** U.S.-listed shares of offshore drill services firm
Transocean RIG.N fall 1.5% to $4.67
** Company enters agreement with third party to sell certain
assets for a total amount of about $342 million
** RIG expects the sale of the assets to result in a
non-cash charge ranging from $630 million to $645 million in Q3
** Transactions are expected to close in Q3 2024
** RIG to use all proceeds from the sales to repay existing
debt
** Including sessions' moves, stock down ~27% YTD
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com))