NOBLE CORPORATION PLC ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF AN ADDITIONAL $675 MILLION PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 8.000% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2030

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Aug. 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Corporation plc ("Parent" and together with its subsidiaries, "Noble") (NYSE: NE, CSE: NOBLE) today announced that Noble Finance II LLC (the "Issuer"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, has commenced an offering (the "Offering") of an additional $675 million in aggregate principal amount of its 8.000% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "New Notes"). Noble intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to fund the cash consideration in connection with its pending merger with Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. and for general corporate purposes.

The New Notes will be issued as additional notes under the indenture pursuant to which the Issuer previously issued $600 million aggregate principal amount of 8.000% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "Existing Notes") in 2023, all of which remain outstanding. The New Notes will have the same terms as the Existing Notes, other than the issue date, the issue price, the first date on which interest will be paid and the first date from which interest will accrue, and will be treated as a single series with the Existing Notes under the indenture. The Existing Notes are, and the New Notes will be, guaranteed by certain direct and indirect restricted subsidiaries of the Issuer that guaranty the Issuer's revolving credit facility. Upon settlement, the New Notes are expected to have the same CUSIP numbers as the Existing Notes, except that the New Notes issued pursuant to Regulation S ("Regulation S") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), will trade separately under a different CUSIP number until 40 days after the settlement date of the New Notes.

The New Notes are being offered in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and to persons outside the United States only in compliance with Regulation S. The New Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.