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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

 

 

STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ernst & Young Ltd

Maagplatz 1

P.O. Box

CH-8010 Zurich

 

 

To the General Meeting of

Transocean Ltd., Steinhausen

Zurich, February 24,  2016

 

Report of the statutory auditor on the financial statements

As statutory auditor, we have audited the financial statements of Transocean Ltd., which comprise the statement of operations, balance sheet and notes (pages SR2 to SR‑12), for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Board of Directors’ responsibility

The Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of Swiss law and the company’s articles of incorporation. This responsibility includes designing, implementing and maintaining an internal control system relevant to the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. The Board of Directors is further responsible for selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

Auditor’s responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Swiss law and Swiss Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers the internal control system relevant to the entity’s preparation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control system. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015 comply with Swiss law and the company’s articles of incorporation.

Report on other legal requirements

We confirm that we meet the legal requirements on licensing according to the Auditor Oversight Act (AOA) and independence (article 728 CO and article 11 AOA) and that there are no circumstances incompatible with our independence.

In accordance with article 728a paragraph 1 item 3 CO and Swiss Auditing Standard 890, we confirm that an internal control system exists, which has been designed for the preparation of financial statements according to the instructions of the Board of Directors.

We recommend that the financial statements submitted to you be approved.

Furthermore, we draw attention to the fact that half of the share capital and legal reserves are no longer covered (article 725 para. 1 CO). Note 5 and note 10 of the financial statements describe the qualified capital loss and the subsequent events related thereto.

 

Ernst & Young Ltd

 

 

 

/s/ Jolanda Dolente

 

/s/ Jennifer Mathias

Licensed audit expert

 

Certified public accountant

(Auditor in charge)

 

 

 

SR-1


 

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

2015

 

2014

Income

 

 

 

 

 

Guarantee fee income

 

chf

2,601

 

 

chf

7,319

 

Dividend income

 

 

 

 

 

2,043,659

 

Gain on currency exchange

 

 

 

 

 

44,643

 

Financial income

 

 

16

 

 

 

25

 

Total income

 

 

2,617

 

 

 

2,095,646

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General and administrative

 

 

33,301

 

 

 

26,311

 

Depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

171

 

Loss on currency exchange

 

 

3,895

 

 

 

 

Financial expense

 

 

6,268

 

 

 

8,857

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

43,464

 

 

 

35,339

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss on impairment

 

 

(3,280,474

)

 

 

(7,482,493

)

Direct taxes

 

 

95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss for the period

 

chf

(3,321,416

)

 

chf

(5,422,186

)

 

See accompanying notes.

 

SR-2


 

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

2015

 

2014

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

chf

1,158

 

 

chf

15,412

 

Receivables from subsidiaries

 

 

8,891

 

 

 

9,284

 

Other current assets

 

 

1,452

 

 

 

2,295

 

Total current assets

 

 

11,501

 

 

 

26,991

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in subsidiaries

 

 

6,673,743

 

 

 

9,954,217

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment

 

 

1,399

 

 

 

1,324

 

Less accumulated depreciation

 

 

1,324

 

 

 

1,324

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

79

 

 

 

78

 

Total non-current assets

 

 

6,673,897

 

 

 

9,954,295

 

Total assets

 

chf

6,685,398

 

 

chf

9,981,286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable to subsidiaries

 

chf

16,504

 

 

chf

 

Interest payable to subsidiaries

 

 

2,281

 

 

 

107

 

Distribution payable to shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

263,818

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

2,224

 

 

 

1,563

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

21,009

 

 

 

265,488

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long‑term interest bearing note payable to subsidiary

 

 

402,138

 

 

 

18,810

 

Other non‑current liabilities

 

 

1,654

 

 

 

 

Total non‑current liabilities

 

 

403,792

 

 

 

18,810

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share capital

 

 

5,607,459

 

 

 

5,607,459

 

Statutory capital reserves from capital contribution

 

 

9,522,987

 

 

 

8,620,571

 

Statutory capital reserve from capital contribution for shares held by subsidiaries

 

 

70,093

 

 

 

69,618

 

Free reserves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend reserve from capital contribution

 

 

 

 

 

1,017,866

 

Accumulated loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retained earnings (accumulated loss) brought forward from previous years

 

 

(5,361,577

)

 

 

60,609

 

Net loss for the period

 

 

(3,321,416

)

 

 

(5,422,186

)

Own shares against capital reserve from capital contribution

 

 

(256,949

)

 

 

(256,949

)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

6,260,597

 

 

 

9,696,988

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

chf

6,685,398

 

 

chf

9,981,286

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

SR-3


 

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

NOTES TO STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1General

Transocean Ltd. (the “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is the parent company of Transocean Inc., Transocean Management Ltd., and Transocean Services AS, our whollyowned subsidiaries.   Transocean Ltd. is registered with the commercial register in the canton of Zug, and its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and on the SIX Swiss Exchange (“SIX”).  We have seven full time employees.

On November 23, 2015, we announced our intent to delist our shares from the SIX, and on December 17, 2015, we announced that the SIX listing authorities approved our application to delist our shares.  Such delisting is expected to become effective on March 31, 2016, with the last trading day scheduled to be March 30, 2016.  Our shares will continue to be listed and traded on the NYSE.

