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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): April 16, 2015 (April 15, 2015)

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):
 
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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.

(c) On April 15, 2015, Ian C. Strachan entered into an employment agreement (the "Agreement") with Transocean Ltd. (the "Company"), pursuant to which Mr. Strachan will continue to be employed as the Company's Interim Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Mr. Strachan will receive a gross monthly base salary of $235,000. Mr. Strachan will not participate in the Company's Performance Award and Cash Bonus Plan or the Company's Long-Term Incentive Plans and and he will not be eligible to receive expatriate allowances. The Agreement specifies that the compensation Mr. Strachan receives in his capacity as current Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors shall not be impacted by the compensation he will receive as Interim Chief Executive Officer.

The foregoing description of the Agreement is not complete and is qualified by reference to the complete Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)  Exhibits.
 
The exhibit to this report filed pursuant to item 9.01 is as follows:
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
 
 
 
10.1
 
Employment Agreement between Transocean Ltd. and Ian C. Strachan dated April 15, 2015.

 
 







SIGNATURE

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.


 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: April 16, 2015
 
TRANSOCEAN LTD.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Jill S. Greene
 
 
 
Authorized Person






Index to Exhibits
 
Exhibit
 
 
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
10.1

 
Employment Agreement between Transocean Ltd. and Ian C. Strachan dated April 15, 2015.