Company: NE-WTA
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-015025
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Company: Noble Corp plc
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
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, who administers the investment on your behalf). Therefore, any changes or queries relating to your personal details and holding (including any administration thereof) must continue to be directed to your existing contact at your investment manager or custodian. The Company cannot guarantee dealing with matters that are directed to it in error. The only exception to this is where the Company, in exercising one of its powers under the UK Companies Act, writes to you directly for a response.

#### 762025 Proxy Statement |Noble Corporation plc

### APPENDIX A
<div align='center'>NOBLE CORPORATION PLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION REPORT</div>

Compensation Committee Chairman’s Annual Statement:

Dear Shareholders:

I am pleased to present our Group’s Remuneration Report for 2024. This Remuneration Report is divided into three sections:

(A) this statement;

(B) information regarding the Directors’ remuneration policy setting out our policy on Directors’ remuneration, which was approved by shareholders at our 2023 Annual General Meeting held on 2 May 2023; and

(C) the annual report on remuneration, which sets out Director remuneration and details the link between Group performance and remuneration for the financial year ended 31 December 2024. The annual report on remuneration, together with this statement, is subject to an advisory vote at our 2025 Annual General Meeting to be held on 8 May 2025.

#### Executing on Our Strategy
Noble’s ambition is to be “First Choice Offshore” with our stakeholders, including our customers, employees, and shareholders. Our deepwater and harsh environment jackup rigs comprise one of the most modern, capable, and highly utilised fleets in the industry. However, the organisational strength of our global workforce and culture are equally critical to maintaining the rigorous HSE, innovation, and efficiency standards that drive our continued commercial success with customers. Noble’s financial strategy remains simple and succinct: the cyclical nature of this industry supports the preservation of a conservative balance sheet and the maximisation of shareholder value by generating free cash flow, of which Noble strives to return the significant majority to shareholders via dividends and share repurchases. During calendar year 2024, Noble executed on this financial strategy by repurchasing $300.0 million dollars of shares and returning an additional $277.8 million of capital via dividends ($1.80 per share).

We have one of the youngest and highest specification fleets of