Valaris Limited (VAL) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

     Washington, D.C. 20549     

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported):   25 May 2010

Ensco plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

England and Wales	1-8097	98-0635229
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 6 Chesterfield Gardens

London, England W1J 5BQ

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 44 (0) 20 7659 4660

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

 Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 On 25 May 2010, effective immediately before the General Meeting of Shareholders of Ensco plc (the “Company”) was called to order, David M. Carmichael retired as a Class II Director.  Under the Ensco Corporate Governance Policy, as a matter of policy, a Director shall not stand for re-election and will retire if he or she would be 70 years old or older when the new term of office would begin. Due to his retirement, the Board of Directors resolved to reduce its size to eight members.

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SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.

	Ensco plc
Date:  28 May 2010	/s/ CARY A, MOOMJIAN, JR.                Cary A. Moomjian, Jr.      Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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