On October 29, 2015, shareholders at our extraordinary general meeting approved the following: a) the reduction of the par value of each of our shares to CHF 0.10 from the original par value of CHF 15.00, b) the cancellation of all 2.9 million shares repurchased under our share repurchase program and c) the cancellation of the third and fourth installments of the distribution of statutory capital reserves from capital contribution in the form of a United States (“U.S.”) dollar denominated dividend of a total of USD 0.60 per outstanding share.  See Note 10—Subsequent Events.

Note 2Significant Accounting Policies

PresentationBeginning in the year ended December 31, 2015, we have prepared our unconsolidated statutory financial statements in accordance with the general accepted accounting principles as set out in Art. 957 to Art. 963b, of the Swiss Code of Obligations (the “CO”), which became effective since January 1, 2013, and required implementation in relation to the year ended December 31, 2015Consequently, we have adjusted the presentation of the prior year financial statements to conform to the current presentation.    Since we have prepared our consolidated financial statements in accordance with, U.S. generally accepted accounting standards, a recognized accounting standard, we have, in accordance with the CO, elected to forego presenting the statement of cash flows, the additional disclosures and the management report otherwise required by the CO.

Foreign currencyWe maintain our accounting records in U.S. dollars and translate them into Swiss francs for statutory reporting purposes.  We translate into Swiss francs our assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies using the yearend currency exchange rates, except prior‑year transactions for our investments in subsidiaries and our shareholders’  equity, which are translated at historical exchange rates.  We translate into Swiss francs our income statement transactions that are denominated in foreign currencies using the average currency exchange rates for the year.

Our principal exchange rates were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average exchange rates
for the years ended
December 31,

 

 

Exchange rates
at December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

CHF / USD

 

 

0.96 

 

 

 

0.91 

 

 

 

0.99 

 

 

 

0.99 

 

CHF / GBP

 

 

1.47 

 

 

 

1.50 

 

 

 

1.46 

 

 

 

1.55 

 

CHF / NOK

 

 

0.12 

 

 

 

0.15 

 

 

 

0.11 

 

 

 

0.13 

 

 

We recognize realized currency exchange and translation gains and losses arising from business transactions and net unrealized currency exchange and translation losses in current period earnings.   We defer net unrealized currency exchange and translation gains and record such deferred gains in other current liabilities.

CashWe hold  cash balances, denominated in Swiss francs and U.S. dollars, which include cash deposited in demand bank accounts, money market investment accounts and other liquid investments and interest earned on such cash balances.

Current assets and liabilitiesWe record current assets at historical cost less adjustments for impairment of value and current liabilities at historical cost.

Investments in subsidiariesWe record our investments in subsidiaries at acquisition cost less adjustments for impairment of value.  We evaluate our investments in subsidiaries for impairment annually and record an impairment loss when the carrying amount of such assets exceeds the fair value.  We estimate fair value of our investments using a variety of valuation methods, including the income and market approaches.  Our estimates of fair value represent a price that would be received to sell the asset in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal market for the asset.

Own sharesWe recognize own shares at acquisition cost, which we present as a deduction from shareholders’ equity at the time of acquisition.  For own  shares held by subsidiaries,  we build a reserve for shares in equity at the respective acquisition costs.

Related partiesIn the meaning of the CO, we consider related parties to be only shareholders, direct and indirect subsidiaries, and the board of directors.

 

 

SR-4


 

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

NOTES TO STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—continued

 

Note 3Investment in Subsidiaries

OverviewOur direct investments in subsidiaries were as follows (in thousands, except percentages and share capital):

Company name

 

 

Purpose

 

 

Domicile

 

 

Ownership and voting interest

 

 

Share capital

 

 

Investment at December 31,

 

2015

 

 

2014

Transocean Inc.

 

 

Holding

 

 

Cayman Islands

 

 

100 

%

 

 

usd

0.01

 

 

chf

6,555,059

 

 

chf

9,185,861

 

Transocean Management Ltd.

 

 

Management and administration

 

 

Geneva, Switzerland

 

 

90 

%

 

 

chf

100.00

 

 

chf

90

 

 

chf

90

 

Transocean Services AS

 

 

Holding

 

 

Norway

 

 

99 

%

 

 

nok

100.00

 

 

chf

118,594

 

 

chf

768,266

 

 

ImpairmentIn July 2015, we conducted an interim impairment test and determined that the carrying amounts of our investments in subsidiaries were impaired.  As a result of our valuations of the investments, we recognized a loss of CHF 2.5 billion associated with the impairment of our investments in Transocean Inc. and Transocean Services AS.

In December 2015, as a result of our annual impairment test, we determined that the carrying amounts of our investments in Transocean Inc. and Transocean Services AS were further impaired, and as a result, we recognized a loss of CHF 767 million.

In the year ended December 31, 2014, as a result of our annual impairment test, we determined that the carrying amounts of our investments in Transocean Inc. and Transocean Services AS were impaired, and as a result, we recognized a loss of CHF 7.5 billion.

Principal indirect investmentsAt December 31, 2015 and 2014, our principal indirect investments in subsidiaries were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company name

    

Purpose

    

Domicile

    

Ownership and
voting
interest

 

Global Marine Inc.

