NADL - NADL Receives Court Approval of "First Day" Motions

Hamilton, Bermuda, September 13, 2017 - North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. ("NADL" or the "Company"), a majority owned subsidiary of Seadrill Limited, announces today that the court overseeing the Company's chapter 11 restructuring proceedings has granted the relief requested by the Company in its key first-day motions related to ordinary course business activities. The approved motions give the Company the authority to, among other things, continue to pay employee wages and benefits without interruption, continue to utilize its cash management system and continue to pay all suppliers and vendors in full under normal terms.

The Company intends to meet its obligations in the ordinary course and expects its operations to continue uninterrupted throughout the reorganization process.

Court filings and other information related to the restructuring proceedings are available at a website administered by the Company's claims agent, Prime Clerk, at https://cases.primeclerk.com/seadrill or via the information call center at 844-858-8891 (US toll free) or the following international numbers:

Brazil Toll Free: 0-800-591-8054
Mexico Toll Free: 01-800-681-5354
Nigeria Toll Free: 070-80601847
Norway Toll Free: 800-25-030
Saudi Arabia Toll Free: 800-850-0029
Singapore Toll Free: 800-492-2272
Thailand Toll Free: 1-800-011-156
UAE Toll Free: 8000-3570-4559
UK Toll Free: 0-800-069-8580

This press release is not intended to be, and should not in any way be construed as, a solicitation of votes of bondholders or other investors regarding the chapter 11 plan.

CONTACT:

Prime Clerk

US Toll Free: 844-858-8891

Email: seadrillinfo@primeclerk.com

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release includes forward looking statements. Such statements are generally not historical in nature, and specifically include statements about the Company's plans, strategies, business prospects, changes and trends in its business, the markets in which it operates and its restructuring efforts. These statements are made based upon management's current plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and therefore involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risks described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F (File No. 001-36277). The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict all of these factors. Further, the Company cannot assess the impact of each such factor on its business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in any forward looking statement.

This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.