will, together with the shares already owned by Seadrill in Scorpion, take
Seadrill's total holding of Scorpion shares to 75,485,470, representing
approximately 84 percent of all of the issued shares in Scorpion.
Seadrill hereby announces that it will perform settlement of the Offer on the
forthcoming Wednesday, July 21. As such, all Scorpion shareholders accepting the
Offer should have the funds available on their respective bank accounts shortly
thereafter.
The directors of Scorpion not affiliated to Seadrill have agreed to resign
voluntary from their positions on the date Seadrill execute the settlement of
the Offer.
Seadrill will from the same date have full operational control of Scorpion.
Seadrill intends to integrate the activities of Scorpion with its own as soon as
possible and intend, as a consequence of being the holder of the vast majority
of Scorpion shares, call a shareholders meeting in Scorpion and propose to this
that the Scorpion shares are delisted from the Oslo Stock Exchange.
In view of the above Seadrill urges all shareholders in Scorpion not yet having
accepted the Offer to do the same by the deadline on Friday at 17:30 CET this
week.
Seadrill is not bound to maintain the Offer following this date and cannot
guarantee that it will purchase further shares at the price level reflected in
the Offer.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl
(Norwegian Securities Trading Act)
[HUG#1432001]
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Source: Seadrill Limited via Thomson Reuters ONE
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