 

Leasing / operating

 

United States

 

100 

%

 

GSF Leasing Services GmbH

 

Leasing

 

Zug, Switzerland

 

100 

%

 

Sedco Forex Holdings Limited

 

Leasing / operating

 

Cayman Islands

 

100 

%

 

Sedco Forex International Inc.

 

Leasing / operating

 

Panama

 

100 

%

 

Transocean Drilling Offshore S.a.r.l

 

Leasing / operating

 

Luxembourg

 

100 

%

 

Transocean Financing GmbH

 

Financing

 

Zug, Switzerland

 

100 

%

 

Transocean Hungary Holdings LLC

 

Leasing / operating

 

Hungary

 

100 

%

 

Transocean Norway Drilling AS

 

Holding

 

Norway

 

100 

%

 

Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc.

 

Leasing / operating

 

United States

 

100 

%

 

Transocean Offshore Holdings Limited

 

Holding

 

Cayman Islands

 

100 

%

 

Transocean Offshore International Ventures Limited

 

Leasing / operating

 

Cayman Islands

 

100 

%

 

Transocean Partners Holdings Limited

 

Holding

 

Cayman Islands

 

100 

%

 

Transocean Partners LLC*

 

Holding

 

Marshall Islands

 

71 

%

 

Transocean Entities Holdings GmbH

 

Holding

 

Zug, Switzerland

 

100 

%

 

Transocean Worldwide Inc.

 

Holding

 

Cayman Islands

 

100 

%

 

Triton Asset Leasing GmbH

 

Leasing

 

Zug, Switzerland

 

100 

%

 

Triton Hungary Investments 1 LLC

 

Holding

 

Hungary

 

100 

%

 

Triton Nautilus Asset Leasing GmbH

 

Leasing

 

Zug, Switzerland

 

100 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

________________________

*  The unitholders of Transocean Partners LLC generally have one vote per unit, however, the limited liability company agreement restricts in multiple clauses the class of unitholders that can vote on certain items.

Note 4—Own Shares

OverviewThe following is a summary of changes in the registered shares (i) that were repurchased under our share repurchase program for cancellation purposes and (ii) held by Transocean Inc., to satisfy obligations under our share-based compensation plans (in thousands, except percentages):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Own
shares

 

 

Total shares
issued

 

 

Percentage of
issued

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2013

 

 

13,057

 

 

 

373,831

 

 

 

3.49

%

 

Transfers under share‑based compensation plans

 

 

(1,515

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2014

 

 

11,542

 

 

 

373,831

 

 

 

3.09

%

 

Transfers under share‑based compensation plans

 

 

(1,756

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2015

 

 

9,786

 

 

 

373,831

 

 

 

2.62

%

 

 

 

SR-5


 

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

NOTES TO STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—continued

 

 

Share repurchase programIn May 2009, at our annual general meeting, our shareholders approved and authorized our board of directors, at its discretion, to repurchase an amount of our shares for cancellation with an aggregate purchase price of up to CHF 3.5 billion, equivalent to approximately USD 3.5 billion using a currency exchange rate of USD 1.00 to CHF 0.99 as of the close of trading on December 31, 2015In the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we did not repurchase any shares under the share repurchase programAt December 31, 2015 and 2014, we held 2.9 million of our shares, repurchased under the share repurchase program, with an aggregate carrying amount of CHF 257 million.    On October 29, 2015, shareholders at our extraordinary general meeting approved the cancellation of all the 2.9 million shares that have been repurchased under our share repurchase program.    See Note 10Subsequent Events.

Shares held by subsidiaryTransocean Inc. holds our shares to satisfy our obligations to deliver shares in connection with awards granted under our incentive plans or other rights to acquire our shares. In the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we transferred 1.8 million and 1.5 million shares respectively at historical cost, from the own shares held by Transocean Inc. to satisfy obligations under our share‑based compensation plans.  In the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we received cash proceeds of less than CHF million and CHF 1 million respectively, in connection with own shares transferred in exchange for equity awards exercised or withheld for taxes under our share‑based compensation plans.

Note 5Shareholders’ Equity 

OverviewChanges in our shareholder’s equity were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share capital

 

 

Statutory capital reserves

 

 

Free reserves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

  

 

Amount

 

 

from capital
contribution

 

 

from capital
contribution for
shares held by
subsidiaries (a)

 

 

Dividend reserve
from capital
contribution

 

 

Retained
earnings
(accumulated
loss)

 

 

Own shares
against capital
reserve from
capital
contribution

 

 

Total
shareholders’
equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2013

 

373,831

 

 

chf

5,607,459

 

 

chf

9,809,406

 

 

chf

68,240

 

 

chf

856,995

 

 

chf

60,609

 

 

chf

(256,949

)

 

chf

16,145,760

 

Own share transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,378

)

 

 

1,378

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer to free reserve – dividend reserve from distribution payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,468

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,468

 

Transfer to –statutory capital reserve from capital contribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

859,463

 

 

 

 

 

 

(859,463

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer to free reserve – dividend reserve from capital contribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,046,920

)

 

 

 

 

 

2,046,920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution payable to shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,029,054

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,029,054

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,422,186

)

