MINUTES of the 2022 Annual General Meeting of Members of

Seadrill Limited (the "Company") held at

the Rosewood Hotel, 60 Tucker's Point Dr., Hamilton Parish, HS 02 Bermuda on

March 21, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Bermuda time)

Present:

Julie Robertson

Jean Cahuzac

Jan Kjaervik

Mark McCollum

Andrew Schultz

Paul Smith

Ana Zambelli

Simon Johnson

Grant Creed

Leif Nelson

Torsten Sauer-Petersen

Samir Ali

Todd Strickler

Martyn Svensen

Jennifer Panchaud

Represented by Proxy:

29,572,848 Ordinary Shares

Total Shares Outstanding:

49,999,998 Ordinary Shares

  1. Chairman, notice and quorum
    Julie Robertson acted as Chair. Todd Strickler, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, acted as Secretary to the meeting and reported that notice convening this meeting had been given in accordance with the provisions of the Bye- Laws and confirmed that a quorum was present.
  2. Laying of the Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2021
    In accordance with Section 84 of the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021 were laid before the Meeting. These statements had been approved by the Directors of the Company and were provided to Shareholders by inclusion in the annual Report on Form 20-F.
  3. Agenda of Meeting
    The Chair noted that following constructive discussions with shareholders the Board of Directors of Seadrill had decided to withdraw its proposals to approve the management incentive plan (Proposal 4 of the Company's notice and proxy statement) and amend

the Bye-laws of the Company (Proposal 5 in the Company's notice and proxy statement) pending further consideration of the proposals. Accordingly, the Company announced on March 16th 2023 its intention not to put Proposals 4 and 5 to a vote at this meeting. The Chair explained that Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 6 (as described in the notice of the meeting) would be voted on at the meeting; however, Proposals 4 and 5 would not. The meeting proceeded on this basis.

4. Adoption of Company Resolutions

The Chair referred to the resolutions to be proposed at this Meeting and reported that the Company had received valid proxies. It was reported that proxies and poll slips had been received from shareholders holding in aggregate 29,572,848 ordinary shares..

The Chair reported that the results in respect of Proposals 1, 2, 3 and 6 as set out in the Notice of the Meeting were as follows:

Resolution

For

Against

Abstentions1

Total votes

Vote in

cast

Favour (%

of total

votes)

1.a

28,777,156

795,424

268

29,572,580

97.31

1.b

29,572,292

289

267

29,572,581

99.99

1.c

29,572,291

290

267

29,572,581

99.99

1.d

29,457,216

115,315

317

29,572,531

99.61

1.e

29,447,434

125,097

317

29,572,531

99.58

1.f

29,447,433

125,098

317

29,572,531

99.58

1.g

29,572,299

282

267

29,572,581

99.99

2.

29,572,410

409

29

29,572,819

99.99

3.

21,268,210

8,304,086

552

29,572,296

71.92

6.

21,914,868

7,657,956

24

29,572,824

74.10

Following the counting of the results, the Chair declared the following RESOLUTIONS had passed:

1. To re-elect, by way of separate resolutions, each of the incumbent directors of the Company to serve until the next annual general meeting being;

  1. Julie Robertson
  2. Jean Cahuzac
  3. Jan Kjaervik
  4. Marc McCollum
  5. Andrew Schultz
  6. Paul Smith
  7. Ana Zambelli

1 Abstentions are not counted for the purposes total votes cast.

  1. To appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor to serve as the auditor of the Company for the financial year ended December 31, 2022 and until the close of the next annual general meeting, and to authorize the Board of Directors (acting through the Audit and Risk Committee) to determine the remuneration of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP;
  2. To ratify, approve and confirm the remuneration of the Directors of the Company for the 2022 financial year and to approve the remuneration of the Directors of the Company for the 2023 financial year; and
  3. To approve an increase of the number of Directors of the Company to nine (9) and authorize the Board to fill the vacancies of two (2) Directors.

5. Any Other Business

There being no further business, the proceedings were concluded.

Julie Robertson

Chair

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