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
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of September 2017
Commission File Number
001-36277
North Atlantic Drilling Ltd.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Par-la-Ville
Place, 4th Floor
14
Par-la-Ville
Road
Hamilton HM 08 Bermuda
(Address of principal executive office)
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Entry into Restructuring Support and
Lock-Up
Agreement and
Commencement of Chapter 11 Cases
On September 12, 2017, North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NADL or the
Company), a majority owned subsidiary of Seadrill Limited (Seadrill), entered into a restructuring support and
lock-up
agreement (the RSA) with a group of bank lenders,
bondholders, certain other stakeholders, and
new-money
providers. Seadrills consolidated subsidiary Sevan Drilling Limited (Sevan), together with certain other of Seadrills consolidated
subsidiaries (collectively with Seadrill, the Company Parties), entered into the RSA together with NADL. The parties to the RSA represent more than 97% of the loans under the Seadrill groups 12 credit facilities and approximately
40% of the Seadrill and NADL bonds. Ship Finance International Limited and three of its subsidiaries (SFL), which charter three drilling units to the Company Parties, also executed the RSA. In connection with the RSA, the Company Parties
entered into an investment agreement (the Investment Agreement) under which Hemen Investments Limited, an affiliate of Seadrills largest shareholder Hemen Holding Ltd., and a consortium of investors, including the bondholder
parties to the RSA, committed to provide $1.06 billion in new cash commitments.
On September 12, 2017, to implement the
transactions contemplated by the RSA and Investment Agreement, the Company Parties commenced prearranged reorganization proceedings under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code in the Southern District of Texas. At the point of
filing, the Seadrill consolidated group has over $1 billion in cash and does not require debtor-in-possession financing. As part of the chapter 11 cases, the Company Parties have filed first day motions that, when granted, will enable
the Company Parties
day-to-day
operations to continue as usual. Specifically, the Company Parties requested authority to pay trade creditors and employee wages and
benefits without change or interruption. Additionally, the Company Parties will pay all suppliers and vendors in full under normal terms for goods and services provided during the chapter 11 cases.
Overview of RSA and Investment Agreement
The RSA contemplates that each of the Company Parties credit facilities will be amended to provide, among other things:
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approximately 4 to 5.5 year maturity extensions;
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significant amortization relief with no amortization payments until 2020;
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no maintenance covenants except minimum liquidity until Q1 2021; and
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cross-collateralization of the existing credit facilities.
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The RSA and Investment Agreement contemplate the formation of an intermediate holding company to issue the new secured notes.
Rig-owning
entities and certain other assets, including the economic interests in NADL, will be contributed to a subsidiary of that intermediate holding company, which will guarantee and facilitate
cross-collateralization of the amended credit facilities. The RSA provides for amendments to SFLs charter agreements with the Company Parties on terms generally consistent with the credit facility amendments.
The Investment Agreement provides for the issuance of $860 million of new senior secured notes and $200 million of new Seadrill
equity. The new secured notes will mature on the seventh anniversary of the closing and bear interest at a fixed rate of 12% annually consisting of 4% annually payable in cash and 8% annually payable in kind. The new secured notes will be secured
by, among other things, first ranking security interests in unencumbered assets and $227.5 million in a cash escrow account, subject to reduction under certain circumstances, plus second ranking security over other assets.
The RSA and Investment Agreement both require the restructuring to close within 11 months, and both are subject to customary closing
conditions and termination events. The Investment Agreement obligated Seadrill to pay cash commitment fees equal to 5% of the total debt and equity commitment at signing. The Investment Agreement also provides for an additional cash fee equal to 1%
of the new senior secured notes, a primary structuring fee consisting of 5% of the new Seadrill equity (post-dilution), and an additional structuring fee consisting of 0.5% of the new Seadrill equity
(pre-dilution),
payable to certain parties to the Investment Agreement at closing.
Terms of the Plan of
Reorganization
The chapter 11 plan of reorganization contemplated by the RSA provides the following distributions, assuming general
unsecured creditors accept the plan:
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purchasers of the new secured notes will receive 57.5% of the new Seadrill equity, subject to dilution by the
primary structuring fee and an employee incentive plan;
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purchasers of the new Seadrill equity will receive 25% of the new Seadrill equity, subject to dilution by the
primary structuring fee and an employee incentive plan;
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general unsecured creditors of Seadrill, NADL, and Sevan, which includes Seadrill and NADL bondholders, will
receive their pro rata share of 15% of the new Seadrill common stock, subject to dilution by the primary structuring fee and an employee incentive plan, plus certain eligible unsecured creditors will receive the right to participate pro rata in
$85 million of the new secured notes and $25 million of the new equity, provided that general unsecured creditors vote to accept the plan; and
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holders of NADL common stock will receive no recovery.
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Existing claims against and interests in NADL, including the economic interests in the existing NADL common shares, will be extinguished under
the plan. If NADL general unsecured creditors do not accept the plan, they will receive the minimum consideration required under chapter 11. The RSA contemplates certain releases and exculpations and implementation of a customary equity-based
employee incentive plan at closing. The transactions contemplated by the RSA are subject to court approval and other terms and conditions.
The foregoing description of the RSA, Investment Agreement and terms of the plan of reorganization does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the RSA and the Investment Agreement, which are filed as Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3, respectively, to this Form
6-K
and are incorporated herein by reference.
Other Information Regarding Reorganization Proceedings
The Company has engaged Kirkland & Ellis LLP as legal counsel, Houlihan Lokey, Inc. as financial advisor, and Alvarez & Marsal as
restructuring advisor. Slaughter and May has been engaged as corporate counsel, and Morgan Stanley served as co-financial advisor during the negotiation of the restructuring agreement. Advokatfirmaet Thommessen AS is serving as Norwegian counsel.
Conyers Dill & Pearman is serving as Bermuda counsel.
Together with the chapter 11 proceedings, Seadrill, NADL and Sevan are
commencing liquidation proceedings in Bermuda to appoint joint provisional liquidators and facilitate recognition and implementation of the transactions contemplated by the RSA and Investment Agreement, and Simon Edel, Alan Bloom and Roy Bailey of
Ernst & Young are to act as the joint and several provisional liquidators.
Court filings and other information related to the
restructuring proceedings are available at a website administered by the Companys claims agent, Prime Clerk, at https://cases.primeclerk.com/seadrill or via the information call center at
844-858-8891
(US toll free) or the following international numbers:
Brazil Toll Free:
0-800-591-8054
Mexico Toll Free:
01-800-681-5354
Nigeria Toll Free:
070-80601847
Norway Toll Free:
800-25-030
Saudi Arabia Toll Free:
800-850-0029
Singapore Toll Free:
800-492-2272
Thailand Toll Free:
1-800-011-156
UAE Toll Free: 8000-3570-4559
UK Toll Free:
0-800-069-8580
EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
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Description
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10.1
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Restructuring Support and
Lock-up
Agreement, dated September
12, 2017, among Seadrill Limited, certain of its wholly and partially owned subsidiaries, including the Company, certain senior secured lenders, certain bondholders, and certain new money providers, and the exhibits thereto.
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10.2
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Investment Agreement, dated September 12, 2017, among Seadrill Limited, certain of its wholly and
partially owned subsidiaries, including the Company, and certain new money providers, and the exhibits thereto.
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99.1
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Press release dated September 12, 2017.
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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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NORTH ATLANTIC DRILLING LTD.
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Date: September 13, 2017
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By:
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/s/ Mark Morris
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Name:
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Mark Morris
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Title:
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Authorized Signatory
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