 

 

 

 

 

(5,422,186

)

Balance at December 31, 2014

 

373,831

 

 

 

5,607,459

 

 

 

8,620,571

 

 

 

69,618

 

 

 

1,017,866

 

 

 

(5,361,577

)

 

 

(256,949

)

 

 

9,696,988

 

Own share transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(475

)

 

 

475

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer to free reserve – dividend reserve from distribution payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,045

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,045

)

Transfer to statutory capital- reserve from capital contribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,006,821

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,006,821

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer to free reserve – dividend reserve from capital contribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(422,084

)

 

 

 

 

 

422,084

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution payable to shareholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(209,862

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(209,862

)

Cancellation of dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

105,932

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

105,932

 

Transfer to statutory capital reserve from capital contribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

318,154

 

 

 

 

 

 

(318,154

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,321,416

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,321,416

)

Balance at December 31, 2015

 

373,831

 

 

chf

5,607,459

 

 

chf

9,522,987

 

 

chf

70,093

 

 

chf

 

 

chf

(8,682,993

)

 

chf

(256,949

)

 

chf

6,260,597

 

 

_____________________________

(a)

The statutory capital reserve from capital contribution for shares held by subsidiaries represents the aggregate cost of own shares held indirectly by Transocean Ltd. through Transocean Inc.   During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, Transocean Inc. withheld 28,909 and 34,492 own shares, respectively, through a broker arrangement and limited to statutory tax in satisfaction of withholding taxes due by our employees upon the vesting of equity awards granted under our Long-Term Incentive Plan. For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014,  the aggregate value of own share transactions was CHF 475 thousand and CHF 1.4 million, respectively.  See Note 4—Own Shares.

Authorized share capitalIn May 2014, at the annual general meeting, our shareholders approved an authorized share capital in the amount of CHF 33million, authorizing the issuance of a maximum of 22.5 million fully paidin shares with a par value of CHF 15 per share at any time until May 16, 2016.  As of December 31, 2014, the entire amount of authorized share capital was available for issuance.

Subject to a renewal of the authorized share capital approved by our shareholders at the 2016 annual general meeting, our authorized share capital will, pursuant to the terms of our articles of association, expire on May 16, 2016.  See Note 10—Subsequent Events.

 

 

SR-6


 

TRANSOCEAN LTD.

NOTES TO STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—continued

 

Conditional share capital—Our articles of association provide for a  conditional share capital that permits us to issue up to 167.million additional shares without obtaining additional shareholder approval.  The shares may be issued under the following circumstances:

(1)

through the exercise of conversion, exchange, option, warrant or similar rights for the subscription of shares granted in connection with bonds, options, warrants or other securities newly or already issued in national or international capital markets or new or already existing contractual obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our shares or the shares of one of our group companies or any of their respective predecessors; or

(2)

in connection with the issuance of shares, options or other sharebased awards to directors, employees, contractors, consultants or other persons providing services to us.

In connection with the issuance of bonds, notes, warrants or other financial instruments or contractual obligations that are convertible into,  exercisable for or exchangeable for our registered shares, our board of directors is authorized to withdraw or limit the advance subscription rights of shareholders under certain circumstances. In connection with the issuance of shares, options or other sharebased awards to directors, employees, contractors, consultants or other persons providing services to us, the preemptive rights and the advance subscription rights of shareholders are excluded.

Par value reduction and cancellation of sharesOn October 29, 2015, shareholders at our extraordinary general meeting approved the reduction of the par value of each of our shares to CHF 0.10 from the original par value of CHF 15.00 and the cancellation of all 2.9 million shares repurchased under our share repurchase program.    See Note 10Subsequent Events.

Distributions to shareholdersIn May 2015, at our annual general meeting, our shareholders approved a distribution of statutory capital reserves from capital contribution in the form of a U.S. dollar denominated dividend of USD 0.60 per outstanding share, payable in four installments of USD 0.15 per outstanding share, subject to certain limitations.  In May 2015, we transferred CHF 422 million from statutory capital reserves—reserve from capital contribution to free reserves—dividend reserve from capital contribution, and we recognized a distribution payable of CHF 210 million, with the corresponding entry to free reserves—dividend reserve from capital contribution.  On June 17, 2015 and September 23, 2015, we paid the first two installments, in the aggregate amount of CHF 104 million, to shareholders of record as of May 29, 2015 and August 25, 2015, respectively.

On October 29, 2015, shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting approved the cancellation of the third and fourth installments of the distribution approved at our annual general meeting held on May 15, 2015.  Upon approval of the cancellation, we transferred the remaining CHF 318 million from free reserves—dividend reserve from capital contribution to statutory capital reserve from capital contribution, in accordance with the tax ruling dated April 2, 2013.

