Company: NE-WTA
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001628280-25-020547
Chunk: 5

Company: Noble Corp plc
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 5
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(1)Subject to restrictions under applicable law discussed in “Note 4 — Income (Loss) Per Share” to our consolidated financial statements, we announced a share repurchase plan on November 2, 2022, to purchase up to $400 million of outstanding Ordinary Shares or Warrants. On October 22, 2024, Noble’s Board of Directors authorized an increased share repurchase authorization of up to an additional $400 million. The authorization does not have a fixed expiration and may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any time. The program does not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of shares. All repurchased shares were subsequently cancelled.

Item 5. Other Information

Our directors and executive officers may from time to time enter into plans or other arrangements for the purchase or sale of our Ordinary Shares that are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or may represent a 

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non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement under the Exchange Act. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, no such plans or other arrangements were adopted, terminated, or modified.

Item 6. Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Index to Exhibits

ExhibitNumberExhibit2.1†Business Combination Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2021, by and among Noble Corporation, Noble Finco Limited (n/k/a Noble Corporation plc), Noble Newco Sub Limited and The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Noble Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 10, 2021 and incorporated herein by reference).2.2Amendment No. 1 to Business Combination Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2022, by and among Noble Corporation plc, Noble Corporation, Noble Newco Sub Limited and The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S. (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Noble Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 5, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference). 2.3†Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 9, 2024, by and among Noble Corporation plc, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., Dolphin Merger Sub 1, Inc. and Dolphin Merger Sub 2, Inc. (filed as Exhibit