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Transocean acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Transocean bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Liquila Ventures Ltd. (together with its subsidiaries, "Liquila")
Word for word“Additionally, in September 2023, we issued 11.9 million Transocean Ltd. shares with an aggregate value of $99 million to acquire the outstanding ownership interests of Liquila Ventures Ltd. (together with its subsidiaries, "Liquila"), a previously unconsolidated variable interest entity that is constructing the ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Aquila , and as a result, Liquila became our wholly owned subsidiary.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionSeptember 2023$99 million
Orion Holdings (Cayman) Limited
Word for word“Acquisition —In June 2024, we transferred noncash consideration with an aggregate fair value of $431 million, including 55.5 million Transocean Ltd. shares and $130 million aggregate principal amount of 8.00% senior notes due February 2027 (the “8.00% Senior Notes”), to acquire the outstanding 67.0 percent ownership interest in Orion Holdings (Cayman) Limited (together with its subsidiary, “Orion”), the Cayman Islands company that owned the harsh environment floater Transocean Norge , and as a result, Orion became our wholly owned subsidiary.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionIn June 2024aggregate fair value of $431 million
Liquila Ventures Ltd. (Liquila)
Word for word“In September 2023, we acquired the outstanding 80 percent ownership interest in Liquila, in exchange for the issuance of 11.9 million Transocean Ltd. shares with an aggregate value of $ 99 million, which included 2.0 million Transocean Ltd. shares with an aggregate value of $ 16 million issued to Perestroika.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionIn September 202311.9 million Transocean Ltd. shares with an aggregate value of $ 99 million
Valaris Limited
Word for word“On February 9, 2026, Transocean and Valaris entered into the Agreement providing for the combination of Transocean and Valaris.” 10-K for 2025
agreed acquisitionOn February 9, 2026—
ultra-deepwater floaters Development Driller III, Discoverer Americas, Discoverer Clear Leader, Discoverer Inspiration, Discoverer Luanda and GSF Development Driller I
Word for word“Disposal of assets —In the year ended December 31, 2025, we completed the sale of the ultra-deepwater floaters Development Driller III, Discoverer Americas , Discoverer Clear Leader , Discoverer Inspiration , Discoverer Luanda and GSF Development Driller I , together with related assets, for aggregate net cash proceeds of $71 million.” 10-K for 2025
divestitureIn the year ended December 31, 2025$71 million
Liquila Ventures Ltd.
Word for word“Related party transactions Acquisition —In September 2023, we acquired the outstanding ownership interest in Liquila Ventures Ltd. (together with its subsidiaries, “Liquila”), a previously unconsolidated Bermuda company, that was constructing the ultra-deepwater floater Deepwater Aquila .” 10-K for 2025
acquisitionIn September 2023—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)
2018-12-31$883 million

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Transocean’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-23. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.