In May 2014, at our annual general meeting, our shareholders approved a distribution of statutory capital reserves from capital contribution in the form of a U.S. dollar denominated dividend of USD 3.00 per outstanding share, payable in four installments of USD 0.75 per outstanding share, subject to certain limitations.  In May 2014, we transferred CHF 2.0 billion from statutory capital reserves—reserve from capital contribution to free reserves—dividend reserve from capital contribution, and we recognized a distribution payable of CHF 1.0 billion, with the corresponding entry to free reserves—dividend reserve from capital contribution.  On June 18, 2014, September 17, 2014 and December 17, 2014, we paid the first three installments, in the aggregate amount of CHF 765 million, to shareholders of record as of May 30, 2014, August 22, 2014 and November 12, 2014, respectively.  At December 31, 2014, the carrying amount of the unpaid distribution payable was CHF 264 million.  On March 18, 2015, we paid the final installment, in the aggregate amount of CHF 275 million, to shareholders of record as of February 20, 2015.    Upon payment of the final installment, we transferred the remaining CHF 1.0 billion from free reserves—dividend reserve from capital contribution to statutory reserve from capital contribution, in accordance with the tax ruling dated April 2, 2013.

Qualified capital lossAs presented on our interim balance sheet, dated July 31, 2015, included in our proxy statement for our extraordinary general meeting on October 29, 2015, we determined that our net assets cover less than 50 percent of our statutory share capital and statutory capital reserves.    Under Swiss law, the board of directors must, in these circumstances, convene a general meeting of shareholders and propose measures that remedy such a capital loss.    On October 29, 2015, shareholders at our extraordinary general meeting approved the reduction of the par value of each of our shares to CHF 0.10 from the original par value of CHF 15.00 and allocated CHF 3.75 billion of the aggregate par value reduction amount to reduce our accumulated net loss.    At December 31, 2015, our qualified capital loss remained unremediated pending establishment of a public deed of compliance for our par value reduction and registration in the commercial register.  See Note 10—Subsequent Events.

 

 

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Note 6Share Ownership 

Significant shareholdersCertain significant shareholders have reported to us that they held, directly or through their affiliates, the following beneficial interests in excess of 5 percent of our issued share capital (in thousands, except percentages):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

Name

 

Number of
shares

 

 

Percentage of
issued share
capital

 

Credit Suisse Group AG

 

 

40,275 

 

 

 

10.77% 

 

BlackRock, Inc.

 

 

25,491 

 

 

 

6.82% 

 

Icahn Group

 

 

21,483 

 

 

 

5.75% 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2014

 

Name

 

Number of
shares

 

 

Percentage of
issued share
capital

 

BlackRock, Inc.

 

 

24,090 

 

 

 

6.44% 

 

Icahn Group

 

 

21,483 

 

 

 

5.75% 

 

Credit Suisse Group AG

 

 

19,847 

 

 

 

5.31% 

 

 

Own sharesAt December 31, 2015 and 2014, we held, directly and indirectly through Transocean Inc.,  9.8 million registered shares and 11.5 million registered shares respectively, representing 2.62 percent and 3.09 percent, respectively, of the issued share capital.  See Note 4—Own Shares.

Further, we agreed with Carl Icahn and certain investment funds managed by Mr. Icahn (collectively, the Icahn Group”) to make certain proposals for approval by the shareholders at the 2014 annual general meeting.  These proposals related to the 2014 dividend distribution, Icahn Group designated board nominees, and an amendment to our articles of association regarding the maximum size of our board of directors.  The Icahn Group committed to certain standstill restrictions and to vote in favor of our slate of director nominees and certain other proposals our board of directors recommended at the 2014 annual general meeting.  At December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company and the Icahn Group, together, held 31.3 million registered shares and 33.0 million registered shares, respectively, representing 8.36 percent and 8.83 percent, respectively, of the issued share capital.  Note that the most recent information on the individual beneficial shareholding of Icahn Group dated as of November 10, 2013, corresponding to approximately 21.5 million registered shares.  The decrease in the reported number of registered shares held by us and the Icahn Group together is attributable to the decrease in own shares held by us as at December 31, 2015 compared to the own shares held by us as at December 31, 2014.

Shares held by board membersThe members of our board of directors held our shares as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

December 31, 2014

 

Name

 

Vested
shares and
unvested
share units (a)

 

 

Stock options
and stock
appreciation
rights

 

 

Vested
shares and
unvested
share units (a)

 

 

Stock options
and stock
appreciation
rights

 

Merrill A. “Pete” Miller, Jr.

 

 

21,662

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,892

 

 

 

 

Ian C. Strachan (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,871

 

 

 

 

Glyn A. Barker

 

 

25,015

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,601

 

 

 

 

Vanessa C.L. Chang

 

 

27,981

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,645

 

 

 

 

Frederico F. Curado

 

 

20,539

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,703

 

 

 

 

Chad Deaton

 

 

27,281

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,445

 

 

 

 

Tan Ek Kia

 

 

30,049

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,213

 

 

 

 

Vincent J. Intrieri

 

 

15,779

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,943

 

 

 

 

Martin B. McNamara

 

 

68,802

 

 

 

 

 

 

57,966

 

 

 

 

Samuel Merksamer

 

 

20,539

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,703

 

 

 

 

Edward R. Muller

 

 

45,665

 

 

 

7,640 

 

 

 

34,829

 

 

 

11,460

 

Steven L. Newman (c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

384,555

 

 

 

495,276

 

Jeremy D. Thigpen (d)

 

 

520,157

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

823,469

 

 

 

7,640

 

 

 

616,366

 

 

 

506,736

 

_____________________________

a)

The number of shares held includes privately held shares.

b)

Mr. Strachan retired as Chairman of the board of directors as of May 15, 2015.

c)

Mr. Newman was no longer a member of the board of directors as of February 16, 2015.

d)

Mr. Thigpen was for the first time elected to the board of directors on October 29, 2015.

