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Mark Wojciechowski
John Cannarella
Lisa Krestynick
Karina Dorin
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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RE:
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Borr Drilling Limited Draft Registration Statement
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on Form F-1 Submitted April 30, 2019
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CIK No. 0001715497
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We note your statements here that you have not “independently verified the accuracy, correctness or completeness” of data from third
party sources and that you “therefore caution investors not to place undue reliance on such data.” We further note your statement at page 75 that “no guarantee is given as to [the] accuracy, correctness or completeness” of such data.
Please note that you are responsible for the disclosure contained in your registration statement and you may not use language that could be interpreted as a disclaimer of information contained in your filing. Please revise.
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Please balance your competitive strengths and business strategies disclosure regarding your “strong balance sheet” and “lower debt
levels when compared to many of [y]our industry peers” by addressing your net losses for the last two fiscal years and the going concern opinion of your auditor. Please also include risk factor disclosure addressing the risks
associated with your auditor’s going concern opinion.
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We note that you intend to effect a reverse share split. If the stock split will occur at or immediately before the effectiveness of
your registration statement, we remind you that in accordance with SAB Topic 4C, you must revise your financial statements and your disclosures throughout the filing to give effect to the expected reverse stock split. If the reverse
stock split will occur after effectiveness of your registration statement but prior to the consummation of this offering, please provide appropriate pro forma information throughout the filing.
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We note your disclosure that you “have been subject to cyberattacks” and “have been targeted by
parties using fraudulent ‘spoof’ and ‘phishing’ emails and other means to misappropriate information or to introduce viruses or other malware through ‘trojan horse’ programs to [y]our computers.” Please revise to discuss any material
cybersecurity incidents and quantify the related costs that you have incurred and reasonably expect to incur here or elsewhere, as appropriate. Alternatively, please confirm that you have not experienced any material cybersecurity
attacks or breaches.
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We note you plan to use the net offering proceeds “for general corporate purposes, which may include funding future mergers,
acquisitions or investments in complementary businesses” and “repayment of indebtedness.” Please disclose whether you have identified any potential mergers, acquisitions, or investments in complementary businesses and confirm that
there are no current specific plans to use the net proceeds to repay debt.
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6. |
The line item ‘Gain from bargain purchase’ is referenced to pro forma adjustment 1(a). It appears such reference should be to 1(c).
Please revise as necessary.
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In your explanation of adjustment 1(d) you state that impairment charge of $187.6 million is considered to be a non-recurring
transaction and therefore not appropriate to be reflected in these pro forma combined statement of operations. Please demonstrate how this adjustment is directly attributable to the transaction and explain why an impairment charge
would not have been appropriate absent the acquisition. Please refer to Article 11- 02 of Regulation S-X for further guidance.
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We note that your fleet status report references numerous contract end dates and all expire by 2021. Please demonstrate how the measure
of ‘Total Contract Backlog (in contracted rig years) is calculated and clarify and disclose if this measure is intended to imply that Total Contract Backlog will be recognized over 14.2 years.
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Please demonstrate how the measures identified as ‘Technical Utilization’ and “Economic Utilization’ are calculated. As part of your
response please include the underlying data included in the numerator and denominator, and explain how each amount is determined.
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Please tell us, and disclose if material, the separate amount of rig operating and maintenance expenses.
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We note your disclosure regarding your Collaboration Agreement with Schlumberger. Please further describe the material terms of this
agreement, including the obligations of the parties, its term, any consideration, and termination provisions. In addition, please clarify whether the parties have entered into any “integrated, performance-based drilling contracts.”
Finally, please file this agreement as an exhibit to your registration statement or tell us why you believe you are not required to do so. Refer to Item 8.a of Form F-1 and Item 601(b)(10)(ii)(A) of Regulation S-K.
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We note your registration statement cover page indicates that you have elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with new or revised financial accounting standards allowed under Section 107(b)(2) of the JOBS Act. This disclosure is inconsistent with statements in this section that indicate that you have elected to use this extended transition
period. Please revise to make these disclosures consistent. In addition, please expand your risk factor entitled “If we fail to comply with requirements relating to being a public company in the United States . . . .” to address your
election and the related risks. If you have elected to opt out of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards pursuant to Section 107(b), include a statement that the election is irrevocable.
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Please file your DC Revolving Credit Facility and Guarantee Facility, your Bridge Facility, and the agreements related to your PPL
Financing as exhibits to your registration statement or tell us why you believe you are not required to do so. Refer to Item 8.a of Form F-1 and Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K.
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Please supplementally provide us with copies of all written communications, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, that you,
or anyone authorized to do so on your behalf, present to potential investors in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act, whether or not they retain copies of the communications.
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Very truly yours,
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/s/ James A. McDonald
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James A. McDonald
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cc:
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Svend Anton Maier, Chief Executive Officer, Borr Drilling Limited
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Rune Magnus Lundetrae, Chief Financial Officer, Borr Drilling Limited
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Robert Hingley-Wilson, Chief Accounting Officer, Borr Drilling Limited
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Michael Zeidel, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Gunnar Slettebø, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers AS
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Catherine Gallagher, Partner, Baker Botts LLP
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