Transocean Files 8K - Other Events

Transocean Ltd. (RIG) filed a Form 8K - Other Events - with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission on December 06, 2016.

On December 6, 2016, Transocean Partners LLC ("Transocean Partners") reconvened an extraordinary meeting of common unitholders (the "Special Meeting"), which had been convened and adjourned without a vote on November 11, 2016 and November 16, 2016, to consider and vote on the proposal to approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 31, 2016 (the "Original Merger Agreement"), and as amended on November 21, 2016 (the "Amendment" and the Original Merger Agreement as amended by the Amendment, the "Merger Agreement"), among Transocean Partners, Transocean Ltd. ("Transocean"), and certain subsidiaries of Transocean, pursuant to which Transocean Partners will merge with and into an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Transocean (the "Merger"), and the Merger.

The common unitholders of Transocean Partners approved the Merger Agreement and the Merger at the Special Meeting. A copy of the press release announcing the results of the Special Meeting is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

The full text of this SEC filing can be retrieved at: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451505/000145150516000263/rig-20161206x8k.htm

Any exhibits and associated documents for this SEC filing can be retrieved at: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1451505/000145150516000263/0001451505-16-000263-index.htm

Public companies must file a Form 8-K, or current report, with the SEC generally within four days of any event that could materially affect a company's financial position or the value of its shares.

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December 06, 2016 16:32 ET (21:32 GMT)

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