Company: NE-WTA
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-015025
Chunk: 43

Company: Noble Corp plc
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 43
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 2024, one required report under Section 16(a) was not timely filed: Richard B. Barker purchased 1,994 shares on March 21, 2024, and the required Form 4 was filed on June 28, 2024. All other reports were timely filed.

#### 302025 Proxy Statement |Noble Corporation plc

### Compensation Discussion and Analysis
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) describes our compensation practices and decisions for our named executive officers (our “NEOs”) for the year ended December 31, 2024.

While this CD&A focuses on 2024 NEO compensation, we also describe compensation actions effected since December 31, 2024 to the extent we believe such discussion enhances the understanding of our executive compensation disclosures and our executive compensation structure.

#### Our NEOs
Our NEOs for 2024 consist of the following individuals:

| Name              |     | Title                                                          |
| Robert W. Eifler  |     | President and Chief Executive Officer                          |
| Richard B. Barker |     | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer           |
| Joey M. Kawaja    |     | Senior Vice President, Operations                              |
| Blake A. Denton   |     | Senior Vice President, Marketing and Contracts                 |
| Jennie P. Howard  |     | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |

#### Executive Summary
| Noble - First Choice Offshore                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 The Company’s strategy has been focused on delivering industry-leading shareholder returns, including executing on inorganic growth opportunities. The Company’s performance highlights for 2024 include:                            
 •Leadership position in shareholder returnsin the offshore drilling sector, with $300 million in share repurchases and $276 million in dividends paid in 2024.                                                                       
 •Strategic M&A and Highly Effective Integrations:                                                                                                                                                                                    
 •Created an industry leading deepwater fleet, including 14 7th generation drillships.                                                                                                                                                
 •Over $150 million of merger synergies realized from Maersk Drilling compared to $125 million target, and over half of the total estimated $100 million of merger synergies realized thus far from the Diamond Offshore acquisition. 
 •Relative Total Stock Return of 44thPercentile, Relative to our TSR Peer Groupmeasured from January 1, 2022 through to December 31, 2024.                                                                                            
 •Customer Satisfactionhigh satisfaction scores (ranging from 6.3 to 6.7 out of 7)