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			20170613_Form 8-K_RIG Tender Offer Announcement
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">CURRENT REPORT</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF THE</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp; June 13, 2017</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;">TRANSOCEAN LTD.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">CH-6300</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Registrant&#x2019;s telephone number, including area code: </font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">+41 (22)&nbsp;930-9000</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (</font><font style="display:inline;font-style:italic;">see</font><font style="display:inline;"> General Instruction A.2. below):</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">&#x2610;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#xA7;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#xA7;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. </font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">&#x25FB;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Item 7.01<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font></font><font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Regulation FD</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">On June 13, 2017, Transocean Ltd. announced that Transocean Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, commenced&nbsp;&nbsp;tender offers (the &#x201C;Tender Offers&#x201D;) to purchase for cash U.S. $1.5&nbsp;billion&nbsp;principal amount of its 2.500% Senior Notes due 2017, 7.375% Senior Notes due 2018, 6.000% Senior Notes due 2018, 6.500% Senior Notes due 2020 and 6.375% Senior Notes due 2021 (collectively, the &#x201C;Notes&#x201D;), subject to the terms and conditions specified in the related offer to purchase (the &#x201C;Offer to Purchase&#x201D;). The Tender Offers will expire at midnight, New York City time, at the end of July 11, 2017, subject to any extension.&nbsp;The Tender Offers are subject to, and conditioned upon, the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions described in the Offer to Purchase.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">A copy of the press release announcing the Tender Offers is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:10pt;">Since March 31, 2017, Transocean Ltd. or one or more of its subsidiaries has repurchased in the open market an aggregate principal amount of approximately U.S. $131 million of Transocean Inc.&#x2019;s debt securities for an aggregate cash payment of U.S. $132 million.&nbsp;&nbsp;As a result of the repurchases, the aggregate principal amounts of the following Transocean Inc. notes have been retired:&nbsp;&nbsp;U.S. $62 million of the 2.500% Senior Notes due 2017, U.S. $35 million of the 6.000% Senior Notes due 2018, U.S. $1 million of the 7.375% Senior Notes due 2018, U.S. $6 million of the 6.500% Senior Notes due 2020 and U.S. $27.5 million of the 3.800% Senior Notes due 2022.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">The</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Calibri;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being &#x201C;furnished&#x201D; pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed to be &#x201C;filed&#x201D; 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.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">(d)&nbsp; Exhibits.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">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.</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Date: June 13, 2017</font></p>
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20170613_Form 8-K_RIG Tender Offer Announcement
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):  June 13, 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.)
Turmstrasse 30
6300 Zug
Switzerland
CH-6300
(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):
☐     Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐     Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
◻
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
◻
Item 7.01
Regulation FD
On June 13, 2017, Transocean Ltd. announced that Transocean Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiary, commenced  tender offers (the "Tender Offers") to purchase for cash U.S. $1.5 billion principal amount of its 2.500% Senior Notes due 2017, 7.375% Senior Notes due 2018, 6.000% Senior Notes due 2018, 6.500% Senior Notes due 2020 and 6.375% Senior Notes due 2021 (collectively, the "Notes"), subject to the terms and conditions specified in the related offer to purchase (the "Offer to Purchase"). The Tender Offers will expire at midnight, New York City time, at the end of July 11, 2017, subject to any extension. The Tender Offers are subject to, and conditioned upon, the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions described in the Offer to Purchase.
A copy of the press release announcing the Tender Offers is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Since March 31, 2017, Transocean Ltd. or one or more of its subsidiaries has repurchased in the open market an aggregate principal amount of approximately U.S. $131 million of Transocean Inc.'s debt securities for an aggregate cash payment of U.S. $132 million.  As a result of the repurchases, the aggregate principal amounts of the following Transocean Inc. notes have been retired:  U.S. $62 million of the 2.500% Senior Notes due 2017, U.S. $35 million of the 6.000% Senior Notes due 2018, U.S. $1 million of the 7.375% Senior Notes due 2018, U.S. $6 million of the 6.500% Senior Notes due 2020 and U.S. $27.5 million of the 3.800% Senior Notes due 2022.
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.
Exhibit No
.
Description
99.1
Press release announcing tender offers
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.
TRANSOCEAN LTD.
Date: June 13, 2017
By:
/s/ Daniel Ro-Trock
Daniel Ro-Trock
Authorized Person
Index to Exhibits
s
Exhibit No
.
Description
99.1
Press release announcing tender offers