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):  July 19, 2016

 

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

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 7.01    Regulation FD

 

On July 19, 2016, Transocean Ltd. announced the early results of the previously-announced cash tender offers by Transocean Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Transocean Ltd., to purchase up to U.S. $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2020, 6.375% Senior Notes due 2021 and 3.800% Senior Notes due 2022, issued by Transocean Inc., which commenced on July 5, 2016. 

 

A copy of the press release announcing the early results of the cash tender offers is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being “furnished” pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not incorporated by reference into any Transocean Ltd. filing, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing. 

 

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

 

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.

 

 

Index to Exhibits