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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 for board service;

• discuss succession planning for the Board and key leadership roles on the Board and its committees

• consider director candidates nominated by shareholders;

• recommend to the Board whether to accept or reject a director resignation offer tendered in accordance with the Company's governance policies;

#### 222025 Proxy Statement |Noble Corporation plc

#### Resolutions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
• review director nomination process and determine director qualifications;

• review with management required disclosures relating to the Company’s governance practices;

• conduct an annual review of the Company’s code of business conduct and ethics;

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### oversee board, committee, CEO and management evaluations;
• review the CEO’s management succession plans and related matters; and

• oversee new director orientation and ongoing education for directors.

Director Selection Criteria and Nomination Process

The Board and the Nominating & Governance committee believe that the Board should be comprised of directors with diverse yet complementary backgrounds who bring different perspectives and experiences to the boardroom, generating healthy discussion and debate and more effective decision-making. Directors should also, at a minimum, have business or other relevant expertise that may be useful to the Company. The Board and the Nominating & Governance Committee also believe that directors should possess the highest personal and professional ethics and should be willing and able to devote the requisite amount of time to Company business.

When considering nominees for director, the Nominating & Governance Committee will take into account a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the following:

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#### the size of the existing Board;
• character, judgment, skill, education, relevant business experience, integrity, reputation, and other personal attributes or special talents that may be necessary for effective oversight given the global nature of the Company’s operations and strategy;

• independence from management, extent of existing commitments to other businesses, and potential conflicts of interest with other pursuits;

• financial and accounting background, to enable the committee to determine whether the nominee would be considered an “audit committee financial expert” or “financially literate” under the applicable rules of the NYSE and the SEC; and

• whether the potential nominee is subject to a disqualifying factor as described in the Company’s corporate governance guidelines or as included in any legal or regulatory requirements governing the Company.

Board Composition. Following the Business Combination, the Board was comprised of three directors from each of the legacy Noble and Maersk Drilling companies. Further, as noted above, a significant shareholder