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 ~~April~~July 2020

Commission File Number 001-35704

Seadrill Partners LLC

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

2nd Floor, Building 11

Chiswick Business Park

566 Chiswick High Road

London, W4 5YS

United Kingdom

(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 ☐ .

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After substantive discussions with its lenders, Seadrill Partners LLC (the “Company”) ~~announces~~has elected anot ~~filing~~to ~~extension~~make ofan ~~its~~approximately ~~Annual~~$49 million ~~Report~~interest payment due and payable on ~~Form~~June 30, 202020 (the “Interest Payment”) under its term loan B (the “TLB”) and has entered into a 30-Fday ingrace ~~accordance~~period expiring on July 30, 2020. The Company is using the grace period to endeavor to close an agreement with lenders representing over 70% of TLB principal amounts outstanding that would capitalize the ~~recent~~Interest ~~Order~~Payment ~~from~~and enhance the ~~SEC~~Company’s ~~related~~liquidity position. The option to participate in the ~~coronavirus~~transaction ~~disease~~would ~~2019~~be ~~(“COVID~~offered to all TLB lenders. Subject to agreement on non-~~19”)~~economic terms, definitive documentation and completion of the consent solicitation process, the Company expects to close the transaction during the grace period.

~~The~~If ~~Company~~an agreement ~~will~~is benot ~~relying~~reached onto ~~the~~address ~~Securities and Exchange Commission’s Order under Section 36 of~~ the ~~Securities~~Interest ~~Exchange~~Payment ~~Act~~or ofif ~~1934~~payment ~~Modifying Exemptions~~is ~~From~~not ~~Reporting~~made ~~and~~by ~~Proxy Delivery Requirements For Public Companies dated March 25, 2020 (Release No. 34-88465) (~~the ~~“Order”)~~end toof ~~delay~~ the ~~filing of its Annual Report on Form 20~~30-Fday ~~for~~grace ~~the year ended December 31~~period, ~~2019~~an ~~(the~~ “~~Report~~event of default”) ~~due~~would tooccur ~~circumstances~~with ~~related~~respect to ~~COVID-19.~~the ~~This~~TLB ~~Report~~which ~~on Form~~would 6cross-Kdefault ~~is being furnished prior~~ to the ~~original~~Company’s ~~filing~~other ~~deadline~~credit ~~of the Report~~facilities.

~~While~~FORWARD ~~the~~LOOKING ~~impact~~STATEMENTS of COVID-19 on the Company’s offshore operations has not been significant to date, the disruptions to transportation and staffing for Seadrill Partners’ London based employees and professional advisors who are responsible for the Company’s financial reporting has delayed the Company’s ability to complete its audit and prepare the Report. The Company expects to file the Report no later than June 15, 2020, as required by the Order.

This report 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 and the markets in which it operates. In ~~light~~particular, but without limitation, statements regarding a transaction with respect to the Company’s term loan B that would address the payment of interest thereunder and that would enhance the Company’s liquidity position are considered forward-looking statements. These statements are made based upon management’s current ~~COVID~~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-19looking statements, ~~pandemic~~which speak only as of the date of this news release. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to offshore drilling market conditions including supply and demand, dayrates, customer drilling programs and effects of new rigs on the market, contract awards and rig mobilizations, contract backlog, the performance of the drilling units in the Company’s ~~will~~fleet, delay in payment or disputes with customers, the outcome of any pending litigation, our ability to successfully employ our drilling units, procure or have access to financing, liquidity and adequacy of cash flow from operations, fluctuations in the international price of oil, changes in governmental regulations that affect the Company or the operations of the Company’s fleet, increased competition in the offshore drilling industry, and general economic, political and business conditions globally. Important additional factors include the Company’s operational dependency on Seadrill Limited for certain management and technical support services, the Company’s ability to continue to comply with loan covenants and the Company’s ability to negotiate the refinancing of its near term debt maturities with its lenders and whether the terms of any such refinancing would be ~~including~~as favorable as or any more favorable than the ~~following~~terms ~~Risk~~of ~~Factor~~the Company’s existing term loan facility. 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. 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 us to predict all of these factors. Further, the Company cannot assess the impact of each such factor on its ~~Report:~~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.

Public health threats, such as the recent coronavirus, or COVID-19, outbreak could have an adverse effect on our operations and financial results.

Public health threats, such as Ebola, influenza, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (“SARS”), the Zika virus, COVID-19 and other highly communicable diseases or viruses, outbreaks of which have from time to time occurred in various parts of the world in which we operate, could adversely impact our operations and the operations of our customers. For example, the recent outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared by the World Health Organization as a pandemic and has spread across the globe to many countries in which we do business and is impacting worldwide economic activity. Public health threats in any area, including areas where we do not operate, could disrupt international transportation. Our crews generally work on a rotation basis, with a substantial portion relying on international air transport for rotation. Any disruptions could impact the cost of rotating our crews, and possibly impact our ability to maintain a full crew on all rigs at a given time. In addition, it is not possible at this time to estimate the impact that COVID-19 could have on our business. The continued spread of COVID-19, the measures taken by the governments of countries affected, actions taken to protect employees, and the impact of the pandemic on various business activities in affected countries and any other public health threats and related consequences could adversely affect our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

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 PARTNERS LLC~~	SEADRILL PARTNERS LLC
Date: April 27, 2020
Date: July 1, 2020
	~~By:~~	~~/s/ John T. Roche~~By:	/s/ John T. Roche
	~~Name:~~	~~John T. Roche~~Name:	John T. Roche
	~~Title:~~	~~Chief Executive Officer~~Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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