 

 

 

 

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Shares held by the executive management teamOur executive management team consists of the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

The members of our executive management team held our shares and the conditional rights to receive shares under our sharebased compensation plans as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

Name

 

Number of
shares held
(a)

 

Number of
granted share
units vesting
in 2016
(b)

 

Number of
granted share
units vesting
in 2017
(b)

 

Number of
granted share
units vesting
in 2018
(b)

 

Total
shares and
share units

 

Jeremy D. Thigpen (c)

 

 

 

 

113,784 

 

 

292,588 

 

 

113,785 

 

 

520,157

 

Mark L. Mey (d)

 

 

 

 

73,619 

 

 

141,105 

 

 

73,620 

 

 

288,344

 

John Stobart (e)

 

 

18,198 

 

 

61,376 

 

 

82,968 

 

 

18,353 

 

 

180,895

 

Ian C. Strachan (f)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steven L. Newman (g)

 

 

 

 

40,544 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,544

 

Esa Ikaheimonen (h)

 

 

 

 

16,708 

 

 

11,400 

 

 

 

 

28,108

 

Total

 

 

18,198 

 

 

306,031 

 

 

528,061 

 

 

205,758 

 

 

1,058,048

 

_____________________________

a)

The number of shares held includes privately held shares.

b)

The number of granted share units vesting in the years ending December 31, 2016, 2017 and 2018 represents the vesting of previously granted service awards and performance awards in the form of share units.

c)

Mr. Thigpen joined Transocean as Chief Executive Officer on April 22, 2015.

d)

Mr. Mey joined Transocean as Chief Financial Officer on May 28, 2015.

e)

Mr. Stobart is the Chief Operating Officer for Transocean, effective as from October 1, 2012.

f)

Mr. Strachan did not receive shares for his service as Interim Chief Executive Officer.

g)

Mr. Newman was no longer designated as a member of the Executive Management Team, effective February 16, 2015.

h)

Mr. Ikaheimonen was no longer designated as a member of the Executive Management Team, effective May 27, 2015. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2014

 

Name

 

Number of
shares held
(a)

 

Number of
granted shares
vesting in 2015
(b)

 

Number of
granted shares
vesting in 2016
(b)

 

Number of
granted shares
vesting in 2017
(b)

 

Total
shares

 

Steven L. Newman

 

 

109,027 

 

 

109,579 

 

 

135,827 

 

 

30,122 

 

 

384,555

 

Esa Ikäheimonen

 

 

9,800 

 

 

37,081 

 

 

46,879 

 

 

10,389 

 

 

104,149

 

John Stobart

 

 

12,953 

 

 

35,774 

 

 

43,024 

 

 

9,559 

 

 

101,310

 

Total

 

 

131,780 

 

 

182,434 

 

 

225,730 

 

 

50,070 

 

 

590,014

 

_____________________________

a)

The number of shares held includes privately held shares.

b)

The number of granted shares vesting in the years ending December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017 represents the vesting of previously granted service awards and performance awards in the form of share units.

 

Stock options held by members of the executive management teamThe members of our executive management team held vested and unvested stock options as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

Name

 

Number of
granted
stock options
vested and
outstanding

 

Number of
granted
stock options
vesting
in 2016

 

Number of
granted
stock options
vesting
in 2017

 

Number of
granted
stock options
vesting
in 2018

 

Total vested
and unvested
stock options

 

Jeremy D. Thigpen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark L. Mey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Stobart

 

 

25,731 

 

 

12,866 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,597

 

Ian C. Strachan (a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steven L. Newman (b)

 

 

454,105 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

454,105

 

Esa Ikaheimonen (b)

 

 

28,590 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,590

 

Total

 

 

508,426 

 

 

12,866 

 

 

 

 

 

 

521,292

 

_____________________________

a)

Mr. Strachan did not receive stock options for his service as Interim Chief Executive Officer.

b)

As of December 31, 2015, Mr. Ikäheimonen and Mr. Newman were no longer our employees. Options held by Mr. Ikäheimonen and Mr. Newman remain exercisable for one year following separation.

 

 

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December 31, 2014

 

Name

 

Number of
granted
stock options
vested and
outstanding

 

Number of
granted
stock options
vesting
in 2015

 

Number of
granted
stock options
vesting
in 2016

 

Number of
granted
stock options
vesting
in 2017

 

Total vested
and unvested
stock options

 

Steven L. Newman

 

 

368,852 

 

 

85,253 

 

 

41,171 

 

 

 

 

495,276

 

Esa Ikäheimonen

 

 

14,295 

 

 

14,295 

 

 

14,296 

 

 

 

 

42,886

 

John Stobart

 

 

12,865 

 

 

12,866 

 

 

12,866 

 

 

 

 

38,597

 

Total

 

 

396,012 

 

 

112,414 

 

 

68,333 

 

 

 

 

576,759

 

 

Shares grantedWe granted the following service awards and performance awards to members of our board, members of our executive management team and employees:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

