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<a name="sd37930fccdd740b6ac68e0d8a2aae1e1"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8&#8209;K</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 22, 2013 (May 18, 2013)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">TRANSOCEAN LTD.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:8px;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:89.058039961941%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr><tr><td width="35%"></td><td width="32%"></td><td 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">98-0599916</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #ffffff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #ffffff;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;border-top:1px solid #ffffff;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #ffffff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #ffffff;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;border-top:1px solid #ffffff;"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(Commission <br>File Number)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #ffffff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #ffffff;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;border-top:1px solid #ffffff;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #ffffff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #ffffff;border-right:1px solid #ffffff;border-top:1px solid #ffffff;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:18px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #ffffff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #ffffff;border-right:1px solid 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">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 (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;">see </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">General Instruction A.2. below):</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:justify;font-size:5pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:5pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:12pt;">o</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:12pt;">o</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:130%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:12pt;">o</font></div></td><td 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style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:60px;text-indent:-36px;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:7pt;">&#160;</font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sd37930fccdd740b6ac68e0d8a2aae1e1"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:4px;text-align:left;padding-left:60px;text-indent:-36px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">On May 18, 2013, the Board of Directors of Transocean Ltd. amended the Long-Term Incentive Plan of Transocean Ltd. (as amended and restated as of February 12, 2009, the &#8220;Plan&#8221;).  The amendment provides that for restricted share and deferred unit awards made to directors of Transocean Ltd. who are not employees or officers of Transocean, such awards may vest at such time as the Board may designate in its sole discretion, but not earlier than the first to occur of (a) the first anniversary of the initial date of such award or (b) the date of the Annual General Meeting next following the initial date of such award.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">The foregoing description of the amendment to the Plan is a summary and does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of such document, in the form filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1, and incorporated herein by reference.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(d)  Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:90.96098953377737%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="17%"></td><td width="83%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Exhibit No.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Description</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">10.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">First Amendment to Long-Term Incentive Plan of Transocean Ltd. (as amended and restated as of February 12, 2009)</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sd37930fccdd740b6ac68e0d8a2aae1e1"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:5px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:5px;text-indent:89px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">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></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:5px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:5px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:5px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:5px;text-indent:192px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:5px;font-size:12pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:691px;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="382px"></td><td width="308px"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:12pt;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="font-size:12pt;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">TRANSOCEAN LTD. </font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;height:32px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Date: May 22, 2013</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;vertical-align:top;">By:    </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:top;">/s/  Jill S. Greene </font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;vertical-align:top;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Jill S. Greene</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Authorized Person </font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:5px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:360px;text-indent:24px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><a name="sd37930fccdd740b6ac68e0d8a2aae1e1"></a><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><br><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:360px;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Index to Exhibits</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:90.96098953377737%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td width="17%"></td><td width="83%"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Exhibit No.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Description</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">10.1</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">First Amendment to Long-Term Incentive Plan of Transocean Ltd. (as amended and restated as of February 12, 2009)</font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><br><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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LTIP Amendment 8-K
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): May 22, 2013 (May 18, 2013)
TRANSOCEAN LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Switzerland
000-53533
98-0599916
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
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):
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
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o
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o
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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On May 18, 2013, the Board of Directors of Transocean Ltd. amended the Long-Term Incentive Plan of Transocean Ltd. (as amended and restated as of February 12, 2009, the "Plan").  The amendment provides that for restricted share and deferred unit awards made to directors of Transocean Ltd. who are not employees or officers of Transocean, such awards may vest at such time as the Board may designate in its sole discretion, but not earlier than the first to occur of (a) the first anniversary of the initial date of such award or (b) the date of the Annual General Meeting next following the initial date of such award.
The foregoing description of the amendment to the Plan is a summary and does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of such document, in the form filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1, and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)  Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
First Amendment to Long-Term Incentive Plan of Transocean Ltd. (as amended and restated as of February 12, 2009)
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: May 22, 2013
By:
/s/  Jill S. Greene
Jill S. Greene
Authorized Person
Index to Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
10.1
First Amendment to Long-Term Incentive Plan of Transocean Ltd. (as amended and restated as of February 12, 2009)