Company: NE-WTA
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-015025
Chunk: 69

Company: Noble Corp plc
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 69
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                   |     |            |
| Severance payment(4)                    |     |         — |            |     | — |            |             |     |   |           |   722,500 |                 |     |    722,500 |                   |     |  1,445,000 |
| Pro rata bonus(5)                       |     |           |   $324,275 |     |   |   $324,275 |             |     |   |           |   324,275 |                 |     |    324,275 |                   |     |    324,275 |
| Welfare benefits(6)                     |     |   850,000 |            |     | — |            |             |     |   |           |    18,394 |                 |     |     18,394 |                   |     |     27,591 |
| Outplacement services(7)                |     |         — |            |     | — |            |             |     |   |           |    50,000 |                 |     |     50,000 |                   |     |     50,000 |
| Accelerated vesting of equity awards(8) |     |           |    977,961 |     |   |    977,961 |             |     |   |           |   977,961 |                 |     |    977,961 |                   |     |  1,424,681 |

(1) “Cause” is generally defined (subject to certain cure periods and rights) as:

• the willful and continued failure of the executive to perform substantially the executive’s duties his or her employment agreement;

• the willful refusal to comply with the lawful instructions of the board of directors or an officer to whom he or she reports that are consistent with the executive’s position;

• the engagement in illegal conduct or gross misconduct that is materially and demonstrably detrimental to the Company;

• a material breach of the employment agreement, any material policy of the Company applicable to the executive, or any other agreement with the Company; or

#### 522025 Proxy Statement |Noble Corporation plc

#### Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
• the executive is indicted on charges of, is convicted of, or enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to (A) a felony; or (B) a crime involving fraud, material dishonesty involving the Company or its assets, or moral tur