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LAND, Texas, Dec. 30,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Corporation plc ("Noble")
(CSE: NOBLE, NYSE: NE) today announces changes to its share
capital. During the month of December, Noble has repurchased
approximately USD 15 million of A
ordinary shares under its previously announced share repurchase
plan at a weighted average price of USD
45.03 per A ordinary share and a total of 329,069
repurchased A ordinary shares have been cancelled.
During the period since November 30,
2023, 16,507 new A ordinary shares each with a nominal value
of USD 0.00001 have been issued.
5,152 new A ordinary shares have been issued to certain holders
of warrants as a consequence of the exercise of warrants. The
exercise price was USD 19.27 per A
ordinary share for 57 of the new A ordinary shares, USD 23.13 per A ordinary share for 2,418 of the
new A ordinary shares and 2,677 A ordinary shares were issued as a
result of a cashless exercise. The total proceeds to Noble from the
warrant exercises amount to USD
57,026.73.
Additionally, 11,355 new A ordinary shares have been issued to
certain employees of Noble at no cost as a result of the vesting of
restricted stock units.
The new A ordinary shares carry the same rights as the existing
A ordinary shares of Noble. The new A ordinary shares will be
listed on the New York Stock Exchange as well as admitted to
trading and official listing on Nasdaq Copenhagen.
As a result of the changes, there are a total of 140,773,750 A
ordinary shares of Noble issued and outstanding with a nominal
value of USD 0.00001 each.
Pursuant to section 32 of the Danish Capital Markets Act, Noble
also hereby announces the total nominal value of its issued share
capital and the total number of voting rights:
|
Number of
shares
|
Number of voting
rights
|
Share
capital
|
A ordinary shares of
USD 0.00001
|
140,773,750
|
140,773,750
|
USD
1,407.73750
|
Total
|
140,773,750
|
140,773,750
|
USD
1,407.73750
|
Exchange of shares tradable on Nasdaq Copenhagen for
shares tradeable on the New York Stock Exchange
Noble's shares are both listed on the New York Stock Exchange
(identified by CUSIP G65431127) and admitted to trading and
official listing on Nasdaq Copenhagen (in the form of share
entitlements and identified by ISIN GB00BMXNWH07).
Holders of Noble shares (in the form share
entitlements) tradeable on Nasdaq Copenhagen can exchange
their shares (in the form of share entitlements) for shares
tradeable on the New York Stock Exchange after completing a
transfer procedure. To transfer shares or share entitlements
between markets, shareholders must instruct their financial
intermediary (bank or broker) to contact Euronext (Noble's Danish
transfer agent). For further information visit
https://noblecorp.com/investors/stock-information/FAQ/default.aspx.
While the shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange are
denominated in USD and are eligible to receive dividends in USD and
the share entitlements admitted to trading and official listing
on Nasdaq Copenhagen are traded in DKK and are eligible to
receive dividends in DKK, the shares and share entitlements are
entitled to identical dividends and voting rights.
https://noblecorp.com/investors/stock-information/FAQ/default.aspx
About Noble Corporation
Noble is a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and
gas industry. The Company owns and operates one of the most
modern, versatile, and technically advanced fleets in the offshore
drilling industry. Noble and its predecessors have been
engaged in the contract drilling of oil and gas wells since
1921. Noble performs, through its subsidiaries, contract
drilling services with a fleet of offshore drilling units focused
largely on ultra-deepwater and high specification jackup drilling
opportunities in both established and emerging regions worldwide.
For further information visit www.noblecorp.com or email
investors@noblecorp.com.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This announcement is for information purposes only and does not
constitute or contain any invitation, solicitation, recommendation,
offer or advice to any person to subscribe for or otherwise acquire
or dispose of any securities of Noble.
Certain statements in this announcement, including any
attachments hereto, may constitute forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are statements (other than statements of
historical fact) relating to future events and Noble and its
subsidiaries (collectively, the "Noble Group") anticipated or
planned financial and operational performance. The words "targets",
"believes", "continues", "expects", "aims", "intends", "plans",
"seeks", "will", "may", "might", "anticipates", "would", "could",
"should", "estimates", "projects", "potentially" or similar
expressions or the negatives thereof, identify certain of these
forward-looking statements. The absence of these words, however,
does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. Other
forward-looking statements can be identified in the context in
which the statements are made.
Although Noble believes that the expectations reflected in these
forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date of this
announcement, such forward-looking statements are based on Noble's
current expectations, estimates, forecasts, assumptions and
projections about the Noble Group's business and the industry in
which the Noble Group operates and/or which has been extracted from
publications, reports and other documents prepared by the Noble
Group and are not guarantees of future performance or development
and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
important factors beyond the Noble Group's control that could cause
the Noble Group's actual results, performance or achievements to
differ materially from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements.
Any forward-looking statements included in this announcement,
including any attachment hereto, speak only as of today. Noble does
not intend, and does not assume, any obligations to update any
forward-looking statements contained herein, except as may be
required by law or the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or
Nasdaq Copenhagen. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking
statements attributable to Noble or to persons acting on its behalf
are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary
statements referred to above and contained in this announcement,
including any attachment hereto.
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