Company: NE-WTA
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-015025
Chunk: 46

Company: Noble Corp plc
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 46
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, including in the area of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) efforts. 
 •2024 Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 •Over 90% of votes cast supported our compensation program..                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

(1) The calculation of the above percentages represents the number of outstanding Company shares as of December 31, 2024 and stock ownership reported in publicly available filings as of December 31, 2024.

For 2025, we expect to complete shareholder outreach with respect to our proxy statement and annual general meeting in line with the following calendar:

| Summer                                            
 •Review and assess annual meeting vote results    |     | Fall                                             
 •Primary shareholder engagement season           
 •Directors and members of management on calls    |
| Spring                                            
 •Integrate feedback from fall outreach into proxy |     | Winter                                           
 •Review feedback from fall outreach calls        
 •Consider feedback during compensation decisions |

#### 342025 Proxy Statement |Noble Corporation plc

#### Compensation Discussion and Analysis

#### Compensation Philosophy and Objectives
We believe that strong corporate governance requires that our compensation program pays for performance and closely aligns our executives’ interests with those of our shareholders. We focus on compensation tied to key drivers of stock price performance to provide a clear link to enhanced shareholder value and further emphasize an appropriate balance of financial results, operational excellence, safety and sustainability. We place a majority of executive pay at risk and subject a substantial portion of our NEOs potential compensation to specific annual and long-term performance metrics intended to drive Company success.

Our executive compensation program reflects our philosophy that executive compensation should be structured to closely align each executive’s interests with those of our shareholders, emphasizing equity-based incentives and performance-based pay. The primary objectives of the Company’s compensation program are to:

• support the Company’s strategy and commitment to be First Choice Offshore , including driving strong returns from our globally scaled, top tier fleet, to deliver earnings and free cash flow and acquiring and integrating assets and companies, all to drive long-term shareholder value creation;

• attract, retain and motivate key executives capable of managing a complex, global business in a challenging and cyclical industry, by providing market competitive total compensation opportunities;

• create a strong link between pay and performance with predefined short and long-term performance metrics that place the majority of total compensation at risk; and

• align executive and shareholder interests by establishing market-relevant metrics, including strategic ESG initiatives that drive shareholder value creation and address stakeholder expectations.

Consistent with this philosophy, we seek to provide a total