Noble Corporation Prices Offering Of Senior Notes

LONDON, March 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Corporation plc ("Noble") (NYSE: NE) announced today that its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, Noble Holding International Limited ("NHIL"), has priced an offering of $1.1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes in three separate tranches, with $250 million of 4.000% senior notes due 2018, $450 million of 5.950% senior notes due 2025 and $400 million of 6.950% senior notes due 2045. The weighted average coupon of all three tranches is 5.87%. Noble Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Noble-Cayman") and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Noble, will fully and unconditionally guarantee the notes on a senior unsecured basis.  The estimated net proceeds of approximately $1.085 billion are expected to be used to repay indebtedness outstanding under Noble Cayman's revolving credit facilities and commercial paper program.

Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, DNB Markets, Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. are acting as the joint book-running managers.  Mizuho Securities USA Inc., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are serving as senior co-managers, and Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. and Standard Chartered Bank are serving as co-managers.  Copies of the prospectus supplement and prospectus may be obtained from Barclays Capital Inc. at c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, [email protected] or (888) 603-5847; Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, [email protected] or (800) 831-9146; HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. at 452 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018, [email protected] or (866) 811-8049; or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 3rd Floor, telephone collect at 1-212-834-4533.  The documents are also available on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. Offers of securities will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The prospectus and prospectus supplement are part of a shelf registration statement that has become effective under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Forward-Looking Disclosure Statement

Statements regarding activities or events that Noble believes will or may occur in the future, including statements about the intended use of proceeds or other aspects of the notes offering, as well as any other statements that are not historical facts in this release, are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. These include but are not limited to operating hazards and delays, risks associated with operations outside of the U.S., actions by regulatory authorities, customers and other third parties, legislation and regulations affecting drilling operations, compliance with regulatory requirements, factors affecting the level of activity in the oil and gas industry, supply and demand of drilling rigs, factors affecting the duration of contracts, delays in the construction of newbuilds, the actual amount of downtime, factors that reduce applicable dayrates, violations of anti-corruption laws, hurricanes and other weather conditions, market conditions, the future price of oil and gas and other factors detailed in Noble's most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q's and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those indicated.

Noble-Cayman is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Noble Corporation plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales. Noble-Cayman performs, through its subsidiaries, contract drilling services with a fleet of 32 offshore drilling units located worldwide.

NHIL is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Noble-Cayman. NHIL performs, through its subsidiaries, worldwide contract drilling services with a fleet of offshore drilling units located worldwide.

SOURCE Noble Corporation

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