Hemen Holding Ltd., a company indirectly controlled by John Fredriksen, has on 2 April 2006 been allocated 4,000,000 shares in a private placement in SeaDrill Limited at a price per share of NOK 90. Following this transaction, Hemen Holding Ltd. including affiliated companies, owns a total of 130,830,916 shares in SeaDrill Limited, constituting 36.0 % of the company`s issued share capital.