December 31, 2014

 

Name

 

Number of
shares units
granted

 

Value
of
share units

 

Number of
shares units
granted

 

Value
of
share units

 

Board members

 

 

114,294 

 

chf

2,281,125 

 

 

55,499 

 

chf

2,042,906 

 

Executive management team

 

 

1,039,143 

 

 

16,390,817 

 

 

300,404 

 

 

10,335,786 

 

Employees

 

 

11,042 

 

 

201,936 

 

 

6,192 

 

 

247,006 

 

Total

 

 

1,164,479 

 

 

18,873,878 

 

 

362,095 

 

 

12,625,698 

 

Note 7—Guarantees and Commitments

Transocean Inc. debt obligationsTransocean Inc. has issued certain debt securities or entered into other debt instruments, including notes, revolving credit facilities, debentures, surety bonds, letters of credit, and convertible note obligationsWe have guaranteed certain of these debt securities or other debt instruments.  We are not subject to any significant restrictions on their ability to obtain funds from their consolidated subsidiaries by dividends, loans or return of capital distributions.  At December 31, 2015 and 2014, the aggregate carrying amount of debt that we have guaranteed was USD 7.4 billion and USD 8.8 billion, equivalent to approximately CHF 7.3 billion and CHF 8.7 billion, respectively.

Macondo well litigation settlement obligations—On January 3, 2013, certain of our whollyowned subsidiaries reached agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to resolve certain matters arising from the Macondo well incident.  The agreements included a criminal plea (the Plea Agreement”), pursuant to which one of our subsidiaries pled guilty to one misdemeanor count of negligently discharging oil in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, in violation of the U.S. Clean Water Act, and a civil consent decree (the “Consent Decree”), which resolved certain claims by the DOJ, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) and the U.S. Coast Guard against certain of our subsidiaries (the “Transocean Defendants”) and certain incidents of noncompliance that were alleged by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Agency.

As part of this resolution, under the terms of the Plea Agreement and the Consent Decree, certain of our subsidiaries agreed to pay USD 1.4 billion, equivalent to approximately CHF 1.3 billion, in fines, recoveries and civil penalties, excluding interest, payable in installments through February 2017.  We have guaranteed the scheduled installments and other obligations required of the Transocean Defendants under the Plea Agreement and the Consent Decree.    In connection with our guarantee, the Transocean Defendants pay to us a guarantee fee.  The guarantee fee is paid annually, beginning on January 1, 2014 through 2018, and is equivalent to 1.76 percent of the weighted average daily outstanding balance due by the Transocean Defendants over the prior year.  In the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we recognized guarantee fee income of CHF 3 million and CHF 7 million, respectively.

On February 25, 2013, certain of our subsidiaries (the “Respondents”) and the EPA entered into an administrative agreement (the “EPA Agreement”).  The EPA Agreement resolves all matters relating to suspension, debarment and statutory disqualification arising from the matters contemplated by the Plea Agreement.  Subject to compliance with the terms of the EPA Agreement, the EPA agreed that it will not suspend, debar or statutorily disqualify the Respondents and will lift any existing suspension, debarment or statutory disqualification.  We have guaranteed the obligations required of the Respondents under the EPA Agreement.

Norway tax investigations and trial contingent obligationsAt December 31, 2015, certain of our whollyowned subsidiaries were involved in ongoing investigations by Norwegian civil tax and criminal authorities relating to various transactions undertaken in 2001 and 2002 as well as the actions of certain employees of our former external tax advisors on these transactions.  The authorities issued tax assessments related to certain restructuring transactions, migration of a subsidiary that was previously subject to tax in Norway, a 2001 dividend payment, certain currency exchange deductions and dividend withholding tax.  In prior years, we guaranteed these tax assessments and related contingent obligations.  At December 31, 2013, the aggregate amount of our guarantee with respect to these tax disputes was NOK 699 million, equivalent to approximately CHF 102 million.  In September 2014, the Norwegian tax authorities formally abandoned part of the claim by issuing a revised writ, and we reduced our guarantee to NOK 35 million, equivalent to approximately

 

 

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CHF 5 million.  In October 2014, the Norwegian tax authorities formally dismissed all remaining claims related to the migration of our subsidiary that was previously subject to tax in Norway.  As a result, we terminated the guarantee of NOK 35 million, equivalent to approximately CHF 5 million.    At December 31, 2015, the outstanding civil tax assessments were as follows:  (a) NOK 412 million, equivalent to approximately CHF 45 million, plus interest, related to a 2001 dividend payment and (b) NOK 43 million, equivalent to approximately CHF 5 million, plus interest, related to certain foreign exchange deductions and dividend withholding taxSee Note 10– Subsequent Events

Transocean Management Ltd. office lease obligationTransocean Management Ltd., has entered into a lease obligation for its principal offices in Vernier, Switzerland. Under an uncommitted line of credit, Transocean Ltd. has issued a surety bond in the full amount of this lease obligation.   At December 31, 2015 and 2014, our guarantee for the Transocean Management Ltd. office lease obligation was CHF 460,000.

