Company: NE-WTA
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001628280-25-015025
Chunk: 54

Company: Noble Corp plc
Filing Date: 2025-03-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 54
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| Robert W. Eifler  |     |        |     | $ | 950,000 |     |        | 130 | % |     |        |     | 1.09 |           |     | $ | 1,346,150 |
| Richard B. Barker |     |        |     | $ | 600,000 |     |        |  90 | % |     |        |     | 1.09 |           |     | $ |   588,600 |
| Joey M. Kawaja    |     |        |     | $ | 470,000 |     |        |  80 | % |     |        |     | 1.09 |           |     | $ |   409,840 |
| Blake A. Denton   |     |        |     | $ | 400,000 |     |        |  70 | % |     |        |     | 1.09 |           |     | $ |   305,200 |
| Jennie P. Howard  |     |        |     | $ | 425,000 |     |        |  70 | % |     |        |     | 1.09 |           |     | $ |   324,275 |

#### Noble Corporation plc| 2025 Proxy Statement39

#### Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Long-Term Incentives

We believe it is important to reward executive officers and key employees who demonstrate superior performance in their current position, as well as the likelihood of high-level performance in the future, with long-term incentive compensation. Such long-term incentive compensation is consistent with our overall compensation philosophy to align executives’ and employees’ interests with the interests of our shareholders. We believe that our executive officers should have an ongoing stake in the success of the Company through long-term stock ownership and compensation opportunities that vest over multiple years. Unvested long term incentive awards accrue dividend equivalent rights which, for 2024, will be paid in cash upon vesting.

The value of long-term incentive compensation awards is determined annually considering our objectives for this component of total compensation and to be competitive with the Benchmark Peer Group. Our policy is to establish long-term incentive award opportunities generally targeted at the middle range of the competitive peer group data, although individual award targets