SDLP Seadrill Partners LLC

 

 

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 October 2014

Commission File Number 001-35704

 

 

Seadrill Partners LLC

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

 

2^nd Floor, Building 11

Chiswick Business Park

566 Chiswick High Road

London, W4 5YS

United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F  x      Form 40-F  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101 (b)(1).     Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101 (b)(7).     Yes  ¨    No  x

 

 

 

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release of Seadrill Partners LLC dated October 30, 2014.

EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report:

 

99.1	Press Release of Seadrill Partners LLC dated October 30, 2014

 

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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.

 

				SEADRILL PARTNERS LLC
Date: October 31, 2014				By:		/s/ Graham Robjohns
						Graham Robjohns
						Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 99.1

SDLP - Seadrill Partners LLC Board of Directors Appointment

London, United Kingdom, October 30, 2014 - Seadrill Partners LLC (NYSE: SDLP) (“Seadrill Partners” or the “Company”) announced today that Mr. Keith MacDonald has been appointed to its board of directors by Seadrill Member LLC to fill a vacancy. Mr. MacDonald will also serve on the conflicts committee of Seadrill Partners.

Mr. MacDonald has over 30 years’ experience of asset finance as an adviser, banker and independent board director. From 2009 to 2013 he was Global Head of Structured Corporate Finance for Lloyds Banking Group which included the Shipping and other asset finance operations of the Bank. Prior to Lloyds he held a number of senior roles for Citibank from 1990 to 2006 culminating in being Asia-Pacific Head of Structured Corporate Finance based in Hong Kong and was extensively involved in the Bank’s ship finance activities for the Asian market. From 2006 to 2009 he was a Founding Partner of Manresa Partners, a London-based Corporate Finance boutique which specialised in cross-border asset financing.

Mr. MacDonald currently acts as Independent Director of two asset finance entities, AABS Limited and RISE Limited and is also a Non-Executive Director of First Derivatives plc, a Fintech Company listed in London and Dublin. He is a graduate of the National University of Ireland, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and a member of the Institute of Directors.