Note 8—Contingencies

U.S. Gulf of Mexico Macondo well incident—On April 22, 2010, the UltraDeepwater Floater Deepwater Horizon, a rig owned and operated by certain of Transocean Ltd.’s wholly‑owned subsidiaries (the “Macondo Subsidiaries”), sank after a blowout of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Macondo well caused a fire and explosion on the rig off the coast of Louisiana.  The Macondo Subsidiaries have been named in lawsuits related to the Macondo well incident.  Although we can provide no assurance as to the outcome of the remaining claims, we believe that a significant portion of the contingencies related to the Macondo well incident are now resolved.

Federal securities claimsOn September 30, 2010, a proposed federal securities class action was filed against us in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.  In the action, a former shareholder of the acquired company alleged that the joint proxy statement relating to our shareholder meeting in connection with the merger with the acquired company violated various securities laws and that the acquired company’s shareholders received inadequate consideration for their shares as a result of the alleged violations.  On March 11, 2014, the District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the claims as time-barred.  Plaintiffs appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which heard oral argument on August 18, 2015.  The court has not yet issued a ruling.

Macondo well incident insurance coverage—On February 13, 2015, the Texas Supreme Court issued its answer to one of the Fifth Circuit’s questions by determining that BP is not entitled to coverage under certain of our insurance policies for damages arising from subsurface pollution because BP assumed, and we did not assume, liability for such claims.  On May 20, 2015, the Macondo Subsidiaries entered into a settlement agreement with BP in which BP agreed, among other things, to cease its efforts to recover as an unlimited additional insured under our insurance policies and to be bound by the insurance reimbursement rulings related to the Macondo well incident.

Swiss value added taxWe are one of a group of Swiss entities, which are jointly and severally liable for the whole Swiss value added tax amount due to the Swiss tax authorities by this group.

Note 9—Related Party Transactions

Transocean Inc.Transocean Inc. holds our shares to satisfy, on our behalf, our obligation to deliver shares in connection with awards granted under our incentive plans, warrants or other right to acquire our shares.  At December 31, 2015 and 2014, Transocean Inc. held 6.9 million and 8.7 million of our shares, respectively, for this purpose.

We and Transocean Inc., as the borrower and lender, respectively, entered into a credit agreement dated June 1, 2011, establishing a USD 2.0 billion revolving credit facility.  In the year ended December 31, 2014, Transocean Inc. declared  a dividend for USD 1.5 billion, equivalent to approximately CHF 1.4 billion, in satisfaction of amounts due under the revolving credit facility.  At December 31, 2015 and 2014, we had borrowings of USD 406 million and USD 19 million,  respectively,  equivalent to approximately CHF 402 million and CHF 19 million,  respectively, outstanding under the revolving credit facility.  At December 31, 2015 and 2014, the variable interest rate on the outstanding borrowings was 2.25 percent.

In the year ended December 31, 2014, Transocean Inc. also declared and paid to us an aggregate cash dividend of USD 825 million, equivalent to approximately CHF 817 million.

Other subsidiariesOur subsidiaries perform on our behalf certain general and administrative services, including executive administration, procurement and payables, treasury and cash management, personnel and payroll, accounting and other administrative functions.  In the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014,  we recognized such costs of CHF 19 million and CHF 13 million, respectively, recorded in general and administrative costs and expenses,  including personnel costs of CHF 19 million and CHF 8 million, respectively.

 

 

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Note 10—Subsequent Event

Qualified capital loss, par value reduction and own shares—On October 29, 2015, shareholders at our extraordinary general meeting approved the reduction of the par value of each of our shares to CHF 0.10 from the original par value of CHF 15.00 (“the Par Value Reduction”) and the cancellation of all of our 2.9 million shares purchased under the share repurchase program.  The Par Value Reduction and the cancellation of shares became effective as of January 7, 2016 upon registration in the commercial register.  The Par Value Reduction effectively remediated the qualified capital loss, as defined in Swiss law, presented in our balance sheet as of December 31, 2015.

Norway tax investigations and trial contingent obligationsIn January 2016, the Norwegian authorities formally and unconditionally dropped all criminal charges against our subsidiaries and the two employees related to the previously reported Norway tax investigations or trials.  All subsidiaries and external advisors have been fully acquitted on all criminal charges.

Authorized share capital As a result of the Par Value Reduction, also the maximum amount of CHF 33million available under our authorized share capital approved at our 2014 annual general meeting was reduced to CHF 2 million.  Accordingly, our authorized share capital authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 22.5 million fully paid in shares with a par value of CHF 0.10 per share.

On February 15, 2016, our board of directors announced its proposal to seek shareholder approval at the 2016 annual general meeting for the renewal of board of directors authority to issue shares out of the company’s authorized share capital for a maximum amount corresponding to approximately 6 percent of the company’s currently registered share capital for a two-year period.

 

 

 

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PROPOSED APPROPRIATION OF THE ACCUMULATED LOSS

 

The board of directors proposes that shareholders at the annual general meeting in 2016 approve the following appropriation (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

Balance brought forward from previous years

 

chf

(5,361,577

)

chf

60,609

 

Net loss for the year

 

 

(3,321,416

)

 

(5,422,186

)

Total accumulated loss

 

 

(8,682,993

)

 

(5,361,577

)

Balance to be carried forward on this account

 

chf

(8,682,993

)

chf

(5,361,577

)

 

 

 

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