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 ~~February~~July 2018

Commission File Number 001-34667

~~Seadrill~~New SDRL Limited

(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)

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 ☒ Form 40-F ☐

Form 20-F ☒ 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 ☒

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 ☒

~~ITEM~~EXPLANATORY 1.NOTE ~~INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT~~

~~Attached~~As ~~hereto~~previously asdisclosed, ~~Exhibit~~Seadrill ~~99.1~~Limited is(“Old aSeadrill”) ~~copy~~and ofcertain ~~the~~subsidiaries ~~press~~(such ~~release~~subsidiaries, oftogether ~~Seadrill~~with ~~Limited~~Old (Seadrill, the “~~Company~~Debtors”), ~~dated~~filed ~~February 26,~~voluntary ~~2018,~~petitions ~~announcing entry~~for ~~into~~relief a(the ~~global~~cases ~~settlement~~commenced ~~with~~thereby, the ~~official~~“Chapter ~~committee~~11 ofCases”) ~~unsecured~~under ~~creditors,~~chapter an11 adof ~~hoc~~the ~~group~~United ofStates ~~bondholders,~~Bankruptcy ~~and~~Code ~~other~~(the ~~major~~“Bankruptcy ~~stakeholders~~Code”) in ~~its~~the ~~chapter~~United 11States ~~case.~~Bankruptcy ToCourt for ~~effectuate~~ the ~~settlement,~~Southern ~~the~~District ~~Company~~of ~~executed~~Texas, ~~amendments~~Victoria toDivision ~~its~~(the ~~existing restructuring~~“Bankruptcy ~~support~~Court”). ~~agreement~~The ~~and~~Chapter ~~investment~~11 ~~agreement,~~Cases ~~which~~were ~~amendments~~administered ~~are~~under ~~attached~~the ~~hereto~~caption asIn ~~Exhibit~~re ~~10.1~~Seadrill ~~and~~Limited, ~~Exhibit~~et 10al.2, ~~respectively.~~

~~ITEM~~On April 17, 2018, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, which approved and confirmed the Debtors’ Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan (as modified) of Reorganization, as amended and supplemented (the “Plan”). On July 2, 2018 (the “Effective Date”), the Debtors satisfied the conditions to effectiveness and the Plan became effective in accordance with its terms. ~~EXHIBITS~~As part of the transactions undertaken pursuant to the Plan on the Effective Date, the economic interests in the existing shares of Old Seadrill were extinguished and New SDRL Limited, a Bermuda exempted company limited by shares (“New SDRL”), issued certain of its shares to holders of existing shares of Old Seadrill. As a result, New SDRL became the successor issuer to Old Seadrill for purposes of and pursuant to Rule 12g-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). On the Effective Date, New SDRL became the ultimate parent company of Old Seadrill’s subsidiaries and was renamed Seadrill Limited (“New Seadrill”).

Exhibit
Number		Description
10.1		Amendment, Stipulation and Joinder Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2018, in respect of the Restructuring Support and Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2017 (the “Original RSA”), by and among Seadrill Limited (on behalf of all Company Parties), the commitment parties to the Original RSA, the Distressed Trading Desk of Barclays Bank PLC, certain holders of, or advisors or managers of accounts holding, certain unsecured bonds, Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. and the official committee of unsecured creditors in the chapter 11 cases.
10.2		Amendment, Assignment and Joinder Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2018, in respect of the Investment Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2017 (the “Original Investment Agreement”), by and among the commitment parties to the Original Investment Agreement, the Distressed Trading Desk of Barclays Bank PLC, certain holders of, or advisors or managers of accounts holding, certain unsecured bonds and Seadrill Limited.
99.1		Press release dated February 26, 2018.

This Form 6-K is being filed by New SDRL as the initial Exchange Act report of New Seadrill to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and as notice that New Seadrill is the successor issuer to Old Seadrill under Rule 12g-3 under the Exchange Act. As a result, the common shares of New Seadrill, par value $0.10 per share, are deemed to be registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. New Seadrill is thereby deemed subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and in accordance therewith will file reports and other information with the Commission.

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 LIMITED
		NEW SDRL LIMITED
Date: February 26, 2018	By:	/s/ Mark Morris
Date: July 2, 2018		By:	/s/ Georgina Sousa
		Name: Mark Morris
			Name: Georgina Sousa Title: Secretary
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

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