20170220_Form 8K_RIG_Articles of Association

UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 21, 2017 (February 16, 2017)

 

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Switzerland

    

000-53533

    

98-0599916

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

10 Chemin de Blandonnet

   

 

1214 Vernier, Geneva

 

 

Switzerland

 

CH-1214

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +41 (22) 930-9000

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.03   Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Effective February 16, 2017, Transocean Ltd. (“Transocean”) amended its articles of association (as amended, the “Articles of Association”) to reflect the previous issuance of Transocean shares out of conditional capital in connection with the acquisition of Transocean Partners LLC.    

The foregoing description of the Articles of Association does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Articles of Association, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit No.

    

Description

 

 

 

3.1

 

 

Articles of Association of Transocean Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

1

 

 

 

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

 

 

 

 

Date: February 21, 2017

By:

/s/ Daniel Ro-Trock

 

 

Daniel Ro-Trock

 

 

Authorized Person

 


 

Index to Exhibits

 

 

s

 

Exhibit No.

    

Description

 

 

 

3.1

 

Articles of Association of Transocean Ltd.