UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of February 2015

Commission File Number 001-34667

SEADRILL LIMITED

P.O. Box HM 1593

Par-la-Ville Place, 4th Floor

14 Par-la-Ville Road

Hamilton HM 08 Bermuda

(441)295-6935

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Seadrill Limited (the "Company"), dated February 5, 2015, announcing that (i) North Atlantic Drilling Ltd., the Company's majority owned subsidiary, has received approval from its Norwegian Bondholders to amend the Bond Agreement entered into with the Nordic Trustee ASA in October 2013 and (ii) the Company will provide a guarantee for the Bond Issue in favor of the Trustee in exchange for replacing the Issuer's current financial covenants with the Company's financial covenants.

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

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EXHIBIT 99.1

SDRL - Approval for NADL Norwegian Bond Amendment

Hamilton, Bermuda, February 5, 2015 - Seadrill Limited ("Seadrill" or the "Company") announces that North Atlantic Drilling has received approval from its Norwegian Bondholders to amend the Bond Agreement entered into with the Nordic Trustee ASA in October 2013 (ISIN: NO 001 069241.1).

Following this approval, Seadrill will provide a guarantee for the Bond Issue in favor of the Trustee (on behalf of the Bondholders) in exchange for some amendments to the Bond Issue's covenant package, namely replacing the Issuer's current financial covenants with Seadrill financial covenants.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements described in this presentation that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements which could be made include, but are not limited to, statements involving prospects for the Company, expected revenues, capital expenditures, costs and results of operations and contingencies and other factors discussed in the Company's most recent annual report on the Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2013 and in the Company's other filings with the SEC, which are available free of charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or to persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by reference to these risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of the particular statement, and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.

This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.